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      The Iitdiain" Revolt. Telegrams Are A Fr...

      tercepteil and prevailed \ ipon them , partly by threats and inducements held out of preferment and unrestricted licence to return . Shortly after , the whole of the E uropean , community , men , women , and children , were forcibly brought out of their homes , and , in presence of the Ranee , stripped naked . Then commenced a scene unparalleled in historical annals . She who styles herself ' Ranee' ordered ; as a preliminary step , the blackenin " of their faces with a composition of suet ami oil (?); then their being tied to trees at a certain distance from

      each other ; and , having directed the innocent little children to be hacked to pieces before the ey < Js of their agonized parents , she gave the u'onien into the hands of the rebel Sepoys to be dishonoured , first by them , and then handed over to tlie rabble . The maltreatment these poor creatures had received was enough to kill them , and several died ere the whole of the brute scene had transpired ; but those who still lingered were put to death with the greatest cruelty , being severed limb from limb . The death the men were subjected towns by no mean .- ;

      so intensely cruel as that which our countrywomen received at the hands of their ravishers . Among the ruins of what once was the Residency , a party of the 14 th Dragoons discovered , the-head of a European female . The features could not be identified , the faee being one entire rrms 3 of corruption ; but the long silken auburn tresses denoted but too truly that she was one of the ¦ hapless .-beings who . fell a Victim to the insatiate thirst for blood of the hellish Ranee and her fiendish myrmidons . " CATASTROPHE AT AZIMGHltU . Colonel Milman , in ; i letter to Brigadier Gordon , commanding at Benares , says ( under date " Ca : np , . Azinig-huiy March 22 nd" ) : — " Information had been received that a considerable

      bod } ' of mutineers -were inthendglibourhoodof Attrowleea . I found them posted in several topes of mango-trees , and I advanced witli skirmishers thrown out in front , the gurrs being supported by a party of her Majesty ' s i > 7 th Regiment ,- and the Madras Cavalry on tlie -Hanks under Colonel Cumbelege . "NVe followed them as they retired for some distance , - when shortly afterwards they were driven into the open country . The cavalry were then , enabled to act , and cut up a few of the rebels ; : but the ground , was so very marshy and unsound Tor the horses , that the pursuit could not foe - continued . Lieutenant AVeLsh , however , opened fire with a : Mpounder howitzer , and , sending a . shell rig-lit in the midst of them , completed the discomfiture of tlie rebels , who

      quickly dispersed among the neighbouring- trues . After this I continued my march to Lorha , which place I reached without any further occurrence , and set the villuge on . fire . Having effected tlie object for which . I sot oxit from Koelsa , I quietly marched back to Attrowleea . The men were halted in the neighbourhood of this village in topes of trees , and breakfast -was being prepared by the cooks , when hews was brought in suddenly that the rebels were advancing in groat force . 1 proceeded with some skirmishers to ascertain their strength , and found them strongly posted behind a mud wall in tho midst of topes of trees and sugar-canes . I then Sint back orders for the troops to advance ; but the number of the rebels increased so fast , and they covered such

      a large space of ground , that both my flanks - were threatened . Accordingly 1 took up my position on a rising piece of ground slightly in my rear ; the rebels attempted to turn my left Hank , find 1 withdrew into and through the village of Attrowlyea , at about twelve a . m ., and moved on Koelsa , my Hunks and rear being covered by the cavalry . The rebels , though they followed and lired at a distance the whole way , never inflicted tho slightest damage . Finding , on my arrival at Koulsa , that tho camp was threatened , and that the whole population in tho district was disaffected , I despatched a squadron of cavalry , supported by a small infantry picket , to watch the rebels . They were quickly charged by tin ; cavalry and suffered a heavy loss , 21 ileail bodies being counted oa the field besides wounded . Information was ,

