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No. 40$, January 2, 1858. 1 THE LEADER, ...
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No. 40$, January 2, 1858. 1 The Leader, ...
No . 40 $ , January 2 , 1858 . 1 THE LEADER , 3 _
Tee. Nrdlak Revolt. ?——T«B Fu«' Despatch...
TEE . nrDlAK REVOLT . ?——T « b fu « ' despatches from India , -which- have" arrive * in JLondon during the week , do notf add" much to out general knowledge of events 5 but they contain details of the gallant relief of Luoknow . These will be read with interest , aetailiardec fight ,, or one with , a more important object , was'never fought . From the Bombay Gazette we derive a narrative of the protracted struggle : —
LUCKNOW . " Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Cawnpore on the 3 rd of November . On the 9 th he crossed the Ganges , and joined Brigadier Grant ' s column at Nawabgunge , a fewmiles short of Lucknow . On the 10 th or 11 th , the force reached the Alumbagh , and 011 the 13 th it made a detour to capture the fort of Jellalabad , to the right of tlia road , which was promptly taken and destroyed . On the 15 th , by another detour to the right , driving the enemy before him , Sir Colin obtained possession of the Delkhosah Park and the Martiniere School outside tha city ,- and of the canal which bounds it on the side towards' Gawnpore . Thence , on the 16 th , he advanced across the canal direct upon Secumlerbagh , probably a large garden strongly walled in the city , which was carried after a severe struggle , in which the enemy suffered
immensely . This position having been occupied , the barracks were attacked with heavy artillery for three hours , and were carried at dusk ( ihe Kith ) , ' after one of the severest fights ever witnessed . ' Early on the 17 th communications were opened to the left rear of the barracks towards the canal . A cannonade was kept up all the morning on the mess-house , and that very strong position was carried by assault at three r . M . . The troops pushed rapidly on after carrying the incss-hoiise , and were able to seize the Motee Mahal ¦ BeTore dark . Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Havelook than came out to meet the Commander-in-Chief . "We have as yet no details of subsequent operations , but we know that on the 20 th a great part of the place was in the hands of our troops , and that it had been found practicable to send the women and children away to Cawnpore . The loss on our side in these operations must have been
considerable . " Including the garrison of the Alumbagh , the Commander-in-Chief would have with him about 6000 men , which the junction of those in Lucknow would increase to about 8000—a very respectable force as things go , and capable of dealing ' easily , according to Indian calculations , with at least 50 , 000 mutineers and rebels . This force was accompanied by a powerful artillery , including eleven heavy guns , some of them worked by the seamen of the Naval Hrigade . Sir Colin Campbell appears duly to have appreciated his own strength in this arm , and to have resolved to turn if to the best account in making way for his infantry . "
The loss on the part of the Sepoys was immense . One thousand live hundred dead bodies were found in one place . From another account we learn that the rebels have not entirely evacuated Lucknow , and that Sir Colin Campbell asks for reinforcements . The Calcutta Enylishnum publishes the following extra intelligence : — " From private sources wo learn that our loss [ at Lucknow ] has been small , that of the enemy very great , being estimated at 7000 men . The Cominandor-in-Cliief did not follow the example of Generals Outram and Havolock , who endeavoured ] to force their way through the narrow streets of this large citv , where every house
is said to be loopliolcd and iillod with armed men . This they only accomplished with a loss which totally crippled their small force and reduced them to the . condition of the garrison , having been over since besieged in the Jtcsidoncy . Sir Colin Campbell avoided the town , and , by malting a circuit through the suburbs , has apnred hi . s troops und accomplished hia object , though it is believed tliat the force of rebels and mutineers assembled at Lucknow is so great that ho will not bo ablo to subdue or disperse them without considerable reinforcements . Those aro now fast pouring in , and evory day is adding to the strength of the British troops in all the intermediate stations .
" Although thcCbtnmandor-in-Chiof ' a success is highly important , and will greatly diucourngo tho insurgents , it must not bo hastily concluded that the work is done . Tho whole of Oudo is in arms , and tho adjoining district of Rohileund is also disaffected and disturbed , so that , oven if no lifrge body should t > till contend for Luc-know , or concontratu themsolvcs elsewhere , it will require a considerable time to put down all resistance , to punish marauders and pUindorors , and to rostoro obedience , " Tho Iluvhant statos that our loss was ' very heavy ' ( luring tho atrugtrlo at Lucknow .
