The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1867

The views so clearly put forward by Sir DE
LACY EVANS last night in the House of Commons
are strictly in accordance with those which we
have from time to time advocated. His high
character and vast ( xperience must enti►le any
opinion of his on milit try matters to great weight,
and we rejoice to have received such powerful cor-
roboration to propositions, the execution whereof
we believe to be imperatively required for the
maintenance of the national honour, and the secu-
rity of the Angle-Indian Empire. As we have
stated, we have no doubt as to the ultimate result.
We are thoroughly convinced that the insurrection
will be completely suppressed, the mutinee►a
punished, and tranquillity restored. But great
exertions must bo made for that purpose, and
every shilling judiciously expended at the present
moment will save a pound at some future period,
besides many valuable lives, and the inconvenience
and annoyance of permitting such a question to
remain open for any protracted period. Every
precaution shoal therefore be taken to apply
adequate remedies to the existing evils. Not a
single day should be lo,t, and inasmuch as Parlia-
ment must shortly be prorogued, ample powers
should be taken to meet any Exigencioe that may
arise. We may also add that full provision
should be made not only for the Indian demand,
but also for our Home defences.

Surely, then, the addition of 2,000 seamen
to our naval forces was totally inadequate to the
magnitude of the emergency. That increase
would scarcely meet the Chinese difficulty. But,
as General EVANS truly remarked, " the demand
for gun-boats is much more urgent at Galen' ta
than in the Canton River." He emphatically
declared, that "No assistance could be more gra-
tifying, or more useful to our countrymen on the
banks of the Ganges, than a squadron of these
gun-boats, and he hoped, therefore, that orders
would be transmitted as speedily as possible
to have them employed on that duty." This
i 3 a point which we have repeatedly urged
since the intelligence of the mutiny was received
But, unfortunately, nothing has fallen from any
Minister to show that the slightest attention has
been bestowedon the subject. Lord PALMERSTON,
l'aSt night, entirely ignored the topic, although it
was one on which Sir
DE -LACY EVANS laid great
stress. If the Premier could have made any sa-
tisfactory statement, he would most assuredly
have done so. His silence, therefore, may be
considered conclusive that nothing whatsoever had
been done in the matter. Once more, then, we
trust, that some member will insist ou a categori-
cal reply from Sir CIA ELF:s WOOD, as to whether
ny stop has been taken, or is in contemplation,
with respect to the gunboats now rotting in out
arbours, but which might render such important
ervice on the coast and in the rivers of India.
The sum of 200,0001., asked for the extra
expenses of the militia between this time and the
25th of March next, a period of seven and a-
half months, is manifestly totally inadequate.
It is said that thirty militia regiments
are to be forthwith embodied, and surely 7,3331.
6g. Bd., or something less than 1,0001. per month,
cannot possibly be sufficient for each regiment, to
say nothing of the probability that many others
may also be required for actual service. As General
EvArrs declared "not less than 50,000 men
should be embodied." We place great reliance on