The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-09 00:00:00

TEE NAVAL BRIGADE IN INDIA.

The Rev. E. A. Williani9, chaplain of the Naval
Briga:le in India,writos to a contemporary as
follows :

"Sir,—As the Indian question is at the present
a source of so much interest at home and abroad, I
send you a brief account of thas movements of the
Naval Brigade of her Majesty's ship Pearl since
the defeat of the rebels at Solunpore on the 26th
of December last, to which their rifles and four
howiz,rs mainly contributed. The force under
the Command of Colonel Rowcroft, consisting of
t wo regiments of Goorkhas, and the Naval Brigade
under the command of Captain Sothehy, R.N.,
has for same works been in the district of Go-
ruckpore. In tire vicinity of some villages it
ha* been fount), necessary to halt for a few days,
either to make arrangements for the preserva-
tion of peace for the future, or to give confidence
to the people who are friendly in the district,
or to awe into respect there who are the reverse,
by showing them that our power is again re-
establi-hecl, or to search for the persons and pro-
perty of well-known and decided rebels. At Salem-
pyre, Burhul, Pyena, and a village near Burling,
the houses of some of the most influential zemindars
and men of property were destroyed. This serves
not merely as a punishment to the delinquents, but
as a wartrinz al-3o to °the's. This will, no doubt,
aproar a barbarous method of carrying on airfare,
but it is adopted in this country by the advice and
on the judgment of those who know the chsractir
of the natives best. The deed of dernothi,n
seems to have a great effect on the minds of the
natives by impressing them with a sense of our
power , • and to desist from so treating the houses
and property of offenders appears to have this evil
effect, that they begin to regard such mercy as fear,
and at a tacit acknowledgment that we have some
secret dread of the offenders, thus showing that
they have not yet learn", to consider such lenity
as proceeding &tin the humane and just notions
of civilised nations. It is to be hoped that they
will not entertain a similar feeling with regard to
the respect which is shown to the temples in clies
which may be stormed and taken. It is to be
feared that they will not impute our desisting from
carrying ruin into their shrines to our desire to in-
troduce a less barbarous system of warfare, and a
11U1111110 and generous intention to show lenity to
the vanquished, but to fear and a secret reverence
for their gods ; and thus our caution not to hurt
the feelings of the Ilind'o is in danger of being in-
terpreted into respect and a feeling of awe for
.the
deities themselves.

At SuleinFore the house of Narail Dial Canoes-
gee was destroyed, and he was ctptured a few days
afterwards. He was a very wealthy man, and had
formerly been in the employment of Government ;
but when he went over to the side of the rebels he
rendered them great service from his extensive
knowledge of the financial resources of the dis-
trict ; in proportion to h's services to the enemy
his offence as a rebel became aggravated, and he
consequently suffered the penalty which was his
due. Some days afterwards he was hanged at
Roodurpore. On the 11th of January the whole
force marched from Mehra to Roodurpore, where
we encamped for several days, while a search was
being made for the person and property of the
Rajah, who takes his title from the town. He has
made himself very conspicuous on the side of the
rebels ; his property was sought out and sold.
About thirty thou=and rupees were found buried
in different places, but he has not been caught.
On the 27th of January the troops crossed the
river Taptee, and on the .).Bth marched to Burhul.
It would be very laborious and injudicious to carry
out the burning principle in this neighbourhood,
as there is some villages a general opposition to our
rule, and therefore, instead of destroying indis-
climiuetely, this special favour is reserved for a few
of the distinguished leaders of the reb-llion. At
Pyena, although it is reported to have contributed
six or seven hundred rebels to Solumpore, yet only
a few houses were destroye 1. At Burling, although
some of the people were killed in the same action,
none were destroyed, and at Burhul only the house
of the neighbouring Rajah has been pulled down.
The house both of this Rejah and that at Roodur-
pore were complete fortifications ; that of the latter
was surrounded by a loophouled wall and a belt of
jungle, and that of the former was on a rising
ground on the left Gogra, and having a very cum-
mending position on that river. The Naval Brigade
is very soon likely to be employed in more active
operations against the enemy. A large convey of
boats is now going up the river Gogra to f"rwtoa
bri 'go for tho passage of Jung Bahadcor's tr_otelessat
the right bank, in order to attack the
_irreeeb
Fyzabad. The brigade, with two or
_otrl .iugup_7o_
panics of Goorkhas and 40 Sikhs, are. abffer_a
) all d hare
tecion to these boat; (150 in number)`
Enpposed
bringing them up to Gaigh-4, where
ot Jisungj:)swfoartcDl; Gregor,
rceogl
ii,ti-icient force than that of
not have selected a more el
rieeal officers to convey
seamen under experieoncbe
oats to the scene of action.
ion the opposite bank of the
e ibiutite they
with
preparedrwehi
te as clvi ell cross.to :oo° sal I
known,
c h they
river is not accurately
afaTornire:leee :::erraorcy:emeecc °vet
armed ea rtwachle°: convoy
Yae rebelsndad twonderful advantage over
m%.c QC:K of the enemy if
an, hl '
tthheeyoslaboßurldowbue 5130 infatuated ai to risk an attack.
It is said that Jung Bahadoor is anxious to have
some Europeans attached to his force, and he will
no doubt find the British seamen and marines ready
to dispute with him the right to the foremost ranks
against an enemy stained as those are with such foul
crimes.

