The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

THE S UN, LONDON, SA TURDAY OCTORER, 17, 1857

grregate !! ! It is no less unmistake-
ably thus, that his relative the equally
nigh anti Mighty HENRY THE S TXT Y-
SEVENTH (vide ditto, ditto) presides, in his gigan-
tic metropolis of Sehleiz, over the fortunes of
Reuss of the Younger Branch, with even yet
larger territories and a yet vaster population ! !

LATE 'T NEWS

left, the same port for -Cho China Boas in the early
part of last month.

A letter from Vie m-ia of the 11. th nays :—" It is
by mistake that it has been announced that Count
Valentin EsterLlzy is to be r.3placed as ambassador
at St. Petersburg by e3,lTit Celoredo. Nothing has
yet been decided on the subjce, and it is probable
that no ambassador will be nominated at St. Peters-
burg until the difnrence relative to the priucipali -
ties shall have been entirely removed."

So—the redoubtable Prince, GUNTHER FREDERIC,
rules the ducal domain of Schwartzburg Sonder-
hausen ! While the no less redoubtable Prince,
FREDERIC G UNTIIER (literally this upon the infal.
lible authority of the same Almanaeh de Gotha),
sways the rod of empire, over the other ducal
domain of Schwartzburg Rudolstadt ! So—
to sum up a series of ridiculous illustrations
(otherwise threatening to run off our hands in-
terminably as we write) by one supremely absurd
instance---the puissant ALOIS JOSEPH directs the
destinies of a sovereignty extending over just fip y-
three square miles, with a population numbering
(again, observe, according to the last census) ex-
actly 6,351 individuals ! ! !

AUSTRALIA.

Remembering all which nonsensical arrange-
ments, we really cannot wonder very much, on
serious reflection, that a Queen Consort, nurtured
in the midst of such old-world folly, should have
come at last to look upon a crown and sceptre,
pretty much as any fine lady may look upon tha
glittering bauble ornaments in her jewel-case—
_

things to be taken a wonderful deal of care of,
and to be worn becomingly.
What we do wonder at is How long all
these same obsolete notions will yet be tolerated
among a multitude of thinking men, supposed to
be in some sort, enlightened !

As it is—the whole crumbling mass of rubbish,
rotten to the very core, is only held together for
a while by the glamour of that huge political In-
cubus (and Humbug) called Germanism.

Russia is clearly bent upon availing herself o

the present very tempting opportunity.
opportunity is to every evil-disposed Muscovite
no less manifestly than it has been before now, to
certain wrong-headed demagogues on the other
side of St. George's Channel—England's em-
barrassment 1 Scarcely have we found it incum-
bent upon us to declare war against the Chinese,
than the entire Bengal Army (to the number of
very nearly 100,000 fighting men) revolts, and
our whole Indian Empire appears for the moment
to be jeopardised. It becomes necessary, under
these unexpected circumstances, to concentrate as
rapidly as possible the bulk of our military forces
in Hindostan for the reconquest of the ravaged
districts and the punishment of the mutineers.
The settlement of the Chinese difficulty has to be
postponed for a while—namely, until such time as

Tha

the more urgent and more serious difficulty in Ben-
gal and the Western Provinces shall have been de-
finitively arranged. Admiral SEYMOUR has to await
yet for some time in the Canton Waters for the
long and eagerly looked for reinforcements. Go-
vernor Ymr has an unlooked for time of truce,
during which he can vapour to his heart's con-
tent, as becomes a Celestial Viceroy of the
Emperor of the Red Uumbrella I Ambassador
BOWRING has to tarry in his turn, as patiently as
he may, in his little stronghold at Hongkong.
Even Lord ELGIN, sent out in hot haste (to settle
recent differences, if possible, without having re-
course to cold steel and gunpowder) in his capa-
city as Minister Plenipotentiary, finds the time
hang so heavily on his hands at the very period
when a crisis is raging at Calcutta, that he ventures
upon a little private episodical expedition to that
capital of our Asiatic possessions, just to see how
Lord CANNING is getting on, and to discover if
he can be of any use to Governor-General, to
Supreme Council, or to Commander-in-Chief.
An apparently bewildering embarrassment like
this to England could not possibly appear to
Russia otherwise than a most tempting and alluring

opportunity.
Wherefore, we don't wonder in the least t 3
find the Northern Bee—[that unmistakeable Bee
in the Bonnet of Absolutism !]—beginning to cal-
culate frankly upon the probable advantages
likely (according to its perverse view of
things) to result from all this to the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Consequently

