The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-08-22
Rnssia's Observation-Disclosures Intrigue at
the Bottom Of the English Difficulty in
Ind

The London Post July 2Sth, has a long
article on the aspect OF affairs in India, and
devotes no small share Of attention TO IN en-
quiry as to the causes Of the present mutiny
in India. Itintimates a belief that although
the Roman and Greek Churches regard each
other with worse than theologic hatred,
vet on IndiI ground they would lay aside
their differences to strike blow at Eng
land" The following remarks, however, are
more significant, and probably point more
directly to the res! cause Of trouble in the
East:
1--WE give implicit credence TO the state
ment Of our Paris correspondent, printed in
our impression OF to-day. that the discou-
tent of the native troops in India appears 20
have been known 70 foreign governments for
some time past To some foreign govern
ments it was more tina n known, and we wish
that we could believe that there was one TO-
reign government at least who had not art
or part in fostering or exciting discomfort.
From the period OF the second government
OF Cornwallis, down to the period Of the 60
vernrncnt OF Lord Ddlhousie, Russia has ne
yer been without civil. military, or trading
agents in India; and it has ever been the
business of these missionaries to say bad
word and to excite a bitter feeling against
England, and to cxaIt to the tenth heavens
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greatness and power OF the Russian arms.
During the governments Of the Marquis Of
Hasting, Lord Amherst, Lord VIM Bentink,
and Lord Auckland, Russian agents in India,
became much more numerous, their visits
more frequent, and their intri-ues more art
full and unceasing than at any antecedent
;ime.-Sometimes these persons appeared
to be travelling for pleasure or Instruction.
sometime in the interest of science or com
merce-sometimes they affected to be study
ing the religion of the Hindoos; but their
objects, however outwardly varied, were al
, ways really uniform-namely, to spy the
nakedness of the land, and to send inteli-
gence as to any faulty or assailable point to
the Russian Chancery at st. Petersburg.
The individuals selected for the Russian SER
vice in India were all chosen. They were
men generally acquainted with the history
and language of the East, personally insinu-
ating. flexible and adroit.
There is abundant evidence both in Fort
William and Leadeahall street, of the pro-
ceedings of these Muscovi,es, and we should
not be at all surprised if some Of the Dude
mobiles and functionaries and some of the
Brahmins, ware under agents in the way OF
the paramont and superior practitioners who
were Immediately instructed by tie Russian
Chancery.
From the period OF Prince Menschikoff's
visit TO Constantinop!e, and the declaration
of war against Russia, it is very plain the
Gar had 4 direct interest in creating di.
version in India, and if the train so artfully
laid in 1854 and 1866 has only exploded in
1857. the fault is not attributable to any
want of zeal in the Russian agents. 1t
should also be remembered that one Of the
minor satellites Of Russia has been desperate
ly working against Great Britain in the Me-
diterranean, the Levant and throughout the
East The Queen Of Greece and her lac
oueys, the Greek Ministers, may now ali be
considered as paid agent in the service of
Russia and, by the aid of Armenian and
Greek merchants, Russia and Greece have
been, for considerable time, working all
through India, quasi commercially, but real
ly politically.
There are several Greek houses Of bust
ness at Bombay, Madras and Calcutta, having
commercial relations with Odessa, and the
Greeks, all over the world, as is known to
every man familiar with continental politics,
would gladly aid Russia in embarrassing
Great Britain, with view to get greater
share of the Eastern trade. During the past
week, several of the wort and most famous
reports concerning India have been propo-
gated by Greek houses of business in the
CITY of London. Coupling this fact with the
manner in which the news of the mutiny
has been received at Athens and in the Ioni-
an Islands, one may judge Of the friendly
feeling of the Greece Russian party towards
Great britain.