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Sir Kobebt Peel announced that he should take a Boitable -opportunity of explaining the entire groundlessness of the apprehensions entertained respecting the importation of certain articles , particularly lite eatUa The gallery "was cleared for s division on the clause of the -Gallant Colonel , but he did not succeed so far as to obtain a seconder . ETerj-tbing else being disposed of , the Committee "went Enough the schedule of the to'wna from -which the averages are to be tafcen , and jbe Bouse aajotrrned . Wednesday , April 6 . The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock . The report on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail "way , was brought up anp received . A number of petitions on various subjecte were presented .
THE TRUCK STSTEH . Mr . Feb&a > t > presented a petition from a place in Glamorganshire , signed by 176 Inhabitants , comp laining of the open violation of the law practised by some manufacturers . The petitioners stated that they had grea'ly suffered from the iniquitous practice of remunerating industry by the French system . They added , that within an are of a twenty square miles they knew of nine shops connected with , manufactories ; and ihey prayed the House immediately to pass a Bill , compelling employers to exercise plain justice towards the employed in tne matter of wages , and enforcing the weekly payment of labour in mosey , and the abolition of the taliysSop system . ¦ ffOBKING ME 5 AM ) H 1 XCFACTCEERS .
Mr . FtaKAXD gave notice that on Tuesday , the 19 th of April , he w&uld move a resolution of the House for the fnll and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Committees of the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed hy item , and also for the condign punishment of all who should intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; and also that he should more for a Select Committee io inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the TJnit 3 d KiDgdom , on the men in their employment , extending also to the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on railways .
The Honse went into committee on Lord Mahon's Copyright Bill . The noble lord stated the grounds on which he brought forward his measure , which he said differed from that of Sergeant Talfourd , in r « - decing the term of Copyright to 25 yeax 3 after the authors death . The objections of publishers and printers were now removed , and they were anxious for the success of the present bill , which he , lord Mafcon , brought forward from a conviction that ii would be a public good . Sir . Mj . O 4 . ri . AT had opposed Sergeant Talfourd ' s
billjbecause he considered the term of 60 years too long . But while he admitted that the present bill was different from Jtr . Sergeant Talfourd ' s , he did not altogether approve of the mode in which lord Mabongave the protection which bis measure proposed . He ( Mr . Macaulay ) wonld give copyright for the life of the author , or for forty-two years , whichever might be longest ; and he illustrated the superiority of his plan by various examples in literary history . He would , at the proper time , bring forward an amendment to carry out his views .
SirR . H . IsGLTSsaid t ' rst every civilised country , except Anstria , recognised the claims of the author to a proptrty in his works , which ie could leave to Ms family or heire . By Mr . Macaulay's proposition the ' copyright of many standard work ? , such , foT instance , as the " Pleasures of Memory , " would expire with the author ' s death , whereas , by Lord Mahon's proposition , it would be continued for twenty-five years longer . He , therefore , supported the Bill Mr . Wakzet admitted that Lord Mahon . had made a fair and candid statement , but he had failed in making out a case for any alteration in the law . The authors in the present age had received sums for their works unexampled in all former times—Sir Walter Scott , for example , whose works had bronght
to himself and family no less than £ 250 , 000 . In fact , the conduct of authors in applyirg to the Legislature for additional protection was a degradation to literature , asitindicatedlow and sordid motives . Why were the claims of men of science overlooked , many of whose inventions were ihe proanoe of the application of far higher powers than mere literary works ? Could any modern work be compared with the discovery of Dr . Jenner ? Yet the mere writer was to have a monopoly , while such benefactors of humanity received no legislative consideration—men whose pursuits were not of a pleasurable nature , like those
of literature , but followed out in the midst of disease and death . Mr . Wakiey read specimens from Mr , Wordsworth ' s poetry , with the view , as he said , that fee House might judge of the quality of the productions fer vrideh additional protection "was asked . I ; was not the men of the highe ? t intellectual character , scca as Sir Joiin HmeheH , who asktd for this additional protection , whiie to give it would interfere with that instruction of ihe people which was going on through the cheaper-produced editions of works cut of copyright . He implored Lord liahon to abandon his Bill , but , as a choice of evils , he would SnvpoTt \ fr . MgeanJav ^ s proposiiioa ,
Mr . Mo . \ KIO 3 LliLXES regretted the coarse adopted by Mr . Wakiey with respect to Mr . Wordswoith , whose mind might be wounded by the supposition ihat any production of hi 3 had been treated in the House of Commons with undeserved ridicule . The argument about the dearnes 3 of copyright editions was answered by actual facts ; and eminent men oi sclense , Sir David Brewster , for example , had petitioned the House in favour of protection to literary labour . Literary men aud literature were treated very differently in Frp . nce from what it was in this country . He supported Lord Makon's proposition as being on the whole better than that of Mr . Macanlay . On the third clause ef the bill , Mr . Mac ^ lat propesed ifs amendment . Lord Mahon defended his own propositions ; aft ; r which
Sir Kobebt Peel said thai Mr . Macaulay ' s argument in favour of bis proposition carried conviction ¦ sii h it , but he suggested a compromise , by which seven years after the author ' s death might be pvec for the benefit of the family . Mr . Wy . ys reminded Mr . Wakiey that Dr . Jenner tad been rewarded by Parliament , and expitsstd himself willing to see an extension of the principle . Lord Johk Rcssell thought that Lord Mahon's 1 : 11 wonld be a boon to authors , and had eo ! beer cosviiiced by Mr . - M ^ caulay ' s arguments to support his proposition . But as both Lord Mahon and - * ir . Jlicauiav had somewhat similar o ' r-jects , he regretted tha- there sbt-oM bs a division on the subject , s . ra recommended the adoption of Sir . H . Peel's
Mr . -Mic-iTx \ t expressed his regret that he could not , TrrJi .-j . il-faction to his own raind , adop ; ihe corsproioe ; Sirzngers were rep ? 3 ted ] y ordered to withdraw , - . ;> - - rr . eivals being occuL- ^ d by observation ucm Sir R . Peel and Mr . Aglioaby . Lor , - - Alison iiiVp ^ ioi , that if he were defeated on his £ > Tr ^ , P ' ? " ' - oi ' iwe ^ tv-Sve years , te would move to fill ed sie >] 2 ik friih ' " seren year . - , "' and t-hoi : TJ att-rvriTd .- propose iLe forcy-ivro years , as suggested CT Ml " . 3 tiCJ "' . 2 T . 1 »^ " 0 1 IT > s ' ~ " ,- -. r . V rj . n / is tlinfi-i . ^ t- r \ n T r \ - * A "\ T-, T ~ ~ r , JiTr i : ¦ " ¦ ~ 'J r k placethe first Lord Mason'
° . ' ' - --- , on s propos : joi ; of - . TTeuty-nre years ait = r the author ' s C ££ tn , W £ _ : c-h - . Tjs lost bj Co to 55 ; and the second on ite prt ^ uc ; lon that ihe blank Acuid be filled up Wiia tie wori icven , " which was carried by 31 to Ijff- - ^ -l ^ r-J cjt ; s : oii took place on the adoption of -ir . Nsr ^ ' .-Ij ^ . '» ^ ripo > i tion of fcrtv-tvro vea rs . which wa- c ^ rr : e . i I ;; ] yi l ( J 22 . The result of these three eiv ' . Fioi ^ . wa =, : _ Ls adoption of Mr . Macaulay ' s propc- ? : r . tn _ of f ... itT-:-. t o years certain , or fur the author ' s ^^' tT ' v " - ; - ; . a- ^ e ionjrest , with the acaition of -it iiovrrt P . - jV suggestion of seven years after the zu : t-r ' s dvi ^ h . should he have outlived the term owony-iw . , j . ir 5 fTom the publication of his wcrs . r Aictner diV ? : on t&ok place on the clause , as thus amjnfEd , > Ir . \ V 2 kv y otjectisg toitaltogeier . uce ci = u > e ^ - S 5 carried bv M " t 0 117 .