—remembering what Russia notoriously is and
has been for the last century, any one may
recognise at a glance what is really meant by the
specious arguments recently put forth by the
Northern, Bee in reference to the position of Eng-
land between the Indian and the Chinese difficul

ties—arguments wound up in the manner follow

mg :-
1 "In the interest of all Europe, for the vindica-
tion of the superiority of our civilization as com-
pared with the Chinese, it is indispensably necessary
to make good this failure of the English to the beat
of our power, and by energetic measures convince
the Chinese, once for all, of the superiority of Eu-
rope over their country. To this end the opening
of direct negotiations with the Pekin Government,
as well as of a course of action to be observed to-
wards it without the intermediation of the provin-
cial governor, is urgently necessary."
A magnanimous declaration like this (may we
not venture to add ?) coming to us as it does first
from the Northern, Bee is—just all Hum I Imagine
for an instant how very beneficial to England
would be the tendency of the " direct
negotiations" of Russia with the Pekin
Government;! Conceive for an instant the salu-
tary aid to be derived by us from so exceedingly
opportune and desirable an intervention Re-
flecting upon all which, we can only ejaculate—
" Save us from our Friends !" Yet the neces-
sity of doing something a little more directly to
the purpose than utter mete ejaculations that
might be readily taken for granted, is sufficiently
apparent, we take it, when, in addition to this
sinister " hum" of the Bee, comes to us the know-
ledge of the much more sinister fact announced
almost simultaneously in the Nord—that Admi-
ral PIITIATIN has received instructions to repair
to Shanghai with the Amoor Fleet ; the said
Admiral having, at an earlier period, been in-
trusted with an extraordinary mission to Pekiv,
contrary to the wishes of the Chinese Goven-
ment.

Aware of theso very suspicious Sayings and
Doings in the North, it behoves us, in the midst
of all our Eastern anxieties, to keep an ever-
watchful eye fixed unwinkiugly upon the Russian
Government.

The Princes of Siam, on a mission to this Court, aro
ex?ected to arrive in E3g.laud next week. Tho Rate
apartments at Claridge's ilotel are prepared for their
receptior.

The Duchene Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladies
Somerset are expected in town 'a a for daya, from vi,,it-
irg the Earl and C untePs o! Wilton, at Heaton Hal',
near Manche-ter.

Tee Duchess of Wellington has left A pshy lion e to
;,)in the dole, who has gone to Manchester for a few
days.

Tae Earl of Paden left town a few days since, to visit
his estates in Ireland. His lordship will r3turn to Lou-
don in about 10 days.

The Conntele of Caledon and family are staying at
Caledon, caunty Tyrone, surrounded :oy a sel,et
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney will pass through
London to-Jay, from visiting the Eul and Countess of
Ellesmere at Worsley Hall, sit route for their seat, Frog-
nail, near Foot's Cray, where they intend shortly to re-
ceive company.
Lord a,.d Lady Londesborough are passing the season
at Searb
Lord 0 ierstone leaves town to-Jay, for Overstone, to
join his family circle.
Lord Clifford Constablo and Miss Chichester have lift
Claridge's Hotel for Burton Coustahl Yorkshire.
The Speaker and Lady Char lot:c Denison are ex-
pected in town in a few days, from a visiting tour in
Scotland.

61:;26 Native Infantry--ittraj,r W. Ityves and Lieu-
tenant Powys
62d Native Infantry—Main. F. C. naye3 and Lien-
tenant 0. Span
64th Native Infantry—Lieutenant G. Sued
65th Native Infantrg—Mnjor F. Shirreff
66th Native Infantry—Ensign W. Screny
67tri Nativd Infantry—Lieutenant J. C. Clarke, P.
ii. Jackson, P. If. Buriton
68th Native Infantry—Captain A. Skene, Lieutenant
A.. H. Alexander, Lieutenant W. H. Lumsden and En-
sign R. G. Tucker
69th Native Infantry—Lieutenant-Colonel W. S.
Menteath
70th Native Infantry—Lieutenant A. P. Grant. (The
officers of this regiment are in Lucknow).
72d Native Infantry—Brigadier J. 11. Ilandscomb
and Lieutenant R. O'Dowda

