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LONDON. MONDAY, JULY 13.

Is so far as can be gathered has the biographic
anticipation of the Overland Mail, the gravity of the
crisis in Bengal has in nothing abated. True, we
ore told that the rebels at Delhi have been attacked
and driven dispirited into the town, with the loss of
twenty-six guns ; and that all the commanding posi-
tions in the vicinity of Delhi arc in the possession
of the European and loyal native troops. Nay.
it is rumoured that 300 men had tied from
Delhi, and that the ill-starred Kt:co—what we
heartily believe—was desirous of throwing himself
on the mercy of the British Government. Still
the statement that the rebels had been driven into
Delhi, implies that they had ventured to give
battle to toe Government troops outside of
the town ; and such daring on their part has
of itself an ugly look. It is also stated that the
Telegraphic Wires betweee Delhi and Agra bad been
cut by the mutineers, which implies a considerable
amount both of knowledge and of military foresight
among their leaders. But the worst remains to be
told. It had been found necessary to disarm the
native troops at most of the stations in the Punjaub,
and, owing to desertion and other causes, the nume-
rical strength of the Bengal Army had been reduced,
according to one statement, by 28,000; according to
another, by 30,000 men. It is said that hitherto the
disaffection has been confined exclusively to the ranks
of the Army. This we believe to be true; but what fearful
interruption to the tranquillity of the province may
not result from 30,000 mutinous men at arms being
thrown loose upon society, without either the means
or the inclination to support themselves by honest
industry. Besides, these men will keep up commu-
nications with the native soldiers who still. remain

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true to their colours, and the consequences of this

intercourse may be most disastrOus. It is pre-
mature to say that the mutiny has been
checked in the ranks of the Bengal Army. It
is stated that the discipline and loyalty of the
Bombay and Madras Armies are unshaken.
With regard to the Bombay Army we believe that
this is certain; but many well-informed persons
speak less confidently of the state of the Madnu
Army. At all events, until the Bengal mutiny is
finally suppressed there will always be danger of
the contagion spreading to the other Yre.•idencics.
So much for the extent and aspect of the peril.
There is also a counter-balancing statement of good

to be made. At Bombay and Calcutta the first ex-
treme of alarm appears to Lave abated. At the latter
place, in particular, the panic would seem at
first to have been of that unreasoning nature
which disarms men of the power to adopt
rational measures to ward off danger. According
to the latest accounts, all the influential communi-
ties in Calcutta, the Mahommcdans included, had

presented loyal addresses to the Government ; and
this had somewhat tranquillised the minds of the
European residents within the ditch. Reinforce-
ments of European troops were rapidly closing in
upon the North-West Territory from the Bombay
and Madras Presidencies and from Ceylon.
More important still, Sir PATRICK GIANT was
acting as Commander-in-Chief, General ANSON
having died of cholera at Kurnaul ou the 27th
of May.

It would be cowardly and foolish to shrink from
recognising the full extent of the danger that lin-
pends over us. The stake for which we play is
neither more nor less than the permanence of our
Empire in India. We feel that the nation is fully
competent to maintain its ascendancy there—we are
convinced that it will ultimately so put forth its
might as to maintain that ascendancy. But we can-
not conceal from ourselves that blunders may be
committed at the outset which may render the
struggle even more Arthur's than at present it ap-
pears likely to be. The tint thing to be cared for is
the Bengal Army. 'Melones must be adopted to
restore it to a better mood. It matters little
what may be the reasons assigned for the late muti-
nies ; they evidently have their source in • deep-
rooted, wide-spread spirit of disaffection and insub-
ordination of long standing. sow, cur hold of India
can only be maintained by the efficiency and loyalty
of oar Army ; and the greater part of that Army must
alms casuist of natives. It may be found neees-
aryls segment the proportion of European regi-
ments, teat two things will always place a limit to
the extent to which this can be done. The first of
thine is the extreme costliness of an European
soldier in India; the second is the comparative
paucity agitations at which the health of European
soldiers can be toured at all seasons of the year.
By augmenting to some extent the number of
European soldiers, and distributing them judici-
ously at the various stations favourable to the
constitution of Europeans, a more powerful cheek,
susceptible of more prompt application than
hitherto, may be placed upon our native troops.
Additional safety will be ensured by enrol-
ling a greater variety of castes, races, and reli-
gions in our native army than has hitherto
(at least in Bengal) been the case. By this means
the risk of a national movement ageing! British
ascendancy will be in a great measure averted.
The neersory fusion of these heterogeneous ele-
ments must be effected by inspiring the army with
• feeling of pride in its connexion with the Anglo-
Indian Goeerument. Two measures will materially
contribute to the attainment of this end. The first is
the doing of justice to the English officers