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No. 396, October 24,1887.1 ¦ THE LEADER....
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THE DUKE OF CAMBBIGE AT SHEFFIELD The Du...
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The Indian Revolt. Wk Have Had No Furthe...
country cart , and covering its open front and back with sheets , in the fashion practised by the families * of Mussulmans when travelling , armed himself , and , mounting his horse , proceeded at our side to a place some twenty miles distant , -where we halted for a time . We continued the journey for several successive days , till we reached Ahmednuggur , and he endeavoured the whole time , by the most vigilant attention and kindness , to lessen the discomforts of the road . In the course of the four or five days , I several times offered ^ him a bag of rupees , which I begged , nay , besought , him to take and use aj ) freely for his own w ants as for ours ; but I could only persuade him to take very small sums from time to time , as they were required for our expenses . Again and again in tae course of our subsequent intercourse , knowing him to be much embarrassed by a large and unavoidable addition to his usual expenses , 1 begged him with great earnestness to allow me to relieve his necessities , or ev-en ( as I found it impossible to induce him to listen to this proposal ) to accept any sum he might require for a time , and till , possibly , he might be in better circumstances ; he suid it would be a ' great disgrace' to him to accept money from me , and that he only desired ' that his name might he good' among the English , and neither by tears nor entreaties could I ever persuade him to change his mind . I had some difficulty in inducing him even to accept as a memorial a ring of little value which I chanced to have on my finger when I bade him farewell ; but the tears streamed from his eyes when 1 told him I felt I owed him more than I ever conld repay , and that to tlie latest hour of my life I should considei him one of n ^ mos t valued friends . Since the abort circumstance occurred , Booran ' s house has been burnt down , as it is supposed , by some one inimical to tht English . "
BIOHtTN LAX . ' S IMPIUSONMENT . The following letter from Molum Lai to a relation has been published in the Lahore- Chronicle : —
"My Dear—— , —Thanks to the merciful God , that , after being detained forty-nine days as a prisoner in the Tort of ' Mo . lagb . ur , ' by " Waleedad Khan ( formerly a loyal subject , obedient ' Talookdar , ' and pensioner of Government , and now n traitor ) , I am free , and again Tinder the protection of the glorious flag of the British Government at Meerut .
" The misfortunes and the dangers I have encountered , and the fearful sufferings I have sustained for the untimely end of poor Hodges , your papa , are indescribable ; however , I give you . a brief account of them , before I tn ' . k personally with you on those melancholy subjects . 81 Hodg ,-s arrived in Delhi on Sunday , the 10 th of Mav . at breakfast , and we were delighted to see each
otber , and making arrangements how to send tbe pair of leopards that I had purchased for the Rajah Sahib . In the evening , I took him in rny carriage , and showed him the principal places in the city . We passed an agreeable night , talking a good deal about your and Henry ' s education , and about how he was discharging duties of his office at Sirsa while so young . " The unhappy morning of the 11 th May appeared . Till eight at morning , all was quiet , and we received nowammnra fnim f 1 n . lfiif . tn . Snililonlv . soon lifter , we
were thunderstruck to learn that the mutineers from Meerut hud arrived , and were perpetrating the cruel deeds of minder , plunder , and burning the houses of the Christians ami those who were there . The infantry regiments followed the cavalry , and , having joined the Delhi garrison , finished the work of massacre . I tremble when I remember that day . ' * A twuil f u-r \ i * * vr -TiMi *• S 4 nn * - \ -i ~ o ivitil 11111 alrnta 111 tllmr
hands mado their appearance before the doors of our house , which were shut . Instigated as they ¦ were by the rogues < if the city , they begun abusive language , adding that this house was of a Christian , and that a ' Sahib' Intel come yesterday and put up here , and that they will murder both of up . Our servants and the street fellows declared that it was not the house of a Christian , nor tliero wus any ' Sahib ' concealed . After they weru besought and treated with noino cash by Sher IOlfl . ll . ilin i *; 1 s . «! i 1 m wont- nwnv llinf ilnv .
