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skin coloured children around." Such an appearance
would be far more likely to create contempt than re-
verence. The element of jealousy would be added ;
for the fair one promoted to the temporary rank
of " beebee" probably had a lover or lovers, whose
feelings were greatly embittered against the too
successful rival ; and the native relatives, although
they might for a time consent to accept benefits,
would be greatly annoyed at the ill-treatment
of the temporary favourite, and the severance of
the existing ties, which was almost invariably the
case on three years' leave being granted to the appli-
cant, and still more so on the final return to Eu-
rope. That very system, which has happily fallen
into desuetude in consequence rather of the im-
proved education and habits of the Indian officers
than of the accelerated intercourse with India,
was long since considered, and we believe justly
considered, as fraught with danger to our Indian
Empire.

The " coarse and uneducated officer" is now
'ortunately the exception, not the general rule ;

- - -
and with the greatest deference for " Major's"

opinion, we must be permitted to doubt whether
" the first specimen " was really so great a
favourite amongst natives as he seems to imagine.
It is but justice to the talented writer to state
that, while pointing out this cause, he does not
by any means advocate a return to what he truly
designates the " disgusting condition of an old
Indian. " He puts it forward rather as an in-
teresting element in the calculations, which he
leaves "for society and the public to decide."
We fancy, however, perhaps erroneously, that ho
leans to' the view that the change has, in some
degree, led to the diminution of sympathy between
"British officers and Sepoys under them ;" and,
clearly recognisibg his ability, we should be sorry
to allow it to pass without offering an earnest and
emphatic protest against the opinion. We prefer
the course of "Educating the natives, to per-
mitting them to uneducate us."
With the remainder of his observations we can
fully and cordially concur. We Can clearly recog-
nise the "fiendish hate" of the Indian Mussul-
mans; "the fierce longing for revenge, strengthened
by the deep enmity towards all other creeds,
taught him by his faith." He has, how-
ever, continued to make a tool of the
comparatively innocent Hindoo. The pets of the
authorities, the pampered Brahmins, have fallen
into the trap. They have proved " unfaithful to
their salt," and henceforward we must look to
the classes whose fidelity has been unwavering for
the maintaining, together with a large addition of
British soldiers, the stability of our Indian Em-
pire, ar.d the mild rule of Queen VICTORIA,
rather than the tyranny of the quasi King of
Delhi, or the sanguinary and heartless NENA
SAHIB, the representative of Young India accord-
ing to the Mahomedan opinions.

How can the most speedy communication with
India be established ? That is the great question
on which the restoration of peace. and tranquillity
of the empire, and the security of our brethren in
the East, mainly depends. All other matters are
palpably subordinate. Any consideration of
L. s. d. is of comparatively trivial importance.
The great point is to establish a safe and almost
instantaneous communication with Calcutta, so as
to know, without any unnecessary delay, the mea-
sures essential to the speedy suppression of the
outbreak, and the punishment of the miscreants
who have perpetrated such unparalleled atrocities
against helpless women and innocent children.
Had the magical chain been laid down in May,
ample reinforcements might have already arrived
at the scene of action. We have already suf-
fered severely from the apathy and indifference
that permitted such an important instrument to
remain incompleted ; aad we must now strive to
repair, so far as practicable, our former omissions.
It is quite obvious that the Red Sea telegraph
is that which can most readily be brought into
operation, that it is, in fact, the only one that
can be constructed during the present year. We
by no means undervalue that by the Euphrates ;
on the contrary, we desire to see it established
with all possible speed. A double alternative line,
so as to reduce the chances of interruption to the
minimum, and to be enabled to send duplicate
messages by separate and independent channels,
would be of vast utility, chiefly purchased by the
subventions tendered by the Government and the
East India Company.
But as yet the Ottoman Government has refused
its sanction to the Mesopotamian line. We have
no doubt that difficulty may be eventually re-
moved. But it may take months, possibly
years, before the first steps for constructing the
chain can be taken. Now, there is no such ob-
stacle in the way of the Red Sea Company.
The necessary firmans have already been
received, and when adequate powers are received;
they may go to work without an hour's delay.
They can bring India within a week of England
before the end of the present year. But, as we
have already explained, we cannot expect them to
enter into a losing speculation for the sake of the
national advantages that may arise. The Govern-
ment or the Board of Directors cannot be per-
mitted to abdicate their functions, or to transfer
them to private individuals. The new company
are quite prepared to find the capital and to
carry out the undertaking in the most
speedy and effectual manner, but they must
receive the proper encouragement and assistance
in the first. instance, and be certain of receiving a
fair return for the amount of their investment.

