The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, MO

The intelligence from India and China, though not of a
striking character, is not the less important. In the vast
extent of our Indian possessions peace prevails, the influence
of the British name is paramount, and none of the adjoining
States, however they may dislike the spread of civilisation,
justice, and mercy, or dread the extension of our dominion,
seem at all disposed to quarrel with their powerful neighbour.
This universal peace at the present moment cannot be attri-
buted to the policy of the new Governor-General, for, in
fact, he is hardly ever heard of. He remains in phi-
losophical retirement at Calcutta, engaged in devis-
ing plans for the improvement of the country, such as
making roads, encouraging steam enterprise, educating the
natives, and reforming the administration of justice. Tkese
are noble pursuits, and do high honour to. Sir HENRY HAR-
HINGE, but at the same time no unprejudiced observer can
deny that he owes this leisure, this vacation from warlike du-
ties, almost entirely to the wise and spirited government of
his calumniated predecessor. Lord ELLENBOROUGH during
nearly the whole of his short reign was engaged in military
expeditions, forced on him, in fact, by the policy of
Lord AUCKLAND. After what had occurred in
Affghanistan ; after the deceitful conduct of the
Ameers of Sinde, and their intention, manifested beyond the
possibility of a doubt, to take the first advantage of difficulties
or disasters in which the British forces might be involved,
he had no alternative but to occupy the country or compel
the Ameers by force to give such security as would put every
means of vengeance out c,f their power. They declined the
latter. They chose like madmen to try their strength against
the whole power of England, and what with the judicious
plans formed for their subjection, and the admirable manner
in which they were carried out by Sir CHARLES NAPIER and
his gallant army, they were utterly defeated, and their
country was finally annexed to the British t:ominions.
The grumblers at home, and the selfish and prejudiced,
perhaps venial writers abroad, did everything in their power
to lessen the value of this great accquisition, heaped endless
abuse upon Lord ELLENBOROUGH and Sir CHARLES NAPIER,
said Sinde would never repay the cost of keeping it in subjection
—nay more, it would be the grave of every European who
ventured to reside in a district exposed to all the diseases
caused by swamps and malaria. And when owing to igno-
rance of the seasons and accidental circumstances, fever
broke out in some places, and affected several regi-
ments, they rejoiced over the result, appealed to their
prediction, and called upon the Government at the Home and
the Indian Board to renounce the conquest, restore the Aineer,,,
and consequently shut up the navigation of the Indus, and
break off all communication by that great river between Bom-
bay and the rich countries in the north of India. Even the
hostility of the Affghans was disregarded, and the British
dominions, as well as the whole of the Punjab,
were to be exposed to their excursions fur the purpose of
mortifying ELLENBOROUGH and NAPIER. The Government,
however, would not listen to their charming; and to the mili-
tary occupation of Sind', and the watchful eye of its Gover-
nor, may be entirely attributed the respectful dis-
tance at which AKBAR KHAN and his predatory
hordes keep from the country of the Five Rivers, now, from
its distracted condition, such a tempting prize fur the ruthless
Affghans. Of this there cannot be the least possible doubt,
yet not one Indian journal that we have seen attributes the
important circumstance to the real cause. These jour-
nals, too, are utterly silent about the unhealthy state
of Sinde, for the best reason in the world, because it
is, in fact, more healthy than many of our Indian pos-
sessions, and the troops, when properly located, are per-
fectly satisfied with their condition. Steam navigation is
increasing daily on the river, the producti,ns of countries
through which it flows for fifteen hundred miles are mutually
exchanged, employment is given to the inhabitants, and
the whole population of Sinde, said to be so ardently at•
tached to the hunting Ameers, would regard as the greatest
calamity the return of their old masters. In the meantime
Sir C. NAPIER is actively engaged in putting down
everything like aggression from the west ; he is placing the
Government of the interior on a stable and rational basis ; the
people are not, as formerly, harassed by endless exactions
nor denied justice; slavery is abolished, and merchants,
and traders, and shopkeepers, carry on their business
with as much security and with as certain prospects of
returns for their labour as in the most civilised and well-
regulated communities. These are great triumphs, and are the
more to be prized, as they have been accomplished in oppo-
sition to the almost unanimous opinion of the " fourth estate,"
and either disowned or reluctantly acceded to by the great
body of the India Directors. We never had but one opinion
on the subject, and the result, we are ready to admit, even
surpasses our most sanguine expectations.