J-iie Etir c-iinse , providiLj ; for the reversion of CXJitJEg coprridr-s in the possession of parries not Jelatfd to authors , laiied a QiiC 13 J 0 u , and led to a OlTi ^ JrOIl , - . ' - . ^'^ -li-y movh gits omission on the ground of its injust :-e to : hcse Tv ' no bad already made contract oa the faith of the existing law . It B-as rera-. uc j by QO to " 26 . Alter ? oir-e ¦ . t : er chases were 2 greed to , ihe CH ^ ti-viiAS obtained leave to report progress , anu at a ^ ain os Wednesday nest , and the House rt-tunied . On the brkrin ^ u of the report on the corn impomucm bil- 3 Mr . Mi was Gibso . n suggested that a iantd penod snculd be nam . d in fhe BUJ for its oura , ion E 3 y one year , « as to briL'g it a * jain under the consideration oi ParliameEt . He proposed this ftomaconncuoncf the insi £ biiity of the proposed mea / ure , and not to hold out delusive expectations
. bir Kobebt i- EEL said that was the reason why Sir ! 0 P ^? ° adopli ^ tTictl a raxijestion . ftn iv v - aaed FlWa 5 fo » tb-e discussion Tax triD ^ S up of t he report on the Income
Co-vrzsnos Fcmj . -Mt . J . Qeave has received irom— tj ,.. £ . s . d . S ^*? 1 3 8 M ; senden 0 3 0 Luddenden . 0 5 0 Lower Warley „ " 0 7 6 Sawerby . * . 15 3 Orerden 0 5 0 Rippenden . 13 0 From aiew friends at Mr . R-glev ' s Mill , King Cross ... 0 7 7 Barnsley . 1 0 0 Shelton , Potteries 15 3 Bradfordj Yorkshire . 3 10 0 , £ 10 15 3
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The Revznce . —The Revenue tables for the quarter , published on Tuesday last , &how a decrease on the Customs , Excise , Stamps , and Taxes , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , of £ 288 , 973 . In the Post-office , Crown lands , and miscellaneous items there is an increase of £ 341 , 067 , showing a total increase in the quarter , of the ordinary revenue , of £ 52 , 094 . In the extraordinary revenue there is an increase of . £ 65 , 675 , and s decrease of £ 6 , 437 , making a total increase of revenue in the quarter of £ 111 , 332 . _ Liveepool—This place has , during the last fortnight , resembled a garrison town , from the numbers of soldiers of various reigments in its streets , on their route from Scotland and Ireland to Portsmouth , where reinforcements for India are collecting .
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MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE AOTI-CORN . LAW LEAGUE TO OPPOSE THE INCOME TAX IN MANCHESTER . On Thursday morning , the walls were posted with bills ; the following is a copy : — " Public meeting ef electors , —We , tie undersigned , invite a public meeting of the electors of this borough to be held in the Town-hall , Manchestar , on Friday morning , April 1 , 1 S 42 , at eleTen o ' clock precisely , for the pnrpose of considering the proposition of Sir Rubert Peel , now before Parliament , with respect to ths income tax . "
The above invitation -was signed by about forty individuals , who are most of them members of the League ; and , in order to draw as large an iradience as possible , it was announced that Messrs . Philips , Gibson , B otherton , and Cobden , had been invited to attand . However , none of them were present ; and perhaps this attempt to gall the pub ; ic -srjll receive some little palliation , vrhen they consider that Friday , the day on vrbich tnis Whig Corn Law League farce camo off , was , what has been commonly called , « A pril fool day , * and that being the case , these ' large loaf and plenty of slavery-men , probably conceived they had some license to take advantage of the public , and make April tools of them by wholesale . At the time appointed there were one hundred and fifty working men round-the doors , and not half a dozen electors amongfct them .
Various were the surmises about the proceedings . One party declared that there would be no meeting ; another , th 3 t the electors were afraid to mett tha nonelectors ; . -whilst a third party declared that they should like to be comptlled to pay the income tax ; a fourth party believed , as tbere -were only about forty electors come to express their opinions , they would carry © n the meeting with closed doors ; and lastly , the universal opinion cf the non-electors was , that if the middle classes were determined to keep up an expensive and extravagant monarchy , and support two or three kings and queett 3 , and all the expensive machinery to boot , why , then , the middle classes ought to pay their share , and therefore ought to pay the income tax . Wfcen the doors opened the front seats were taken , and the poor were compelled to find a standing place . In about ten minutes after the people had assembled in the Hall , to the number of as near as we could guess , 400 , certainly not more ,
Mr . Archibald Pbestice , editor of the Mandtesier Times , a thick and thin supporter of the Whiga and Corn Law League paper , came to the front of the platform , and said be had been requested by the requisitionfsts to offer a few words of explanation as to the mode of calling the meeting . He then said that the reason why the mayor had not been asked to convene the meeting and to preside on the occasion , was , that the returiiing officer of the borough could not well preside over a meeting cf the electors , -wben the object -was not to petition Pariiam nt , but to give particular instructions to their representatives . It "Was necessary that the electors should be called together immediately , and he -was sure the requisitioDisLs were exceedingly glad to see bo many of the non-electors present , who , although they were nGt called en to vote , -would have an opportunity of listening to the discussion .
Mr- Jons Beooks , one of the great guns of the League was called to the chair , who after a fe * remarks iatrodnced Dr . Eager to more the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting of the electors of Handjesttr , the proposed tax on the profits ef trade is ca culatfed to aggravate the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturer is labouring , and to increase ihe Bufferings of the working classes by diminishing the fund for their employment , and lowering the wages of ltbour . That the deficiency in the revsnue has been caused by baneful monopolies , especially the Corn Laws , wiieh are undermining the trade of this district , and that to attempt to maintain the National income by taxes on the profits of capital , and to leave virtually untouched the chief . scarce of the present commercial distress , must speedily fifestroy the fund from which the revenue of ihe state , tiie employment of the people , and tlie incomes of all classes are mainly drawn . "
Sir Thomas Potteh seconded the resolntioD . Not evea the knight could raise a cheer . Mr . Ahchibald Phe . mice supported the resolution , and in the course of his remarks declared that fce woa ; d" williii ^ 'y pay three per cent upon his income pro-rided t&ere was to be any reduction in the price o ! provisions , for the benefit of the poor . The Cha . ik . ma > - then put it to the meeting , and while doing so , Mr . Ktowsta : ? rose to move an amendmtnt , but the Chairman was deaf . The shew of hands for the resolution was miserable not more than thirty ; on ihe contrary about 150 , so that it wtL 3 negatived by a larje majority . On seeing that it was lost , they pretended , oa the platform , that it had not been put , and that they had not voted , because a gentleman was on his feet to move an amendment .
