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The Io I As Revolt. ¦ • . ¦ . ——¦* — — •...
A striking" . anecdote ; is told iu a communication to the J ^ ooiiati Observer ?— - ' ¦ " liy reeent letters 'received from . Brigadier llavelook-s force , it appears that on the arrival of the detachment of the 78 th Highlanders at that place of skulls , Gawnpore , after tho niassaere of our tjouutrymen , women , and children , they , by some means or other , found the remains of one of General Wheeler's daughter ^ . The sight 'was horrible , and so- aroused them that gathering around they removed the hair from off the poor yirl's head , a portion of --which .-was carefully selected and sent home
to h « r surviving friends . The remainder they equally divided amongst themselves ; and , on each man receiving his carefully 8 erved-out portion , they-all quietly and very patiently applied themselves to the tedious task of counting out the number of hairs contained in each , individual ' s lot ; anil , when this task -was accomplished , thev one and all swore most solemnly by Heaven and the Go « i that made them , that for as many hairs as thev held in their fingers , so many of tho cruel and treacherous mutineers should die by their hands ! An oath they will no doubt most religiouslv keep . "
From various sources we gather a fc \ v more details of the massacre , and the spirit of revenge awakened in our men :- — " A correspondent of the . Jfiirkani .: vriting from CawTipore , says , that in more than one place on-the walls of the chambers in which the English ladies and children were confined previous to their murder , is scratched , ' Remember us ! ' Revenge us ! ' A correspondent of the Bombay Gazette "writes from Cawnpore , on the 23 rd September , that the men of the force had sworn to take decji revenge on . the inutineers whenever aad wherever they fell in with them , the oath having been drawn from them by the horrible sights with which they were greeted on entering- the entrenched position held by Wheeler and his little band , lie continues : We have
already slain , numbers ot the monsters , ami , with the blessing of G-od , will yet-slay them in thousands . '" ... Mr . George Parbury -writes thus to the Tiines from Carshaltori , October 15 th : — "It appears to me upon perusing the various summaries of Indian news brought by the present mail that the latest dates from Calcutta , Cawnpore , and Lucktiow are not given . I have this morning received a Calcutta paper of the 9 th of October , iu which I find a paTagraph of news furnished by Government to the following effect : — ' From Ca-rrapore , Oct . 7 , 11 a . m . —Malaghur
captared . A native messenger who left Lucknow on the 4 th reports favourably of our progress in clea ring the citv . ' The latest news from Lucknow given by the -papershere is to the 2 nd , and it is commented upon as highly trofavonrable . I can account for this further intelligence . The packets for the steamers were closed at Calcutta on the evening of the 8 th . The item in question probably Teached the Government daring the night , and was published on the following morning , the paper containing it being" sent down the river for . the cliance of reaching the steamer , which ijt did . "
FIDELITY IN OTJDE . Sir James Outrain , writing from the camp on the left bank of the Ganges , opposite Cawnpore , on the 20 th of September , says : — IC have the pleasure to forward extracts from a letter I have to-day received from . Captain Patrick Orr , dated 13 th inst ., from Mitaulee , the residence of a Rajah Ln Oude , under whose protection Captain Orr , three other gentlemen , two ladies , and two children have been preserved since the outbreak , and also of a note from Lieutenant Burnes , writing from the same place , who mentions that there are nine men and three ladies , uader protection of another chief , at a place called Alutteara , in Oude . These comprise ten chieftains of Oude , who have proved their fidelity to Government by protecting our subjects . "
lEUKOPJEAMS IN SAFETY . The following is a list of Europeans released by the Shahghur Rajah and sent into Saugor : — " Lieutenant A . C . Gordon , deputy-commissioner , laillujpore ; Cf-ptain Sale , 6 th ltogim <; nt Gwalior Contingent ; Captain Irwin , wife , and two . children ; Dr . O'Brien ; . and Mr , Vermi Patrol . Quartermaster Sergeant' Carrol and wife were sent into Saugor on tho 1-tth September by , tho Bhab ^ hurliajali , who had kept them prisoners . for itho last-three months . They are till well , in spite of not having had good food to eat . " AH IKOIAW OFFIOEH ' 8 'VIITW OF THE nBTOI-T . "We have been 'favoured with-the subjoined extracts from the letter of an Indian officer , of . twenty years' experience in the East : —
" Taking intoxsonBideration'thcpolitical ^ aspect-which every branch of the public service , must inevitably boar in India , it seems unquestionable that it would be a great strength to Government that every European , of whatever rank , employed in any department whatever , should hnvo'had a military training ; an ilUiBtration of this may'be taken from tho actual support unbrded in the present criai . s to the cause of order by the oflieera and military ovoTHcers" in tho department of publicnvotfUs . They havo' been empawereu to act as police , . and have exercised a moat powerful influence for good , over a-vast extento ? country in tfhiehthero werono troops present , nor any native police that could bo trusted on
onomwgeney . Their military experience gives them confidence , tact , taleut for combination , aad a spirit of soldierly honour ; and the natives , in tihu « of emergency , both fear , respect , ami trust them , far more than they would civilians . .... " This tinio last year , if anybody : had foreseen a general revolt of the-whole of the Bengal army , everv one would have said , ' Then it will be all up with British India ; ' statesmen , philosophers , * and eveji ^ oine generally > vould have said so . Well , now there is a revolt , a
uombined systematic rebellion of the whole - . Bengal' annv , juul tin . British dominioa is as strong as over ; scratcheil here and there , but not even sliakexi . The spirit of the liigh castes will be so thoroughly broken by their more than complete i ' aihmy that > th-ey will never raise head again , and the JSuropenniaation of the country , agninst -which tins revolt has been a despairing struggle , will j ^ o on surer and much faster than before . There , has been one great mistake—introduein ^ liberal institutions among a people \ -essentially ami ( till they change their nature ) unalterablv conservative .