Without the intervention of Parliament,
Lord PALMERSTON may be unable to give
a national guarantee. But the company
are quite satisfied with that of the East
India Company, and all that is now required
is the sanction and assent of the Board of Con-
trol. 1:Intil that is given it is quite obvious that
subscribers will not come forward, although,
when it is received, four times;the necessary capital
will be available. Now this is a matter
that peculiarly rests on the Premier without his
direction. Mr. SMITH, of Cannon Ryff, will nct
venture to act. He must have authority on his
side,—nay more, the spur to stimulate him in
his course is imperatively required. The people
know that the telegraph by the Red Sea may Le
completed, they are perfectly satisfied as to its
feasibility. If, then, the important work should
remain in abeyance, through any default of Mini-
sters, a serious account must be rendered for the
grievous error. The Euphrates line may subse-
quently go on—all the better if it can be carried on
einault xneou,3ly—and th 3 sooner the better, for it
i 5
upwards of a thousand miles shorter, besides
the great advantage of transporting troops in less
than, a niont't to Indict ; but, under any eircum-
:•t Inces, there must be
be a grave offence on ti
be responsible therefore.
a line, and the omission will
le part of those who may

g portions of the Alt.ine
some time at Geneva, and after
TilE PEINes OF WA.LES.—rae Prince of ‘l7' 1 pri-
vate lottere state, will shortly make
a touratehgr'oughvis;
S.wittiz:gr 1 aani i.! ,thrralna ionsitcgint?r?sti.n
district,,, ai well a 3 the principal lake 4, %via return to
England.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cran worth are at their
seat in Kent. The noble and learned lord comae to town
eaely in the week after next. ~

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT 4. I
Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort yes-
terday visited the Highland gathering of Braemar.
They were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena,
Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur. In attendance
upon Her Majesty were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Flora
Macdonald, the Earl of Clarendon, Major-General the
Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
Ber Majesty and the Prince, with the Royal party,
arrived at the Castle of Braemar at about 3 o'clock,
where they were received by the Earl and Countess of
Fife, and Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld.
The clans of the Duffe, the Farqubarsons, the Forbes,
and a party of the Ogilvies were drawn up to receive
Her Majesty.
The games commenced immediately upon the Queen's
arrival. They consisted of putting the stone, throwing
the heavy hammer, tossing the caber, reel dancing, &c.
Her Majesty returned to Balmoral at about six
o'clock.

The dinner party in the evening, included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lord and Lady James
Murray.

SEPT. 5.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal
Highness the Princess Royal, rode out yesterday after-
noon. _

The Prince Consort went out upon the hill deer-
stalking.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and
Louisa drove to the Falls of the Garr-Valt.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Saturday
morning, and returned in the afternoon to Brocket-hall.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governors of Hongkong, Ceylon, the
Australian colonies, Malta, St. Helena, Heligoland, and
the Cape of Good Hope.

