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as to Upper Burmah. It is so far satisfactory that Lord Dnfferin looks forward with evident security to the com- plete pacification of the new province, where he thinks events will follow the precedent of Pegu, in which we once had seventeen military stations, now all abandoned. It is, however, unsatis- factory in that the garrison at present found necessary includes 25,000 troops and 7,000 military police, an army which will com- pletely eat up the revenue. It will not, however, be required for any long period, the Viceroy believing that with vigorous civil administration, the districts, which are as large as Irish provinces, will speedily be reduced to order. This vigorous administration has clearly been wanting, although the daily telegrams, with their record of every death and wound reported in an army, keep up a false impression of continuous warfare; and we shall not be sorry to hear the report confirmed that Sir Charles Bernard is made Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, and Sir Lepel Griffin Chief Commissioner of Burma'. The former will make an admirable Governor for a settled province ; while the latter possesses the resourcefulness which of all qualities is most required in a new acquisition. The worst sign we notice in Burmah is the disposition to rely on natives of Northern India. They are as foreign to the Burmese in language, creed, and form of civilisation as Europeans are, while they have not the im- pressiveness of the latter. What stops our using the Karens, who know the country, and can be trusted as fully as English- men? They would all have their throats cut if we went away.
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