New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-16
Almost the whole Of th;, province,

opt few military fortresses, held by feeble gar
risons, and surrounded by rebels, appears to be in
the hands Of the Sepoys, including the Kingdom Of
Dude on its northern border, and recently added
toit
The portion Of India next TO Bengal in fertility
and productive value whether agricultural or iaan
c;a is the PUDjsub, or region Of the FIVE rivers
which converge together like the sticks Of fan to
form the Itdus. II is but recently that this valua
bic re gor-of which, however, the population does
not exceed five millioni-has been added to the
English territory, having been for many years under
the government Of the Sikhs. They are but an in
significant portion Of the population, but their re-
ligious f,naticism-the Sikbs constituting new
sect by which Hindoo and Mohammedan ideas were
ctmbined-and their military organization and the
talents of their leader, made them for some time
one Of the most formidable native powers. The
Sikhs themselves and the native population of the
PuDjaub do not appear to have taken any part in
the revolt, though symptoms o. it appeared among
the Bengal regiments stationed in this province.
Thee, however, were represse1 by Sir John Law
rerce commanding in this district, with great de-
cision and energy. The Sikh regiments have re-
maintd faithful, and a considerable part of the
forces Low operating against Delhi have been drawn
from the Punjaub. To these three divisions of the
Bengal Presidency Bengal proper, the North West
ern Province and the Punjaub) are to be added the
territory on the east shore Of the Bay Of Bengal,
including the recent acquisitions from Burmsh.
Thee districts are quiet, and have furnished
regiment or two of British troops to operate on
the GaDges.
The entire population of the Presidency of Ben
gal is not less than seventy six millions, without
including the native States subordinate to it.
The Presidency of Bombay, which, as we'll as
that of Madras, has distir ct civil and military
establishment of its own, has, including Snde (the
territory that is on the lower course of the Indus
and the recently annexed territory Of the dethroned
Raah Of Sattara, and embracing the northwestern
coasts of India, population of ten millions; while
the Presidency of Madras, including the eastern
coasts and the southern portion of the Peninsula,
has population Of some twenty-five millions.
Hitherto the Bombay and Madras native armies
have remained faithful, the iniurrectionary spirit
being limited to that of Bengal, of which almost
the whole is either in revolt or has been dsbanded
and dispersed.
Each of these three provinces, beside the districts
Immediately subject to British rule has attached to
it number of kingdoms, in which native princes
continue to enjoy greater or less extent Of author
ity. We refer not here to mere titular princes
Ike the Nabob of Bengal, the Emperor of Delhi,
the Rsjah of BeDares ard the families of the late
Peishwa and of TippOO Saib and many others in
the same condition, who, beside their titles, have
only pension; but to princes who to greater or
lees extent are actual rulers, keeping up armies of
their own and furnishing a contingent for the
British service These princes have in the aggre-
gate a population of not lees than fifty millions
under their authority, they furnish cOntngents to
the British Of not less than 80 900 men, aud their
feeling and disposition at the present moment be-
comes question of no small importance.
BY far the mcst important Of these dependent
kingdoms is that of the Nizam, of which the CAPT
tai ia HydeIabad, the principal remaining fragment
of the old Mohsmmedan empire. 1t has pOpula-
ton Of ten millions, and includes the central dis
trict of Southern India. 1t is indeed in Central
India that most of these dependent rulers to be
found. Until the last mall this district was re.
ported quiet by tina. mail came some disagree
able accounts Of disorders at Hyderabad, which,
though reported to be suppressed, were calculated
to alarm. The situation of the MANS territories
is such, with respect both to Bombay and Madras,
between which they interpOse, as to make his del-
ity of tie greatest Importance
Naepoor or Berar, also situated in Central India,
to the north of IIyderabad, with population of
about five millions, is governed by Hndoo prince.
There had been some disturbances there also, but
the Ensli.h had succeeded in putting them down.
The various Rsjpoot States Of Bundelcund, lying
north Of Berar, and with an aggregate population
of five millions, appear to have Joined the rebels,
as have also the adjoining Mahratta States on
the south west, though the movement appears to
hare originated rather win the soldery
than with the princes. The dominOns of
Gwalior, situated in the same region Of
central upper India, with population of three mil
Ions, ore in dubious state Nor can the fidelity Of
any Of the numerous RsjpoOt States situated in the
same region, and with population in the whole Of
eight or nine millions, be implicitly relied upon. 1t
is otherwise with the Sikh States, and those along
the mountainous north. eastern frontier. The ruler
Of Cashmere had arrested and sent back some Of the
mutpeers who had escaped into his territories, and
Sir John Lawrence was enlisting au1iliaries among
the Ghoorkas, or mountaineers Of Nepaul, Of whose
fidelity no doubts were entertained.
The States dependent on the Bombay Presidency,
50 far as heard from, had all remained quiet,
though the French newspapers pretend to have re.
ceyed accounts of disturbances in the dominions Of