The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-02 00:00:00

INDORE.

We have to announce that a new Sovereign has at
length been placed on the throne of Holkar, the son
of Bhow Holkar (who married a natural daughter of
Hurree Rao Holkar), with the concurrence of the
Mah Saheb and the Taee Saheb (who both pronounced
the lad to be next heir to the throne after Martind
Rao), and amid the acclamations of the whole coun-
try. The installation, at which the name of Tookajee
Holkar was conferred on the young Sovereign, is
said to have been a grand affair, and extremely well
managed.

FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT TO LORD
ELLENBOROUGH.

A splendid farewell entertainment was given to
Lord Ellenborough on Monday evening, at the Town-
hall, by the Military Society of Calcutta, Barrack-
pore, and Dum-Dum. General Cooper, the Presi-
dent, proposed, " The health of her Majesty the
Queen," which was drunk with loyal enthusiasm.
Next came the toast of the evening—" Lord Ellen-
borough"—prefaced by a few words from the Gallant
President, much to the point. His Lordship's rising
drew forth fresh peals of applause, after which he
addressed the company, substantially as follows :
" Gentlemen,—l thank you most cordially for this
last testimony of your kindness, which is, I assure
you, only the more gratifying to me because offered
altogether on grounds personal to myself, and haring
no reference to any political or military measures of
my government.
" I thank all the officers of the united army of
India for the uniform cordiality and kindness with
which they have at all times everywhere received me.
I thank them for the confidence they from the first
reposed in me, and which no circumstances have, I
believe, ever led them to withdraw. They fairly ap-
preciated the difficulties of my position, and they
gave me credit for having at heart the national
honour. I thank you all for the invariable zeal and
devotedness with which every instruction I have ever
given to a military man has been executed ; and,
above all, for that spirit of enterprise and that noble
ardour in the field which, emulated by the troops of
both services, has led in these later times to achieve-
ments never surpassed in the most splendid periods of
our military history.
" Gentlemen,—l congratulate you on the high
testimony borne to these later achievements by the
great man who can best appreciate military services,
and who is himself connected with the brighest glories
of past times.
" Let it not be supposed that the glories so obtained
are barren glories, obtained only at a great public
cost, and productive of no benefit to the people. In
India the continued reputation of our arms is an in-
dispensable condition of our existence ; and if at this
moment the revenue, and the commerce of this coun-
try, and the condition of the people, be, as they are,
changed indeed from the state in which I found them,
to a state of unexampled prosperity, it is to the peace
dictated by our arms to China under the walls of
Nankin ; it is to the general sense that our rule,
which has been re-established by two years of vic-
tories without a single check, that that unexampled
prosperity is to be directly traced.
" Gentlemen,--The only regret I feel in leaving
India is that of being separated from the army. The
most agreeable, the most interesting period of my life
has been that which I have passed here, in canton-
ments, and in camp. I have learnt to estimate the
high qualities of the officers of the united armies.
Amongst them I now leave the friends I most respect
and regard. I have learnt to estimate the admirable
character of the native Sepoy, elevated as it is by
his confidence in the British officer, and by Euro-
pean example in the field. Amongst them are
some of the noblest of soldiers, deeply attached
to those by whom they are ed, and full of
enthusiastic devotion to military honour. Che-
rish that confidence; cherish that attachment and
that devotion by every act of kindness, of considera-
tion, and regard. Be assured that the zealous obe-
dience of a contented native army is the magic charm
by which in India a few govern millions; by which
this empire has been won, and by which alone it can
be preserved.

Gentlemen,—l sincerely congratulate you on the
appointment which has been made of Sir Henry
Hardinge as my successor. A good soldier himself,
he will justly appreciate good soldiers. Confiding in
the judgment, and having the advice and support of