Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-12 00:00:00

OUR INDIAN EMPIRE.

AT length, it appears, England may again, indis-
putably, call India her empire. For some time
English dominion there quivered fearfully in the
balance. A desperate attempt has been made to
wrest it from English rule, which at one time
threatened to be only too successful. But English
valour and prowess prevailed in the field, directed
and seconded by prudent counsels in the camp. And
to-night, in both Houses of Parliament, votes of
thanks will be passed to the Governor-General of
India, the Commander-in-Chief, and the military and
civil officers by whose labours, under the blessing
of Providence, such great results have been attained,
and peace comparatively restored to India. The
nation, too, is to be asked to unite in public and
solemn acknowledgments to the Throne of Grace.
Her Majesty has been advised to issue her com-
mands to the most reverend the Archbishop of
Canterbury to prepare a form of prayer and thanks-
,giving to Almighty God, to be made use of in each
church and chapel on such day as might be com-
manded, in gratitude for the continual blessings
and mercies which have been vouchsafed to them in
this matter ; and no doubt the other religious bodies,
outside the pale of the Established Church, will
unite, each according to its own usual manner, in so
becoming a tribute of public gratitude and thanks-
giving to the Giver of all good, on so happy an
occasion. For India is once more tranquil,---once
more the supremacy of British authority there, we
repeat, is undisputed. According to the last

accounts, the rebels were scattered in five or six
separate parties, some wanting to surrender and all
disheartened. They were making towards Seronj,
and if they could only be brought or driven to
collect together, they could, it was believed, speedily'
be &malt with. That they may, indeed, by this
time, have been finally disposed of is more than
probable, as the British force in pursuit was within
twenty miles of them, and efforts were being made
to surround and capture them en masse. Let us hope
that, when this is accomplished, there will be found
among them TANTIA TOPEE and his fellow monsters
in human form, upon whom the hand of retributive
justice may fall as it ought to do.
And now that the Indian tragedy is about acted
out—that the drop curtain is about to fall—there
arises the question of finance to be adjusted ; and a
serious one it necessarily is. We find that the
deficiency which will have to be provided for in the
course of the present year is now estimated at
£11,500,000, and that the Indian Treasury will
require a further sum for he Majesty's Government
to the extent of about £4,000,000. A Bill in fur-
therance *of this has just been hurried through
Parliament,— a measure, however, which, in point
of fact, only obtains what may be considered a draft
on account. At a future period it will be necessary
to ask for £5,000,000 additional ; and the present
Bill was brought forward simply because of the
approaching- disvlution of Parliament, and because
it was thought advisable that no time should be lost
in passing it,—to which both Hou, -ah com-
mendable alacrity, at once assented.

Of course, it mist be admitted, in tatting