The Chairman asked Mr . Kynaston if he was an ' elector ; and , on receiving an answer in tie negative ,. told him he -B-cnJd not t > e allowed to speak . \ This caused greai coofosioa ; wiiiiEt the meeting , as ¦ with one voice , cried , " Hear him , hear him . " - The Chairman rose , and was saluted "with treaendous ' ydls and other marks of disapprobation . , Mr . Atf . and nest rose , but the groans and yells were , stili more vociferous . j Mr . Kynaston sat down — the meeting shouting , , "Hesjhim , " " you dare not hear him , ' &c . Mr . 1 $ y-Eastoa rose ag . ila amid tremendous cheering and clap-: pins of iand . a . ; Messrs . Prentice , Acland , and the Chairman turaed to ea . ll silsnee , but it was cf no avail , for hear him they would before any one else . ; Mr . Linntv , the Chartist , then mounted the form , ani vras CTt-ttsd -smh loud cheers .
The Cha-rinnn beckoned him to the platform , which iia \ the fcSvct of rt-storing snciic" . Mr . Il . v . NEr , on coining to tus front of the platform , told the meeting that the Gc ^ tlrman would be allowed to addr-ss tte icee - . iBg " OUt Of COUrtCty . " Mr . KysaST . O" then rose amid much cheering , an < : said that witn he attempted to address them a short time 2 < ro . he w .- : s so much interrupted bj the gentie-Sj « j rn the- plaift / jni , th : ; t he couW not be heard by the mtttir . g— ( hear , hex-T , hear . ) He might say that he was an ir . ovidual who "si&he 1 tverv man to be
allowed an " oppurtnnity cf expressing his sentiratxlr . He was not ai . ' owtd to propose ^ n amendment to the te : —Vnticii vrl : ch lud-bttn rtod ; but he miuM tel ; ihttn if they vould allo-w him what ha considered ei ths income tax , and iikc 7 ibe . iva his opinion as to bow it w- vfA operate . Ha thought all taxes cusht to be Itvic'd according to the ability uf the paities to pay , wLfciber * uch ability ro . ee froru laudt-d property , or froai ihe trofits of trade . In titter case it "wiis c-gually just , that if ti'tre te any tax to be Icvkd , it should be levied uptn th ; s » who have the ability to p . iy , and not upon the pc-urjiisu . who could not p ^ y at a . 'l—vhear , Leai , acd luuu cL-. x-ricg . ) It b ^ d been urgci that the income t : > x wirtild induce patties to make a fictitious rttuin of ttelr ir . con : i .-s , but was it likely that those gentlemen
who Wcrv ifeere opposing that tax wcnJd make a fittiuus return , Dicr « r 3 y in order that they might be tax ^ d the higher . ( Lau . hter , and cheers ) It had been urgtd , too , tiat it was an inquisitorial tax . Let it be so , because it was so much the better , and he again repeated that taxes Were most justiy levied upon those who wtre best able to bear them . ( A voice , "Let them reduce the txpenditur »"—cheers ) The speaker continued to ssy tbat the income tax would reduce the fcXpenditure , because it would reduce the salaries cf Government officers , —( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) 1 — and would greatly relax the burthens imposed upon the 1 ' ibouring classes . They would recoilect that at ihe close of the war a great number of small farms were taken up nnA made into large ones , and here the
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this manner , vjz it will reduce the expenditure as far as official salaries sre concerned ; therefore , it is preferable to ail other taxes on that account That the income tax 'will be a tax upon monopoly and monopolists , both in land , in trade , and monetary operations . That the income tax will be a tax upon all large farmers to the encouragement of smaller ones ; and a " tax upon all large dealers and manufacturers to the encouragement of- smaller firms , and is therefore preferable to all other taxes on that account . That this meeting approves of the principle of tte charge upon income , and -would recommend its general extension , if accompanied with a repeal of ail import duties upon the necessaries of life , in favour of £ uch countries that would deal on a fair basis of reciprocity of trade . " The speaker- said , Mr . Prentice bad alluded to the subjett of Universal Suffrage , and said be would be waling to be taxed ten per cent , jipon bis income , if
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r . ecessary . undei such a Bystem . But he -wonla ten them that they couM nob bring the middle classes to unite with them for Universal Suffrage , nnleas they put a great part of the burthens upon them . ( Loud cheering . ) He was not a supporter of either Whigs or Tories . It needed no small courage to stand up there , in the face of those gentlemen who bad signed that requisition ; but he could not be still . He could not refrain suggesting that amendment . He was obliged to the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him , and as he was not an elector , he would place the amendment in the hands of some person who was , and request him to move it , and sat down amid loud applause . Mr . Copper then moved it as a resolution , Mt . Dav i ES seconded it .
Mr . Aclxsd rose amid a volley ot groans and slight cheers , and treated the meeting to a fair as specimen ^ of waspish abuse as it was ever our lot to hear , which completely disgusted all rational , right-thinking , upright , and fair-dealing mea present ; whilst doing which , he was countenanced by the ' respectables' on the platform , which made the whole party look very contemptible in the eyes of the working men present . Mr . Linnet rose amid loud cheers to protest against the conduct of Acland . ' The Chaibman then said that he should put the resolution last proposed as an amendment to the first . Mr . Copper mounted the form and protested against such a course , because himself and the meeting generally understood that the first resolution was fairly put and negatived by a large majority : therefore he should insist upon its being put as a substantial resolution .
Tke Chairman requested the non-electors not to vote at all , as Mr . Linney had bold them so distinctly , and he had always found him to act very rationally at public meetings . Mr . Linney said he only recommended it ; of course the people were at liberty to act as they pleased . - The Chaibman said that he was going to put the amendment , and those who were for it of the electors must hold up their hands . The meeting would have both read again . Mr . Coppkus ' S resolution vras put ; the non-electors taking Linney ' s advise , and not voting , the consequence was , that not more than a hundred voted for the first resolution . When the second was put , all the clerks and warehousemen , whether electors or non-electors , voted for it ; aud the Chairman declared it carried . The working men then left the meeting disgusted .
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have heard him describe the picture alluded to la the motto , which we give verbatim from his Hpa People may exclaim , What do we care about Sir Charles Metcalfe , the Nizira , the Deccan , and Hyderabad ; we want to hear about Afghanistan and CabooL Softly , goodfriendB } all in good time . We wish you to understand the Seal ateta of India ; . that bur power is more in appearance than in reality , and we may b ^ said rather to occupy the country , than to posassa it It is a power which rests oa most treacheioua and uttstable grounds—a power which may be easily shaken , and though healthy and flourishing in outward guise , is but rotten atihe core . The power I mean is the power of opinion , supported by ignorance on one side , and reverential awe on the other .
