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The War in India.
The American and foreign journals are fiji.
led with details Of the recent atrocities of tho
Rebels in India, nnl Of the operations of the
cont"nding forces. The public mini of Great
Britain seems to be burning with Indignation,
and with desire to avcngc the outrages com
| mittcd upon ""fcncclcss women and children
The Times, which proposes to give expression to
the popular will, Is urging the Government to
prompt and vigorous action, and threatens any
shortcomings with the jul .smcnt of an indis-
nnnt people. II is necessary to maintain
force of SnonO in India, aud to do tins a
large addition to the reserve force is demanded
The safety Of the British Empire in In,lin,
depends upon the ability to maintain the pres
cnt positions before Delhi. Lucknow, nnl Caw-
nporr, anil othcrposts in the interior. If these
posts hc abandoned, the dsaffeetion will cx-
tend Throughout the Empire, and perhaps
s"ize the troops of the Madras nnl Bombay
Presilencies. Every day that passes before
the British are i'll q position to strike n deci.
sivc blow adds to the difficulties of their posi-.
! ti"n. "o,0no troops are OH the way to India
but will not bc ready for operations before
December. The London Times thus comments
! upon the Inst adviccs
! The news brought by the last mail from In.
/ da is the worst we have vet r .ceived although
it is not devoid "fhopcful TEXTURES. The assur.
! nnccs which rea ched us hy previous mails that
| tho ti,1p nj n hnl Lron Of
! rl have not been fulfilled. Fresh mutinics
! have lccn added to the list already fnrn,id
| able. we have To dcplorc new .lisa.t crs and the
| catalogue of murders. trcnchcries, aud unu,tcr
able horrors has hccn increased until our flesh
| crrrp1. and the blood boils in onr veins. We
! hnvc t" mourn the loss nf the veteran Sir IIurh
| Wheeler, Of Sir Henry Lawrence, said TO be
worth regiment III himself, of Sir Henry Bar
nnrd. who escaped The Crinlcan wnr to .lie of
cholera lcf"rc Delhi. Of many gallant officers
who fell fighting at Delhi and elsewhere. and of
hundreds Of men, not less brave. whose names
are lost in the rank and file. The Cawnpore
! massacre has cast n cloud over India md Eng
! land. and Lucknow was in imminent peril Mt
! the latest dates. The small garrison Of Agra
had sustained severe loss. aud our army at Del
| h wns standing on the defensive. Against nll
! this we have To set the advance of General
! llavelnck from Alluhalal and his brilliant vic.
tories over the forces of Nena Suhb, the worst
| misrrenn: the war hos thrown up-the fact that
! The insurgents, however superior III nulllbr re-
| have been invariably defeated whenever they
have encountered Britisl, bayonels-and the
| in.l"mitalIe heroism displayed by all English
| men in Inln whether in the military or the
civil service. 1t WINS reported that the mutt.
; necrs were running short of ammunition. that
rihcv had no percussion caps, and could mol
| manufacture any, no balls for the c .nnon
bullets for the muskets 'but thisstatemrn, must
! l.. accepted with allowance, and in Delhi, ut
| lrnst. there was no lack ofpuw,ler The armies
of Bombay and Madras remained faithful. and
! nt IIvdcrnbad. the capital OF the Nzam's do
minions mn Incl irient insurcection was quickly
crushed by detachment of Madras troops. In
addition, the small rcinfurcements that had
rived gave hope and courage to the defenders
! of Iniin, and nil looked forward with conf.
dcncc to England for prompt assistance. When
| they learn that no efforts hnve been made to
! dispatch troops by the overroute many brave
| hcnrt will sink with dependency, but none
will fail in their duty. They ore prepared. if
need he, to die Mt their posts. feeling assured
that if they are not saved, they will bc fearful
| ~ avenged. However certain may he of
the ultimate result, it is impossible to deny that
| for the present the balance is against ua, and
| we cannot shake off nm apprehension that tl-
ings of further calnmities will reach us before
the troops now at can be landed at KHr-
| rachce and Calcutta. Although our forces have
bee n victorious in every conflict. they d-
rided in small bodies over vast extent Of
there is danger Of their being cut off in detail
before succours can reach them. We are far
| from desiring to spread alarm, and We wish to
look nt the situation rs it really is without fnll-
ing into either extreme of boastful confidence
or undue depression. We have no doubt that
however grent the difficulties which lie before
| us, the energy mud resources of England will
rise superior to the crisis; and in exposing it's
| magnitude we are only anxious to urge tho peo
pie and the Government of this country to
adopt such measures rs will most speedily af.
ford succour to our countrymen in India, and
re'estnbllsh British authority in the revolted
| provinces.
The nren over which the instruction rages
| may now tie defined with tolerable accuracy.
1t extends from Benares and Allahabad in the
south. easr, to Unbnlla in the north west CON-
rrising all the north provinces which
| Tor administrative purposes are classed under
the divisional titles Of Delhi. Meerut, Rohicund,
| Agra, Allahnbad, and Benares, and including
the recently annexed Kingdom Of Dude The
subsidiary state Of Gwnlior must be added. for.
although the Rajah is said to remain staunch,
his troops have joined the insurgents This
territory extends over q surface of one hundred
aud thirty thousand square miles, and contains
| n population of nearly forty millions. The mum.
ber. of trained soldiers who have deserted our
standards amounts to an aggregate Of not less
than one hundred thousand men, Of whom two
thirds are IN arms against us. The mutineers
who merely returned to their native villages
have been replaced in the rebel ranks by all
the turbulent spirits the brigands, and the des-
peradoes of Indin, who have Joined the revolt.
To keep under control such vast territory
and population. and to repel the assaults Of
one hundred til ousand desperate mntineers for
the most part trnined and disciplined by the
rules of MODERN military science, there are but
a few thousand British soldiers, aided ny regu.
lar levies whose fidelity is doubtful. Our troops
occupy few isolated stations, where they are
unable 10 maintain COMMUNICATIONS. and sur.
rounded by furious enemies, COMMUNICATING
them bY,ten, fifteen, or twenty to one. The
chief points attrating Immediate attention are
four--Delhi, Agra, Cawnpores and Lucknow.
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