The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

THE NEWS FROX INDIA.

(Fro® the Tim,. )

It ens but the other day we recorded the mete-
or, saniveroary of the battle of nanny, from which we date
dio cnfoninnemest of British worn in Indio. About s

Seesth before thet fall poviod of on. hundred yeses bad
over, although un this side of tlhe globe we knew it
sot, the son of the late Mogul Kulp-tor had been era-
diates,' King at Delhi by certain rAlutents of the Ben-
gal army, which to od broken out into open mutiny.
This mutiny his assumed • very serious character.
We do not writs for the purpose of inspiring alarm ur sug-
gesting timid ontrosels. The moment has arrived fur ex-
tra—sharp, stern, and decisive. An Imperial interest is at
date—nothing lees thou our dominion in British India. It
would be easy enomgla to point out tho errors of umisaion and
commission which have been mainly instrumental in bring-
ing shout the present crisis. The course of policy to bo adopted
fee the hikers i• also matter for swift though serious Mr
amnion, but just now it would be idle to waste how
either upon recrimination or upon questions of general
policy. In the first plwre the mutiny must be suppressed,
Mid in such • manner as shall impress the minds of the
halm with the nature of the power they have defied when
ear reel strength is put forth. If it be true that we aro still
wry much in the dark to to the true feelings and opinions of
On natives col India, it is no leas true that they know far
Ism of us thaa we do of there. The diardsusages arising
Sea liporeatie may tell upon tooth sides, but they
tell more in our favour than to our prejudice.
The wide is a most serious one. We do not wish to con-
Mel it, tree zebus from the country, lost it is not so serious
that it shieht lambs one moment of heeitation. The rigour
Aselayn by the victors of Plawey and Assay. should be the
model fur our imitation at the present moment—if, indeed, •
powerful and resolute people ever need any inspiration from
Ms past. Bet first let us speak of the Luta, as far r they
SW yet known to us.
The nuttiame spirit, which had to a certain extent been
an eked, if not entieguished, in the mere southern portion of
De gel, had speed to Meerut. At this poet two regiments
dram' infantry—the I lilt and 20th—had united with the
had 1401 Conlin, sad had broken out into open revolt.
This revolt, se for se It showed itself al Meant, bad been
pet deers. There had been • collision between the revolted
and the Surepsin troops, the malt of which was that the mai-
lmen were dispersed &added. To the southward, and at 'merest
adduce, lies the important city of Delhi, the capital of the
old Mopl amp re ; and this town appears to bare bees the
wenn el the revolt. When the fugitives from Meerut
Serlesd lbws they were instantly joined by three other regi-
ments of Native Infantry—the 38th, the 64th, sad 74th;
and thus nailed forces instantly took possession of the town.
Lay one who baa had experience of the tiger-like ferocity
et the Indian in a moment of what appears to him sne-
ers will be prepared for the result. An indiscriminate
meemers of the Eumpeans was the Brat act on which the
astinsers decided, mad this they are mid to hare carried
eat in • manner the moat remorseless and the woe* com-
plete. Ito lindesset was shown to sex, no rwrerence to age;
Delhi was twined We Ammlie; sad so the Best net at the
tragedy was played sea. It might horn been enproted. The
sat step, however, nig be etweidered as of a more onerous
kind, if it is widows of any peennedved design. The sea
seal the We Mpg Meeperar sus peeehamel kis& awl
thus the thaw sovereign wham we hew se Isig
maintained la empty die hoe boa mud We
momentary Impurnme—leleilh eme buy he almeopeer
fix ever tram lams eesseed. Xec per die A; Am Ye
been *pig ME ad Idth. betdesioniml. We me la.
fermi, weer isle Am Calcutta el the In 11IA Set et
Ittempse isOm hat tea admires, bet VW doe
ilelneleime hell lea eipplees4. Mir for the bider
alb of W skew it awl am Oa east bee been due
Be ~it It meet the ed. t. Tbe government ewe
lOW melee mem= m supprees the revolt, end
INS 01•1111iiike imps Ortilla Delhi." The Wks are
stew Ras wag% in Ind, be justified by the event.
lei Oil* Ye Monism alai the MGM= shwa be ex-
lbsellebei wiles It bee Woo. Red that semi Amitlne
/kW. aet le demi le mope Y embote ben the

