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      Sir BOBEE . T Pbkl announced tha * ,, should tike a suitable opportunity of explamir . g the entire groundlesaess of the apprehenBonq . entertained respecting the importation of certain , ar ticles , particularly live cattle . Hie gallery -ma cle * . jed for a division on the clause of the Gallant Colonel ^ }> nt he did not succeed so far as to oitain a seconder * Ereiytlinig else being disposed of , the Committee Trent Enoug h taa schedule of the toirns from ¦ which the srexages are to be tsien , and The House aojuurned .

      Wednesday , April 6 . ! Phe Speaker took the chair at four o'clock . The report on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway , was brought up anp received . A cumber of petitions on various subjects were presented . THE TRUCK . STSTET * . Mr . Fek&am > presented a peritjon from s place in Glamorganshire , signed by 176 inhabitants , comr iaining 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 . ThfT sdded . that within an are of a twenty square jniles they knew of nine shops connected with manufactories ; ar . d they prayed the House immediately to pass a Bill , compelling employers to exercise pl&in justice towards the employed in the matter of wages , and enforcing the weekly payment of libcnr in money , and the abolition of the tallyshop system .

      TfCffiKIMJ HEN AM ) itA > T . TACTUB ^ ES . Mr . FiBKA . ND gave notice that on Tuesday , the Wih of April , he weald more a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Committees ol the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for the condign punishment of all who should intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the United Kingdom , on the men in their employment , extending also to the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on railways .

      Tke House went into committee on Lord Mahon ' s \ Copyright Bill . The noble lord stated the grounds i on which he brought forward his measure , which he said differed from that of Sergeant Talfourd , in re- ] dBeing the term of Copyright to 25 years after the ; aethor ' s death . The objections of publishers and printers were now removed , and they were anxious lor the success of the present bill , which he , lord Mason , brought forward from a conviction that it would be a public good . Mr , Macaclat had opposod Sergeant Talfourd ' s

      bill , because he considered the term of 60 years : oo long . But while he admitted that the present bill was different from Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ' s , ha did not altogether approve of the mode in which lord Mahon gave the protection which his measure proposed . He ( Mr . Macaulay ) would give copyright for the life of the author , or for forty-two years , Whichever might be longest ; and he illustrated the superiority of bis plan by various examples in literary history . He would , at the proper time , bring forward an amendment to carry out his views .

      Sir R . H . Isgus said that every civilised country , except Austria , recognised the claims of the author to a pxopertv in his works , which he could leave to Ms family or heira . By Mr . Macaulay's proposition the copyright of -many standard work ? , such , for 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 . Waklst 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 bad brought

      to himself and family no less than ; £ 250 , OQO . In fact , the conduct of authors in applying to the Legislature for additional protection wa 3 a degradation to literature , as it indicatedlow and sordid motives . Why were the claims of men of science overlooked , many of whose inventions were tie produce of the application ef far higher powers than mere literary works 1 Could any modem work be compared with the dis-OOTery of Dr . Jenner ? Yet zhe mere writer was to hare a monopoly , whpe such benefactors of humaiiity received no legislative consideration—men whose pursuits were no * of a pleasurable nature , like those

      of literature , bat followed out in the midst of disease and death . Mr . Wakley read specimens from Mr . Wordsworth ' s poetry , with the view , as he said , that the House might judge of the quality of the productions for which additional protection was asked . It-was not the men of the higae ? t intellectual character , rach as Sir John HerscaeJl , who asked for this additional protection , while t-o give it would interfere with that instruction of the people which tt&s going" on ihrough the cheaper-produced editions of works out of copyright . He implored Lord Mahon to abandon his BUI , but , as a choice of evils , he would Support Mr . Macaolay ' s proposidon .

      Mr . Mo > -KTO >" aiiL > "ESregreUedtbe eonrseadopfced by Mr . Wakley with respect to Mr . Wordsworth , whose mind might be wounded by the supposition that any production of hi 3 had been treated in the House of Commons with undeserved ridicule . The srgement about the deamess of copyright editions was answered by actual fact 3 ; and eminent men of science , Sir David Brewstsr , for example , had petitioned the House in favour of protection to literary labour . Literary men and literature were treated very differently in France from -what it was in f his country i He supported Lord Maion ' s proposition as being on the \? nole better than that of Mr . Macaulay . On the third clause of the bill , Mr . Macaclay propesed his amendment . Lord Mahos defended his own propositions ; after which

      Sir Robert Peel said that Mr , Macanlay ' s argument in favour of his proposition carried conviction witk it , but he suggested a compromise , by which seven years after the author ' s death might be given for ihe benefit of the family . Mr . Wr . \ - > - reminded Mr , Wakley tb at Dr . Jenner had been rewarded by Parliament , and expressed himself willing to see an extension of the principle . LordJoHS R . TSSE 1 A ihonghfc that Lord Mahon ' s bill wonld be a boon to authors , and had not been convinced by Mr . -Macaulay ' s arguments to support his proposition . Bnt as both Lord Mahon and iir Macaulay had somewhat similar objects , he regretted that there should be a division on the snbjeet , and recommended ttie adoption of Sir . R . Peel ' s * H £ 2 &st : oa .

      Mr . Macacljit expressed his regret that he could not , with satisfaction to his own mind , adopt , the compromise . Strangers were repeatedly ordered to withdraw , the intervals being occupied by observations from _ Sir K .. Peel and Mr . Agl- 'onby . Lord Mahon intimaied , that if he were defeated on his ow proposition of twenty-five years , he would move to all up the 'dank with " seven years , " and should afterwards propose the forty-two years , as suggested by Mr . Macaulay . Ttvo _ divisions took place , the first on Lord Mahon ' s proposition of twenty-fire years aft = r the author ' s

      Qeaia , which was lost by 68 to 56 ; and the Eecond on the proposition that the blank should be filled up . with the word " seven , " which was carried by 91 to 33 . A third division took place on the adoption of Mr . Macaulay's proposition of forty-two years , which was carried lj 101 to 22 . The result of these three civirions was , the adoption of Mr . Macanlay ' 3 proposition of forty-two years certain , or for the author's ^^ d k ver sla 11 ** ingest , - with the addition of bir . Robert P » l ' s suggestion of seven years after the author ' s death , should he have onilived the term of forty-two years from the publication of his work .

