The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

BE RIGHT HON. TV. E. GLADSTONE.

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`SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, ls:V7

'Y THE INDIAN MUTINEE.RS.

(From the Times.)

-We hear that the Calcutta Government corn-
Pl 7 dna of the English public feeling in Calcutta as
saz /age and vindictive, as absorbed in a blind and

unt irscriminating exasperation, as resolving itself
int' ) the mere hatred of a dark skin, into a pure
unr sasoning antipathy to this Hindoo. This, it is
said , is very wrong, and not only wrong but foolish
and impolitic. As a matter of fact, the natives
dos ot, as a general rule, dislike us or wish ill to
us ; xnany of them have in the very thick of these
out rages, rescued Englishmen. It is unjust,,
and ungrateful, then, to speak of all Hindooi
as re,bels and traitors, but it is impolitic also. Wa
want the services of the natives ; we cannot do
withoitt them. Whatever modification our Govern-
ment a nd army may undergo there, the natives are
necessary to us. The official link which connects
the English Government with the people of India
must be, to a great extent, of native material.
Who is to undertake all the subordinate magistra-
cies and collectorships ? Who is to do the servile
work in campaigns, to say nothing of strictly
military service ? It is obvious that the English
will sink under such labours. How will even the
merchant and indigo planter buv or sell without
the medium of the Banian, or the Gomashta, or the
Dewan

THE FLOODS IN FRANCE.

. ,
The Moniteur du Loiret states that the Allier has
risen considerably, and at Pont-du-Chateau,
three leagues from Clermont, the river had at-
Wiled the maximum height of 1856. At Moulins
the water was rising at the rate of 20 cantimetres
(about 7 inches) au hour. The Haute-LOire and
the Cher had not risen. At Roanne the Loire,
which had attaiued a height of 3 metres 30 couti-
Inetres, bad begun to subside. We have received

From the London Gazette of Last +•fight.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 23-
. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade awl Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
inclosing copy of a Frenchlmpethl Decree, prolonging the
exemption from navigation dues accorded by the Decree of
the 7th October, 1856, with respect to vessels laden with
cargoes of grain, flour, rico, potatoes and dried vegetables,
until the 30th September, 1858.
CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 2L •
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TUB PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Oldham—William .T. Fox, of Sussex-place,
Regent's Park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the
room of James Platt, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 23.

without purchase, vice Swinford, appointed to the 98th
Foot.

22d Foot—Lieut. Thomas Tyacke to be Captain, by pur-
chase, 'vice Ponlett, who retires.
26th Foot—Captain William M`DOnald,from half-pay Un-
attached, to bo Captain (paying the difference), vice
Hurnbley, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
60th Foot—Ensign J. M. Sewell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Williamson, promoted.
68th Foot—Ensign James Craig, from the Military Train,
to be Ensign, vice Hardy, who exchanges.
71st Foot— Lieut. Frederick Wm. Lambton to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Prince, who retires.
75th Foot—Ensign Henry Hurford to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Crozier, killed in action ; Ensign
George Home Row to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Rivers, deceased.
78th Foot —Lieut. Howard D. Campbell to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hunt, deceased ; Ensign It.
P. Butler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Campbell ; Ensign Richard Clay, from the 62d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Thomson, promoted ; Ensign Thomas
Mackenzie, from the 42d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Butler.
98th Foot—Ensign Thomas F. Swinford, from the 14th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nevinson, appointed to the 60th

Foot.
Rifle Brigade--Ensign Henry Charles G. Dugdale to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord E. Clinton, pro-
moted ; Cesil George Assheton Drummond, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dugdale; Rowland Egerton,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign JosephAlesander Smith
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kenrick, de-
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ceased ; Augustus Temple, dent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Smith.
3d West India Regiment—Richard Wilson, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Sulivan, who retires.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Guy Wm. Frederick L'Estrange,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross, who retiree.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Lieutenant James Taylor to
be Capt lin, without purchase ; Ensign John Halpen
Thompson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Taylor.
Royal Malta Foncible Regiment—Lieutenant W. Gait, to
be Captain (with local and f ernporary rank) vice Mattei,
promoted; Ensign S. de Piro to be Lieutenant (with
local and temporary rank) vice Gatt.
DEPOT BATTALION.
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Lieutenant-Colonel R. Sanders, 6.43.:60m half-pay 19th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice El nhirst appointed
to the 9th Foot.