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    revolted , provinces , a course of policy distinguished by a wise and discriminating generosity . You are exhorted to temper justice with mercy , and , except in cases of extreme criminality , to graut an amnesty to the vanquished . In the sentiments expressed by the Secret Commit tea we entirely concur . Whilst there are some crimes-which humanity calls upon you to punish with the utmost severity , there are others of a less aggravated character , which it would be equally unjust and impolitic no i to pardon and to forget . .... " In dealing with the people of Oude you will doubtless he moved by special considerations of justice and of

    policv . Throughout the recent contest we have ever regarded such of the inhabitants of that country as , not bein fi i Sepovs or pensioners of our own army , have been in arms against us , as an exceptionable class . They cannot be considered as traitors or even rebels , for they had not pledged their fidelity to us , and they had scarcely become our subjects . Many , by the introduction of a new system of government , had necessarily been deprived of the maintenance they had latterly enjoyed ; and otliers feared that the speedy loss of their means of subsistence must follow from the same course . It was

    natural that such persons should avail themselves of the opportunity presented by the distracted state of the country to strike a blow for the restoration of the native rule , under which the permitted disorganization of the country had so long been to them a source of unlawful profit . Neither the disbanded soldiers of the late native government , nor the great talookdars and their retainers , ¦ were under any obligation of fidelity to our government for benefits conferred upon them . You would be justified , therefore , in dealing with them as you would with a foreign enemy , and in ceasing to consider them objects of punishment after they have once laid down their

    . arms . "Of these arras they must for ever be deprived . You will doubtless in prosecution of this object address yourself , ia the first instance , to the case of the great talookdars , who so successfully defied the late Government , and many of whom , with large bodies of armed men , appear to have aided the efforts of the mutinous soldiery of the Bengal army . The destruction of the fortified strongholds of these powerful landholders , the forfeiture of their remaining guns , the disarming and disbanding of th ^ ir followers , will be among your first works . But whilst you are depriving this influential and once dangerous class of people of their power of opeuly resisting

    your authority , you will , we have no doubt , exert yourselves by every possible means to reconcile them to British rule , and encourage them , by liberal arrangements made in accordance with ancient usages , to become industrious agriculturists ; and to employ in the cultivation of the soil the men who , as armed retainers , have so long-wasted the substance of tlieir masters , and desolated the land . "We believe that these landholders may be taught ' that their holdings will be more profitable to them , under a strong Government , capable of maintaining the peace , of the country , and severely punishing agrarian outrages , than under one which perpetually invites , by its weakness , the ruinous arbitration of" the sword .

    " Having thu 3 endeavoured , on tho re-cstablishineut of the authority of the British Government in Oude , to reassure the great landholders , you will proceed to consider , in the same spirit of toleration and forbearnuee , the condition of the great body of the people . You will bear in mind tbat it is necessary , in a transition state from one Government to another , to dual tenderly with existing usages and sometimes even with existing abuses . All precipitate reforms are dangerous . It is often wiser even to tolerate evil for a time than to alarm and to irritate the minds of the people by the sudden introduction of changes which time can alone teach them to

    appreciate , or even , perhaps , to understand . You will be especially careful , in the readjustment of the fiscal system of the province , to avoid the imposition of unaccustomed taxes , whether of general or of a local character , pressing heavily upon the industrial resources , and affecting the daily comforts of the peo ;> le . 'We do not estimate the successful administration of a newlyacquired province , according to the tinancial results of the first law years . At such a time we should endeavour to conciliate the people by wise concessions , and to do nothing to encourage the belief that the Hritish Government ia more covetous of revenue- that the native ruler whom it has supplanted . " ^ VliLGOIS D CRUE LTIES OF THE UNO HSU SOLDIKttS .

    An anonymous correspondent of the- Times , who appears to hiivo been at Delhi , writes , under date Miuch 26 th ( but without any name of place buhl * mentioned ) to deny the assertions made , in the *** f < £ V ommo " ^ General Thompson , on the I , « \ * , ; 1 Uai 7 > , t" tUu c" ' u « it I '"" our troops bo-Iuvo ; with brutal ferocity at the talcing of Delhi , BwVi Ti -V ? ' - »> ultrLl » tu'l woinun , that they slaughtered children in cold bloo . l , and that ollU-ers themselves acted thu part of common hangmen . Thi > So , W- 88 L'rt ? tlmt " th 0 extraordinary luinpur and thr ? , ? T ° - ° Ur tr 0 ° P 8 nflur thu sw » ' »» lt wi're the ' ° of universal wonder ; " but he admits that fhr n T ° immti ™» s cnacs of excessive drunkenness * m a day or two . llo saw two dead bodies ot

    women , but they had evidently been killed before our entry into the city ; and he also found twu women in a house who had been wounded by stray bullets . They were carefully attended to . The correspondent gives the editor leave to publish his name if thought , necessary ; but would rather re main unknown .