The right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith continnes in
town, and is not going out of office.
The Earl of Clarendon remains at Balmoral, in attend-
ance on the Queen, and will stay the greater part fif the
month•with her Majesty.
The Earl of Shelburne is at Bowood. Mr. Hammond,
Under-Secretary, is in town, to discharge the duties at
the Foreign-office.
The Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, and the
Duke of Argyll are at their respective country seats.
Lord Panmure, who is at Invermark, his shooting-box
in Scotland, intends to return at the close of the ensuing
week, in order to be in town by the arrival of the next
news from India.
Lord Stanley of Alderley and the Right Hon. M. T.
Baines are out of town, but return in a faw days.
The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere is staying with
Lady Mary Labouchere, at Castle Howard, on a visit to
the Countess of Carlisle.
The late General the Earl of Cork is said to have
beqUeathed the large sum of 3,2001. to the different
charitable institutions of Cork, and to the poor of the
several parishes in that city.
We regreat to learn of the demise of the Hon: Wm.
Henry Hare, second son of William, first Earl of Lis-
towel, which took place a few days since at Stoke, De-
vonshire. He was born Ist of July, 1782, and married
17th of July, 1806, Charlotte, only daughter of Mr.
Isaac Baugh, which lady died in October, 1847, leaviug
an only son..
THE RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF MR. VERNON SMITH.
—The principal journal published in Northampton, and
which evidently draws its political aspirations from Mr.
Vernon Smith, who represents the borough in Parlia
ment, adverting to the rumoured retirement of the right
hon. gentleman from the Presidentship of the Board of
Control, says :—" We are assured, on competent autho-
rity that the announcement by a metrepolit contem-*
porary that Mr. Vernon Smith is about to retire from
the Board of Control is altogether without foundation."
A NOBLE EXAMPLE. —We have great pleasure in hear-
ing that the Marquis of Dalhousie has placed the whole
of his pension of 5,0001. per annum, conferred on him by
the East India Company, at the disposition of the Lon-
don committee for the aid of the sufferers from the In-
dian rebellion.

The Lyceum will this week be again occupied by Pro-
fessor Anderson, whose last six nights will be crowned
by his benefit on Saturday next.

- MISS CUSIIIIAN.—This celebrated actress was to have
sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for New York. She
purposes making a farewell professional tour through
the United States and California, after which she re-
turns to England.
H.M.S. Melville arrived off Pernambuco on the 2dof
August, and, after hoisting her number, stood out again
to sea.

CAMP AT COLCHESTER.—This camp now contains the
depots of the 37th, 34th, 54th, 57th, 66th, and 07th
R-giments, and 2d and 3d battalions Rifle Brigade.
MAILS FOE THE CAPE OF GOOD 110P14—SOUTHAMP-
TON,. Sunday.— -The Union. Steam Ship Company have
obtained the contract for the conveyance of her Ma-
jesty's mails to the Cape of Good Hope.
THE REPRESENTATION OP GREENWICH.—In addition
to the gentlemen already named as candidates for this
borough, Mr. John Thwaites, the,president of the Me-
tropolitan Board 'of Works, has also been mentioned.
THE WALLACE MONUMENT FUND.—A. bill of exchange
for 60i was' received by the treasurer at Stirling on
Saturday last, tor the above fund, from Nevada County,
Australia. - • _ _ _

THAT WON'T Do —We own to some sympathy with

Prince Albert in reference to position. To be tGe sub-
ject of his own wife is not a very dignified attitude, and
its moral effect on their children cannot be very salutary.

Rumour sap that by-and-by he will be King-Consort;
perhaps, ultimately, relieve the Queen of the care of
Government; a desire it is said she frequently expresses.
If nothing else, the j-.alousy of the country is an insu-
perable obstacle to the arrangement.—Weekly Dispatch.
THE BANE OF FRANCE.—Letters from Parts allege
that the bullion in the Bank of France has increased
1,400,0001. since the last monthly return. The dis-
count-market is also said to be easier, choice paper being
negotiated at between 41 and 5 per cent. Although the
Bank maintains its position only by ar':ficial purchases
of gold, tho speculators are hoping tilt t a reduction of
the rate of discount to 5 per cent. will soon be adopted.
The projected issue of 21. notes will probably accelerate
that measure.

