The Press.
London, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

General for the manner in which he and his troop
had overcome " the most formidable opposition." In
the following September we find him appointed to
the command of a brigade composed of her Majesty's
53rd Foot, the Nusseree Battalion, and two howitzers.
At Chillianwallah, where he was engaged as a
brigadier, he had another opportunity of distinguish-
ing himself; for though his brigade was held in
reserve, he was enabled to support the advance of
Sir W. R. Gilbert, and to carry a village which was
the key of the enemy's position by " a most spirited
attack executed in a brilliant style." It should be
added that Sir W. Gilbert, in his despatch, drew
attention to Brigadier Penny's services on
this occasion. Brigadier Penny received the
medal for Aliwal and Sobraon, and was gazetted
a C.B. in the following June. He wits also made
an honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor-General.
Colonel Penny also accompanied the late estimable
Sir. Walter Gilbert in the pursuit of Sikhs and
Affglians as far as Peshawur. On the services of
Colonel Penny being made known in this country her
Majesty was pleased to appoint him to be one of her
aides-de-camp. In 1855 he was nominated to the
command at Sealkote, and his services there gave
such batisfaction to his superiors, that on the break-
ing out of the mutiny his was one of the first appoint-
ments to command, superseding General Hewitt in
the command at Meerut. We entertatin no doubt
that he will full sustain, and, should opportunity
oiler, add to, his high reputation.

NORWAY UPON THE INDIAN MUTINIES.
(From the Morgentlad of October 30.)
" We are informed that a subscription has been
opened at the British Consulate-General in this city
in order to afford those Englishmen who reside in
Norway an opportunity of contributing towards the
fund now being raised for the relief of the sufferers
by the Indian mutiny.
" Referring to this we make bold to call upon the
British Consul-General to afford the Norwegians also
an opportunity of contributing towards the fund. We
are well aware that the addition it will thus receive
will be comparatively small, and also that the general
scarcity of money will force many to diminish their
contrilution ; but we know also that there exists in
this country great and universal sympathy for those
poor persons upon whom the Indian mutiny has in-
flicted such fearful sufferings. We are certain that
the great mass here, far from rejoicing over the
misfortunes of England, and inventing all sorts of
accusations against her Government of India, admit,
on the contrary, that no European power has ever
treated a conquered and semi barbarous race so
humanely, and that England's cause in India is that
of humanity and Christianity. Lastly, we are all
penetrated with the conviction that the greatness and
power which our energetic kinsmen in the British
isles have won for themselves is one of the best
guarantees for the freedom and independence of our
State and of other small States. We do not there-
fore hesitate to declare that every blow which unfor-
tunately might strike British power would he con-
sidered in Norway as a misfortune only second in
importance to any adversity that might befall the
united kingdoms.
" If we give the English a proof of our sympathy
no one can deny that it is a true expression of our
sentiments and chivalrous feelings, and, judging
from the manner in which the English press
has received similar proofs from other smaller States
of their acknowledgment of the justice of England's
cause, we are perhaps justified in believing that a
, like proof of sympathy on the part of the Norwegians
would not remain unappreciated."

MAJOR EDWARDS, M.P., ON INDIAN
AFFAIRS.

TIIE Beverley constituents of Major Edwards invited
that hon. gentleman to a public dinner, which was
held on Tuesday evening in the Assembly-rooms,
Norwood, where nearly 400 gentlemen sat down,
under the presidency of William Bainton, Esq.
After the usual loyal toasts, the toast of the evening
was proposed and unanimously received.
Major EDWARDS, in reply, adverted to the Indian
question:—

The jealous monopolising spirit of the East India Com.
pany has, during a whole century, almost excluded the
settlement of British subjects in the country, except their
own employes ; otherwise we should have had a numerous
British population to fall back upon in this insurrection.
The Governor of Ceylon, in a letter, recently told Sir John
Pakington that India had been most providentially saved
by the premature outbreak at Meerut. In another fort-
night, had not that outbreak taken place, there would have
been a simultaneous massacre of Europeans in India—
none would have been left to tell the tale. And to our-
selves, what would have been the consequence? Our
vital energies as a nation would have been laid prostrate,
and our commerce irreparably injured; the brightest jewel
of the British crown would have been rent away, the
glory of our name would have departed, and our position