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• ones ~ detmmds tbal- ^ fe-sfaould-exerfc-ottrselv ^ s-to ^ eep-tt ^ health and spirits as much as possible . There is a reverse to tbls sad pictnte ; 'Delhi may be retaken ia a short time . Aid may come to us , and all may subside into tranquillity once more * -Let-. uahopa for-the-, best , do our duty , and trust in ,-fiod- above all things . Should I be spared , I willwritetoydu by the latest date . Aslong as we can live -In our house during the day , we suffer but little comparatively , but -we rnaybe . shut up at any time . We itntist not gi * e way to despondency , for at the worst we rknovr that we are in God's hands , and he does not for an iastant forsake ua . He -will he with us in the valley of th _« shadow of death also , and we need fear no evil . iGodilesayoul--:- :-.-i-. ¦ . ¦ ¦ .
- •¦ : " -i - --. I iv . Laat night Lthiais written at asubsequent ^ ate , June 1 st ] , after much fatigue , and several nights of i imperfect rest and mental torture , I fell quite into a state of stupefaction . -Body and mind alike refused to be , long « r active v Jt was necessary—just Nature asserting ier lights to restore the exhausted powers . And there ¦ vraa . my child so restless ! and Mrs . H——took heT and ¦ walked about with her , and soothed , the little thing , that -I nvight not be disturbed . I , believe , we shall be some -support to one another under every trial . ' ! .
¦ " ; "¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦• - ¦ c £ Tx : UTr . A . ¦ ; ¦ . • " Sir Colin Campbell , who arrived at Calcutta on the 4 th ' of Aiigust ; in , perfect health , issued the following ^ r ^ lamation to the troops' in -India on the ITtrlbf the ! same month :- — ' ' . '' _ '"' ¦ '" BY THE CX > MMANDER-rN-CHli : F . " Her ' jtfajesty having been graciously pleased to appoini me Comiplaflder-ln-chief of the forces in India , in the loom of ; the late lamented General the' Honourable ( xeorge Anaon and Tier Majesty having" klsb been graciously' pleased ! to confer upon me the rank of General in the East Indies " , T now assume the command of the ' anny in India ' : " ; ^"•'¦'¦'¦¦ " ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦ •¦' ¦' : - ¦¦ ¦¦ . ' . ¦ - .:.
" In doing so it affords me the-highest satisfaction to find under " my orders troops who . have so fully proved themselves , in the recent arduous operations in the field , to be what -I have ever known British-soldiers . in every quarterof the globe—courageous . , faithful , obedient , and enduriri g- ' i ' '¦¦'" ¦ '' ¦¦ - "In former years I have commanded native troops of India , and . by their Blue I have been present in many tattles and victories da which . they have nobly borne their part •? and it is to me a subject of deep concern to leanr that ' soldiers of whom I have been , accustomed to think so favourably should now be arrayed in open and defiant mutiny against a governmentpxoverbial for the liberality and paternal consideration with which it has ever : treated ; its servants of every denomination .
" "When I join-, the force now in the field restoring order to the district disturbed- by the disaffection of the army of Bengal ; : I shall , at the head of the British troops , and of those native soldiers who , though few in number ,, have not feared' to separate- -themselves from their-faithless comrades and to adhere to their duty , feel my old confidence that they will inarch to certain Victory . - ' , : , - ? . ¦ . . :. ¦¦ . ¦ .-. :. ¦ * 'I ahajl .-not fail , jtc > notice , ! and-the powerful Government whicbt I h ^ ve tho honour , to serve will not fail to . iewa . rd , eyery _ instance of fidelity and valour shown by th « , tr , onpB under / my comniand , . _ . . .., .