Ignorance is fast vanishing under the progress of knowledge ; and " - -the clrtlizition of the West will come to aid the struggles for liberty in the East , While our own short-sighted and disreputable conduct there have done much to undermino any . veneration which we might have formerly possessed . : ¦ . Our priests and Imissionaries have done us great harm , and by their meddling hypocrisy and unblushing rapacity are regarded with , scorn and contKinpt by all . Their lying reports regarding the progress of ^ Christianity ' and the conversion of the natives , to gull the slavering fools at home , are but so much waste paper ; while iny body at all conversant with India well knows that no
respectable or decent native , whether Mohammedan or Hindoo , would condescend to listen to their trash for one moment , but turn with disgust from the "Fertnghee Padre j" and these so much , boasted Christian proselytes are but the refuse of the populations of Ctlcutta , Madras , and Bombay , discharged servants of European masters , who brag they are " Cbristians , Masaa ; drink brandy- ' ahlrab , * wine- sairab , ' and b ^ er- ' sbjraio , ' same like Massa ! " Such is generally the ainouut of their Christianity , and a glass uf brandy would convert thum inhuedreds !
Then , again , there are tbc " half-casts" sprung from European loinB and native women , and spurned like dogs by the Europeans . The sliKhttsfc admixture of native blood , although like the Palmers " Horn Mohuh Roy , " a few rich Parsees , end Anneuiaps , ( the newborn Kuighfc Sir Tamsetgee Tadgeebhoy to wit ) witli a few stipendiary chiefs totally disqualified from entering European society on ed . ual terms , and the half-caste men aud women are met at every turn with sneer , scorn , and insult . At the same time the consistent " Padrees" are civilising their children , forniing schools for instructing them in their one-Bided doctrines , and fitting them for clerks in the various government aud mercantile departments , assisting in the ; hospitals , and sending them , in Bhoals to the native regiments to play in the bana > while partaking wHb the very lowest " Pariahs" the privilege of baing drummers , lifers , and buglers , the Christian drummers and fifers being made to handle the " cats" for the benefit of Hindoo and Mahometan backs . !
The " PadreeVs" and all Christians are verily at discount in Hindostan ; : and a native could not cost on you greater contempt than branding you with the epithet of " Feringbee Padre , " and treating you as one of their " caste" ! Bishops , military chaplains , and the missionaries are as little necessary in India as Bishop Alexander is in Jerusalem ; ia fact , they do a deal of harm ; they lower us in the estimation of the native trooper , and that at present is needless , for he hates us most cordially . Our Government seoms determined te persist in appointing the least fit , individuals to the most
respon-Bible situation ! . What made Lord Ellenboreugh capable of directing the vast energies of our Indian empire , by experience , by theory , or by intuition ? Ho would have been equally serviceable as Protestant Pope in Africa , or Archbishop of Timbuctod ; and as for any Padree ' s attempting to convert the natives , it would not be more ridiculous should they attempt to convett the" Kangaroo" in Aiisfcralia or Cannibals of New Zealand , which by-the-bye they are going to attempt , merely for the sake of their pitiful salaries . Poor half-starved wretches j how we must feel for them . ! . "' .-. ¦'¦'
We wish to impress on the country , that native emissaries give the fullest intelligence of all our proceedings in India , and'that the native courts are well aware of our actions , and of our ultimate intentions ; for like a set of drunken fools , we seldom disguise them , and the ravings and the " orgies" of the messtables and canteens , give to the astonished world toasts and sentiments which must make us appear in a very unfavourable light and shako opinion to the very centre . These toasts and sentiments travel far and Wide .
Look for instance ; " the death of Runjech Singh , the dismemberment of the Punjaub , and the plunder of Lihore ! " We have heard this shouted like . infuriated madmen , by men who held rank in the service , and whose eyes glittered like demons in anticipation of the plunder of gold , silver , and jewels . Again : " another Bhurpore , " aud another " BootjuaSal , the RebeVR ^ jah' " Even across the river Ganges opposite Cawnpore , the territory of the Nabob of Oiide , and not far from the capital Lucknow ; the ' ;" - ' plunder of Lucknpw"had been for years a favourite toast ; and officera as well as men , seemed to regard it as \ he result of all their wishes , aud the desired haven of lenjoyment
No woadt-r weare losing ground in India—no wonder we are hatet!—^ the wonder is that we have m > t been ere this , driven into our factories , ot the sea , jlnppy anil fortunate to possess such an alternative . Tqib may be received ungracipualy ; we do not profess to deceive or flatter ; wo prido ourselves on telling the whole truth to enable this struggling nation to see what we are about entering upon in the East , and speak out in a voice of thunder to our besotted rulers . . Wo invite discussion , and In next Slar many particulars respecting the , army , will amuse Captain Harvey Tuckett : md his clique , and perhaps shake bis confidence in a slight degree . Sir Robeit Peel—look to it ! " Vale !" Woolwich Cadet .
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tiine there was flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment . Another fort , in which some Commissariat stores were kept , was also attacked , and after a defence of three days by Gaptain Mackenzie , and a few men taken also , a panic appeared to have seized the troops , who found themselveB in the beginning of ¦ winter shut up in their cantonme nts , in a Valley of 200 miles from the Indus , without sufficient clothing or food , and amidst a fanaticul Mussulman population .. ! Even between ; the British , leaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy b ^ ing desirous of offensive nieasures , while General Elphinstone , from cjrcumsta , nces connected with the forces , amoniEt whom despondency and vacillation are described as then prevailing , maintained his
opinion for defensive ones . At the solicitation of the Envoy , some small forts in the neighbourhood , which contained grain , were captured . In the mean time the news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan corps in Shah Soojah'a service , conimanded by British officers , reached the besieged , arid contributed to add to their glepiny prognostics . Various rerersea . and successes followed during some days . The troops from the Balla Hissar were recalled to the cantonment , and the Envoy , urged a decided attack on the enemy ; the General , however , maintained that all auch attacks would be futile : the Boldiers began to despond , and all was misery . There were , nevertheless , skirmishes every day , which did not tend to raise the ; spirits of the Sepoy a and soldiers , who saw their enemy hourly increase , while they themselves had scarcely food " ,
and but insufficient raiment for the season . So greatly were they dispirited , that they were one day driven back to their camp , after they ' h&d during three hours been exposed to availing fire . The Ghilzee Chief , Osman . Khan , did not choose to pursue them with in their entrenchmerjts , wher 6 they , it wasiUen-feared , would have made a feeble resistance ; Their provision was flour , which they obtained by bribery during the night . It was then recommended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Balla Ilissar . Gaptain Cdnolly , who was then with the Shah , advocated the prepriety of bo doings but the military authorities deoiared the movement impossible , as they could not rely upoqi the . disheartened troops . The laafc regiment was then wifchdrawn from the Balla Hissar , which is , as every one kuows * a citad <" , l on a hill to the eastward of the town , and Shah Soojah was left to his
own resources . "The insurgents , who were aware of the movement of succour from Candahar , now ; appeared disposed to enter upon . ' negociatioris for the withdrawal of the British troops . The Envoy , on hearing of the retreat of the ; 'Candahar . brigade , and learning that no aid could be expected from General Sale , then at Jellalabad , or from tho Indus , gave a reluctant assent . Conferences took place , and a long Hat of articles , drawn up in Persiadby Sir W . H . Machaghten , were agreed to on both sides . They are said to exceed twonty in number . "The second and favourite son of JDost Mahammed , Mahomraed Akhbar Khan , who , subsequent to his father ' s surrender had remained in concealment ,
