INDIA. THE MUTINEERS STILL HOLD OUT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 1, Issue 41, 3 July 1858, Page 3

INDIA. THE MUTINEERS STILL HOLD OUT.

(From the Age, Juno V )

We are sorry to observe that the intelligence from India, though not disastrous, is d sheartening. We extract the folio vving from the Colombo Examiner of May 13 : —

The news by the imU steamer Nemesis is very had, because it shows that the rebels are not disheartened. The general account of engagements batweea them and our troops has shewn defeat, or repulse of the former, even when the odds have bo i n ten to cne aga'ust us. But now, though still with g'eitly superior numbers, we rind them ai locking her Majesty's forces ; and these successes will further encourage the mutineers, and make all regret that in our eager desire to get possession of Lucknow, we permitted its occupants to escape. S'r Colin Campbell has not escaped severe criticism on this blot in his plans — but it is generally excused on the pica that he wanted forces to occupy all the routes leading from the city. Still the pea is not perfect. It appears that with abundant cavalry, 52 hours were allowed to elapse, after the rebels evacuated Kotah, before the pm'suit commenced. And at Lucknow and many other i laces, time, it wouLd appear, was granted to enable the rebels to escape to a safe distance before pursuit commenced. Is it possible that the Commander-in-Chiefis acting under orders, in opposition to his own better judgment? Hints to th>s effect are indeed not wanting in the Indian Journals ; but it would appear to us that theie is greater pcobab lity in the assertion, that Sir Col'n has bejn himself pe\*suaded, and ha 3 adopted this do nothing policy. It is very sad to continue this announcement of disasters. Every battle we do not gain we defi-r tlie final settlement of the qu.-mv 1 , every battle we lose we double our enemies. Sail we cannot, will not, doubt the result ; reverses may overtake detached bodies, bxit the general success has continued unbroken. From one end of the disturbed provinces to the other, every .pitched battle has been gained by the Queen's troDps, and only when small outlying bodies of men have been outnumbered by thousands, have we had to record defeat ; not evtn theu disgrace. The officers who have led, and the soldiers who have followed them, have one and all done their duties — some dying nobly at their po.-ts, othes, c capiug from overwhelming hosts, to do still greater deeds of daring hcroi m hereafter. We, in Ceylon, have V.card of the 37th, lately among ua, having twice been cut up ; but we have not aeard that either officer or private disgraced L""s

flag, or in any way misconducted himself. They deserve success by their behavior ; that it was not their fortune to obtain it, arose simply from the same cause that compelled Sir James Outram's failure in his first advance on Lucknow ; the enemy was too strong for them. We shall look with great anxiety to the proceedings of the next few weeks. The troops will have two enemies, the rebels and the hot season. If the Russians relied, in the late war, on Grcnerals Janvier and Fevrier, the rebels in India will have too potent an ally diiring the next few months in the hot weather. May the omen be auspicious. The very month relied on by the Czar to fight his battles, ended his life ; may the close of this unnatural war occur as opportunely.