    THE MASSA'CRE AT JIIANSI . We recently quoted an account of the massacre at Jhansi , an which it was stated that the women and children were subjected to frightful tortures and indignities before being killed . No names were given , and we ' warned the reader to receive the statement with caution . The Bombay correspondent of the Times now writes :- —" It is satisfactory to find that here , as elsewhere , it is thought that the foul ami indiscriminate '' murder was not , so far as can be ascertained , aggravated by torture and . outrage . " Captain F . W . Pinknev , Superintendent of Jhansi , has written to the same effect .- ' The Bombay Telegraph and Courier states , on the authority of a mutineer , that Captain Ske ne did not shoot his wife and himself .

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    THE EPSOM RACES . The . race . for the Derby at Westminster was set . aside on Wednesday , with a unanimity ' quite refreshing in the political world , for the race for the Derby at Epsom . It mattered not that the fate of a Ministry was trembling in the balance , or ¦ ' that a dark and ominous passage in our national history was behiir discussed with all the fervour of patriotism and all the venom of party . The English' love of horseflesh is great , and it prevailed , as it always will prevail . " Sessa ! Let . the world . pass ! " Such was the universal feeling on Wednesday . . India will " keep till to-morrow ; " the Government may have a day ' s rest ; her Majesty ' s Opposition shall

    oppose on other fields ( those of Surrey ) , and on pastures hew '—those of Epsom . Therefore < lid it , come to pass that the road to the downs was as bright and gay as ever ; that the veils of "the gentlemen and the parasols of the Indies , that "the velveteen of the costcruionger and the rags- of the beggar , that the horses of the aristocracy and the comfortable ¦ classes , and the donkeys of the uvbbocracy and the w / icomfortable classes , sunned themselves in the bright spring weather as they have done so many times before , and swallowed saharas of

    dust and streams of champagne , stout , or porter , according to the wealth of eacli respective drinker . Thus also did it come to pass that there was no lack of "fun ; " that the ladies coquetted as of yore ; that the gentlemen won and lost ; that the jokes rattled like castanets to the measure of the universal hilarity ; that the fast men were at tlieir fastest , and the sharpers at their sharpest ; and that all the motley forms of the great equine festival—' gipsies , " niggers / ' stilt - dancers , acrobats , organ-grinders , and German brass band performers —burst into vigorous blossom and potential life . .

    l ) ut , before recording the events of the Derby'Day , let us briefly set forth the chief features of the previous day , Tuesday . The weather was both windy and rainy ; but the wind prevailed , and the course was thus put into excellent condition for the great event . The running comprised — The Cr . vvrn Staicks , of live sovs . each , with fifty added ; , von by Mr . W . S . S . Craufurd ' s Zuyder Zee . The Maxok Platb ( handicap ) , of fifty sovs . ; won hv Sir L , Newman * d Poter Flat . The Woodcoie Stakks , of ten sovs . each , with one hundred added ; won by Mr . T . Parr ' s Merrymim . The Kous Stakes , a free handicap , of twenty sors . each , with two hundred added ; won by Colonel Martyn ' s Kerens . The IIokton Stakes , of live sovs . each , "with thirty added ; won by Lord Wilton ' s lt ' . iisus . The Ukathcotb I ' t . atk , of iifty sovs . ; won by Mr . Copperfch wnite ' s Xady Kingston . On Wednesday , as usual , the great event of the races—the Dehuv itself—came oil " . The professional reporter who edilu-s all the daily papers with his learned quill thus describes

    " TllK UACK . " Uitto and lMiysician were the'first to maW . their appearance on the course , and they walked up it ; is the olh .-r competitors approached the grand stand from the paddock , 'l'hii preliminary cantors wore quickly over , and thu hor .-sos proceeded to thu post in a body , and had no . sooner quitted the paddock than the spectators were startled with a shout ol" 'They ' re oil' ! ' so sudden and unexpected was Llw ; start . Thu lot got away in a cluster , and a hum of sntinfiictiim mis occasioned * by the tuct , witli winch Mr . ililibiird bad dropped his liny , and relieved the spcctatora Iroin all susponse . Eclipse , vus the llrst to show in advance , hul , immediately tlio horses had ' K » t on their legs , ' Physician rushod to the front , ICirlip . su keeping elo .-ie company with him for a short distance , when he dropped hack , and l- 'ilz-ltulund . went on ! 0 n > ml , with Ditto , Kclip . se , IJeudsman , Jordan , Harry Stanley , and the Cymba colt in u clu-lex next , and , as nearly as we could inuke out in tho order uained , liusL Langtou and I'elissier showiiii' in the nilddlu oi

    the ruck , Carinel toiling on several lengths in . the rear , At the top of the hill Eclipse ran into the second place Jordan , Ancient Briton , and Toxophilite lying well up behind Ui . , and . King of Sardinia joining Carmel at the extreme end of ' the tail . ' At the mile-post , Fitz-Roland Tepassed Eclipse , who went on third ; Ditto and Beadsman showing ' well up in their wake , ¦ with Toxophilite just behind them .. On descending the hill at Tatteuham-corner ¦ ¦ Fitz-Roland headed Physician , who soon afterwards gave way , Toxophilite taking second place , with Eclipse , Ditto , Happy Land , Beadsman , The Hadji , Kelpie ,. East Langton , Longrange , and Ethiopian next in pursuit . Just before reaching the road , Ditto

