Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-08-07

''tS 70 be-
lieve that we shall be able to collect -
revenue and administer the governns1.
In the Punjab things may be little h.,
ter. You have able men there VII
trust, will be able to maintain their
They may perhaps be able, through u,
aid Of the local corps, to collect a no,.;
of the revenue, but l do not tbink d
can possibly do more. Certainly A..
will not be able to move beyond the b,Dt,
of the Sutlej to render assistance IL =,
other corps. All can hope is that I
these provinces our authorities will ,,,,
their ground, and that the Puniab m
be maintained"
The Earl of Peterborough questioned
whether government was sendin, on,
sufficient force. He maintained tb,,n
whole of the eight regiments which un
arrive at Calcutta, will be required g.
/
the protection of Bengal alone with.
the power of moving beyond that p,a,;
dency. Three must be detained :;
Bengal to supply the place of the "a,
responding number who should he ,.
turned to Madras and Bombay, Ieavin,
only five regiments for any operations
from Allahabad. They will arrive :,
Calcutta about November l, and haviD,
obtained the means of transport canDo,
possibly get to Allahabad before January
l, and then the force will be wholly in
adequate to enter without cavalry or ~,
tillery into country with from 3OOOO.
900 to 100000 of inhabitants, full Of
disbanded troops, and containing tbs
really military population of India-ths
Rajpoot population. He maintaind
that the exigency required ten Regiments
of infantry, eight of cavalry, and twelv
. batteries of artillery. Whatever fore
, the government may send out, the diff
culties of the Governor General in al:
fording it the means of movement viii
not, perhaps, be insuPerable, but thslwA
be enormous. But he firmly believed
that if parliament and the government
will reinforce the army Of India to h
! extent suggested the government ma
:. with absolute certainty-subject to thOs
unforeseen accidents which befall all N
litary operations-calculate that by IL
- end of April the authority Of the Britis
. government will be firmly established
- every part of the upper provinces.
>. The opinions of the Earl of Ellie
- borough are confirmed by letter write
from Calcutta, some of whom even 90
=. far as to say that the foundations Of Il
>. British Eastern Empire have be-
~ shaken; that the task has deyolved up
,ir the country of re-conquering and !
Mt constructing that empire and that 8
49, 900 British soldiers must be sent {
p. with all speed.
70 A letter from Bombay dated July
~ says:
80 {" 1t will be long before we shall y
ture to trust our arsenals and strt
places to native troops unmixed with
- ropeans. 1t was blind confidence VIII
caution should have been used. On
M other hand, it is not easy to say how
ba difficulty could be arranged, or no
zen comparatively small European fore
Tho less than 10000 men can at once CARR
nv arsenals in the centre of India, and
9 q in awe the treacherous natives Of I
ono and the ferocious tribes of the Pu
md hills. This mutiny, however, red
all the government Of India to the sterE
avs cessity of denuding those external
,ev vinces, and whilst Delhi is surround,
in may be our ill fortune to find Moolta
Peshawur assailed, or fresh masSa
liza taking place in Pegu. This is pos
on from which speedy extrication is
I;o quired, and the British Isles alone
,om furnish what India most needs at
IF juncture, the flesh and blood which
mid the real sinews of war;"