The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-16 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

Extract of a Letter from a Field Officer in India
to an Officer in 11,1,gland, dated Jan. 22, 1819
" A ship is about to sail for England ; 1 ,seize
this opportunity to send you a few lines. British
India enjoys repose. The R j slt of Beaka, with
• few followers, is indeed roving about the hilly
forests,. but this is nothing, in Ind a constrocion.
The Marquess of 1-I.IsTINGs has, aslon.lrave read,
greatly extended our dominions. He has •dtMe
30 nominally ; iu redity, he has ,only-sohstitu,rd
la good for a vicious. Government. D i you a,k
Mt What- ben, fit has re•qdted ttom Loud HAST-
iNcis' Govtlilment ? My answer- is, that be hal
done natvreng, end that he has dote witch good.

He has increased the security of our empire by
crushing its enemirs, and by gene ally improving
the system. of goveri.ment, especially over the
conquered countries ; he has taken off the cen..
sor•:,ip of the press, and has unlocked: the public
tnii,d ; he has checked the slave trade in Nrpuf,
Formerly the great mart for this inhuman ttfi ;
he has istahlished seminaries for education, and
y and. he, has treated Princes
eomplais.:nc.e an justice.
He has, be,itics, improved the conditiou of onr
milita.ry- establishment. The staff departrcen has
beet, ieorganized. Interpreiers have been add,of tO
the native corps,atol the proceedirip of courtsmar-
tial flare
been strictly scrutinised and publicly roin.
mented un, In 9 word, if he has -not &one all tau
good that could have been arcompli,hed, iv. in,,sc
not. finget that IN has had to contend\ with comic:ill,
directors, and the contr,lling power. The 114114
here has wonderfully incl., ased since the snooop,
s-ystem has been broken in upon There has been;
in fact, an over-trading : bat ti: is will give people
a 1261 e for our manufartin es, and evew Italy in-
crease the trade. The seem i J it h hich mt r-
chAndise tway„ftaierse -die country is .inot het cir-
cumstaneg, highlvradvantaggons, 0 the interests of
ci)mnierce. Stilt there elti,t the most dreadful
drawbacks on it. The principal of these are the
remains of the monopoly ; the great diffieul,y of
driving, an inland commerce, owing to the high
duties, and the-,restrictions put on periple going.
tip the country,. or: holding in:ercourse wi h tl e
natives, and .pursnifig their own interests in their
own way ; and, finally, the liea%y pret..sure of tax-
ation, which checks the accumulation of .ca pi, al,
:toed the improvement of agriculture an,l com-
merce. if ever' sound govertim..-ot should he es-
tablished in India, the weal; h of t 1 e ronof ry be
vile incalculable. At present vast tracts 01 it are,:
wholly uncultivated,rind!boie that are tinder cal! nre
receive.l'ione'ot the benefits sit scientific
rile manufacturing interests have been eqoal,) ne.
4lected. A proof ot it is, that cotton i 5 sent
;ionic, worked up, arid then brought
where, under-all the drawbacks upon trade,
it. even stood•the competi: ion of the market. A
disagreeable citconistanee teas 13leen place •
in the 7th Native Cavalry. On the regiment
ing ordered to advance, they began to muruini,
They complained that they had beel. elcken yei.rs
in-the held ; that during this period they had never
seen their families y that ni,ny of their hoo•ehold
ceremonies had or coonl take pl re; that now that.
their families had quitted 0 tie hoo,es, atid when
they were aboatt Co join them, they were dent ived
of the hope of seei,;lg them ; that doting

service two- thirds of them held pertOted by *irk-
iiess or the swot,', and the remainder acre ready
soctifiee their lives nobly, hat thit )hey
not .1,,n4 soffvr a lingering t.xistene,. General
Dovt....ToN i;r!-U3tirti titer)) it) :Pula'. F !,,! to.
,heir standards, and promiNed to repres. nt their
grievance* in.the iavonrald,
vernment He !hen seized the leaner- Woe
acquitted but moue."