    disappeared from the front , and Beadsman took his place , 'I'll ey-ran thus to the distance , where Fitz-Roland was beaten , Eclipse-being left with a slight lead , Toxophilite lying second , Beadsman third , and The Hadji next . About half-way .- up , Eclipse declined , aud Beadsman took close order with Toxophilite , quitted him opposite the Grand Stand , and won easily by a length , Lord Derby ' s colt beating The Hadji by two lengths for second place . Four lengths off , Eclipse was fourth , East Langdon ' was a bad'fifth , and Fitz-Rolarid sixth . The next lot comprised Ethiopian , Dumfries , Ditto , and Longriinge . The last four beaten oft" were Jordan , Happy Land , Deceiver , and Brother to Bird-on-the- "WuHj . Lord Glasgow ' s colt was absolutely last . "

    The other races for the day were the Ben-muck . Pi . at I ' ,-of ' fifty sovs . ( handicap ) , won by Mr . Payne ' s Oria ' nclii ; the lipso . M Cup , of one hundred sovs ., added to a sweepstakes of ten sovs . each , won by Mr . Starkeyls Fisherman ; and the Duudan Stakes , of five sovs " . each , with thirty added , won by Mr . J . Merry's . Head Knowledge . On Thursday , the races were— The Epsom . Foua Year Old Stakes , of fifty sovs . each , with one hundred added , Avon by Mr . Barber's Commotion ; a Sweepstakes , of one hundred sovs . each , won by

    Sir J . Hawley ' s filly'by the . ' Hero ; the TwoYbab Old Stakes , of ten sovs . each , with fifty added , won by Baron Rothschild's North Xineoln ; Her Majesty ' s Platk , of one . hundred guineas , for mares , won by Air . J : Merry ' s Uzella ; the GitAsr > Staxd Plati ; , of one hundred sovs . ( handicap ) , wou by Mr . McllishV Tame Deer ; the . SBLLiNG Stak . es , of five sovs . each , with thirty ' added , won by Mr . ' urn ley ' s Bad = \ vorth ; and the Cob u am Plate , of fifity sovs . ( handicap ) , von by Sir JL . Newman's Peter Flat .

    Yesterday was the Oaks Day , in connexion with which race -there was a dead heat between GUdermire and Governess . On the final heat , Governess came in first , . ami Gildermire second . Polly Peachum was scratched at half-past twelve . The Railway , ' utk was won by the Lass of- ' Richmond Hill ; the Glasgow Platk by Fractious ; tlie Derby anx > Oaks Stakes by Perjury ; the Paddock Plate by Contention ; and the Sukkey Foai , Stakes by East Lmv-tun .

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    STATE OE TRADE . Tiik slight improvement in the state of the iron trade of South Staffordshire , noticeable hi the previous week , was farther increased in the week ending last Saturday by the ivceipt of considerable orders for the East India Company . In other branches of trade in the same district there are also signs of reawakening activity , and the prospects for the summer arc ; considered hopeful . Animation is also noticeable , though to no great extent , at Bradford , Leicester , Manchester , Halifax , Huddersiield , Leeds , "Wolverhamptoii , and Belfast ; hut dulnc .-s still continues the presiding influence at Nottingham , Sheffield , and Duhlin . Shortly after the Northumberland and Durham District liiuik closed at Newcastlo-on-Tyne , several of the lending shareholders in that concern opened a now bank with a view , to retain the legitimate , business of the former establishment . The undertaking , however , has just been relinquished , the managers foci ing that , with so many of thorn liable as shareholders in the defunct bank , they " could not calculate , " as they state in their circidur , lJ upon inspiring- that amount of confidence reiiuidite to justify tlie continuance of their operations . "

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    TIIK PEOPLE'S PKOVIDENT ASSURANCE SOCIETY . Tuk annual general mooting of the shareholders and members of the society mot on Monday ; George Aloxaiuler llamillon , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . The following report of the directors was submitted : — " lUOPOUT . ' Your rtiroi'lovs havo much plcasnro iu submitting l , o the invent frciicral meeting of the pi-oiiriiitors thoir rt 5 | jort 1 ' or the yi .-iu" IS . "> 7 . JhiriiiK 1 , 1 ic | t : i > L year ' 2 ~)' . V 2 new policies worn issued by the ( Society , producing an annual wvoiiiU' of £ 1 () ,, ' } 1 G 11 11 AimI during tlu ^ shuik ntu'iod H 12 now guarantee policies , prouuoiiiK au annual rcvimuo of : nn $ o 3 ^ lukluK tlio now rcv ( Muioac' (| uh '( % d duvinstho year HIQM * 12 2 ¦* 'IM > n proin ' unus piiyalilo on policiu .-j in force ou tholHst Itiu ' tnuht'i last ., nM inscribed on the Society ' s icglbtcr , lunoiiiitiul to ;^ s , ( W 7 < . 7 m . U « I . ' Tim proiniums pnyablu on tho now buRinoHs transnetod Hiuco thu coiumuncumcnk oi tho nruaeut year amounlod to

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2243/page/7/