The lessons of the Mutiny have not been forgotten. 'Jho Englieh army of 40,000 men has been increased to 72,000, and the Native Army of 250,003 has been reduced to 152,000, and out of 103 batteries of artillery 88 are manned by Europeans. But this force, numerically small, is bettor armed and better equipped, and, with tho assistance of the railways, can be concentrated on any point with the utmost facility. Three thousand sMdiera suffice for Bengal, and the rest of the army is available for more turbulent pro vinces. Twenty thousand Volunteers make a satisfactory auxiliary force, and a Native Keaerve is being created. Tho question of transport and commissisrat are not easy of solution, but great improvements hove beoa made, and perfection is aimed at. Tho Staff Corps has come into existence within the last thirty years, and nhon cured of its super abundance of Generals and its expensive re tiring allowance;, will not on the wholo bo a disappointment tj its originators. The position of tho ofticck'g m it has im proved. Tho possibility of a Busijar) attack on India is now admitted ; the indb; lent security into which wo wore lulled has been dispelled, and we hare endeavoured to jp*kp thp pprJ-h-Fpst impregnable. We have now opposed to Russia a lino of formidable defences, ouUido of which 13 a SfiqmV,j Af* ghanfetap, and insido is a host of British troopo, intrepid English, sturdy Sikh, and activo Qmkha, ranged undar the flag which to them has boen tiio signal of victory fpr generations. Emphatically peace and publio works has bcon the motto of the last thirty yearo, and beneficent reforms have followed m thoir train.
MRS. BES ANT'S ACTION FOR LIBEL.
