The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 2(3, 1857.

The telegrams from India, most of which ap-
peared in The Sun of last night, are eminently
satisfactory. They prove that Lucknow is per-
fectly safe, and that the miscreants, by whom it
had been invested, have had their diabolical cal
culations frustrated. The women and children
whose fates so long vibrated in the balance, and
for whom such intense sympathy was manifested
in this country, may now be considered as per-
-fectly secure. There is no further danger of a
repetition of massacres, such as those that occurred
at Cawnpore, taking place in the capital of Oude.
The gallant HAVELOCK did not desert those whom
lie bad preserved with so much risk and labour.
The life of the glorious NEILL was not
vainly sacrificed I Sir HENRY HAVELOCK, Bart.,
and K.C.8., remained with 1,500 men in the
residency at Lucknow, and 1,000 mare, with the
sick and wounded, were at Alurabaz, but three
miles distant. Communications were difficult,
y pressing emergency could but all at once be
fairly encountered.
A convoy of
provisions, too,
had come in from Cawnpore, under the escort cf
250 men, who had nobly braved the perils of the
dangerous journey. It seems wonderful that so
small a band could have accomplished so great an
enterprise. The rebels must have been completely
Paralysed by the dashing exploits of the small
body by whom they were triumphantly defeated.
HAVELOCK might have won his way back at the
point of the bayonet, with the .use of which he
has pr?ved.himself to be so well acquainted ; but
with the generous chivalry fin which he is con-
spicuous, he would not hazard the lives of help•
less women and innocent children. He had no

fears for himself or his devoted troops, but
ho looked to those. who had such, powerful
claims on his protection. The arrival of the 53d
and 934 Regiments, which more than doubled his
strength, relieves us from any possible apprehen-
isions ; and as GREATHED'S columns were expected
on the 30th October, six days after the arrival of
the above valuable reinforcements, he would be
enabled to act on the offensive, with a force of
7,000 troops under his command. Knowing what
he has already accomplished with a fourth part of
the number, we may rest contented with the as-
surance of what he will then have the power
of doing, and that no feasible opportunity will be
lost by one in every way so competent for the
discharge of his arduous and important duties.

Colonel GREATHED has shown himself to be a
worthy coadjutor of HATELOCK. With 3,000
men he rapidly pursued the Delhi fugitives, and,
having overtaken them at Bolundshuhur, and
after two hours' fighting, routed them with heavy
loss of men, guns, and ammunition. Malaghur
was afterwards taken and blown up. At Ally-
ghur another victory was gained. But the great
triumph was at Agra. The rebels made a sudden
and unexpected attack, but GREA.THED was not
caught napping. The assault was completely de-
feated, and with enormous loss to the enemy, who
left 1,000 men on the field and all their guns,
43 in number, and five lacs of rupees, the pro-
duce of previous plunder. Our loss was com-
paratively trifling. We earnestly hope that the
recognition of these eminent serviees may not be
so long deferred as in the case of General HAVE-
, LOCK.

It appears that " loyalty is now the order of the
day," and that parties are anxious to discharge
their liabilities to the Anglo-Indian Exchequer ;
We may thank HAVELOCK and WILSON for these
satisfactory results.

NANA SAHIB is again in the neighbourhood 'of
Bithoor. He must now be brought to a true
sense of his situation, and convinced of the
reckless folly of which he was guilty in so early
displaying his demoniacal disposition.
It is said that further disaffection has been
manifested by some petty chiefs. We can, how-
ever, bear such puny demonstrations with com-
posure, knowing that the rebellion has been vir-
tually crushed, and its neck broken.
Many troops, more than 5,000 in number, had
arrived in Calcutta, whose aid will be peculiarly
valuable, although the danger had been practically
averted before their arrival. The knowledge that
they are on tho spot, ready for service, will work
wonders with our doubtful friends.
The intelligence is the most satisfactory we
have received since the commencement of the dis•
turbance, with the single exception of that which
gave the glad tidings of the capture of Delhi, and
the relief of Lucknow, at the very nick of time.

Immediately upon the meeting of Parliament
we shall know what we have to expect from Lord
PALMERSTON. Whether the Noble Viscount will
" keep the word of promise to the ear and
break it to the hope" in the matter of the
New Reform Bill ! Whether he will give that
promise the go-by altogether ! Whether the
country is to be flatly baulked, or adroitly bam- ,
boozled ! All this and a great deal more to boot
the electors will have a tolerably fair opportunity
of knowing long before Christmas. Another week
—and the Lords and Commons will have as-
sembled for the despatch of business at Westmin-
ster. Another week—and the Premier will have
reached his Ides of March, the Third of December.
Then the Ministerial intentions will " out," in
spite of official reserve, of the silence of Placemen,
of the mystery of Administration, of the Cim-
merian gloom enveloping at all seasons the por-
tentous designs of a dominant Government. At
any rate we shall learn then, nolens volens, what
are our prospects for the ensuing session, what—
to borrow the memorable phrase rendered popular
once upon a time by the Leader of her MAJESTY'S
Opposition—what precisely may at this moment
be " looming in the future !"

