The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-30 00:00:00

THE CAPTURS OF DELHI.

The French journals generally admit that the
news from India is on the whole favourable to
English rule, and that it is an earnest of victory.
The Debats regards the capture of Delhi as a mat-
ter of great importance. it remarks :
" Without being the end of the insurrection, it is
'without doubt the most serious reverse which the
insurgents have yet met, and for the English the
success is of immense imprtance. It surpasses the
most sanguine expectations that were entertained
in England, where people did not venture to hope
that the news could be brought by this mail. The
general opinion was that the assault could not be at-
tempted tii the arrival Of reinforcements from Europe.
That should have been taken by the small force
before it is the very best new- that could have happened.
_Setting aside the material and positive re,ult, the moral
•effect which will be produced by this event upon the
mind of the native population is of inestimable value."
As a contrast to this, the Russian journal, Le
IVordr states that :

"The English troops at Delhi are in a more difficult
position than they were before the assault. They are in
their turn besieged by the zeimys who have established
themselves in a fortified position six miles from Delhi,
after having cut off all communication between that
place and the other great military posts. We remarked
some time ago (continues the Russo-Belgian journal)
that the military movements of the Hiudoos display a
system of tactics which would do honour to the beat
European generals."
In reference to this statement, however, it may
be remarked that the Marseilles despatch which
represented the English troops as surrounded by
sepoys, and cut off from provisions, was quite er-
roneous, whether from accident or intention is not
known.

The Ost-Deutsche Post thus speaks of the great
occurrence of the day :
" The fall of Delhi is one of those events the conse-
quences of which are felt from one extremity of the
earth to the other. Already had the open and secret
enemies of England made signs unto each other.
The Yankee flattered himself that one of the princ pal
sources of the power of Great Britain was lost to her for
ever, and some of the leading organs of the press of
a country which lies nearer to England than America
began to speculate on the approaching decline of Great
Britain ; but now they have suddenly received
the astounding news that a small body of British
troops has taken a city defended by 100,000 fanatics
in one-sixth of the time which the forces of four nations
spent in besieging the Crimean fortress,
" Where are now those political soothsayers, who saw
on the soil of India a repetition of the American war of
independence, and foretold that the issue of the struggle
woul lbe the same ? The seat of the military insurrec-
tion is in the hands of England. The greater part of
the mutinous army was collected in Delhi, and proved
powerless, and what has England now to fear from a
few regiments, scattered here and there, without
resources, without leaders, without a definite object I
All danger for England is pa,t ! We do not speak of
cry danger to which she was exposed on the soil of
Asia, but of the danger to which she was of being
undervalued in Europe. The fall of Delhi has saved
Europe from more than one perilous experiment, which
would have been tried' if the whole strength of England
had long been absorbed by India. The existing state of
things in Europe has been secured on the banks of the
Jumna. There are now again five Great Powers, and
it appears to us that the taking of Delhi is the most
tranquillising news which has been made known to the
world since the termination of the Russian war."

RAILWAY INTELbIGENCE.