=,:ent of the disturbances. When to this
we aid that the Rajah of Dwahor
.--the Wyatt& State abutting on the south-
western limit of Delhi—had placed the troops
of which he could dispose at the service of the British
Government we have exhausted the brief, but momentous,
*deices which the electric telegraph brought to us at a late
bone last night. The open revolt in the Bengal
presidency of Ave regiments of Native Infantry and of
tem regiment of Light Cavalry, independently of what may
bare taken place at fferompowe, is undoubtedly Intel -
Brace as importing as any which we have pub-
Imbed since the fell of Sebastop d. It must also be room-
tared the= theme are not tea only regiments affected with the
taint of mutiny; indeed, the very telegraph which being.
this news adds that the Sith Regiment of Native
which had been tefore suspected, had bran distandesl at
Harrackpore.
So far from feeling any minus apprehension foe
the liability of *Wish power io ladle in ems-
prone' of thews orottnences, wo should be inclined
to foretell that they may tend to confirm it, and to
give us a fresh Item of empire. We have for a long time
been pursuing half•tuessuree in India. There ma be no
doubt that the reign of the mock King at Delhi will be but a
trier me, and that a terrible retribution will be indicted on
the mutineers, not merely in that character, but as the
bloody and pith.., murderers of the Europeans in Delhi.
If is was to rune, this revolt could not have occurred
st a bettor time. When the Russian war was raging
B might bare proved a moo emmidersible inconvenience; in-
deed, • lees matter, such as the boatilitie. with Persia, sow
happily terminated, might have been a serious obstacle in the
way of a satisfactory settlement. What we require is the
presence in British India of the most competent officer who
sea be found, and an entire revision of our Indian military
roam. It la not here the time or plsee to enter upon wider
qnsations of policy, such as the system of double government
which has gone for ea much in producing the prneent stab;
of affairs. We cannot, however, conclude without urging
Mae upon our rulers, as soon as this revolt is eng-
rained., the stoke. necessity of carrying on tho Indian
railway system with greater vigour. The time brie arrived
when the power of transporting compact and highly trained
bodies of European troop* from one point of India to another
any be ell-important. In India we are constructing !na-
iads on the expensive English system. Single lines through
the jungle and the wilderness, after the cheap American
model, could be laid down in a tenth of the time and at
hem than a tenth of the expense, and these would enable us
to hold pommies of the country with an army comparatively
=tall in malarial force.

Last Thursday morning the inhabitants of Wool-
Stich and sarroaadiag places were greeted sons.settat ea-
_ . . _ .

Seasonably on behalf of the Archduke of Austria. At 4 am.
ft pleased his Arehdukaehip Slalmilian to embark at
Woolwich, ow which most important occasion it was deemed
necessary to ire • royal ealute. This was duly returned,
although very much to tho annoyance of her Britannic Mr
jaety's somnolent subjects, "who," says the Unitrd &nips
Gaulle, "devoutly wished hie ecru highness in the
outody of the prince of another region. If the absurd
portico of throwing away, in the course of a year, a greet
many thousand pounds to keep up an old faLlilliOll cannot be
dispensed with, it surely would be no harm to make a law
prohibiting salutes at unaeosonabie houre."
TAE Lire ELECTION FOR SLIGO.—In the Court
of Queen's Bench at Dublin, on Thursday, an action was
bonen bya Sligo elector, Ur. Charles Salley, against Mr.
SPOogran, who was the mayor of the borough of Sligo,
fir violation of his duty ea returning afar at the late Ma-
fia far Sligo, in refusing by his deputy to receive the yet*
dike plastid for Mr. Wynne. The defence averred, amongst
aka that an objection to the plaintiff's mite wee
sle sa behalf of Mr. John Patticlk Somers, one of the
amaideles; that the deputy oldie defendant ruled the objer.
Ilan to be good, and that the defendant did not ormolu the
bellies of the deputy. It deo alleged that the plaintiff was
feet 111Sekled to rote at the aria, heroes he wee a paid
EA of Kr. Wynne. On the other band this woe denied.
were laid at 5001. Kr. Whiteside, sat stated
Yen 'a ere. The trial was then adjourned till nor
Use or BLINKER/..—MO are informed of an
briar weeth =thing in retrain to the Broom Rms.
It Is ear to be an arreagenser of tree nose that the ours
bat eretlng, ast • pries epos their hoe,,/aad that all
Ea.they Teethe arms that use shell go to the riders, should
One homes, linowa to be swift, was coesidered
MANN however, all 110001011 of its Melons raper.
hen, reerro, err, do anything hat ran
suet it wee fally tapered that it weer eery ite rider
the Thema It was Irani kr the thief Gaps, and its
rem set the Tahoe at the nnoll Am of 401. -The Perry
rbe was to ride it bed • heed is his sbealaws sod brine in
flat bet, err& he bed no idea of prise erersed or
dried eat by hie her; end so Pet before err* he pot
in Use pee 4bllok ent. The hare ender that ialbrlal
Or so Ins as Mat Bray banal asakt hays
Mrate la tibia stertsd, and ere la price from est
MK, all *A shrewd thsegbtaf being it with Wakes.