      Another division took place on the clause , as thus amended , Mr . Wakley objecting to it altogether . ± he clause was carried by 96 to 117 . The nesi clause , providing for ibe reversion of existing copyrights m the possession of parties not delated to aathorsj raised a disenssion , and led to a ClTlilon , _ Mr . WiK-iE-j moving its omission on the ground of its injustice to those who bad already made contracts on the faith of the existing law . It was retained by 69 to 26 . After some ether clauses were agreed to , The CHAiBSLis obtained leave to report progress , and sit again on Wednesday next , and the House refumed .

      On the bringing np of the report on the corn importation bill , Mr . Milker Gibson suggested that a limited period should be named in the Bill for its duration , eay one year , to as to bring it again under the consideration of Parliament . He proposed this from a conviction of the instability of the proposed measure , and not to hold oaf delusive expectations . Sir . Robebt Peel said that was the reason whj he could not think of adopting such a suggestion . Sir B . Peel also named Friday for the discussion on the bringing up of the report on the Income

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      CojfTernoH Fusd . —Mr . J . Cleave has receded fxea— £ . s . d . Halifax 1 3 8 Mixenden 0 3 0 Luddenden 0 5 0 Lower Warley 0 7 « Suwerby ~ 15 3 Ovenden ..... 0 5 0 Bippendefl „ 13 0 From a few friends at Mr . Rigleys Mill , King Cxobb 0 7 7 Barnslej ..... 10 0 Shelttm , Potteries ...... 15 3 Bradford , Yorkshire . 3 10 0 jsioin

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      The Revenue . —The Revenue tibles for the quarter , published on Tuesday last , show a decrease on the Customs , Excise f Stamps , and Taxes , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , of £ 288 , 973 . In the Post-office , Crown lands , and miscellaneoas items there is ah 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 a decrease of £ 6 , 437 , making ; a total increase of revenue in the quarter of £ 111 , 332 . Liverpool—This place has , during the last fortnight , resembled a garrison town , from the numbers of soldiers of various reigments in its street ? , on their route from Scotland and Ireland to Portsmouth , where reinforcements for India are collecting .

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      MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE ANTI-CORN Haw usagtje to oppose the income tax in manchester . On Thursday morning , the walla were poEted with bills ; the following is a copy : — " Public meeting ef electors , —We , the undersigned , invite a public meeting of the electors of this borough to be held in the Town-hall , Mancbestsr , on Friday morning , April l , 1842 , at eleven o'olocfe precisely , for the purpose of considering the proposition of Sir Robert Peel , now before Parliament , -with respect to the income tax . "

      The above invitation waa signed hy about forty individuals , who are most of them members of the League ; and , in order to draw as large an audience as possible , it waa announced that Messrs . Philips , Gibson , B otberton , . and Cobden , had been invited to attsnd . However , none of them were present ; and perhaps this atvempt to gull the public "will receive some little palliation , -when they consider that Friday , the day on whieh this Whig Cora Law League farce came off . was , -what has been commonly called , 'April fool day . ' and that being the case , thesa large loaf and plenty of slavery-men , probably conceived they had some license to take advantage of the public , and make April fools of them by wholesale . At the time appointed there were one hundred and fifty working men rouna the doore , and not half a dozen electors amongst them .

      Various were the surmises about the proceedings . One party declared tbat there would be no meeting ; another , that the electors were afraid to meet the nonelectors ; ^ whilst a third par ty declared vhat they should like to be * compelled to pay the income tax ; a fourth party belieTed , as there were only about forty electors coma to express their opinions , thsy would carry en the meeting with closed doors ; and lastly , the universal opinion of the non-electors was , that if the middle classes "were dateimined to keep up an expensive and extravagant monarchy , and support two or three kings and queens , and all the expensive machinery to bi » ot , ¦ why , then , the middle classes ought to pay their share , and therefore ought to pay the income tax . When 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 gu ; ss , 400 , certainly not more ,

      Mr . Archibald Pbentjce , editor of the Mce » Chester Times , a thick and thin supporter of the Whlga and CoraJLaw League paper , came to the front of the platform , " " and said he had been requested by the requisitionists to offer a few words of explanation as to the moce 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 returning oScer of the borough could not well preside over a meeting cf the electors , when th « object was not to petition Parliam nt , bot to give particular instructions to their representatives . It was necessary that the electors should be called together immediately , and ho was sure the reqnisitionists were exceedingly glad to see so many of the non-electors present , who , althongh they ¦ were not called on to Tote , would have an opportunity of listening to the discussion .

      Mr . John Brooks , one of the great guns of the leagas was called to the chair , who after & fe ve remarks introduced Dr . Eager to move the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting of the electors of Manchester , the proposed tax on the profits ef trade is calculated to aggravate the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturer is labouring , and . to iocreiise the sufferings of the working classes bj diminishing thfl fund for their employment , and lowering the wages of labour . That the- deficiency in the revenue has been caused by baneful monopolies , especially the Corn Laws , ¦ which 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 ehitf scurce of the present commercial distress , must speedily destroy the fund from -which the revenue of she state , the employment of the people , and the incomes cf &U classes are mainly drawn . "

      Sir Thomas Poties seconded the resolution . Not even the knight could raise a cheer . Mr . Akchibald Pbe . ntice supported the resolution , and in the course of hia remarks declared that he ¦ would "willingly pay three per cent npoa his ineoxne provided there tfss to be any reduction in the price Of provisions , fur the benefit of the poor . The Chairman then put it to the meeting , aad while doing so , Mr . Ktkasta >* rose to move an amendment , but the Chairman vas deaf . The shew ef hands for the resolution was miserable notpmor& than thirty ; on the contrary about 150 , so that it was negatived by a larfe majority . On seeing that it was lost , they pretended , on the platform , that it had not been put , and that they had not voted , because a , gentleman "was on his feet to ffiOVB an amendment

      The Chairman asked Me , Krnaston if he was an elector ; and , on receiving an ansrrer in tke negative , told him he would not be allowed to speak . This caused great confusion ; whilst the meeting , as ¦ with one voice , cried , " Hear him . hear him , " The Chairman rose , and was saluted 'With treaendous yells and other marks -of disapprobation . Mr . Ae '; and next rose , but the groans and yells were stiil more vociferous . 3 Jr . Kymaston sat down — the meeting shouting , " Hear him , you dare not hear cim , " ic . Mr . Kynaston rose again amid tremendous cheering and clappin ? Of feftTiflB Messrs . Prentice , Acland , and the Chairman turaed to call flllence , but it was of no avail , for hear him they wonld before any one else . Mr . Linney , the Chartist , then mounted the form , and vras greeted with loud cheers .

