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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . On the evening of the 17 th inst ., as two daughters of Mr . Benjamin Exley , blanket manufacturer , of "White Lee , were returning from Dewsbury Independent Chapel , they accidentally missed their way at Staincliffe , owing to the darkness of the night , and both fell into Bunker ' shill Quarry . One of the young ladies pitched head foremost on a slate , and half of her skull was driven in from ear to ear . Her death , of course , was instantaneous . The other young lady is supposed to have fallen either upon her sister or on a projecting piece , of rock , and remained insensible for some time . On recovering consciousness , she managed , after a very painful exertion , to reach a cottage , where her moans attracted the attention of the inmates , and she was at once removed into the house . A surgeon was called in , and found that her back , one arm , and one leg were seriously injured , and that her jaw was fractured in several places . Nevertheless , hopes are entertained of her recovery .
An elderly gentleman recently slipped on a piece of orange-peel on the pavement , and broke his thigh . He was taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , but soon died ; The coroner ' s jury recommended the police to employ all vigilance in removing orange-peel from the pavement . Several serious , and some fatal , accidents occurred on Monday on account of the crowds collected about the neighbourhood of St . James ' s Palace during the marriage of the Princess Koyal . Persons were knocked down and trampled on in the crush . Four men have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the river Mersey , during a slight gale . Efforts were made by the crew of the screw steamer Indian , as well as by other vessels , to save the men by lifebuoys ; but in vain . " While these attempts were in progress , the the boatswain'p mate of the Indian foil overboard , and was also drowned .
An alarming and fatal railway accident occurred on Thursday morning at Boltou ut the terminus of the London and North-Western lino from Liverpool to Bolton . About half-past six o ' clock , a heavy goods train had come up to Bolton from the direction of Liverpool , consisting of nn engino , fourteen merchandise waggons , and eighteen waggons laden with coals . This train should have stopped on an incline about three hundred yards short of the pasaongor station ; but there had been a frost during tlio night , followed by a rapid thaw , and this had left the rails so slippery Hint when tho breaks woro applied they would not hold , and the goods train by itn groat weight forced on tho engine at
a rapidly increasing speed into tho passenger station . Beyond tho bottom of tho incline the lino crosses Crook-Btrect on a level , and tho gutea on either aide this street , placed there to protect it , woro dashed to pieces without —~ inipeding-tho-proyross-of ~ tho ~ train .. —The ^ udvunciuy goods train run into a train of passenger carriages , driving them right through thobouking-oluec , demolishing one-half of tho station , forcing two of the further carriages across Groat Moor-streot , and shattering several others . A plate-layer numed George Koylo was standing on tlio stop of the engine , and ho wus killed by th « ruins of tho booklng-ofllco coining down upon him . This wau tho only death , and there woro but few injuries , and those merely of a trifling character .
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net of diamonds ; our own Queen a broad diamond necklace , three massive brooches , each having a large pearl in the centre , and three saver candelabra , of large size and superb design ; the Prince Consort a bracelet of brilliants and emeralds ; the Prince of Wales a suite of earrings , brooch , and necklace , of opals and diamonds ; the bridegroom a necklace of pearls of very large size ; the Princess of Prussia a stomacher brooch of brilliants ; the Princess Alice a small brooch of pearls ; the Princesses Helena and Louisa each a massive stud brooch or button ; the Duchess of Cambridge a bracelet of diamonds and opals ; the Princess Mary her portrait in a massive gold frame and stand ; the Prince of Prussia a necklace of pure brilliants and turquoises , with pendants of exquisite design ; the Duchess or Kent a costly dressing-case , containing a great number of toilet iched with t
articles of massive silver gilt , enr brigh red coral ; the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh an exquisite little opera-glass , with arabesques of gold and enrichments of diamonds ; the King of the Belgians . a Brussels lace dress packed away in a small card-box ; the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar a bracelet of rubies , diamonds , and emeralds ; the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg plain gold bracelets with enamel miniatures of the givers on . each ; the British and Foreign Bible Society a gorgeously bound copy of the Bible ; the Duchess of Buccleuch an elegant writing-desk ; the Marchioness of Breadalbane a toilet hand-mirror with the frame of massive gold , set with pearls , and the handle composed entirely of one brilliant cairngorm ; and the gentlemen of the Royal Household a diamond and emerald bracelet . Several other presents were exhibited ; . but , as they were not ticketed , it
is not known from whom they came . A great many costly gifts were not displayed at all ; and the little tributes of affection from humble persons , which have been showered on the Princess from all parts , were kept out of sight . The Times notices this as an instance of bad taste .