Tho interruption of telegraphic communications loaves u » in tho dark us to tho a Into of thiitgu in Luoknow after tho UOth of Novumhor . Oil Llio 17 th , a heavy cannonade was kept up on tho palaces ; . , but lottvrs liavo bouu rt'uuivoil ut Calcutta from Luck ' now or Cuwnporo , ilatod tho MHli , to llio cll' oofc tliub the firing had almost ceased . Tho EuhI , India IIoubo telegram from tho tioorotury to Uiu Government at Calcutta says i—
" The city of Eucknow will * be held ia- check by a > strong' movable column ,- with' field and heavy artillery ,, occupying a good , military position outside the towm The fort of Antrowahos has been evacuated by the enerevy , and razed to the ground by Colonel Southdeny . who intended- returning instantly to the Jaunpore frontier as it was still * threatened by a large force from Oude . " With respect to the removal of the women and children ; and the sick and wounded from- Lucfcnow , it appears from this telegram that nothing is said by Sir Colin Campbell about their having been sent to Cawnpore . He simply ' reports that the garrison had been removed , and that he is engaged in conveying women and wounded to-the rear . ' DELHI . The Bombay correspondent of the Daily News Avrites : — "A fatal spirit of lenity , the ghost of Mr . Colvin ' s policy , lingers at Delhi . Numerous prisoners sent in from time to time are treated with" respect and tenderness . The King is sumptuously attended in his socalled confinement , and receives the customary forms of ceremonial to which his old rank entitled him ; . A son of the Kins of Delhi ia seen taking airings on an
elephant , with Colonel Hogge and Mr . C . B . Sanders seated behind him in the howdah . Noted leaders of the rebellion are in custody , and should be tried . Their names have been published . They are—Hoossein Khan , a Persian , who commanded a regiment at Delhi ; Nuwab Ahmed Kooli Klian , the father-in-law of the King , who went out to meet the Bareilly brigade and escorted them into the city ; the Nuwab of Jhujjur , and Nuwab Ameen O ' odeen Khan , accused-of assisting in the murder of Mr . Ifra ^ er . " In the same letter we read : —
" South of Delhi , the country so lately crossed by our victorious column has again fallen into the hands of armed natives . " Walleedad Khan , whose fort at Malayghur was blown up , has returned to Boolundshuhur . Futtehpore Sikree , taken by Colonel Cotton on the 29 th of September , is again in the hands of the enemy . The Mynpoorie Rajah Tej Singh , who fled at our approach , and who was replaced by his brother , came back and forced our new authorities to fly .. Major Eld , with the garrison of Allehghur , and Colonel Riddell , with two hundred and fifty of the 3 rd Europeans , Sikhs , and Militia Cavalry , have been sent to hunt out Walleedad Khan a second time . The Allehghur force had , by the last accounts , already reoccupi . ed Secundra Rao . They will ultimately march to Mynpoorie . "
GKNERAL SUMMARY . A general summary of the progress of affairs over the whole of British India is presented by the Buyeal Ilurkaru : — " The telegraphis communication , which was re-established between Cawnpore and Alumbagh , has been cut off . Whether the wires have been destryyed or not , we aro not aware , but two signallers , who seem strangely enough to have been without an escort have been found murdered , whi-ih is quite sufficient to account for the absence of communication .
" The Pachete Rajah has been arrested under circumstances of strong suspicion , which seemed justified by the fact that his house at Kossipore , near Kogoonathpore , was found to be fortified , surrounded by a trench , and to contain a number of warlike stores . The 3 : 2 nd mutineers have been pursued by Major English and Captain liattrny , but . tho greater part of them have got clear off , and will probably cause some trouble yet . Tho Gwallor mutineer * are at Calpoo , where they scorn to want an object . been various flairs
" In Central India there havo ' a ' with tho mutiueors . The most serious is tho mutiny of tho Kotali contingent at Kotali , and tho murclor of Major Hurtou and his two sous , as well as Dr . Solder and Mr . Saville . Major Burton had arrived at the Presidency only a few days proviounly . Ho had no groat reputation as a political , but ho was much respected by his frioiuUv by whom his loss will be deeply Colt . " Tho North-West is tolerably quiot j but our garrisons generally are not very strong , and the reiuforcomontri which . aro arriving almost daily iu Calcutta will bo highly welcome in many places . " Tho Logi * lativo Council have passed an act upon tha aubjoot of foreigners in India . Foreigners must , for tho fuUiro , havo lioonsiw to remain iu the country , and to travel , stating their objects , & o . It is thought that tho prosonco of porsous Huppoaod to bo Rucibians , with the mutineers at Delhi and olsowhoiv , and tho intrigues of General d'Orgoni , othurwiso M . Girodon , have lod to thiri measure . . " Tho dotjimtoh of jt , ho Court of Directors indefinitely postponing "! iio BlTiclT Aat haTTjoon ^ broughT before tho ~ Loglslailvo Council . Tho supporters of the act did not say a word iu its favour , and tho despatch * wau quietly i-oiumul to tho committee upon tho now code . TIiIh proceeding lias given grout satisfaction to tho European community , who look upon it an an indication of what . In tO I'OlllO . " Tho Government havo published a resolution deluiling I ho plan of compensation which thoy have dcioidod upon for persons who have lost property by thomutiuiOH . It la very unmUlsfaclory , ospooliUly au regards the
