New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-03

n, artillery from the fort A. nigh: Me mnt'1eers
tHs ebureh, ihe Rossn Catholic chapel, two bc--
49, her Maies.ys Git mess house. aud a dozen
Ps,ln.s but were driven out Of the statien. and
S'.,ssp,od The next day. Merry Of these mon have
sr &c returned TO camp, giving up .beir arms std
stst.o their willingness 10 be shot. IL is pleasing IN
,he lids, Of such general dssfection, 10 notice the
Loyalty with which ibe 10th Regiment Light Cavalry
behaved in this nu'By. not suspicion attaching 10
officers ~ men, who are reported thoroughly trust
worthy.
, 1--WE have DOW 10 return 10 the neshborhood OF
Delhi for our ne Z: episode in this eyencl story Tae
oh Regiment Native Infantry, stationed Mt Aiyghur,
believed 10 be thoroughly loyal, and mad gwen
siiorg proofs OF the sincerity of their probes sons.
One Of the emsssries Of treason, says ne Friend 81
Thdta, had found his way into the fot and was tam
p.iirg with the 10 induce them To ,n the ranks
Of he mutineers o, Delhi, when he was seized by
'corsebt Of the whole body and handed over TO the
commanding officer. A eourt.martla composed OF
native oHicers was held, which condemned him -
death and parade was ordered for his execution.
Al The appointed time, the regiment assembled aud
ard the canows received its victim; but before the
traitor was down the Rifle Company from Boolund-
shuhur came in and marched on TO the ground.
fanatic from the ranks stepped out, and proclaimed
that they had destroyed martyr TO Tue cause OF re-
ligion, since the Companys Government were hrIly
b. Mt UPON destroying casts throughout India The
men listened debated, wavered, and finally broke up
with loud shouts declaring their ntention of march
rg 10 Delhi which resolve was speedily put into ex,
round the officers and told them that although they
were powerless to withstand the general will, they
would take care that no harm should happen to
them, and they kept their word We are in some
doubt as to the fate of the officers of this corps which,
according to the latest advces, was uncertain Two
companies Of this regiment were stationed at Myn-
potrie They also mutinied and made an effort to
cary off the treasury, but we're defeated.
1--WE now come 10 the 9TH and Goth Regiments at
Umbalab. We are without detailed accounts Of the
dsa elton in these corps, but they are reported -
have refused to march Delhi when ordered SO to do
by wings, unless they were allowed to 60 as BODY.
Their nlutinous state has been well known for some
,ime and fires have been of nightly occurrence in the
station. At Murdaun, in the PuDaub, the Doth kegi-
ment Native Infantry broke into open mutiny OF inc
fate of their tfcers uncertain. detachment
of the EurOpeaDs from Peshawur on their track, anu
have already slain many Of them, and taken lou prs
oners into Peshawur. At Agra, the 44th and 9th
Native Infantry Immediately disarmed upon
news of the detection of their deachents at Muttra,
who had seized the treasury there and marched TO
Delhi and the measure was doubtless, Imperative,
for fires have been of constant occurrence there Also
The Sd Regiment Native Infantry at Phillour arc re-
ported TO have burnt down the station and openly mu
inied The report is, however, since contradicted so
that the matter is in doubt. CawDpore was in state
of siege the LIST instant the ladies and children all
shut up III the fort. At Lucknow, the rebellion broke
out with fury the night of the 3ls the regiments
We have specified above mutinyng, and burning and
plundering in all directions. We await further intel
ligchce thence.
The outbreak at NusseeraDad ana Neeinutcn hau
been impending since the news Of the Delhi mu
tDy reached those places. We are in considerable
anxiety to the fate of the Europeans of those stations
nothing being known Of certainty up to date. con-
siderable force from Deesa must now be at Nusseera-
bad and the mutineers ssid to have marched away
with the six guns in their possession, in the direction OF
Delhi. They viii doubtless be joined by the I'D
Regiment from emutch but that they viii ever reach
Delhi is matter of extreme unlikellhood. The whole
Of the RapoOtana to be stauncn, and the mutt
neers will IN all probability be intercepted and cut up
by some OF the contingent forces of those States.
" To what extent the disarming of the native ,egi-
ments has been carried in the Punjaub unableio
state but have certain information that the native
troops at Meean Nicer and Peshawur were SO treated
on the dates Indicated A force of $1,000 to 30 900
nen has thus melted away from the Bengal Army List
within few weeks, and whether the process has
reached its limit not we unable yet TO say"
As to the causes of the outbreak the intelligent
Calcutta correspondent of The Noncontormist says
"Tbe officers have gradually had their power over
the men reduced go that even TRIVIAL questions OF DIS
cipline could not be settled tciou reference 10 heod
1norfers or the Supreme Council. The officer III
charge of the company had little power 70 punish or
reward his own men; the colonel had as little to pro-
mote or punish in the regiment generally Inc omcers,
therefore have not had that summary and complete
control over the troops which the theory of military
discipline requires. Again, while each regular regl-
nent of Sepoys has about wentyfcur ofcers on ITS
roll the number of staff appointments has become 81
large all over the country that in scarcely any one
regiment you find more than twelve or thirteen
officers doing duty with the ir men, and OF these two
thirds are eutenants ensgns Of these again sew
era will be found ignorant OF the language. Wha'
hold can the English officers, as body, have over
their regiments under such circumstances
AS a remedy against the evil the correspondent no
only recommends the increase Of European troops
but adds:
"But there must be improvements of a much higher
kind. Inda must he goferncd not for the sake 81 ITS
rulers Lat for ats millions Of subjects. You must not
send out from England men who come merely to enjoy
the high salaries Of the country without doing the du-
ties for which those salaries were paid. We cannot
afford to have inferior men, incompetent and Ignorant,
in the highe.t offices Of State. India requires the best
men that England can give"
The dull proceedings Of Parliament became lately
somewhat more interesting through Mr. Lindsey's
Interpolation on the maritime law, being informed
by the mouth of Lord PalmerstOn that Mr.. Blu
chanan's Administration had not indOrsed Mr..
Marcys proposition, that the property OF belgerents
at sea should be wholly exempt from capture. Ac-
cordnaly the resolutions Of the Paris Convention, as
to free ships making free goods, and the abandon
ment Of the right Of search and OF privateerng,
apply now exclusively to the European powers,
while the old maritime law must govern the relations
between America and Europe in case Of war.