New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-12
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
bon Our Own Correspondent.

There 10 one suspicious point in the additional
Ieksrsph from India, which has not been appre-
slated BY any Of the London daily journals, viz: the
report Of sedition at Hyderabad. 1t is true that
il has been suppressed; butit shows that the spirit
Of rebellion against the East India Company has
seized upon the subjects Of the Nizam, and that,
unless the English commanders at Hyderabad, Bo-
hrum and EllidpoOr ore men Of nerve and Of So
gacity, the most important commanding position 10
Southern India which alone protects the presiden-
cies Of Madras AMI Bombay, may likewise be lost.
Should such an unhappy event occur, the British
Empire in India, and with it the proud position of
England in Europe, are in jeopardy. Now what
ever be the crimes of the British in India, such
development of affairs would be the most serious
blow to the cause Of progress and civilization, init.
mately connected with the welfare OF England.
With all their arrogance, hypocrisy and sefshness,
the Epelsh are still the defenders Of the last strong
bold of liberty in Europe, and the English flag is
identified with civilization all over the world. I'm
amable as the nation is it leads humanity onward,
and though often trucking to despots its very great
ness is an eternal protest against oppression Nobody
but despOts and slayeowners can rejoice at the
fall or even the temporary check of the British
power. As to the INSTRUMENTATION Of the East
India Company, The Times and many EnGlishmen
deny il just stOutly as Others aifirm 1t. The
truth is about this: The bulk of the Company's
subjects somewhat better governed than under
the native princes That is to say, the taxes are
equally oppressive and are collected with the same
harsbness often going to the extent of cruelty and
torture. Sill the Company is more severe against
official and extra-oiicia robbers, and the life Of the
ryo,, or farmer is the whole more safe in the do
minioDs Of the Company. The town population is
decidedly better off fragrant outrages are eithe
prevented or punished in the large ceners of pOpu
iatiop, and the wealth of the native merchants,
which constituted an nducement to the native
princes to rob them, is safe under the sway of the
Company. The country, however has been i'm
poyerished by the English system of free trade
India, once manufacturing country, has now to
buy all its cOt.ons from England, while they were
formerly spun and woven in every hut of Bengal.
Thus general dissatisfaction has been created, and
a yearnDg for change which we might call IRA
tioDal though not unnatural The real sufferers
the Rsahs and the native aristOcracy. The system
of annexation, carried on for the last twenty years
made all the native princes suspicious, and as
the government of every annexed Territory was
administered by English civilians and officers
q host Of native Ministers, officials Generals, &c,
lost every higher aim of ambition. Endowed with
wealth, with no sphere where they could honorably
exert their faculties they usually became prey to
sensual epjoyments ready to enter into any plot
conspiracy which might give them chance to re-
cover their high position and influence They are rhe
movers Of the present rebellion and the really dan
gerous pOrtiO Of the population, since, by birth,
education aGi traditional prestige, they still retain
the greatest influence their retainers, many of
whom bave entered the East India COmpanys ser
vice as Sepeys. The most important of all these
deposed Chiefs is certainly the ex-Kng of Dude, his
subjects having always been fond of enisting in the
Bengal army, and his own army OF thirty thousand
having at once been incorporated into the Bengal
service at the time Ofthe annexation However great
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doubt that his Government WAS more popular than
that of the English, as is proved by the fact that
Dude has risen against the foreign intruders But
all these grievances cannot justify the terrible cruel
ties Of the insurgents, among whom the
King of Delhi, the Queen or Rance at Jhansi,
and Nena Sahib at Cawnpore have proved
themselves the most infamous. About six hundred
Bnglshmen, women and children have been put to
death by these three miscreants, in the most terri
BILE way. The females were violated, tortured
ripped open; the children were butchered OF thrown
into the fire, and the men cut to pieces Ii ever the
ayeDging sword of the English can reach them, they
will have 10 eXpiate their msdeeds on the gallows.
But before revenge be taken the most Important
portion Of India must be reconquered-that along
the line from FerOzepore to Benares, the value of
which is sufficiently demonstrated by the fact that
il has been selected for the first Indian railway both
on military and financial grounds. l! is along this
line, extended to Attock the Indus on side, and
to Calcutta on the other, that all the great empires
of India had their capitals surrounded as it is by
the richest the most industrious and most civilized
population, which yields the greatest revenue 10
peace and is the best means of defense in war. 1t
10 well known that the Punjaub and the valley of
the Jumna and Ganges are the most profitable por-
tons Of the Peninsula, which must be kept princi-
pally in order to secure them. 1t is true that by
October *, 900 European soldiers will have arrived
in India, but the question remains whether the
present forces, will be able to hold their ground up
to that time, and whether the doubtful loyalty of
the Nizam will not be shaken by the delay. Delhi
Cannot be taken before the reenforcements arrive.
The questions of the Danubisn Princpalities and
of the Baltic Duchies are becoming still more COM
plcated. The EmperOrs of Russia and France are
TO meet at Berlin. The religious riots at Tunis are
exaggerated by the French press in rather Omi-
nous way as if Napoleon thought of increasing his
North African dOminOns. The power of England
being momentsrily crippled the European despots
all bent on creating diplomatic troubles with the
intention Of extending their influence or their ter
ritOIy. Wind is sOwn and the harvest of storms is
ripeDipg.
Some new and quite startling disclosures of finan-
cial swinding at London and Liverpool show how
much the standard of private and public morality
has been lowered within the last ten years. The
worship Of MammOn has never been more extended
or more baneful. I'VE see it in the rapacity
of the Indian administration, pOcketinr countries
and millions of pounds sterling, as well as 10 the
forgeries and swindes of the last few years. which
Disgrace the English character. Unhappy Paris,
where Napoleon fosters the gambling spirit
rounded by swindlers and Stunned by men of princ-
pies. But such are the political exigences of the
time that Prince Albert is to go to Chaons to return
the Emperers visit to Osborne. Even English
nal. '' ''D'' 'Hs 'u'ce'S Ap errm''
Social SclEscE.-LOrd Broughsm has consented
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