The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

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,justice, about which your correspondent apparently
seems to be so anxious, there never was any, I believe,
in Sinde, at least within the rule of the Talpoors, be-
yond their will and pleasure, occasionally modified,
perhaps, by some powerful vassal whom they were
afraid to exasperate ; and all their authority, or nearly.
so, has, I imagine, been transferred by the Gover-
nor-General in Council to Sir C. Napier, but how
modified I cannot say. The nature of his Government,
however, may be judged of by its effects, as a tree is
known by its fruit; but amongst such a people, so
recently conquered, it must of necessity be at first of a
military and despotic character—any other would be
dangerous. All these things are well-known in
Sinde, and your inquiring correspondent, to appre-
ciate them correctly, would do well to visit that coun-
try himself, and not trust to the uncertain, preju-
diced, or wilfully distorted accounts of others. Let
him examine the facts, make himself acquainted with
the nature and working of Sir Charles Napier's Ad-
ministration, and send you the result.
" For forms of government let fools contest,
That which is best administered is best,"
is a maxim which, though not universally applicable,
may be considered so in a wild semi-barbarous
country like Sinde. Your correspondent will, per-
haps, find that of Sir Charles Napier as bold, simple,
and undisguised as his own natural character, and as
vigorous too. The law between man and man hes, I
believe, been but little interfered with—it is adminis-
tered as formerly, by heads of villages and districts,
wits the right of appeal to British authorities. You
may remember, that Sir Charles in his earliest pro-
clamation deprecated any unnecessary alteration of
ancient usages, because he wisely considered the
shock of conquest sufficiently violent to unsettle the
community, without more interference in national
customs than should be absolutely necessary for a
just and merciful Government. That of Sinde now
bears this character, as far as such qualities are
compatible. " The Plidieha never kills any one fur
himself " is the native remark upon it. And to these
qualities may be added, simplicity, economy, effi-
ciency ;—few means with great effects. There are in
Sinde none of what are called " Establishments," i.e.,
public offices, composed of heads of departments, and
numerous underlings, half castes, and others, on whom
the weight of business is left with all its conveniences,
while the chief is content to put his signature to the
necessary----papers without troubling his head much
about the manner of their execution ; thence often
srises a vexatious and oppressive rule by self-inte-
rested subalterns, and enormous expense to the Go-
vernment. The revenue of Sinde would never stand
against such ruinous machinery, but the vexed in-
habitants would probably soon show alarming symp-
toms of uneasiness if not of danger. There are not
maintained more " cats than catch mice," and
these in general military, but all hard-working cats,
that fairly earn their nourishment. With discipline
and a good and zealous spirit, they conciliate and pro-
tect the inhabitants under the auspices of a lynx-eyed
Governor. Before the great meeting at Hyderabad a
large body of the hill Beloochee chiefs—the most fierce
and wild of the race—from whom nothing was ex-
pected but inroads, troubles, and general hostility,
came down to Kurachee to make their salaam. Their
approaCh was announced to Sir Charles while they
were still at some miles distance, who instantly or-
dered them to disarm where they were, and so enter
the town. This being promptly and confidently
obeyed, they were received with the highest military
honours—had a long audience with the Governor-
-attended a review of the troops—and, finally, their
principal chief offered to follow Sir Charles against
either the Sikhs or Affghans, with 20,000 men. This
was the second offer of the kind within a short period,
for there is a good feeling springing up between the
two nations, and perhaps no other instance exists in
history of \a country having been conquered as Sinde
has, without murder, plunder, or violence of any kind,
' or even personal insult to any of the inhabitants! The
damage done was confined to armed men, to the field
of battle, and line of fugitives; and while the English
camp was thronged with native Sindians bringing
supplies, Chose of the Beloochees was studiously
avoided, and the country plundered by wild and un-
disciplined freebooters. Thus has Sinde been con-
quered, with no more evil than what occurred in fair
fight, and its turbulent leaders quieted, conciliated,
and intimidated; taxes have been reduced and-revenue
augmented; the value of labour increased nearly five-
fold; improvements and civilisation begun; tran-
quillity and personal safety insured ; law and order
paramount; and every prospect of a continuance of
internal peace in that long-oppressed and ruined
country.

Sir -C. Napier, in the opinion of those really ac-
quainted with the present state of that important
frontier, has already shown that it may be governed
and defended both cheaply and effectively, leaving a
large surplus revenue (for the army must have been
paid had Sinde never been conquered, and not an ad-
ditional man has been raised for that province alone),
and that under a wise and energetic Government it
may in time become one of the most valuable pro-
vinces of British India.

Sir, I have now only to apologise for this long
letter, but much more and better might be written on
this interesting and important subject, even by one
so little acquainted with it as your most obedient
servant, AN OFFICER.

