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    ]STo. 428, Juhe 5, 1858.J T H E L E A D ...

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    The third misfortune is reported , to have taken , place at Futtehpore ; bat we are as yet in iguorance ae to the circumstances . . Brigadier Cotton has had several engagements wilfh . the rebels of the Swat country-, and has achieved great success . Telegrams from various sources record as follows' :- — "Body -was taken by General Whitelock on the 19 th of April , after an engagement in which the enemy lost five hundred men and four guns . Tie Kotah force has gone into quarters , with the exception of a small brigade

    ordered to proceed to Sir Hugh Rose ' s rear . Sir Hugh Kose marched from Jhansi for Calpee on the 26 th . He was opposed at Koorch by a body of the enemy , estimated at seven thousand men , headed by the Ranee of Jhansi and Gutea Topee , the Nana ' s brother . The rebels vreie defeated ; but the details and dates are unknown . General Whitelock captured Banda on the 19 th of April , and had to march to Calpee on the following day . Sir Hope Grant has returned to Lacknow . Brigadier Joims , of the & Oth Rifles ,-was successful ( at the head of a Ghoorka column ) in reaching Moradad on the 25 th of April , after three actions , and the capture of Nujeehabad and Nujeenah .

    " General Penny -was at Punealee on the 26 th of April , and marched thence on that day to join the Oommander-in-Chief . A telegram from Futtehghur , ¦ dated the 2 nd of May , states that he had followed the rebels into an ambuscade at Ruporal , and that he / was kflled ; but that the enemy -was totally defeated b y his troops . " Tite East India House telegram , published on Monday , states : — " Benares Division . —An actioji with the rebels under Mahomed Hosein and Colonel Rowcroft ' s force

    took place near Ainorlia , in the Goruckpore District , on the 17 th of April . The enemy were defeated , and pursued to their intrenchment , losing one gun and about one hundred men . The Yeomanry Cavalry behaved exceedingly well . Their loss was Cornet Troup and one private killed , four officers and seventeen men wounded . u Am , ah . * bm > Division .- —General Whitelock arrived at Budaon on the 19 th of April , having at Baoragurh dtiFeafcedthe Nawab , who fled precipitately . General Whitelock captured four guns , and took possession of tie city and palace of the Newab . Eight guns were

    afterwards abandoned by the rebels and taken . Our loss , one officer , Lieutenant Colbeck , 3 rd Madras Europeans , killed ; two officers wounded . It is reported from Calpee that Tantia Topee , the Ranee of Jhansi , and the Rajahs of Shahgur and Campoor , vyith 7000 r » en and five guns , are encamped at Koouch (?) to oppose Sir Hugh Rose . The Rao Sahid , with 1000 men and the relics of the Bonda Nawab ' s force , is at Jubulpore with three guns to oppose General Whitelock at Calpee , where there are 2000 men and three guns . Tliere is nothing of importance to report from the Agra and Meerut divisions .

    " Rohilcuno Division . —Majjoo Khan , a rebel leader *) f some note , was seized by Captain Angelo , of Coke ' s Kiflee . Twenty-eight guns have teen captured by this column since it left Roorkee ; six of these were taken on the 17 th near Nagul , nine on the 18 th in the fort of Nfujeehabad , and ten on the 22 nd at Nujeenah . Brigadier-General Walpole ' s division defeated the rebels on tlie 22 nd of April ; four gnus were taken , and their baggage , camp equipage , « fcc , captured at Allygunj , after a long pursuit . The Raingunga has thus been turned , and the bridge at Allygunj seouxed for the passage of the siege train . Brigadier Penny's brigade crossed the Ganges at llceolee on the 27 th of April , and Will probably proceed towards Budaon , joining the Oommander-in-Chief before ho reaches Bareilly .

