, 1857-09-25
The War in India.

OF the dreadrully-brlliant movements in tn
East; but the leading facts, combine,
with knowledge of the measures on foo
previous TO the arrival Of the last mail
suggests to US the neel.ul propriety Of an
tcipating the details by some remark
which will tend to Illustrate what is t
come.
1t is very evident that the outbreak has
been meditatcd for some time. A private
letter from The Rev DR.. Daft to f.eut
in England (sinco Published in the Tines,
says: 80 long as the spirit of disallec
ton in the native army, with its occasiona
outbreaks, aeas only circulated in lohispers,
felt il better not TO allude to the subject
The religious Indignation at being offered
pig and bullock fat to grease their rifle
cartridges was only natural and national
ebuliton Of part Of that spirit Of disaf'
tection" which was not only known TO ex.
iSt, bat was feared and not publicly ALA.
ded to, lest it might the sooner derive that
Importance which the public notice of it by
dis6anding regiment has since conferred
upon it. The movement loses the guise oil
mutiny, and stalks forth with all the
majestic rage Of a national religious war
1t takes the shape Of war Of indcpend-
ence. From the seat of the extinct glory
of the mighty Mogul empire it is pro-
claimed.
When the disbandment of the Mcorut
cavalry regiment took place when, as DR..
Daft says, seventy Or eighty of the ring
leaders were tried, and sentenced to many
years Imprisonment with hard work, in
irons, two troops Of the said regiment dash
ed off towards Delhi They sounded the
ocSn as they went Their voices awoke
the sleeperS. They grew people after
them, as leaves are drawn into currents of
wind Or water. The road to Delhi became
alive with action, with rebellion" with
indiscriminatc plunder."
Delhi received the avenging ngitives
with open arms. The three native regi.
men's there made common cause with
them, adopted them, and also adopted the
arsenal, ammunition, and trc4Sury; attack
ed, and il is said massacred, the English
there and with great stroke Of policy,
proclaimed the rght!El sovereign, the
heir apparent Of th' titilar Emperor Of
Delhi" the lineal successor of the great
Mogul, Emperor Of India. An event
one-half so disastrous" says DIR. Duff, in
pious horror, has not yet occurred in the
history Of British India The very name
of Delhi is a talisman of vengeance to the
natives all over India. 1t is full OF ancient
glory, and teeming with warike memories.
The seat OF power, wealth, and splendor,
which Moore, in his Lalla Rookh, extols
with luscious phrensy, is enly less oriental
than the gardens OF Shalmar themselves in
times past. At present, its strong position
derives an increased Importance from those
6ulwarks that traditlonary greatness rears
on the minds OF race descended OF con
querors.
Delhi is the capital of the province OF
the same name, is situate on the Jumma,
$50 miles northwest from Calcutta. Its
importance and splendor as the ancient
capital of the Patan and Mogul empires is
yet evidenced by the magnificent extent of
the ruins OF the old city, which are said, on
competent authorities, to cover as large a
surface as London, Westminster, and
Southwark. The present city is to the
northeast of the old one, was built by the
Emperor Shah Jehan, and called BY him
Shahjehanbad. IL is seven miles IN CIR
cumference, is generally well built, and ten
years ago held population Of over
100000. Bishop Hcber, when he visited
the Emperor here, described the palace as
kingly residence, far surprising the
Kremlin at Moscow, and was only inferior
to Windsor Castle.
The most particular feature, however, OF
Delhi is, that it is situated on a rocky
range of hills, and is surrounded by on en-
battled wall, with many bastions and inter
vening martello towers, faced along its
whole extent with substantial masonry, aud
strengthened by the British, some years
ago, with q moat and glacis.. Water,
however, is scarce, and is the only draw
back upon the city. We must remember,
however, that the English thought it OF
sufficient Importance to strengthen it in the