and had even escaped beyond the cor / fines of Affghanistan , having made his appearance during the insurrection , took a decided part in the negotiation . Thei insuirgent chiefs exhibited great willingness to have the British troops removed from Cabul , and arrangements are said to have been made for that ' . purpose ' , at different ineetings vrhich were held outside the cantonments . Alter various parlies , a message was , on the 22 nd of December , brought from Akhbar Rhan to SirW . H . Macnaghten to request an interview on the following morning . The British Envoy went thither , accompanied by Captains Lawrence , Trevor , and Mackenzie . They had hpt been present five minutes , when a signal was given , and all were seized and forced to mount behind some
Ghilzse chiefs . The British Envoy resisted , and was slain , as also Captain Trevor , who had slipped off the horse on which he had been placed . Their murderers are now said to be "Ghsaees , " or religir ous enthusiasts , who fight as soldiers for "the sake of God , " and who , if killed in battie , are called " Shuhdees , " or martyrs . The treatment of Sir W . H . Maciiaghten ' s body has been described as most barbarous . His lady is stated to have offered a large sum for its ransom , in order to have it decently interred . Tho other two officers were saved by the dread of the Gh ; Tzee 8 to fire at them , lest the Ghilzeea who rode before them should - - . be . " . wounded ; They returned to the cantonment on the 28 th , Akhbar Khanhas , it appears , boasted of . his having
in person killed Sir W . H . Macnaghten . Major Pottinger , Well known since the defence of Herat , theu took charge of the British mission , and the hegociations for the withdrawal of the troops were continued . On the 6 th of January , they moved from their cantonments , which were instantly seized by the insurgents and burnt . The enow was one foot deep on the ground , whqnthf troops reached Beegrpma , three miles distant . The schenies of Aklibar Khan tfiou became evident : he had despatched emissaries througho » t the country through vfWahttie MftfotV \ it \ ate British Boldiera had to pas 3 , calling on tho people to rise en masse and slay the infidelSi His call was not heard in vain . On the first day ' s march Cornet Hardyman , of the 5 uh Cavalry , and some men , were killed . Mahommed
Akhbar Khan , who had taken charge of tho retreat , contrived to iaduco the British to take ap stations at night where he chose . On the 7 th they moved to Bareokhar , where the three mountain guns were seiz d . Their rear guard were obliged to act on the defensive during the whole of the day . On the 8 : h the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies , and it beoamo evident that the British soldiers would have te fight their way to jellalabad . Captain Skinner went to Mahommed Akhbar Khan , who was on a hill close to the British camp , and inquired why they could not proceed according to the convention ? The reply was that they had left tho Cabul cantonments before the troops destined to protect them were ready , and that no chief but he ( Akhbar Khan ) had th ? meaus or power to protect them , notwithstanding their couvetitioh .
'" .. This military convention is not fully known , and therefore all its provisions cannot be stated . It is pretended that amonc the articles there are some declaring , that all the British troops were to evacuate Affgnanistan , and that notice of such a conveution had been sent to General Nott , at Caudahar , and to General Sale at Jellalabad . it is said to have been signed by Ganrral Elphinstone as Commarider-in-Chiff , and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent , and also by Brigadier Skelton , Brigadier Anguetil , and Co ) . Chambers .
"Akhbar Khan , whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened not only by the conquest of his father ' s terriforieF , but by his own . cxilo and subsequent imprisonment iri Bokar , demanded then , on the third day of the retreat from Cabul , that the British should , when surrcunded by the Ghaz ^ es under his command , make now terms with him , and promise not to proceed farther than Tuzeen , until tho withdrawal of the force under Sir R . Sale irom Jellalfibad wns known , and he insisted-oU aix hostages . Majar Pottuiger , who was lamo from a wound , instantly offjred to be one , and at Akhbar Klia ' n ' s orders Captains M'Kenzie and Lawrence were included . The Ghazyes were , however , not restrained in their attacks , and a fearful slaughter followed on tho movemenc towards Khoord Gabul .
The colurhu was attacked on ail sides . The fourt-rau ladies who wer « in the centre seemed objects . of tpecial degire . Mrs . Anderson and Mrs . B ' oy . d -liad each a child carrind off Akhbar KVian , while the Ghazes were thus busy , professed his inability to re&train them , and on the O . li of Januarydemanded that the kdies should bo placed under'iiis-protec ; ion . The miserable weather , the snowy wastes , the rough mountain tracks , and ttve month of Jammy , in the coldest regions of Central Asia , compelled them to yield : the hostages halted for some days ia that neighbourhood ' .
" The -demand on Gen . . Sale ' to relinquish' his post was made on the 9 th of January , and on that day he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supremo Gover . ment . This answer was tak ? n back to Akhbar Khan . The unfortunate Sepoys-, begriu-agaid to move , and were ajjain assailed ; the Sepoys ,. who form such- ' good soldiers under the broiling sun of India being-enervated and stupified by tho cold , scarcely offered-any resistance , aud hundreds of th ^ m were soon despatched by the Ghaz ie cut-throats , but the Europeans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jugdrillufc . Here
General Elphinstone and Brigadier SkeUou became hostages , and were detained two mUej diVtaht b y Aklibar . General Elphinstone wrote a notein pencil to Brigadier Anguetil— " Maroh to-night ; there is treachery . " The British troops marched early in the night they camo to the frightful .. mountain 'Pt- 's ; it was barricaded ; they forced the way , and reached Jusdulluk , which they defended spme time , until Brigadier Anguetil was killed . All order waaiheu lost , and confusioh and separation , slaughter an ^ l destruction i ensued . Several officers who were well mounted , attempted to make good their way into Jellalabad . Some of them arrived within three or
four miles , when they were murdered and plundered , and their bodies left on the road . Only one offider , Pr , Brydon , of tho foh Bengal Native Infantry , though wounded in ceveral places and exhausted , succeeded in reaching the place ol safety in Jellalabad on the 13 th . Of the fate of the other ' , 6 ! 500 soldiers and 7 , 000 camp followers nothing certain-is kuown ¦;¦ many have been killed , others are dispersed , arid as yet it is difBcali to decide . The names of thirty-five officers have been published as killed from the commencement of the insurrection , but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple , out of the greac '
nuuiber missing . Some of the sepoys are said to have been sold as slayca to ths Usbeck Tartars . Letters continue to aYrive from yaripus quarters representing the state of thb prisoners and hostages . Akhbar Khan is said in a letter reedved from Major Pottingeri dated January 23 , to be at the fyi't of Badeeabad , in tho Lufchman country , wi \ cre he keeps the following prisoner ? , namely :- ~ General Elphinstone and Skelton ,: Lieuteiiant Mackenzie , Captain and Mrs . AndeKon and ehild , Gaprain Boyd , Lieutenant Eye , Lieutenant Waller , Mrs . Trevor , Lady Sale . Lady Macnagutea , Mrs . Sturt ^ Mr . and Mrs . Jtyley , aerjeant and Mrs . Wade , Captains Troopi Johnson , and G . P . Lawrence , and
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Major Pottinger . There are , besides , the sir nifiiers and the sick who were left at Cabul on the dr-parv tare of the troops . Akhbar Khan , in the letters from that fort , which are received unsealed , is dfisorioed as doing everything " to > make them comfortable !'_ "An attempt of the insurgents to Seiza Ghuzneow said to be so far successful as that the town is in their power , but Colonel Palm-r , with his regiment and six months' provision , is stated to be saiem the citadel ; At Candahar an insurgent force showed itself on thelOth of January , when an attemj t was made to carry off the camels belonging to the l ' -ted Bengal Native ; Infantry . On the 11 th , Priaceisuftur Jung , the youngest and favourite son of Saah Soojah , and Mahommed Atta , the chief , came with a large force within about five milea' distance- Gcn « al Nott niarched against them oh the 12 th , aud in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling lo-s .
