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      ^ v f |> HE English mind is intent upon India . It JL scarcely knows how to estimate the latest intelligence , which , however , is not of a gloomy character . Up to the 27 th of June , Delhi had not fallen , and nine additional local mutinies had taken place , all within the Bengal or North-West Jurisdiction . By the Indian press it was considered that the rebels had done their worst . There no longer remained a native force to spread the insurrection

      in Bengal , while Madras and Bombay , although the flames were raging close to them , has escaped the contagion altogether . The concentration of troops around Delhi had been considerable ; General Barnard was in possession of a siege train from the Punjab : he had three thousand five hundred eavalry , fi ve horse art illery troops , and two light field batteries . It was expected , therefore , that the city could not long remain . in the power of the mutineers . Outside the walls there had been frequent fighting , with results in favour of the English ; had de

      while near Sirsa , General Van Cottrtiand - feated the mutineers in two severe engagements . All that the revolted Sepoys had done , elsewhere , was to add to their list of crimes—murder committed upon unarmed men , rape , cruelty , and massacre upon helpless women and children . The escaped felons , no doubt , had had a large share in this bloody and cowardly work , but when we have myriads of military directors intoxicated with bhang , we need look no further for the cause of the recent atrocities .

      In connexion with tliis Indian crisis , let ua put a question . By whose interest was General Anson appointed to his command in India P The interest of H . R . H ., we think . Was General An son boarhunting among the mountains when ho should have been taking measures for the safety of Bengal , as Colonel Sykbs alleges P And did certain Brigadiers , before the outbreak took place , roprosent to the Government , in a memorial , the unfitnoss of General Anson for his post ? Obviously , he was inoapable of managing the Bengal army , but did Lord Canning join in this belief P and if so , why was every one afraid to whisper a word in public P There is some one whom Ministers and Members of

      Parliament fear , and this some one is , not the nation . This is tho ' mysterious parsonage' to whom Mr . Lygon pointed . But tho Court , if it dispenses Indian commands , must bo content to share tho responsibility . And yet why P Parliament is

      supreme , and why does Parliament suffer the Bengal sceptre to be converted into a Windsor boar-spear ? Last night , Lord EtLEtfBOBOtTGH returned to the charge , and challenged the Government to produce its military accounts . Perhaps he may think i t worth while to provoke an explanation as to the Brigadiers' memorial . A cloud has descended over the whole East . In China , affairs are in suspense . The northern trade was continued without interruption , but , at Canton , the silent batteries by sea and land grinned , dumb defiance , and neither Admiral nor Governor , had made a sign since the fight in the waters of

      Fatshan . Not much attention is bestowed upon Turkey , notwithstanding the personal diplomacy of the French Emperor at Osborne , the promise of a renewed Conference at Paris , the hauling down of the flags at Constantinople , and the other notorious accompaniments of an Eastern question . Lord Palmerston , to save his consistency , refers the matter to Europe , and Europe , represented in this case by Louis Napoieon , seems to have pronounced in

      favour of a union of the Danubian Principalities . The Emperor ' s decisive argument at Osborne was , i t is said , that the Congress of Paris was only adjourned , and had not been dissolved . Upon this hint our Premier struck his flag , so that probably Prince Vogorides will be invited to Constantinople , and Lord » e Redomfpe granted leave of absence from Constantinople , while the difficulty is settled by a new election and a concession to the popular policy .

      From the rest of Europe there is no intelligence . Naples frets at Piedmont , and Piedmont at Mazzini . The continental press busies itself , in its own authoritative way , with our Indian distresses , and France witnesses tho deportation of Grilu , Bebtolotxi , aud Tibaldi , the first , it is said , being promised a settlement in India , with a pension for life , in consideration of his evidence against

      Rodbone RoiiiiONi . Meanwliile , with opinion in a state of porturbation , and the Emporor living within a circle of dotcotivos , tho Bank of Franco congratulates itself upon its prosperous balance . shoet , and Fronoh securities Ho very low in the market . Our own markot , too , is in a desponding humour , and practioal speculators charge tho Greoka with tho circulation of falso rumours .

      Parliament has sat laboriously this wock , debating through many hot and tedious hours , and furnishing tho daily papers with columns upon columns of small type . The remaining votes in

      Committee of Supply have been agreed to , with the usual amount of discussion and criticism ; and on Wednesday the Chanceixor of the Exchequer made a sort of supplementary financial statement in Committee of Ways and Means . He proposesand the House sanctions the proposal—to continue the existing duties levied on tea and sugar for two years more , commencing from the 5 th of next April .

      Sir George Cornewam . Lewis gave a flourishing account of the national resources , affirming that , up to the present time , all demands on the Exchequer had been satisfied from current resources . Two millions of Exchequer bonds due last April have been discharged , and the money for the redemption of the Sound Dues is forthcoming . Moreover , the East India Company does not want financial assistance from the nation in putting down the

      revolt—at present . Meanwhile , the revolt spreads ; Delhi does not fall ; but Mr . Disraeli rises in his place , and reiterates his assertions that the disaffecti on is not confined to the troops , and that we have brought our troubles on ourselves by our bad management , ignorance , and tyranny . Mr , Whiteside expresses the same opinions ; but the Government , aided by

      Lord John Russeix , carries its head high with a haughty denial . Sir De Lacy Evans suggests the drafting of troops from all our colonies , so that we may concentrate a large army in India to meet the 100 , 000 rebels ; and Lord Palmerston replies that Government is doing everything to crush the crisis , and that , should more assistance be wanted in the recess , he will summon Parliament to aid him .

      The Oaths Committee has decided that the Act 5 and 6 William IV ., c . 52 , will not help the Jew to his seat in the Commons House ; and Lord John Russell has withdrawn his Oaths Validity Bill for the present session . It now remains to be seen what oourso Mr . Dillwyn will take , or whether wo aro doomed to wait till next year . Several bills which , have come down from the Lords have passed various stages in tho Commons , with more or less discussion— -tho toughest fight

      being on tho Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill . On tho motion of Lord JonN Manneiis—who is of the party wliioh looks on all divorco as immoral and irreligious—another ground of divorco > ft ^ ccn added ; viz ., tho ground of' adullory 0 > y ™^ ffif % V .. ^ committed in tho conjugal rosltloi ^ ' ' ^ fe ^ W ^ j ^ £ j stone and Mr . Dhummonu were f *^ # || i ^^ H ^ ^ porters of this addition , wliioh waPfclfflogp ^ oPM £ posed by tho Attoiinev-Gknkhat ^ PSwj & $ |^ \ Z oharaotor . of tho existing law , wliioh W ^^ WfJffS " ^ *^ , * W ^ . . . . T ^ T * . ' . ' ¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15081857/page/1/