Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

enduring Christians who, when smitten on one
cheek, in the spirit of martyrdom, piously turn the
other. They repudiate all the honours of aggres-
sion, an& only in grave extremities act upon
the instinct of -self-preservation. Such is
the ease they desire to represent, but it is
not the case even their own evidence bears
out. We have never attempted, and shall not
now engage in the hopeless task of discriminating
between the degrees of guilt attachable to the
Orange and the •Green parties. Enough for us to
know, says a local paper, that they both manifest
a detestable spirit; that both are brutal in their
passions, and murderous in their insane animosi-
ties ; that both have pursued a course destructive
of public morality and of public tranquility ; that
both make religion a pretext for their savage vio-
lence, by which they have brought deep disgrace
on the town.

The supposed murderer of the woman, whose
body was recently found near Bristol has been
apprehended. His name is Beale. He is a butler
by profession, and about thirty years of age.
We publish full details of another railway acci-
dent, of a terrible and fatal character, by which
four persons have been killed, and two or three
others so much injured as to be despaired of.
This painful occurrence happened on a branch of
the Great Northern Railway, to a train proceeding
from Manchester to London. It seems to have
been caused by some defect in the axle of the en-
gine. At any rate the carriages, principally first
class, got off the rails, and were hurled over an
embankment, and smashed to pieces. Among the
killed is the Hon. Mr. Clive. The other victims
were ladies, including Miss Paget, of Garstou, near
this town.

The Continental news is meagre this morning
The arrival of the Cztr at Stuttgardt, on Thursday
evecing, is announced. Letters from St. Peters-
burg state that the reduction, to a peace footing,
of the three divisions of cavalry of the Russian
Imperial Guard is now accomplished. The
Russians have completed the fortifications of
Yenikale, in "the Black Sea.

At Vienna it is reported that a large reduction
of the Austrian army, is in contemplation.
The interview between the Emperors of Russ:a
and Austria will takes place at Warsaw, on the Ist
of October.

A Royal decree in the indritl Gazgtte, convokes
the Cortes for October 3rd.

News received from Constantinople, by way of
Marseilles, contains a report that the Arabs had
attempted to cut off the telegraph communication,
to Show their sympathy with the Indian mutineers.
If there be any• truth in this rumour, it refers, we
suppose, to the telegraph in course of construction
along the Euphrates route.
The Bank Returns, this week, show a de u-ease
in the bullion to the extent of £2o,9ol—th
amount in the Bank cuff- rs b,.ing £11,188,550,
agains,, £11,218,401, as per last week's returns.

IT was rep3rted and believed for a long time

that the Indian insurrection was purely military,
confined chiefly to the Brahmens, instigated
probably by Mohammedan machinations, and
restricted to Bengal. This notion has now to
be modified. It is no longer restricted to the
largest of the three presidences, but has shown

itself in the Presidency of Bombay. Two or
three places have been marked by mutiny ; it
appears that the low castes, as well as the high
Brahminical order sharesin it. Not only Moham-
medans, but Hindoos are ranged against us, and
not the military only but the general population,
at least the scum of that population.
We trust, and believe that it still remaine true,
that the great men of the Indian nation are for
us, and deplore this &Toy insurrection. They
would lose far more than they would gain by
the overthrow of our authority ; and already
this has been painfully experienced in the plunder
and violence practised on their own countrymen
by the ,insurgents. Those who acted such
fiends to the English cannot prove angels to
their own countrymen. Wherever they show

,hemselves life, property, and honour become

insecure, Jealously and are springing up
between the mutinous regiments who have
enriched themselves by plunder, and the poor
regiments who have taken no booty. Some are
stealing out of the ranks with their ill gotten
gain ; it is impossible that such a lawless

treacherous crew should long hold together ;
they are not animated by any high and patriotic
aims; and they must sooner or later fall to
pieces, and perhaps do mutual execution upon
themselves.