, . ^ J call upon th # officers and men , of both , . European and native-troops , jealously , to asaist . in the task before ua ; and ,. by the blessing of G-od , we shall soon again see India tranquil , and , prosperous . . -... ¦ , ; ... ' •¦ . » ' :.,. > i . i \ , '" :,:- . ¦ . csigned . y ; , . ; " ; . ; . " . / . ,. ; , ¦ . ; :. ;; . * , ¦ ^ , C . Campbell General , Conanaande . r-in-Ch . ief ., , " Calc , ftt ) t «> v 17 th ^ August , 1857 . " , ., , Mr . Wake ^ a magistrate at Arrah , has transmitted an official report- ofl > the siege and •> relief 1 of that . Trtlace ^ ' ^ 'Hef- writes :-1 - <¦ '> ¦ . .: ¦ .. ¦•
;; ' ! . «« During , the * , entire ! Biege , which lastod seven days , " © very possible Btntfagsm : was practised . against ne . The "curtaorta fwaro'&rdd as frequentl y ' as tliey could prepare ¦ allbt , ' with"whioh ^ the 3 ? wore ' at • 'firtto i unprovided , " and Incessant assault ' s . > wero wade * -upon ' the Iborigftlowl J Not " craly did ou »;< &ikh » nbebavo "with' perfect doolndas and 1 imtiehooi-but thfcir untiring labour met ' and presented : <« VGiy threatened disaster ; ¦ Woto began * to * ran < Bho * t ; 'a wilUof- ; frighted » fleet , by fowwaB inutuntly dug in less ' 4 ixanrtWQlyej < h ( mtBuUiT'ho rebels" ijriwfcL a barricade ; on 1 h 6 top offiUie < q > jx « i-to . house ); - onTa . ^ T » ovr tn the- aatnc i ^ proportion . ! . ' ¦ jAjtlqhobi . shocks a ¦ . > weak . place-, in' 'our > : defence ); i . i the ! placo ^ wna unada . ; twicei as strong as b « fore . i >> i We ' . , began" to ifeol : \ M want . , of animal . food and v thet t-sbort allowunoaj of > gro . iri ; . ft' . 'Bally TnAde At andi four
'Was . night dhcep v brought--in , ' and ifinally we aficertiiimod . boybnd a donbt that ' the eneiny : wero undermining ; ua ; i a ; counter mino Vaa quiokly dug . . iOn thbiflftth , . troopai'sentt to- 'oUr ; rolief ; from Binaporo . rworo attabkqdian « d ' . ll ) enton buold closoi tio ^ tho entrance 1 of / thetowi > ., nOrl tho . noxt d « y ^ the rebels returned , 'and , telling UH . tlmt itlioy faud ) a nnihil » to « li 6 iir relief , offered itho Sikhd andvthu women ' and children ( pt which'thoro Tverejuoiua . ^ viitb . ujo ) thoir * lives , « xml liberty'if they would .. giveinpithei £ k « v ^ ciiin ( 3 it ofllcor * . Awgu st 1 , wowero all offorod our . livea and loavxk to ' gd < o !< Calcutta if wo . would give up oupiarma . On the 2 nd ; tho grcator pnrt i . of tho Sop&yai went out to meet Major , KyreX nold .. foice ,.. and on :, tlieir . being soundly tliraqhad 1 the . rest q £ thorn iubnndoned ,. ltU « station ) and that mghf wo went
oat-and found their nniQe—liad-rdaohed-oiH ^ foundatione , and a canvassed tube filled ¦ with , gunpo-wder was lying handy-to blow us up , in which , however ^ I do not think they could have succeeded , . as their pdWder was "bad ; and another stroke of the pick-.-would have brokeninto our countermine . We ; also brought in the gun which they had left on i ¦ the top . of the opposite house . During the whole siege , only'one man , a Sikh , was severely-wounded , though two or three got scratches and blow 3 from splanters of bricks . ' Everybody in the garrison behaved well ; , but I should be neglecting a duty did I omit to mention
specially Mr . Boyle , to whose engineering ; skill and untiring exertions we in a great measure owe our preservation ; and Mr . Colvia , who rendered the most valuable assistance , and who rested neither day nor night , and took on himself far more than hia share of every disagreeable duty . In conclusion , I must earnestly beg that his honour the Lieutenant-Governor will signally reward the whole of our gallant little detachment of Sikhs , whose sesrvic * and fidelity cannot be overrated . The Jemadar should be at once made a Subahdar . Many of the rest are fit for promotion , and , when required , I will submit a list with details . " - ,
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THE FAST DAY . Wednesday was pretty generally observed , if not as a day Of ' humiliation , ' as a day of abstention from work . ' Labour , however , did' not entirely cease , for it might-be observed every here arid there in obscure places ; , but the shops for tlie most part were closed , and the streets wore a soft of Good Friday look of wretchedness and gloom .- ' An east -wind increased the resemblance ; so that we might almost have imagined that , as Horace VValpole said , " Spring had set iri with its usiial severity . " The clouds gathered thickly , and the rain fell heavily and pertinaciously , balking the hopes of those who designed to humiliate themselves at Grreeirwichi or to fast ( on the contents 1 of heavy baskets ) at Hampstead or
Richmond . Great was the solitude of Piccadilly ; inexpressible the dolefulness of the Strand . Dr . Johnson would not have gone that day , as was his wont , to rub off his hypochondria against the crowds of Fleetstreet , for . the crowds were not there ; nor would Charles Lamb have ' wept with joy at the fulness of life , ' but : rather with depression at the absence of it , in the .. great thoroughfare from Oharing-cxoss to Temple-bar . The mass of the people not being in the streets , nor C 5 ¦ should imagine ) at the chief suburban / places of Cockney resort , excepting at the Crystal Palace to hear Mr . Spurgeon preach , we will take it for granted that they were at church ; and certainly , whatever may be thought of ' humiliation ' according to Itoyal Decree , there never was an occasion , more suggestive of sad and solemn thoughts .
