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      mutiny ? Give us a little share in self-government . Your Indian council has not a man but Sir J . Lawrence that would command a single independent vote amongst the settlers , the rest of the council are all official men , who will look af ter official rights , but not after the national rights of India . It is but natural . As for this country , I have already given my opinion of the officials here . They are , of course , mistrusted and despised . How would you like in England to be governed by a few official Hindoos in Calcutta ? Yet , your treatment of us is precisely similar . There are not two men in the Government that either know our wants , or care to satisfy them . That sort of Government can have only one termination , —we shall turn to and help ourselves . An Inteelopeb .

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      LATEST INDIAN INTELUGENCE . Bt the arrival of the overland mail we have received letters and papers from Bombay to the 21 st ult . "With regard to the European levies of the late company there is every reason to believe that eight or ten thousand of these troops will demand their discharge , in terms of the general order that has been published . It is impossible to say whether a new bounty wquld have led these men to re-enlist

      or not . . " . It was surely imperative-, however , says the Bombay Overland Times , " . forGovernment to have ascertained that fact beforehand , and if a bounty would have retained them , it was sheer madness to refuse it . We have lighted upon evil times in India , and there is no man in the country who seems to understand the epoch but Sir Charles Trevelyan , whom the Madrassees are ready to imr molate for his uncompiimentary minute upon Indian juries /'

      Further information has arrived of encounters with the few remaining bodies of the rebel army . On the 22 nd and 23 rd . of June , Iaeuti Roome , of the 10 th N . I ., fought two actions with two bodies of rebels , the first numbering 2 , 000 men , among whom were 800 sepoys . Roome ' s little column advanced carefully , but rapidly * upon the position which the rebels had fortified , to find it abandoned . Lieutenant Blair with the cavalry went in pursuit , and cut up a hundred of the enemy . The Column was fired upon on its return at the village of Gooriepoora , when Roome gave orders to storm it , an operation which was performed without loss , and the supplies of an army collected therein destroyed .

      them Efficiently . seems no combustibles in the mine upon which ^ we are standing . _ The ' Bombay Gazette says that for Some time rumours have prevailed to the effect that the seat of Government will be removed , so soon as arrangements now pending are completed , from Bombay to Pd " ona . The reports that have long obtained as to the sympathy of the Court of Neapaul with the rebel cause continue . At all events , the rebels seem to use Nepaul as a sort of fortress whence to sally forth and attack their enemies' territories at pleasure . In the early morning of the 12 th July , a body of about fifty , all Rajpoot sepoys , attacked and looted the house of a gentlemen at Goruckpore , carrying off 100 rupees , horses , &c . THE BEGUM AND THE NANA . Upon a Budmasb , who surrendered at Sepree Ghaut , were foundsome urzees ( petitions ) tied up in a rag , and a pass with Mummoo Khans seal . The Begum , it seems , with Mummoo Khan , Beni Madho , Rajahs Daoie-Bus and Jurroop Sing , and the whole of their party , were desirous to surrender at once , and implored the men to whom the urzees were addressed to present the matter to the Chief Commissioner without delay . Another fellow :, who also surrendered , gave the following detailed information : — " The Begum and Ehan Bahadoor Khan are at Bootwal in a fort : they have about 100 men with them . The Begum has money , and supplies _

      all the rebels with clothing and money to purchase supplies . Khan Bahadoor Khan is very ill , and cries day and night ; he hasno 'followers with him . The Nana is about eight koss from Bootwal , with 2 , 000 men . They are regular sepoys , and are very strict in doing duty , and keeping guard . Nana Sahib has some European women with him , and he hasgiven strict orders that any one caught plundering will lose a hand ; therefore , as they pay for their supplies , and do not plunder , the villagers are not afraid now . The Rajah of Nepaul has told the if he hears

      Nana he is not to enter Nepaulj and that a complaint from the villagers , he will " order them to move from 'where they now are . There are 4 , 000 Budmashes , men from Lucknow , and elsewhere , at the foot of the hills , who plunder , as they have no money . They have plenty of women with them , who came also from Lucknow , whom they have robbed of their jewels . It is the intention of the rebels to go towards the Santhal district , when they leave their present locality . It is also reported in the Nana ' s camp ^ that Peroze Shah had gone to Cabul , to get assistance from Dost Mahomed . "