,Out of some eighty-three Bengal regiments,
all, except five or six, have revolted ; not one
of them is to be trusted ; every soldier of these
should be disarmed, a precaution which we hope
has been taken ere this time. Had the disarma-
ment been promptly made at Dinapore, when the
regiments first showed signs of wavering, the suc
ceeding slaughter might hays been spared ; the
mutineers would not have been allowed to escape
with their arms and ammunition ; our,srnall detach-
ment would not have suffered a check at Arrah
when they went in pursuit of the mutineers ; and
two or three thousand men would not have been
added to the insurgents. Very properly Sir
COLIN CAMPBELL has removed the incompetent
commander and replaced him with a man of
pre-eminent ability—General Sir JAMES OUTRALT,
of Persian celibrity, the victor of Mohammerah.
As a contrast to this indecision we read of the
prompt and soldierly behavior of a Major
MACDONALD, commander of a regiment of Indiae,
cavalry. He had been severely wounded in a
murderous attack made upon himself and other
British officers, in which Sir N. LESLIE was '
killed. The assassins were discovered. The
Major determined to have justice executed upon
three, proved to be criminals. They were to
be punished with hanging, which is felt to be so
ignomineous by a Brahmin. They richly
deserved their fate, but how to carry out the
sentence was the difficulty. There was danger
that the whole regiment might mutiny. They
were high caste men that were to suffer, and
one especially of the highest caste. He actually
appealed to his companions around him for
rescue. Here was the point of danger; the
slightest indecision or hesitation, or fear on the
part of the major might have made him the target
of a hundred bullets. There was no indecision,
and he knew no fear; wounded as he was, he
rode to the front of that Indian cavalry with
his revolver in his hand, determined to do his
duty at every risk ; the three murderous villains

were suspended in the air. Yet not a musket
or a muscle moved against the gallant officer ;
his fearless and decided bearing had overawed
mutiny, and prevented massacre. " When all
was over," said the Major, " I was surprised to
find my head upon my shoulders." This prompt,
tearless, and decided manner is what we need in
this crisis, and, in dealing with the insurgents,
we have many such officers, we hope, as this
Major MACDONALD in the Indian army.

We could wish, however, that we saw more
of the same spirit in the Government at home,
and in our Governor-General abroad. Lord
CANNING has at length found out that he cannot
trust his Indian body guard, and they are
accordingly disarmed. But why trust them so
long ? Why should the capital of British India,
and the representa'ive of England's might and
authority, have been left in jeopardy for a single
hour ? At length it is determined to send rein-
forcements to India by the shorter overland
route. But why, we ask, was not this conceded
before ? Why did not our Government do it at
once, when the crisis was known to he dangerous,
what they are doing now ? A few thousand men,
arriving within two months after we first heard
of 'the mutinies, would have saved some

massacres, and might have prevented some out-
breaks. Perhaps we ought to say better late
than never. But this is no defence, thcugh it
is a palliation. Reinforcements must have
arrived by this time; and though Delhi ha.l not
been taken, yet our men remained holding their
own, in presence of overwelming numbers.
Generals NJ-ELL, NICHOLSON, STUART, and
HAVELOCK, were concentrating their forces
toward Delhi, where the chief struggle will
probably be made. The Commander-in-Chief
had arrived at Calcutta, who will, no doubt, be
found worthy of his former exploits and great
reputation. On the whole, we trust the tide of
insurrection has reached its highest point, and
is now retreating before that British valour and
dogged perseverance which, however they may
be out-numbered and overpowered, are never
subdued, never daunted, but still fight on till, in
the end, they conquer.

TOE ToriiEs AND THE NRVir REETJEIH BILL —A London
paper says—" We care not who initiates the next Reform
Bi 1, or vvbeth,r it bears the stamp of Cambridge-house
or Woburn Abbey ; but of this we are convinced, that it
is an essential necessity of the times. Parliament, as at
present canitituted, is a worn-wt machine, iacspable of
receiving an impulse, and toe apathe'ic to govern with a
vigilant eye arid a vigorous hand the Administration of
the country. The Gevernment naturally becornei careless,
and loses the sense of responsibility. 'the c Anstituencies
fall into corruptien and neglect ; and it is only when great
national calamities awaken all minds and quicken all hearts
that the subject of reform ',acmes once more of serious
and pressing importance. It will not be lost sight of, we
feel assure.' ; bat whoever may be the originato7 of the
bill, and whatever may be its tendencies, we are
.
gievously mistaken if the public allows it to be prosti-
tuted to the purposes of a fallen and exhausted faction,
which has tried in vain every other means of recovering
its lost power and restoring its bankrupt fortunes."

