The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-06 00:00:00

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able for the purpose they have-14-enlimfoled with-
out any practical restriction eifftheiriectsibut the
humanity and discretion of AeV comilitn di n g
officers. In such cases when forcible resist, n 0 has
been met with, quarter has been rarely given, and
prisoners, whether tried on the spot by the officer
in command, or made over to the civil power, have
been punished immediately with extreme, but just
and necessary severity. If in such a lamentable
condition of affairs errors have been committed it
llages,
is assuredly not on the side of undue leniency.
" 32. Last'y, as regards the burning of vi
our instructions—still, • be it reniernbered, only to
civil officers—were that though a severe measure of
this sort might be necessary as nn example in some
cases, when the ma's of the inhabitinfithisNre com-
truoirtst
cannot
perpetra-
tors agr
abvee
roeuaterhaegde,anadnyththeiinngdilviikdeuaalwhoremie
or indiscriminate destruction of property, without
due regard to the guilt or inno,:ence of those affected
by it, was to be strongly reprehended. Can there
be a doubt of the justice of this order ? To ourselves
not only the justice but the necessity of it was
manifest from unofficial but perfectly trustworthy
accounts which reached us of the preceelings of
some of the authorities', both in the Allahabad and
Benares divisions, shortly after the outbreak, and
of the deserted state of the country within reach of
the principal stations at the commencement of seed
time for the autumn harvest. Its success is shown
by the return of the villagers to their occupations,
and by the fact that even in the most disturbed dis-
tricts the breadth of cultivation has not been very
seriously diminished.
"33. On the whole, wo may observe that the
effect of the resolution, as regards the native
oublie in the Bengal Presidency, the vast majo-
rity of whom have shown no sympathy with the
rebellion, has been to allay in a great measure the
apprehension of a general and indiscriminate war
against Hindocs and Mussulmans, guilty or not
guilty, in revenge for the massacres of Delhi, dawn-
pore, and Jhansee, which evil-di.p Q sed persons
liave industriously raised.
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4' CANNING, "J. DORM,
f' J. Lew, "B. Pnacuer."
" Fort William, Dec. 11, 1857."
(True copy.) .
CECIL BEADOX, Secretary to the Government
of India.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at
1 o'clock on Wednesday next. •
Captain and Lieutenant Culonel the Hon. Ar-
thur Hardinge, of the Coldstream Guards, has been
appo:nted Assistant Quartermaster-General on the
staff of the•army in Ireland, with the view to his
being attached to the division at Dublin, vice Bre-
vet Lieutenant• Colonel K. D. Mackenzie, who pro-
ceeds to rejoin the 92d Regiment on its proceeding
to India. The appointment is dated Ist February,
1858.

The fuPowing memoraidum has been issued from
the Recruiting Department, Horse Guards, dated
Februaz y 3 :

" With a view to further encourage recruiting, her
Majesty's Government has decided on raising the bounty
for al! recruits enlisted on and after the sth instant to
3/. and a free kit of necessaries on joining their respective
regiments cr dep3ts, which is to be appropriated in the
following mauner until further orders—viz.:—