General bale has ,: more 6 ver , maintained the po * ~ 8 ition at Jellalabad , which he has fortified with a ditch , and -. planted cannonJn different places , -with a determination to defend his position to the utcioat . Akhbar Knaii has : attempted to raise the Oolooses , or heads- of the neighbouring clau ? , in order to attack Jellalabad , but the gallantry and resolution displayed by Sir Robert Sale in October , duriujj ; hia march from Cabul to Jellalabad , had given tiu-nt siich proofs of his bravery that they have hithei-td rather hesitated . Tho troops in Jeltalaba-i are Stated to be well provided with , food , and afeto to keep their ground until tho beginning of March , particularlysince they have already disepmfitted two contemplated attaoks .
" The celebrated moantain pass , called the Khybeiy lies between Jellalab a d and Peth ^ wui , and the inhabitants ,- who are in posse » sioD , have been long notorious for their plundering proponsities . Aknba Khan eent to offer money to induce them to resist not only the departure of the troops under General Sale , but also the entry of all the troops which may be ordered by the Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at Jeilalabad . The Khyberries are stated be highly incensed at the - ' small sum offered for their concurrence in his plans by Akhbar Khan . It : was not more than 1 , 500 rupees . They , however ^ have made preparations to resist on their own account , and a brigade , under the command of Colonel Wild , which was " se > t irom
the Sutlije early in December , having reached . PeshavvHr , made an attempt to force the pass . Having left their artillery behind in India , and the only guns procurable in ihat direction being unserviceable ones from the Siekhs , the attempt t .: ade by-Colonel Wild was unsuccessful . Two ref : iD > ntB penetrated to ; tho fort of Ali Mu ? jW , wii ^ aa British garrison was stationed ; but ; as they 'found ' - npither provisions nor ammunition there ^ they wera obliged to retreat towards Peshawur , having lost an officer and some men . In the meantime , the Sapreme Governmeht has not been idlo . Geiieral Pollock has been despatched at the bead of a
considerable reinforcemeut towards Peshawur , which he with suffici nt guns and abundant auimuuition reached on the 7 th u ! t . and is now makins preparations for proceeding through the Khy her passi " The Eupreme Government on the 3 ist ot ' Jamiary published a proclamation admitting the fact of ihe convention at Cabul , the retreat of the troops , aud their having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of treacherous attacks , and declaring that the most arCtiye measures had been adopted , and would be most steadily pursued , for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affghan frontier for assistin « such operations as may be considered necessary tor the maintenance of the honour and interest of the British
Government in that quarter . "Orders ware also published on the 5 th of February for the purpose of having a lOih comjiany added to every regiment ia India , which , with other measures adopted , will cause aa increase of about 26 , 000 men . ¦ ' v "The latest intelligence from Cabul is , that Shah Soojah has sueceeded in securing the good will of all the chiefs . Newab Mahemed Zeman Khan has been , apppointed Vizier , and Ameer Oolla Laghare « j one of the leaders in the late insurrection , has been , named Ameer-ud-Dowla . Akhbar Khan has no power . now in Cabul , and was sect to iattendtho " Ferinseea" in their retreat in order to get rid of him . He , however , retains the hostages and prisoners , for whom he isf likely to demand a large random . His father , Dost Mahommed , is strongly ¦ guarded , ia
order to prevent his escape from India , 'ibt . ro is great talk of " our great friend ^ ' Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk being " implicated in the late insurrection , which appears' to have been exclusively directed againct the foreign : infidel 3 . "Therehave been some very serious disturbances among the Madras . regiments at Secunderabad , in theiNiazim ' s country , ia consequence of the C > urt of Directors having ordered thatthe allowance oi' batta latterly granted , should be discontinued . The soldiers of some of ; ho best regiments refused to obey their bffioers , stating that it Would be better noli to be in the servico than to &tirve or have their familiea starve , as the allowances granted on removiag ttteta 320 miles into the Nizam ' s country were now refused . The mutiny has been put down , and many of the soldiers are uo win confinement .
"The other parts ; oflndia are comparatively tranquil , but great excitement prevails in different quarters . The inhabitants of Delhi and other towns in that direction have begun to hide their money and jewels as if they apprehended danger . " The ; Nepaulese seem occupied with their own affairs . The winter season ia not one of alarm or excitement there . The old King of Oude had made arrangements for resigning the throne , but he has been dissuaded by his chief Minister from effecting his purpose . Some confusion is expected in that ¦¦
country ..: : ' : ¦ • ¦' . . - . - v-v-. .. '¦; ¦' . ... ' . ; . - . ¦ : ' . " The Siekh expeditionir . to Thibet has been Touted , and its leaderj ZorawurSinjEthj slain / A treaty resembling that of the Cabul Generals , was made with the Chinese , who took the arms from the Siekhs , and then allowed them to die o ? cold and starvauon . A number of men , under a leader named Bustee Ram , effected their escape through the Byahsee PaSs , eo as to reach Almorah . The leader and 130 men su 6 r ceeded in obtaining the protection of the British authoritieB there , and have been since sent on to Loodianah . Forty of them remained in the hosptal . Numbers have perished . ;
" The expedition of Tharawaddie to JRang ^ ou ha ^ failed , and he aud his Court have left that place * His troops have lest 3 , 000 men by their works there , and they are disappointed , for all their great hopes have failed . The King of Siam is ^ described as much alarmed Ie 3 t Tharawaddie should obtain arms and ammunition from the English in order to attack his dominions . - Lord Auckland has made preparations for hfs voyage to Europe on board the Huugerford , a large trader from Calcutta .
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At Braiutree , Essex , on the 6 th of March , Emma , the wife of Johu Page , was safely delivered Of a . daughter , which has since been duly registered Eliza Feargua O'Connor Page . : ; Henry Frost Jones was christened at . Si . Paul ' s Church , Bristol , oh Sunday , March 27 th . Qn Sunday , ' .-March 20 ihj was christened , at . All . . Saints'Church , Oakenshaw , the son of John and Ruth Lord , ; by the naais of Foargus O'Connor Lord . ; . ¦ ¦' . On Good Fi'iJay , shortly after the foundation stoii ? of limit's Monument was laid at Alancftestery ¦ ¦ ¦ . the Revi Mr . ScholefieM baptised two chilfh-en . ; the first , was cailedlleury Hunt Smith , and / tlie secorid Faartus O'Connor Uroves .
At Kavvgilston , iu the . parisli of Largo , Fifeahire , Soi . tland , the child of Mr . Asdi ; sw Archibald wa 3 baptised by the parish priest by the name of Mary O'Connor . : ' ,. " - ¦ ¦ . . ... ' -: ' ¦ -.. ; . ' ; On Sunday ^ the 27 th ult , John Frost Kershaw , the son of James and ; Ann Kershaw , of Oldham , Was duly registered at the Old Churoh , Oldhsuri . ^ . Baptiaed , on the 22 nd of March , at theWesloyah Methodist Chapel , Sowerby , by the Rev . Joha Walker , James Feargus .. O'Connor Riley , the soa of Halph and Mary Riley , of Hubberton Green , Sowerby . ; : ¦ ., ' . ¦;¦ .- . , : : : ; -. . " .:. '¦ ; . ¦ ¦ " . : ¦;¦ . ' ¦¦' . This infant daugnter of James and Margaret RIajr , of Strathavea , waa baptised , on the 24 th ult ., by the . Rcy . G . O . 'Campbell-, of the West llelief Church , by the name of Muvgaret Frost Mair .
