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CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO INDIA.

(From the Times.)

In the House of Lords on Tuesday evening Lord
Hard wicke opportunely introduced a subject which
has never ceased to occupy a most prominent place
in the eyes of the public, and which is still of the
most anxious interest. The question concerned
nothing less than the agency available for the con-
veyance of our troops to India, and the statement
made by Lord Panmure o a the occasion deserves
particular attention and remark.
Our Naval and Military Intelligence will have
hav-
ing
informedmade the p
two
fua
lab lei ce
ttahratta
ftehrel9n4dtiha
in a
transport named the Auatria, is now about to be
Regiment,hired
transport
despatched overland. The price to be paid for the
use of this vessel—a vessel owned, manned, and
officered by foreigners, was about 30,0001., whereas
so deplorable was the bargain that after the ship had
twice put back to port in distress the attempt was
Hard-
wicks very sensibly observed that the country
given up altogether. Upon this text Lord
would have gained largely by employing the Royal
steam navy for the transport of our troops, and
that, considering our marine included 270 steam-
vessels of all sizes, with a reserve of 10,000 availabe
seaman at hand, it was "inconceivable whyrecourse
bad not been had to those means," instead of en-
gaging at a great ccst vessels which, after all, could
not be made to go. Lord Panmure's reply was
exceedingly remarkable. He observed, in the first
place, and as if to clear the Government of any ac-
countability in the matter, that the conveyance of
troops to India was one of the functions of the East
India Company, and that the Company was respon-
sible for its proper discharge. As regarded the case
alleged, he did not deny the miscarriage, but urged
that it was a single instance of failure in a series of
successful exertions, and that though the Company
might perhaps with some degree of justice be ac-
cused of having taken up indifferent vessels for the
transport service just at first, they had latterly
shown great zeal in repairing the error. After this
exculpation of the Directors he proceeded to state
that, as the regiment in question would now be
despatched overland, almost all the time lost by the
mishaps of the Austria would be made up, and
finally delivered his opinion on the main question
by " entirely concurring with his noble friend in
thinking that there could be no valid objection to
the employment of the large class of vessels at the
disposal of the Admiralty."
Now, as regards the particular case of the Aus-
tria, perhaps the plea of " first fault" may be al-
lowed to carry a little weight ' • nor are we disposed
to insist much on the early bargains of the com-
pany in the way of transport vessels, though we
were taken to task once for saying what Lord Pan-
mure now admits may be said without injustice. In
this respect the directors did but share the blind-
ness of other authorities both at home and in the
East, and when they engaged the Areta and her
consorts it was under the impression that the occa-
sion calied for ne greater despatch. The important
points of Lord Panmure's speech concern conclu-
sions of a far more comprehensive character. To
begin with—let the reader observe the operation of
the "double government" of India at a conjuncture
when the most urgent demands are made upon the
resources of the country at home. Nothing is more
obvious than that the despatch of troops is a point
upon which everything—up to the very preserva-
tion of the Empire—may depend, and yet the des-
patch of troops is a matter with which the Admin-
istration declares it has nothing to do. The Mi-
nister of War may provide the battalions, but by
what means they are to be sent out, or when they
are likely to arrive, are questions w;thin the control
he "Company." To complete the absurdity,
although the Home Government has nothing to do
with the troops on our own shores, it becomes
chargeable with their transport when they are on
the shores of India, 15,000 miles off, and awaiting
their return.
Next, look at the confession at last pronounced
with respect to the advantages or disadvantages of
the Overland Route. After all we have heard
about the chances of delay and difficulties of trans-
shipment, transit, and so forth, it is now plainly
stated that the despatch of a regiment via Alexan-
dria will be attended with such expedition that
ptabsasta ge
the wbiattht a
_ a
nearly all the time lost since the sth of October in
b a steamer
fruitless d make
recovered,the
and
lion "may be expected to arrive in India not lung

after the period at which it would have reached
that country bad it been conveyed by the vessel in
which it had embarked in the first instance." This
we can readily credit ; but when, then, we beg to
ask, might the 94th have been
"expected to arrive
in India" if it had been at once despatched by this
expeditious route when it was first ready for de-
parture ?

