The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

c PIINJAUB.

"Intelligence from the Punjaub is to the 15th
of August. Punj lb and Cis-Su lej-States,. quite
tranquil. Large local levies are being raised to
supply the place of the reinforcements gone to
Delhi. Gholab Sing of Cashmere, before his
death promised '75 lacy to the 6 per cent. loan,
and about 20 were expected in Cis-Stlej. It will
probably draw nearly a crore, which is the estimated
want. The disarmed 26th Native Infantry at Lahore
murdered their commanding officer on 30th ofJuly,
and broke away from the cantonment. The trooi s
sent in pursuit took the wrong road, but the muti-
neers were followed by the police and the people of
the country, and in the first days of August were
either destroyed or captured, and executed ; hardly
a man escaped. Fugitives of the 55th Native In- .

fantry, at Peshawur, have been seized, and simi-
larly dealt with. These vigorous measures will
probably deter others from similar attempts.
" G. F. EDMONSTONE,
"Secretary to the GoTernment of India.
" 9.40 a.m. Monday.

"RAVEN."

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says :

"The Brussels Nord lately said, and the Jour-
nal des Debats to-day confirms the statement, that
the French Government has given to that of Eng-
land unequivocal proofs of sympathy and goodwill
on the occasion of the Indian insurrection, has
offered to permit the passage of troops through
France, and to use its good offices with the Pasha
of Egypt to induce him to afford a similar facility.
I assured you in a former letter that, notwith-
standing what a few persons augured from
the Stuttgardt interview, the French Govern-
ment never set a higher price upon the English
' alliance, or was more desirous to maintain it,
than at the present time ; and you may de-
pend that, whatever be the sentiments of a por-
tion of the Frenoh press and nation, the Emperor
has testified great concern at our Indian misfor-
tunes. He, doubtless, manifested his feelings on
the subject when at Osborne, and also most pro-
bably at Chalons to the Duke of Cambridge, with
whom he had a great deal of conversation con-
cerning the campaign in Bengal. The Nord says
that the English Cabinet declined the above-men-
tioned offers, but adds, that it is everywhere seek-
ing reinforcements, and is resolved, if 'necessary,
to send the whole of its army to India, and
keep only the militia at home. There
is no saying what might be done under
the pressure of necessity, but making the
largest allowances for possible losses from cli-
mate, disease, and the enemy's fire, there seems
scarcely a reasonable doubt that the force already
sent or under orders to go will suffice to suppress
the revolt. We have seen what has been done
by mere handfuls of men under Havelock and
others, and it emboldens one to believe that a
force sufficient to take Delhi, and two or three
moveable columns of 5,000 or 6,000 men each, will
suffice to extinguish an insurrection which owes
the greater part of its temporary success to our
want of foresight and preparation. As regards
the passage of troops through France, I hear it
said that it was declined by the English Govern-
ment because there would have been little saving
of time, owing to the double embarkation and
disembarkation."