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No . 410 , Jaisuaky 30 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . _ J" >
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Sib Colin Campbell was still at Cawnpore on the 19 th of December . His next operations are-to be directed mainly against Futtehghur ; but a brigade will be sent to Akberpore , Etawah , and Mynpooree . The districts under Mr . Sapte were threatened at the last dates , and an attack was expected on the position held by Sir James Outram at Alumbagh . The Rajah Jung Bahadoor is at the head of 9600 men ; but it appears certain that he comes as a friend to our cause , not as an enemy . He has lef t Nepal for Segowlee , and is to be accompanied by
Brigadiercember . The Sedgemoor and Prince Albert , with troops , arrived on the 28 th . The head-quarters of the 19 th Regiment had arrived on the 17 th .
DELHI . ' We read in the Delhi ( Agra ) Gazette , of December 17 th : — ¦ " Letters mentioned that five Sepoys were hanged on the morning of the 10 th ; the next day , for a wonder , the gibbets were empty . There appears to be an idea abroad that Nawab Zea Oodeen will be released and his property returned to him . It is to be hoped this is untrue , as there can be but little doubt that he attended the ex-King ' s durbars ; and if he did not actually join in the slaughter of Europeans , there is proof extant of his having refused to shelter them on the night of the 11 th of May .
General Macgregor as Military Commissioner . The column will proceed in the first instance to Gorruckpore . The insurgents at JCotah are in great force , and are said to have dethroned the Rajah . Sir Hugh Rose , at the last advices , was marching to the relief of Saugor . A column from Madras will move on Jubbulpore , and operate in quieting the Nerbudda territory . The Delhi column , under Colonel Seaton , reached Allehghur on the 12 th December , and the Colonel , on the 17 th of the same month , defeated the rebels at Puttialee , near Futtehghur , with great loss . Eleven guns were taken , and the loss on our side was but trifling . A fore « , under Captain Woolley , crossed the Soonair river on the 7 th of December ,
" A considerable number of Mahomedans are finding their way back into the city , where they are concealed ; and there are said to be others , higher game , protected by persons calling themselves Christians , not in the cfty yet , it is true , but only biding their time to come in , and bring their Mahomedan crew with them . But the authorities are on the qui vive , and the villains will surely run their necks into the cotton collar if they do venture inside the city . The Jhugger Nawab ' s trial progresses , and the evidence of Sir T . Metcalfe alone ought to be sufficient to hang the traitor . " COLONEL SEATON ' S VICTOEIES . Details of these brilliant affairs are thus furnished by the Indian newspapers : —
and routed the rebels ; then , pursuing- its way , surprised , three days later , the camp of Bahadoor Singh ; while , on the 14 th of December , the same detachment captured several of the rebel leaders , and hung them . The 7 th Hussars are ordered from Benares to Allahabad . The rebels on the Jaunpore frontier have broken up into several parties , only five or six thousand men remaining in their old position . Brigadier-General Grant was at Jaunpore at the date of a telegram from Calcutta ( December 24 th ) , and had been reinforced with artillery and Europeans ; but he was about to march to Azimghur , to
" The column from Delhi , under Colonel Seaton , after halting on Saturday , the 13 th of December , at Allehghur , made a double march on Sunday ; and afterwards proceeded to Gungaree , a town thirty miles east of Allehghur , and twelve miles west of Kassgunge , at which latter place Waleedad , with a force from Furruckabad , had for some iime been posted . The insurgents , apparently in ignorance of Colonel Seaton's movement , and expecting to find at Gungaree only Colonel Farquhar ' s small force from Bolundshuhur , had also advanced from
make a demonstration in that quarter against the rebels , who were threatening the frontier , and who had taken possession of several villages . ' An attempt , however , which the Sepoys made to cross the Gogra into the Azimghur district has been defeated by our police and the neighbouring villagers . Brigadier Grant , we are informed in the Calcutta telegram , is not to enter Oude , but to confine himself for the present to the defence of the frontier . A large force of rebels is said to have assembled at Selimpore , in Gorruckpore , near the border of the Chuprah district ; but we do not yet hear of any action on their part .
Kassgunge to a plain on the banks of the Neem . Nuddee ( an affluent of the Kalee Nuddee ) which runs close to Gungeree on the east . Colonel Seaton , finding them posted there in great force , lost no time in organizing an attack . He led the way with the cavalry and the guns , Major Eld following with the infantry . After a short conflict , the rebels fled , but not before we had three carabineer officers killed and one wounded . The enemy lost four or five hundred killed , and we captured three of his field pieces , one a 9-pounder , the others 6-pounders .