    " Besoax—Arra . ii . —A party consisting of 250 Europeans , 150 Sikhs , with two mountain-train howitzers , from Arrah , under the command of Captain Legrand , attacked ICooer Sing near Inide Espore ( Jugdespoor ? j on the 28 rd of April . They woro repulsed with the Joss of three officers— -Captain Legrand , Lieutenant Massey , and Dr . Clerk , of her Majesty's U 5 th . Regiment—und a large number of men . Two guna were spiked and abandoned . Sir E . Lugard had ainoo crossed the Ganges . The Shannon Naval Brigade , which was returning to Cu . 1-• cutta , has been stopped at Tassesanand Shorghotty , and the Indian Naval Brigade has moved to Patua . " A . supplement to this intelligence says : — " Roiiiujund . — . Brigadier Ponnofather attnoked the rebels on tlie 80 th of April , nbuit ton miles from Bu-< laon > and defeated themtaking several tK

    , gmu . . » . ' ^ wNPOf District— A party of rebels , about 1000 strong , surprised the police and tho Tehaildar establishment on the 2 nd of Muy . The Tohsildar was wounded , and a small amount of treasure lost . Rusoolu-Dad lins again boon threatened . r <^ / . ~; The fteld forcc »» nA <» General Sir Sidney Jetton attacked and burnt Tanlta on tho 2 nth of April lne rebel chief of that place suffered groat loss in property , ribout twenty of his followers wer « killed and wounded in the attack . Thore was no loss on our side . 'iXiJTii £ 2 ° , Pui 1 Jttb regiments under Lieutenant lhelweU distinguished itaolf greatly . <> nnr !! i w ' . ^^ ^ 11 lioao ™ «"« ct a junction with General Wlntolock before attacking Calpco . On tho

    25 th of April , the father of the Ranee of Jhansi was executed at Jhansi . . . .. " Rajjpootana . —A strong brigade under Colonel Smith left Kotah on April 26 th to co-operate with Sir Hugh Rose , and protect that officer ' s rear . The disarming in Guzerat proceeds successfully . Preparations are * la progress for carrying out the measure in Catnbay . The insurgent BheeJ . 3 and Mearamees , after their defeat at Amba Panee on April 11 th , fled across the Kerbudda , and are being followed up by the Lutpodra field force . The Sawun Dessayes have come into the Sawunt Warree territory -with few followers , and are hiding in the jungles . " All ia weliln the Bombay and Madras Presidencies . iJord Canning is said to have resigned .

    It is with deep regret that we announce the decease of Captain Sir William Peel , K . C . B ., who died at Cawnpore of small-pox on the 2 7 th of April . His ship was the Shannon , and he was commander of the Naval Brigade serving in the Bengal Presidency ^ He was the third son of the late Sir Robert Peel , and was in the thirty-fourth year of his age . He distinguished hioiself greatly with the Naval Brigade in th . e Crimea , until he was disabled j ^ by -wounds and fatigue . A severe weund which he received at the capture of Jjucknow under Sir . Colin Campbell appears to have rendered the subsequent attack of small-pox fatal . His men beloved him sis a seaman of the true English order , and he is said to have possessed many of the qualities of Nelson .

    The inactivity of the Bombay market has increased , and prices have generally decreased . Freights continue . depressed , and the money market is very tight . Mr . Herwald Wake , the gallant leader of the defence of Arrah , has arrived in England from Calcutta on sick leave . Sir John Inglis , the : defender of Duckuow , lias also reached this country .

    LA / TEST INTELLIGENCE . The latest news from the disturbed districts , transmitted from the Bombay Standard office , May Sth , is of a very serious character , and . shows that the work still before us will demand all our exertions . The communication states : — - V" We have had fourteen actions with the enemy in fche course of the fortnight , in two of which we suffered reverses . The Governor-General ' s Proclamation has not succeeded in soothing the landholders of < Dude , nor in tranquillizing the countrjv AH the great leaders of the rebellion are still at large . At least 150 , 000 men are in arms against us . Gur troops must keep the field till the rains , and commence a new campaign in October . It will- require eighteen months with 40 , 000 men from England , to close the war . Lord Ellenborough ' s India ] iill is universally ridiculed and disapproved of .

