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tflav siege of ILucknow progresses , and the last ^ f ounts show that the greater part of the rebel Itmaffhold was in our possession . But the mutineers Saalain playing the same game that they successthMv clayed at Delhi and other towns which have < 3 ten into our hands : they are rushing in large tidies from the doomed city , to spread the embers afrthe revolt far and wide , unless overtaken and cut { jr , by our pursuing columns . The hot season is broaching to aid them ; but our forces are large , aid our spirits high . The next month or two , therefore , must see some important events . The telegrams received during the week state : — « ' The latest news from Lucknow is to the morning of &e 17 th of March . Nearly all the city was then in our nossession , but few rebela remaining in it . General Outran * having turned the enemy ' s line of works on the canal , the Martiniere was stormed by Sir Edward Lngard , and the line of works seized on the 9 th . The Bank-house was also occupied . On the 11 th , Jung Bahadoor moved into line , and the 93 rd Regiment , supported by the 42 nd , stormed the Begum ' s Palace . Our loss was less than one hundred killed and wounded , the loss of the enemy being five hundreds At the same time , Outram , on the north of the Goomtee , seized on the stone bridge , and cut up five hundred of the enemy . On the same day , our guns moved up , and the buildings in advance of the Begum ' s Palace were occupied . On the 14 th , the Imaumfcarcah Was stormed , the Ghoorkas assisting . The Kaiserbagh was then entered , and , after a fight all day , solidly occupied . Twenty-four guiis were taken . General Outram then crossed the iron bridge , and opened fire on the flying enemy . The enemy rushed by the artillery on the loth , flying- from the city in great numbers , and pouring in torrents in the direction of Eohilcund . Two columns of cavalry and artillery , nnder Brigadiers Campbell and Hope Grant , were sent after them .. Maun Singh had come into Jung Babadoor ' s camp . He had previously sent in . Miss Orr . " In these operations our loss was under 100 killed and wounded . Among the killed are Captain Macdonald , her Majesty ' s 93 rd ; Captain Cooper , Rifle Brigade ; Captain Moorsom , Staff . Writing on the 17 th of March , Sir Colin Campbell says : — ' A Ghoorka division seized the enemy ' s position in front of the Alumbagh last night . Our . -advances to-day are gradually pushed on all sides of the line occupied by the troops , particularly towards Goolghat and Moosabah , in which direction the enemy are advancing . The point they intend to make for is not known . * 44 Hugh Rose , with the Second Brigade of the Central India Field Force , was moving on Jhansi . The rebellious district of Shafgard has been annexed to the British territory by Sir Robert Hamilton . The First Brigade is besieging Thanderee . General Whifclock reached Saugor on the 7 th of March in advance of his column , which had halted at Duhmo . The country is being cleared up to Jhansi . General Roberta ' s force has fassed Nusseerabad on its way to Kotab , where the rebels are said to be in great strength . 44 There was a panic in Calcutta on the 3 rd of March . The President in Council called out the Volunteers , and placed cannon on the bridges . Information had been received that the Barrackpore Sepoys , who were to relieve the Fort Garrison that night , wore to have arms and attack the city . All , however , passed off quietly . " The latest telegrams received at tlio East India Bouse state : — " A body of rebels have threatened Etawah , but have since recrosscd the Ganges . It is reported from Rewau that the rebels have taken Cheomar (?) , and that the Rajah and the Deputy-Commissioner , Mr . Cairn , are prisoners . Sir Hugh Rose occupied IJandapoor on March 10 . The Rajah had fled to Chumderee . The robol Dessayoca are still in the Canara jungles ; but Iwgo reinforcomontu have been despatched to tho magistrate by the Madras Government , and tho Bombay frontier is carofully guarded . It is reported from Puttehghur , under data tho 15 tU of March , that tho Nana is still at Jolianpore , and tho chief robels are with him . Tho rebels have again entered tho Futtohghur district , attacked tho Thannahs , and driven off tho police postod there . General Penny must bo cloao at hand on tho Jumna side . Tho robola who had entorod tho Ghatumporo Pergunaah huve roorossed tho river- to liur-Hoorporo . "
aiuiivaus jrnoit jouciknow . The steamer Indus , Captain Evans , arrivod at Southampton last Saturday , with tho henvy portion of the India , and China mail , Among the passengers wero several of the old Lucknow garrison , and four of CJoneral Havolock ' s relieving Ibruo . Among jhftin , ttor _ wftB . J ieH . tcn , mit J ) clafoaBO , ono of tho only two persons whp escaped tho horrible innssncro of Qawuporo ordered by Nana Sahib . " Ho is a flnoloolting young man , " says tho report from Southninpton ; « ' but ho declares that ho has only a dim recollection of the scenes of tho mosaacro , or how lie escaped . His mind appears to havo boon udcotod by the horrors ho wituossed « t tho massacre , and tho uxcituniout of hia deliverance . His fuoultica flcom now , however , completely restored . "
