The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-25 00:00:00

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We some days ago adverted to the state of the
Army in India ; way now, previous to the Meet.
ing of Porliament, would wish to direct the at-
tention of our readers, particularly Members of
the honourable Nouse of 'Cormnons, to the ge
neral state of our uffuirs in that distant and
interesting part of our Empire. That Lord Am.
herd has not disappointed the expectations of
the public, is most certain; than he has acted
with good intentions, we trill not dispute, and,
therefore, the blame ef his miscarriage ought to
rest with those, who sent him to his present
high end important office; and, if it be true, as
is whispered, that he has been advised to be sick,
and to come home, we shall he contented to
fof bin) 1)3,1; back liito the obscurity from ,hick
1, was unfortunately called, when appointed
Governor General of India, provided he can
cley,himself of any participation in the bloody
proceedings at ilarrackpoor. But it is quite
dear, that. lee, who COITIMMICed this ruinous and
disastrOus war, can never.be expected to put an
end to it by au advantageous or honourable peace.
Greeral Sir Ed went. Paget may, be eXpeCtrd in
England about the middle of March, or runnier;
and it is understood the valuable office of Clover-
in sy, lof the Military Seminary at Sandhurst, is
kepi vacant for him ; but ttu Gallant OfliePr !Ms
a trilling ACCOTIC to SPitl4, country, for
the silaughter,of ,nearly f.}o)ioofferimvenn!n—tbei
were black men, to be sure—but they were as
boye, us hind .he.arted , and us loyal 0.; himself,
cud we should think at least outitled to the pro-
tection of a British King and Parliarneot ; and it
is' to be hoped that he will be called npon to ec.
count for, if he cannot legally be brought to trial,
in a hatisfActory manlier, if he cau,how it became
necessary Ito proceiqi to such unheard-orextremi.
ties." They manage these matters better inltussia."

The late news from Stir etersburgit gives an account
of the regiments of COnitnntine refusing to take
the Oath of Allegiance to the Emperor Nicholas;
and we learn even in that " serni.barbarous
country," that previous to proceeding to attack
that regiment, the Emperor himself did net dis-
dain to go in their front, arid exhort them to
obedienee, and that every possible pains was
taken to prove to them the folly of resistance
against the overwhelming force that would be
brought against them ; and when they were at.
tacked. and defeated, the Emperor Nicholas was
satisfied with the blood of two hundred out of
two thousand men ; but it was otherwise with
the unfortunate men at BarrackpOor. No
Emperor was there to act so humane a part,
no Commander-in• Chief went. on their parade,
altheugh it is said, the melt intreated
that he would come and hear their complaints;
Or were they told, that if they would
ndt su,brdit, a large force, thrice their number,
with several pieces of cannon, would be brought
against them; no, they were told no such thing,
hut nevertheless a force, three times their
st4eugth, was, during the night, secretly posted
rdlund thetn, and a r..tasked battery planted in
th'eir rear, and because they did not instantly, on
beink ordered to do so, at break of day, give up
their arms, this masked battery of, we believe,
six pieces of ordnante opened,'-together with the
most destructive, fire from three King's Itegi.
utents; and not content with the havoc made by
this attack, and those who escaped flinging away
their never loaded arms, and eudeavouring to
enve•thernselves by flight, wore pursued like so
many mad dogs, and shut or bayonetted wherever
they could be fOund for upwards of six hours !
and upon the whole, out of 700, nearly 500
were killed or desperately wounded !! ! The
overfloWing Treasury which, Lord ilagtings
left when he quitted India has melted away, and
a large debt accumulating, by an unnecessary,
ill-advised, and ill-conducted war,
in a pestilential climate, in a country, even the
geography of which we were perfectly ignorant
of, our military. expences • increasing every day,
and no prospect of a peace----a universal want of
confidence in the head of the Government among
both our European and native: subjects. The
native Princes, our tributaries, our allies, and our
powerful neighbours, looking ou with anxiety
and wonder, at the want of success in our mili-
tary operations against the Burmalis ; our army,
which they heretofore thought invulnerable,
frilling by thousands in a country hitherto un-
known to us or them ; the charm they think,
which hitherto secured us conquest, is nearly bro-
ken ;- and they are beginning to think, if they had
pursued the same plan as the Burrnahs do, they
would not now be in thraldom ; and that an op-
portunity may soon offer of freeing themselves
from bondage.—We are told that the Herald
yacht is held in preparation to take the Marquis
of Hastings to Malta, to re•assnme that Govern-
ment. Why is he to be banished to that miser-
able rock, and the country to be deprived of his
valuable services in India ? or why is the Mar-
quis Wellesley (whose time of service in Ireland
is expired) not solicited to return The former
fame of either of these distinguished Noblemen
would be a tower of strength, their names are
familiar, and. .venerated all over that vast Em-
pire; and they would be welcomed by every ser.
vant of the Company as their deliverers.

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Last night we receiVed the .Eloile of Monday.
ft appears that the mission of the Turkish Meld-
potentiaries to the Morea 'has strongly excited
the attention of The Austrian Court. Nothing
was known as to the nature of the propositions
of which they were the bearers, nor whether the
mission itself was the spoutenpous act of the
Divan, or the result of external influence. It
is reported that the Turkish Government in-
tend to _require military possession of all
the fortified places, leaving the inhabitants of
each province the liberty of choosing a Lieu-
tenant-Governor, subject to the approbation and
controul of Ibrahim Podia, as the general Go.
vernor of the whole country. The Greeks, how-
ever, will hardly deliVer themselves up to the ten-
der mercy of the desolators'of Sri° and I psara, on
such condition as these,•while any hope of suc-
cessful resistance remains.with them. The news
from Russia is of no political interest. The official
journal of St. Petersburgh has published an ela-
borate panegyric on the character of Alexander
Among the most conspicuous merits of that.
Prince, the journalist enumerates the foundation.
of the Holy AllianCe. We are not disposed to
deny the late Emperor or Russia the merit of in 7
tending well in that prejwct ; but looking at the
purposes to which it has since been perverted,
and in which he was an active and willing peal-
cipator, wa apprehend. that the institution of the
Holy Alliance Is a very questionable title to the
applause_ and affection of posterity.

