The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

THE INDIAN PRESS AND THE CHINESE

WAR.

(Prose the Bombay Gasett4.)

To guard against any emergency that may arise,
the Hon. Mr. Bruce has applied to the Governor-Genera
for troops; but where are they to corm from P Having been
presented with their d:mharge, about 10,000 men are at this
moment on the point of lem:eg India. Two months ago
no one thought there was any &Enmity In settling the
claims of the soldiers for bounty, created by their transfer to
the service of the crott.t. Lord Gaming met the difficulty
by giving them their discharge, emotivity, we fancy, that in
this matter they would consult their min integrate, end Bed it
neon to their advantage to ',main in the twain. Iles it so
turned oat ? Every day we hear of the withdrawal of large
bodies of soldiers from thee regiments, sad the army Nell
is tepidly dissolving away. In the Bengal regiments 6,800
INS have taken their disebarge, about 2,300 are expected to
shark (tura Madras, sad 2,100 from Bombay. About 600
discharged Europcaa **Miura arrived here on Sunday last
keen Mbow, by rail, cud rimy are on their way to the
Presidency frog the mama military cantonments in the
Interior. We were info..nrd the other day that the Mips
Costest, Hope, North, Nugget, mud llereferdelthe bare
besot ebeatana by goverment for conve)ing the meet to
England; the Ind two meals will sail to a few days vt:th
about 415 ISM Oil board each of them.

mule • nutter more inarrtant than on the earface It 'p-
rima It is indeed a I.mentable fact that the British force
In India Is inadequate to the reqninusente of war. Soldiers
mad be mantitaotured In a few month,, nor, when they are
eta ;piing, at the time of enlistment, in a few years. Bat ed-
spitting that we are =Feting at double the rate of any pre-
vious year; admitting that we have done all that could be
done to raise recruits, still there comas the question how are
we to replace European regiments of long Indian exteriesoe,
end at once raise British troops seasoned and lit for the hard-
ah4E4 of an Asiatic campeign P
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Heavy ht enn will, we suppose, be made upon both the
Madras end Bombay armies for native troops; and we esti
only hope that the war will bo this time prosecuted vigor-
ously, sad a lesson taught the Tartar Emperor, which
neither be nor his dynasty will easily forget. From the Brat
we were doubtful of the ratification of the treaties; but we
did not think that the court of Pekin would have had the
anew to openly oppose, by force of some, the advance of
the embassies. The fate of the empire may, however, now
be regarded as sealed; sa anything leas then a bombardment
dike imperial capital will be insufficient to wipe out the
humiliation we have just received. The force
despatched from India will, it is to be presumed,
be for the most part composed of natives; as to
take away coy groat number of European troops would, at
all events, be impolitic, if not dangerous. Ns could easily
spare from Bombay four regiments of native infantry, one
of her Majesty's regiments of the live, one of the Rost
Indian regiment., and about four companies of artillery.
Madras probably could furnish an equel number of native
regiment., sod double the number of Europeans. Prom
Bengal we should take native troops entirely, inch as the'
Sikh and Oboorka levies, who would be found just the kind
of men for crossing weapons with the Tartars of Northern
China. Had hag Bsbadeor been true to his engagements
he might at the same time have entered Chinese
Tierney, and added corny a handsome province to
the dominions of his Nepanlese Majesty. Even now, we
think, a clover readopt at the court of Khatruandoo might
turn the tide in our favour. Supported by our subsidies,
Nepaal might extend her boundaries far into Chinn° Tartary,
while the morel effect of being attacked, both at the tonne
sod the two extreme', would be felt all over the empire. It
is scarcely to be expected, however, that sack a judicious ►ine
of policy will be pursued. The executive will mat probably
content themselves with siend%g reinforcements up the Petho,

and directing all their energies egeinst Pskin. By this
means we may destroy the capital, but it La questionable
whether we will be able to obtain • periner.ent peace.

Kew Geeottte.—Next Bentley will be the last
Sunday this year of the Royal Palace Plessureegrounde and
raw Arboretum Wag open to the public, en they clam for
the memon on Friday, the 30th Met. These extensive and
magtratent gardens am now to ell their autumnal beauty
and rplendour, ,• the follege of the immense rashly of plants,
abrube, end trees, from the great diversity of lints end
Ades of colour displayed by each separate group to cimp,
is beautiful beyond description, forcibly reminding stilton of
the exquisite beauty sad grandeur of the woods and forests
of Noah America during the fell of the lee/ or Indian awn-

air of ti;t7olrtiTAl the cower rvatori;:tieFeitedtesee,
sad tt.e two museums In the Botanical Oudot, elm et
6 o'clock.