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POLICE TREACHERY * . In his letter from Cawnporei dated February 27 tli , the Times special correspondent ( Mr . Rassell ) says-: — " It appears that it was tho Nana ' s brother , Bajee Rao , who crossed from Oude . into the D < Bab the other night . As he was followed by two hundred regular cavalry , by a body of-infantry , and by several elephants and waggons , containing his harem and baggage , he must have made some noise in his passage across the stream ; but the policemen who were specially stationed at toe very point where he crossed , because it was a likely place to make the attempt , pretended not to nave heard him , and the only information given to our officers in charge of a cavalry detachment near Bhitoor -was brought by a chowkedar , who ran in to say that , from the noise at the opposite side of the river , he thought the Nana was going to cross . At the time he brought in this news , the Rao had got safely over , and , when our cavalry- arrived , it was only to- find the traces of Ms passage . On investigation it became evident that the policemen were accomplices in the fact , and that they had been-bribed to keep their ears siiu £ { so , after due investigation , the whole party , eleven in number , were hanged . The Rao ' s party , continuing their flight across the Doab , cut up the men of two- police stations , which is a strong collateral proof of the guilt of the men at the riven-side station , and got into Calpee i * the morning . He is said to have obtained large levies of men , and to be enlisting Sowars at 30 r . a monthy and infantry at LOr . and 15 r . a month *"
TRANSPORTATION Ol ? MUl'lftEEBS . The Sindian , of February 27 th , says : — 14 The ships Roman Emperor and Edward will leave this on Monday morning for the Andaman Islands with the mutineers lately brought to Kurracbee . One hundred , and seventy-six of the mutineers embark this morning on board the Roman Emperor , and one hundred and forty-two on the ship Edward . The arrangements made for the conveyance to the bunder and reception of the vagabonds on board are very commendable . They "will be removed from the gaol at six o'clock in carts , under the escort of the Punjab police , who accompanied them from the Punjab . The lower deck of the ships has been fitted up with cages on each side , with a passage in the centre for the guard . They are to be chained down to the deck ,, and are to attend to all their own wants on board , and to be their own topasses . The only thing to be done for them will be their provisions , -which will be cooked by the vessel . The crew and officers are to be well armed , so there is no fear of their attempting to break out . On arrival at the Andaman Islands , their fetters will be taken off , and they will be let loose amongst the savages . The Government of Bengal , we understand , have ordered two years' provisions to be stored on the island for them , and the steamer Semiramis is to be stationed there to prevent any vessels removing these scoundrels . "
INDIAN atASaXCRES . The Carnaroori Herald publishes a copy of a letter to his parents from John Jones , the messsergeant of the 2 nd European Bengal Fusiliers , dated " Subathoo , December 21 , 18 d 7 . " The writer professes to have had ocular demonstration of the mutilations and tortures alleged to have been inflicted by the mutineers at I > elhi and other places on our countrywomen , but which have recently been doubted by some writers . He says : — " On the morning of the 9 th of June ( % \\ e day after our battle ) , I rambled out among the ruined houses of the station £ near DelhiJ that was burnt , or I should say portly so , for there aro many houses in India that would be difficult to set fire to , as they aro made of flat roofa of brick and mortar . Into ono of these houses I entered , and tho first thing I saw was a young boy nailed to the wall of tho room with his head downwards ,, and his beautiful hair nearly touching the floor ; another man boiiig with me , we took him down . He appeared to bo from cloven to twelve years of age , and to have been , from every appearance , the son of a gentleman . 1 then went into tho yard , and , on looking round the corner of a building , I saw a poor lady dead ; in my opinion , she must , hav « boon the mother of the boy 1 took down from the wall . Poor thing ! I suppose she was trying to mako her escape , and God alone knowa what she had suffered .
t 4 The other deed 1 shall relate to you was committed insido of Delhi . After wo stormed and ontored Delhi , wo saw a poor woman arucilicod naked , and nailed up In tho same niaaner as our Lord and Saviour is represented . Oh 1 I shall say no more , but that these poor creatures wero all ravished , and many of them in the proeouco of their husbands and fathers—they , poor fellows , tiod to stone pillars , not able to render tho . slightest assistance to their outraged wives and daugli-1 tors , but compelled to stand tlioro eyo-witnessos to theso curaed sooundrola and their diabolical deeds . ' ' 01 i 7 'tli' 6 n 7 fyO"ftithOVS 7 "brothor 8-and-all-tUttt ~ have- ^ anyuharity within your breasts , ory aloud « nd say , ' " Wo will be revenged on all those cursed reptiles and scum of tho earth . ' " At tho meeting of tho Edinburgh town-council on Tuesday , tho Lord Provost intimated that ho had i boon requested by » benevolent lady to announce that sho was roudy to confer an annuity on any lady requiring it who might havo Buffered mutilation
during the late events in India . His ^ Lordship stated that he had made every inquiry in hie power to find out such a case ; bat not one had yet been brought under his notice . The oflfetf is not limited by any local qualification . a native ' s view of the revolt . A document , containing the views of Hedaytlt All , subahdar of the Sikh police , with respect to the causes of the mutiny , has been published in several papers . The writer is well affected towards the English rule , and speaks with great indignation of the conduct of the mutineers ; but , on two- or three points , he disagrees with our policy . He ascribes the mutiny to three main causes—viz ., the alarm first engendered in the native mind by the expedition to Afghanistan , which induced many to think that a design was entertained against their religion ; a sense of indignation caused by our seieure of Oude ; and the estrangement between , the English officers and their native soldiers , arising from difference of habits and feelings—an estrangement which did not formerly exist , as the officers used in many respects to adopt the habits of the natives .