[Tug Lenutn.]
At length we have advices from Warsaw; but
they are dated as far back as the 3d inst., and
are derived from the Austrian Observer, whose
patron (Prince Metternich) has snore than one
strong inducement to rejoice at the change that
has taken place in Russia, and consequently to
garble every account that militates with that-
chilligp. After this preface, the reader will be
better able to set a value on the intelligence, of
which we shall now give the kubstanee. On the
2d inst., the garribion Of Warsaw, and all the
Civil Authorities of that capital, took the oath
to the Emperor Nicholas. The Grand Duke
,C°l"luotioe, who is said to hale left for the
first' time upon this occasion, his Palace since
the death of Alexander, received in person the
oaths of the it regitoesst of the Guard ;
whilst the,Polish Gourd took the oath to General
Krasinski ; and the other regiments F.,) the re-
spective Generals of Division. This iv the only
part thatls allotted to Constantine in this impoS-
big ceremony ; and the only time that Isis name
occurs, except to say, that it was expected he
would set out for Petersbusgh in a few 'days.
One circumstance seems us to require expla-
nations
,we mean the rigid sechu,ion of,that Prince.
It could not be intensity of 4/6,4, for this sun-
position is inconsistent with his dwracters and

`next with his wrongs of which the late Emperor
was the avowed author. He must then have
brooded, in sullen retirement, over the loss of
his birth-right ; whilst his friends, if the long.
destined victim of a powerful, imperious, and
jealous Government could have any, were em-
ployed in watching anyindications of public feeling
in his favour. As to his journey to Petersburgh,
he had only the choice of undertaking it with as
little delay as possible, or of justifying the suspi.
cions of which he was no doubt the object ; for,
if his reserve had been ever so marked, yet it
would not wholly subdue the jealousy of the Im-
perial Court. He has therefore only the alter.
native of proceeding to that Court, or of throw.
ing of all disguise ,at once, and entering into an
unequal, and almost hopeless, contest with his
brother. Some of our contemporaries. are
surprised that the title of Vicerriy is given
to another person (Prince Zajoutschek) in
these extracts from The Austrian Observer ;
but this only shows their ignorance of the consti-
tution of that kingdom, according to an article of
which, only natives can exercise! the functions of
Viceroy. Whilst the letter of the law has been
scrupulously observed, the spirit, however, has
been evaded, as all the real authority has hitherto
centered in the person of the Grand Duke,
which he has united to his functions of Gene-
ralissimo of the Polish army. At the same time
State reasons require the presence of a Prince
nearly allied to the Sovereign's family, in order
to amuse the Poles with the lustre of a Court
and State expediency, no doubt, suggested the-
propriety of keeping Constantine at Warsaw, in
n kind of honourable exile, and probably of the
strictest' surveillance.

[MORNING POST.]
An outcry for legislation upon the subject of
Small Paper Currency appears to be rising in the
country ; but we cannot imitate the conduct of
some of our contemporaries, by attempting to in-
crease its loudness and extent. This conduct is
indeed well calcUlated to confirm our previous
conviction, that a period of panic or distress is
not that in which any measures requiring a calm
and sober deliberation can be the most advan-
tageously discussed. It would, we think, re-
quire some pressing and urgent-necessity to jus-
tify the adoption of any permanent regulations
upon the- subject of Paper Currency, at a mo.
ment when the temper- of the country, when
the temper of Parliament itself, Must be
supposed peculiarly unfit for the cool and
dispassionate investigation, by which such
regulations ought always to be preceded.—
Is there, then, we would ask, any such urgent
and pressing necessity at present the coun-
try in any immediate danger from the over-Con-
fidence in the issues of private bankers ? Have
not, in fact, the calamities. which we all deplore,
removed the probability of their recurrence, if
not altogether, at least, to such a distance as may
well afford us: -time to acquire clear heads and
moderate feelings, before the Legislature shall
be called upon to provide against it ? It is a
sound general rule, that individuals may, tnost
beneficially for the general welfare, he entrusted
with the care of their own particular' interests.—
There are, no doubt, ittxceptions to. this rule ;
yet it is a rule to which exceptions. ought to be
very cautiously admitted ;. and we own that
our apprehensionS :have been in some degree
excited by. the fact, that all - the suggestions
we have yet seen or head, of alterations in the
law •respecting paper currency,. are in direct vio-
lation of• it. But we cannot lightly consent to
abandon a rule, every unnecessary departure from
which tends to multiply perniciously the functions
of Government, and •to • abridge the freedom,
whilst it deteriorates the character of the people.
Before-one man. can issue a note, another must
have sufficient Confidence in, him to receive it ;
and when Government has provided that Such
mote shall be convertible:into the legal currency
of the realm, at the pleasure of the bottler, we
are not yet convinced that any part „ of its duty
remains unfulfilled ; we are not ..yet „prepared;
notwithstanding all that has occurred, to call
upon it to check, by Attu system of cumbrous
regulation, the wholesome freedom of individual
action.