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EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
The 22 I half-yearly generel meeting of the proprietors
of the above railway was hell at the London Tavern
yesterday, Mr. R. W. Crawferd, M.P., chairman of the
board of dir.otor in tee (Amite- The attendanee was
very numerous.
The report, which has a'ready been published, bavinr,
been read,
The CHAIRMAN said it was a matter of deep regret to
the directors that the progress of the works had been
interrupted by the outbreak in India. It was, however,
a source of satisfaction that the injury to the railway
would not be so great as might have been expected from
tne serious and extensive character of the mutiny. Mae),
of the company's officers had fallen in the struggle, but
but as yet a corr, ct return had not been obtained from
India of the killed, wounded, or ini-sing. At Delhi, Mr.
Taylor, their engineer, and Mr. Ben, an inspector, were
killed ; at Cawnpore, five officers of the engineering de
pertinent, and at Allahabad, Mr. Hodson, the locomotive
superintendent. All the servants of the company had
shown the mutineers a bold front, and too much praise
could not be given to them for the exertions theylad male
and the dangers they had run to protect the property of the
company. It was intended to ask the meeting to pars
a vote upon this subject, arid to specify in it the names
of Messrs. Boyle, Kelly, Whitmore, and others who
successfully encountered the rebels at Arrah and else-
where, and who were warmly complimented for their
bravery, in a letter which the directors received from
the East India Board yesterday, (Cheers,) The injury
dorm to the work of the company had been greatly
exeggerated. Fur the outbreak occurred just before the
commencement of the rainy season, and that circumstance
to some extent prevented the mutineers doing any con-
tAderable injury to the worke. It was only the etetions
they had succeeded in destroying ; the line itself was
little injured, and the last mail brought them intelligence
that a locomotive with four carriages bad recently pas,ed
over forty-four miles of the route northward of Allaha-
bad. As regarded the preseoe position of the undertak-
ing and the guarantee of the EGyt India Company., the
directors saw no reason to retract the high opinion they
had already expressed of the value of the enterprise.
There could be no doubt that the hol l of the East Indi
Company upon India was new greater than ever ;
Nothing could permanently shake its strength,
while, as for their guarantee, its solidity was be-
yond all question. Recent events in India could not
have disturbed it, nor could the company, or Parliament
attempt to interfere with it without striking' such a
blow at public credit as would most likely tend to knock
down consols to e'xter. (Hear, Lear.) So much, then,
for the security of the guarantee. As for the value of
the railway itself, it could be measured by past
experience. Perhaps it was the cheapest work in the
world—certainly it was amongst the cheapest—while as
to the coat of construction, it was e-timated that the
entire outlay from Calcutta to Delhi would be about
10,000/. per mile. At that cost there could be nip
doubt that the traffic would yield considerably over 5
per cent. After announcing that Sir Maclonel
Stephenson was about to retire from the office of
maneging director, the chairman concluded by moving
the adoption of the report.
A brief discussion ensued, in the course of whicli the
CHAIRMAN stated that the East India Company hold
70,0001. of the company's money, and although the direc-
tors could not say positively that there was no prospect of
an immediate call, they should resist any attempt of the
East India Company to raise. more money at present on
the stock of-this company. The original estimate of the
aesncteirretainow
millions.c a r clearly
line,nd thatw the cost wouldOool, butno not
it w
exceedas
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The line must be completed to Delhi before there could
be any division of profits beyond
five per cunt.
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The report was then adopted, after which the two
I following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :
"That this meeting desires to record its high sense of
the conduct of the company's staff during the recent dis
turbancre in India, and to, express its warm and heart-
felt sympathy with the friends of those gentlemen who
have been prematurely cut off in the midst of a prosler-
OU9 and honourable career,
"That the boar,: of directors be reques'ted to commu-
nicate to the staff generally the thanks of this meriting
for their services, and most especially to Mr. Boyle and
the other officers who took part in the gallant and un-
paralleled defence at Arrah."
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanki to the
chairman and directors.

It is rumoured in well-informed circles, that the Lori-
ihip of the Admiralty vacant by the resignation of Sir
Mamie() Berkeley has been offered to Lord Clarence
Niel. Although we are unable to give any authervic
confirrna'.ion of this report:we think the appointment of
Lord Clarence not ti be at all improbable. His former
services, vvhil,
Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, have
given the noble lord an official reputation of no inferior
.rder, while hie naval achievements in various parts, of
the world, including latterly both the Baltic and the
Black Sea, and the part he has taken in naval affairs
when under discussion in the House of Commons, point
to him as one peculiarly qualified for the vacant prat.
—Post.

r A. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
in Downing-street. It was attended by Lord Palmer-
ston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Earl of
ITarrowby, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendun, Mr.
Secretary Labouchere, the Right llnn. Vernon Smith,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right
,Hoe, M. T.
Baines.