CONSEHRATION Or CHRIST CHURCH., BuRTON-ON-
TRElNT.—Yesterday morning the Right Rev, the Lord
Bishop of Lichfield consecrated the new church at Bur-
ton-on-Trent, in the presence of a large number of cler-
gymen and influential inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood. The Lord Bishop arrived shortly be-
fore eleven o'clock, and proceeded with the solemn cere-
monies of the Church; after which his Lordship delivered
an appropriate and impressive sermon. The church, whigh
is from the design of Mr. Joseph Mitchell, architect,
Sheffield, is in the early English, or Lancet-Gothic style,
and is cruciform in its arrangement, having a nave
seventy-seven feet by fifty-eight, north and south tran-
septs, twenty-eight by twenty-one, chancel, twenty-four
feet by fourteen, and a tower and spire at the west,
rising 150 feet. The windows in the nave and transept
are coupled, having small shafts running up the angles,
both inside and out, with appropriate wood mouldings.
The church is lighted by a triple window. This window,
as well as the chancel arch and other parts of the interior.,
is elaborately carved with suitable mouldings, and the
whole is in stone. The interior of the church is lined
with Dorset stone, closely joined. The additional expense
between that and plaster has not been much more than
401, while the durability and general effect of the
whole structure has been materially improved. The roof
deserves attention from its peculiar construction, there
being no small rafters. The trusses are placed at twelve
feet distance. The whole of the benches, both open
and appropriated, have stall ends ; the appropriated
ones having small doors. The reading-desk and pulpit
are placed on either side of the chancel arch, so that on
entering the west door a full view of the chancel
is obtained, which adds greatly to the general effect of
the structure. In designing the font the architect
has been guided in a great measure by the one in Ash-
bourne Church, Derbyshire. The church will accommo-
date 600 on the ground floor, but, unfortunately, to
meet the lack of funds, the increased required accommo-
dation, 400 sittings, have been provided by galleries in
the transept and tower, and this in some measure de-
teriorates from the good effect, but not so much as might
be imagined, from the fact of there being ne galleries
along the sides of the nave. The extemior is built of
stabled wall-stone, with ashlar dressings round the
windows, doors, &c., which go through the walls. The
spire is built of ashlar. The estimated cost of erection
is 2,800/. In connection with the church, schools have
been erected to accommodate 550 children, at a cost of
8004 They are built in the Tudor style, and are much
admired for their efficient arrangement and design. The
church will hold 1,000 persons. At the close of the cere-
mony the Bishop partook of a cold collation with the
clergy, and returned to Eccleshall Palace.
THE LATE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE NEAR GROS-
VENOR-SQUARE.—Yesterday afternoon, an inquiry was
held before Mr. Higgs, at the Hog in the Pound,
Oxford-street, on the bodies of Mary Levy, aged 23; and
her newly-born female infant, concerning the death of
whom some details under the above heading have
already appeared in this journal. Mr. Francis Clarke,
surgeon, No. 9, Marylebone-lane, stated that alkout
eight o'clock on Monday morning last, he was called to
the house of Mr. Manicom, baker, No. 36, South Molton-
street, Oxford-street, where, on the landing of the
second flight of stairs, he found the deceased, Mary
Levy, 'yin?: quite dead, and on the floor, by her side,
the infant, with its head partly wrapped in an apron,
the strings of which were tied tightly twice round its
neck, fastened in a knot, and the ends of them still re-
maining in the hands of the mother. Death in both
cases had not taken place more than ten minutes. He
had make an examination of the bodies and found that
the mother had died of serus apoplexy, probably pro-
duced by excitement, and the death of the child, which
had been unquestionably, born alive, had been caused by
strangulation. The jury returned a verdict " That the
deceased, Mary Levy, destroyed her female child by
strangulation, but in what state of mind she was at the
time, there was no evidence to show, and that she her-
self died from apoplexy." Deceased is said to have been
resrectably connected.
INCENDIARISM AT GREAT BARTONo--Al3lOSt de-
stiuctive fire took place on Wednesday night on a farm,
the I,lroperty and in the occupation of Mr. John Phillips,
at (Treat Barton, Suffolk. It was discovered about a
quarter past seven o'clock, and an express was imme-
diately sent off to Bury St. Edmund's for the fire-en-
gines, IN hich soon after arrived, but owing to the de-
ficient supply of water, were unable to render any
material service. The property destroyed consisted of a
large barn, in which was 100 wombs of wheat and 200
comas of oats, which had been got up about a week; a
row of cart-sheds and other out-buildings, a waggon, &e,
and a quantity of agricultural implement!. The pro-
perty was insured.—lpswich Express.
CAUTION TO SPORTSMEN IN THE
Liverpool gentleman, who had been on a shooting ex-
cursion in the Highlands, fell so much in love with the
whisky of that part of her Majesty's dominions, that he
determined to take home with him a goodly supply of
that exhilirating beverage, and accordingly purchased
three gallons, with which he reached Carlisle on Satur-
dv, but the Excise officers being on the alert, not only
made a i-rize of the whisky, but brought him before the
magistrates ho fined him in the mitigated penalty of
twenty-five pounds.—CumOoland Pacquet.

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