.- * ' ¦ ftothing but a despotism -will suit for India ; power must bo absolute and peremptory , but the exorcise of it paternal and beneficent . To make the exercise such , requires that there shall be responsibility of the governors , but it must never bea . dinitteil that the barbarian subjects should / form ¦ that check . Wo see their notions of constitutional interference in the Cnwupore and Delhi massacred . Kvery mail entrusted with authority should be held responsible to tho power immediately above him , and the highest Indian power should be responsible to Parliament . I tis surprising how little political discontent there is . in India , how disposed -the . groat majority of all classes of natives sire to submit quietly to our
government , and deprecate its removal ; surprising- I say , not because their own be . st interes . ts are-not plainly bound up with our supremuay , . and its concomitant order and security , but because it is very unusual to thai a whole people honest enough to acknowledge real benelits received from the stranger . There are , of cOurte , exceptions to the general loyalty , us there will be everywhere—the thieves anil ecum of g ; reat cities , the noble beggared by his own vices , the adventurer who cannot dig and is ashamed to beg , the Ainmah men who love turbulence for its own sake ,, and' the envious and evil men who luite everything that is in any way above themselves . These anil -such-Hke classes , who would form a formidable
minority in any country under the sun , are of course hot wanting in India , but to calLtheni' the people' is a more absurd farce than that of tlie three tailors of Toolevstreet . ' -... '¦ ... ' - ¦ .- ¦ . '' . "'"¦ ' ¦¦ ' ' ' . "" .. ' . :
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The Oltlent. China. A Fct' Items Of News...
THE OltlENT . CHINA . A fct' items of news are communicated by the Tbnes Hong-Hong correspondent , who -writes under date-September 25 th : — .. ¦ " Lord Elgin returned from Calcutta on the 20 th in the chartered Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ava . It is rumoxired his Lordship proposes visiting Shanghai , but it is not yet known what course of policy will be pursued ir * adjusting , matters between ourselves ami the Chinese . GeneraHSir Robert Uarrett and suite left for Calcutta on the 19 th , in . the steamer Lancefield . General Straubenseo and stair" were passengers per Ava . The blockade on the Canton river is still maintained . An expedition up one of the creeks took place on the 9 th of September , when some war junks in the course of building were destroyed . Captain Cochrane , of her Mnjestj ^' a steamer Niger , -was wounded , and two of 3 iis men severely . At Shanghai , a difference has occurred between the American and French consuls and the foreign inspectors . The latter Tcfused to grant permission foT the Te-export of foreign rice to a port in China . The French consul has declared his intention to give the vessel taking the rice her clearance , nnd , if necessary , to protect the vessel from interference on the part of the Chinese otlicial . s . " r-KUSIA . All our troops have now departed from Bushirc on their way to India , and the city lms been reoecupied by Persian soldicr 3 . This Persian war , therefore , ia iinally closed .
America. This Last .Advices From Tho Uni...
AMERICA . This last . advices from tho United States show a gradual , though slow , recovery from tho prostration consequent on the numerous commercial failures which have recently occurrod . Still , a considerable amount of gloom continues to overspread tlio country , and paragraphs such nft'tlie following > uro to be found rather frequently in the papers : — " The packet , ship Wyoming " nailed yesterday ( from Philadelphia ) for l ^ ivcrpool . fcho
took a lurgo number of emigrants who had recently coino to this country to hotter their condition , buL whowe bright anticipation * had not been realized . " We nlto find it recorded , that " several unsuccessful attempts Irnvo boon mado at Ntiw York to got up what « ro denominated ' hunger meeting * . ' Tho principal movers were the vogabMidn of the city . « oimi > Tiotinfrofn very mild nature hao occurred . " PtocoshIoiw have taken place , at which bannorH hivvo beeni oarriwd , boaring : tlio words •'• WorktorDeath ! " Ui : MagHsl > , ( French , . and tSorman .