The reporters for the daily papers , saj' that the religious edifices were well attendedj and the streets in the forenoon showed many troops of worshippers passing on to church or chapel . They also showed labouringi men lounging about with their hands in their . ' pockets , and ; ' geuts' with cigars . i n . their iaQUtVw ,, cUa | fer ] ag . for apples and nuts with itinerant girla ,, ajjd evidently not going to church or chapel . Here ,, flhrillrVOAced women and husky-voiced mentransformed for the nonce into , a species .. of Christian rauezzias ^ . fchoHgli . calh ' ng . fron > the muddy pavement insteadiof Ihe . niry distances , . of minarets , and haying a truly ,. Episcopal eye tx > money matters—bawled outj- , ; Mornin ' and . pYQ » in' fraj ^ r , a penny ! " There , the .: mopiivg . policern . an stalked along by himself , like one of < aiv , Army of blue devils . S , nch ,.. ia London streets , jvyue ; t . be outward . aspect of the Fast .
Wrtllip the . churches ,, / tliere . were , we may be sure , many ., devout ,,, and no doubt many sorely stricken , M or 8 hJwp 3 rs . TTT ^ VJWW ^ Isp , who only went because the Queen , icon \ niftn , < lod , tho n ) ,, ;» nd it . was ' the thing . ' JqtO ,. i l ^ ciep . ths , pf whatever * \ yas , renl iu the way of njigui 8 U , i . apd ,,, D ?' 9 io , nate , aupplicatio ^ i , let us not attempt ; bQ ,. pry ,. h . ut aiipply , cull , fpr the reac | er a few extracts from the . cl ) jef sppinon ^ qf the day . / ,.. > .. I ) . i . j .. >( M ? Jl ? Atjb ' e CA . THEDnAl .. :. a . " The cathedral 'Wrts ' iorowded to overflowing , and the * Tnor-nirtg se-Tfmon wa * proacheil by-the . Rev , Morgan 1 < D 6 wiej ? who seleotedi as his t&xt the . words , from the'flrsC'book-of-Samuor , chttpber-. 17 ^ verse- A 1 , M The battle ia'theIiord ' ej " - Ho ohaorvied : ^ - ' , ' , ¦ ; ...
' •** « ll-must recognize vn the calamity itho chastening hand ' of 1 < Srod ; " > They wore bcing . ipunishodilicaauee they liad shown thcmsolvea ' OO-warda' la lighting the battle of God Ini India / ' - They UaAmcglocted to spread tho . Ohrlatian- roligion avmtmgat tho , idolatrous .-raues , iof that 'mighty'omplroi Ho ^ irould > B . ot condemn , the British ¦ ruld in'India- ^ .-pk ) fl » ibly , 'it had boen prQ ^ Uiotivo of some ambnnf bf ' Rood ^ but ithei BritishXiovornraont had not cvincod" ehfliclent . anHie-ty . * fpr the . real welfare , of , tho -pcoplel ; , Thoio were-very'fow , persona engagediin . the task of- OhriBtiariicsing ; tho .. licatliea . in . India—rfowor , muchfewcrf compared with tholiurg&nroa ofitho empiro , than tlMvshiivlliiiid devoted nrniy . at presonfc . contending aguinst . tiia . chidf city > of > Ovule / Thoy .: l » iul not fouglit tho battle . oft tho LorU M India ; they had- only been engaged in fighting tho Imltlu of onun , andiif they wore sincaro tlxat doyfche 3 ?< could nojt . J > olp , aoJtnowJ « Ugii ) g that
fcheir- 6 hortcoming 3-in ~ Iadia-4 wid-b « en visited by the aational calamity they all deplored .,, He trusted the fearful atrocities . in India would be punished ,-but aot imitated Vengeancedidnot belong . to man ^ -. ' -SVengeance is mine saith the Lord ! ' He advocated a stern , severe , uncompromising , but just retribution—no private , revengeful vindictive slaughter . Those who . had taken life ought to suffer death ; but no-idea of indiscriminate murder could meet with support from any humane nation . " He concluded by exhorting , those who are stron « in spirit ; and limb , and who have no ties to prevent them , to ' go forth , and fight tlie battle of the Lord their country , and their sovereign . ' '
I « the afternoon , the Lord Mayor and various City officials , who had beea present privately in the morning , attended in state , with their scarlet robes , &c . The Hev Canon Dale now officiated , and selected his text from the 26 tli Book of . Isaiah , verse 9 -. " When Thy judgments are on the earth , the inhabitants of the . world will learn righteousness . " The tendency of tlie , sermon was similar to that delivered in the morning .