      however , received that a large body of rebels , estimated at about COOO men . were advancing on the camp . This creatod such a panic amongst the cam }) followers , that many of the hackery drivers left their carts , and all the companies'cooks ran away . Under the .-aC circumstances , fliul taking into consideration the position of niv cam ]) , which was very untenable in uaso of a night attack , and that no supplies or liquor of any kind whatever could by obtained for tlie men , I judged it expedient to retire on A , zvuiglnir , which I reached . safely this morning , in making this movement , I regret to say that owing to many of tho hackery drivers having run away as I previously stated , I was compelled to leave a low tents and some Ijaggago buhind . Tho loss of the rebels , 1 judge , must have beon some 70 killed . " l'UOCr . AMATlON OV TUB CiOVKUNOK-CilCNlQUAJ .. Lord Canning has issued tho following produinntion : — '_ ' Tho uvmy of his Excellency tha Commander- in-Chief is in possession of Lucknow , and this city lies at tlio mercy of tho liritish ( iovurinnont , whoso luvlliority it has for nine months reboUiously defied and resisted . This resiHtanoe , begun by a miiLinous soldiery , liai found support from tho inhabitants of tho city * and of this province of Oudo at lnr ^ c . Many who owed llmi- prosperity to tho liiitioh Government , as well as thoao who

      believed themselves aggrieved by it , have joined in this bad cause , and have ranged themselves -with the enemies of the State . . They have been guilty of a great crime , and have subjected " themselves to a just retribution . The capital of their country is now once more in the hands of the British troops . Fron this day it -will be held by force which nothing can withstand , and tlie authority of the Government will be carried into -every corner of the province . The time , then , has come at which the Right Hon . the G'ovcrnov-Gener . al of India deems it right , to make known the mode in which the British Government will deal with the talookdars , chiefs , and landholders of Oude and their followers . .

      ' ' The first care of . the Governor-General will be to reward those who have been steadftist . in their allegiance at a time when the authority of the Government was partiallv overborne , and who have proved this by tli 3 support " and assistance which they have given to British oilicers . Therefore the Right Hon . the Governor-General hereby declares that Drigliejjie Singh , -Rajah of Bulrampore ; Koohvunt Singh , llajah of Pudnaha : Eao Hurdeo Buksh Singh , of Kutiaree ; Kasheeperslumd , Talookdar of Sissaindee ; Zuhr Singh , Zemindar of

      Gopaul Kheir ; and . Chundeeloll , Zemindar of JVIoraon ( Baiswarah ) ; are henceforward the sole hereditary proprietors of the lauds which they held when . Oudo came under British rule , . subject only to such moderate assessment as may .-be -impose ! upon ' lIumu . and that those loyal men will be farther rewarded in such manner and to such extent as , upon consideration of thuir merits and their position , the Governor-General shnll determine . A proportionate measure of reward and honour according to their deserts will be conferred upon others in whose favour like claims mav be established-to the satisfaction

      of the Government ; ¦ " Tho '' Governor-General , further ¦ proclaims to the people of Oude that , with the . above-mentioned , exceptions ,. the proprietary ' right in the soil of the province is confiscated to the 15 ritish Governmwit , which will dispose of that right in such ' .-maiiner as it may seem fitting . To ' - ' those talookdars , chiefs , and landholders , witli their followers , who shall make immediate . submission to-the Cliief Commissioners of Oude , surrendering their arms and ob :: ying his orders , the liight H » n . tha Governor-General promises that their lives and honour shall bs safe , provided that their , hands are tinstahied with English blood murderously shed . But , a-s regards any further indulgence which may be extended to them , and the condition , in -which thev mav . -hereafter , be u'lacod .

      they must throw themselves -upon the justice and meroy of the 15 ritish Government . To those among them who shall promptly . come , forward and give to the Chiof Commissioner their support in the ? , restoration of pence ; and order this indulgence will 1 > g large , ami the Governor-General ' will be ready to view liberally the . claims which they may thus acquire to a restitution of \ heir former rights . As participation in the murder of Englishman and Englishwomen will exclude thosi ; who are guilty of it from all mercy , to Avill those who have proteeu-d English lives be specially entitled to consideration and leniency : By order of the Right lion , the G overnor-General of India . "' Cr . l . Ed . MDSjTOSE , " Secretarv to the GovermuL-nt of India . " Allahabad , March . 1-1 . "

      . -• ¦ No. ' 424, Mai: 8/ 1858.] ^_^S^_ ...