" Whilo this was going on outside at the house , your poor papa and myself wcro concealed in a very small dark room , where wood was placed for burning . In the dark of night , Hodges was removed into my uncle's house , ^^• i 11 i tin ? four that , if tho . se Sepoys came again and enter the ' . uiuaii , they should not find him there . " On the 1 : 5 th of Mny , after the rogue * of tbe city had told tho mutineers everything regarding my circumstances ami connexion with Government , they came in , the greater number lilunderinix all the neighbouring
shops . Tlioy entered into my house by force ; they plundered overy thing , and , sifter seizing mo ( as they wcro infomu ' d by certain men of tho city ) , said , by my going to England , I could not remain a Hindoo , anil by sending my daughter for education in London , ami being lvlaUul with your papa , I ennnot be a Mnhomcdnn , adding that 1 warm c raookhbir' of Government , and re-~ .. ' _ - 1 .. ill > - _ . . mivuu ( in uiuinceimnc
. a ingli pension . They will , therefore , put mo to death . Onu of them placed his nnitikct . over my lircast , and w » h about to . shoot me , Tho , nciTiinis of tlii ! females of tho houso , and tho entreatier , ( if tlio neighbouring Hindoos and Mussulmiuis , and the ( Wiinonstriition of tlio ' Kolwul' ( who happened
to pass in that time ) , Induced his comrad ; es to stop him from killing me till they had made further inquiry . " After this , I remained concealed , and moving from one place to another . Hodges was also removed from my ancle ' s house to that of my annt , whence , after remavining a few days , as the people had begun to suspect of his being concealed in her house , Hodges and all of us ( though dangerous ) thought better to try the chance of escape than to be seized and slaughtered in the bouse . He was disguised in colour and dress , and about eight p . m . he left the house for going out of the Lahore gate , and then go on to Kurnal . Unfortunately ( as his guide reports ) , he was suspected by his walk and dress from the mutineers who throng all the streets . After being seized it was proven , by his talk , that he was ha disguise a * Sahib , ' on which , in great perplexity , Hodges told them who he was , whence and where ( mentioning my name ) he came . On this , they shot him to death , and next day most search was made after me . Some of my friends , on spending about 500 rupees , obtained the » permission of ' KUizur Sooltan , ' one of the corrupt ' Sbuihzadahs , ' under the name of the ungrateful king , of my quitting the city with their friend Waleedad IChan , the Talookdar of Malaghur , about two miles from Boolundshahur , where Mr . B . Sapte , the collector and magistrate , was holding his authority . The Khau was a pensioner and loyal subject of our Government , and continued to obey the collector till tbe 10 th of June last . Concealed in a palanquin , I came out of the city in the train of his family . He had promised in Delhi to send me to Agra , and remain faithful to my Government . But the fool , on learning the misfortunes of our rulers in some districts , turned a rebel , and kept me a nrisnner with intentions to murder me on his flight , if
attacked by a European force . u Though not happy , and miserable , I was trying to procure my escape from this traitor ' s hands by some means or other . I wrote secretly to Rao Gholab Sing , a rich and great ' Talookdar up ' Kochesur , ' a loyal subject of * -I ^ n rLAt' / ii-n ivi / int on -i t > rt \ i ninfil r » f * f » nf t 1 *«*» VPil ^ P . l . JlslvlIliT 1 VUU fc ¦ 7
( f L 1 < C VJ < v / * > Jil »* 111 V M , A . t' ^ «* I « . w . * M . « m V ""« w v v — * ——•» - — — — - ^ j him to write to Waleedad Khan to send me to him . The ' llao' kindly sent his ' Dee-wan , ' and asked the favour of the traitor to Fend me to him . But lie declined . I then wrote to a friend of mine in Agra to employ about twenty armed men , come to ' JEalaghur , * and steal my C 3 cape . He could neither get money nor men , and therefore failed to assist .
