The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

RED TAPEISIII.

The moment Sir Colin Campbell became master
of the city of Lucknow he ceased to be so, and
Sir James Outran, as Chief Commissioner, reigned
in his stead. The civil staff was small, but the
energetic Captain Carnegie, Mr. Denison, Mr.
Rushton, and others, were installed in office, and
proceeded to restore law and order and police,
and the system of reward and punishment. Polio.
were enrolled, and thannahs, or stations, were
e:,tablished, criminals were handed over to the
judge or to the triangles ; the faithful received
praise, pay, promises, but our means were and
still are scanty, and we have not instruments for
all the work to be accomplished.

THE VIOTORIA. CROSS.
Few officers under Sir Colin Campbell will have
a chance of getting the Victoria Cross. He is
opposed to the principle of the order. He knows
no claim to consideration but the discharge in
a very exemplary way of duty, and he will
not praise any man for doing what it is his
duty to do. It would appear that the Comman
der-in-Chief scarcely thinks it is his duty to
recognise the Victoria Cross, nor does he always
yield to the pressure of divisional Generals, who
name all their staff at every discharge of musketry-
There will be no cocked-hat gazettes, none of the
old stereotyped Crimean head-quarter despatches,
in which the Commander-in-Chief " spoke favour-
ably " of everybody, and of all alike, and in which
you might at a glance learn the names of every
officer on general, divisional, or brigade staff 111
due Army List order. We know, however, with-
out any knowledge of the facts, that the Cour
wander-in-Chief will pass over blunders with so
gentle a touch that their existence will not be
detected, and that vigilance and energy, and such
like qualities, will be ascribed to officers whose
conduct was not characterised by wetly sirailsf
epithets on the day of action.

THE SIKHS.

It will not be safe to leave Lucknow with leo°
than 8,000 English infantry. Bareilly, when it
is taken, will require a strong European garrison,
and we must keep our communications open till
India is thoroughly pacified by strong posts and
patrols._ No one can be blind to the danger oz
enormous native levies, whether of Sikhs or of
others. Keen observers detect a gathering cloud
in the North-West, and of all men Sir John Law'
rence is the least likely to ignore the omen. The
Sikhs talk loudly, lam told. They say, "we
have done all the hard fighting. We took the
Kaiserbagh, and, look I even the Commander•in'
Chief takes us as sentries over his tent in prefer'
euce to Europeans." I believe the reason why the
Sikhs are placed on duty in the head-quarter °awl)
is that they stand the sun better than Europeans,
and can keep the natives in order more easilio
owing to their knowledge of the language. As 14
Delhi, they say, "We fought against you for'
werly ; pow we fight fur you. Perhaps some dal
we shall fight against you once more." There
must be always be a sufficient force to prevent the
danger of a sudden outbreak on the part of this
fierce and fickle soldiery, and 1,000 men PO
month, which is the amount of reinforcements
promised us, will scarcely keep this army even 10
its present inadequate strength.