The remaining point affords a still more signal
illustration of the tardiness with which we attain
to a knowledge of the right course. We now hear
the Minister of War expressing his decided opinion
that there could be "no valid objection" to em-
ploying the enormous resources of the Royal Navy
in carrying the Queen's regiments from one part of
her dominions to another. But in the meantime,
and before this truth was recognised, 35,000 sol-
diers have been despatched in transports of all de-
scriptions, some of which may tumble about the
ocean for four or five months together before mak-
ing the port of their destination. If this " concur-
rence of opinion" bad been but forthcoming in June
list, the reinforcements now tardily pouring into
Calcutta might have arrived there six or eight weeks
bhfore. We remember the old objections to the
proposal—such as the necessary protection of our
own shores, and the dislike of naval officers to
become commanders of transports. But, surely,
with a steam navy of 270 vessels we have quite
force enough to defend ourselves at home, and to
spare a squadron for the emergencies of our Em-
pire in the East ? Of the objections of naval
officers to convey troops, we can only say that
if there are any Brahmins in the naval service
who entertain such scruples, they should be
instantly dismissed. But we attach very little
weight to this pretext. Of course, a Post-
Captain would rather go to sea on a seaman's
regular duty than carry half his guns .in ballast
and see his decks turned into barrack-rooms ;
but he would much rather do this service than do
no service at all. Anything is batter than utter
inaction or mere holyday cruising. Besides, there
was ample scope in India for the more regular
services of the Navy. A frigate and two or three
smaller vessels insured the safety of Calcutta, and
Captain Peel, with his 300 or 400 blue-jackets, has
Leen-welcomed at every town on the Ganges. Bri-
tish sailors have not been even sent into Assam,
and if they have not been still more generally em-
ployed it is only bnatrie they were not at hand for
the purpose.

The Whole matter comes to this, that when ships
are wanted for national purposes the ships of the
nation should be available for performing them,
otherwise Parliament is likely to look at the. Navy
Estimates with considerably lest liberality than
before. When we talk of Britain's ascendancy on
the seas, we ought to mean not merely that we can
fight naval battles, but that we can command the
waters for all purposes whatever. If great naval
encounters are out of date duties of other kinds
have succeeded them, and we believe that the
officers of the Navy are just as ready for these
duties as any other. What they naturally desire
is active service and chance of dist;nction, nor can
it be agreeable to so many energetic minds to see
the navy and its seamen condemned to idleness,
which would be disgraceful if it were not involun-
tary, while the eyes of the country are strained in
following the march of its soldiers, and the whole
nation burning with eagerness to reward their
achievements. With the finest navy in the world,
doing nothing but scour decks and square yardv, we
have kept a regiment tossing about for a couple of
months in want of a vessel to carry it to India, and
have sent 40,000 men in hired transports. We
trust that when next the Navy Estimates have to
be moved, Sir Charles Wood will be brought to
strict account as to the cost of the transport of
troops to India ; and that if, as seems but too pos-
sible, a great disaster should occur from their tardy
arrival, Parliament and the nation will know upon
whom to fix the blame.

ANOTEER PR9CLAMATION OP NANA

SAHIB.

(From tlLe Friend of Indict, Oct. 29 )

The Lahore Chronicle publishes the following
" Proclamatiou" by Nana Sahib :