      The Chairman beckoned him to the platform , which had the effect of restoring silence . Mr . LiSNEY , on coming to the front of the platform , told the meeting that the GreBlleman -would be allowed to address the meeting " out of courtesy . " Mr . Kysastax then rose amid much cheering , and said that when he attempted to address them a short time ago , he was so much interrupted by the gentlerae : i en the platform , that he could not be heard by the . nifccting —( hear , hear , hear . ) He might say that he was an-individual who "KisSed every man to be allowed an opportunity of expressing his sentiment * . He was not allowed to propose an amendment to the resolstion which had bten read ; but be would tell them if they would allow him -what he considered ef

      the income tax , and likewise iive his opinion as to how it wcul * operate . He thought all taxes onght to be levied according to the ability of the parties to pay , whether saeh ability rose from landed property , or from the profits of trade . In titber case it was equally just , that if there be any tax to be levied , it should be levied npoa those who have the ability to pay , and not upon the poor man , who could not pay at a . 11—( hear , hear , and lond cheering . ) It tad been urged that the income tax wonld irscneeparties to make a fictitious return of their incomes , but was it likely that those gentlemen who were there opposing tbat tax wonid make a fictions Ttturo , mfcrely ^ iir oider that they might be taxed the higher . ( Laughter , and cheers ) It had been urged , too , that it was an inquisitorial tax . Let it be so ,

      because it was so much the better , and he again repeated that taxes were most justly levied upon those who ¦ wtie best able to bear them . ( A voice , " Let them reduce the * xpenditur »"—cheers . ) The speaker continued to-s&y that the income tax would reduce the expenditure , because it would reduce the salaries of Government officers , —( hear , hear , and loud cheers )—and "would greatly relax the burthens imposed upon the labouring classes . They would recollect that at the close of the war a great number of small farm * were taken up and made into large ones , and here the income tax would do great gootf . There were a great number of manufacViiring bouses in that town , and in others in the neighbourhood , that had long been cutting put , and swallowing up , the concerns of small

      tradesmen , and the income tax would tax them . ( Load cheers . ) As be was not an elector he could not move an amendment ; but he had the draft of one there which he would handover to any elector , who might propose it , if he thought proper ; with permission he would read it : — " That tfeia meeting agrees that taxes should be levied upon individuals according to their ability t « pay , and not according to their power of consumption . That an . income tax approaches nearer to the former than the latter , and is therefore the mot % just tax that can be imposed . That the best way to lessen the burthen upon the nation is to diminish the expenditore . That the income tax -will operate in thus maimer , ^ ix it win reduce the expenditure as far as official salaries are concerned ; therefore , it is

      preferable to all 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 bo a tax upon all large farmen to the encouragement of smaller ones ; aad 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 appro * es of the principle of the charge upon income , and would recommend its general extension , if accompanied with a repeal of all import duties upon the necessaries of life , in favour of such countries that wonld deal on » fair basis of reciprocity of trade . " The speaker said , Mr . Plenties had alluded to the subject of Universal Sufiiage , and slid be would be willing t 9 . b « taxed ten per cent , npon bis income , if

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      CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTJL ! ( Continued from our last . ) " Ghoree" pur Howdah— " Hathee" pur Zeen , Chullajao , Chullajao , " Warren Hasteen" !! I It is not our intention or our wish to fright the isle from its propriety , " or to say anything of our Indian relations which we are not folly prepared to substantiate or corroborate . It matters little whether wa write as an Unitarian , an animal of the *' bifrontal breed , " like Mrs . lialaprops doe Cerberns , " three gentlemen

      at once , " if we give a true description of the present state of Hindostan , and all appertaining thereunto . 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-stxeet and Leadenball-street , a disposition to burke the question ; so we have resolved on the task of enlightenment ourselves ; and it shall not be our fault if the British tor-paying public does not learn somewhat of India . In & debate last week , at the India

      House—• ' Sir Robert Caupbeil ( a Director ) wished that it should not go forth that tb * revenues of India were in that bad stats 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 we should have vindicated our honour in India , which we must , coute tpii COUie , en * resources in that country would be found in as nourishing 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 past , which only lacks an opportunity for display . It has been fostered by the different native chiefs , and its ramifications have spread through every court , every city , every Uivan , or "Zenana , " whether Hindoo or Mahometan , till it has assumed a moat powerful and dangerous Bhape , all breathing the same language , all uttering the same wish , and whose bond of union is " Desttuction to the Feringhees !"

      Sir John Malcolm , Sir Thomas Munro , Sir Alexander Barnes , the present Sir Charles lletcalfe were all aware of it , and dreaded the monster they could not crush ; but they tampered with it , and thfcir policy was shaped accordingly . Sir William M'Naghten might have been a / so awn .-e of it , but be despised ifca power , and paid , ¦ with his life , for his ignorance and presumption ! Communications were easily carried on by means of the native backers or " Shroffs , " and their bills of exchange , or Hoondies , " supplied the circulating medium without much suspicion . The " Bloonshees" employed by the Europeans to teach them the language , were ofttimes in native pay , and the " "Vafculs , " and even the chief servants , or " Dabashees" of

      the residents , political agents , or collectors , left liilk untold that passed beneath their ken ! The travelling -pilgrims , or devotees—the " Faquirs , " who 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 hi our service When Sir Charies Metcalfe was sent to Hyderabad , as President , to tike the place of Mr . Russell , he found affairs in a very awkward position , and the " DeccaO " throughout disposed to shake off the yoke of John Company . The "Nizam"himself was a debauched old man ; and as long as his Vizier supplied him with money for his extravagancies and revelries , he little heeded where it came from .

      The Tiz er was the ac ' uil sovereign , and the banking house of Palmer and Co- played the first fiddle , to the exclusion of the President , and the interests of John Conipany . Palmers' bouse had advanced large sums of money on account of the " Nizim , " for which they received lar « s districts of land in " Tagheers , " and governed them with almost despotic sway . They constituted themselves " KilladGrs" or "Governors" in the various fortresses , where they ruled , appointed their own officers , and received the revenues , while the President could do nothing , except through the medium of William and Hastings Palmer . Such was the state of affairs at Hyderabad . When Sir Charles Metca ' ife was appointed President , we had a large army called a

      subsiuary force , at Secunderabad , six miles from the city , composed of British andaaiivc soliUery , horse artillery , acd cavalry ; another at Bolurum calied the Russell brigade , at the sole disposal of the President , while the brigade of cavalry ffas some distance off at Mominabad : notwithstanding all this apparent force , so deadly was tbe hate which had obtained among the natives , that no British officer or-civilian , no British soldier of any description , would ever have dreamt of entering the city of Hjderabad ¦ with out the President's protection and escurt and mounted on one of the President's e ephants . Without that , he would have been , insuited , spit upon , and massacred , and even then his person was hardly sife . Such "was Hyderabadin 1822—23 , and such -we know it to be at the present timesuch sxb the native feelings towards the Ferinehees .

