INDIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 543, 16 January 1858, Page 3

INDIA.

With the gratifying exception lot,.the successful; operations at Delhi, the Nubia carried ■home''intelligteiioe of "a state "of affairs <not VerY dissimilar to that of .Which theWs wenVhonle by the previous bail. The river had been crossed at_ Cawnpore for a fourth a<Jvahc_e aipon,,liUC>nqw; but with a .larger force, and,wjth greater hopes of puccesei t&an-,on>,vuyi previou&occasions. But what'will chiefly!excite the attention of people in> England,-that is to say if they are not'obstinately bent dn adhering to a foregone conclusion, is the constantly accumulating evidence of a revolt far'haore, extensive "than'the limits,Jof,the Bengal array. {l The ,I'ong and harassing 1 retreats, which (have been, made by officers and their families through districts the popu* lations of which have insulted them frossly or thrown crumbs to them as to 'ariah'dogs,'will disabuse th'e_ public"of the^theof^y of^attached^Bpulations. . v Tjbe'exceptions, where the fugitives haye met ,VitU assistance" and, protection have been, noble, but rare; ancL Mr* Mangles will-have to cease his lucubrations in the 'Economist' as to the* people 'assisting us' to put, doVn an 'army' which had heen, erroneously maintained in order to put down them. No policy that dare ,not look the full evil in the face can have any but a disastrous, termination. < It is fortunate* for our preservation in. India that we do not practise as we preach \ for, if at the present moment we' acted up to our theory of the revolt ( being,?oiely confined to the, .ranks ofjttye military, we should not look to security from British troops, butjecru.it a new army where it .could mediately -and without delay be obtained, that 'is' to say,l among the martial and ' attiaphed' population of the North West. The present mail will carry home the news, that the flames of rebellion are being got'under, but it w,ill also convey with it a list of traitorous iarnes. , Holkar and Scindia,.though- loyal themselves, have been unable .to, resist? the national antipathy towards us,of their subjects.! i The .whole/ of thejSaugor and Nerbudda Territories present one mass of insurrection participated in by" chiefs of -ev»«^r degree. Bun<M*«*»n<t a. iiopeLessly inflamed:' The Baaee of Jhansi has proved herself a fitting" consort for Nana Sahib, and, the discovery of buried guns 'in her territory, and facts of a similar, nature in_Oude and elsewhere, afford ;an .inference .that a revolt had. been) long prepared.'for.; Even Rewa,other|oyalty of wihichi little: state was highly praised^by-Lord-'Gannihg, h& caught the-'-inl^otion^'-'^ife-t'^e^-iaMM^ Raja h^a r a}Aiged. to. n Every* letter^l6^mt:6Re disjturbe|,: s!^|sjbr)ipts that appeals.-in'cthß public^journals;speaks: of the state ofthe'coutttp^as)beingisoniething whsllyhinHestsribaole? suE;^eem^"'iifc5 u E;^eem^ "'iifc' 1 dee^^s if'theipHabitai^tsjof those regions, innate \ rdepr^yity.^'f (^.^uman ,^x^wpe clan4. r were acting tike wild beasts turned pefi.-;: mell out of a menagfirievn -QxiV) firm persuasignjLij? thg-t tiie pps^e.ssipn^jof-D.elhtbyc the dfebelsy'ibr/jsuchiialength 1 ; ofu-tinie, has intoxicated the people and createdla sort of hotde'oersemeritiixi fcheirl idea's:? .-v^eialliC of the ci£y! is the.-firstf and^ gratt^est^ste^plto, restore them neeunif Oct..S^i-ffhnx w -i^.i'.^ .-; ■' ■y.-.5.l .-: