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    IRELAND. Tjao O'Connei^ S'rATurc.—The O'...

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    THE INDIAN KETOLT.. The recent events be...

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    Spollen On The Stage. The Course Pursued...

    to whom he saide *—" Tool did ; wot < answer Mr . Fitipatrick ' s question as to who told your wife -where the money 1 Was . Expiain . thatnow . ' *—SpoDeDu " life would & e difficult to- explain what the police could not find ' oufc ; that is totally oat of my power . "—The Gentlfrma . ii : " " Sou did not say you . were innocent , "—Spollen : ir I held forth my i nnocence ; but , as I said before , even though I were the guilty man- — - "—The Gentleman :. trWho put the money there , do you know f '—SpolIen : "' "Nothing , whatsoever , sir . "—The Gentleman : "No suspicion of any one ?" - —Spollen : " No suspicion : whatever , "there may be domestic fights that it would not be very feeling for me to enter into an explanation ofperhaps it is more honourable that I should hold them , and that fliey should remain with myself . My position is a very Bevere one . "

    Another person , present here observed— " It does not appear to annoy you much , at any rate ; for , of all the cool audacity I ever witnessed , yours is the greatest . I paid a shBDing to see how far your audacity would car ry you . Now I see it ; and , if there was a subscription got to buy you a rope , I would subscribe . I am proud to see that the working public did not come here . " This person left the room when he had concluded . Spollen : " Of course some must be dissenting parties . This niuch I think—the public will be inclined to assist a man to leave the country . That is the only object I have in < comi » g forward . I am sure tine public would rather that , than to have a man knocking about the COtWtZ ^ v . '

    Another person present observed that be- did not wish to say anything that would affect Spollen , but that the result of that day ' s proceedings should show him the feeling of the public on the matter . The gentleman who bad questioned Spollen before here said to him— " You got the « igbt sovereigns that were produced at th < e trial Why did you aot go off with them ? " Spollen : " What would you bwv-e me do with that portion of my family ?" Some discussion ensued as to Spollen and his son going to- America ; but Spollen said tfeey would be worse off there than va Ireland . The small audience shortly afterwards r-etireif , refusing to respond to Spollen's invitation to ' voluffteer to contribute . '

    The-second * appearance was in the evening , and was rather better attended . Spollen was again subjected to questions , and one gentleman told him he must confess Ms gtrilt , and throw himself on public sympathy as a repentant man , before he could obtain the sympathies of a Ctiristfeircoiamunity . " What course am I to adopt ?' asked SpoHen . But , at that moment , the son rushed forwardy afid , in an excited manner , told his father " not to be answering those persons . " A well-dressed man among the audience , who had several times addressed Spollen in very strong language , was turned out by the police . The other gentleman asked if Spollen could put his hand anon the man who had conspired with Mrs . Spollen , as it was hra duty , for his own sake , and for the ends © f justice , to point out the guilty party . To this question Spollen returned some incoherent reply , which , was not audible .

    Finally , he and bis son departed , retreating by the rear of the theatre , in order to avoid a laTge and rather turbulent crowd which had collected in front .

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    Ireland. Tjao O'Connei^ S'Raturc.—The O'...

    IRELAND . Tjao O'Connei ^ S ' rATurc . —The O'Connell statue at Limerick has been inaugurated with much success . The Earl of Dunraven , a recent convert to Roman Catholicism , presided , and in the course of his speech observed : — "'In looking at the claims which the great Liberator has upon us , 1 am particularly impressed "with the claims he has upon my respqet and gratitude , as well as the respect and gratitude of the thousands who arc members of the religion which , he professed and sustained . ( CTieers . ) Sprung as ho was , and as I am proud to bo , from an ancient Irish race , his family never deserted the faith that hue existed here sitico the coming of St . Patrick ( cfoera ) , -white one of my ancestors , I regrot to say , was base enough , under the pressure of the ponal

    laws , to , apostatize QCftecrB . ) But I have had the blessed privilege--the . greatest privilege which God can gfvo to man , situated as I was—to be restored to that ancient church which has boon ao long the church , of tais people and this country . { Loud and continued cXe « ri « # , ) It ia not only as members of that church , but alao as lovcrsjof liberty , that wo ova tho ^ cloopest gratitude to the Liberator . BratlOXHiXLtNO OB THE ROMAN CaXHOXIO CHURCH . We . read in the Times Paris correspondence : — A private letter from Rome states that Cardinal Barnnbo and

    Dr . Cullen , the Roman , Catholic Archbishop of Dublin , persevere in their determination to remodel or reform the Catholic Chwcu in Ireland , and tliat tho presumed adhesion of the ncrw Roman Catholio Archbishop of Cashel to these views is an incentive to vigorous measures . This reformation is to embcaco the prelacy , priesthood , and mil tho ecclesiastical and lay establishments Jn which Irish Catholics are educated . The means by which It ia to dq effected ia the . confiding tho discussion aud , dflofeion , of all national roliglous or reUgio-polillcal questions practically to tho four Archbishops and tfta Pronagaada at Romo . A rumour has circulated for aomo' aaya past In Paris , that the system has boon

    actually oomnaenced ^ at least 1 Irish College in tbis city is concerned . It is affirmed , however , on good a-uUtority T that by far the greater number of tlie Irish & isbops are opposed to tho cltange . "

    The Indian Ketolt.. The Recent Events Be...

    THE INDIAN KETOLT .. The recent events before the walls of Delhi are thus related in full by the Times Bombay correspondent , wader darte July 14 tli r—M On the morning of the 12 tbi of June , a-most determined and well-planned assault was made upon both extremities of oar line at once . On the right , at Hindoo Rao ' s house , the attack was promptly defeated , and the troops at that post ( 60 th Ghoorka * and Guides ) slew considerable numbers of the enemy , fif ty of th-esa in one garden , it ia said . But on the left there seems to have been something' of a surprise . The battery at the signal tower was surrounded , and would ; probably , but for the signal gallantry of a picket of the 75-th , nave been captured . The flank of the position was in imminent

    danger of being turned . But the nine-pounder battery in the centre opened fire , supports were brought up rapidly , and at length , though not till after a hard fight of two hoots , the enemy gave way at all points . Tire los & oa this day feM : chiefly upon the 2 nd Europeans-and tbe 75 th . Captain Enox of the latter regiment was shot through the head while leading hi * men to the tower battery . On the day following , a large enclosure in advance of our left , known -as Metcalfe House , yras occupied by our troops , and the erection of a battery of heavy guns and mortars commenced . . Against this battery a sortie was directed on the I & tb , but was repulsed without ¦ difficu-lty , as had been another earlier in the saine < lay against ouri-ight . On the 17 th an affair took

    place in which -we were the assailants . That morning a shot from the citystruck the corner of Hindoo Rao ' s house , and , glancing off , killed Lieutenant Wheatley , of the late 54 tb , attached to the Ghoorkas , and ( it is said ) six men . Haying this advanced post of ours well under fire in front , the enemy determined to attempt it also in flank , and for this purpose commenced on the 17 th to throw up a battery outside the western gates of the townj at a large building- fcnawn as the Eedgfaah . There they were attacked that same afternoon by Major Tombs ' s troop of Horse Artillery , some cavalry , Rifles , and G-hoorkas , and beaten on * of the place with , the loss of the only gun -they had time to bring out , all their ammunition , and , perhaps , one hundred lives . For this the

    achievement ^ Major received high commendation from General Barnard , who rode over to Iris position for the purpose . Two days later—on the 19 th—appeared tbe mutineers from Ntrsseerabad , the late 15 th and SOth Regiments , with the battery of artillery that the Bombay Lancers vainly attempted to rescue , and made an audacious irroption into the rear of our lines . They were encountered at first by the troops of the Rajah of Jheend , wlw > behaved extremely well , and afterwards by the 9 th Lancers and Artillery . On the following morning they renewed the attack , and were finally repulsed with upwards of two hundred killed . Our loss was , however , severe . Colonel Yule , of the 9 th Lancers , was killed , and Lieutenant Humphrys , of the late 20 th , and Alexander , of the late 3 rd . The wounded officers were Colonel Becher , l > aly of the Guides , and four of the Rifles , whose names are not given , The 21 st and 22 nd

    were quiet so far as sorties are concerned , though the batteries on either side were busy as usual ; but on the 23 rd ' the enemy attacked us , so runs the message sent to Lahore , Mn great force from the Subzee Mundee side ( on our right flank and rear ) and fought most desperately the -whole day long . They had n strong position , in a village and among the garden walls . Our loss has been great for us , but the loss of the mutineers has been very considerable . ' Later accounts say that tho enemy ' s dead were counted nt the close of the day by hundreds , the aggregate being estimated at not less than 1000 . This terrible defeat appeared to havo cowed thoir spirit , for the three following days they never showed outside the waits , and when , on tho 27 th , they did come out , they confined themselves to distant skirmishing , appearing entirely to have lost tho vigour and resolution that had characterised their behaviour on previous occasions . " Several communications from Europeans residing in the disordered districts to their friends , in England have been transmitted to tho daily papers , where they havo been printed , XVorn a letter ,, dated Benares , June lfftb , wo derive the annexed particulars ;—" The Sikhs at Jaunporo have mutinied , and deliberately shot their commanding officer . Only flvo minutes before , they were shaking hands with tho European residents and swearing to defend them with thoir

    lives , The residents wore congregated nt tho oollootor ' s office Besides , Cuppago , tho joint magistrate , was murdered , and Threspland and his wife . These two latter were shot before a peon of mine . He eayB , they foil on thoir knoes pleading for life—the reply was a volley which put on end to their existence . There , wow children , too , but no one knows what has become of thorn . The rest escaped to a factory wJhonco they were rescued by a party of volunteers , nccoonpanied ! by twenty-fivq soldiers sent from hero . Tho commandant ' s wife died through fright at tho factory , and was burled

