New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-14

| ton Of the House. The hA eS~ ssre, no 0soot
hcm reading n. evidence sciA before toe Co0sait
tee Of 1853 ,hs, their ave -,sj portions Of the len,
| Of India Which ale eienp. fisuf the fssdfsx- Benl
flee from lsDd.tax in india s "a, more than eqavs
lent to freedom from the lsadfs, 10 nr soussry
for, speaking generally and pspasrfy, the A.dt.'
10 lrdla is the whole taxsesn o' the &sie
"The origin Of these ersnts is o4cuit 10 penetrate
but they ore Undoubtedly 81 gres. antiquity. They
are OF different kncs. Bes, Sc the pv@s'e freehold
which are very extensive. their are .age grants o!
land free from the lapd'nx wish rbish ncequss eod
Temples have been endowed
| On the pret~1t of frsudulest clsims II exemp-
ton, tie British Governor General took vrsn him.
self oexamne the tres oftbe lnaian hndea esfates
| ypd4r the rev S. stem, estsblishe6'in 1919,
"1het Elan of investigating titles was st cance en-
brsc.d as ,ioof Of ptr erul Coy ftment, Sigor-
sus Executive ard most fruitful source ct Puo:r ~
enue. Therefor nrrsIons were iss,xd TO inqene
psl 81 s6oiurg country. They were cleo iseuet q
the Presidency Of Boz bay snd surveys were ofoe.'o
10 be made in ihe newly se.tssd proynoes 10 ordcx
that these commissions iea. ne cnpcuc'ed " nen -
suryt vs. we're completed with dHeefciency kcwtncre
is DO doubt that dun my the last ne years the scf'ce
Of these commissions of Inqvir, into the necn"sd
property OF landed estates in indA has been gong on
at an enormous rate, and immense results nave been
obtained
MIR. Disrseh computes that ths Assumption OF e.
ts,es from their prcpriet'rs 10 not less nas
f5CO.G00 a yesr IN the Pres'd~Ay ~ i,en9sE
fS10.OC0 in the Presidency If RS,rA ry f2oVWV
in the Punjsub, &c. Not ccsa Mt VIII tcS
one method IT .e,zpg upon the pepA rty ct the na-
tiyes, the British Government dssl 'otinued TIE
pensions TO the native grandets, to pas which 1t vas
bound by treaty. This" save Mn. L israeli, "M
"coniscatcu by new means. but upe2 moot exr
."tensive, startling and shocking scale
Mr.. Disrneh then treats the tamper;ng with the
religion If the natives. point upon wh;eA We need
not dwell Firm all his premises he ar-ayt at tho
conclusion that the pres' Mt Indian dstirbsae tee snot
Il military mutiny. but national revolt 4 which
the Sepoys are the acting instruments coy tie
ends bis hsrargue by advising the GcverSa 'ent to
turn their attention to the internal nprcrslA ont Of
lpdia instead Of pursuing its present course Ut az
gression
Correspondence Of Tho NJ Y. Tribune. -
LONDON, July 81, ia5z. ,
The last Indian mail conveying news from Delhi
up 10 the l7;h June, andfrom Bombsyup to ,he let
Of July, realizes the most gloomy aaticiPstieas.
When Mr.. Vernon Smith, the President az tho
Board of Control, first Informed the House u
Commons of the Indian revolt, be confidently
stated that the next mail would bring the pe~'s
that Delhi had b.tn razed 10 the ground. The
mail arrived. but Delhi vas not set "wped ons VI
"the pages Of history" 1t was then said that the
battery train could not be brought up before the
9th Of June and that the attack on toe doomed I,
cts must consequently he delayed to that date.
The On Of June passed away without being ds-
tirpu,shed by any remarkable incident. On the !,
18th and 18th June some eyests occurred, bcs
rather in the opposite direction Delhi being nos
storm ed by the English, but the Ecgish being az
tackled by the insurgents, the repeated sortics OK
whom were, however, rePalsed- The fsa
Of Delhi 10 thus sgsin postponed, the al.
iestd cau.e being now Do longer the cole
want Of siege artillery, but GeDeral Banard's
resolution to wait upon resnforeements, 40 hs
Erces-about 3 900 men-we-e totally Inadequate
to The capture Of the ancient capital defended 81
80 coo Sepoys, aud possessed of el! the military
stores. The rebels had even established camp
outside the Aymstr gate. lbtil bow. ali military
writers were uDsnimous in considering an Engliss
f. rec Of 5000 men quite sufficient for crushing
stpoy am, Of 30 600 or 40, 600 men, and IL such
was not the case. how could EnRhnd-to use an
expression If The London Times-eyer be able 70
"reeonqner india
he British army in ILdls amounts actually 10
80. 900 men. The utmost number they can dispatch
from FL gland within the next hnk year cannot tx
coed 1900 or % 600 men Ut whom 5000 men nre
10 I'll up vacancies aiming tn European RAJ KS N
India and of whom the additional force OF u, 600 or
10 600 men i'll BE- reduced by loss from the voyage.
BY loss from the climate, aud By other casualties To
about "a 900 troops able to appear on the theater OF
war The British Amy must resolve upon meeting
the mutneers in very dspro portionate numbers, OF
il must renOuDce meeting them at all. stu VIZ ape
Mt loss to understand the slowness OF the cOncen'
tratOn OF their forces around Delhi III ht ths sea-
sp OF the year the heat proves inSincble Obstn-
Gle. which it did not In the days ct Sir Charles
Napier some months later, on the arrival vi the
European troops. the rains viii affDrd stall more
conclusive preteXt for stand sti. IL sho'h never
be II rgotten that the present mufluy had III iacL
alIt ady begun in the month OF INLuniy' ana thnt
The Briti.h Government bad thus received ample
warning for keeping is powder dry and lts forces
ready.
The prolonged held Of Delhi BY the Sepoys 10 fnce
Of I'D Engli.h btsesiDg army has, OF course pro-
duced its pstursl result. The mutluy vas spread
inc 10 the very gates Of Calcutta fifty Bengal regl-
mel Il had ceased 10 exist. the Btngni army ifscif
had become myth OF the past, and the ElKoprans,
deprsed over an immense extent Of land, and
brked up 10 insulated sps h, were either buchered
b, the rebels or had tnkfn up position 81 desperate
ocieusr Ar Calcutta itseifthe Christian inhaoit--
ants formed volunteer guard, after p1l,
said 10 have been most complete 10 lis detah'
for surprsil the seat Of the Government, hah Veen
discovered and the alive troops there Stationed
bao been dIsbanded At Benares, an attempt az
disa,mipp q Tive regiment was resisted bya body
al Sikbs ard the Thirteenth Irregular cavalry ms
6ct ia very important IA il shows that the Sikhs.
ike the NohammedaDs, were making common
cause "a itb the Bra bmIrs. and that thus gedersl
union again.t tie British rule of all the different
triIe. MAS rspidl, progressing. Ii hid been an ar
tcle II faith with the Engisa people. that the SeYos
army g, instituted tbsir Whole strength Ia i'shf:
Now all al once, they tel quite satisfied ina' tnaS
very arlD, constitutes their sole danger. Dnrne
The last 'IDdsn debates. ar Vernon Smifs tho
p,as;1s,t ne the Bsard of Control still declared