74th Native Infantry—Major Sir G. Parker Bart.,
Captain C. Gordon, Lieutenants F. Burgess, R. Row-
ley, J. D. Smith, the Hon. H. Addington, and H. F.
M. Hyslop
Oude Irregular Force—Lieutenant Mara.
Invalid Establishment—Lieutenant Whish, Surgeons
G. G. Spilsbury, J. Graham, C. Go...WU, H. H. BJW-
ling, K. W. Kirke, N. Coflyer, W. A. Rolfe' W. R.
Boyes, R. H. Oakley, A. W. Newenham, Dr. W.
M‘Egan, T. G. Hoathcote, J. M. Hay, S. Maltby, J.
C. Graham, H. S. Garner, R. D. Al'an, J. C. Watson,
T. Moore, R. Lyell, H. P. Harris, G. Hanbsorrow, J.
Fayrer, J. P. Bowling, J. M. MlLa,gan (?), Dop
ping, and W. Ireland.
Chaplains—Revs. M. Jennings, F. Fisher, G. Coop.
land, and E. Moncrieff.
Of the Madras establishment it is known that Major
Renaud and Lieutenant Richardson, of the Fusiliers ;
Captain Gordon, Deputy Commissioner, Jhrnsi ; Lieut.
Grant, Assistant Commissioner of Oude ; and Lieut.
Parsons, of the Oude Irregular Force, have fallen.
Of the Bombay establishment Colonel Penny, Captain
Spettiswoode, and Cornet NeWbury, of the Bombay
Lancers, fell at Nusseerabad ; and Lieutenant Nicolscn
and Ensign Ileathfield, of the 27th Native Infantry,
and Ensign Stubbs, of the 9th, at Kolapore.
Very little is known of the casualties in the Punjaub,
and the foregoing het only includes three who fell there,
Of those who have been reported as severely wounded no
subsequent accounts have been received except in a
few cases.
Of the 18th, 28th, and 41st Bengal Regiments very
little is known ; but it is feared that nearly all the
officers who were with these regiments (at Bareilly,
Shabjehanpore, and Seetapore) have perished. It is
also feared that a considerable proportion of the officers
in Lucknow may have fallen. They consisted of the
officers of the Queen's 32d and of one company of the
84th, of the Bengal 13th, 48th, and 71st, of the 7th
Cavalry, several officers of the Engineere and Artillery,
and of the Oude Irregular Force.
No complete list can at present be compiled of the
members of the military families who have met
an uutimely end. Of the uncovenanted service it is
known that Dr. Buck, of the Bareilly College; Mr.
Tregar, of the Delhi College ; Mr. Stroyan, Assistant
Commissioner in Oude ; Mr. F. Hulbard, Professor of
Agra College, and many more have been murdered.
Among the persons unconnected with Government Mr.
Fleetly, editor of the Delhi Gazette ; Mr. Tandy, late
secretary of the North-Western Bask ; many merchants
and traders, and Mr. Newlands, the photographer, have
been killed ; and the following list has been published
of missionaries who have fallen victims :—The Rev. A.
R. Hulbard, of the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, and the Rev. J. Mackay, of the Baptist Mission
at Delhi ; the Rev. W. H. Haycock, and H. (Jockey,
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at
Cawnpore ; the Rev. J. Macallurn of the Additional
Clergy Society at Shabjehanpore ; the Revs. Meeere.
Freeman, Johnstone, Campbell, M‘Mullen, and their
families, of the American Presbyterian Mission at Futtey-
Our ; and the Rev. Mr. Hunter and family of the
Scottish Mission at Sealkote.

Of the civilians who have fallen the following is be-
lieved to be a correct list :—Simon Fraser, D. Robert-
son, T. K. Lloyd, R. T. Tucker, G. D. Raikes, R. B.
Thornhill, J. P. M'Whirter, C. J. Hdlersden, J. R.
Hutchinson, J. Strachey, A. Galloway, G. J. Christian,
J. Wedderburn, W. C. Watson, M. Ricketts, H. B.
Thornhill, J. R. Mackillop, A. Johnstone, J. G. Tho-
mason, A. H. Block, R. N. Lewia, R. B. Cuppage,
C. V. Jenkins (?), W. R. Moore, D. Grant. C. W. Cun-
life, J. B. Thornhill, and R. H. Pomeroy.
The following is an extract from a letter dated
Umballah, Aug. 25 :

"I have just helped on a heavy train of siege guns--
24 gnus and mortars of heavy calibre, and 1,200 cart-
loads of shot and shell. They should leash Delhi about
the 6th Sept., and, allowing them a week for getting
them into position, the attack may possibly take place
about the 15th or 20th. In the meantime the rebel,
have gone out on a ruaraudina expedition towards to-
wards Hanel, where General Van Coitlandt i-i with a
small force, quite ready to thrash them."