The Press.
London, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

LONDON, UN SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1857. MPED . .SIXPENCE.
TAMPE.D...FIV EPENCE.

holding out. At Sattara, we see by a letter
in yesterday's Times, there has been a plot
to massacre all the Europeans and place the
alopted son of the late Rajah on the throne.
The name of the station is not given, but the
details as to its position leave no doubt as to
the spot to which the writer refers. At Jhansi,
one of the latest of our annexations, the
people have risen and murdered every Euro-
pean, man, woman, and child, with circum-
stances of aggravated atrocity that make the
blood run cold. The Nizarn's country too, the
Sattara letter tells us, is in a very unsettled
state ; while the proceedings of the Resident
show that he anticipates an outbreak, and
thinks that if there should be one, it will be
joined in by the regular cavalry stationed
there. One regiment of the Hyderabad con-
tingent has already mutinied, and it appears
that they are in constant expectation of a
rising on the part of the Nawab of ARCOT at
Madras, for he is one of the victims of our
late policy, the policy which Mr DISRAELI so
well denounced.

Considering that the revolt only commenced
about the middle of May, and that our advices
only reach to the end of June--considering,
also, that all the stations alluded to are many
hundred miles apart—we do not see that Mr.
VERNON SMITH has much to congratulate us
on in respect to the attitude which the native
princes have, so far, assumed ; and we have
no doubt that he will be in possession by the
time the next mail comes in, if he be not so
already, of despatches which will teach him
how little reliance is to be placed on those
who have not yet thrown off the mask. Then,
as to the people whose loyalty he dwells on,
we do not know really what he means. We
read of the whole of the bazaar people and
camp followers rising together with the Sepoys,
and of even the servants of the officers proving
false. In other words, the entire non-military,
as well as military, population have revolted
in all our chief military stations in Bengal.
The same course has been followed by the
populace of the cities—the men who in every
country furnish to rebellion its most active
recruits. Many of the post-runners are said
to have joined the rebels also, and most of
the boatman on the Ganges, while the cargoes
are plundered by bands of armed men. Num-
berless villages, moreover, appear to have
taken advantage of the general confusion, and
we read of plunderings, and burnings, and
shootings—now by the people and now by the
European soldiery, in retaliation—on every
side. From Lahore to Calcutta there appears
to be nothing but robbing and murdering, or
hanging, as the rebels or the soldiers happen
to have the upper hand. Such is the loyalty
of princes and people contended for in his
speech by Mr. VERNON SMITH.
While such gross ignorance exists on the
part of the Government as to the causes and
the nature of the contest they are engaged in,
we shall not be surprised if their endeavours
meet with very little success. They may take
Delhi, but we can only repeat that by doing so
they will have completed but one step towards
the termination of the affair. They will have
cut off a single heal of the hydra, but they will
have left the rest. Before order can be
restored not only must the mutiny be quelled,
but all community of feeling and interest must
be cut off between the mutineers and the
people and princes of India. They may, to be
sure, do this for us themselves by their
atrocities, just as the Red Republicans have