NEW STREET nom 'THE STRAND TO COVENT-GARDEN.
—During the last few days a large number of men have
been actively employed at work, in making the necessary
preparations for the new street whicli is to run from the
Strand to the eastern end of Covent-garden. Divergiag
from the Strand at Burleigh-street, the new line will
take an oblique, or rather a diagonal direction, on ac-
count of the difference of level between Exeter-street
and the intersecting thoroughfare ; aid from this p.,int
it will proceed in a direct line with the " Hummums"
Hotel, entering the market opposite the north-east
angle, which hereafter is intended to form the Royal
entrance to the new Covent-garden Theatre.
THE POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA —The results of the
census taken on the 29th March last are now made
public, and the Census Commission has issued a table,
from which we gather that the population at that date
consisted of 258,116 males, 145,303 females ; total,
403,419. According to MrArcher, the Deputy Regis-
trar-General, and the best authority on all questions of
this kind, the entire population of the Australian 0 Ace
nies on the let Ju1y,11857, may be fa;rly estimated in
round numbers at one million at least thus ;—Victoria,
414.000 ; New South Wales, 300,000 ; South Aus-
tralia, 105,000 ; Tasmania, 80,000 ; Western Australia,
14,000 ; New Zealand, 130,000 ; total, 1,043,000.
MURDER IN HORSEMoNGER-LANE GAOL.—This morn•
ing a horrible murder was committed in this gaol by a
prisoner named Preston. It appears, from the state-
ments of the officials of the gaol, that the murdered man
Hodges was to have been removed to Newgate to-day
preparatory to his undergoing his trial for forgery, but
in consequence of his having exbibited symptoms of in-
sanity he hal been lodged in the infirmary. In the same
room with hitn were three other prisoners, and amongst
them a man named Preston. At about four o'clock he
was observed to get out of bad, and in a minute, or two
afterwrrds, having posses•ed himself of.a large pail, he
went to the beds de of Hodges and literally daehed his
brains-6ut. No motive can be discovered for the out-
rage. sg.' - .''''.
SUICIDE TN THE HAYMARKET.—On Saturday' morn
ing, about half-past three o'clock, the police constable
on duty found a man in a state of stupsfactiot, lying
on the pavement, near the lower end of the Haymarket.
He was removed •to Charin,g-cross Hospital, and the
house burgeon called out of bed to attend to him. He
was perfectly insensible and nothing could rally him,
and he expired in twenty minutes or half an hour.
Upon hie person was found two small phials empty,
but with unmistakeable traces of laudanum. There
was nothing whatever about him that gave the slightest
clue to his identity. He is about five feet ten inches
high, very dark complexion, black hair and whiskers,
stout made; he has lost the fourth finger of the left
hand. He was dressed like a respectable tradesman in
his every day clothes. The body lies at the hospital
awaiting a coroner's inquest.
APPREHENSION of THE SUPPOSED LIVERPOOL SAFE
ROBBERS --On Friday afternoon Sergeants Bateman
and Sandford, Manchester detective officers, proceeded
to a public-house in Chorlton-upon-Medlock, where they
apprehended two men and a woman, who were lodging
there. In the room, where the prisoners lodged, were
found a dark lantern, two life-preservers, an instrument
which is supposed to be the one with which the holes
were bored in the safe, and several bits, including one
which has recently been used, and which is now broken.
On the woman was found 202/. 10s. in golf, in a purse,
and also two other purses containing 3/. odd. Oa being
taken to the detective office, the men gave the names of
John Rice, blacksmith, and Thomas Pirnm, general
titter. Rice has already been once or twice convicted.—
Manatester Guardian.
SIR HENRY LAWRENCE'S SUCCESSOR.—The officer
who succeeds so distinguished a man its Sir H. Law-
rence at Lucknow is Major Banks, who has been in
India 28 years, is a first-rate linguist, and has seen much
active service ; among other campaigns he served in the
second expedition to Calm'. He filled the office of
deputy secretary to the Government of India military
department for some years, and in that eapac;ty went
through Scinde with Lord Hardinge, and Pegu v. ith
Lord Dalhousie. Tae latter nobleman appointed him
to be his military secretary, and sent him from Ootaca-
wund to Lucknow two years ago on business connected
with the annexation. He is commissioner in Oude in
charge of Lucknow, arid so succeeds his late chief. Sir
C. Napier, in a letter dated May 31, 1850, thus w rites :
—" There are some glorious magistrates who really do
eptx;orlautudtnhyeoty inhonour and power of England in the East. I
came through a district governed by a Mr. Banks. I
f
cf.) not know him, I never eaw him, but I really felt
p
thye boardcou n t rwyhmi
which
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hel sa w
can-
not help that ; all he does himself is splendid."