"I had no other course but to rely on the protection of God , who had hitherto saved me . On the 29 th July , tbe little brave party of Europeans came from Meerut , and defeated tbe traitor ' s force near Haupper . There was so much confusion , consternation , and alarm on the night attack created in the fort by this defeat , tiiat early on the morning of the 30 th I escaped from iiTir /^ nnrrnnri in nalijiilAririinr npfll' t . llft Gailf ^ GS . . . . .
' Thanks , thanks and humble devotions , to the merciful and Almighty God , that , after being forty-nine days in imprisonment , I am free and at ease under the British protection . India was in great crisis , but the g-igantie rule of Sir John Lawrence , and his keeping the Punjab in tranquillity , has kept all the chiefs of India in check and awe . May he live long , and may the gracious Queen and her country make him Ejirl of Punjab . ... " Mohun Lai ,. "
A BELGIANS LETTER FROM BOMBAY . A report has been addressed by Monsieur II . Volkart , the Belgian Consul at Bombay , to the Minister of Foreign A flairs in his own country . It is datcil September 17 th , and contains the subjoined passages : — " The trade of Bombay does not suffer directly , but it i . a not iivmossible that the events in Ben sal mav have
mi indirect intluencc that will be felt in our important market . Our merchants supply the interior for a great distance . Wo furnish articles of European manufacture to provinces now insurgent . Tho demand for those districts has fallen off , and the spirit of speculation also suffers under the iiitlucnci 1 , of an uncertain position . "Whilst in former years transactions bcciune very important at tho t ' lid of tho nmnsoon , because there was nlwnys considerable speculation , the business now doing shows that the native merchants prefer continiuir
themselves to mere purchases for pressing wants . "As regards our export trade , I am happy to be able to state that the districts that supply our market with their produce are in a state of perfect tranquillity , and cultivation and ' produce pursue ) their usual courdo . A circumstance must , however , bo mentioned , which may have its influence . The Government will have need of a great number of menus of transport , for tho conveyan up of tioops , . supplies , and munitions of war , and will lay an embargo on whatever of tho kind it may find on
the routes leading to tho . scat of war , and may thus deprive- tho traders of the possibility of expeditingthiiir goods in tho usual way . According to all appearances , this is tin ; only irregularity likely to produce complications in our market , and those will not bo of any great , importance . " Tim conviction that tholives and properties of Euroami
peans run no risk in our 1 resiliency is general acre , 1 . share the opinion . The niercliantH of l ' . uropi ; in general , and those of IJelgium in particular , who may 1 " - ' lii'sit . atin ^; to continue their : i < . 'r . ustoine < l exporin tioiis to our market have nothing to l ' car , as tti ' -ir interests will Ijo r . s sale us heretofore . "
THE RELIEF FUNOThe meetings and subscriptions fri aid of the fatid continue both in London and the provirtces , -and the amount now in hand is very large . Sir John Pakington , writing to the liondon secretary on the 18 th inst ., says : — "A preliminary meeting was held at Worcester yesterday , and I was there . told by several gentlemen , as I have heard from many quarters elsewhere , that there exists in the public mind , in combination with a desire to subscribe , a feeling that no adequate security has yet beea offered with respect either to the responsibility under which the fund is to be administered , or the principles , regulations , or conditions under which it is to be applied . " To this , the Lord Mayor himself replies , oil the 19 th : — " The business is conducted by a General Committee , whose meetings are held weekly , a Finance Committee , whose meetings are held weekly , and a Belief Committee , who meet twice a week . I enclose to you a list of the names of the gentlemen who compose the Belief and Finamce Committees , which you will iind to include East India directors , Bank directors , merchants and bankers , and officers , both military and civil , who have occupied important positions in India . .... I will only add that a concurrent audit of the accounts of the committee is conducted under the supervision of Sir . Anderson , of the Treasury ; Mr . Andoe , of the Audit-office ; and Mr . Prescott , of the firm of Grote , Prescott , and Co . ... "P . S . The committee have already sent out 30 , 000 / . to Calcutta , 3000 / . to Bombay , and 7000 ^ . to Sir John Lawrence at Lahore , and . are relieving cases of distress at home . " The Governor-General of India has refused to make any Government contribution to the fund , because a grant of public money would tend 'to restrict , if not altogether to close , the sources of private charity . '
No. 396, October 24,1887.1 ¦ The Leader....
