The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

INDIA.

We take the following from the Bombay Gazette
of the 12th December :

" The Governor-General, accompanied by Lord
Clyde, and a splendid retinue of the chief civil and
military officers of State, has made a progress
through the North-West Provinces, in order to ac-
knowledge in the most conspicuous manner, and to
reward munificently, the services of those native
princes and nobles who remained faithful to the
British Crown during the rebellion.
" The most magnificent and successful of the
Durbars was that held at Agra, in which town
the Viceroy met our most powerful feudatory
in the North-West, Scindia, the Maharajah of
Gwalior, who, though he suffered severely for his
good faith, never swerved from his loyalty through
the whole of the mutiny. Lands to the annual
value of £30,000 have been added to his territory ;
he is allowed to increase the strength of his army ;
arrears due from him to the Government on ac-
count of asssigned districts have been remitted ; and
henceforth no payment is to be claimad from him
when the proceeds of these districts fall short of
the sum formerly stipulated. But something still
more important remains behind. I have already
told Your Highness,' said the Viceroy, that if un-
happily lineal heirs shall fail you, the Government
will see with pleasure your adoption of a successor
according to the rules and traditions of your family.
" The past fortnight has also witnessed the in-
aaguration of a new policy in Gude, from which
the best results may be expected.

" While the Governor-General is absent from his
capital, and journeying through the North-West in
Royal state, Mr. James Wilson has landed in Cal-

cutta very quietly, and taken his seat as a member
of the Indian Council. The right hon. gentleman
arrived by the Nemesis on Nov. 29, and his first
public appearance was as a guest at the dinner
given on the 30th, St. Andrew's-day, by the Scotch
residents of Calcutta in honour of their patron
saint.

"There are, as usual, conflicting and scarcely in-
telligible rumours regarding the rabble of mutineers
who still infest the frontiers of Oude and Nepaul.
The Lucknow and Allahabad journals seem never
weary of speculating whether Nana Sahib is dead
or is not dead, and whether or not Jung Bahadoor
intends to attack the rebels with the large army he
has collected; but of authentic information on either
point we are completely destitute.
" Our latest advices fully confirm the statement
we were the first to give currency to, that an
expedition of 10,000 men would leave India in the
spring of next year to settle the dispute with China.
The force will consist of an equal number of Sikhs
and Europeans. Two Queen's regiments, the 31st
and 56th, with a small mountain train, will be sent
from Bombay. Madras is to contribute, as her
share, according to the Madras Times, the 44th
and 66th Regiments, two batteries of Goluniauze
artillery, Captain Desborough's battery of Royal
artillery, and three companies of Sappers and
Miners.' It is not anticipated that the expedition
will sail before next March.

" The principal topic of discussion in Indian
society just now is the amalgamation of the local
with the Imperial army, which is said to have been
finally resolved on by the home authorities—
though of course any arrangement the Government
may make must be provisional, and dependant on
the approbation of Parliament. The feeling of
dissatisfaction with the proposed change grows
stronger every day among the officers of the late
Company's service; nor can this be wondered at,
for, if it be doubtful whether the amalgamation is
imperiously required for the interests of the State,
it is certain that these officers have everything to
lose by it. Much disappointment is also felt in the
army at the announcement that the brevet, which
it was confidently, though it may be unreasonably,
expected would be published on the Prince of
Wales's 18th birthday, is not to be granted.
The alarming news brought from England by
the last two or three mails, regarding the proba-
bility of a war with France, has caused a good deal
of anxiety to be felt in India on account of the
defenceless condition of our coasts and harbours.
The great increase of French ships and troops in
the East is also marked with some uneasiness.
The fleet in the Chinese Seas is already very strong,
and there is a French army in Cochin China. We
hear of 10,000 men coming round the Cape, of
course with more men of war, to take part in the
war against China ; and when to these facts we
add the presence in the Ile de Bourbon of a garrison
consisting of thousands, instead of the proper
peace establishment of hundreds of soldiers, it
is not strange that we feel somewhat uncomfortable.
The Home Government evidently contemplates the
possibility of Bombay being attacked at some time
within the next seven years, for it has instructed
Lord Elphinstone to fortify the harbour in a
leisurely and economical manner.