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      The International Hotel. It Is A Mortify...

      those who in a great city like London are , for a great nart of the day , divided from their homes , besides an eaually numerous class who reside habitually at ji distance from home . In fact , this huge metropolis is gradually developing several classes that more or less need hotel accommodation . Many who can afford it join clubs ; but here the expense not only consists iu the annnftl outlay , but in the uncertainty which always overhangs an immense multitude of our fluctuating population . There are thousands upon thousands of men in London who abstain from joining a club because they are not certain of their movements for three months together ; what they want is a temporary club , and particularly one which shall afford them the requisite conveniences at a fair price , but at a price which they can ascertain beforehand . Let an hotel be started upon such principles at the opening , and the concourse at its doors must pass all calculation .

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      • qo THE LEADEll . [ No . 422 , April 24 , 1858-O * / v / ¦ — —— ¦ . ^ = i = ^ r = i ^ : : — = r -- . - —i—l -,- ¦ _ : —__

      The Indian Revolt. —<»—"We Have No New F...

      THE INDIAN REVOLT . —<»—"We have no new facts from India to record this weekj but some of the details of the operations at Lueknow will be found below . The next mails will probably enable us to form some idea as to what the mutineers propose to do now that their chief stronghold has been taken from them . " Two Sepoy regiments from Barrackpore , " says a private letter , dated March 12 th , " have been sent to China ; others to the Andaman Isles . General Hearsay found out the plot , which was that the Sepoy guard coming down from Barrackpore to relieve the guard at Calcutta was to be provided with arms , and also arms for the guard relieved by the Rajah of liainpore , a man just out from England . He and others implicated are lodged in the fort . " The sum of 942 / . 5 s . Id ., for the Indian Mutiny lielief Fund , has been received from Mexico , with the expressions of a hope that a further considerable sum will be remitted . In transmitting tins sum , Messrs . Graham , Geaves * and Co ., add that , " it cannot fail to be gratifying to the Relief Committee at home to observe the considerable amount received from foreigners of all nations , but especially the French ; and the committee here have felt themselves under the greater obligations for this liberality that it was entirely spontaneous . THE TAKING OF THE MARTINIERE . Mr . Russell , the Special Correspondent of the Times , gives the subjoined account of one of our recent successes at Lucknow : — "Early in the morning ( March 9 th ) , Brigadier-General Sir E . Lugard was directed by the Commander-in-Chief to make his arrangements for taking the Martiniere at two p . m ., with the following instructions : — " 'He will employ for the purpose the 4 th Brigade , with the 38 th and 53 rd Regiments of the 3 rd Brigade in support . The 42 nd Highlanders will lead the attack , and seize , as a first measure , the huts and ruined houses to the left of the Martiniere , as viewed from the Brigadier-General ' s front . "While the movement is being made upon the huts in question , the wall below the right heavy battery will be lined very thickly with at least the -wing of a regiment , which will be flanked again by a troop of R . A . The huts having been seized , this oxtended wing behind the wall will advance right across the open on the building of the Martinifere , its place being taken immediately by a regiment in support , which will also move rapidly forward on the building . But the attack on the liuta is not to stop there . As soon as they are in , the Highlanders must turn sharp on the building of the Martiniere , also following up the retreating enemy . The heavy guns of the right battery , as well as those belonging to the troop , will search the entrenchments of the tank and the brushwood to the right , while this advance is going forward . The whole line of tho ruined huts , Martiniere , & c , having been seized , the engineers attached to the 2 nd Division for the Operation will be set to work immediately by tho Brigadier-General to give cover to the troops . The men employed in the attack will use nothing but the bayonet . They are absolutely forbidden to fire a shot till the position in won . This must be thoroughly explained to tho men , and they will be told also that their advance is flanked on every side by hoary and light artillery , as well as by tho infantry fire on the right . The Brigodier-Gonoral will causo hia whole division to dine at twolve o ' clock . Inlying pickets will remain in camp . Tho 90 th Foot , now ia the Mahomed Bagh , will bo relieved by a regiment from Brigadier-General Franks ' n division . The troops will not bo allowed to pass tho Hnoa of huts and tho building without orclore . ' _ «< _| tnecdfl not a word from mo to point out the clearness arid simplicity and careful ness of tii ' eso ordersr They wore thoroughly conalderod , and well understood and oarriod out . " On returning to the Dilkooahn , about twelve o clocic , I saw on anxious group of enilora at tho entrance to one of tho rooms . ' Captain Pool ' s woundod , sir , thoro ' B a end business , ' said one of the men , in roply to my question . It was indeed bo . Ho had walkod out of tho battery to look out for a good spot for another gun , nnd

      a matchlockman shot him through the thigh . The ball had passed by the bone , and could just be felt under the skiu at the other side . Soon tho surgeon came with chloroform , and the ball was cut out . Our guns were now thundering away—mortars , howitzers , and 24-poundera —at the pits , huts , and Martiniere , from which the enemy kept up an incessant fusilade of the weakest sort—the only thing remarkable about it being its pertinacity . The time wore on , and at last the Highlanders and Sikhs came marching from their camp , and . drew up behind the Dilkoosha . The Chief , General Mansfield , and staff were on the roof ; but , as the moment approached , Sir Colin went down , and , on foot among the men , gave his last orders to the officers . And now just observe this fact : —The enemy had remained steady in their trenches under the fire of six mortars and ten heavy guns and howitzers . But the instant they caught sight of our bayonets , and that the lines of the Sikhs and Highlanders came in view , we observed them , by twos and threes , and groups , and at last in masses , running and marching at the double as fast as they could clear out of the works , and moving to the roar or stealing oft' under cover of their parapets . The Coinmander-in-Chief came up to the roof again just in time to see the complete success of his plan . The orders were obeyed beautifully . We saw the Highlanders , with skirmishers thrown out in front , advancing rapidly , without a sound in their ranks , towards the Martiniere , while the Sikhs on their flank , agile as panthers , ran at full speed towards the trendies , from which the enemy , firing a few hurried shots from their muskets , were flying so fast that not a man was left inside by the time our troops were within two hundred 3-ards of the Martiniere . But their gunners on the right of the Martiniere , along the canal works , had seen the attack , and they began to pitch round shot up to us , and to plump them among the dhooly-bearers and light baggage advancing in rear of our column . In less than ten minutes , we saw Highland bonnets among the trees in the park , and the Sikhs rushing through the ruins in ' the rear , looking in vain for an enemy . I should have mentioned that , before the assault took place , an officer came iu to say that the enemy in the canal trench , be- j hind the Martiniere , fearing an enfilading fire from Outram , had abandoned the works , but our glasses told j us that there were Sepoys still in the Cavalier Bastion and behind the high parapet which ran across the head ! of the canal . The Commander-in-Chief therefore sent j the following order to Sir James Outram at one p . m . : — ; It is stUl possible to make out people ( the enemy ) on ¦ the line of the canal . The Commander-in-Chief requests that guns may be placed in position to enfilade it . ' " These orders were soon obeyed , and , while . the Highlanders , advancing to the wall of the Martiniere park on the left , gained the whole enclosure , another body of them anil the Sikhs took possession of huts in the rear of the building , and engaged the enemy lining the parapet of the canal trench . But soon round shot and shell from Outram ' s guns , sweeping the whole of the left of the line , forced the enemy to abandon the works they had constructed with much care and labour , and on which they had relied with such confidence . The Chief , and hia staff and followers , now galloped over to the Martiniere . Mounting to the summit , we had a splendid view of the position , but the enemy opened two guns on us , and Sir Colin ordered all officers not on duty down at once . Outram was creeping on , and his guns , ranging almost up to our skirmishers , with repeated discharges swept every inch of the enemy ' s front on their left , and crushed them utterly , so that they contented themselves with some weak musketry fire from long distances , and evacuated the parapet and bastions up to tho Second Cavalier . "At four p . m ., Sir Colin sent orders to Sir . Tamos Outram to place his mortars in position to shell the Kaiserbngh as soon as possible , and soon afterwards tho Highlanders and a party of the Sikhs , turning to their right from tho Martiniere , seized upon tho enemy ' s abandoned works , and established their pickets iu the second bastion . " Our loss in gaining this considerable success was trifling . " THE OASI ! OF BRIOADIIin OAUTIIRW . We read in the Time a : — " A short correspondence relative to tho conduct of Brigadier M . Carthow , commanding Madras troops in India , appeared on Monday . His conduct in rotrcuting from a position which ho had boon directed to defend on tho evening of tho 28 th of Novomber appears to have boon consurcd by the Commandor-in-Chicf ( in India ) , and tho Brigadier endeavours to exculpate , hUnnulf . Major-Genoral Wiiidluun wan referred to fur his opinion , aud ho thinks that Brigadier Carthow ' hwa mailo a fair representation of his views . ' Ho had hoped , however , ~ thttt . a . certulu-roiul ' orouincuLl ,-uuppllod . L ) y _ l » iiii .. n'ould . limvu ^ prevented tho necessity of retirement on tho part of the Brigadier , and honco hia uurpriao at tlio rotroat . Sir Colin Ouinpboll accordingly withdrew hia coiiduro , and wished his Mem . to bo deemed null and void . It had , howovor , boon already forwarded to tho Court of Directors , so that its annulment wus thou impossible . " AN USOAVJS VHOM TUB MUTINICUK 3 . Some particulars of tho ottuupo from tho mutiuoora

