30 days' Later News from England.

Taranaki Herald, Volume VI, Issue 277, 21 November 1857, Page 3

30 days' Later News from England.

The arrival of the European has put us (Melbourne Argus) in possession of English papers to the 17th August, and of intelligence from the East Indies to the 11th of September. London, August 16, 1857. India and its mutinies are the all absorbing theme from the palace to the cottage. Much indignation 1 is felt at the unheard-of atrocities perpetrated by the mutineers upon tlieir helpless victims ; and the almost universal feeling is, that no mercy should be extended to heartless and ungrateful savages as the sepoys have shown themselves to be. Although the news received from time to time is sufficiently chequered to cause great anxiety, yet no one doubts the ultimate suppression of the outbreak, — more especially as, notwithstanding the efforts of Mr Disraeli and his party to make political capital out of the sad occurrence, by representing the mutiny as a national revolt, nothing has yet transpired to indicate that it is participated in to any great extent by the mass of the people of India. The Government and the Court of Directors seem alive to the danger, and they are making every effort to send out efficient assistance. In addition to the 20,000 men already on their way, 6000 more are to be immediately despatched. All the best ships and steamers are being chartered. The Australian trade will, to a certain extent, suffer by this, as some of the largest and quickest vessels are withdrawn from it. The James Baines and Champion of the Seas are now on their way to India, with troops. Previous to their depaiture the Queen visited both clippers, and expressed her admiration of the arrangements for the comfort of the soldiers. The lightning has also been chartered. The Emperor and Empress of the French intended to visit the two former vessels, but the weather proving unpropitious, they were forced to abandon their intention. India is occupying so much attention that events of great moment passing in China are comparatively unheeded. The Times, the Daily News, and the Illustrated London News have their respective special correspondents in the Celestial Empire, but the graphic descriptions by the pen and pencil, which at any other time would have secured attention, are now only partially glanced at. The New Zealand loan Guarantee Bill (after considerable discussion), the Waste Lands Amendment New Zealand Sales Bill, and the New Zealand Government Act Bill, have been read a third time and passed the House of Commons. The urgent necessity which now exists for communicating with the utmost despatch with India, has given a fresh importance and interest to the two rival schemes of telegraph for uniting that country with England, which have been for some time before the public. Although the line by Suez and the Red Sea, seems hitherto to have been the most favored, •yet the other by the Euphrates valley, has been actually commenced, its concoctors having set a laudable example of decision and promptitude in thus at once undertaking a work which is fraught with consequences of the most momentous kind to India and to the world. It is to be hoped that their efforts will be rewarded by that success which they deserve. Should the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph which is now being laid down, prove practicable, there seems no reason why Australia should not ultimately be united to the mother country by the mysterious wire. The skill and energy that could unite America and India to England would not be daunted by the " engineering difficulties " which lie between us and you. Although opposed by the English Government, M. Lessep's scheme for a canal through the Isthmus of Suez is still agitated on the Continent, where its practicability is not doubted. At a banquet given to inaugurate the Trieste Railway, Baron Brack, the Austrian Minister of Finance, is reported to have said : — " We cannot allow this occasion to pass away without expressing our hearty wishes for the realisation of the grand idea of cutting through the Isthmus of Suez. The opposition of a single Government will not check the grand conception. We live in an epoch of fraternity among nations, and the wishes of Austria, and particularly of Trieste, are, that the enterprise of M. Lesseps may succeed." The latest news from India, if not decidedly favorable, is at least re-assuring. Delhi had not fallen up to the 27th of June, but the repeated and desperate sallies, on the part of the mutineers, before the walls of the city, have been repulsed with great slaughter; while, wherever the rebels ventured to make a stand against the Queen's troops, the latter were equally successful. It is known, too, that within the city of Delhi the rebels are suffering much from sickness. It is confidently anticipated that reinforcements will ere now have reached the scene of action in sufficient numbers for a successful assault. When the result is obtained, and the force now leaving the shores of England will have reached its destination, the suppression of the Indian revolt will be secure j and a warning will thus have been given to the Government of our Eastern dominions, which will, doubtless, be ultimately as •advantageous to India's best interests as it will be productive of real benefit to this country. The laying of the Atlantic telegraph has for the present, been stopped, in consequence of an accident ; and all the vessels engaged in the perilous work have returned to Plymouth Sound. With a southerly wind, and considerable sea, it was found that the quantity of slack expended was greater than was expected at starting, and more than could be afforded. Consequently the retard strain was increased to a pressure of 3,000 pounds, when the cable broke. It is supposed that between 300 and 400 miles of the wire will be lost. The machinery is found to be too heavy, and it is thought that the ' season will be too far advanced to go on with the work after getting fresh machinery. Notwithstanding the secrecy maintained as to the object of Louis Napoleon's visit to Quoen Victoria at Osborne, the altered opinion of the. English Government on the question of the elections in the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia leaves no doubt as to the effect of that visit. The policy of France, opposed by our Ambassador at Constantinople, has been triumphant at Osborne, and England is obliged to acquiesce in a decision which her representative on the scene of action resolutely resisted. So far as the interests of this country are concerned, the affair is a trifling one ; but, trifling or otherwise, England comes out of it, if with, her prestige lowered in the estimation of

some, at least evincing a spirit of conciliation on a point where, strictly speaking, her honor is not at stake. It is found that our Crystal Palace will not answer as a speculation. So far as the shareholders are concerned, their money is sunk, and it must be small satisfaction to them to receive, in lieu of dividends, the assurance that that undertaking is at once the wonder of the world and an honor to England. Another speculation, of a less imposing nature, has also broken down— that is, the Surrey Gardens Company. With proper and economical management there seems to be no reason why this latter should not have succeeded.