LATEST NEWS.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING'.

The Emperor Alexander
.left St. Petersburg on
the 4th ; his Majesty was attended by Prince Gort-
chakoff.

An evening paper says the number of Europeans
cruelly tortured and finally killed at Cawnpore is
650, amongst whom was a French family, consisting
of M. Beauvais, his lady and two children. The
same authority (a correspondent of La Presse) says
.the siege of Delhi is confined to the offensive since
the death of General Barnard. Nena Sahib is said
to be at the head of 10,000 men, who are employed
in destroying everything European.
The Momiteur says :—" According to the terms
of Article 24 of the Treaty of Commerce concluded
on the 14th of June last, between France and Rus-
sia, it should come simultaneDusly into operation
in the two countries at a date to be determined by
the high contracting parties. It has been decided
by common agreement between the two Govern-
ments that the treaty shall come into operation on
the 2d (14th) of September.
The situation of the English troops in India again
occupies the attention of the Paris papers. The
Univers attributes the present disasters in India to
the fact of England being a Protestant country :

"England," says our contemporary, "being Protes-
tant, is an essential'y revolutionary power, both on ac-
count of the very spirit of that faith, and on account of
the material interests which it-places above everything
else, and which impose on England the necessity of
agitating the continent to ensure a monopoly of industry
and commerce. Whereas, had she been Catholic, in
turning towards the defence of the truth, towards the
propagation of real civilisation, that ardent energy with
which she is endowed, she would have achieved the con-
quest for Jesus Christ of those immense countries which
are still desolated by paganism, at the same time that she
would have assured to Europe years of peace and prospe-
rity. Looking at England, such as the is, such as sheis de-
pleted by the newspapers_ which`e.:Xpress her sentiments,
we do not see why we should desire her kr.ixartiph in the
present crisis ; for if there o.n ope side, an oppressed
pagan people who delivers itself up to revolting atrocities
which it miy also consider as reprisals, there is, on the
other, a people calling itself Christian, and which may
avenge itself by atrocious executions on a nation which
it has not known how to turn to civilisation when it
could and ought to have done so."
BOURSE, Sept. s.—The market has been more
agitated to-day than for some time past. Mobilier
much fluctuated, but prices have improved on yes-
terday's quotations. The following were the last
quotations :

Casb. fr. e. End of Month:
41 per Cents
3 per Cents 66 8i 67 5
Bank Shares 2,775 Credit Foncier — -
Credit Mobilier 865 Roman -
Do. Account B7O Austrian .. — -
Belgian 41 991 - Spanish Threes — -
Fiedmontese:(s) 9O Home Debt - -
RAILWAYS—FOR CABS•
tr. c. fr c.
Orleans , 1,410 Western -
Northern
Lyons and Med...... 877 k - New Ditto -
Now Ditto B63— Grand Central -
Genava -
Midi -

THE EAST.
Intelligence was received a few days ago from
Constantinople of the almost total destruction of a
large caravan from Damascus, which had lost its
way in the desert. A letter from Beyrout of the
16th ult., in the Presse d'Orient, gives another
version :