    there . The ; other , inurdered ones lie at Jaunpone ^ vca buried . '' My last , letter received from Lucknow was dated the & rd of Junei The -whole of the native troops these Lad rnmtiiiiedy and been , joined by the eavaSryw The whole country has risen as one man . The residency is besieged . Thie besieged are hopeful , and aspect to aolkl out tilL reinforcements arrive . They liarve been suffering for many-months . Her Majesty ' s 32 nd arc there , and Sir H . Lawrence is the best man in India they could have for the emergency . But yet the numbers-are few and a iostile and fanatic people , are to be . dreaded . God grant that tthey m « y laeiM out , otherwise fearful wflj bft the butchery . Tliey have nigh npon two hundred ladies in the residency . ' ^ Cawnpore is . in . a most ticklish state . They have bat five hundred Europeans , if so many , with , some artillery . They have entrenched themselves .

    " Tile Ghoorkas at Simla have quietly taken possession of the station and the treasury ; ditto Kussowlee . All the ladies made a clean bolt to Duglishai , poor , things , and have taken shelter in the barracks . The troops have all moved down , to Delhi . Some of them , raai doira khucls ( deep hollows—the bottoms of precipitous mountain slopes ) , and , after twenty hours' continual march , readied Dughsliai ; Others , oa foot and ia every conceivable way , made their way to the same place with only what they had on their backs .

    " Here we are banging every day , and the gibbet is in full work . We-must decimate the half of the population before we can get our prestige back . Next , year will be a year of famine , I anticipate . Plague and pestilence follow . Every one , from the ryot to the zemindar , is plundering and murdering , and if this state of things last , where will be the harvest ? I ana afraid that from scarcity this city "will be hard to hold . The roads are all closed , and there is no income of grain . Taking oar own . division only , Jaampore , Azimghuc , and Gonuhpore are empty and burnt to the ground . Allahaba / i i * a heap of ruins , and not one village but is out on a marauding expedition . "

    A letter from the wife of Lieutenant Charles Tucker , late of the loth Irregular Cavalry— the only cme belonging to that body whose life was sparedrelates the circumstances of his escape . H © ie nowsafe with his wife , or was at . the last accounts ; bat he was suffering from fever , brought en by Ms seventeen days' perils . Mrs . Tucker thus writes : — " On the Suuday before the mutiny at Sultanpore ( which was on the Tuesday morning ) , Charlie went out some distance to meet the wing of his regiment which he commanded at Seetapor ' e , and which was inclined to mutiny , to see if he could pacify the men ; and he apparently did so , a-nd brought them , with the second in

    command , into Sultanpore on the Monday night late . About eight o ' clock on the Tuesday moniing poor Colonel Fisher , -while out , -was shot through the body by the native police . Charlie directly wen . t to him , and , after much trouble , persuaded some of the men to get him into a dooly . He said he was dying ; bnt Charlie took out the ball , and gave him some water . He then tried to persuade the regiment to come near their Colonel , but no ono wonld obey any order . They were all under some trees close to our house . A party of them then made a rush at Captain Gibbings , who was on horseback at a little distance , and killed him ; aud then tho men shouted to Charlie to go away .

    " He found it was all over then , and so rode off . Three men rode after him about a mile , and then returned . He thinks that they must have wished to spare him , as they could easily have done anything they liked ; but he was , I believe , a groat favourite with the wing he commanded at Seetaporo . Ho rodo some distance , and then got into a jungle , where ho stayed a great part of , the day 5 but ho had first gone into a village , with one of his grooms who had got his mare , and who said Ira would toko care of him , but Charlie found out thnt he meant to betray him 5 so ho rode ofl .

    •• Only fancy how dreadful it was for him to bo wandering about in tho heat of the day , not knowing where to go , and getting jvcople to give him water to drink nt wells , and at last drinking it out of littlo streams , hewna so terribly thirsty . At last , about four o ' clock in the flltcrnoon , ho . asked a man whom ho saw for some w « tor , ana also if ho could protect him , for ho and hia hoi 90 wore both getting knocked up . The man said ho would , ana took him into his village and aftor wards to irU man tor , who Hv 6 < J in a native fort , antl who was the principle person in tho place ; and thevo Charlie- stayed untu tho party from here went to fetch him . Hid cscapo was moat providential , for he did not know tho pcopio about there , Soon after he had reached tho nallvoa honso four others from Sultanporo arrived ; but one oi them know the way to tho person who took Chixrlio in . Ho must bo a most noblo-haartod natlvo , for when wo took Ondo it holf ruined him . He ia to have quanutwa of presents from Charlie , St . Georgo , Henry , and i

    uoljevo from Government . " .. (| . Mr . S . II . Batson , surgeon of tho late 74 th Nfttlio Infantry , gives a very Interesting »« c ° ' A "' + escape from Delhi to tho army now slit ng in iron * of that city . It was at first reported that he niw been massacred 5 but thin wro erroneous i *« stratcnjT—»

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/6/