Ministers must make a clean breast of it
in regard to their Indian policy, and in
regard to their Financial policy. According to
idiomatic slang—there is no compulsion, only they
must ! They must at their earliest convenience—
upon those two principal themes—begin with the
beginning I And it rests entirely with the Legis-
lature itself whe'her that beginning is or is not
to be what is significantly designated the begin-
ning of the end ! Whatever may be said or not
said by Ministers in reference to Reform, in allu-
sion to Education, or in regard to such compre-
hensive questions as the codification of the
Laws of England, or the organisation of a
general scheme of administrative improvements__
they must necessarily, and unavoidably, and per-
force, " speak out" plainly and to the purporie
the matter of the Revolt in Hindostan, and the
crisis in the home Money-Market. Here, at least,
are two difficulties, so enormous, so urgent, so
admitted—that they cannot in any way by possi-
bili►ty be either slurred or glossed over even by a
consummate Evader of Evils like Lord PALIEERS-
ton. Besides—the very pretext for this ex-
traordinary meeting of Parliament in the
beginning of December, instead of at the
commencement of February, the very Ilea
and pretext for this unusual precipitancy
in convoking the Chambers of the Imperial Legis-
lature is the extreme and obvious urgency of one
of these two grand difficulties to the Nation and
to the Government. Wherefore; upon that head,
we have the guarantee of a distinct and explicit
explanation. To dream of silence upon the com-
panion difficulty at a juncture such as the present
were, moreover, to say the very least of it, the
height of the ridiculous. With the Empire still
vibrating, as it were, under the shock—with the
popular heart still bleeding for so many dear ones
outraged and slaughtered with inhuman barbarity
—with the hideous well of Cawnpore yet reeking
with its terrible exhalations—with the streets of
Delhi ringing but yesterday with the yells of
flying Sepoys and with the shouts of victorious
Englishmen—with NANA SARIB to this moment
at large—with the loyal friendship of HOLKAR
and SCLNDIAII imperilled—with WiLsort of Delhi,
and HAVELOCK of Lucknow, only partially re-
warded even now a cuspide coronis, the sword of
battle yet triumphantly brandished in the grasp
of each, while we are doling out to them in turn
a bit of ribbon and a baronetcy—with all these
sights and sounds, and glories and horrors of the
great contest crowding thickly around us, Silence
or Indifference were alike an impossibility Within
the walls of Parliament.

It is tolerably evident, therefore, that after
very little more than a week shall have elapsed
from the present time, the country will have
learnt from its rulers their instant opinions and
their ulterior designs in regard both to the Indian
Mutiny and the Monetary Crisis. In neither case
is the continuance of our old system of apathy
and procrastination practicable. Recent occur-
rences—here close at hand in the city, there far
away in Hindostan—have proved that something
must inevitably be at length adventured upon--
here in regard to the rival claims of a gold and
paper currency—yonder in reference to the con-

duct of the affairs of India by a single or by a
double Government.

Afterwards, namely when we have obtained an
inkling into the ministerial projects in these two
widely divergent directions, we must in due course
elicit the cherished notions of the Cabinet—sup-
posing them to have any—in the matter of Par-
liamentary Reform, or in that of Educational
advancement, or in that of Administrative Im-
provement, or in that of the proposed
consolidation and systematization of our whole
complicated and apparently chaotic and hetero-
geneous scheme of Jurisprudence. We must
to this end —to the gratification of the
merest curiosity—be on the alert, and watch-
ful. The champions of the popular interests
must—pry and catechise ! Otherwise we may be
quite certain we shall have no one single explana-
tion volunteered. Apart, therefore, from the
comprehensive curiosity upon all kinds of subjects
laudably entertained by great Party Leaders like
the Noble Lord the Member for the City of Lon-
don and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member
for the County of Buckingham—we lay great store
upon the sectional inquisitiveness prettyceitain to be
broughtto bear upon the taciturn chiefs of the Cabi-
net by subordinate but still considerable members
of the popular branch of the Legislature. In re-
ference, for example, to Parliamentary Reform—
by the Hon. Gentleman the innovating Member
for East Surrey ; and, among others, let us hope
(if health be but sufficienlly restored to him), by
the newly-elected representative for that grand
old stronghold of reformers, the great manu-
facturing town of Birmingham. In refer-

ence to Educational Advancement—by the
Right Honourable BAroaet the Member for

Droitwitch, and the noble lord the member for
King's Lynn I In reference to Administrative
Innovation by all the scattered, but still, we be-
lieve, earnest and devoted leaders of a late dis-
rupted association. In reference to Law Re-
forms—in the Commons by men like Mr. CRAM-
FURD, and in the Lords by the great law-reform-
ing ex-Chancellor. It is tolerably certain, in

fine, that Government has more abundant temp-
tations than ever for habitual and (in one sense)
constitutional delay—and hardly less certain that,
with these temptations, Ministers have also plenty
of excuses, as the saying is, "cut and dried." It
behoves the champions of the popular interests,
therefore, all the more resolutely to deny to the
Cabinet what can alone render either available—
the opportunity.