Commerce suffers sadly from the delay which
annually occurs in the publication of the Budget by,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Instead of being
one of the first questions brought before the eon-.
sideration of the House of Commons, the first
. quarter of the session is generally almost
exhausted before his intentions are declared, and
consequently all branches of trade continue in a
_ state of paralysis, as none of them know what alteli
rations may take place in the tariff. At the prte
sent moment the public are in a state of -uncer-
tainty as to whether the deficiency in the revenue
is to be made up by a loan, or by the imposition of
additional taxes. Many persons seem to think,
coursean d
yun
gow ht
confinedwill bwi
etil I odbtuoeotp
whiskey,tgooded a n
equalisedyr reason,
tahhsoaeovnnedg,
over.
ttityhnh aeodt
nt 'uthtlirtee
duties
king.
hbi m iert
is thought, .l
pdroomofs—gain 7)1.2,
vititabte trhaieseldrtisoh
thdeutyEnogflis%s:.
du o
2d. pier
Bs. per proof gallon. • Should such aoo e
be
adopted, wo greatly question its propriety, as the'
price of grain continues to decline, the iilducement.
tual towards its prevention.r:
to Emuggle will be enormously increased, eo much
so, that we fear all the additional checks put upon
coca we have stated on former occa-
sai tipopwnesi
tsbhteaoti nu
in-teed
',teed of raising the Irish duty, the
most prudent course would bo to lower the English
duty to 6s.
for the United. Kingdom. The effect of 'this re..
per proof gallon, fixing this as the
duction of 2e. per gallon, in England and Scot-
land, would be to increase the consumtition
immensely, especially in England, where whiskey
is now comparatively litt!e used owing to the high
rate of duty. The revenue would, in a short time,
as a matter of course, be augmented to an Impor-
tant extent, thus assisting the Chancellor mate-
rially in making up his deficit ; and as an additional
means, we would propose the imposition of a
f actional mileage-tax on railway travellers, which,
even were it at the rate of only one farthing per
mile, would bring in millions additional to the
re venue. —Belfast Mercantile Joural.

The two following letters from Lord Dorchester,
the owner of Cruiser, certify the effect -of Mr.
Earey's method upon. that hitherto untamed ani-
mal. • We can add our own testimony to that of
thi owner, having witnessed the complete sub-
jugation of the horse, which has beou converted
in the course of a few days from a state of
savage ferocity to the ordinary condition of a
thorough. bred stallion :

" Grey-Well, April 3.
" Cruiser, by Venison, dam by Little Red Rover,
was bred by me in 1852, and I consider him toimve
been vicious from a foal; he was always tratible-
some lo handle, and showedlemper on every oppor-
tunity. Ou his road here from Danebury lie went
ou his knees, and tore the ground up with hicteethi
I have seen him lean against the wall of his box,
and kick and scream for ten minutes together. In
1855 the 11.3.wcliffe Stud Company and myself en-
tered into an agreement respecting him, by which
they were enabled to purchase the half of him on
reasonable terms, provided they liked his stock ;
but, notwithstandinu the latter were much ad-
mired, I was requested to remove him after the se-
cond season, his savage propensities rendering the
care of him too dangerous au office fur any man in
their employ. I was assured by the manager of
the Rawcliffe Stud that for days ho would allow no
one to enter his box, and on one occasion tore an
iron bar, one inch thick, in two with his teeth. If
Mr. Rsrey can tame him I feel certain no horse
can withstand his art.

" DORCHESTER."

" Greywell, April 7.
" Having received instructions fr,m Mr. Rarey
in horse-taming, I have much pleasure in adding
my testimony to that of others respecting the mar-
vellous facility with which he subdues a horse of any
age or temper, broken or not, and withr,ut the
slightest injury to the animal or risk to man or
ho: se. Mr. Riry, when here, first subjugated a
two-year old fitly, perfectly unbroken. This he
accomplished under half an hour, riding on her,
opening an umbrella, beating a drum upon he ,
; &re. He then took Cruiser in hand, and in three
hours Mr. Rarey and myself mounted him. lie
had not been ridden for nearly three years, and
was so vicious that it was impossible oven to dress
him, and it was necessary to keep him muzzled
constantly. The following morning Mr. Rarey
led him behind an open carriage, on his road to
London. This horse was rourned to me by the
113wcliffe Stud Company on account of his vice, it
being considered as much as a man's life was worth
to attend t t him. Wlicn it is taken into conA.
de' atiJ what this animal was, and, what he is now,
is must be :Apparent to all proprietors of horses
that they should obtain the knowledge that ena-
bles them to obtain the mastery over any horse in
half an hour, and without danger to either party.
"DORCHESTER."

R. BARRY, TER HORSE-TAME& -

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