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The Duke Of Cambbige At Sheffield The Du...
THE DUKE OF CAMBBIGE AT SHEFFIELD The Duke of Cambridge , on Wednesday , laid at Sheffield the foundation-stone of a monument to the memory of the soldiers from Sheffield who fell duringthe Crimean war , the idea of which originated with a few working men who formed themselves into a com-«^ - * 4- y * j- » * - » j-3 V # -vl I s ^ - » > - < t > ¦ nil | -Nn / -kH « »^ + svt ri * I ll 's \ ^\ * r \ v- ^ m fr *« iuii i ciluu j . ijv
* ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ * uuuee ; _; uu ; ouus ^ iijjiiuiia . ; u < iy « c «» ohserved as a general holiday , and the streets were gay with banners . All the public bodies , and the various societies of Odd Fellows , benefit clubs , & c , were represented ; and many thousands gathered round the spot during the ceremony . At four o ' clock in the afternoon , a cold collation was served at the Cutler ' s Hall , at whicli the Mayor presided . In
answer to the toast ot Ins health , the Duke of Catubridsje said : — " The only subject which of late has given me anxiety was the recruiting for the army . I must , however , tell you—for there is nothing like being frank and open with you—that the ordinary recruiting for the army is progressing in a manner which is perfectly incredible . ( Loud cheers . } The ordinary means of recruiting have in two days alone produced eight hundred men . (/ teiwwed applause . ) That is a great £ aet ; it is a result
which was never obtained during the Russian war ; a result which was never equalled in the military history of the country . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I put this foxward to prove that it is not a mistake to say that we are recruiting remarkably well . There is no doubt that all parties , especially myself , must have felt considerable anxiety as to the lesult . The number of men required is vcrv considerable . How were tliuv to bo -pfifimitflrl ?
Ordinary recruiting , I have no doubt , would in time have produced them . The circumstances are ¦ extraordinary , and extraordinary efforts must be made ; it is of the very greatest consequence that the feeling which baa obtained Ln Shellield should be spread and extended through the country , and the example which Sheffield has in thai respect given is very valuable . On my part , it has been felt very sincerely , and wo feel very grateful to you for it . ( Loud ckeei-s . ) And ¦ what han been donebv Sheffield nrierhtbe done bv other
towns , and not only by towns , hut by individuals . Gentlemen read of these events in India , and say , ' How sad it is ! ' and wish they could assist tho ( Jovornment in their suppression of tho mutiny . Gentlemen , you can assist—every country gentleman , every community , every individual , can assist—if you will take the pains and troublo to explain to men who , from their peculiar position , live very humbly , live from hand to mouth , and say , ' AV liy do you not go into tho winy , when ; you will be well cared for , and do the country service V H "
you do this , you will be hc-iieuting tho country , and tins army will receive great advantage from getting an increased number of good recruits . " ( Loud cheers . ) After observing that the rebellion must bo put down with lirmncsti , though neither wiJ , h indiscriminate vengeance nor undue leniency , and that , though mil' rule in India has boon marked with some faults , . 1 . t i t i . . 1 « m . *! . * . lii .-i I . iitir ii I ii wiioie iuu 3
' . nas , on me , ooun a guuu , u '"" : '" llighniHs proceeded : — "This great , empire must always bo , to a certain extent , prepared for . inch disasters an that which has now eonie upon it . { Chrtus . ' ) U'hat hus been our principleof action V We have cut down our eatuhliahmeat .-i ex-
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24101857/page/3/
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