The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

MIS DAT— Morn., 16 min. aft. 3—Even., 31 min aft. 3
TO-MOBSOW —Morn., 55 min. aft. 3—Even., 15 min. aft. 4

SHE WEATHER.—Stag OFFICE, OCTOBER 6.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
49—lowest this morning and during the night
62 —this day at noon.

Bemomirrim 2175. •
Win, variable, W. to N.W. ; light. Heavy rain in
the night.

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LONDON, TUBS DAY, OCT. 6, 1857.

♦n opportunity for an entire change of our
Indian system is now offered such as may not occur
again in a century ; and it must be made use of.
Victories are but ephemerial glories ; good legisla-
tion is a boon not forgotten for centuries ; we all
know NAPOLEON'S opinion that his Code was the
monument which be expected to survive the tro.
phies of Marengo and Austerlitz. And Lord
PALMERSTON, especially as a civilian, must rest his
reputation upon the future Government esta-
blished in India rather than on the vigorous sup-
pression of a mutiny. The latter we believe he
will soon accomplish. NANA SAHIB may yet be
able to perpetrate some horrible atrocities, and it
may be impossible to relieve Lucknow, though we
Rill hope for the best. The Bombay and Madras
armies may show increasing signs of uneasiness,
and may even to some extent join in the mutiny;
yet, with the arrival of the QUEEN'S troops which
have been already sent out, the mutiny will be
at an end. Scattered bands of rascals in different
parts of the country will have to be dealt with ; it
may be that the convicts liberated from gaols
uniting with the small companies of Sepoys, will
become dangerous brigands or banditti in many
parts ; but these will soon be put down. The na-
tives themselves will be bitterly hostile to wretches
who must live by plundering them—will enable
us to track them and will aid in their extirpation,
and the result will probably be that the sword
and the gallows will sweep the country of its
former gaol birds, as well as the mutineers
who liberated them. Rascaldom, so abundant
in India, will be dealt with ♦ery summarily, and
the bayonet and martial law will soon restore
order. Every native Prince, too, will be mot
faithfully devoted to the strongest, and will aid
in restoring the reign of law.
But we insist that this must be a revolutzion as
well as a mutiny. We have now a carte blanche.
The Act of 1853 is virtually repealed. The sys-
tem which could ead in the results now beftra as
has not a shred of a claim to perpetuity. John
o:Anpany's death-warrant was made out at Mee-
rut, and signed and countersigned at Casenpore
and Dinapore. With the universal disbandment
of the army he created, and the wide-spread hor-
rors which followed in its train, the reign of
Leadenballsstreet has been completely overthrown.
England will hear of it no longer ; and Lord
PALMERSTON must address himself to rectifying
the very basis of Indian Government. The
great anomaly must first be got rid of. We mu
st
know with whom we have to do, and every im-
Portant proposition must no longer be a shuttles
cock to be tossed backward and forward betweal
the, Board of Control and the Board of Directors.
In their petition the Calcutta merchants ask,
first of all, that the Government of India should
be carried on in the name of the Crown, and under
the direct government of her MAJESTY—With "
open legislative council, and that Queen's courts,
presided over by trained lawyers, may be estab-