Little news has arrived this week from Northern India. The
Viceroy descends from his eyrie at Simla on the 19th, and settles himself for the winter at Lahore, in order to be nearer the scene of operations, which commence, according to a telegram of the 14th inst., sent from liobat to time Standard, on the 28th inst. The able correspondent of the Daily News, however, telegraphs from Peshawur that the army there is not ready, the commis- sariat not having finished preparations, and the camp being harassed by sickness,—an outburst, we believe, of the Punjab fever. No final orders can be issued till after November 20th, but if by that day the Ammer has not yielded, no further delay will be permitted. The three corps d'arnie-e will at once move forward, the largest, under General Browne, by the Khyber, upon Jellalabacl ; the smallest, under General Roberts, by time Koorum, to Peiwar, and the third, under General Stewart, by the Bolan on Candahar. This, at least, appears to be the belief on the spot, though the weather may claim, and obtain, a potent voice in the arrangements. The commissariat can make up deficiencies very rapidly by huge outlays, but we wish the tubes for sinking wells
had been thought of earlier. None but experienced officers know what the difficulty of watering 150,000 beasts in the Hills will be.
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