The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-04-13
PROGRESSION.

Progression does not seem to be confined to
The western Hemisphere alone, though usually
regarded as peculiarly American claim The
far distant East seems to be quite as familiar
with the term in its practicable acceptation as
ourselves. The following from the Edinburgh
Review will throw some light on the subject:
BRIrIsH lNDIA.-The Edinburgh Review, in
the progress of British supremacy in the Eas .
The growth of our Indian empire, looking FL t
to the period when it may be SAID TO have taken
root, and next to the enormous extent Of terri.
tory and popula ion which it now comprises,
may indeed be said to constitute one of the wo i.
drrs of the world. In 1857, not quite hundred
years ago, Eng and, besides being mistress Of
few factories the coast of Maabar and Cor, /.
mandel, exerc sed sovereignty over 4, $50 square
miles of tt rrit Try, which she had acquired from
u Nabob OF Bengal. In 1898, the date of
Lord Cornw Hiss permanent settlement, up
wards OF zoe, 900 square miles of territory, with
popua, on Little short of &C, 0OO, 900, acknowl-
edped her su ,remacy. The former had grown
in 1918, whe the charter was wed, 10 about
o2u,u, square miles, the latter to 60,000,00O,
which again were increased in 1888 to AGO, 600
square miles, peoped by at least 100000 of
natives. At this day the surface extent of land
:tually contr buted to the Indian treasury, and
managed by covenanted servants Of the com
pany, falls little short Of 100000 square miles !;
while the population will be placed under rather
than above the mark, if we assume that it reach.
120. O0J,OOJ. But this is not all. Between
Cape Comorin and the .Himalaya mountains and
from mtay to Arracan there is not princi'
pality, state province, bu. is more less con.
necied with the British empire by treaties admis.
sve of the superiority of tie stranger.
Thus northward of the peninsula, extending
to the centre we find Cashmere, Cts, Sutledge,
Nepaul-the northeast frontier States, Rajpoo.
tana, Dude, Bundelcund-the southwest 'front.'
Ter States, Berar, Saageor, Malna, and Hyderi
abad, with other less important principallties
to the south the Mysore, the Orissa, Taghires,
Travavcore, &c, and to the west, Cu ch
Guzzerat, and various other petty chieitauships
besides. All these, presenting surface extent
of upwards of 100000 square miles and com
prsing population which has been taken at
$4,000 900 of SOULS are, for every practical pur'
pose, at the absolute disposal of the BRUSH gov
eminent. Some of them are connected with il
by subsidiary treaties-that is to say, they sup
ply funds for the ma ntenance of given mum
Der Of troops, which the British government dis
ciplines and officers others pay tribute, and un.
dertake in of war to swell our armies with
contingents, Of which the strength is fixed
while the residue, accepting our protection, hold
themselves bound when called upon TO co-oser.
ale with US in any contest into which we may |
enter.
In word, we have become, far more extern
sively than could be only predica ed of the most
powerful Mahomedan emperors, lords para
mount Of India, having vassals under as, whose
aggregate military establishments show mus
ler-rol in round numbers of about 200 900 arm.
I'd men.