red, were such as to excite in his mind alarm for the
fidelity of the Bengal Sepoys, and the safety of our Indian possessions.
He subsequently left Simla on a tour of inspection through the Punjaub
to Peshawur; various suggestions were made by him which were not
attended to; the reforms which his subtle mind saw to be necessary,
and his vigorous habits required to be immediately put in force, were
obstructed by both military and civil authorities; and it soon became
obvious that he could not long co-operate with the authorities of India,
either there or at home. He had hardly assumed the command-in-chief when
prognostications were indulged concerning his early resignation, which
were, unfortunately for India and for England, fulfilled.

In the Madras presidency, disturbances were occasioned by Mohammedan
fanatics. Wherever in India Mohammedans resided, they were disloyal. No
kindness conciliated them; and in some places, such as Delhi, where they
were numerous, an unarmed European was always in danger. In the Bengal
and Madras presidencies, the army was to a great extent recruited
from that sect, and in the former provinces much to the hazard of the
government, for that soldiery united to the fanaticism of Mohammedanism
all the pride of caste characteristic of the heathens, and these united
peculiarities fostered a deadly enmity to the government whose salt
they eat and whose arms they bore. In the Madras presidency, a sect of
Mohammedans existed known as Moplahs. It was the custom of these Moplahs
to gather together and perpetrate some sanguinary outrage, and then
shut themselves up in a strong place, and sell their lives as dearly as
possible. By this course they hoped to kill as many Giaours as possible,
and obtain a large reward in the paradise of the prophet. During the
month of August a body of these fanatics pursued a course of violence
and depredation, but were pursued by the police. The fugitives shut
themselves up in a temple, a very strong place, from which the police
either could not or would not dislodge them. Captain Whyte, at the head
of a detachment of the 43rd native infantry, was sent to perform this
service; but his men, after firing a volley, fled as if panicstruck,
leaving the captain and a few other men, Europeans and Hindoos, to the
will of the Moplahs. Their "tender mercies were cruelty," for they cut
the captain and his few brave followers to pieces. The conduct of the
native troops was treated a