6 MAY 1843, Page 2

The doom of our Indian empire also impels us forward

; and the annexation of Seinde, announced by the overland mail, carries our frontier further towards the wild regions that have given us so much trouble. The province will have a British Governor ; anti-slavery aspirations are to be gratified by the abolition of the bad institu- tion which our laws abhor ; and the conquered province has already yielded us treasure. But will the glory and the gain compensate for having such a large piece added to the territory already so diffi- cult to consolidate ? The morality of the achievement—but we had better leave morals out of the question.