" Our commercial community are in a state of the
greatest uneasiness, and if security be not re-
eetatilihel in the country, all relations with the
interior will become impossible. The mail which
left this place on the 10.. h for Damascus was com-
pletely pillaged at abort six hours' distance, by
the Druses. A sum of 182,000 piastres was carried off,
of which 100,000 belonged to the I.ical Government, and
the remainder to private individuals. The Emir of the
Druses has written to the Defterdar at this place, stating
that the sum which has been taken will serve to pay
some years of arrears due -to h,im by. the Government ;
and the local authorities, instead ot endeavouring to
punish the evil-doers, impoie fresh taxes on the
people to make up for. the less. Another piece of
news much more disastrous, but which calls for con-
firmation, has been current here 'during the last
week. It Is mid that the great caravan
.which left
Damascus for Bagdad,' about two monthS .and a half
ago, has been completely despoiled by the Bee° iins.
Tnis -caravan,- which was composed of 1,250 canoelP,
with merchandise to the value. of about 15 millions of
piastres, is said to have turned a little from its route,
in order to reach a bank of the Tigris to obtain water,
and went aOray in ths) desert. , It was then that they:
are said to Have been attti`eked liana pillaged'. trotd.the
. truth of this piece of int elligefiCe be ascertained, 'un.
easiness will naturally be felt, asno one knows who may
have suffered in this calamity."

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, AUG. 27.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
_Herald considers it extremely doubtful whether the
military expedition to Utah would be dispatched
before next spring, in consequence of the disor-
ganisation of the force.
The Surrogate had given a decision in the Burdell
case. Mrs. Cunningham, in his opinion, is not the
widow of the murdered dentist, and be bad directed
theissue of letters of administration to the next of
kin. Mrs. Cunningham, according to the statf.ment
of an inquisitive reporter who visited her in her
cell, maintained great coolness. She was of opinion
that the Surrogate, though an upright man, had
been influenced by her enemies.
The Hon. R. K. Meade, the United States Mini-
ster to Brazil, was about to leave 'Washington for
his post. He is said to have received instructions
to negotiate a new commercial treaty, and t o endea-
vour to obtain a reductionin the Brazilian tariff.

According to the New York Times the potato
crop in the States was fe &ally diseased.
Tidings of the submarine cable expedition were
eagerly looked for, and as the weather had been
favourable sanguine hopes were entertaine I of its
success. At Portland a salute of 100 guns was to
be fired on the receipt of the wished-for intelligence.
The suspension of Brewster and Co., bankers, is
reported in a telegraphic despatch from Rochester.
.(k.t Boston the firm of Whitney and Hinds had
failed. The reported failure of Blanchard, Sher-
man, and Co., at the same place, is contradicted.
A telegraph message from New York to
a Boston paper mentions some additional failures.
Zt says : "The suspension of the Ohio Life and
Trust Company has been followed to-day by that
of John Thompson, who has for so many years done
the leading business in uncurrent-money, and acted
as agent of various banks."
The New York commercial advices of the 25th
ult. report an increasing tightness in the money
market. Prime paper was selling at 9to 10 per
cent., and good paper; not strictly within the first
class list, at 11 to 12 per cent. --Loans on call were
made by the banks at legal limits, but outside va-
rious higher rates were paid,' according to the ne-
cessities of borrowers. The announcement of the

failure of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co►n-
pany on the evening of the 24th created much dis-
trust in monetary circles. The Bank statement for
the week ending August 22 showed a decrease in
loans, $1,101,000 ; specie, $1,236,000 ; circulation,
$86,000 ; and deposits. $2,992,000.
There was no change of moment at the first
board of the stock market. At the second board
stocks were generally firmer, and an advance was
effected in several. Erie changed hands at 23 ;
Cleveland and Toledo at 412 ; Reading at 61 ;
Illinois Central at 104 ; Cleveland and Pittsburg
at 16 ; and New York Central at 73i.
In exchange there was only a moderato demand
for the Canada. Bills on London were quoted 1091
to 109& ; on France, sf. 16i. ; and on Hamburg,
363 to 36g.
The business in cotton continued to be on a very
moderato, scald, and confined almost entirely t 3
requirements for home consumption. The market
was firm, but no actual advance could be quoted.
The accounts from the South are confirmatory of
the improved condition of the growing crop. Flour
was dull, and prices had declined 10c. to 30c. per
barrel.