Madrid journals of the 16th inst. have been received. The
QUEEN, according to some of them, had been much benefited
by her journey into the provinces. Two magnificent equi-
pages, a present from the Queen of ENGLAND to her MA-
JESTY, had arrived at Astorga. We find no additional intel-
ligence in these papers respecting the proceedings of the
court-martial appointed to try the rioters. The payment of
the new. income-tax, it is said, was made without any serious
opposition in the provinces. The Captain-General of Cata-
lonia is determined to put down all resistance to the authori-
ties by the most summary means. The Clamor Publico says
that functionary sent lately for the editor of the Foments, a
Barcelona paper, and informed him "that if he inserted any-
thing in his paper capable of alarming the province, he would
hang him f. om the flag-staff of Monjuich, as a warning to all
other journalists."
No business was done on the Madrid Bourse on the 16th.

A French provincial journal, the Bien Public of Macon, the
town represented by M. Du LAMARTINE, gives an account of
a meeting of the Council-General of the Saone-et-Loire, at
which that eloquent orator delivered a long speech, and, from
what we can gather, very much to the purpose. It related

to the circular letter from the Minister of Public Instruction,
calling on the departments to raise funds for gratuitous
education in the colleges of the chief towns. M. DE LAMAR
TINE highly approved of the Government plan, but thought it
might be extended, and not apply only to colleges,
but to primary schools for the lower classes. But
that was only one of the sound doctrines inculcated by
the Hon. Deputy; he turned his attention to the struggle at
present going on between the University and the Church,
and decidedly took a part with the former. He strongly
reprobated the attempt made to entrust the education of
Frenchmen to the clerical body, which he said would form a
new and complete feudal system, and bind the human mind
to a body that founded their faith on traditions, and delighted
in retarding the progress of knowledge. These are plain
truths. They do honour to the speaker, and form
a noble contrast to the bigoted schemes of cer-
tain parties in Ireland, who would restore the power of
the Jesuits, and make them the visitors, and gwardians, and
principal teachers also in the new Irish academies. The
progress of this encroaching sect is pointed out in the Consti-
tutionnel, and ought to be a warning to such men as Sir
ROBERT INCII" who joins with Mr. O'CONNELL in den'unc-
ing the plan of the Government, which effectually deprives
these dangerous teachers of all manifest influence in these
colleges. The Constitutionnel, after giving the early history
of the Jesuits, states that they have now fourteen provinces,
viz. :—Rome, Sicily, Naples, Turin, Spain, Paris, Lyons, Bel-
gium, England, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Maryland, and
the Missouri. On the Ist of January, 1838, they had in these
provinces 173 establishments and 3,067 members; oa the Ist
of January, 1841, they had 211 establishments and 3,565
members ; and on the Ist of January, 1844, 233 establish-
ments and 4,133 members; having thus, in six years, in-
creased by 60 establishments and 1,066 members. In 1844
the number of members was increased to 4,527. It thus con-
cludes its remarks
" The success of the company of Jesus has been constant during
late years in all the provinces. It has everywhere gained ground ;
it has everywhere extended and consolidated its empire ; but the
most marked progress has been made in Paris and Lyons. The
object of the principal efforts of the Society in our days, is not the
conversion of Pagans and infidels ; it has not, as it had two centuries
ago, more than 2,000 missionaries in the Indies, Japan, and America;
proselytism in distant countries is now only a commercial specula-
tion, an affair of money. The Society for the Propagation of the
Faith paid to the company of Jesus, in 1844, the sutn of 336,092 f. 32c.
for 134 priests, 30 novices, and 61 brothers, whom the Society had
devoted to the service of the missions among the infidels. The field
of battle chosen by the Jesuits in the nineteenth century is Europe—
Europe, which has thrown off the Papal yoke, but which the I'ope
and the Society of Jesus would bind by new chains at the foot of the
pontifical throne. Such is the position of the Society of Jesus in the
world. There is little we believe changed in the provinces of France.
The fathers are there divided into small groups, but they are not less
numerous, active, or wealthy." _ _ .

On Friday, at Eu, the KING, the QUEEN, Mme. ADELAIDE,
the Duchess D'AUMALE, and the Prince and Princess of
SALERNO, drove out at two o'clock, accompanied by the
Minister of Commerce, the Prefect of the Seine Inferieure,
Col. DUMAS, the Marquis DE BRANCACCIO, and several ladies
of honour The royal party returned at 5 o'clock. On
Saturday the KING, accompanied by the Ministers of the
Marine and Commerce, General D'HoUDETOT, and his orderly
officers, took an airing in the park at Eu for two hours,
returning to the chateau at half-past tive o'clock. In the
evening his MAJESTY received Captain LAURENCIN, of tifb
Navy, and the Colonel of the 12th regiment of the line.
The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS arrived on Saturday
afternoon at the Tuileries, where the Prince and Princess
DE JoINVILLE came from St. Cloud to receive them.

According to the Paris pipers great excitement prevails at
Dresden, caused as well by the opposition of the Lower
Chambers to the Government as the progress made by the
new religion propagated by M. RONGE. The following is an
Outline of the proceedings in the Chambers :
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