largest proportion * of the military , and all of the nonofficial classes . The largest proportion of officers are of course subalterns , and these are very hardly treated . Every subaltern , immediately after the mutiny of his ? regiment , lost bis company allowance—one , of even , more companies * , as-the case may be—and this loss , extending over several months , is not taken into account in ; any way . Officers in civil employ were permitted to draw their allowances up to the 1 st of October , and many of them were able to regain their appointmentbefore that time , and so have suffered no loss at all . " MISCELLANEOUS FACTS . A telegram received at the East India House on Monday from Mr . G . F . Edmonstone , Secretary to the Government of India , says : —
" Lieutenant Osborne , political agent in Rewah , ha 3 been authorized to detach a force to suppress the insurrection in Bijerargooghur , and to take the administration in his own hands . He reports that certain chiefs of Magher have broken out in rebellion at Rewah itself .-The agent seems to be all right now . A body of muti " neers-was reported on the 10 th [ of November ] to have advanced from Ghorawal or Mezzapore district , and to have crossed the Belgun into . Rewah territory . The fort of Dhur was occupied by our troops-on the 15 th ,-but the rebel garrison escaped . " It is apprehended that the mutiny of the Cotahtroops , and tha disaffection among the feudatories of Meyar- and Marnear may cause serious disorder in ' Rajpootana . The force there is very weak ,, and Euro * - pean troops are urgently called for . "
Tho rebels seem determined to make a-desperate stand in Oude . They have placed a boy on the throne , whom they keep in state at Fyzabadj-a wellfortified and populous city . Nana Sahib , with all his-men , baggage ,. & c , has joined the force at Jaloun ^ where another puppeCsovereign has been set upone Jaiee Baiee , a grandson , it is said , of the Maharajah Scindiah . "The Nana * however , appears to be the real potentate . He is said to be acting in concertwith the Ranee of Jhansi . The Supreme Government of India has sanctioned the increase of each regiment of native infantry in the Madras army to 1000 privates ; and the strength accordingly . of each regiment will in future be as fallows : —10 subahdars , 10 jemadars , 60 havildars , 60 naiques , 20 drummers or buglers-, and IO 00 privates . The corps of Sappers and Miners is also to be increased from nine to twelve companies .
A > bill has been introduced into the Bengal Legislative Council to enable the Government to brand the rebel Sepoys with the letters M and D , standing ' for mutiny and desertion . A telegraphic despatch ( non-official ) from Trieste , ated . the 28 th ult ., states that " three companies- of the 34 th Native Infantry mutinied at Chittagong on the 19 th of November , and inarched to Dacca . One hundred Europeans were sent to intercept them . No Europeans were killed during the mutiny . " The finul result is not yet known . THE MURDER OF LIEUTENANT NEVILLE . Details of this lamentable event are thus supplied by the Daily News Bombay correspondent : —
" In the Punjab the hill rebels still give considerable trouble . Lieutenant Neville , proceeding to Bombay to meet his intended bride , who' recently arrived here in tho Windsor Castle , was killed at Pali Puttun , where his boat lay at anchor for the night . Ho had started from Forozepore in a country boat , and as it was dropping down the stream by a place called Jumlern , on the Sutlej , a party of the rebels , numbering forty , hailed the boatmen from the bank to-put to . The request being backed by threats that they would be fired upon in the event of non-complianco , it was at' once obeyed , when tho boat was attacked . A conflict ensued'between tlie
ill' -futed occupant and tho rebels . Lieutenant Neville is said to havo made a stout resistance , cutting down two of his assailants ; but , being himself wounded ; ho was seized and carried off to the rebel camp . Ho offered t ' o pay the sum of two thousand rupees as a ransom for hia life , and the party wlio made him a" prisoner agreed to the arrangement . But no sooner was ho taken before the chief of tho insurgents tllan a command was issued to put' him to death , which wns done in ttia most diabolical' manner . Tho commissioner , Major Hamilton , visited tho scone of murder soon after , and-1 hoar picked up a low relics belonging ' to the unfortunate man . " TIIM ArrOINTMKNT OF MOONSIIIC 14 AMUBll ALL Mr . E . A . Samuels , t !> o Commissioner of Revenue for tho Division of 1 ' utna , has addressed a letter to tho Secretary of tho Government of Bengal in dofoncu of tho appointment of tho Mbonsheo Anieor Ali , a Muhomcdau , to an offlco under Government"siuco tho revolt—an act wlilch has caused' groat oflenco 'IunolTirtli' 6 ~ E ^ — assorts that tho Moonshoe has given repoutod proofs of liia loyalty to our Government , and denies that | tho Mahoinodans of India aro , as a rule , opposed to , us . Ho mentions instances of their having upheld our authority , and reprouHed attempted revolts ; but ho adds that If , as many journals huoiu to desire , wo iu'o to go upon tlio principle of systematically excluding Mahoincduns from ofllce , wo shall soon , iilioualu their uHootluns , uud convert them into 0110-mios .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/3/
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