WESTMINSTER ABBEY . The Abbey , like St . Paul ' s Cathedral , was crowded . The Very Kev . the Dean preached the sermon , and took his text from the Lamentations of Jeremiali In the course of his remarks , he said : — " If there was one more deadly sin than another that had led to the ruin and desolation that now exists , it was the accursed traffic in opium and other deadly poisons , for the purpose of profit and revenue , a sin aa deadly as that of slavery . England resolved that the slave trade should be abolished , and it was abolished ; and England could stay the trade of opium , and at tlie same time advance the true spirit of Christianity and religion throughout India , not merely for the protection of our dominions in India , but the advancement of the truth . If iu times past we had been guilty of shortcomings : let us not continue the evil . "
THE XE 3 IPLE CItDRCH . Here the sermon was preached by the Rev . F . G . Stainforth , who , after touching upon , more theological matters , continued : — " His own opinion was that the half measures of the Government had been its ruin . We might have governed the Indians if we had left them as ive found them — -an ignorant , slavish race—and the Indian Government , he believed , would not have been indisposed to have left them in that state ; but the feeling and sense of . the country were against such a policy , and the result was that we gave the natives of India a certain amount of education and liberty , but we did not instil into them the principles of religion . Education and liberty without religion first brought about the French Revolution , and here were the same cause and effect exemplified in the case of our fellow-subjects in India , lie did not believe we could hold India without a . native annv .
T . hat army must , of course , be officered by Kuroj . eaus , and therefore it was . absolutely necessary that we should improve the Christian character of those oIncurs and non-commissioned officers who ' represented our powL * ; - in foreign lands . If we assumed the Government of India we were bound to give every blessing -which we were capable of bestowing or the Indians coulil receive . The first act , however , must be to establish our authority , and give up to unsparing punishment the men who had been . guilty of such hideous alienees against huin ; inity . But , when justice was appeased , let it l ) c rememboral that these men were aa much to bo pitied fur their ignorance aa abhorred for their crimes . Let us cxtemL towards India the principles of our holy faith . "
ST . STTSPHKN ' S , WAIJtllOOK . Thc ' ltev . Dr . Croly ' s sermon at this church c mtaincd a great deal of .. purely historical anil political disquisition . " lie remarked : — " In 1784 , the government of India was virtually taken out of the hands of the Company and ^ iven over to the English Government , when a Guviiitior-Generai of India was sent but ;' and that was tlm t ' . " >[» - mencement' of tlie extraordinary spirit of nniicsttion which has marked tlie career of affairs in that country . 1 I « would not say whether those wars were mijiist , or whether an y " pefs 6 ns had ' right ' to ' try to recover their l . ; rritory ; but this he would say , that scarcely any Guvfi'iior-Geneml had been in India since 1784 without . » war . This is a country of peace , whoBQ . avooiUion i « to ox tend Christianity as the great source of all lmpi'mens , ivi .- ) - tfi
dom , nnd . advancement . We hud inherited thrui ' 'pnt crrora , viz . : putting too much confidoiujo in tin ; Si- ' | x > ys ; considering that tho courso of conqnost mital . I" : \ ~ sued ; undi respecting the . ouatoms of idolatry ; »'"' j " know how thoso hud resulted . With rotfurd to the future , they must firnt . put down . tho robullioii , aii-M nns show that we are indignant at tho ntrwcitiu . s < : omi > i » l i <; l | f that thoy will not , l ) ii , . si » UutCilv ami that Hii ^ lainl ih" ^ not be provoked liy miuh cruelty to niaiikirid . li tl" ' became their : duty to uuujmeht tho fund , « nd arl wit " Christian lilierality to .. the sud ' oivi-ri . Iicin « a wnUcniiii to , a Httn . su ' of their duty .. townnlH .. India , they mil * abandon . vrui'd and unnnxnliuitH ,. und . ^ ot rid of iili . livuy by allowing , tho LouutieH , of . Chrirftiimity . M '"' "" " monariofl must bo . sent out , >\ nd tho ( JUurcli miwl witcii over tboiia . They miub adopt a higher policy--thiil ° tho Gospel and peace . " ..-..
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M& _ " ^ Ej E ^ L EADER , [ No . 39 ^ October 10 , 1857 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 964, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2213/page/4/
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