If 8 fi 7

—August 2.5, iu lat. 16 N., log. 25 40 W., the
Hamburg brigantine Christine Marie, steering to
the southward ; 29th, in lat. 26 30 N., long. 17 45
W., the ship Bosworth, standing to the south-west,
apparently with emigrants on board, all well ;
September 3, in lat. 43 40 N., long. 8 50 W., ex-
changed col ours with the English ship Hersilia, with
troops for Madras ; and the French ship La Rose,
the latter steering to the north-west ; off Ushant
passed two screw steamers, steering to the south-
west.

LORD MELVILLE ON THE INDIAN
. CRISIS.

A dinner was given on Friday evening at Dal
keith (county of Edinburgh) to, Mr. Dundas, of
Arniston, on the occasion of the birth of a son and
heir. The Right Hon. Sir George Clerk presided,
and among others present were Viscount Melville,
Commanding the Forces in North Britain • Sir G.
G. Montgomery, M.P., Sir W. G. Craig, Mr. Pitt
Dundas, Registrar-General of Scotland ; Mr. In-
glis, Dean of Faculty ; Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr.
W. Dundas, &c.
The CHAIRMAN gave "The Army and Navy,"
coupled with the name of Lord Melville. He said
they might now have hoped that the army, after
their late services in the Crimea, w..uld have some
time to repose in peace, but unfortunately they
were again called upon to make still greater efforts
in their country's cause. They had now to go out
to 'put down a foul rebellion in India, and he
trusted by God's blessing that they would be suc-
cessful, and that they would bring condign punish-
ment to bear upon the perpetrators of outages on
women and hel.less children such as the imagina-
tion could scarcely conceive, and which nothing
but the height of cruelty and of brutality could
have suggested to any human being. (Applause.)
Lord MELVILLE, in reply, said,—With regard to
the remarks of my right hon. friend concerning
India, I only wish I could say I entertain the
hope that we had seen -the worst. lam afraid
that before the services of our army are brought
to a close in India we must prepare ourselves
for ,still worse calamities than we have already
suffered,;red, and, I fear, for losses of a severe cha-
racter. It is: not only•that we have to pro-
vide an army for putting down the rebellion,
but we have to occupy tile country as well as have
a force engaged in moveable columns for the -sup-
pression of the rebellion in different districts. This
will require a large force, and I am afraid such
force as we have yet sent out is not adequate to the
service that has to be performed. As almost every
available soldier that England can now produce is
on his way to that country, or is engaged in
our other possessions, I feel that if England means
to retain all her foreign possessions, she must main-
tain a much larger army than she has yet done.
You cannot maintain these distant colonies with-
out an adequate force riot only to occupy them, but
to defend them if necessary. Ships and soldiers
you at this moment require with the most urgent
necessity, and I may take this opportunity of stat-
ing to you that her Majesty's Government has
again thought it necessary to call for men to re-
cruit the service, and a memorandum has just been
issued by which his Royal Highness the Comman-
der-in-Chief offers a commission to any gentleman
anxious to enter the army who can raise 100 men.
These gentlemen must be examined as to their fit-
ness and qualification for the service, and must state
the district in which they propose to raise the
men ; and the age is limited to from
eighteen to twenty-three. During 'the Crimean
war, when the militia was embodied, a large body
of men was raised by this means, and I hope
that now, seeing what the emergency is, the
loyalty and patriotism of the country will stir up
young men to come forth and rally round the stan-
dard of Great Britain, to recover that country to
England which this rebellion has place I in peril—
I will not say taken from us, for I cannot but
believe that the supremacy of England will be re-
established, and her dominion restored, and that
colinry become once more the bright gem of the
British Crown which it has hitherto been. (Loud
cheers.)
The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN then proposed the
toast of the evening, and adverted to the distin-
guished services which the family of Anniston had
rendered to Scotland, one member of thAt family
succeeding another in the principal judicial seats ;
and commented on the elaims which the present
head of the house had to such a compliment from
his tenantry and friends, who entertained for him
the highest esteem and affection.
A letter of apology was read from the Marquis of
Dalhousie, whose estate is contiguous to Arniston,
expressing" regret at his absence. He said :- .
"I heartily wish I could be present to offer my con-
gratulations to you in person and to evince my respect
and,regard as well for yourself as for your family, of
which this is the fourth generation in my time, but I
have neither a leg to stand upon nor a voice to, cheer
withal, and that being so, I feel that the good wishes I
heartily offer to you and yours will be accepted by you
and by those who meet with you as a substitute for my

