The Trinity journal., 1856-06-21

ENGfANDs A BHoRRENCE OF "ANNEXATIoN,"
AS SHOWN BY HER AcTs SINCE l704.-The
annexed list of English acquisitions during
the last $50 years, proves indisputably the
abhdrfetce with which the government of
that amiable country holds the modern
American doctrines of iilibusterism and an
nexaton We have heard pous hypocrites,
in their prayers, damage irreparably the
characters of their neighbors-honestc men
by far than they were-with a sweetness of
accent that would thrill the heart of a stone;
or melt church steeple to its foundation !;
but such excess of piety is not comparable
with the unctuous modesty of people that
can swallow an empire at gulp, and threat
en- war upon her neighbors, who at an i'm
measurable distance, humbly follow her eX-
ample. But look at the historic record of
England's doings'in the addition line" as
given in the annexed list In 1904 En-
gland wrested Gibraltar from Spain from
France, in 1859 Upper and Lower Cana
da she acquired during George Ills reign,
from 1860 to 1020-Tobago, Dominica, st.
Vincent, st. Lucia, Mauritius and the Sey-
chelles, from France Trinidad, Essequibo,
lJtlHCldlu ItlDCCj luC NulIC VI ooOb llOptj
and Ceylon, from the Dutch Helgoland
from the Danes Malta Gozo and the Ion
ian Islands, by agreement , New South
Wales, Van Dieman's Land, Norfolk Island
the Falkland Islands, and Sierra Leone, by
settlement Since 1920. Swan River,
South Australia, New Zealand, North Aus
tralia and Australia Felix, by settlement !;
Hong Kong, by conquest from China La
baum and Sarawak, from Borneo. In adj
dition to these England is now master of the
whole continent of India, with the exception
of Bhootah and Nepaul, containing $50 000.-
600 of human beings, twice the population
of the whole Russian Empire, and four times
the population of France. Her acquisitions
in India have all been made within the last
century. She obtained, in 1907, "a pergu-
mians from the Nabob of Bengal !; 1853,
Masulipatum, from the Nizam: 1860, Bard
van and Chttagong from the Nabob of
Bengal 1865, Bengal, Bahar, and Orssa,
from the Emperor of Delhi, and Jaghire, of
Madras, from the Nabob Of Arcot l775,
Iemdary of Benares, from the Vizer of
Dude l776, Island of SalSette, from the
Mhratts 1913, town and fort of Nagore,
from the Raijah Of Tanjore, Gnntur Crcar,
from the Nizam 1856, Pulo Penang from
the King of Queda 1892, Malabar, from
Tippoo Sultan 1899, Canara, Combatur,
from Tippoo Sultan, and Tarjore, from the
Rajah of Tarjore 1900, Mysorean Provin-
ces, from the Nizam: 1901, the Carnatic,
from the Nabob of Carnatic, and Guruck-
pur, Bareilly, from the Vizier of Dude ;
1903, Kuttock and Balasore, from the
Rajah of Berar, and the territory of Delhi,
from Scndiah 1906, Guerat, from Gui-
cowar 1903, Kandeish, from Holkar ;
Ajmere, from Scindah, Poolnah and the
Mahratta country, from the Peishwah and
districts on the Nerbudda, from the Rajah
of Berar 1924, Singapore, from the Rajah
of Johore 1925, Malacca, &c, from the
King of Holland 1926, Assum, Arracan,
and Tennesserim from the King of Ava ;
1884, Koorg, from the Rajah of Koorg ;
lS41, Scinde, from the Amcers of Scinde ;
l848, Punjah, from the Sikhs 1858, Pegu,
from the King of Ava; 1856, Dude.