      To restore , if possiole , John Company ' s tottering power and supremacy in the Deecan , it was necessary to throw the Palmers overboard , and give up the Tagheers into the hands of the Nizam . Sir Charles then compounded with the Vizier for the sums received from the house of Palmer and Co . and entered into a Boit of " equitable adjustment" lor the value « f the -iandfl h'jld by them , which were speedily trausferred to the Company , and placed at the disposal of tbe Resident . Sir Charles , by his moderation and flrmneBB , soon re-established European supremacy , ai . d placed his own friends and officers in charge of the Tagheers , and various posts held by the hangers-on of the Palmers . Such was the shock of this proceeding to their mercantile and banking transactions , that .

      though immensely rich , and living in . princely and Asiatic style , they were soon compelled to heud before the Btorm , break np their establishments , and declare themselves bankrupts ! It was during a very precarious time that Sir Charles adopted this policy , aad b . 8 was absolutely forced into it by necessity , as tbe natives in the Daccan were beginning to despise the power of the English , and with us it was nearly " tinch and go 1 " We would merely wish to show tbe capability of Sir Charles MetcjOfe , and all vfiio are acquainted with him are aware of his urbanity , and the powtr he possesses by nature of making all classes his friends . 'In the critical position our affairs in the East assume—if diplomacy or skill can extricate us , and save oar troops from destruction , and if we can still retain

      for some few years our possessions to the southward of the Sutledge River , and never dream of further txtension- —if all this can avail , why Sir Charles Metcalfe is the heaven-born man who is most likely to effect it . Bat he will have a most artful task ! We can testify to his fitness . We have been on a tour in the Decean , on Jumm&bundy , with him—we have known him in nis public and private relations , and we have listened to the words cf wisdom which hare proceeded from hifl lips . We wish publicly to testify our gratitude and respect ; and , while we admiira the man , we think it our duty to state to the country folly 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 Dalhi , vice-prethe

      sident in Bengal , and Governor General during interregnum , occasioned by Lord WUliavn BenHncfc To make way for Lord Auckland , he waa appointed Governor of Jamaica , and be is now coming home in ill health- Daring the first siege of Bhurpore , when Lord lake and Warren Hastings put Howdaaa in their bowe ? , and saddles on their elephanta , and turned tail before the native pow « r , Sir Charles Mefccalfe waa proceeding to join them ia a palanquin by " Dawk , " " Post , " and was attacked and plundered by marauders ia the neighbourhood of the army , and left for dead , with seventeen wounds on bis body , several spe&r wounds and sabre wounds , and the fln « er tf one haad cirt off He recovered , ancl white recounting , in after years , hia escape aad danger , we

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      nave heard him describe the picture alluded to in tfi 0 motto , which we give verbatim from hiB lips , , People may exclaim , What do we care sbout Sir Charles Metcalfe , the Nima , the Deccan , aid Hyderabad ; ire want to hear about Afghanistan and Cabool Softly , good friends ; all in good time . We wish you to nndentoad tbe aiUt state of India ; that our poweito more in appearance than in reality , and we may- be said rather to occupy the country , than to possess it . IL is s power which , tests on most treacherous aiid unstable grounds—a power which may be easily shaken , and though healthy and fioorjsbing ; In outward guise , is but rotten at the core . The power I mean is the power of opinion , supported by ignorance on one side , and reverential awe on the other . ¦ v \ :

      Ignorance is fast vanishing under the progress of knowledge ; and ^ the civilization of the West will come to aid the struggles for liberty in the East , while oar own short-sighted and disreputable conduct there have done much to undermine any veneratien which we mightbave formerly possessed . Our priests and missionaries have done us great harm , and by their meddling hypocrisy and unblushing rapacity are regarded with scorn and contempt 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 any 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 " Feringueo Padre : " and these so much boasted Christian proselytes are but the refuse of the populations of Calcutta , Madras , and Bombay , discharged servants of European masters , who brag they are " Christians , Massa ; drink brandy- ' ahirab , ' wine- ' shirab , ' and beer- ' shirab , ' same like Massa ! " Such is generally the amount of their Christianity , and a glass of brandy would convert them in hundreds ? "' .- . ¦ Then , again , there are tke " half-caatB" sprang from European lows and native women , and spurned like dogs by the European * . The slightest admixture of native blood , although like the Palmers " Rom Mohun Roy , " a few rich ParseeS , ' * nd' ArmeniaES , ( tht- newborn

      Knight Sir Tamsetgee Tedgeebuoy to wit ) With > few stipendiary chiefs totally disqualified from entering European , society on equal terms , and the half-caste men and women are met at every turn with sneer , scorn , and insult . At the same time the consistent " Padrees" are civilising their children ; forming schools for instructing them in their one-Bided doctrines , and fitting them for clerks in the various government and mercantile departments , assisting in the hospitals , and sending them in shoals to the native regiments to play in the band ; while partaking with the very lowest " Pariahs" the privilege of being drummers , fifsrs , and buglers , the Christian drummers and flfers being made to handle the " cats" for the beheat of Hindoo and Mahometan backs 5 - : ¦

      The '" Padree ' s" and all Chrlsttans are verily at discount in HindosUn ; and a native could not cast on you greater contempt than branding you with the epithet of Feringhee 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 ; in fact , they do a deal of harm ; they lower us in . the estimation of tbe native trooper , and that at present is needless , f jr he hates us most cordially . : . ; Our Government seems determined te persist in appointing tbe least fit individuals to the moat responsible situations . What madei . : ¦ Lord EUenboreugh capable of directing the vast energies of our Indian empire , by experience , by theory , or by intuition ? He would have been equally ssrviceable as Protestant Popein Africa , or Archbishop of Timbuctoo ; and as

      for any Padree ' s attempting to convert tbe natives , it would not be more ridiculous should they attempt to convert the '' Kangaroo ' in Australia or Cannibals of New Zealand , which by-the-bye they are going to attempt , mejBly for the sake of their pitiful salaries . Poor half-starved wretches ; how we must feel for them . ! ¦ . ' : '' - ¦"' ¦' . ¦ -. ' . - ¦ ¦ : ' . / " " . v . ' . ; We wish to inapreaB 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 pur 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 mate us appear in a very unfavourable light and shake opinion to the very centre .. .- \ •" , ¦ : . i . '¦ - ; . . ' ¦ " . ; . ' . ' - . ¦ : '