presence."
After Mr. Dundas had replied several other toasts
were propose], including the Duke of Buccleuch,
the Right Hon. Robert A. D. C. N. Hamilton,
M. P., a cadet of the house of Arniston, and Lord
Melville, whose grandfather, the that Lord Mel-
ville, was also a younger son of the Dundas family.
The noble Vicount, in acknowledging this fur-
ther compliment, said—My friend, Mr Ramsay, in
proposing this toast, has alluded to my services in
terms beyond any deserts of mine, and particularly
to the occasion when I commanded the Bombay
column in the Punjab. I must certainly congra-
tulate myself on the excellent discipline manifested
by that column ; and whatever credit may be due
to me in that matter, I can conscient ously say, was
by my being most ably and zealously supported by
the officers of that army. Ido believe that if
the same discipline had been in existence in Ben-
gal, and if the same attention to their duty had
been paid by the European officers of the Bengal
army, this unfortunate mutiny would not have
occurred. lam quite unable to tell you the
reason why different systems should prevail.
in different presidencies. That has, unfor-
tunately, been allowed to be the , case, and
as we see in Bengal with what disastrous re-
sults. A thorough investigation into the causes
of this unfortunate mutiny will necessarily take
place in the next se,sion of Parliament, and of
course a very serious inquiry will be instituted as
to the proper mode of re-organising that army.
We cannot ret tin our dominion in India without
a native army. Europeans cannot do the duty
which the native troops are called on to perform ;
the climate will not admit of it. But how we can
re-organise that army so- as to trust the natives,
after what has occurred, is more than at this mo-
ment I can possibly venture to suggest. Mean-
while, a very large European force will necessarily
have to be maintained, and many duties hitherto
performed by flatly. s must be performed by them
—though, I am afraid, at a great sacrifice of life ;
but that is unavoidable if we mean to maintain our
supremacy in India. Lord Melville coneud.ed by
expressing his regret that he had left India before
his young kinsman, a younger brother of Mr.
Pandas, now before Delhi, arrived out. Ile had,
however, pride and satisfaction in knowing from
officers in his regiment (the 60th) how able an
officer and how attentive to his duties he was, and
he only regretted that his wound in the leg should
for the time prevent him from being " celer" as
well'as " audax," and thus fulfilling the motto on
his regimental colours. Among the concluding
toasts was the health of " Sir George Clerk," [ro-
posed by the Dean of Faculty in an able speech.

SIR W. CODRINGTON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

----
Sir,—You will perhaps admit the justice of giv-
ing publicity to the enclosed, having reference to
one of your late leading articles. An unavoidaVe
delay has prevented an earlier communication of
the extract.—Your obedt. servant,
Sept. 5. ROBERT BLANE, Liell t. -COL

Eitract from a letter, dated Aug. 16, froth Veut.-Gene-
ral Sir W. Codrington to Major-General S:r Charles
Yorke, K.C.8., Military Secretary.
"Before leaving England I am anxious that his Royal
Highness the Commander-is-Chief should he aware cf
my perfect readiness to serve in India, should unfavour-
able accounts continue, and that be thinks my services'
could be ti,eful, even temporarily.
"No one can feel more strongly than myself the wish
never to interfere with those who, having had the brunt,
and hard work, ought to rrap the reward.
" But there might arise occasions in other paces, and
I trust that his Royal Highness will not consider rank
or former high command to be a bar, on my pant. to
employment in any lower military capacity where diffi:
cu'ty or active service is going on.
*** We trust it is no past of the gallant General's
duty in his n-w office to instruct his pupil
the Prince of Wales in the collect use of the Eaglikl
language.--Tintes.

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