The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

THE DINAPORE MUTINY.

The mutiny of the 7th, Bth, and 4Jth Regiments
at Dinapore has been officially announced in the
Calcutta papers, in which it. was stated that Gene-
ral Lloyd, with her M ijestys 10th. Foot, was in
close pursuit of the mutineers, who were likely to
be destroyed, We have heard. very strong anhn-
adversions, which appear to be just, passed by those
able to judge, on the management, or rather total
absence of it, of General Lhtyd at Dinapore. The
mutinous feelings of the native regiments at that
station werb known several weeks beore they broke
into open mutiny, and a most favourable oppor-
tunity offered when theymight have been disarmed;
but the general maintained that the Sepoys were
loyal, and the arrang-ments fit that purpose were
discontinued. On the morning of the 25th July
these same regiments became notoriously and pub-
licly mutinous, refusing to obey an order to give
up the caps in their possession, which order ought
never to have been issued. Even then no steps
were taken to disarm or coerce them, so that they
hat ample time to make their arrangements, and
at three in the afternoon, the mutineers marched
away without opposition, with their arms and
accoutrements. Her Majesty's 10th Regiment,
were available on the spot, but no attempt w s
made to lead them against the enemy till too late.
The general himself, we are told on good
authority, went on board a steamer, and others
kept out of the way, sa that the opportunity of
punishing the mutineers was thrown away in broad
daylight. What were the autherities thinking
abaut, and who is to blame ? The Conamand.er-iu-
Chief and Governor-General being close at hand,
why was General Lloyd so long left at Dinapore,
to follow in the steps of his brother general as
Meerut The mutineers have cut off the com-
munication by telegraph between Calcutta and
Allahabad, and the safety of the Grand Trunk
Road is the eatened, if not actually interferet 'with'
The country around Bewares, we are told,
is quiet,
and the city is overawed, although the people
would rise if they dare.—Bontbay Times.

THE SALE OF ARMS AT CALCUTTA.
(From the Hurkarm of July 20.)
A. contemporary, in drawing attention to the re-
po t that a tradesman in Calcutta had lately sold
no less than one thousand rifles to a single native,
says that surely the matter is worth inquiring into.
We cannot but coincide in the sentiment. The
idea of an English tradesman—for we have no
doubt ho is such—carrying on a traffic in weapons
that be must know are likely to be turned, not
against himself and the residents of Calcutta, but
upon his unfortunate and isolated countrymen in
the North West, can only be equalled by the tales
which are related of our early strifes with the
American King Philip and his- succe,-sors, where
there were not wanting men who (being safe them-
selves) could make a profitable trade in the blood
of their suffering
fellow-countrymen, by the sale of
arms to the enemy.
But this is not all. Notwithstanding the fact of
several persons having brought it to the notice of
the Chief Commissioner of Police that arms were
publicly soid to suspicious-looking natives in the

China Bazaar and elsewhere, the traffic still goes
on. We have competent authority for stating that,
for the last three weeks, weapons of all kinds have
been gathered and vended in the Chandney Choke
" Armory," as it ought now to be called, without
check. Our informant, who was au eye-witness,
even goes further, and states that Mr. Wauchope's
pats stood by, and entered into the dispute
a bout prices with those " Sepoy-looking indivi-
uals,' who were so smitten with the beauty of
second-hand.Monghyr made fwling-pieces, that they
ould afford to give very high prices for weapons
which, in time of peace, they would scruple to give
five rupees each for. Surely this ought to be in-
quired into also. The thing is, who is to do it ?
The chief commissioner of police dare not impugn
the vigilance of his and our guardian angels, not-
withstanding that self-same guardians slumber away
the greater part of the night in a convenient bun-
n ea's shop, a wood-yard, or a palkee stand. Like
S r Wm. Nett, who once called the cowardly ras-
cals who ere now burning, ravishing, and slaying
our women and children, by the endearing title of
" my beautiful sepoys," so the commissioner of po-
lice believe to the last in the integrity of his myr-
midons, little dreaming that the weapon intended
fta. his own throat, perhaps, was purchased under
the very nose of those of those whom he so readily
and fondly trusted.
111 r. Wauchope is perhaps not aware that even
the blacksmiths of Calcutta are rapidly making
fortunes. It would be well if he were to take a leaf
from Mr. Forjetr, of Bombay fame, and put him-
self (provided be knows enough of Oriental lan-
guages) to the slight inconvenience of wandering
about the streets nightly until after the Buckra Eed,
in the manner of Haroun-col-Raschid, in a pair of
sandals, a turban, and a dhotee. It might prove of
some benefit to the community at large, and himself
in particular.

THE RARSEES AT BOMBAY AND
YURRACHEEA

We observe, with no little delight, that the Par-
see community of Bombay intended, on the morn-
ing of the 22d inst., to assemble on the esplanade
opposite the Wellesley statue, and afterwards pro-
ceed to Hormusjee Bomaujee's grand l'sre-temple,
there to offer up prayers to the Almighty for the
immediate success of the measures taken by the
British Government to suppresc the disturbances in
the north-west provinces. This is not the first time
that the Parsee community has &splayed readiness
in assisting to secure the interests of the British Go-
vernment. If our memory serves us right, the fire-
worshippers were the first of the native community,
on this side of India, that offered up prayers to the
Almighty for the success of the British arms while
too Russian war was raging; and thei r similarly axem-
plaryconduct in these critical times tends not a little to
show that their loyalty to the present Govenment
is unflinching.
We take this opportunity to congratulate the
1. u•castrians of Kurrachee, who have with unani•
ruity contributed their mit to the Sind special
fond, and have already offered up prayers at the
Agiary in camp.—Sind Kossid, July 31.