      These toasts and sentiments travel far and Wide . Look for instance ; " the death of Kuoje ' eh Singh ; the dismemberment of the Punjaub , and the plunder of Lahore ! " We have heard this shouted like infuriated madmen , by men who held rank ia the servica , and whose eyes glittered like demons in anticipation of tbe plunder of gold , silver , and jewels . Again : " another Bhnrpore , " and another "DiiorjunSal , the Rebel KajahV Even across the river Ganges opposite ; Cawnpore , the territory of the Nabob of Oude , and not far from thti capital Lucknow ; the " plunder otLucknow" bad been for years a favourite toast ; atid offlcera as well as men , svemed to regard it as the result of all their wishes , and the desired haven of enjoyment .

      No wonder we are losing ground , in India—iio wonder we are hated—the wonder isthat we have not been ere tbi 3 , driven into our factories . ¦ : or the sea , happy and fortunate to posseBS such an alternative . This may be received ungraciously ; we do not profess to deceive or natter ; we pride ourselves on telling the whole truth to enuble this struggling nation to see what we are about entering upon in tbe East , and speak out in a voice of thunder to our besotted rulers . We invite discussion , and in next Star many particulars respecting the army , will atause Captain Harvey Tucketfc and bis clique , and perhaps shake his confidence in a slight degree . Sir Kobeit Peel—look to it ! "Vale ! " ¦ .. v ' ¦ -. "¦" ¦ ¦ Woolwich Cadet .

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      time there was flour bill 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 Captain Mackenzie , and a few men taken also , a panic appeared to have seized : the troops , wko found tbemselvea in the beginning ' "' ofTwinter shut up in tbeur cantonments in a valley of 200 milea from the Indus , without sufficient blothiogor food , and amidst a fanatical Mussulman population . Even betWeen the British leaders a difference of opinion : prevailed : the-Envoybeing deairous of offensive oieaBufe 3 , while Generai Elphinstone , from ^^ circumatancea eonneoted with the forces , among whom despondenoy and vaoillation are described as then prevailing , maintained his

      opision for defensive ones . At the solicitation of the Enyoyi some small forts in the neighbourhood , which contained grain , Were captured . In the mean time the news of the dispcreion of several of the Aff ^ han oorps in Shah Soojah ' s serrice , oomm&hde& by British officers , reached the besieged , and contributed to add to their gtebmy prognostics . Various reverses and successes followed during some dayB . The troops from the Balla Hissar were recsJled to the cantonmentj and the Envoy , urged a decided attack on the enemy ; the General , however , maintained that all such attacks Would be futile : thei soldiers began to despond , and all was misery . There were / neyertheljss , skirmi s hes every day , which did not tend to raise the Bpirits of the Sopoya 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'had during three hours been exposed to a galling fire . The Ghilzee Chief , Osman Khan , did hot choose to pursue them withiii their entrenchmeBta , where they , it was tlieafflafed , would hayo . ' made a feeble resistance . Their provision was flour , whioh they obtained by bribery during the night . It was then recommended that all ; . the troops Should be concentrated in the Balla Hissar . Captain Gonolly , who was then with the Shah , advocated the propriety of eo doing , but the military authorities declared the movemeno impossible , as they could not rely upon the disheartened troops . The last regiment was then withdrawn from the Balla Hissar , which is 4 as every one knows , a citadel 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 moyement of succour from Candahar , now appeared disposed to enter upon negociations for the withdrawal Of the British troopa . The Envoy , © a hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade , aad learning that no aid : conld be expected from General Sale , then afc Jellalabad , or from the Indus , gave a reluctant assent . Conferences took place , and a , long list of articleSi drawn up in Persian ; by Sir W . H . Macnaghten , were agreed to on both sides ^ They are said to exceed twenty in number . "The second and favourite son of Dost Mahammed , Mahommed Akhbar Khan , who , subsequent t » his father ' s surrender had remained in concealment ,

      and had even escaped beyond the confines of Affghanistan , haying made his appearance during the insurrection , took a decided part in i he negotiation . The insurgent 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 meetings Which were held outside the cantonments . After variovs parlies , a message yasjon the 22 nd of December , brought from Akhbar Rhan to Sir W . H . Macnaghten to request an interview on thb following morning . The British Envoy went thither , accompanied by : Captains Lawrence , Trevor ^ and Mackenzie . They had _ hot been present five minutes , when a signal was given , and all were seized and forced to mount behind some

      Ghilzee 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 : Ghaaees , " or reliRiou 3 enthusiasts , who fight as soldiora for '' the Bake of God / ' and > ho , if killed ia battie , aro called *'• Shuhdees , " or martyrs . :. The treatment of Sir W . H . Macnaghten ' s body has bedn described as most barbarous . His lady is stated to haye oifered a large sum for its ransom , in order to have it decently interred . The other two officers were saved by the dread of the Ghazees to fire at them , lest the Ghilzeea who rode before them should ba wounded . They returned to the cantonment on the 28 th . Akhbar Khan has , it appears , boasted of his havinji

      in person killed Sir Vt . H . Macnaghten . Major Pottinger / weU kuowa since the defence of Herat , then took charge of the British missipnj and the nagociatioas for the withdrawal © f 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 snow was one foot deep on the ground , wheh the troops reached Beegroma , three milea distant . The schemes of Akhbar Khan : then became evident : he had despatched emisf aries throughout the country through which the unfortunate British Boldiers had to pass , calling on the people to rise eri masse and slay the infidels . His call was not heard in vain .: On the firsts day ' s march Cornet Hardyman ,: of ; the Sth

      Cavalry , and som 6 men , wore killed . Mahommed Akhbar Khan , who had taken charge of tha retreat , contrived to iaduce tho British to take np stations at night where he chose . Oh the 7 th they moved to Bareckhar , whero the three " mountain guns were seized . Their Mar guard were .-obliged : V > act on the defensive during the whole of the day . On the 8 ? hthe camp was nearly surrounded by enemies , arid it became 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 , andibquired why they could not proceed according to the ophverition ? Tho reply was that they had left the Cabul cantonments

      before the troops destined to protect them were ready , and that no chief but he ( Akhbar Khan ) had the mcaHs or power to protect them , notwithstanding theirconvention . " This military convention is hot fully known , and therefore all its provisions cannot be stated . It is pretended that among the articles there are some declaring , that all the British troops were to evacuata Affgnanistan , and that notice of such a convention had been sent to " General Nptt , at Caiidahar , and to General Sale at Jellalabad . It is said to have been signed by GenPi-al Elphinstone as Commander-in-Chief , and by Major Pottinger as acting Politica Agent , and also by Brigadier Skelton , Brigadier AngUetil , and Col . Chambers .

