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No. 395, October 17,1857.] THE LEADER. 9...
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Miscellaneo Us. The Court.—The Qaeea And...
Discovery of Anqlo-Saxon Remaihs . —Some interesting Saxon funereal deposits have T ) een recentlybrought to light near Scarborough . There is a knoll of chalk rock which forms almost the whole of the high land called Seamer Moor , a great part of -which has been cut away by a very extensive lime quarry . A few days ago , the wife of one of the quarrymen brought into Scarborough several gold ornaments and other articles , and sold them to a shopkeeper , from whom they soon passed to Lord Londesborough . Having ascertained the spot -where these objects had been found , Lord Londesborough resolved immediately to have the place dug , and on Thursday week he
and Mr . Thomas Wright ( then on a visit to his lord 7 ship ) commenced researches . In sifting the earth that liad been thrown down , there was found a beautiful lozenge-shaped pendant , set ^ vith stones , an extremely elegant gold pin , with an enamelled head , several fragments of other ornaments , and a great quantity of fraganetns of iron and pottery . The ground above was then trenched , but only one grave was found . It contained a skeleton , ivith a few ordinary articles in bronze and iron . The objects accidentally met with comprise the gold pendant and pin mentioned above , a bulla ccnsisting of an onyx set in gold , a small gold ring , a large ornamental gold ring , a silver ring resembling the last in size and form , tivo ornaments in gold which appear
to have belonged to earrings , . a large ring-formed fibula of silver , fragments of a band of plaited silver wire , a number of beads of different sizes and materials , a small urn in very perfect condition , and various other articles . Destruction of a Flouk Mill . — -An alarming fire broke out at the flour mill of Mr . Croysdale , Whitleybridge , near Pontefract , at about three o ' clock on Sunday morning . Shortly' after the discovery of the fire , the whole of the roof fell in , and in about three hours the mill was gutted . About three hundred bags of flour and a large quantity of corn were consumed , and the whole of the internal machinery , Tvith twelve pairs of stones , were destroyed . The damage done amounts to about 10 . 000 L only 2000 J . of which is covered bv
in-Burance . Fatal Accident . —Mr . William Pigott , inspector of bridges on the Great Northern Railway , was run down by a train on that line , while in the discharge of his duties , on Tuesday . A . ' State of Siege . '—The Messaggere of Modena of the 9 th publishes the decree declaring Carrara in a state of siege , as already stated . All coffee-houses , places of public resort , and shops , are to be closed from nightfall to sunrise . Crowds are to be dispersed , and no three persons -are to be allowed to stop altogether in the streets .
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No . 395 , October 17 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 997
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Leader Office , Saturday , October 17 . CIRCASSIA . The Russian commandant of Fort Nokka , being out hunting -with ten of his officers , was suddenly attacked by a party of Circassians concealed in a forest on the banks of tbe AdiaTcan . After a severe conflict , in which two officers were killed and three wounded , the commandant was taken prisoner and conveyed to the mountains .
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THE SPANISH MINISTRY . General Armero ( says a despatch from Madrid , dated yesterday ) has been named President of the Council of Ministers . Don Alexandro Mon is expected to arrive from Rome . The * Jnder-Secretarios of the Ministers have , in the meantime , been charged with the ordinary despatch of business .
Failure Of A Railway Contractor.—Mr. Hut...
Failure of a Railway Contractor . —Mr . Hutchings , of Adam-street , Adclphi , and elsewhere , railway contractor , & c , was before the Bankruptcy Court yesterday ( Friday ) . He had undertaken some laTge contracts on the Llanethly Extension and Towey Vale Railways , in South Wales , and the bankruptcy is attributed to some large unsettled claims for extra works , ¦ which are disputed by the companies , -who have taken possession of his stock . The liabilities are Htatcd at 30 , 000 / ., and assets , dependant on the amount found to be due from the companies , 12 , 000 / . Messrs . Grisscll Brothers are among the assignees appointed yesterday . Tub Manchester Exhibition -will bo finally closed to-day . Walt . aohia . —The opening of the Wallachian Divan took placo at Bucharest on the 12 th .
The Rkforbiatory Qvkstion . —A great meeting on * i * L eformfltory question was held on Thursday night in the Town-hall , Birmingham . Five thoiifmnd persons were present . Resolutions urging extension of the movement -were moved by Lords Brougham , John Kusaell , and Stanley , Sir John PakHigton , and others , « M were enthusiastically carried . The general mcotinjr waa to bo held on Friday .
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write?— Milton .
Lord Canning And The Mutiny. (To The Edi...
LORD CANNING AND THE MUTINY . ( To the Editor of the Leader . " ) Sir , —Your remarks on Lord Canning are just to the letter . I am sure they will be approved by the European commercial community in India . Why were no precautions taken ? As you say , why was the rebellion allowed 'to creep over Bengal like a cloud in the night ? ' I know the opinions of men well acquainted w 5 th India , and they shudder at the
bare thought that "the people who were warned of the danger , and neglected to take measures of defence , are to be left to deal with the horrible tumult that has arisen through their blind incapacity . As yeu say , the Gagging Act was intended to hide the truth ; but it will all come out , and your words will be more than justified . . I am , Sir , yours obediently , A RELATIVE-OF THE SLAIN .