TIIa
FINViCKS OF BRITISH lenta.—An idea seems to be
very generally entertained that one of the greatest evils
l'ksly to result to Great Britain fron the present dig -
turbances in a portion of her Indian possessions, is the
immense drain on the national resources that the expenses
of the war will probably occasion, arieing from the inablity
of the East India Company to sustain the outlay on Chair
own account. We have seen frequent allusions made to
the insolvency," " ruined condition," " heavy financial
embarrassment" of the Company, and their frequent
recourse to ruinous loans to meet their expenditure and
pay their dividends. This view, however, of the financial
condition of the. East India Enpi:e is certainly very
much exaggerated, if it is not altogether erroneous : since
from a comparison of the net revenue and expenditure
of that country, the resources at the disposal of the
local and home government, and the probable expendi-
ture which the war will render necessary, there is no
immediate prospect of the East India Company being
obliged to resort to any extraordinary measures to raise
money. or to apply to the British Government to assist
them either directly by loan, or.indirectly by pledging
the credit of Great Britain as a guarantee ; nor is there
any apparent ground for the belief that the Company is
seriously embarrassed, much less in a state of insolvency.
In a lengthy and valuable article, published in a recent
number of the London Economise, various statistical
watements are given with regard to the finances and
revenues of India, derived from the most authentic sources,
and consequently, entirely reliable. The gross revenue
collected in India in 1855-6 atn minted to £23,812 097,
which, deducting the cost of collection, £6 601,750,
left a net income of £22 147,347. The charges against
this income, both in India and in England, for the
same year amounted to £23,120,138, or an excess of expan
diture over income of £972,791, which deficiency wss to
be added to the debt of the Company. But, as it is justly
observed, £1,881,606 for pubic works is one of the items
of the expenditure account, and this being more in the
nature of an investment, which must subsequently prove
remunerative, by adding to the land revenue, this amount
might well be deducted, thus leaving a -surplus of close on
a million of revenue over outlay. It is highly probable,
also, that in the present condition of affiirs, the public
works will be temporarily suspended, and if so, the two
millions app opriated for this purpose will be at once avail
able towards the war expenses. It would, doubtless, be
objected to this view of the case, so far, that as the land
revenue, which forms the chief item of the Indian budget,
will not be generally paid in Bengal during the eontinu-
anee of the rebellion, that amount cannot be reckoned as
part of the company's present available income. But
even granting that no pact of the land revenue of
Bengal his paid, it would only prove a net loss of
£4,074,402, the total revenue of the North West Pro-
v:nces from all sources only amounting to £4,786,541.
Tee fact, however, that the land revenue is paid by the
Zemindars, who are well pleased with the favourable
terms on which they hold the land ; that they would be
unwillir g to risk the advantages they enjoy, and be
ejected from their profitable holding; ; and that
being a comparatively small portion of the population
they are consequently easy of access—renders it im-
probable chit the land revenue will be a total loss even
in the revolted districts. But even, if it were, the loss
is more th n compensitei by the withdrawal of the
pensions to the insurgent Bing of Delhi amounting to
£160,000 a year ; to the King of Oade, a similar sum,
and to the Rajah of Moorshedabad, £120,000 a year,
making in all an annual outlay of £440,000 a year,
representing a capital of £8.850 000. Add to this the
pay of the regiments which have deserted the royal
standard, amounting to close on £170,000 a. month, or
£2,040.000 per annum, and in reality the Company, in a
purely pecuniary point of view, are gainer& of several