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CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOtTL ! ( Continued from our last . ) " Ghoree" pur Howdah— " Hathea" pur Zeen , ChuUajao , Ghullajao , Warren Hasteen" !!! It is not our intsntien or our wish " to fright the isle from its propriety , " or to say anything of our Indian relations which "we are not fully prepared to substantiate or corroborate . It matters little whether we write as an Unitarian , an animal of the " bifrontal breed , " or like Mrs . Malaprop ' s dog Cerberua , " three gentleman at once , " if we give a true description of the present
state of Hindostan , and all appertaining tnereuntp . Doubtless there are many more capable than ourselves ; but we challenge them to be more honest . We have ¦ waited for their lucubrations till " the heart became sick . " There seems , on the part of the authorities both in Downing-atreet and LeadenhaU-street , a disposition to burfce the question ; so we have resolved on the task of enlightenment ourselves ; and it shall not be our fault if the British tax-paying public does not learn somewhat of India . In a debate last week , at the India
House" Sir ROBEET Campbell ( a Director ) wished that it should not go forth that the revenues of India -were ia that bad state represented by the Hon . Proprietor . The dividends of the proprietors (?) were not in any danger , and the Bombay paper referred to was no authority in such matters . "When wa should have vindicated our honour in India , whic ' a we must , coiile qui coute , eur resources i : i that country would be found in as flourishing a condition as ever . " (???) In reply to this , —we wish he may get it ! There has been an under current pervading Indian native society for years pa * t , - winch only laekfl an opportunity for display . It has been fostered by the different native chiefs , and its ramifications have spread through every court , every city , every Divan , or «• Zenana , " whether Hindoo or Mahometan , till it has assumed a most powerful and dangerous shape , all breathing the sume language , all uttering the same wish , and whose bond of union is " Destruction to the Feringhees !"'
Sir John Malcolm , Sir Thomas Munro , Sir Alexander Barnes , the present Sir Charles llttcalfu were all aware of it , and dicsded the mounter they could not crush ; but they tampered with it , and their policy was shaped accordingly , sir William M'Naghten might have been also awi , e of it , bus he despised its power , and paid , with his life , for his ignorance and presumption ! Communications were easily carried oa by means of the native banters or " ShrofiV , " and their bills of exchange , or "Hoondies , " supplied the circul . aling medium without much suspicion . The " Moon ^ heea" employed by the Europeans to teach them the languaee . were of ttime 3 in native pay , and the " YflkulB , " and even the chief servants , or " Dubashees" of
the residents , political agents , or collectors , left Htl ' e untold ihat passed beneath their ken ! The travelling pilgrims , or devotees—the "Faquirs , " ¦ w ho worship at the shrines of Mahomet' or " Juggernaut" were frequently the depositaries of native dispatches ; and correspondence was obtained by these means with every native regiment in our service ! When Sir Charles Metcalfe was sent to Hyderabad , as President , to tate the place of Mr . Russell , he found affhirs in a very awkward position , and the " Deccan " throughout disposed to shake off the yoke of John Company . The "Nizini"himself was a debauched old man ; and as long as hia Y : zier supplied him with money for his extravagancies and revelries , he litjle heeded where it came from .
The Tiz ' er was the ac ' ual sovereign , and the banking houae of Pulmer and Co . played the first fiddle , to the exclusion of thePresidtnt , antl the interests of John On-par . y . Palmers' bouse had advanced laTge sums of money on account of the " Xizim , " for which they received larre districts of land in " Tagheers , " and governed theru with almost despotic away . They constituted therosplves " Killadora" or " Governors' iu the various fortresses , wherethty luled , appointed their ownofficers , and received the reveiues , while the President could do nothing , except through the medium of William ami Hastings PaJiner . Such was the state of affairs at Hjcitrahad . Wiien Sir Ciiarles > Ietcaj'fc was app tinted President , we had a large array called a
subsi-iiry furcj , at S-cuaderabad , six miles from tho city , comr / Gacil of Bvi-. isk anduaVlv . . soldiery , horselutillcry , and cavalry ; another at Bolarnra calJod the Rcsseil Origan .-, at ^ te sole disposal oi the President , -while the orijctle uf c . iva'r ) ' eyas some distance off at Mominabud : not ^ ithitanding all this apparent , ijrce , so deadly was tne hr . te which had oitiintJ am ^ ng the natives , that no British ( fSctr or civilian , no British soldier of any ( k-scrv ' . ioa , -S-. .. UM tvtr have dre . - . mt of entering tho city of Hjileraoaii v . ithont tie President's protection and esi ' -rt snd mounted on one of the President's e er . h .- . n : s . Withont t ^ . ¦ lt , lie vrould have been insuUcd , 5 j > it up' -u , iinri Diarsacred ; and even ' . then his person was La : d ! y '" ife . Such vras Hyderabad in 1822—23 , and such we know it to be at the present timesuch are the native ff .- -l . ngs towards the Feringhees .