      of a party of English is given in a letter from N ™ ~ , Tal , dated February 8 th , 1858 : — ' Pl ^ e " Captain llcarsey , who had an appointment in 0 ml before the revolt , came in here the other da 3 > . He ? i several others , has been wandering about since June W , The party witli . him consisted of Mrs . Greene , Miss Jack son , and a Mrs . Rogers , a sergeant ' s wife , all from Seeta " pore . They were joined by Captain Hastings , a Madras officer , and Mr . Gonnc ; also by Mr . Brand and Mr . Carew from -Shajahanporc . They kept together for nearly a month in the jungles , till one night they were attacked and their party separated , the ladies and Mr . Carew together The remaining four ( gentlemen ) never saw or ° heard anything of the ladies and Mr . Carew afterwards . The four ( Captain Hearsey , Captain Hastings , Mr . Gonne and Mr . Brand ) kept together , suffering great privations ' In August they were all prostrated by jungle fever . Mr Gonne died after twelve days of suli ' ering , and wa 3 buried early in September . The others recovered , but Captain Hastings only partially so , for he died in December . Captain Hearsey nnd Mr . Brand got away dressed as natives ; the former wandered from place to place for a month , and at last reached Nyiiee Tal , and Mr . Brand escaped to Nepal . "

      The Orient. Kgypt. Tin-: Disturbances In...

      THE ORIENT . KGYPT . Tin-: disturbances in the Soudan ( says an Alexandrian letter ) are far from being appeased ; and , for the second time , the armies of the Viceroy have been defeated . The insurgents have at their head a certain Nasser , an old Mameluke of Meheinet Ali . In the second affair Nasser surrounded half of the army of Go . smau Bey , and massacred without mercy all the Egyptian soldiers who fell j into his hands . Arakcl Bey , Governor of the Soudan , i is animated with the best intentions ; but it must not ; ' be concealed that it will be long before the savage and ! warlike nations contided to his management will admit Egyptian rule , and that it will require the most persevering efforts on the part of Said Pacha , aud a considerable force , to reduce them to submission .

      | | America. Coxgrkss Has Been Busy With...

      | | AMERICA . Coxgrkss has been busy with one or two political questions . In the Senate , the Bill providing for the employment of five regiments of volunteers has been amended so as to reduce the number of regiments to throe—one to be employed on the frontiers of Texas , and the others in protecting emigrant and Government trains on their way across the plains . In that shape , the bill was passed by a vote of 41 to 13 . The House of Kepresentatives has amended the bill for the admission of Kansas under tho Lecompton constitution by substituting for it Mr . Crittenden ' s proposition for submitting the constitution to the votes of the people , when , if it be rejected by them , another convention shall frame a new constitution , while , in the event of its being approved of , Kansas- shall at once be admitted into the Union as a State by proclamation of the President . The bill , as thus " amended" ( if such an entire reconstruction can be so called ) , was rejected by the Senate by 32 to 22 . The nuti-I-ecompton victory in the Lower House was commemorated on the night of the 2 nd iusU by a salute of one hundred and twenty guns , iired from tho battery at sunset , and by a display of fireworks in the park in the evening . The House has since determined , by U !» votw to 111 , to adhere to its decision , ami it is thought that the Sonato will ask for a committee of conference . Some other bills , of less European interest , have been discussed . There has been another " scene " in the benute . Mr . Chutfiuld , of New York , became disorderly in tno course of a debate , and , on a motion to that ellect being carried , was forcibly removed by tho Serjeant-at-arms . The steamer Sultan was burnt to tho water s edge , anu sank near St . Genevieve , Mobile , about throe uclock on tho morning of the 2 nd inst ., and between fifteen a twenty persona are supposed to have lost their lives ay tho catastrophe . The Sultan was bound for New Orleans with a full cargo of produce , which , togullier witn w boat , will be a total loss . .,-, . . v , n Tho steamships of tho Oollliw H » o-tlio Adriatic , tuo Baltic , and tho Atlantic—were sold at auction on tno 1 st inst . by order of tho Shei-ill ' . They wcro wW to tfotlmr , nnd brought 50 , 000 dollars . ' 1 lui hens on in » property amount to 057 , 000 dollars . Hi" vwueii » r valued at 2 , 500 , 000 dollar * . Tho purchaser was » i . Dudley B . Fuller , of tho linn of Fuller , Lord , and to , iron merchants , , , „ .,. ,, f Tho motions pending between tho ( .. oven . uwn ¦ » Pnm / ruuy , on tli « one hand , mid lho . su nl 1 J « w « Franco oil the other , linvu been tlc-llnillvul ^ niiU "llll" * JJJ settled . Tho same result , is aniiHp . iU- l in ° " £ / " with tho United States dispute ; nnd a joml « 'll » lu l 8 J ^ , 1 iHsT 3 totoilr i » 'iiboulrto-bw ~ ap |* oliil . oaJu-lJMUJl ^ V . l ijj r ----for tho investigation ami duclaiou of nil pominife claims . , , , i . mi | i , Tho Suiubutrio , of lluomw Ayron , nmiouun'H tli . »«« on the lULli of February , of Mr . Olmrloa < . t . ro Oiihu «> , of UlrWilliftin O ,, r « Oilnwloy , Into Mhilhler '" '"'" ^" t of her Britannic Majonty in tho Mlv « r Plato , and at i > ie *« her Special OomiuiHdioiior in tho United Stale * . ^ " A vory ojctraordliiary cuso of lorgory , * " }

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24041858/page/6/