, 1879-07-02
DYA,;.,
Its yatus to England.


nadItiou 10 the public debt, and the cost OF rail-
wnvs and canu1s, vnst sums Of money hare bten
sunk In tea, coffee, suqar, lute, indigo, a1tl
other descriptions Dt agricultural enterprises, to
say nothing Of mills, factories, warehouses, local
shipping, ah1 steamboat eotruaules, house prop
rrty OF nil kinos, and yest variety Of osher
spccutallonu. Does anY. qne Imagine that the
mattress would reeoup Us for this outlay on con.
dtt!ou. OF our abandoning The country u,ld lcay.
Ing them to follow out iheir own deviccaa
Would they cven pay moderate iuterest be-
yond a very limited per!odl llow many years
would e,apse before thc cutIre arca ot
tic prescut Anclo-Inllsn Empire would
be conyulscd by wars and Gcrcc dsturbanccsl
Tie mems Of transport anl communication
would 10 the tlrstto suffer. improvements in the
produrslon md prcnaratlou Of raw materia!
rcyert to Their normal contiI,lou century neo.
Internal trade would lgntntah from the absence
Of security for pcrAon or uropertr, while foreign
commerce must needs be tfretusntly 4uBocuded
tn consequence OF the lapger ansl difficulty Df
conveying pruduco 10 the ssa.coast. Tl!ers
wouiI oe no room for Europeans In the interior
uf Tic country, except for unseEupulout ndycn.
turcrs ready 70 fool their. .phtrans % the top of
tilrir evil passions. When too late We should
begin to rcatze the valuc Of tint. great de-
pcndencv, II mav be- said that were Engtan1
not Incumbercd With india Malta might be Given
up to Tie Italians. Gibraltar re.tored to Spain.
Hyrta md Egypt huslJcd over to France. uul
finally the S,ralts of Constant!ngpls resigned 10
Kussia wh,lo housekeeping En2l1shmcn sat by
thrir iresdcs an.l smokcd 1hc plps Of peace
weakened would fall an casy prey 10 the
first Invader. 1t was not with my reference To
lnlla that Gibraltar was Wrcsted frum 9pnin
and Malta from franee but 5 nerausc ~ dt,o.a was
policy lint tic British lag SHOULD float triumph
antty over every sea. T!.. colnmnnll Of tic
Mediterranean was, besiles,' necessary to enable
moro thau one quarter, and to prevent or coun.
tcracs the junction ot their fleets. That neces-
s.ty mny for the 1nomeit 10 tluEEnans, but IL is
By no means dead. Cirsp1natanccs. however
country In antauontsH With ohr or more Of tic
Mediterranean Powers uf,tl compel tile destruc-
tion or cauiuru 81 every war-ycssel IN the hands
Ut the enemy. 1larsmrs, dosks. 1'nd arsGnals In
prosecution OF hostiitscs agalnst any one OF The
Continental States. with the exception OF Ger
many, 50 TINT India cnnnot Justly be dehited
with either the moral or material responsibility
| Tor rctnininE those Important fortrcsses.
W1eli,er or not tlc possession Of India Inns
been positive advantage to Great Dri,aiu ts
| another question altogether. though eompara-
ttvelv few would hes,tate so a,lsWer 1t tu the
affirmative. TO begin with, as a1realy remark
I'd, We had really no rIlolee ID lie matter. lial
Lie French been suffered to establish themselves
| In Indta, t,etr fleets would 'la9e ewcpt tlle In
dim aud the Cn!na tsus, ad,u tae trade OF those
LIKED SY oaat~. A alatsf period u MAS u de-
tenbe III lndla ihat Ne!sol! uGstfugcu ihc french
fleet ~ Anoukir baf, th4t s'E s1uuev smith te.
pulsed Nano!eon rom q. Jsan u'hcrc; that
Twice in tie!eusc Of ltiuta lave We checked Lie
( advance OF Russian tu1lucncr towards Afae'nnis-
tan, at,d kept at bay that gigantic military drs-
| flutfsM Which, ut'tMpeuet. woultl ere THIS h2se
| Sf,t Indian nuuul Inn u HOH1{tINr
OF 8ersdon,. For npwaria 81 cen-
turY tho encEEses o1 .EnRlishMen have
lad ample seo,e Tor eIsttlon tn cnuquersng
aild administering t,at n'sny irsaon ana n
temporarily deprrsscd, las poured !nbuluns
amount of wealtl! lnn thls country. Nor 70 It
only riches that have tnrtsased and mnltlpiicd.
aid hns tratne! son'e u or l'!'st s1scessful
Generals frotn Wcl[nEtonto TO Napier. The civil
service las, PERHAPS Gccn oven more beneficial
III giving hiyf, mural tone to our middle elasscs
nusl Ia counteracting tlIc narroWsnE tendencies
| Of nn tnsuar pnsition. The taincnse quantity
of shipping employed In Tue Indian and China
trade has furnished an unIafnE supply Of hardy,
exucltcnced n,orncrs, wlilo society ut large has
been leavenca 6Y The spirit o. adventure inc'..
dentol to lie passed 10 ibt midst OF var!ous uild
colstaut peril unit by The tnobllnE Ae1fsacrillcc
10 often display ed in.thc modest discharge vi
onerous duties. But y 'naY oe a''d has been sai,
| still higher degree had the saMe cnergeB been
directed towards the colonization Of Nurth
America, Australia, and Ncw Zealand. The as
srrtjun Is easlly made, hut will not bear mo.
tncu.'s serious reelection When the battle ol
I'iasser was fought ulld won the population ul
t',c British Isles barely exceeded aooA ooo 'rhai
any emigration at ull existed Ia tile strongest
testimony to the bold e1,tesprtsnE character oi
lie British people, but IL could not havc beer
expanded oesopu Tic l,nlts IL actually attninrd
Consequently there could hsyo been no t,aae t t.
cof,pel'sate te atsenes .! con,tnGrclat se!stsont
bud neither uouey nor 'p5oduce 10 offer IN cx
change for our comforts Rll luxr,sIes. Ant
Without the great pruilts dcrIveu Iron. con,mcrc.
win lie East, supplemruted BY the Eencrx
we,bulug oi Inc glasses directly and t1.ltrrctl,
Interested tu holding a,l governing Imi,u, II Ii
incupccyable that population would have IN
crrasyd In sucs, rlld rulio a. to aiIow coll
ttno1s stream Ut enli.rpnta to lcayc their natlv
Without the possession or lnd1u EHgln1lt
could not have held sie, !na!an oscan Or &C, con
trollsd tiie coast Wy sean0ess ..a u Iaiaa WIN
! nut tltat trade. wlthous itiosa ohI,ostnoitles .
acquiring military alltl ;aa,!!.!atTatlse experi