      Information was afterwards brought into Dasondah that another leader , Surferaz Khan , with 300 sepoys , was again encamped at Gooriepoora ; , and iloonae marched at twelve o ' clock that night upon the rebels . The cavalry were at once let slip , but the rebels made Jfor and secured the hills . A few only , -were cut up . These were all Bengal sepoys , and showed a good deal of discipline in their tactics , ¦ f or after the first charge they took up a position in the rocks , where the horses could not follow , and kept up a steady fire of musketry and abuse upon the assailants . The infantry finally dislodged them from the ground they had taken , killing a large number of thorn , and capturing all their horses and

      baggage animals . Among the dead were sepoys who had fought at Mooltan and Guzerat , as were evidenced by the medals that were "found upon them . The effect of these operations has been to reduce the district to the semblance of loyalty . A letter from Rajpoot ana dated July 2 , says : — Nixon goes towards Nuggur Parker . It appears that Colonel Evans and Lieut . Tyrwhitt thought the business was over , and dismissed almost all the troops , retaining only two levies and a couple of companies . On the night of the 20 th Nuggur Barker Rana made a successful attempt to escape , overpowered and cut down Evans ' s and Tyrwhitt ' s guardscut the tent ropesseized the treasure , and

      , , liberated the prisoners . The" new levies bolted . The two companies of Beloochees , however , must lmve stuck to it , for they were fighting till sunrise , -when Johnson ' s Belooches returned and cleared -the place , pursuing the rebels into tjio hills , with severe loss , ana killing ; many of the . liberated prisoners . Another field force lias gone out from Deesa , and they will be obliged to maintain a force » t Nuggur Parker for some time to come . JBebol sopoys are frequently brought in by the yfttrols in a state of almost perfect prostration from disease . They report that at least one-seventh

      of their number are In the same dying ana helpless condition . The disarmament of Oude continues . Up to the -present time , nearly 800 , 000 arms of all descriptions besides about 700 , 000 miscellaneous weapons , have been collected , including 6 * 2 cannon of various « ftlttW « . JJRbQ fflttfUvsilite has heard that the Sikh cavalary ia AH&httVd have followed In the wake of the JSW » pean » in demanding bounty , but on what Kftr % ?» wrad » eni 5 SJI » .. They aro reported to Do « dlsafifeotea , ^ ana their officers c « wmot control

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      POLICE BATTALIONS . We might have stated a few issues ago that the Munaipooree regiment , which has lately been converted into the seventh or Dacca police battalion , arrived here from Jumalpore under the command of Lieutenant Hitchins , but as there were some ugly rumours afloat at the time regarding the corps , determined to leave it " alone in its glory . " Captain Pagan , the new commandant , had been in Dacca some time awaiting its arrival . We cannot say much in favour of the corps , as we have never had an opportunity of seeing it together , but if We are to judge from stray parties that have passed us

      under arms , and individual sepoys , we must say that a finer set of fellows never marched through Coventry , such long , lean , bandy-legged guys being rarely seen in that famous city . But they have no small opinion of themselves nevertheless . They thought it a degradation to become police , for which they were not enlisted , and stuck out for some time against the proposal , but now it is understood they have placidly given way . Captain Plowden , their late commandant , came to Dacca to toko command of the 7 th police battalion , which , was not then in existence , excepting on paper . The Munnipooreos were not then the Dacca police battalion , and as no suoh body . appeared to be in existence , a reference was made to Government on the subject . Go to

      it was attempted , It is said their pay is to be re duced from seven to six rupees a month . If this be true , and we have heard it from " a well-informed source , we shall not be able to compliment the Government on the manner in which it has managed this corps . Rather than incur the suspicion of breaking faith , it would have been better to disband the corps at once , and raise men for the police battalion on conditions that could not have been misunderstood . As usualy the Government has adopted a paltering policy , -which has pleased nobody , and resulted in failure . 2 X' mwm ' t * ' « ++ ^» V »* % ^ « ¦ T'fr . 1 *< HOin + V »* " * 5 *» *\ rt **» ' me * Xa 1— —

      Expede Herculem . Let the reader , if he pleases , form an opinion of the new Bengal Military Police by the 7 th battalion at Dacca . A more useless expenditure at a time when the State is hardly able to pay the interest of its debt was never incurred . We do not want this police . We do not want an undisciplined rabble with no firelocks and bayonets here , whatever may be the case elsewhere . Chupprassies , with no other weapons than their sticks , are quite enough for us . * f we had no Europeans here , we should certainly be far safer without than with them . Either way , with or without Europeans in the station , they are useless for all good purposes , and only a source of distrust and danger . At least Rs . 5 , 000 must be incurred monthly on their account , and the Government

      recklessly and uselessly expends this sum while it is cutting ten rupees out of every poor devil's salary who gets only one hundred for doing good and useful work . This is a penny wise and poTind foolish policy—saving a few pence here and there , throwing thousands and hundreds of thousands of pounds uselessly away . If we are to have a military police in every zillah > do away with the bulk of the native army ; we can't want both , and in many zLQahs neither soldiers nor military police are wanted , Dacca is one of those zillahs in which there is not to be found one intelligent , impartial individual who is not of opinion that the expense now incurred by our military police can in every respect with the utmost advantage be spared . — Dacca News .

      Jumalpore , was the reply ; there you will find an armed police ready made to your hand ; they are the Munnipooree regiment—no more . Some unpleasantness ensued , ana two months ago we heard they were coming down here to experience the paternal solicitude of Government after their -welfare . And here they are at last , as quiet as lambs , and equally contented , Some of them are bumptious at times , refusing to be shaved , or to comply with some other equally necessary order , and # nd themselves paid up and discharged " before they know where -they aro . " We hear , as many as seventy have been tucned out in this way Already If they only go on -weeding at this orate we shaU soon see the . end of them , and the back slums or Sylh . es , which are not unknown to a great many of tnem . will bo replenished once more . Another trial awaits them , ana it is quite as well that they have been brought within the reach of civilisation before

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      The Right Hon . J . Wilson takes liis departure for India in October . Her Majesty ' s " Chancellor of the Exchequer for India" has been indefatigable in getting everything in order for his departure , although he has not yet taken a final leave of the Board of Trade . We hear that one of the most zealous members of the Bombay municipal board , Dr . Bust , has been offered the situation of superintendent of the Government printing office in Bengal , on a salary of Rs . 1 , 700 .

      We observe that the Chepauk Palace and grounds were bought by the Madras Government for 580 , 000 rupees . The gold throne , of the Nawab of the Carnatic was sold for 22 , 000 rupees , and the silver ladder for 2 , 500 rupees . Sic tratisit gloria Chepauhi . Mr . Gregor Grant , sub-treasurer , general paymaster , superintendent of stamps , and secretary to the Government savings bank , has been permitted to retire from the Bombay Civil Service .

      It is stated that Sir Charles Trevelyan pxirposes making a tour into the provinces , starting in about a couple of months . He will proceed first to Cocanada , Dowlaishwaram , and up the Godavery , in order that he may personally satisfy himself concerning the advantages of that river as a means of communicating with the interior . He is also anxious to look into the condition and prospects of the irrigation works . ' # Thq liberal electors and non-electors of the borough of Maidstone will give a grand foto in Vinter ' s J ? ark , on Wednesday , the 31 st instant , to celebrate the return to Parliament of Messrs . Loo anty Buxton .

      TK © Governor-General has sanctioned a proposal for forming a police corps of irregular cavalry in Bengal , from portions of corps now at the disposal of the Ljeutenant-Govornor . This force , wo are informed , is to be commanded by Oapt . Adlain , whose head-quarters will be at Patna . The first electric telegraph has now been set up in Persia . Jt is sixty leagues long , and extends from Teheran to the camp of Sultanieh . By our last advioes from Africa , we learn that Captain John Sanderson had tUecL ^ on board the florew-corvette Archer , of 13 guns , ofwhioh ho Ueia the command , on the wost coast of Africa station .

      The faot that several gentlemen closely connected with the Prince of Wales have sailed for Canada , from Liverpool , in the screw steamer Nortn Briton , gives an ok of probability to the * um ° ur that his Royal Highness will shortly pay a visit to the North American colonies .

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      There to be endto the Qm fflE LEADER . [ No . 4 92 . A ? u& . 2 ? , 1859 . ¦ . _ ¦ "_ ^^' . * . . m- ' - __ t 5 : J . jhl— ¦ — rt

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1859, page 982, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2309/page/10/