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gqjgy August 7,1858.] ¦ TMK E LEADEE. 7«...
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SANITARY MATTERS. The Quarterly Return o...
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to the troops upon going into cantonments , and active operations of any magnitude are now suspended until the end of the rainy season . " The Governor-General , it is said , is about to leave Allahabad for Calcutta , with , the view of returning to Europe . " Among the officers killed at Gwalior , are Lieutenants TSeaxe , 71 st Highlanders , Ridley , 14 th Light Dragoons , and Rose , 25 th Bombay Native Infantry . " Mr . Russell , the Times Special Correspondent in India , "svho has arrived at Simla , is still a great sufferer , and not able to walk , from the severe injury caused by the kick of his horse .
" Two of the murderers of Mrs . Matthews , in Agra , have been hanged . They were principals in the act , and the case was a very horrid one . The deceased was a very old woman ; they stripped her and covered her with straw , to which they set fire , hoping by this torture to induce her to show where her money was hidden . The ruffians died as they had lived , fanatics to the last . They addressed the crowd , and said , ' Salaam , Hindoos and Mussulmans ; take notice , we die for our religion . ' Their bodies were sent to the dissecting school . Two of the principals in the murder of the Tehsildar of Bah , in February , have also been hanged . " Sir James Outram has taken , or is about to take a trip from Calcutta to Galle , and back , for the benefit of his health .
The persons who drew up the celebrated Calcutta petition for the recal of Lord Canning , have published a reply to some remarks by the Governor-General . They vindicate their original statements , and deny that they ever encouraged a desire for indiscriminate vengeance on the insurgents . DEATH OP THE MOULVIE OF LUCKXOW . We read in the Delhi Gazette ; — "On the 15 th of June , the Moulvie arm-ed from Mahoomdee at Powayne , about sixteen miles north-east of Sbajehanpore , with a considerable body of cavalry and some guns ; he surrounded the Gurree of the Rajah of that place , by name Juggernath Singhand first
de-, manded that the Tebsildar arid Thannadar , who had taken refuge with the Rajah , should be given up to him ; his request being refused , he commenced his attack upon the place . The Rajah and his two brothers Buldeo Singh and Komul Singh , led out their force to oppose the Moulyie . The fight is said to have lasted nearly three hours . The Moulvie was shot , and , the moment he fell , his head was cut off by order of Buldeo Singh . The head and trunk were sent in to Shajehanpore to Mr . Gilbert Money , the Commissioner there , by the Kajah of Powayne . The Eajah ' s former conduct has been
, and still is , under investigation , regarding the part taken by him during the recent disturbances , more particularly with reference to his treatment of the unfortunate fugitives from Shajehanpore on the day of the mutiny , when they reached Powayne . The Rajah under these circumstances , has felt himself ' under a cloud . ' and has done this signal act to prove his fidelity and loyalty to our Government ; and whether his former conduct was open to suspicion or not , he has , at any rate , done us excellent service in ridding us of one of the most determined of the rebel chiefs , and one of our greatest enemies . " THE ItECAPTUKE OF CWALIOR . An . elaborate nccount of the recapture of Gwalior by fcir Hugh Rose is given by the Times Bombay correspondent , who writes : — " General Rose broke up his camp at the village of Sassowlee on the morning of the 16 th of June , and marched towards Gwalior . Three miles to the eastward of the city and fort , and therefore between them and Sir Hugh ' s advance , lies the Moorar Cantonment , former !} the head-quarters of the Contingent . On reconnoitring the station , Sir Hugh found that it was occupied by the enemy in force . An immediate advance was
ordered . The enemy ' s fire was at first smartly sustained , lut the First Brigade turned their left flank , silenced the guns , and drove them through tho whole length of the cantonment in rapid rout . Emerging at the other end of the lines on their proper right , the Second Brigade were upon them , and , as they iled towards the city , Horse Artillery , Cavalry , and Infuntry followed in hot emulation . For the two former arms the ground was little favourable ; but tho infantry , advancing in skirorder
wishing , made play with their rifles , and in one part ot the field were engaged , if on a small scale , yet most desperately . A party of the Sepoys had taken refuge from tho pursuing Horso -Artillery in a deep and narrow nullah , out of which they kept up a firo from th « ir muskets . A company of the 71 st came up , and went straight at them . Wyndham Neave , leading the Jtlighlanders , was shot dead at the edge of tho ditch ; but the next instant his men were down among the rebels , and his death wassternlv avoiicotl . Stonriilv tii «
¦ kxropean bayonet boro down the nutive tulwar . The wouud « d Sepoy hugged tho fatal steel , to deliver with th i " 8 alr < i"gtli one last cut at his opponent . All HJftt liflto and despair could do vas done , and in vain , wot a man loft tho ditch nlive . Tho corpses numbered jorty-thrcc . Of tho Highlanders , besides poor Neave , uiree wore killed and five more or less severely wounded oy sword cuts . No other loss is reported on the English awe , and that of tho rebels wan light . But tho Moorar
Cantonment was occupied , and , in anticipation of further aiul complete successes , an express was , as-I" have said , at once despatched to Scindia to bring him down to the scene of action . Meanwhile , Brigadier Smith ' s column—Ting 8 th Hussars , wing Bombav Lancers , the 9 oth , Bomfcay 10 th Native Infantrr , and a Bombay troop of Horse Artillery—joined , as I have said , by Orr and his men of the Hyderabad Contingent , was advancing from Antree , where the junction had taken place . Early in the morning of the 17 th , tlie Brigadier was at Kota-ki-Serai , ten miles from Gwalior , on the little river Oomrar . Beyond this point , the road crosses or winds among successive ranges of
hills till the plain in wiiieh Gwalior lies is attained . Below . ^ and in front of the first of these ranges , the enemy ' s pickets were observed in Kota-ki-Serai when morning broke . Skirmishing parties of infantry were thrown across tlie stream , and a squadron of the 8 th Hussar 3 followed to reconnoitre , when they were fired upon from a concealed battery . An advance in force was now ordered ; the cavalry charged and took the battery , of three guns , and the infantrv carried and occupied the first range of heights . On o ' ur side , Lieutenant Reilly , of the 8 th , was killed or died from sunstroke , and Crealock , of the 95 th , and Anderson , of the Bombay Lancers , were wounded . On the side of the
enemy is credibly reported to have fallen no less notable a person than the Ranee of Jhansi . Eitherby the bullet of a rifleman or a fragment of a shell—for reports differ on this point , as they are likely to do—this determined and valiant , if duel and abandoned , woman met an end not unfitting her soldierly qualities . Her body was not found ; was burnt at once , it is said . The effects which she had . saved from the general wreck at Jhansi fell to her rebel confederates . "On the following day , the 18 th , Smith ' s force remained quiet—only exchanging long shots with the enemy on the next range of heights , whose fire was annoyingly good—waiting to be joined by Sir Hugh Rose . Sir Hugh , seeing that the strong positions of the enemy lay all in front of his subaltern officer , -whose force alone might not be sufficient to carry . them , ' -det '
erncfined to join liirn by a . flank march with the greater part of his division . On the 18 th , by a circuit of twelve miles to his left , through . - Kota-ki-Serai he attained his object . The following morning , reconnoissances of the positions of the enemy on their heights were met with smart resistance , and gradually , by the impetuosity of the rebels , were turned into a general action . The whole force advanced—the 86 th in skirmishing order on the left , the 71 st similarly on the light , the 95 th and Bombay 25 th and 10 th Native Infantry supporting . The 86 th took the troublesome guns and the heights opposite them . y the 71 st were equally successful . All the higli ground cleared , the force appeared at the edge of the plain of Gwalior , about a mile broad . By three in the afternoon , after a running fight of more than five houTs , tlie town of Gwalior was occupied , aad the enemy were in full flight . "
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Sanitary Matters. The Quarterly Return O...
SANITARY MATTERS . The Quarterly Return of the Registrar-General has just been issued , and contains its usual array of interesting facts : — " Marriages . —30 , 034 marriages took place in the quarter that ended on March 31 st ; and consequently GO , 0 G 8 persons married in tho three months . The number is less- by 6700 than the number of persons who married in each of the winter quarters of the two previous years , and is rather more than the number of persons wlio married in the hard winter of 1855 .
" Increase op Population . —169 , 170 births and 107 , 193 deaths were registered [^ during tho quarter ending June 30 th ] ; and the natural increase of the population of England and Wales was 61 , 977 in 91 days ; or C 81 daily . The probable natural increase of the population of the United Kingdom was 1021 daily . In the preceding winter quarter , it was estimated at 750 . 40 , 961 persons sailed from tho ports of tho United Kingdom nt which there arc Government emigration agents . After distributing proportionally 4084 of
undistinguished birthplace , it appears that 1930 were of foreign , while 20 , 027 were of Irish , 4702 of Scotch , and 14 , 252 of English origin . Of the English emigrants , 5717 sailed to tho Australian colonies , 1543 to the North American colonies , 6218 to tho United States , and 774 to other places . The emigration is still decreasing ; it wna « t the rate of 157 daily from England and Wales , 129 daily from the inhabitants of the United Kingdom . In tho spring quarter of 1852 , six years ago , 1875 of tho people emigrated daily .
" Thick of Provisions . —The prices of the principal articles of food have followed different rates ; tho prico of the quarter of wheat has regularly fallen in the three montlis of April , May , and Juno of the years 1856 , 1857 , and 1858 , from C 8 s . 8 d . to 5 Cs . 9 d ., and to 44 s . 10 . a qunrtcr ; by the enrenso at L-cadcnhnll and Newgate Marltct beef wns 6 Jd ., 5 $ d ., and 5 £ d . ; and mutton , 5 ld ., . ) Jd ., and 5 £ d . a pound . While the price of wheat foil the price of potatoes ( York regents ) rose from 80 s . nnd 128 s . to 163 s . a ton , at tho waterside market , Southwark . The prices of animal food declined , tlie prico of wheat fell 8 ( i per cent . ; the price of potatoes rose more tlian 100 per cent , in the interval . "
it 1267 . The comparison thus made shows a reduction of more than 100 in the deaths of last week , but it is necessary to remark that cholera was spreading with great violence in the last week of July , 1849 ., and with diarrhoea was fatal in 1007 cases ; that the same epidemic had commenced at this time in 1854 ; and therefore the average , which comprises both periods , is too high to be used for comparison in a season which , like the present , is comparatively healthy . It will be found that the mortality of last week approaches very near an average derived from non-epidemic seasons , v . .
The Registrar-General ' s last Weely Return states : — " The deaths registered in London in the week ending last Saturday , July 31 st , are 1161 , and exhibit a slight increase on those of the previous week , when the number was 1132 . In the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in tlie weeks corresponding with last week was 1152 ; but as the deaths now returned occurred in a population which has annually increased , they can only be compared with the average after it has been raised in proportion to the increase—a correction which will make
The mortality from diarrhoea shows an increase , the deaths having risen from 127 in the previous week to 1 C 8 last week . Five occurred in the sub-district of St . Mary , Paddingtou , five in Cam den-town , nine in Islington East , six in Christchurch ( Southwark ) , five in Lambeth Church s \ ib-district , second part . Fifteen deaths are referred to " cholera , " and twelve of these occurred to children . In the case of a man who died in . Black Bull-yard , Gray ' s-inn-lane , the disease is returned as ' Cholera Asiatica . ' .... " The three oldest persons whose deaths are in this
return are a man aged ninety-four years , and two widows who -were ninety-five . Last week , the birth 3 of 877 boys and 780 girls , in all 1657 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number-was 1459 . "
Election Intelligence. Guildfokd.-—-A Me...
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . Guildfokd .- — -A meeting of Liberal electors at Guildford took place on Friday week . All the Liberal candidates were invited ; but the chief speakers were Mr . Campbell and Mr . Murrougb , both of whom expressed their entire concurrence with the principles of Keform . and progress . A resolution was ultimately passed , to the effect that the Liberal electors should select a candidate from the three gentlemen at present in the field , and agree to give him . their individual support . It was stated that Mr . Onslow ( one of the candidates ) will not enter into any arrangement of that kind . ' South Devon . —The Conservatives met at the Globe Hotel , Newton Abbott , last Saturday afternoon , to select a candidate to succeed Lord Churston in the representation . Mr . S . T . Kekewich , of Peamore , near Exeter , was nominated ; ' and the election was to take place yesterday . The Representation op Manchester . —Mr . Tho- * rnas Fairbaira has issued an address , in which he announces his intention of contesting the borough of Manchester when a vacancy occurs . He states that his political opinions are " sincerely and truly Liberal , " but that he is not " a radical . " He is opposed to the Ballot , and does not desire either universal or household suffrage ; but " would assimilate the franchise in countie , and boroughs , lower the present standard , and at once adopt machinery by which many professional and educated men , at present disqualified , should be entitled to vote . "
America. Gjsnekal Johnston Entered Salt ...
AMERICA . Gjsnekal Johnston entered Salt Lake City on the 26 th of June . The Mormons were invited to return and take possession of their deserted homes ; but Provo still remained their rallying point . The British Minister in Mexico has received orders to suspend diplomatic relations with Zuluuga ' s Government , unless a better disposition is evinced with regard to making reparation for the claims of English subjects . The New York Tribune regards the new lino of steamers between the United States and Gal way as a fixed fact : It thinks that a small contract is anticipated ( and as good as obtained already ) by Mr . Lover and his associates . A resolution declaring want of confidence in the Canadian Ministry has been lost by a vote of 37 to 48 .
Mexico appears to have reached almost the lowest Btoge of anarchy nnd abasement . The writer of a letter from that country says : — " Several thousand Mexicans aro actively engaged in committing robbery , violation , and murder , and hardly a day passes but we have to lament some atrocity perpetrated by tho numerous sections of the 'Constitutionalist army / almost entirely made up of notorious criminals . I need only alludo to tho sacking of all tho peaceful nnd inoffensive- villages and towns that came in their way , and especially to the pHlago of Guanajuato , which took place a few days since , in spite of the garrison stationed there , consisting of about three , hundred men . Tho Constitutionalists , in much greater numbers , and headed by General Pueblita , who was himself formerly a professional highway robber , fought a regular hattlo with tho garrison , and killed about half of it in tho flrst encounter . The remainder of
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 765, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_07081858/page/5/
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