With a single exception, all the daily journals
are coming rapidly round to the opinions which
we have so long expressed on the all-important
question of the currency. The Times, however,
still fulminates its thunders against the Govern-
ment for suspending the Act, which occasioned all
these terrible evils sustained by the industrial
community, and there is a shrill but
subdued echo from some of " the penny whistles."
The object of these ponderous bolts is perfectly
manifest. They are intended to deceive the corn•
mnnity by leading to the supposition that the
Government had any choice in the matter, or
that the Old Lady could have continued her pay-
ments, had the relaxation been longer withheld.
These frivolous arguments cannot, however,
deceive any unprejudiced and disinterested
person. Nor will the blatant appeals
in favour of the " hard calculators" who ex-
pected to make 20 or 30 per cent. of their
money, and to purchase property at half its actual
value, excite much sympathy amongst the people.

Those who are able and willing to earn their daily
broad by their daily toil, and whose entire capital
is rendered inconvertible by the monetary crisis,
are far more deserving of compassion. The
arguments of the Times are utterly untenable.
They go against any description of credit, or the
issue of any but a purely metallic circulating
medium. With that the parties could oceasion
monetary disturbance, could hoard, and create
confusion by combined actioe. The Government
interference, however, although indispensable,
defeated their nefarious designs. They are obliged
to be contentediwith 15 or 20 in place of 30 or
40 per cent. Hinc ills lach9rma3. This is the
cause of their mourning, but few who are not per-
sonally concerned will join in their lamentations.
It is only as a measure and representative of
value that gold is required. We should
not be poor, or wanting in capital, although
there were not a single ounce of gold
in the kingdom. We should still have what Sir
Lucius 0' TRIGGER denominated " the dirty acres,"
producing an abundance of cereals and every de•
scription of agricultural produce, the implements
of husbandry by which they may be cultivated.
Abundant stock, oxen, sheep, pigs, horses,
our granaries loaded with corn and grain
of every description, instruments and ob•
jects of art. These are real riches that will
maintain the people in comfort and happiness if
permitted to be freely exchanged. But a
medium is required, and gold has been proved to
be inadequate. It might just as well be argued
that we should go back to a state of barter, as
that we should restrict ourselves to what are called
" the precious metals." Gold, or silver, will
always be useful as commodities, and fetch fair
prices according to the laws of supply and de-
mand, but it is ridiculous to restrict ourselves
thereto, and see our brethren enduring sufferings
for mhich there is not the slightest necessity.
Labour is the true standard of value, and matters
must be brought to that standard, now that the
theories of the currency quacks have been proved
to be untenable, and destructive of the welfare,
happiness, and prosperity of the nation.

We understand that it is the intention of the Court
of Directors of the East India Company to propose
the grant of an annuity of 1,0001. a-year to General
Sir Archdale Wilson, of Delhi, and also to grant
two several pensions of 5001. to the nearest sur-
vivina relatives of the late Generals Nicholson and
ll'
Nei. In the case of General Nicholson, we be-
lieve the pension will accrue to his mother, and in
the case of General Neill to his widow. We confi-
dently trust that government are prepared to pi °-
pose a pension of 1,0001. a-year to General Sir
Fleury Havelock, of Lucknow, who is a Queen's
officer, General Wilson, as also Generals Nichol-
son, and Neill, were Company's officers.—Morning

Paper.
SOUTHAMPTON, Wed n esday.—The screw steamer
Petropolis, Captain Theodore Paulsen, which arrived
here yesterday morning from Hamburg, sails at daylight
on Thursday for Lisbon and the Brazils. She takes out
about 110 passengers, a large ship snail, 19,2581. in
specie for the Bank cf Brazil, diamonds value 2,6001.,
and 700 tons of English, Fiench, and German merchant
dise. The cargo of the ()Udine steamer, which vessel
has been docked at this port in consequence of ground-
ing on the Margate sands last week, has been trans-
shipped to-day in the Vanguard steam-ship, en route
from London to Dublin. The Oadine proceeds to Scot-
land to be repaired.
A serions accident occurred at Canterbury last week
to Mrs. Kemp, of Kemp Town, who was descending
some steps in the cathedral when she fell and fractal% d
s,,me ribs. She was immediately conveyed back to
Folkestone, where she was staying, and, although not
yet out of danger, is progressing as favourably as could
be expected.
MEDICAL RELIEF FOR THE POOR IN FRANCE.—The
French Academy of Medicine, at the request of the
Minister of Agriculture and ommerce, has been de-
vising a scheme for the establishment of medical officers
for the relief of the poor in every canton throughout
France ; these medical officers are also to be the regis-
trars of deaths. This object was recommended to the
Councils General of the Departments by M. Billault, the
Minister of the Interior, 1854, and again in. a circular
which he addressed to the pre!ects last August. Seve-
ral departments have already adopted the system, and
.t is now proposed to make it universal.