Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1859 — The Discontent in India. [ARTICLE]

The Discontent in India.

Ain -n; the reports brought by the last arv - Iroin Europe is one which speaks of u tie mut ny in the English possessions in ti.j East Indies. This time it is not the Sep s who r volt, but the English soldiers themselves, formerly in the employ of the East India Company. Disgusted at the unceremonious manner in which thev were transferred from the Company to the Crown, they have evinced a strong feeling of insubordinat ion. The sentiment is said to be general, though it has only in some lew instances found emphatic expression. At Meerut, where it was first displayed, and where many men of the artillery and cavalry had to be put off duty, it seems to have given way to the humane and judicious measures of the Commanderin chie', L rd Clyde, who dictated a division older, reasoning with the rnalcont, nts on their untenable p r etensions to the right of retirement from the army or re-enlistment with tresh bounty, directing their return to duty, and ordering a court of inquiry before which every man should have leave and opportunity t speak his mind. At Allahabad, Berharnpore, Lahore and G valiore, insubordinate demonstrations have been made, the cavalry at the first named station having g-.ne i-o far as to fire in the air tn the presence ol their offi<%rs. Hitherto no violence has been attempted by the malcontents, nor has it been n-'cessary to employ force for their coersion. and fratn the example o 1 ’ M'-erut, and of L.ltore, where the failure of dicipline was but. momentary, it was supposed that the dissatisfied men wo< Id give way to reason and return to duty. The danger was thought so imminent that Sir Colin Campbell came down from ti,e hills at once, and issued a kind of proclaim:tion, The,G° vernrnf ‘ nt °* Calcutta also felt it their duty to publish an account ol the state of things, so that the Europe n communities in India might be apprised of what had occurred. “.’harles,” said a young lady, the other morning, to her beau, “what is the c use of the mark ’t-h >use bell ringing so!” ‘Well,’ said the beau, solemnly, ‘ if I was to express an opinion, I shotil 1 .> v ’ it. as my deliberate canvic’ion that somebody is pulling the rope.”