The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1857.

It can scarcely fail to be otherwise than at
once consolatory and inspiriting, if we here suc-
cinctly recal to general recollection the names of
those who have already distinguished themselves
in the midst of this frightful and appalling emer-
Toney, consequent upon the sudden revolt of
100,000 armed and disciplined rebels in Hindos-
tan. Already there are very many gallant names
to be enumerated—the names of men who have
proved worthy of the occasion—men who have
sficured for the present moment almost a mono-
poly of the public sympathies, and this very nearly
in the same proportion as, in regard to the future,
they command the national confidence, or as, in
regard to the past, they have extorted the popular
admiration,` From the successive commanders-
i'o-chief before Delbi down to the lowliest of the
camp sutlers—there are not many individuals
upon the Government side in all that vast In-
,di* peninsula who do not, from the mere
circumstances of their position, at once win
,From us here at home an interest so profound
to be only capable of being articulated in one
. "ord., and that word—God-speed But, even
uow, as already remarked, there are many who
:Lave at the very outset so justified this instinctive
interest in their behalf, that they have thus early,
as 114 have said, commanded the national con-
fiderme tuld. Won the popular admiration.
Foremost among these dauntless and true-
*hearted men (surely the name starts to every lip
upon the instant) Brigadier-General HAVELOCK,
the Glorious Avenger of the Massacre of calm_
pi" A soldier, who has suddenly in a few
days created for himself an enviable and enduring
reputation—winning (as they used to sly of the

young victor of Millossimo, and Dago, anTa
Iftontenotte) victory after victory at the pa, de
charge I Conspicuous among all our glorious
heruea now fighting against such perillous odds,
' the great fight of life or death in Bengal and the
Western Provinces, HAVELOCK stands forth
pre-eminent above the noblest of his compeers—
the one who has, beyond all others, the most
m aMy availed himself of this abrupt and awful
eit,portunity.

Associated with this brave Captain, too, is
there not one whose name rises immediately after-
wards to our recollection, as that of one who has
throughout approved himself his worthy lieute-
laant—a worthy coadjutor of that Seourge of
GOD to the fiend-like rabble of revolting Hindoos
and Mussulmans ? [Revolting, in both senses of
`Mord, at once to the imagination and to the

THE"

Government 1) General HATELOCieS congenial
brother-in-arms here alluded to, being no Aother,
of course, than General NEILL, the contriver of
that ingenious punishment recently inflicted upon
the miscreant-Brahmins who fell alive into our
hands at Cawnpore, upon the very morrow of
this inhuman butchery of so many helpless
women and children ! That punishment being no
other, it will be remembered, than the compelling
them to wash out with their own hands the
bloody evidences scattered here and there in
damning stains upon the floors of those horrible
slaughter-houses in Cawnpore—to wash them out
upon their knees (lashed by the whips of our
soldiery whenever they paused in these expiatory
ablutions) preparatory to being hung like so
many dogs within view of the graves of their un-
fortunate victims.
Earlier in the revolt, moreover, had we not an
augury of what was afterwards to be accomplished
by Our HAvELOCKS and NEILL; in that match-
less deed of self-sacrificing valour by which Lieu-
tenant WILLOUGHBY signalised to the native
population of India the heroic resolution of which
a British soldier is capable when driven to the
last dread extremity ? Can it soon be forgotten,
can it ever be obliterated from the pages of our
Anglo-Indian annals, how that dauntless Com-
missary of Ordnance in the city of Delhi—seeing
the impossibility of saving the magazine under his
charge from the possession of the insurgent Savoy
multitude—rather than consent to its falling into
the hands of the mutineers—coolly gave the signal
for the match to be applied to that enormous
mass of gunpowder, with all its accompanying
store of projeetilee and combustibles! It is
literally what NELSON himself would have done
under kindred circumstances—rather than strike
his flag, nailing it to the masthead, and going
down all hands standing !

Young India is all the while alert in our behalf
in the very heart of the rebellion, in the person of
Col. HERBERT EDWARDES—that type of all that
is at once heroic and sagacious in the army of
Hindostan. EDWARDES and his fellows are already,
or will shortly be, at the camp before Dalbi, pre-
pared to act as we know well how they will act,
whenthe time for action comes in that last crown-
ing struggle for vengeance upon those Pariahs of
the Human Race, the violators of all laws human
and Divine, the miscreants who have outraged
all the sanctities of life, and who, consequently,
there await the one penalty of their inevitable
and collective extermination.