      "Akhbar Khan , Whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened not only by the conquest of his father ' s territoriePy bnt by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in Bbkar , demanded then , on the third day of the retrtat from Cabal , that the British should , ¦ syhen surrounded by the Ghazees under his coinmand , make new termg with him , and promise not to proceed farther than Tazeen , until the withdrawal of the force under Sir R . Saie from Jellalabad was known , and he insisted on . six . hostages . Major Pofctinger , who was lame from a wouud , instantly offered to be one , and at Akhbar Khan ' s orders Captains M'Kenafe and Lawrence were included . The Ghazees were , however , not

      restrained in thoir attacks , and a fearful slaughter followed on the . movement towards Khoord Cabul . The column was attacked on : all sides . The f < 3 urt * dtt ladies Who were in the centre seemed objects of special desire . Mrs . Anderson and Mrs . Boyd had each a child carried off . Akhbar Khan , ' . while the Gbaz"e 8 were thus busy ^ professed his inability to restrain thein , and on the 9 ; h of January demanded that the ladies should be placed under his protec ' . ion . The miserable weather , the suowy wastes , the rough mountain tracks , and the month of January , in the coldest regions of Central Asiaj compellod them to yield : the hostages halted for Bome Uay 3 in that neighbourhood .

      "Tho demand on Gen . Sale to relinquish his post was made on the 9 fcli of Jariuary , and on eh ' af day he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Goveri-ment . This answer was taken back to Akhbar Khan . The unfortunate Sepoys began again to move , and were a ^ ain assailed ; the Sepoys , who form such good soldiers under the broiling sun of India , being enervated and etupified by the cold , scarcely offered any resistance , and hundreds of them were soon despatched by the Ghax 2 d cut-throats , but the Europeans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jrigdulluk . Hero General Elphinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages , and were detained two miles distant by Akhbar . General Elphinstone wroie a note in pencil

      to Brigadier Anguetil—^ Maroh tO-Dlght { there is treachery . " The British troops marched early in the night ; they came to the frightful mouniain pass ; it was barricaded ; they forced the way , and reached Jugduljuk , which they defended some timoj ; until Brigadier Angueiilwa 8 killed . All order was then loat , and confusion and ( separation , slaughter and destruction , 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 officer , Dr . Brydon , of the tth Bengal Native Infantry , though woanded in eevcral places and exhausted , succeeded in reaching the place of safety in Jellalabad en the 13 th . Of the fate of the other 6 , 500 soldiers and 7 , 000 camp foEowers nothing certain i 3 known ; many have been killed , others are dispersed , and as yet it ia diflhalt 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 great number missing . Some of the sepoys a » e said to have been seld as slaves to the Uebeck Taitara . Letters continue to arrive from various quarters representing the state of the prisoners and hostages . Akhbar Khan ia said in a lette * received from Major Pottinger , dated January 29 , to be at the fort of Badeeabad , in the Lughmanconatry , where he keeps the following prisoner !! , namely : —General Elphinstone and Skelton , Lieutenant Mackenzie , Captain and Mrs . Andereoa and child , Captain Boyd , Lieutenant Eye , lieateaani Waller , Mrs . Trevor , Lady Sale , Lady MaenaghU * , Mra . Start , Mr . aad Mrs . Ryley , Serjeant ssd Mrs . Wade , Captains Troop , Johnson , and G . P . Lawrence , and

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      Major Pottinger . There are , besides , the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabal on th © depar « ture of the troop ? . Akhbar Khan , in the letters trom that fort , which are received unsealed , is described as doing everything '' to ^^ make ( them comfortable I ; 4 An attempt of the insurgents to seiza Gliuznee ift said to be so far successful as that the town : is ia their power . Jbnt Colonel Palmar , with his regiment and six months' provision , is stated to be safe m the citadel . At Candahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10 th of January , when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43 rd Bengal Native Infantry . Op the llth , Priace Suftur Jung , the youngest and favourite son ; of Shah Soojah . and Mahommed Attathe chiefcame With a

      , , large force within about five miles' distance . General JNott marched against them on the 12 th , aud in a short time dispersed the Whole with a trifling loss . " General bale has , moreover , maintained the position at Jellalabad , Which he has forlified with a ditch , and planted cannon in different places , with a determination to defend his position to the utmost . Akhbar Kuan . has attempted to raise the Oolooses , or heads of the neighbouring clans , in order to attack Jellalabad , but the gallantry and resolution displayed by Sir Kobert Sale in October , during his march from Cabul to Jellalabad , had given them such proofs of his bravery that they have hitherto rather hesitated . The troops in Jellalabad , are stated to be ( yell provided with food * and able to

      keep their groTind until the beginning of March , particularly since they have already discomfitted two contemplated attacks . - Trt t " The celebrated mo ^ ntain pass , called the Khyber , lies between Jellalabad and Peshawur , aud the inhabitants ^ who are in possession , have been long notorious for their plundering propensities . Akhba Khan sent * to offer mpiiey to induce them' to resist hot only the departure of the troops under General Sale , but also the entry of all the troops which may be ordered by the Supreme Goverument to relieve the garrison at Jelialabad . 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 sent from the Sutlge early in December , having reached Peshawar , " made an attempt to force the pasa . Having left their artillery behind in India , and the only guns procurable in that direction being unserviceable ones from the Siekhs , the attempt made by Colonel Wild was uusuccessfal . Two regiments penetrated to the fort of Ali Musjid , where a British garrison was ; -s . atiohei 4- ; - but , as they found neither provisioua nor ammunition there , they Were obliged to retreat towards Pesbawur , having loBt an officer and some men . In the meantime , the Sapreme Government baa not " been idle . General Pollock has beori despatched at the head of a considerable reinforcement towards Peshawur , which he With suffici : nt guns and abundant ammunition reached oh the 7 th ult ,, and is now making preparations for proceeding through the Khyber pass .

