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    The Indian Revolt. | ' ¦ . —?=— ' . ' Th...

    troops upon going , operations of any magnitude are now suspended until the end of the rainy season . " The Governor-Genera ] , it is said , is about to leave Allahabad for Calcutta , with , the view of returning to Europe . " Among the officers killed at Gwalior , are Lieutenants Neave , 71 st Highlanders , Ridley , 14 th Light Dragoons , aud Rose , 25 th Bombay Native Infantry . " Mr . Russell , the Times Special Correspondent in India , who has arrived at Simla , is still a great sufferer , and not able to -walk , from the severe injury caused by the kick of his horse . " Two of the murderers of Mrs . Matthews , in Agra , have been hanged . They were principals in the act , and the case was a very horrid one . Tlie deceased was a

    very old woman ; they stripped her and covered her with straw , to which they set tire , hoping by this torture to induce her to show where her money-was hidden . The ruffians died as they had lived , fanatics to the last . They addressed the crowd , and said , 'Salaam , Hindoos and Mussulmans ; take notice , -we die for our religion . ' Their bodies were sent to the dissecting school . Two of the principals in the murder of the Tehsildar of Bab , in February , have also been hanged . " Sir James Outram has taken , or is about to take a trip from Calcutta to Galle , aud back , for the benefit of his health .

    ¦ he persons -who . drew" up the celebrated Calcutta petition for tlie recal of . Lord Canning , have published a reply to some remarks by . the Governor-General . They vindicate their original statements , and deny that they ever encouraged a desire for indiscriminate vengeance on the insurgents . DEATH OP THE MOULVIE OF LUCKXOW " . We read in the Delhi Gazette ' . •— . "On the loth of June , the Moulvie arrived from Mahoomdee at Powayne , about sixteen miles north-east t > F Shajehanpore , with a considerable body of cavalry and some guns ; lie surrounded the Gurree of the Rajah of that place , l ) y name Juggernath Singh , and first demanded that the Tehsildar and Tliauhadarwho had

    , taken refuge with the Rajali , should be given up to him ; his request being refused , he commenced his attack upon the place . The Rajah and his two brothers , Buldeo Singh and Koinul Singh , led out their force to oppose the Moulvie . The light is said to have lasted nearly three hours . The Moulvie was shot , and , the moment he fell , his head was cut off by order of Buldeo Singh- The Lead and . trunk were sent in to Shajehanpore to Mr . Gilbert Money , the Commissioner there , by the Rajah of Powayne . The Rajah ' s former conduct has been , and still is , under investigation , regarding the

    part taken by him during the recent disturbances , more particularly with reference to his treatment of the unfortunate fugitives from Shajehanpore on the day of the mutiny , when they reached Powayne . The Rajah under these circumstances , has felt himself ' under a cloud , ' and has done this signal act to prove his fidelity and loyalty to our Government ; and whether his former conduct was open to suspicion or not , he has , at any rate , done us excellent service in ridding us of one of the most determined of the rebel chiefs , and one of our greatest enemies . "

    THE KECAPTUKE OP CWAUOE . . _ An elaborate account of the recapture of Gwalior by Sir Hugh Rose is given , by the rimes Bombay correspondent , who writes : — " General Rose broke up his enmp at the village of Sassowlee on the morning of the 16 th of June , and marclied towards Gwalior . Three miles to the eastward of tlie city and fort , and therefore between them and Sir Hugh ' s advance , lies the Moorar Cantonment , formerl y the head-quarters of the Contingent . On reconnoitring the station , Sir Hugh found that it was occupied by tlie enemy in force . An immediate advance was ordered . The enemy ' s fire was at first smartly sustained , but tlie First Brigade turned their left flank , silenced the

    guns , and drove them through the whole length of the cantonment in rapid rout . Emerging at the other end of the lines on their proper right , the Second Brigade were upon them , and , as they fled towards the city , Horse Artillery , Cavalry , nnd Infuntry followed in hot emulation . For the two former arms the ground was little favourable ; but the infantry , advancing in skirmishing order , made play with their rifles , aud in one part of the field were engaged , if on a small scale , yet most desperately . A party of the Sepoys had taken refuge from the pursuing Horso Artillery in a deep and narrow nullah , out of which they kept up a fire from their muskets . A company of the 71 st came upand

    , went straight at them . Wyndham Neave , leading the liiglilnnders , was shut dead at the edge of the ditch ; but the next instant hia men -were down among the rebels , and liia death was sternly avenged . Steadily the European buyonet bore down the . native tulwnr . The wounded Sepoy hugged tho fatal steel , to deliver with his failing strength one last cut at his opponent . All that hate and despuir could do was done , and in vain . Not a man left tho ditch alive . Tho corpses numbered forty-three . Of the Highlander !) , besides poor Neave , throe- were killed and fivo more or Icsa severely wounded by sword cuts . No other loss is reported on the English eluo , and that of tho rebels was light . But tho Moorar