Beyond all this—besides all these gallant sol-
diers, eveu now, at their posts of peril, prepared
literally to "do or die"—is there not at tbis mo-
ment pressing onward rapidly to the scene of
action, to assume the chief command, and to
sound the trumpet-signal of attack upon the
doomed city, when all his preliminary arrange-
ments shall have been rapidly completed—the
" man of men" among them all, the heroic High-
lander who hastened at the first summons to ac-
cept the glorious responsibility of Commander-in-
Chief ? Be sure of this we may be—sure of
it we are—Sir Courr CAMPBELL will not leave us
long in suspense as to the sequel of these events,
so soon as he shall have reached his head-quarters
before Delhi! Once there—the note of Victory
will soon be audible ; and, what is more (after so
many fearful atrocities), the terrible and thrilling
note of Vengeance !

There is a monster to be destroyed ! An
incubus that sits heavily on the national shoul-
ders, that paralyses our energies, and prevents
the full development of our natural capabilities.
It is red tapisin I Every suggestion for improve-
ment—eyery scheme for the public, benefit, is
nipped in the bud by the monster. It is the
" waiter on the threshold," the destroyer of
every noble aspiration. Routine sacrificed Kars,
and with it our prestige in the East. It occasioned
the horrible massacre at Cawnpore, the terrible
privations at Lucknow, and the fearful destruc-
tion of our gallant soldiers on the way to Arrah.
It kept an effete general in command at Dinapore,
produced the mutiny, and enabled the rebellious
Sepoys to march off with guns and ammunition,
to accomplish the work of destruction. It is
still rampant at the Horse Guards, and prevents
true-hearted Englishmen from affording the valu-
able aid which they are able and willing to ren-
der, if only permitted to do so.

There are hundreds, aye, thousands and tens of
thousands, of " JACK STEELES" in the country,
who pine for the opportunities of distinction.
But the regulations of the service interpose au
insurmountable barrier. They must be either
officers or privates ! They have, however, neither
money nor influence sufficient to attain a com-
mission ; and they cannot consent to abandon
their social position by entering, as private sol-
diers, under the existing regulations. We see
abundant evidence of the martial spirit, but un-
fortunately it receives no encouragement. In
place of tempting a superior class into the ranks,
our military red-tapists do all in their power to
prevent such a result ; and if an ardent enthusiast
breaks through the trammels, he speedily receives
ample cause to repent the rash experiment. It is
not sufficient to be gifted with thews and sinews,
with a dauntless heart and indefatigable energy.
Something more is required. There must also be
X s. D. —45 0/. ready to be lodged at the army
agent's, and sufficient influence to induce the
Commander-in-Chief to accept the purchase money
—we had almost called it the "bribe." Allow
men to enter in any position that will not be
regarded as a sinking in the social scale, and you
will get thousands of valuable recruits, panting'
for distinction, and ready to undergo any fatigue,
to brave any danger, in its pursuit. Why not
hold out inducements to veteran soldiers to re-
enter
the army, and bring their tried experience
and their trained nerves and discipline to the
national cause ? How many officers are there, who
sold out during " the piping times of peace," who
would rejoice to be allowed to re-enter the service
if they could do so with their former rank, and
a recognition of their former services. There
were many such men in the Turkish contingent
and the foreign legions who would gladly volun-
teer. We believe that there is not one of our
readers who cannot number some persons of the
kind within the circle of his friends and
acquaintancas who would !gladly serve their
country if permitted to do so on fair and
equitable terms. But unfortunately the regula-
tions—excellent servants but shockingly bad
masters—cannot be relaxed, and we must rather
the assistance of foreign mercenaries seek than of
Our own high-spirited youths. Offer the same
inducements to "Young England" that we do

to Germany,
and there will be no lack of efficient
1 and chivalrous volunteers—men with the instinc-
tive gallantry of the Anglo-Saxon race, and -as
feeling of English English
gentlenaen to elevate and refine
their dispositions. Never did such a battalion
go forth from any country that
which, with
judicious regulations, might as.
be raised in Great
Britain at this moment. All they ask is to be
conveyed to the scene of action, to be placed face
to face with the sanguinary
assassins of Oteir
countrymen and countrywomen, and not to be.
permanently bound to a military life when the
time of action has gone by.
Sergeant KITE may vainly tender " the Q I:TEEN' S