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LORD CANNING . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —I observe in your abusive article on Lord Canning a statement which is at least novel to old residents at Delhi . You say that by the end of June a thousand blue-jackets might have arrived before that city , but you do not explain by what means . I presume you allude to water-carriage ; if so , you are greatly mistaken , for the Jumna does not feel the effect of the rains before the end of July . Besides , no steamer lias ever yet succeeded in making her way above . Agra , and I believe even that only once occurred , the vessel having frequently grounded on the ever-shifting sands . And even if it were possible for a steamer to proceed to Delhi , there is little chance of the voyage being performed in less than two inonths from Calcutta : the mutineers , you will remember , did not seize the Imperial city until the 1 ith of May . But the want of water will be acknowledged by dispassionate persons as a sufficient reason for not sending up the river a number of sailors greater than could have been collected at Calcutta without impressing all the merchant seamen . It may appear hypercritical to notice your repeated remarks about ' Oordoo scribblers , ' and ' Mahratta lies . ' Mahomedan lies would have been nearer the truth , but Oordoo is by no means the only language in which those seditious falsehoods have been disseminated . As for the English press , it is possible that if there had been no other papers than the Englishman and the Hurlcaru , Lord Canning might have paused before he extended the licensing act over all ; though the former of these journals has long since been notorious for its virulent antagonism to the Government . Unhappily , public spirit is by no means the most striking characteristic of the English press in India , and this is the less surprising from the fact that several journals in the English language are , either in whole or in part , the property of natives . It is not for me to undertake the defence of Lord Canning ' s conduct in this trying emergency . His Lordship will probably be content to have received the warm approval of the most enlightened and respectable portion of the Calcutta community , without heeding the ravings of second-rate barristers and lately insolvent merchants . Nor will ' his composure , perhaps , be greatly ruffled by the rounded periods of captious journalists . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , An ex-Indian Journalist . [ Upon this we have to observe : —That the article wna not abusive ; ' that in the absence of ' presumption , ' a Governor-General of Iudia might have foreseen , from the earlier developments of dissiflection in the North-West , that reinforcements should have been sent up to Delhi ; that wo have never stated that the Oordoo was the only dialect in vogue aunong the writers for the native press ; thut there have been ' MnhratU lies' disseminated ; that antagonism to the government of Lord Canning might not havo been an offence properly subjecting an English journalist to the gag ; and thnt two lineB by bno of our correspondents do not settle the question whether Lord Cunning has ' received the warm approvnl of the moat enlightened and respectable portion of tho Calcutta community . ' ]
Lord Canning
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several communications unavoidably stand over . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quitemdependeiit of the merits of the communication . No notice can betaken of anonymous correspondence . Whatevexis intended for insertion must beauthentica ted by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , Tout as a guarantee of his goad faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications
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mand , and an adequate siege train , there is little doubfc but that General Wilson would be enabled , more or less speedily , to bring the siege of Delhi to a satisfactory conclusion . That operation , it is true , maybe no more tlian the prelude of a . harassing campaign , in which the enemy will fall back upon one strong position after another ; but ifc will be a great point gained if Delhi be reoccupied by the English . The Sepoys appear to have eutrenched themselves at A .
lly-THE INDIAN DESPATCHES . "We are now beginning to witness the recoil of the Indian insurrection . That t-Tiis should commence before a single soldier had arrived from England , except Sir Coliu " Campbell , is the most remarkable fact connected with the entire movement . " When we say , however , that the rebels have actually recoiled , we keep in view the position of affairs at Delhi , Agra , ! Lucknow , Cawnpore , and the line of stations thence to Patna . In all these places the mutinous Sepoys , with the co-operation of the treacherous chiefs , are holding the English in check ; but , examined closely , the course of events was unfavourable to the mutineers . They were gaining nothing at Delhi ; on the contrary , they were being rapidly exhausted ; their most desperate efforts had failed , and " they were witnessing the concentration of a great force designed to scatter them and dethrone their shadowy Mogul . With at least from twelve to thirteen thousand men under his
comghur , whence Major Montgomery was unable to dislodge them ; but the movements of that officer show that , on the 21 st of August , the fort of Agra was in a condition of safety , since the garrison was enabled not only to keep up its communications with the open country , but to send out detachments for offensive purposes , to retaliate upon the Sepoys . In fact , it would appear that the
blockade of Agra had been virtually raised , Bince , with an army occupying the district round the town , Major Montgomery would scarcely have undertaken a march of fifty miles ngainst a second force of the enemy . At all events , the inmates of the fort arc under no apprehensions ; their difficulty seems to be , not how to defend , "but how to amuse themselves .
lho mistake of tho alarmists has been to estimate the revolt in Bengal and the North-Western Provinces as a national rebellion , tho struggle itself as a regular war , and tho power of the English in India as far less substantial than it is . Thus , wo have repeatedly heard that Lucknow could not be relieved , and that General IIaveiiOCK waa surrounded by
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17101857/page/13/
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