Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-05-02


artillery poured into the encampmen met the foe hand 10
hand and fairly drove the barbarian force to the bridge and
into the water The sequel was horrible The bridge, un-
equal either strength space for the flying herd that trod
it, sank beneath the troubled stream filled with wreches
struggling regain the opposite bank the drowning troops
our infantry exhausted their ammunion-then the artillery
drew up and poured its fire the anpeopled hun
deds upon hundreds there peshed until length the
ceased foam with the death struggles OF man and HORSE
living thing in the waves and the redeemed hue Of
the alone betrayed the recent slaughter. This
shocking"
| A fortnight or less ago, Lord ABERDEEN dwet on
the crimindRiy of war with allusion to the Oregon
question but possibly, as his lorship and Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL deny the operations Of blockade capture,
bombardment, and havoc in La Plata to be aDar the
conflicts with the Sihks and the occupation of
the Punaub, will be refused that title. 1t is nothing
more than seeking I" indemnity for the past and Sc
curty for the FUTURE" the conclusion being con-
vention which is exhibited thus /:
"The demanded and conceded the surrender in
full sovereignty, Of the territory, hill and plain lying between
Sute and Beas rivers and the payment Of one and half
orupees indemnity for the expenses of the wahe
dsbandmen Of the present Sikh army and its reorganization
the system and regulations with regard to pay which OBJ
tanned in the time Of the late Mahaaja Runeet Snghe
angement for limiting the extent of the force to be hencefoh
employed be determined in communication with the Bril-
fish Govementhe surrender OF all the guns that had
pointed against ushe entire regulation and control OF
banks OF the river Sue and such other arrangements
for settling the future boundaries of the Sikh State and the
organization Of its administration, might be determined
at Lahore"
] In the books of travels in the East we have pic
lures of large serpents with animals in their mouths,
Of which they have swallowed only part; the rest
projects and is leisurely fabricated for entire degu-
| tition. As diligent reader Of Hindoo history,
have been struck with the uniformity of the British
process of absorption. You received my prediction
some years back that the policy and career of the
successors of Lord AUCKLAND and Lord ELLENBo-
ROUGH must be the same as those Of the viuperated
Lords and Of all their predecessors dissen-
sions, provoke attacks, appropriate territory and
treasure, install an imbecile Legitimate, let him be
made victim foe, then conquer and annex
without section qualification. This fatality mis-
carried in the case alone of Afghanstan but here
it will triumph in due season, with the facilities just
acquired. From the pharisacal moralizing and
boasting of the principal Tory and Wing organs,
you might suppose that they had forgotten all that
they respectively uttered from day to day i'm repro
baton OF the measures of the two Governors Gene
raj whom have named above; and, moreover
that the histories of Mill, Thornton, Wilson, and
the reports of the trial of Warren Hastings, and Of
the debates which preceded it in Parliament, and
all the foreign testimony and narration concerning
the march Of the British power in India were obi
terated consigned rretrievably to oblivion dis
belief. In 1912 collection of treaties and engage
ments with native Princes and States of Asia was
published in London. The parallels for stipulatons
and results which it affords not little curious
Let me refer you, likewise, to the first volume of
Wilson's History of British India, from 1905 to
1895, PIP. 81, los, 203, and the Concluding Re-
marks" Wilson surpasses Thornton in style and
method, but is less honest or candid. The Foreign
Quarterly Review rancorously assails Sir HENRY
HARDINGE, and pronounces against his supposed
policy OF fOrbearance, in these terms:
IT, .
after the experience have had, be madness. We
have received the legitimate provocation have been
dragged against will into hosiies and ought by
MEANS therefore, to suffer hypocrisy and intrigue to blunt the
edge Of just resentment and prevent proceeding
the annexation of the Paub. very absurd
kind Of reasoning infer from the extent of dompons
in Indp, that ought not to enlarge Them Our empire
be said have reached its proper development till
all obvious of disturbance and shall far
possible have been closed up In these matters there
question OF enough, too much, apart from the
consideration Of what will suffice undisturb
ed government Of all the country limits will always
be too confined till have left in India for the dis
should bear in mind and not suffer ITSELF by the show
moderation and forbeance be aured the preser
yaon of nexhausbe Of Instruction. anarchy, and
civil war in the kingdom of Lahore"
On the 4th instant we received here the London
Quarterlies and Monthlies for the season. Black
woods article, /" How they Manage Matters in the
Model Republic" contains as much venom and OBJ
ioquy HdS ever DcloIc DteH COHpTeSScu lilo the
same number of the pages Of that Tory vehicle.
The United Service Magazine deserves to be read
nearly throughout. The article (of Is pages) on
the " Invasion and Defence of Great Britain" might
be transferred entire with profit, to American
sheet. | enclose for you pregnant extract. Of
the new batch, the most important and instructive
are, of course, the London Quarterly and the Fo-
reign Quarterly. The latter excels in variety en-
tertainment, and information. You can recommend
the articles on Spain; on the Island Of Borneo; on
the Satirica Literature of the Reformation on Al
geria, past and present; and Hommaire de Hell's
Travels in the Caspian steppes, the Caucasus, Cri-
mea, and Southern Russia valuable, though pre-
JUDGED work, with which we have been familiar in
Paris for a couple Of years. The reviewer sets
price on the island Of Labuan, purchased by Great
Britain from the Sultan of Borneo. He describes
It as coal-staon for her steamers harbor of re-
fuge for her shipping generally, and I" a position of
immense advantage in of war with any mari
time Power" You are told by this same Pundit
that an American President, when he signs
: treaty by order Of The Senate, is, for the time
only acting the subordinate constituted autho-
rity." In treating that fresh and fruitful theme
the Sarical Literature of the Reformation, the
reviewer comedies too little space and attention to
the Safyre Menippee-a masterpiece Of wit and
diction, which would include in the list Of manu-
ais for all students of the French tongue. The ar
tcle on Algeria comprises good biographical
sketch Of ABD-EL-KADER, and due estimate of
the character and exploits of the wonderful man.
Ii is well added that the alternative for the French
in the prodlgious struggle rs the determination Of