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The Duke Of Cambbige At Sheffield The Du...
actly to the point where we could go on . working . ( Cheers . ) We have kept nothing for an emergency . Ask yourselves—is it right that a great country like this should be in that position ? { Loud cheers . ' ) I am not for extravagance , but I will put a case . Suppose you require 50 , 000 troops for duty—surely sensible men would have at least 55 , 000 , in order that 5000 should be ready for an }* emergency that might arise , and for which the 50 , 000 would not be available , being employed on their own special duty . ( Cheers . ) You cannot have efficiency if you have not the means at a moment ' s notice to vindicate the honour and position of the country . " ( Cheers . ) Sir Harry Smith , in returning thanks for the army and navy , said : —
" The army -was proud to have a Prince of the royal blood commanding it . ( Cheers . ) The tide in India had turned , and with the powerful army which would now be collected events would rapidly rush in our favour . Speaking from experience , he said the army of India was justly treated , and had no cause for the cenduct of ¦ whi ch ihoy bad boon gu £ ftj-. . No man , oii-il or military , over had cause to predict this misfortune ; it was too much the fashion to blame the East India Company , but the rule of that Company had been one of justice
m every respect . India was won by the sword , and had to be maintained by the sword , but that sword must be one of justice . He saw no- difficulty in the future management of India , unless there was treachery among ourselves in England , and a continuance of that twaddle and mock philanthropy which is too much the rage of the day . The tide of Christianity would flow more rapidly by our simply endeavouring to prove its correctness and its justice than by attempts to force it upon Mahomedans and Hindoos . " The Duke of Cambridge returned to London in theevening .
1012 The Leadeb, [No. 396, Octobee 24,18...
1012 THE LEADEB , [ No . 396 , Octobee 24 , 1857 .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . JLN BAST INDIAH DIRECTOR OM THE INDIAN . MUTINY . Mb . J . P . Whllougkby , M . P . for Leominster ( whose name has recently been before the country in reference to the affairs of the East India Company , of which he is a director ) , in addressing a meeting at Leominster on Friday week , made the following remarks : —" You will probably expect from me , the best portion of whose life has been spent in India , some -remarks upon the origin and cause of these terrible events . I approach this subject with diffidence , but I will make a few remarks with the one proviso , that what I say must be regarded as my own opinion only , and not as that of a party organ —only as addressing you as your representative in Parliament on a subject of the deepest interest . First , then , I cannot agree with those who view this revolt as a national one . I see no indication of its being a general
movement on the part of a people rising against misgovernment , oppression , and wrong ; if so , I should despair of a speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity . But I see many indications that it is hot a national struggle for independence . The masses of the population are with us ; the industrial , the agricultural , the commercial classes are all on out side , and even the resources round Delhi are at our command . Look , again , at the native chiefs and princes , who , with a trifling exception , are all on our aide , and have given us ready and extensive aid . In that part of India with which I was so long connected there lias been no rebellion ; all have proved faithful to the Government , and have given us the readiest help . Even from the remotest provinces the people have come forward to assist the British Government—some with men , some with money , and some with both . Far from considering this a national movement , I think the Britisli administration in India has received
a severe test that our rule ia satisfactory to the general masses of the population . " He considered that the . mutiny -was excited by the infatuation of the Sepoys on the subject of the greased cartridges—an infatuation which united Hindoos and Mahometans in a common cause , and which no amount of vigilance on the part of the authorities could possibly have prevented . Ho denied that the missionaries had anything to do with causing the revolt . In the districts where the missionaries resided there had been least mutiny ; and those Christian teachers had sown much good seed , which he hoped in time would produce good fruit . It was doubtful , also , whether the ' annexation policy' -was in any way to blame for what had happened . At any rate , the Bast India Company had on more than one occasion
resisted and opposed that policy when it waa universally popular , as the Parliamentary records of 1843-4 would show . " There is one other alleged cause to which I would allude , viz . that the East India Company have neglected their duty of evangelizing the natives . This is a largo and wide question ; but 1 think that , while it is our duty to abstain from direct interference with the conversion of natives to Christianity—while wo are bound by treaties and acts of Parliament to tolerate their forms of worship so long as they are not oppoeed to public morals—it is yet our duty openly to avow our Christian faith , and by precept and example to show that we are a Christian nation , acting upon Christian principles . ( CT & eera . ) What wo huvo now to look foils the punishment of those who have bo grossly betrayed their trust ; the liberal reward of those who have nasiated us , particularly those who havo befriended our
countrymen and countrywomen in their distresses . We shall have to reorganize our military force , which no doubt must in the main be dependent upon European arms , assisted by native troops , for it . will be impossible to perform all the duties by Europeans . By a judicious mixture of the two , such a force may be maintained as will prevent for the future the danger from which I hope we have now almost escaped . I am not prepared to defend the system by which India is at present governed . The East India Company may have committed sins of omission ami commission ; but , taken as a whole , their rule has been beneficent , and has done great good to India . "Whether any other system of government may be devised ¦ which , would be more beneficial I cannot say , but it certainly would not answer to place the whole of that vast empire under a Secretary of State , assisted by resident officers . "
THE CLKUGY OK THE INDIAN QUESTION . The meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was held in York on Monday , the Archbishop of York presiding . Alluding to the present circumstances of India , the Archbishop hoped that the Enghstt' cruujjo- nwuM oounl » 6 ablcto r >« t < 3 o-wn this cruel and unnatural mutiny , and that afterwards ' warriors cf a different character might proceed to India armed , not with carnal weapons , but with the sword of the spirit which 3 s the word of God . ' The Bishop of Bath and Wells , in his address , said that he coukl not trace to any authentic source the report that the
Tebellion had arisen from the natives being offended at the attempts made to convert them , and he did not believe that the mutinous regiments had determined to rise together , lie was of opinion that religion had nothing to do with the question . If the government would not promote Christianity in India the people had it in their power to do so . The Rev . Professor Slater , from Calcutta , and other speakers , dwelt on the same topic , and it was argued that the rebellion presents a favourable opportunity for the breaking down of caste , by ia future giving the servants of the Government to understand that their prejudices will not be allowed to iuterfere with their duties as soldiers or citizens .
PUBLIC SPBAKEKS ON INDIA . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , at a meeting of the Tring Agricultural Association , on Wednesday , spoke at some length on the great question of the day , and particularly insisted on the necessity of suppressing the revolt before we enter into any discussion on those errors in our own policy which may have contributed towards the present state of things . " If at this moment , " he observed , " a mad bull were let loose among us , I don't think the best grazier in Yorkshire would induce us to listen to a lecture on the management of horned cattle in general . [ Laughter . ) I think the wisest man would - be , not he who could instruct you in the best method of dealing with dangerous cattle generally , but the man who made the shortest work of the bull . Gentlemen , that is now our object , we must make short work of the bull . " ( Cheers . )
At a meeting in Leicestershire , convened by the High Sheriff of the county . in aid of the fund , the Duke of Rutland , after urging the necessity of vigorously suppressing the insurrection , put in a pica for the execution of discriminating , though severe , justice , rather than of blind vengeance . He was followed by Earl Howe and Lord Berners , the former of whom thought the Government deserving of high praise for the despatch with which troops had been sent out , while the latter dwelt on what he conceived to be our national sin in discouraging Christianity in India . With respect to the Relief Fund , he stated that Major Powys had suggested that , in the distribution of funds of this nature , a recommendation should be Eent to the committee in * l s - 1 t - 3 1 - 1
London to reserve a large portion of the funds for the widows and orphans © f the soldiers wlio lost their lives . Lord Berners believed that at this moment the widows and orphans left totally unprovided for in consequence of the mutiny numbered no less than 40 , 000 . Mr . E . P . Collier , M . P ., and Mr . James Wliite , M . P ., at Plymouth , and Lord John Ha } -, M . P ., at Wick , have delivered speeches on tho Indian question ; but their observations do not present any matter of novelty . MR . GLADSTONK AT LIVERPOOL . o . 0 1 1 , a r
Mr . Gladstone , on Thursday , addressed the governors of tlie collegiate school , Liverpool , in tho liall of the institution . He spoke chiefly on the advantages of public school and university education ; but , towards the close of his speech , lie adverted to tho question of entrance into the public service , observing : — " If a man wants to get his son into tho army or into tho navyinto any branch of tho civil service , even to a landing waitership in tho Customs— -it is a matter of political bogging . But I may be permitted to hopo that tho day is coining when , as far as regards entrance into tho
public service for young men , nearly ovory offico that can be nnmeel will be held up in the face of tho country as tho prize for tho best candidate who offers himself to gain it . It will , in my opinion , bo a great and happy day if wo can nee , as I really begin to believo wo shall see , these offices offered as tho premiums and rewards of honourable oxortion to tho 003 * 8 who , however they may have distinguished themselves by their tnlenta , character , and conduct at schools , feel that their imtuml career lies in the direction of rendering aorvico to their country as tho holders of public offices . "
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STATE OF TllADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday are much less unsatisfactory than might have been expected . It must be assumed however , that throughout the remainder of the year the amount of our exports will be . considerably reduced by the cessation of the American demand . Of course , the various houses on this side desire to say as little as possible of their losses , but hitherto the actual mischief seems not to have been of dangerous extent , the steady conduct of our principal firms having kept them in a position to meet any temporary inconvenience . At Manchester , the failures , although numerous , have been entirely limited to secondary establishments , and the large suspensions at Glasgow are believed chieflv to have comprised houses long notorious for trading beyond their means . At Birmingham , it is said , no severe injury has thus far been inflicted , while from Leeds we have the remarkable statement that 1000 ? . would cover all the liabilities that have yet arisen in connexion with the New York disasters . It can scarcely be hoped that these instances of immunity will continue , and there is little doubt that the aggregate of . debts due to England from failed houses in Novr York , Boston , Philadelphia , and Baltimore is enormous , although from the manner in which they arc spread , and the stability of those upon whom they have fallen , the public in a majority of cases will probably be spared a knowledge of them . Times . Ia the general business of the port of London during tlie same week there has been little alteration . The number of ships reported inward was 223 , being 11 more than in the previous week . The number cleared outward was 124 , including 15 in ballast , showing an increase of 15 . The Board of Customs have granted the privileges of bonding tea to warehouses in the occupation of Messrs . Joseph Barber and Co ., of Brewer ' squay , adjoining . the Blackwall Railway . —Idem .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Major Baufogt , of Midlington House , near Droxford , Hants , has met with an accident which has terminated in his death . He was driving in his carriage down the Northam-road , Southampton , last Saturday afternoon , when the horses took fright and ran away . The Major , though assured by his coachman that he could control the animals , appears to have become alarmed , and jumped out . Falling on the back of his head , concussion of the brain ensued , and he died in a few hours . An inquest has been held on the body of Miss Sarah Flowers , aged forty-three , who died , from injuries she sustained in endeavouring to rescue her sister-in-law , who was burned to death in a fire which recently took place at her residence in High-street , Poplar . The sister-in-law was an aged widow , paralysed . On the morning of last Saturday week , the apartment which she occupied was discovered on fire . Miss Flowers rushed up-stairs . into the room , became overpowered by the heat and smoke , and fell on the floor . She was brought out , insensible and shockingly burnt , by two men who were passing in the street at tho time , and who nobly conducted themselves in rescuing her . She gradually sank , and died last Saturday . The old lady was found burnt to death . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts . The railway collisions continue . As the Lancashire and Yorkshire train from South port , clue in Manchester at a quarter to ten on Wednesday morning , was approachiug Manchester on a sharp curve at "Winclorbridge , it came into collision with an unattached engine crossing the line . The driver hnd seen the obstruction and was trying to stop the train , but , owing ' to the slippery state of the rails from a fog during the night , lie could not succeed . The collision was not a severe one , but it was sufficiently violent to throw nearly all the passengers from their seats , and many of them received contusions about tlie face and head . l ) r . AVood and his wife , of Southport , were passengers , amMvcre sitting opposite each other in a first-class carriage . They were thrown against each other with such violence that both were seriously injured in the head . A sinll iaiAn stst / tia **»«/)* l /¦»»* 'Plirt 0 * 1 oir f *\ . "Ol"k 111 ( T fill tllC I 3 tOUr
Valley Railway between Dudley Port and Albion stations ' . Some men were engaged at the former station shunting a ballast train on to a siding . The evening was foggy , and , the signals being thus obscured , an approaching train ran into the ballast train . The stoker and passengers of the former wore a good deal bruised , lacerated , and otherwise hurt . Two , indeed , have been since confined to their beds , and one of these is the captain of an American barque which was wrecked only few days before off Brideford . , After an elaborate investigation extending over sevcra days , tho jury sitting on tho body of Sarah Ann Huriner , killed on the South Wales Ilailway , came on l" ^'" ^ to the following verdict : — "Wo find that Sin •« 1 > ^™ Harmer came to her death in consequence of " coins ' on tho South Wales Railway caused by the caiele ^ n ^ . of Charles White , the . htation-niastor at Stormy , in " aputching , contrary to his printed instruction * , < l 0 " passenger train on tho uji-line without waiting >» answer to bin telegraphic mc » aage , and in direfit o l'l ' ^ tion to positive orders received from Tort' 1 nluol . therefore find tho Raid Ohnrlea WJrito guilty 01 i" ^ slaughter , and that his statement that ho receive
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24101857/page/4/
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