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THE ORIENT . CHINA . From Canton we learn that ' braves' were assembling in large numbers round the city , with a view to retaking it . The representatives of the Allied Powers were preparing for their departure northwards , but had apparently given up all thought of visiting Pekin this year . The Inflexible , with Teh on board , arrived at Singapore on the 1 st of March .
ADEN . The Arabs in the vicinity of Aden ( 3 ays a telegram from Malta ) have stopped the roads and intercepted supplies oa their way to the fort . The commander of the garrison attacked them on the 18 th of March- His force consisted of six hundred men and two guns .: twenty ot thirty of the enemy are said to have been , killed , without a casualty to the British . The toads , however , were again interrupted , and the Arabs assembled in laTger numbers than before . The Candia reports that another successful sortie has been made , that the Arabs have submitted , and that they are again admitted into the fort on a friendly footing . Before the Candia left Aden , the Oriental had arrived from Bombay with passengers . Her Majesty ' s steamer Cyclops had left for Suez , to be engaged on surveying service in the Red Sea . The Pylades is likewise on her way up , to receive the Siamese Mission . The Oriental ' s mail has been brought forward by the Candia . The rebellious Arabs appear to have acted under the directions of the Sultan of A'dhiee , a town twenty miles from Aden .
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THE EASTER BANQUET . Tub Easter banquet took place at the Mansion House on Monday , and was attended , as usual , by the Ministers . There were two hundred and eighty guests , ranging from , the Duke of Cambridge to plain commoners . His Royal Highness of course acknowledged the toast of 41 The Army and Navy , " and again pointed his favourita moral of never- allowing the army to bo neglected under the delusive hope that peace would long continue . Tha Duke of Northumberland , as First Lord of the Admiralty , spoke for the Navy . The Lord Mayor having propoBei 4 < The Health of the Earl of Derby and the rest of her Majesty ' s Ministers , " with many expressions of . satisfaction at tho Conservatives being in powor ., The Earl of Derby spoke at some length . Referring first of aJl to our Indian Empire ,, he remarked that tdia acquisition of that empire reflected great honour on the energy , vigour , and ability of our countrymen . 4 ' And let mo say here , " ho continued , " thaty although . ua » - doubtodly in the earlier portion of its history , and , perhaps , even at some later periods , acts may have been committed with regard to India which will not boar tho strictest examination according to tho severe rules of political morality , yet upon the whole there nevor was . a Government which for so lengthened a period displayed so much powor , so much ability , made bo admirablo . a . choice of ita servants , — -who in their turn exhibited such distinguished talents , —or whioh upon tho whalo conducted ita affairs with such purity of motives and ao . studied the interests of tho people confided to their ohargo , a » tho Government of India . My Lord Mayoxy I am bound to pay that tribute to tho government of tiio East India Company at the present moment , whan it appears to bo on its political deathbed . " { A <* ry < ¥ " & <> *> ' and lattgJttor . ) Still , ho thought it is generally admitted that tho titno has arrived when it is expedient to xuulw a change In tho govorninont of India ; but it is a difficult task to ort ' ect that change . " Tho problem which has to bo solved is no loss than this—how , if tho change i 9- * rtake ^ lttcer it . iB . poBfllblo , » t-thQ ^^^ iffi ^ wjSHS * tho necosenry undivided responsibility of a Minister < rf tho Grown , and to surround him with that cnowlodgir and oxporlonco with reference to all the mighty and . varied inteioats of that vast empire which l » so nocossftt ^ to any Mlnbtor dealing with such aomplloAtod and atvoraUlod' nflteln . Wo would bo a bold , not to say a pw ^ sumptiiouB , Minister who could' hopo by himself , or wltl * tho aid of M » colleagues , with a . notice of ft- tow dayaw
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THE IND'IAff REVOLT .
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No . 420 , April 1 ® > 1858 . ] THE LEADEH 339
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Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1858, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2238/page/3/
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