    " The Cornmander-m-Chiof , with about 16 , 000 men and 40 guns , is close on Bar « Uly , which by this time is probably in our hands . General Rose has advanced on Calpee , and is expected to commence the cannonade by the 10 th of May . General Whitelock follows him from the south-west . General Penny from the northeast . A portion of Roberta ' s force covers his flanks . "

    REWARDS TO FAITHFUL HINDOOS . A correspondent of the Calcutta EujU ^ kinan , writing from Chuprah on the 9 th of April , says : — " There was an impressive scene hero the other day which should not be allowed to pass unnoticed . All the gentlemen of tho station and a great portion of the native community mot together to see certain loyal subjects and faithful servants presented with rewards that had been sent up for them by Government . Two Mahoinmodan Zemindars received each a gold -watch

    and chain for having hospitably entertained and afforded shelter to Messrs . Lynch and BI'DonelL , when circumstances compelled them to quit Sewan , and they were trying to get away from tlio bloodthirsty Sowars of Segowlie . A splendid swonl was given to a Hindoo Dnrogah on account of his having sent notice of tho approach of the mutinous irregulars , by > vhich the above Government officers had time to escape -with their lives . And at tlie same time modnlu were presented to some Sikhs who had nobly rallied round tho Europeans confmod in the fortified house at Arrah . "

    SI 5 POV VINDIOTIVKNESS , A private of tlie 60 th Rifles relates ( in a letter dutecl March 15 th ) an incident of tlie march from Mccrut -with General Penny ' s column : — " Wo yosterdny had a torriblo sight on our inarch through GrungriHi ; tho brutes ( Sopoys ) had torn « p our dead , and stuck them up in different parta of the plain . Those poor lifeless lumps « f clay wcic tho men and oilicci'd of the Gth Carbineers anil tho 3 rd Juon ^ al Infantry , who fell woveral months ago . "

    8 CAUCITV OF I'OOD IN lOWKB niSNGAX .,. Under this heading , the Calcutta correspondent of the Daih / News says : — " The rebellion in tho u |> por provinces is now producing , ns ono of its consequence ? , n marked effect on the prioos of tho atuplo nrliclcs of food in Lower Bengal . Rico and mustard oil nro tho two articles -which nro most oxtensivoly consumed in tho ordinary diet of tho great mass of tho nntivo population . They nre both nearl y doubled in price as compared with their prices at

    the same oate last year . All kinds of edible peas and grains within the reach of the lower -classes have increased in cost in the same proportion . JSTot . omy is the price of . rice increased , but it is difficult to obtain -rice of good quality . Whatever tbe intrinsic value of the grain , unless rice has been kept a year , or upwards , it is not considered by the natives to be wholesome . Newrice produces indigestion and leads to a variety of ailments , it is said ; and Government recognizes this fact in its ordinary contracts for supplies of the article . But old rice is now obtained with difficulty in the markets .

    The reason assigned for this state of things is , not onlv that the disturbances have prevented the U 3 ual larg ' e quantities of rice and pulse from coming down to Calcutta , but that " . Government has roada immense purchases of stores to be sent up country ; and further , perhaps , that speculators are keeping back supplies in hopes of still greater advances in prices . There has been hope lately of rain falling , but as yet only disappointment lias attended the expectation ; and the consequence is , that green vegetables and all esculents of the gourd kind are comparatively scarce . All this is leading to a good deal of distress among certain classes . "