    Cantonment was occupied , and , in anticipation of further ami complete successes , an express was , as 1 have said , at once despatched to Scindia to bring him down to the scene of action . Meanwhile , Brigadier Smith ' s column—wing 8 th Hussars , wing Borabav Lancers , the 9 oth , Bombay 10 th Native Infantrv , and a Bombay troop of Horse Artillery—joined , as I have said , by Orr and his men of the Hyderabad Contingent , was advancing from Antree , where the junction had taken place . Early in the morning of the 17 tb , the Brigadier was at Kota-ki-Serai , ten miles from Gwalior , on the little river Oomrar . Beyond this point , the Toad crosses or winds among successive ranges of

    hills till the plain in which Gwalior lies is attained . Below ^ and in front of the first of these ranges , the enemy ' s pickets were observed in Kota-ki-Serai when morning broke . Skirmishing parties of infantry were thrown across the stream , and a squadron of the 8 th Hussars followed to reconnoitre , when they were fired upon from a concealed "battery . An advance in force was now ordered ; the cavalry charged and took the battery , of three guns , and the infantrv carried and occupied the first range of heights . On our side , Lieutenant Keilly , of the 8 th , was killed or died from sunstroke , and Crealock , of the 95 th , and Anderson , of the Bombay Lancers , were wounded . On the side of the

    enemy is credibly reported to have fallen no less notable a person than the Kanee of Jhansi . Either by the bullet of a rifleman or a fragment of a shell—for reports differ on this ^ point , as they are likely to do—this determined and valiant , if cruel and abandoned , woman met an end not unfitting her soldierly qualities . Her bod v was not found ; was burnt at once , it is said . The effects which she had saved from the general wreck at Jhansi fell to her rebel confederates . " On the following day , the 18 th , Smith ' s force remained quiet—only exchanging long shots with the enemy on the next range of heights , whose fire was annoyingly good—waiting to be joined by Sir Hugh Rose . Sir Hugh seeing that the strong positions of the enemy lay all m front of his subaltern officer , whose force alone might not be sufficient to carry them ,

    determined to join him by a flank march with the greater part of his division . On the 18 th , by a circuit of twelve miles to his left , through Kota-ki-Serai he attained his object . The following morning , reconnoissaaces of the positions of the enemy on their heights were met with smart resistance , and gradually , by the impetuosity of tlie rebels , were turned into a general action . The whole force advanced—the 86 th in skirmishing order on the left , the 71 st similarly on the right , the 95 th and Bombay 25 th and 10 th Native Infantry supporting . The 86 th . took the troublesome guns and the heights opposite them ; the 71 st were equally successful . All the high ground cleared , the force appeared at the edge of the plain of Gwalior , about a mile broad . By three in the afternoon , after a running fight of more than five hours , the town of Gwalior was occupied , and the enemy were in full flight . "

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    Sanitary Matters. The Quarterly Return O...

    SANITARY MATTERS . The Quarterly Return of the Registrar-General has just been issued , and contains its usual array of interesting facts : — " Marriages . —30 , 034 marriages took place in the quarter . that ended on March 31 st ; and consequently 60 , 068 persons married in the three months . Tho number is less by 6700 than the number of persons who married in each of the winter quarters of the two previous years , and is rather more than the number of persons who married in the hard winter of 1855 .

    " Ixckease of Populations—169 , 170 births and 107 , 193 deaths were' registered [ during the quarter ending June 30 th ] ; and the natural increase of the population of England and Wales was 61 , 977 in 91 days ; or 681 daily . The probable natural increase of the population of tho United Kingdom was 1021 daily . In the preceding winter quarter , it was estimated at 750 . 40 , 961 persons sailed from tho ports of the United Kingdom at which there aro Government emigration agents . After distributing proportionally 4084 of

    undistinguished birthplace , it appears that 1930 were of foreign , while 20 , 027 were of Irish , 4702 of Scotch , and 14 , 252 of English origin . Of the English emigrants , 5717 sailed to the Australian colqnies , 1543 to the North American colonies , 6218 to tho United States , and 774 to other places . The emigration is still decreasing ; it was at the rate of 157 daily from England and Wales , 429 daily from the inhabitants of the United Kingdom . In the spring quarter of 1862 , six years ago , 1875 of the people emigrated dailr .