"It has been ascertained from a traveller-who has
lately arrived at 0 twopore frfom Calcutta, that pre-
ch,r,iiistianitY. the cartridgesan do
atofoorf
the
me
pre-
viously to the distribution o
purpose of taking away the religion
matter of people of Hindostan,
asa ctohuisncwilaw aas held, at which
8,000 Europeans, and tokiilsot,ooooli
it was resolved that,
reli-
gion, it would be necessary
employid o7s, toaonoe 3: r
and then all Hindostan would be converted to'
petition to this effect was sent to
Queen Victoria,.
sand the opinion of the council
which the English merchants
Sepoys, lest, in the event was adopted.
work, the same
troops
rhooouplsd
%,
ebree allowed
embarked ee
°hd couneil was then held, to
were admitted, and
it was agreed to assist in carrying out the
petition was perusednsumber of European soldiers
rapidity and despatcheduldtohe
inoa as
England,there w
3esr :00110 i nEduorsotpa
European'
h of any great commotion
arising, the former
India. beaten.
leing
etnhcies
InWtehl
in ships with the utmost
of their despatch w received in Calcutta, and the
gentlemen of Calcuttaaaid issued order 4 for the distri-
bution of the cart:-
0 ees. Their real object was to
make Christians
when this
was
do: the army under the Pea that
Christianising the a there would be no delay in
people generally. In the cart-
ridges the fat of swine and cows was used. This
fact.was ascertained from Bengaleei who were em-
ployed in making the
cartridges ; one of these men
was put to death and the rest were imprisoned.
Here they were carrying out their plans. Then
of
the Ambassador the Sultan of Constantinople at
the Court of London sent information to the Sul-
tan that 35,000 English troops were to be de-
spatched to India to make Christians of that coun-
try. The Sultan
Egypt to theeffect eent a firman to the Pasha of
that he was colluding with Queen
Victoria ; that this was not a time for compromise ;
thatfrom what his
35,000 soldiers hadambassador sent it appeared that
Iren despatched to India to
make Christians of the people and soldiers of that
country; that there
this ; that if he vas guilty
still time to put a stop to
guilty of any neglect in the
o
matter, what kind face would he be able to
show to God ; that thatf a
since, if the English day would one day be his,
Hindostan,
in making Christians
of the people of
co they would attempt
the same in his
firman of the Sultanuntry. On the receipt of this
the Pasha of Egypt, before
the arrival of the ' Englishh. troops, made his arrange-
ments and collected troops at Alexandria, for
that is the road to Ind•ls and on the arrival of the
English army the la
began firing withetroops of the Pasha of Egypt
anon from all sides, and
destroyed and sank the ships, so that not a single
Englishman of them
Calcutta, after issuing
rema remained. The English at
the order for biting the
cartridges and the breaking out of this now spread-
ing mutiny and rebellion, were looking for assist-
ance from the army conningii from London ; but
God, by the exercise of
Almighty power,
settled their business there. When
the intelligence
of the destruction -of the
received the Governor-General felt of London was
a
felt great grief and
beat his head. At the beginning
e of the night
murder and robbery were
morning the body had no heaodntemplated ; in the
nor the head any
covering ! In one revolution the sky became of the
, same colour, neither Nadir nor
Govern-
ment remained. This paper no Nadir's r
order of Nana Sahib, 13th has been printed by
zeiroe, add 1273.
Higree 8."
This audacious rigmarole is a valuable contribu-
tion to the history of the rebellion. It proves, or
we are greatly mistaken, that
the terror of forcible
conversion, so often pleaded b
in fact excited, if excited at all,y the mutineers, was
by native conspira-
tors. It will be seen that Nana.
allusion to missionary efforts Sahib makes no
Hno reference to the
He knew laws of civilization.that any attempt of
the kind mould be disbreditedeven by the most igno-
rant of his folio ;vers. He simplyt i
no invents a lie with a
circumstance—a lie which,
one could by
possibility confirm, so no one ose those he addressed
Aud
could peremptorily deny. this we believe to
have been throughout the policy of those who must
have organised the rebellion.
_They used the one
terror which would unite Muss
it forged ulmans and Hindoos
as a lever, and to excite
the preposterous
story insetted in the
Proclamation."
The paper \f3tiggests to -ea
another doubt. The
Government o repeatedly lndia has and formally
denied any intention of
or
conversion., Nana Sahib
either believes those denials,
he does not. If he
h does not, the proclamations ave failed of any
effect whatever. • If he does,they have failed to I
restrain his impudence of assertion. The effect
produced on him his and on countrymen must,
be though different in degree substantially the
same. We therefore put, not ill • a spirit of hos-
tility, but in utter sadness of heart, this question
not
to the Government—ls it time that these pro-
clamations, and the policy which dictates them
I
were thoroughly re-examined e 3it not possible
that our perpe,ual talk of neut •
rality is interpreted
into fear 1' .