To rcstorv , 'f po . ^ ivJe , John Company ' s tottering powtrand i-uprcT !; :: rj-i ; i the Dcccau , it w ; is necessary to throw tl . t- Pjlm ^ r .- over ) :-oard , and givo up theTaghesrs irto the hands of th = > izam . Sir Charles ^ heii compounded with tho Vizier for the suiiii received ffuiiithc hcUae of Palmer and Co . and entticii mlo a St' ; t of " tqiiitableadjurtuieut"for the value i > 5 the lauds htM by them , which wire sptudily transferred to the CVmi-Miy , and placed at the disposal of the Kesident . Sir Charles , by hia moderation and firmiiLSS , soon rt-rtlabiishfcd European supremacy , a-.-ct placed his owa fi : uuis and tfficers in charge of the Tagheers , and various posts held by the hangers-on of the Pahntr . 3 . Such was the shock of this proceeding to their mercantile and hanking transactions , that ,
though immensely rich , and living in princely and Asiatic style , they were soon compelled to bend before the storm , break up th < -ir establishments , and declare thtmiblves baaki-ujjts ! It -was during a very precaiiou 3 time that Sir Charles adopted this poiicy , and be was absolutely forced into it by necessity , as the natives in the Dacem were beginning to despse the power of the -Eiiiilish , and with us it wa 9 nearly * ' t- 'uch and go i ' We would merely wish to show the capability of Sir Charles Metcalfe , and all who are . sic-. qu . . Intct wit' a liiui are aAurocf his urhauity , and the po ^ rr he . possess ^ by nature of maki « g all classes his friends ! In the critical position our affairs in the East assume—if diplomacy or skill cin extricate us , and s ; ive our troops frvnv destruction , and if we can still retain
for some few years our posseisions to the southward of the Sutk-dge River , and sever oream of further t-xteusion—if all this can avail , why Sir Charles Metcalfe is the heaven-born man who is moat likely to efilct it ! But he will have a most aitful task ! We can testify to iia fitness . We have been oa a tour in the Deeean , on Jumm&bunay , with him—we havo known him in his public and private relations , and we have listened to the words cf wisdom which have proceeded from his lips . We wish publicly to testify cur gratitude and respect ; and , while we admire the man , we think it our duty to state to the country f ally and fairly what we recognise in the politician ! Sir Charles has been all his life in India in the most responsible situations , resident at Hyderabad , at Dalbi ,
vice-president in Bengal , and Governor General during the interregnum , occasioned by Lord William Bentinck . To make way for Lor d Auckland , he was appointed Governor of Jamaica , and he is now coming home in ill health . During the first siege of Bhurpore , when Lord Lake and Warren Hastings put Howdaks in their bower , and saddles on their elephants , and turned tail before the native po-vror , Sir Charles MfctcahV was proceeding to join them ia a palanquin by " Dawk , " or " Past , " and was attacked and plundered by marauders in the neighbourhood of the army , and left for dead , with seventeen wounds on his Dody , several spear wounds and sabre wounds , and the finger c f one hand cut off He recovered , and while recounting , ia after jeara , his escape and daDger , we
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} NDIA . Arrival of the Overxand Mail . —The overlaud despatches from India reached . England on Monday . Tue intelligence they , contain is very important . All the accounts received from India confirm the previous news of the destruction of the British force at Cabool . According to the best accounts the British force at Cabool consisted in all of 5 , 000 fighting men and 7 , 000 camp followers . They left . Cabool on the 5 th of January , the snow was then a foot deep ; they had not sufficient clothing , and were miserably off for food . On the 7 th they entered thelvhord CabpolPas ' s , where theenemy poured down upon them from all sides , and a frightful slaughter ensued . Tho following day aueh as escaped were again attached on tho HufFc Kothiil , a bleak precipitous mountain , where , benumbed and powerless with cold , nearly the whole Sepoy force miserably
perished . The ^ uns were spiked and abandoned , aud the ladies who had accompanied their husbands in hese unprecedented perils given up as hostages io Akbar , who pretended that he could not repress the murderous attack ^ of the Afghans . Four na : ive regimeiits were here destroyed , the 3 ,- < i , 35 th , and 54 ; n Bengal -Infantry , and a re ' gimei . 't' of the Sliah ' s . lier AL ) jjs : y ' s 44 th still strusyled oa till t : ie Commander , Brigadier Anquotil , who succeeded General Eiphinstone , was killea . This was on tho 12 h- ^ seven days after the evacution of Cabool . A pauic seized them ; they were thrown into confusion and no -lon ' gw ' r reccgnined the authority of their ofScers , some of whom they struck with their muskets . This accelerated their destruction , and nothing was now kit but every man to shift for himself . The destructive result has been already Stated . The following is from the Bombay Times .:
—"Cabool . —The Cabool tragedy is over ; the struggle has been & fearl ' ul one , but it is passed . The cup of &ffi : etion has been filled to the brim , and the waters of bitterness contained in it , have been drained to tho dregs . Tho soldiers , who for two monihs so gallantly endured tho atsacks of overwhelming iiumber . s , amidst cold , hunger ,: andfa , tigije , have now uo more suflcriiigs or huaiiliatioiib to endure . Uf tho army , which , oh the 1 st of November , mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand , camp followers included , soine tivo or three hundred only
| survive in captivity . Not tan men in all have as yet escaped from the hands of the enemy . Suyse the 20 th Docerabcr , the date to which our ; last inteiligcuce from these pans cxiehded at the dispatch of we Ftbruary aizil , one hundred aud twenty British officers and from four thousand to five thousand fighting meu are known to have perished ; one European aud three Sepoy rogimeuts have beau utteriy swept away . A calamity SUChaa this IS uukuown in the annals of Indian war . We intimated in our last our fears ¦ th ' u Gabool had been
evacuatea ^ andits garrison cut to pieccB . Our paper of 1 st February had scarcely left the preS 3 when we found our worst apprehcusioua confirmed . '' The Times gives a leng detail of the circumstances of this horrible affair , from its Bombay correspond ' ent , from whichwe extract the following : — v " The insurrection broke out on the night of the 1 st of November , when Sir Alexander Burnes , and bis brother , and Captain Broadfoot of the 44 th , were killed _; the houBe of the first named ^ being Within the city , was pbmdered ; and some nioney in the treasury of Captain Johnson , which was close to the former hause ^ was made a prey of . TJde Captain having sle ^ t , in the British cantonments , escaped the slaughter , ais well as Brigadier Abguetil and Captain Troup , who were with him : Captains
Skinner and Drnmmond , Captain Trevor , and his lady and his children , remained for some d ^ ys concealed in the city by some of their friends . " Shah Soojah , who had on the 2 ad sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes ^ : where the Prince performed prodigies of valour , received on that day a communication front Sir W . H . Macnag ' dten , then in the cantonment , about five miles from the town , requesting leave for : Brigadier-Genewl Skeltou wita two regiment ^ and Captain Nicholl ' s troop , to enter tfea Balla Hjssar , aiid .. to shell the town . Leave was j ? iren , and the shelling took place . The ini ' uriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort , which lay immediately to the north ot the town , between it and the cantonment , and as it was weakly defended , soon became masters oiU . Thiswasa dreadful . blow to the troops , ais at the
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' ;; . . ' DEATH . " . ;¦¦" . - / . ¦ ' . : /¦ - . ¦ " : . ' . . On Wednesday , at York , highly respected , in the TSt-d year of his age , Mr . John Sanderson , macebearer to the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , and for 42 years a faithful servant in the Corporation . . On ^^ Sunday , tha 3 rd inst ., at Ripon , aged 65 , Lieut . John Atkinson , late of the ? 3 rd Royal West York Militia , and brother to Mrs . Lambert , Low Skelgate , Ripon . ; :. ¦ • ¦• ' , - . " . . . : ¦' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . - .-, .. - - . . ' .. - '" -. Same day , ; suddenly , aged : 37 years , leaving six small children to lament their hs 3 t Jaae , the wife of Mr . John PeaTce ^ master of Wheelwright ' s Ctoitj School , Dewsbury . ' - ... ¦¦ . " ¦ ¦'•¦ . ' '¦ - .-. ; ¦' . "' >• - ¦' . ' ; ^ v ^ .. " "S ^ ¦" ^ On ^ Saturday night last , at Sandal , near ^ jate ^ v ^ ¦ field , Gi-.-icd Atha , sister to Mrs . LancasterSfoMbA ; . v Leeds Gaoh ; ' -r '¦ " ' . ..: ; '¦ ¦ ' :: ' . ' : ¦ ' ' .. ¦ : > -R' £ ih- ^ ' ' " ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ OoFriday ^ the 1 s t iust ., at Ripon , mfc J ^ a ^^ V - ^ - % Wand severe affliction , aged 30 , Isabella , «» fe « 9 lof < Ea ^ ¦ ' - ' >"' wife of Dr . Septimus Tutin , of that pla « ST My ' : << & W r ' ^ •¦ :- >" ; : : : ¦ ' v ' vl ^^^ ' > v ^' ¦ ¦¦{^ k ^ fS ^ - fei ** " ^ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ v /' i ^ s ^ y
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct593/page/5/
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