The Indian Government has taken up the necessary transport for
its native troops, seven steamers and twelve sailing-vessels, and they are to leave Bombay before the end of the month. The entire division will be commanded by General Ross, an officer of distinction in 1857, and by officers evidently carefully picked, of whom no less than five are " V.C.'s." According to the Calcutta correspondent of the Times, the Indian officers are most enthusiastic, and volunteering in hundreds for service— which is, we doubt not, trite, being according to custom—and the Sepoys have " responded with cheerful loyalty." That last state- ment may also be true, but as it can only ho derived from their officers, whose pride and interest it is that their regiments should be chosen, and who naturally believe in their men's devo-
tion, it is not quite so certain. We ourselves incline to believe that the men will consider the order most honourable, in which case all difficulties will vanish, but the teat-point will be the moment of embarkation. It should not be forgotten that no Ghoorka can ever by possibility have seen the sea, or formed the least conception of what a shoreless water is like. Ghoorkas are plucky fellows, however, and the enthusiasm of their officers, and the remembrance that Jung Buhadoor went to England and returned safe, will go a great way to appease all fears.
