The Sun. — 1845-03-08 (London, England)

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 52 ententes after 1 Evening .• 1-1 minutes after .2.  Every mail from India brings only additional proofs that sooner or later, willingly or unwillingly, the Governor-General, however peaceable his disposition may be, will be compelled to take a part in the affairs of Lahore. Since the death of the " Old Lion of the Punjaub," RUNJBET SINGH, the country has been a constant prey to the most frightful disorders—to plots without end, the murder of chiefs and prime ministers by their nearest relatives and most confidential friends, and the unbridled fury of a mercenary and lawless soldiery. Revolution succeeds revolution rather as natural events than the work of man ; no sooner is one Raja set up than he is pulled down by some unsuspected enemy, who succeeds only to give place to another who happens to have more money, more interest with the Seikhs, more influence over the Pretorian guards, or who excels in cunning and treachery, and dares to commit crimes surpassing those of his predecessor. The last s_avlution has led to the murder of many chiefs anepersons of note, whose heads after the victory were carried in triumph on pikes through the streets of Lahore, and more than two thousand lives had been sacrificed for the purpose of gratifying the ambition of an aspiring and daring woman, who will probably be the next victim, along with the puppet of a llaja—a child—the last placed on the throne Se long, however, as the existing authorities adhere to treaties with the British Government, and abstain from invasion of the frontier, some persons imagine that we can have no grounds for interference in these endless quarrels and massacres. But that is taking only a very limited and imperfect view of the question. A nation which is constantly in a state of revo lution must ever be an object of anxiety and alarm to its neighbours : vast numbers of the defeated parties make their escape into the adjoining states, and return on some new outbreak ; peaceful alliances are disturbed, trade and intercourse are interrupted, and fears excited that the spirit of anarchy may become infections, and compel either an active interference, or what is little better, the maintenance of a large army on the borders, kept in constant readiness for action. It is evident the British Government cannot submit long to such a state of affairs, but supposing it observed the utmost patience, and remained satisfied with guarding its own possessions against all attacks, what hope is there that affairs will improve ? Is England to be burdened with the expense of keeping a cordon of troops to protect the frontier against lawless hordes, who oppress not only the natives, but injure and perhaps ruin the most industrious portion of her own subjects, by the total destruction of commerce, and by wasting one-half of the advantages obtained by throwing open the  Indus ? There is, however, another and more material consideration. A constant state of anarchy—and there appears no hopes of any change—must weaken the kingdom of Lahore, render it an object of ambition to the states on the west, and, above all, to Aflghanistan, which still claims sovereignty over a great portion of that fertile and important district. Already AKBAIt KHAN threatens Peshawur. If anarchy prevail he may accomplish his object, and something more. With the assistance of neighbouring tribes, allured by the prospect of plunder, he may descend into the plains, occupy Lahore, and threaten the British possessions in the most vulnerable quarter.