      "The supreme Goverrinieht onthe 31 et of January published a proclamation admitting the fact of the convenuon at Cabul , the retreat of the troops , and their having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of treacherous attacks , and declaring that the most active measures had been adopted , and would ba most steadily pursued , for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affghan frontier for assisting such operations as may be considered necessary for the maintenance of the honour and interest of the British Goverhment in that quarter . ; -,.-, - 1 i "Orders were also published on the 5 th of February for the purpose of having a lOih company added to every regiment iu India , Which , with other measurea adopted , will cause aa increase of about 26 , 000 men . ^

      "The latest intelligence from Cabul is , that Shah Soojah has succeeded in securing . the good , will of all the chiefs . Newab Mahemed Zsmari Khan has been apppqinted Vizier , and Ameer Oplla Lagharee , pno of the leaders- in the late insurrection , has been named Ameer-ud-D 6 wla . Akhbar Khan has no power now in Cabul , and was gent to attend the ** Feringee 8 " in their retreat in order to get rid of him . jfle , howeVer , retains the hostages and prison .-ers , for : whom he is likely to demand a large ransom ; Hisfather , Dost Mahomuied , is strongly guarded , ia order to proyent his escape from India . There is great talk of " our great friend" Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk being implicated in the .. late insurrection , which appears to have been exolusivety directed against the foreign infidels . " There have been some very serious disturbances among the Madras regiments at Secunderabad , in the Niazam ' s couiitry , in consequence of the Court of

      Directors having ordered that the allowance of batta latteriy granted should be discontinued . The soldiers of some of the be 3 t regiments refused to •; pbey . -. theiroffioers , stating that it would be better not to be in the service than to starve or have their families starve , as the allowances granted on removing them 320 mUes . into the Nizam ' a country were now refused . The mutiny has : been put down , and inany of the soldiers axe now in confineniiBnt . ^ Th © oyher parts of India 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 aud jewels as if they apprehended danger . v " The Nepaulese seem occupied with their own affairs . The Winter season is not one of alarm or excHement there . The old King of Oude had made arrangements for resigning the throne , but he has beeii dissuaded by his chief Mmiater from effecting his purpose . Some confuBion is expected in that

      co'imryi - •; - .. - . -.. . ¦ .. ¦ " . - . . •• . . ¦ -. ¦ . - "¦ - . /¦ " The Siekh expedition into Thibet has been routed , and its leader , Zorawnr Singh , slain ; A treaty resembling that of the Cabal Generals , was made with the Chinese , who took the arms from the Siekhs , and then allowed them to die of cold and starvation . A number of men ^ under a leader named Bustee Ram , effected their escapa through the Byansee Pass , bo ag to reach Almorah . The leader and 130 men succeeded in obtaining the protection of the British authorities there , and have been since sent on to Loodianah . Forty of them remained in the hospital . Numbers have perished .

      " The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed , and ho and his Court have left that place . His troops have lest 3 , 000 men by their worka there , and they are disappointed , for all their great hopes have failed . The King of Siam is described as much alarmed lest Tharawaddie should obtain arms and ammunition from the English in order to attack his dominions . " ¦ - . " ¦ - ;¦ ¦ . ¦ :. Lord Auckland has made preparations for aia voyage to Europe on board the tiuugerford , a large trader from Calcutta . : .

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      At Braintree , Essex , on the 6 th of March , Emma , the wife of John Page , was safely delivered of a daughter , which has since been duly registered Eliza Fcargus O'Connor Page . / Henry Frost Jones -was christened at St . Paul ' s Chutch , Bristol , on Sunday , Masreh 27 th . ; On Sunday , March 2 Ooh , was chrisfene * , at All Saints' Church , Oakenshaw , the son of John and Ruth Lord , by the name of Feai-gus O'Connor Lord ; ¦ ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - ' . ¦¦ - ¦ ' ¦ '¦ - . ¦ .. " ' •¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦ . ¦¦••• ¦; , '¦ •' .. ' ¦ : ¦'

      Oa Good Friday , shortly after the foundation stone of Hunt ' s Monument was laid at Manchester , the ilor . Mr . Scholefield baptised two children ; the first was called Henry Hunt Smith , and the SCCOnd Feargus O'Connor . Groves , ' ' At NevvgiJstpn * in the parish of Largo , Fifeshire , Scotland , the child of Mr . Andrew Archibald was baptised by the parish priest by the name of Mary O'Connor . V .-.-,- ' -. ¦ ¦ . '¦ -, " - ' . ' - ^ : ' :- - . - .-. - ¦ - On Sunday , the 27 th ulty John Frost Kershavr ,

      the son ot James and Ann Jiershaw , of Olnham , was duly ^^ registered at the Old Church , Oldham . Baptised , on the 22 nd of Ma ? ch , at the Wesleyan MethodisS Chapel , Sowerby , by the Bfiv . John Walker , James Feargus O'Connor-Rileyj thssoa of Ralph and Mary Biley r of Hubbertoa Green , . Sowerbjri ¦ ¦•¦ . . .. .. ¦ ¦¦ ; ,: ¦ ¦ ¦; .. ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ •;¦ ¦" ¦ : " ..: ; ¦'¦ . ¦•¦ ¦'' ' ¦; ¦ ¦¦ : . ' :. ;; ' The infant danghter of James and Margaret Mair , of Strathaven , was baptised , on the 24 th ult ., by the Rev . G . O . Campbell , of the West Relief Church , by the name of Margaret Frost Mair .

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      necessary , under such a system . Bnt he would tell them that they could not bring the middle classes to unite with them for Universal Suffrage ,- unless they pntagreat part of the burthens upon them . ( Lond cheering . ) He was not & supporter of either Whigs or Tories . It needed no small courage to stand up there , in the face of those gentlemen who had signed that requisition ; but he could not be stilL He could not refrain suggesting that amendment . He was obliged to the meeting for tha patience with which they had heard him , and as he was not an elector , ha Wold place the amendment in tha 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 , Mr . Davies seconded it .

      Mr . Acland rose amid a volley of groans and slight cheers , and treated the meeting to a fair as specimen of waspish abnsa as it was ever our lot to hear , which completely disgusted all rational , right-thinking , Upright , and fair-dealing meu 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 " . Lixney rose amid loud cheers to protest against the conduct of Acland . The Chairman 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 coarse , 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-electora not to vote at all , as Mr . Linney had told them so distinctly , and he had always found him to act very rationally at public meetings . . . ¦ ¦ Mr . LINNET said he only recommended it ; of course the people "were at liberty to act as they pleased . The Chairman said that he was going to put tbe amen ^ mtnt , and those who were for it of the electors must hold up their hands . The meeting would have both read again . Mr . Coppees ' s resolution was put ; the non-electora 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 ; and tha Chairman declared it carried . The working men then left the meeting disgusted .

