The rather senseless irritation of the Portuguese against the British
will be considerably increased by the extraordinary telegrams about incidents in Goa. An election is going on in that decayed city, and there has been a riot, terminating in a fight between the people and the Sepoys, who, according to a telegram in the Daily Chronicle, are acting with savage brutality, and have killed or wounded three hundred persons. The people, therefore, are clamouring for British rale, and the Governor justifies his severity by declaring himself face to face with a revolution. It is certain that many Goanese natives contrast their own wretched position with that of the natives in Bombay, and desire annexation; and quite probable that, irritated by the Governor's violence, they have said so ; and the populace of Lisbon, which thinks of the fallen city as if it were still important, is sure to attribute the emeute to British incitements. As a matter of fact, nobody in India, except an occasional student of geography, even recollects Goa ; while Bombay would be by no means delighted with the revival which would immediately follow on British annexation. Nobody wants Goa, if it will keep quiet; but of course Lord Harris will not permit a European Government to be over- thrown by force.
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