    " Thick of Provisions . —Tho prices of the principal articles of food have followed different rates ; tho price of the quarter of wheat has regularly fallen in the three months of April , May , and Juno of tho years 1856 , 1857 , and 1858 , from « 8 s . 8 d . to 60 s . 9 d ., and to 44 s . Id . a quarter ; by the carcase nt Londenhall and Newgate Market beef was fijcl , 5 jjd ., and 5 ^ d . ; and mutton , 5 jd ., 5 = Jd ., and 6 jd . a pound . While tho price of wheat fell the price of potatoes ( York regents ) rose from 80 b . and 128 s . to 163 s . a ton , at tho waterside market , Southwark . Tho prices of animal food declined , tho price of wheat fell 8 ( J per cent . ; the price of potnloca rose more than 100 per cent , in the interval . "

    Tlie Registrar-General ' s last Weely Jtetum states : — < s The deaths registered in London in the week ending last Saturday , July 31 st , are 1161 , and exhibit a slight increase on those of the previous week , when the number was 1132 . la the ten years 1848-57 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1152 ; but as the deaths now returned occurred in a population wliich has annually increased , they can only be compared with the average after it has been raised in proportion to the increase—a correction which will make

    it 1207 . The comparison thus made shows a reduction of more thaa 100 in the deaths of last week , but it is necessary to remark that cholera was spreading with great violence in the last week of July , 1849 , and with diarrhcea was fatal in 1007 cases ; that the same epidemic had commenced at this time in 1854 ; and therefore the average , which comprises both periods , is too high to be used for comparison in a season which , like the present , is comparatively healthy . It will be found that the mortality of last week approaches very near an average derived from non-epidemic seasons . ....

    " The mortality from diarrhoea shows an increase , the deaths having risen from J 27 in the previous-week to 168 last week . Five occurred in the sab-district of St . Mary , Paddingtou , live in Camden-town , mine in Islington East , six in Christchurch ( Southwark ) , five in Lambeth Church sub-district , second part . Fifteen deaths are referred to " cholera , and twelve of these occurred to children . In the case of a man who died in Black BulL-yard , Gray ' s-inu-lame , the disease is returned as ' Cholera Asiatica . ' .... "' The three oldest persons whose deaths are in this

    return are a man aged ninety-four years , and two widows who were ninety-five . Last week , the births of 877 boys and 780 girls , in all 1657 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1459 . "

    Election Intelligence. Guildford.—-A Mee...

    ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . Guildford . — -A meeting of Liberal electors at Guildford took place on Friday week . All the Liberal candidates were invited , ; but the chief speakers were Mr . Campbell and Mr . Murrougb , both of whom expressed their entire concurrence with the principles of Reform and progress . A resolution was ultimately passed , to the effect that the Liberal electors should select a candidate from the three gentlemen at present in the field , and agree to give him their individual support . It was stated that BIr . Onslow ( one of the candidates ) will not enter into any arrangement of that kind . South Devon . —The Conservatives met at the Globe Hotel , Newton Abbott , last Saturday afternoon , to select a candidate to succeed Lord Churston in the representation . Mr . S . ' T . Kekewich , of Peamore , near Exeter , was nominated ; and the election was to take place yesterday . The Ricpjreskntation- of Manchester—Mr . Thomas Fairbairn has issued an address , in which he announces his intention of contesting the borough , of Manchester when a vacancy occurs . He states that his political opinions are " sincerely and truly Liberal , " but that he is not " a radical . " He is opposed to the Ballot , anl does not desire either universal or household suffrage ; but " would assimilate the franchise in , countie , and boroughs , lower the present standard , and at once adopt machinery by which many professional and educated men , at present disqualified * should be entitled to vote . "

    America. General. Johnston Entered Salt ...

    AMERICA . General . Johnston entered Salt Lake City on the 26 th of June . The Mormons were invited to return and take possession of their deserted homes ; but Provo still remained their rallying point . The British Minister in Mexico has received orders to suspend diplomatic relations with Zuluaga ' s Government , unless a better disposition is evinced with regard to making reparation for the claims of English subjects . TheiVeiw York Tribune regards the new line of steamers between the United States and Galway as a fixed fact . It thinks that a small contract is anticipated ( and as good as obtained already ) by Mr . Lever and . his associates . A resolution declaring want of confidence in the Canadian Ministry hns been lost by a vote of 37 to 48 .

    Mexico appears to have reached almost the lowest stage of anarchy and abasement . The writer of a letter from that country says : — " Several thousand Mexicans are actively engaged in committing robbery , violation , and munlcr , and hardly a day passes but we have to lament somo atrocity perpetrated by the numerous sections of tho ' Constitutionalist army , ' almost entirely made up of notorious criminals . I need only alludo to ' tho sacking of nil tho peaceful nnd Inoffensive village * and towns that camo in their way , and especially to tho pillage of Guanajuato , wliich took pUco a tov days since , in spite of the garrison stationed there , consisting of about tlireo hundred men . Tho Constitutionalists , in . much greater numbers , nnd headed by General Pueblita , who was himself formerly a professional highway rob ^ bcr , fought a ro ^ ulur battle with the garrison , and killed about half of it in the lirst encounter . Tho remainder of

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07081858/page/5/