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      INDIA , Arrival of the Ovebland MAit . —The overland despatches from India reached ; England on Monday . Tue intelligence they contain is very important . All the acoounts received from India confirm the previous news . of the destruction of the British force at Cabool . According to the best accounts ' 'the British force as Cabool consisted in all of 5 ; 000 fighting men and 7 , 000 camp followers . They left Cabool on the oiix of January , the snow was then afoot deep ; they had hot sufficient clothing , and were miserably vft for food . On the 7 th they entered the Kuord Cabool Pass , where tho enemy poured down upon thorn from all sides , and a frightful slaughter ensued . The following day such as escaped were again attacked on the Huffp Kothul , a bleak precipitous mo uutain , where , benumbed and powerless with

      cold , nearly the Whole Sepoy force miserably perished . The guns were spiked and abandoned ; and the ladies who had accompanied their husbands in iheso unprecedented perils given up as hostages to Akbar , who pretended that ho could not repress the murderous attacks of the Affghans . Four native regiments were here destroyed , the 3 rd , 25 th , and 54 ih Bengal Infantry , and a regimeut ' of the Shah's . Her Mojdsoy ' s 44 th still struggled ; on till the Commander , Brigadier Anquetil , who succeeded General Elphinstone , was killeov Thiswas on the 12 ; h—seven days aftar the evacution of Cabool . A panic seized them ; they were thrown into confusion and no longer recogHised the authority of their officers , some of whom they struck with their muskets . This accelerated their destruction , and nothing was noiv left 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 ia over ; the struggle haa been a fearful one , but it is passed . The cap of affliction has been filled to the brim , and the waters of bitterness contained in it , have been drained to the dregs . The soldiers , who for two mon ; hs so gallantly endured the atfacks of overwhelming numbem amidst cold , hunger , and fatigue , have now no more suiferings or humiliations to endure . Of the army , which , on the 1 st of November , mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand , camp followers included , some two or three hundred only survive in captivity . Not t 3 n meu ia all have as yet

      escaped from the hands of the enemy . Since the 28 th December , the date to which our last'intelligence from these parts extended at the dispatch of the February mail , one hundred and twenty British officers and from four thousand to . five thousand fighting men are known to have perished ; one European and three Sepoy regimentaI have ^ been utterly swept away . A calamity 8 uch as this is unknown in the annals of Iiidiaii war . We intimated in our last our fears that Cabool had been evacuatea , and its garrison cut to pieces ^ Our paper of 1 st February had Scarcely left the press when we found our vrorefe apprehensions confirmed . "

      The Times gives a long detail of tho circumbtances of this horrible affair , from its Bombay oorreapondent , from which we extract the ^^ following :- » " The insurrection broke out on the night of the 1 st of November , when Sir Alexander Burnes , and his brother , and Captain Broadfoot of the 44 th , were killed ; the house of the first named , being within the city , was plundered ; and some money in the treasury of Captain Johnson , which was close to the former heuse , was made a prey of . The Captain having slept in the British cantonmentB , escaped the slaughter , as well as Brigadier Anguetil and Captaia Troup , who were with him . Captaina Skiaaer and Drammond , Captain Trevor , and his

      lady and his children , remained for some days oonoealed in the city by eome of their friends . " Shah Soojah , who had on the 2 nd Beat his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes , where the Prince performed prodigies of valour , received on that day a communication from Sir W . H . Macnag ' dten , then » the cantonment , about five miles from the town , requesting leave for Btigadiei-General Skelton wita two regiments , and Captain Nicholl ' s troop , to enter the Balla Hissar , and to shell tbe town . Leave was given , and the shelling took place . The infuriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort , which lay immediately to the north Of the town , between it and the cantonment , and as it waa weakly defended , soon became masters of it . This wasa dreadful blow to the troops , as at tho

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      On Thursday last , at the Parish Church , by the Rev . George Hills , lecturer , Mr . John Brooke whole 8 al « drugsjist , son of John Brooke , Esq ., of Awkley , to Jane , youngest daughter t « John Orange , Esq , Grove-Terrace , of this town . V On the 4 th inst ., at St . Mary ' s Roman Catholic Chapel , Wigan , Mr . John itoscow , to Miss RMhel Leather , both of the above place . ; Lately , at the parish church , Ashton-nnder-Lyne , Mr . J . Barges ,- to Miss B . Taylor , both of that plabe . - ' .. / "' - " - - " .:.... ? . ; '" - '¦¦¦ -:. ' ¦ . . ¦'• ... ; ::: " : \/ - . ; ' -v- . -::. ; •; . '¦ Lately , at the parish church , Ashton-nnder-Lyne , Mr . J . Slater , to Miss Mary Wild , both of the same place . . .:. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : ¦ . ''¦' - ' ; - - ' . . ...:.: - . ¦ ¦ : ¦¦¦ : ' - , ' . ' ¦ .. - . •¦

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      ¦; . . ¦ : ¦; ' . ,. ; , ¦ . JiEATB . . :. - :. '¦ ¦> . - / . ^ . : ' /¦ ¦ On Wednesday , at Y » rk , highiy respeoied , in the 73 rd year of his age , Mr . John Sanderson , maoebearer to the Right Hob . the Lord Mayor , and for 42 years a faithful servant in the Corporation . : •• On Sunday j the 3 rd inBt ., at Ripon ; aged 65 « Lieut . John Atkinson , late of the 3 rd Royal West York Militia , and brother to Mrs . Lambert , Low Skolgate , JRipon . - ¦ . ^ : ; .. ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ,.::. :. y- - ^ • ¦' Same day , suddenly , aged 37 years , leayinc six small children to lament their loss , Jane , the wife of Mr . John Pearce , master ef Wheelwright ' s Charity School , Dewsbury , - ^ Oh Saturday night last , at Sandal near , : W « ikefield , ^^ Grace Atha , BlBter tb Mrs . Lancaster , of the Locda < 3 ij , ol , ¦ ; . .- ; ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ .- ¦ ¦ ;;• .:: . ¦ ¦> . '¦ . ¦ ¦ -, ; . ¦•; -n- . . ;•¦• On Friday , the 1 st last ., at Bipo % after itett and severe affliction , aged 30 , Isabella , the leloTei wife of Dr . Septimus Tutin , of that place .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct749/page/5/