The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 26, 1855.

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INDIAN HEROES.

The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup-
plied with wheat, in which only a limited business was
transacted, at drooping prices. The barley trade was
heavy, and malt was much neglected. Oats, beans, peas,
and flour were very dull.

The usual answer given to any appeal for the consuli-
t dation of the Indian and the Queen's services is, " Name
I your men." If British India is so prolific in crops of
heroes, it cannot be very difficult to furnish the public
with the names of a few officers whose past achievements
can readily enough be inquired into and appreciated. If
we could not do better, we would accept the challenge
as delivered, and would undertake, from our past ex-
perience of military operations in British India, and from
our knowledge of the condition of the Indian army list,
to furnish in the space of half an hour a treble and qua-
drupie list of officers who have proved themselves com-
petent for situations, of high command. We care not
what arm of the service it may regard—Artillery,
Cavalry, Infantry—the Transport or the Commissariat
departments—we have in British India officers who have
spent their lives in successfully practising the duties of
each. We apprehend, however, that were we to adopt
such a course, and to publish a list of names compara-
tively unknown—to their greater shame—to English-
men at home, we should fail in producing the result
we most desire. We prefer the simpler and more
effective system of bringing now one name, and now
another, before the notice of the public, lest the
merit of any one should be obscured, as it were, by the
combined services of his brother officers. Among the
names of Indian officers those of Outram and Ed-
wardes are perhaps the most conspicuous in England ;
how many Englishmen who are presumed to have
attended to the course of public affairs have even heard
of the services of Brigadier William Mayne ? And yet
in the military records of any nation there is scarce men-
tion to be found of any officer more daring in execution,
mere uniform in [success. With small means he has
achieved great results. Nor has his ability simply
been displayed in placing squadrons in the field and
heading their impetuous charge, amidst the wild hurrahs
of the troopers and the stern circumstances of battle.
The officer of whom we speak has not only fought well
himself—he has not only shown others how to fight well
—but he has proved himself to be possessed of that
strange and unusual power of bending the wills of wild
tribes and nations into subordination to his own. In
the Queen's service, as at present cribbed and confined,
it would be in vain to seek for evidence of such qualities.
What can an officer do who is proved by no higher or-
deal than that of presiding over a recruiting party at
Ballymacrush, or of aiding the civil power on some
torrid islet in the sugarless Antilles ? 'We entreat of all
officers who wear the Queen's uniform to believe that
when we seek for a consolidation between the Royal and
the Indian services their interests are as much at stake
as those of theirgallant brethren and companions in arms.
The history of this young officer—for a young man he
is still—reads more like a page out of the romance of
war than a dry record of services actually performed as a
mere matter of course. Ensign Mayne, of the 37th N2l-
- Infantry, lost no time in displaying what manner
of man he was so far back as 1839 at Jellalabad.
Again and again he was thanked by the officers under
whose immediate eye he fought, now for infantry, and
now for cavalry service. As civilians, not very pro-
foundly versed in military tactics, we have a kind of
weakness for an officer who is uniformly successful, and
such an officer was Ensign or Lieutenant William Mayne
throughout the Affghan war. For four years-1839-40-
41-42—his fame increased. "It is only," writes Sir
Jasper Nicholls, "in such a region, and with such an
enemy., that it can fall to the lot of a subaltern officer to
distinguish himself so often, and it redounded greatly to
Captain Wayne's honour that he seized every opportunity
which presented itself, and contributed so often to the
success of our arms." Lords Ellenborough, and liar-
dingo, and Dalhousie, and the Indian Generals, in what-
ever other respect they may differ, at least agree in a
hearty recognition of the services of this most efficient
officer. Finally, we find bins placed in 1851, despite of
his youth, despite of the absence of any olaims save those
of his merits, in command of the Nizam's Horse, "said
to be the finest body of native cavalry in India." In
this responsible situation—called upon, as it were, to
make war on his own account, and to exercise his judg•
ment upon every detail of military operations, and upon
their effective combination, we find him over and over
again successful in all his undertakings, and receiving
the thanks of residents and of the Governor-General in
Council. Now, if our friends who are disposed to dud
cavalierly with our recommendations of Indian officers
seek for particulars and names, here is ono name for
them—that of Brigadier William Mayne. Up to this
point he appears to have walked in the steps of Clive
and Arthur Wellesley. Met him have a trial.—Times.

In the Continental markets there has been rather more
business doing in wheat for spring shipment. The latest
advices from New York are to the effect that very little
busine,s was doing in flour on English account.

Very little English grain came fresh to hand last week.
The arrivals from abroad were only 1,196 quarters of
wheat, 380 barley, 500 oats, 10 beans, 11 peas, 67 tares,
604 linseed, 381 rapeseed, 45 sundry seeds, and 127 sacks of
flour.

A very limited supply of English wheat was received
fresh up to our market to-day. Although the show of
samples of both red and white was limited, there was no
inclination shown on the part of buyers to purchase, aris-
ing from the stoppage of most of the mills, and the diffi-
culties of navigation. The few sales effected in fine wheats
were at prices about equal to those obtained last week.
Low and inferior parcels were very dull, and, ill some in-
stances, the quotations wore rather easier.

The show of foreign wheat ex granary was limited, and
there were no fresh samples on offer. Most descriptions
met a dull jug/dry, yet wo have scarcely any change to
notice in the quotations.

Floating cargoes wore dull, but not cheaper.
There was a slow inquiry for all kinds of barley ; the
supply was limited—on former terms.

The malt trado was depressed, and in some instances
prices rather lower.

We had a moderate inquiry for oats, the prices of which
wero well supported.

Beans moved off heavily, at barely stationary figures.
The sale for peas was dull, on former terms.
We had very little business doing in flour, at late rates.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Prhsat—Essex & Kent,
Red new 61s to 703
Ditt0............ old 65s 723
&sato, White uew 76a 81s
Ditt0•....... old 78s 84s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 66s 783
Ditto new •• •• •• 66s 785
Rye—Old —s —s
New 428 44s
Barley—Grinding... -. 29s 31a
ktalting ......... 32s 348
Chevalier.• ... 353 36s
Slalt—SafrolkandNor-
folk•• •• •• 62s 67s
Brown... •• .• ........ sds GOs
Kingston and Wary 68s 70s

Malt—Chevalier • • .• 71s to 72e
(Outs Yorkshire and

Lincolnsh., Feed 263 28s
Potato. 283 30
Youghni and Cork
Black. •.• . • . 25s 29s

Cork, White .•. .. 26s 30s

SeotCh,Feed..... 28s 315
Beans—Tick ......... 375 39s
Pigeons ...... .... 43s 468
Peas—Grey .......... 83s 37s
Maple ........... 39s 42s

White........... 39s 42s

Boilers •...42s 44s
Flour—Town-made... 65s 73s
Suffolk .......... 54s 60s
Btooktn & Norfolk 53s 54s

SMITHFIELD.

In consequence of the great severity of the weather,
scarcely any foreign stock arrived in the port of London
last week—the total supply being only 289 head. In the
corresponding week in 1854 we received 2,775 ; in 1853,
3,590 ; in 1852, 1,824 ; in 1851, 1,994 ; in 1850, 1,228; in
1849, 2,616 ; and in 1848, 1,020 head.

TALLOW.