HARWICH ELECTION.

HARWICH, DEC. 9.
The pollowing commenced at eight o'clock this
morning, and the result of the election was never
for a moment doubtful, Mr. R. J. Bag:.thaw taking
the lead from the first', and maintaining it to the
close of the poll. To the uniniatiated this may
appear rather surprising, in view of the respectable
position which Mr. Arcedeckne maintained at the
nomination yesterday ; but his popularity seems to
have prevailed principally among the non electors
of the borough, who consist, for the most part, of
sea-faring men, and have, therefore, a natural
sympathy with a gentleman who manifests au
interest in nautical pursuits. The available
strength of the electors is only 301. The following
is the close of the poll, as recorded by Mr. Bag-
shaw's committee

Bagshaw .„ ... ...
Arcedeckne ... •.• ...
Majority for Bagshaw

... 161
... 67
... -94

The town was quiet during the morning, and the
mayor, who presided as returning officer, was per-
mitted to do so with all proper dignity and gravity.
As the hours wore on, however, the number of
noisy fellows in the streets perceptibly increased,
and when the period had arrived for closing the
poll the hustings were surrounded with a dense
crowd of persons, many of whom were evidently
bent on destroying them. The doomed timbers
were defended by a considerableforee of policemen,
but a seiman scaled- a wall in the rear, and his
example being quickly followed by others, the work
of destruction was commenced and carried out in
an inconceivably short space of time. The mayor
and town clerk were glad to escape as best they
could, and the official chlir of the former was
bundled about very unceremoniously, but no one
sustained any injury. The whole proceeding was
regarded with comparative good humour, and by
many persons seemed to be taken almost as a
matter of course.

TBETFORD ELECTION.

THETFORD, WEDNESDAY.

This election took place this morning at the Town
Hall. There was a numerous attendance of the
electors. The mayor, C. S. Bidwell, Esq., pre-
sided.
After the usual formalities,
L. Bidwell, Esq., after expressing regret, that
owing to the ill health of their late meinhar, he was
not equal to a residence in Lon,lon, proposed Mr.
Alexander Hugh Baring as member for the borough.
H. Tyrrell, Esq., seconded the nounivalion.

Thelqayor, hearing no other candidate proposed,
declared Mr. Alexander Hugh Baring duly elected.
(Applause.)
Mr. Baring then addressed the elector;, sincerely
thanking them for the honour they had done him.
He felt that it was very gratifying to him to enter
into public life in connectiun with a constituency
whom he had the honour of knowing from his
earliest years. He would go to Parliament un-
pledged to any party, and though his opinions would
remain Conservative, still he felt that his duty re-
quired that he should go to Parliament to assist in
carrying out such improvements and moderate re-
forms as were necessary for the country. The itn-
portant matters to be brought before Parliament dur-
ing the present session would not be numerous, but
Caere would be the question of the present Bank
Act, an act for the reform of Indian affairs, the Par-
liamentary Reform Bill, and Lord John Russell's
bill for the admission of the Jews into the House
of Commons. As far as the monetary crisis was
concerned, it would require a better financier than
himself to give any opinion, but he would arrive at
the best conclusion he could after hearing the dis-
cussions in Parliament. He thought that they
must not reject any measure which was calculated
to alleviate the distress and suffering which now
unhappily existed, especially in the northern parts
of the country. As far as Indian affairs were con-
cerned, it world be presumptuous in him to at-
tempt to give any history of them, or to find out
any causes of the late events. He could only say
that crimes of singular atrocity bad been corn-
mated, and if those atrocitieshad been unparalleled
in the history of the world, so had the vengeance
which had overtaken them. (Applause.) He only
regretted that the gallant officers and soldiers in
India who had hitherto carried on the war would
be superseded by men sent out from this country
who perhaps were not so fit or so equal to maintain
order. What the act might be as to the Indian
question it was impossible for him to say, but it
would probably be one for the total abolition of the
Court of Directors of the East India Company,
formed about 120 years ago, under a totally diffe-
rent system, to represent the interest of the share-
holders. ow if the interest on Indian stock was
paid by the Government the proprietors would have
no more interest In the company than other people.
The nation had a right to expect that the directors
of the company should be composed of the b at
men, and that the power of nomination should be
taken out of the hands of the select few who at pre-
sent enjoyed it. He thought, however, that such
a measure should enact that the directors should
be entirely abolished, and that Indian affairs should
be brought into closer connection with the House
of Commons, and that the control would not be
given to men of moderate abilities, as hitherto.
The honourable gentleman then promised that he
would vote for the admission of Jews into Parlia-
ment ; and if the anticipated Reform Bill inter-
fered with that borough he would do his best to
protect the privileges which they bad so long
enjoyed. ._