Several of the women and children of the Lucknow garrison have left Allahabad for Calcutta , and it was expected that the remainder would soon follow . " In Sir Colin Campbell ' s despatches relating to the final relief of Lucknow , our loss is put down at 10 officers and 112 men killed , and 35 officers and 379 men wounded . Our total casualties , therefore , were 536 . " Colonel Durand , " says the Calcutta despatch , " reports that the Shah Ladah and the remnants of
" The officers killed on the field at Gungaree are Captain Wardlaw and Lieutenant Hudson , of the Carabineers . Lieutenants Vyse and Head were severely wounded ; Lieutenant Vyse afterwards died . Our other losses were comparatively small . The enemy were estimated at 5000 . " On the morning of the 17 th , the column marched against Puttialee . The following telegraphic despatch sent by Colonel Seaton on the afternoon of the 17 tb , contains the gratifying intelligence of the entire defeat
his force were taken prisoners in the Mokundra Pass by the troops of the Bok chief and the Bheels . The whole country lias now turned on the "Wil Tijutees . Tho capture of the Shah Ladah requires confirmation . " Some slight encounters with the Bheels in Peinth have taken place . Ivotah has been the scene of a rising . The troops , having intercepted a letter from the Rajah to Colonel Lawrence , inviting him to send a force to that locality , attacked the palace and seized the Minister ; but of their further proceedings we are not informed . and have been
of the Furruckabad rebels who had entrenched themselves at Puttialee : — ' Found the enemy strongly posted facing the west , with the town in the rear . They opened on our videttes from two guns , but , as the column approached , unmasked several others . I advanced horse artillery , flanked by cavalry , infuntry bringing up the rear . Charged and took all their guns—eleven , camp and park . Pursued them for seven miles . Enemy lost not less than six hundred , among whom are many chiefs . Our loss very trifling ; none yet reported as killed . '"
Holkar's regular cavalry infantry disarmed , and the Durburs have promised to punish the guilty . Executions , indeed , were in progress at the last dates . The disurrnament was effected on the 15 th of December , in the presence of the Mliow column . The Joudpore Legion , numbering 6000 men , was defeated on the 16 th of November by Showers ' s movable column . All the guns , six in number , belonging to tho rebels , were captured ; but the victory was saddened l > y the loss , on our side , of Colonel Gerard . Another triumph by our soldiers consists in the defeat , by one hundred soldiers and ¦ ailors , under Mr . Yale , commissioner of Dinagepore , of tho Uth Irregular Cavulry , near Purneuh , on the lltli of December . Six of the enemy were killed , and sovoral were wounded .
THE DEATH OF GENERAL HAVKLOCK . At length we are informed of a few particulars of tho death of the noble General who has hitherto occupied the most conspicuous post in the operations against the rebels . The Calcutta Englishvian writes : — " Tho intense strain which , during months of suspense , had buoyed up the late Sir Honry Havelock , was suddenly removed by his glorious relief of the garrison of Lucknow , anil tho reaction told fatally on a frame lately tried in campaigns in Persia and India . An attack of indigestion was speedily got under , and no apprehensions wcro entertained before midnight on the 20 th of November , when unmistakable signs of dysentery mado their appoaranco . On tho day following , tho General , however , felt so far better as to bo removed to tho DiUKusha , whore tho change of uir seemed to have
Tho troops of tho liana of Oudeyporo have mutinied . Tho Sholnporo Rajah is reported to have commenced plundering tlio country adjacent to liis dominions ; and there lias been a rising in the Kotikan , below the Phondu Ghaut . In the lattor cuso , —ho \ v . ovor ,- ^ tho _ , insurgcntar _ iliflpcrflod- _ on _ . tlio approach of a small detachment from ttawunt Warce . Tho rebels who wcro defeated at Cawnpore have fled to Blutoor and Calpco , leaving thirty-eight guns in our hands . Tlio Punjab and Scinde are quiet , and communications by post between Bombay and Calcutta scorn likely to be re-established . The hoad-quartors of her Majesty ' s 50 th Foot , consisting of 14 officers and 354 men , arrived at Bombay on tho 94 th of
Deproduced some further improvement . Early on tho 22 nd , unhappily , u change for tho worse sot in , and symptoms of a malignant description appeared in rapid succession . It is some consolation to know that tho patient throughout continued froe from bodily suuering . In full possession of his faculties , about nine o'clock on tho morning-oUhoJ ^ tl ^ , Q fJS . MXVito HavelocU , closed , in his sixty-third year , his caroor . lTt tho vory goal which , onco attainod , was dcstiiuid to bocoino hia nuuiauloum—by tho aldo of a Lawronco , and of so many others of tho boat and Lravost of our countrymem " OUR n-EIi-B . ' . T AT CAWNI'OKK . An officer , writing to his father from the trenches at Cawnporo on tho 4 th of December , gives what ho describes as an impartial account of our disaster at
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THE INDIAN REVOLT . ¦ »
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 30, 1858, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2228/page/5/
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