In 1 hiladolphia , a gung of about ii dozen men arn ^ i with muskets , appeared in thestreets witha WiihertZ > ujk Uxo . in 8 crtpti 6 . ii , "Wo -will protect the poor , » and flZ picture of a loaf of tread . The . police dispersed * % !< men , ami captured their fire-arms ; L L" * e The returns for the New York State election tlp t 6 the 3 rd nist . showed , according to a telegra m to liosto , t majority m favour of the Democratic candidates ' Contradictory reports have been received from the country oi tlie Slormons , but they all speak of resistance It is said that Brigham Young and Hober C . Ki , ubali have Ictt tho Salt iako City at the head of a large Udv of mama , vith tho intention of opposing the United Mates troops at a . certain pass in tie mountains wJier ,-they hope to repeat the victory of Therinopvlus , and to annihUate tl . eir enemies . Another account states tW Should matters go . against them , they wilUeek a refuge in the Kussian pos-s essions , ' where they have alveadv driven the stakes for a new . Zion . ' * .
A great scheme for wholesale robbery in South and Central America has just been discovered : the person at tlie head of it is in Xew York . A now cabinet lias been formed in the rc-publjc of Chili , the President having at last yielded "' to' public opinion . Tlie Government thus formed is considered moderately liberal ; an amnesty dceree . lias been issued ; ami affairs promise to progress quietly for some time ! The revolutionary movement in Bolivia exhibits a more general character , mid Dr . l-iuares 3 ias assumed tiie title of Provisional President , and taken the field against the Constitutional President , General Cordova . Several eities have declared against the . General ,-who is inarcliing against one of them , viz ., La l ' az . The resi dence of the American Minister in'that citv Las been
bmken into , and the deposed authorities , who had taken refuge under the United States Hag , were forcibly dragged out . Clordov . i . is said to be badly oil' for troops , ¦ au U . it is thought tkat he will bo obliged to yield to the movenient ,-which is stroug against him . Tho revolutionary parties in the south of Peru continue in tlie . same . state as during tlie -last four months . Dili ' , of , the nceoiiijilu . es in t ) k : - asaussiuatiou of Mr . Sullivan , j uimed Jo . se Felez Diaz , or Virohi , h . is given information against the murderer , who Is said to be a I'Tenchinaw iiaineLl Sum . The authorities .. have not arrested Strii , 1102- was the cause which led to the , coiunnssiou ot" the murder made public . Senator Benjamin has gone 011 si ¦ special embassy to Mexico , to arrangu certain international matters .
: : , There is some probability of another outbreak in Central America , owing to an officer in the Costa ^ llican service having taken possession of the San ''¦ Jiiaii river under instructions from his Governmeut . Tlic same ofticer has also been instructed to demand of the Commandant of San Carlos the custody of that fort , . anil , in ca . Ho ot'rcfusal ^ to enforce its surrender , on the pica that a Costa-Kican army is alone capable of defending the republic from the anticipated descent of AValker . That adventurer , however , is said to have yielded to the money pressure , and abandoned his hostile schemes . From llavauuuh it is reported that several leads' of Africans have been landed .
Ireland. Tub Chancellor And Tius Ouangem...
IRELAND . Tub Chancellor and tius Ouangemen . —rThe Christchurch Protestant Association of Belfast has adopted the following resolutions , which have ratlier a seditious sound about . them ; - — " TJint the Protestant Association take notice with much regret of the recent letter of the JLord Chancellor . They respectfully plead witli that high ofticer of State , and ask whether , in his limitation respeutiuK candidates for the mng-iatrncy , he has not outstepped the limits of the British constitution ; ;\ nd , if so , J \\ 'lietlier there be not historical record for showing that by . 'icts of a similar unlawful kind . great functionaries have beiin subjected to nttiiinder and loss of fortune , liberty , and life . They respectfully inquire if the sanio liigh ofliecr of State reject any candidate on alleged and
spccilicd opprobrious grounds , at ouce insulting l <> said candidutc , and injurious to his position and ruputntion , whether an action at law will not lie aguinst tlie publi > : dcfunicr of any candidate who belongs to a society of proverbiul loyalty and undeniable logality . A . s to the commemoration of anniversaries , tliis a « aociatiou ro .-poctfully , remind him of what occasioned tho visitor William IH . rto this country , and how the monarch JamuH 11-andhonl Chauciillor Fittan of those days ceased to hold office . To commemorate tho rcmovul of hniui . Mitioii .-Kings nnd Statesmen , to glorify God for civil and religious liberty restored , and to keep iu eiuleatiny remembrance tho fathers of the . Reformation and the oriyinatorj of tho glorious devolution of 1 G 88 tlioy hold to lie aniu . st iiidiHhoiiHablo anil relitrioun duty . "
Muhimui wioAit TvnoNifl . —Ainau nnmed M'Chath 1 km been stabbed with a Hhoenmkur ' u knife , by one , illicit Rl'Carron , aided by his brother Patrick , in thc . uour . su nt a drunken iwrnnglo nbout a young woinan . Sisvernl f > crtioi > H were presont at the time , and there had jirovioualy been a good deal of quarrelling and Ji ^ hting , Distuiuianc-kh in LviuiAH . —Owiii ^ to a dispute liotwoon Mr . Alulc < jlm ,. u mannfactiiicr of . Lur ^ aii , jimlhU 'workpeople , who have felt , theinaelvo-s uftgriovod by thu introduciioa of powor-loom wwtviiig , io lamontublo col-
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/6/
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