Three cheers were given for the honourAble
member.

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES.

ABERDARE, TUESDAY.
As many very erroneous and exaggerated accounts
have gained credence in reference to this strike, I pro-
pose to inform you of the real state of things at this
time. As if the event were not in itself grave enough
to satisfy any reasonable appetite for the alarming, false
rumours have been sent abroad, and men fired at and
killed. Nothing of the kind has occured. Threatening
letters, promising violence, have been sent abroad ; but
beyond a stone thrown through the windows of one of
the managers' houses, no act of positive violence has
been committed. I told you, in my former communica-
tion, that on account of the threats used by the " turn-
outs," and with a view to inspire confidence in the
well-affected inhabitants, a communication had been
made from the magistrates to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, requesting the presence of some
troops. The Government lost no time in complying with
this requisition, and on Saturday night a detachment,
consisting of about 100 men of the 23d Infantry, arrived
here by special train from Weedon. The soldiers were
immediately stationed in the Town-hall, and their com-
manding officer, Captain Smith, has, by direction of the
Secretary of State, placed himself and his wen at the
disposal of the justices. Either the knowledge of these
military preparations, or returning good sense cn the
part of some of the operatives, has already produced a
salutary effect. On Saturday the cilliers connected with
the Aberdare Company's iron works made an offer, in
imitation of the conduct of the Merthyr men, to return
to their employ. The Messrs. Fothergill at first refused
to receive them, stating, it is said, that in the present
state of the trade iron-masters can only keep on their
make oat of motives of consideration for their men, and
that, so far as they themselves were concerned, a sus-
pension of operations would be a desirable thing.
Amongst the applicants for re-employment, however,
were many steady workmen who had been for years in
the company's employ, and who, having had nothing to
do with the strike, were to be pitied as victims of the
misguided conduct of others. Out of consideration
for those men the masters relented, and the
iron-works colliers have gone in at a reduction
amounting is about 20 per cent. The sea-going coal
men still remain out, and will probably give some
trouble, if indeed they do not get themselves into diffi.
cultier. On Monday Mr. Bruce, M.P. for Merthyr,
called a large meeting of the turnouts, whom he ad-
dressed en the folly of their conduct, pointing out to
them that the reduction proposed had been forced on the
masters by the necessities of the times ; that " strikes"
at all tines result most disadvantageously to those
engaged in them ; and that were the masters to go on
giving the present rate of wages, such a course could
only lead to a ruinous state of things which must prove
disastrous to all. The hon. member's address appeared
to produce an effect, and, at the request of some of the
men, he will this day have an interview with the masters
on their behalf. lam not very hopeful of the result, as
there are a lot of the turn-oats, most of them young hot-
headed fellows, who seem resolved not to go in, and by
whom the others seem to be in'a great measure led.

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