    SIR HC 6 H ROSE S OPERATIONS . A communication from Sir Hugh Rose to Lord Elphinstone , dated Dooeh , May 3 rd , ' via Indore , May Sth , says : — "As soon as Jhansi , and my sick and wounded whom I leave there , and the road from Jhansi to Goona , were secured from the advance off the Kotah rebels , and the late garrison of Chaudairee , which made incursions on that road after the capture' of Jhansi , I marched with the first brigade from Jhansi to .. Dooch and Calpee . I had previously , on the 21 st ultimo , sent Major Gall , with two squadrons of the 14 th Dragoons and three 9-pounders , on the road to Galpee , to watch the

    movements of the " enemy ,- and to support Major Orr , whom I had seat from Jhansi across the Betwa to Mhow , to clear that part of the country of rebels stated to be there , with orders to rejoin me on the road , to Calpee . Major Orr found no rebels at Mhow ; but beyond Goorserai , near the Betwa , a little fort , Goorwai , with forty rebeh 3 and three caunoh , surrendered to him . I directed Major Orr to advance to the Betwaj and prevent the . passage ' of the river by the Rajahs of Baupore and Shahghur , and then-march southwards . The two Rajahs , leaving a-portion of their force at Kotra , opposite to Major Orr crossed the river higher up , and have gone southward , ¦ with One gun and part of tlieir force . ,

    , " alajor Orr crossed the jiver at Kotra , attacked the rebels there , and took one gun . I sent Major Gall from here against the garrison : of . ' Lahar , ' a ghurree -with one gun belonging to the Rajah of Sumpter , because they had betrayed an outpost of Hydrabad cavalry to the rebel cavalry ,. . iu Koouch . Major Gall blew in the gate , stormed the ghurree , and killed all the rebels in it 71 in number . They were disguised Sepoys of the 12 th . Bengal Native Infantry , and fought to the last . My second brigade , with . the exception of the large part of it left for the protection of Jhansi , having joined me today , I inarch . ' to-morrow against ICoonch , where Tautra Topee and the Ranee of Jliansi have concentrated a considerable force of Sepoys from Calpee—Klayetees regular and irregular mutinous cavalry—for the purpose of opposing my inarch to Calpee . Sir Robert Hamilton , at my request , lias written to General Whitelock that it is very desirable that bis second brigade should move on and occupy the fort of Tal Behat , or Mhow , for the purpose of opposing the rayalis of Baupore and Shiihghur . The brigade would also protect General Whitlock ' a rear . " As announced above Sir Hugh Rose , subsequently to writing the foregoing , ongaged the enemy at Koorch , killing five hundred of them . THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND I ., ORL > CANNING ' S PROCLAMATION . On the order of Parliament , a copy has boom issued of a letter ( dated May 18 th ) from the Court of Directors of tlie East India Company to tho Governor-General in Council . We here read : " Our political letter of tho Sth of May has apprised you of our strong sense of tho distinction which ought to be maintained between tlie revolted Sepoys and tho chiefs and people of Oude , and the comparative indulgence with which , equally from justice and policy , tho insurgents of tliat country ( other than Sepoys ) ought to bo regarded . In accordance with those views , -wo entirely approve tho guarantee of life and honour given by tho proposed proclamation to all talookdars , chiefs , and landholders , with their followers , who should make immediate submission , surrender their arms , and oboy tlio orders of the British Government , provided they have not participated in the murder ' of Englishmen or Englishwomen . .... His Lordship must have been well aware that the words of tho Proclamation , -without the comment on it which we trust was speedily aiYovdoil by your actions , must have produced the expectation oi much more general and indiscriminate dispossession than could have been consistent with justice or with policy ., ' Wo Bhall doubtless be informed , in duo courao , of the reasons which induced tha Govornor-Qenoral tc employ those tonna , and of the means whioh , wo pro-Buuio , havo been taken of making known in Oudo the merciful chuuictor which wo aeaumo must atUl belong : to

    ]Sto. 428, Juhe 5, 1858.J T H E L E A D ...

    ] STo . 428 , Juhe 5 , 1858 . J T H E L E A D E & . 535

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/7/