      . - ¦ No . ' , Mai : 8 / 1858 . ] ^_^ S ^_ _ J iJ ^^^ 439

      Public Meetings. Hanqu ' Lvt At The Uov....

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . HANQU ' lvT AT THE UOV . U , ACADEMY" OF AKTS . The hianguration of the annual -Exhibition of the lloyal Academy was celebrated last Saturday . TI 12 doors were thrown open to th ? gu ' . 'Sta at two o ' clock , and tha dinner commenced at six . o ' clock in tiie East room , the walla of whicli wore covi .-rod with' new picture-5 . Sir ChaTles Eastlake , the President of tha institution , occupied the chair , and the guests inehido-t the chief members of the Government , ' tiia Duke of Ci : nbndg ^ , sororal- meiiibers of the aristocracy , . the liaiMii ile Getto ¦ £ l 5 : ivarian -Minister ) , Sir W . K . Vvilliams , Mr . ' Gladstone , Lord John P . us . ^ elL ^ Ir . ( lardw ^ ll . ? . I r . L-. ib ^ mcliere . Mr . Robert

      Lou'O , Lord Goderich . tha . -L'Vr-l . ' . layoi' , the ( . Toveriior of ths . Bank- of Englmd . Sir Ko . lerick Murchison ,. Mr . ltobert Stephenson . M . I * ., I ' roie ^ sor Faraday ,-the Presidents " of the Col logos-. of Physicians and of Surgeons , ilr . - Dickens , 3 Ir . Thackoray , and several members of Parliament and other notabilities . The President gave out the various t-Jnsrs in succession , and these-were acknowledged by tlia Duke of Cambridge . Sir John Paklngton . the Baron de Cetto . the Lord Chancellor , Earl l > . u-oy , Mr . Dickens , and Mr . Thackeray . In ths cours ? of his address , the Commander-in-Chii - 'f ppokoin the highest-terms of the genius , evinced "b y Sir Colin Campbell in India , and alluded to his favourite , tonie of maintaining the array

      in a state of elr . cijncy . lie then proceeded : ^ - " I am s ' orrv ' that 1 cannot claim for myself-. the . merit-of "being in jjny respect an artist . Whe ; i I was a little boy , my friends were very anxious tluit I should turn my attention to tlve fine arts ; but I regret to say that , like many other young people , I : was silly enough in thoso days to think the stuly very troublesome , and accordingly did not make the progress which iny guardi : ins ha . l at heart . ( . ll ' . iuijh . y The consequence is that I now stand before you extremely ignorant of your refined pursuito . I ho ]) e , ho-wciver , that 1 can appreciate , them to some humble extent , though my tastiunay but ba imperfectly tutored ; ami , ns far as my cursory observation of' what you have aciiieved goes , I think I nviy congratulate this assembly on the scene presentel bv these walls . " ( Cheers . )

      The Earl of Derby , in his speech , humorously alluded to the very scanty time which his official pursuits left him for studvhig matters vi art . " There was , " he continued , " one consolation which I promised myself in attending this baii'Uiet . I thought tlmt I should have been free for two hours at loast from the importunity of those requests which , sometimes in a milder , sometimes in a more pressing tone , arc urged upon the attention of tlie members of a Government . ( L'liiyhhr . ) In I ) owning-street , I expect , of « joav . 3 e , three or four times a day at all events , to receive applications from clergymen for livings that are . nor yet vacant , from barristers for appointments which nohodv dreamt of making , from

      numberless individuals for no end of commissioner ^ hips ( Init >/ // f (¦ . )•); but 1 had fondly Iiope < l thnr , when I came to tlio Iran . [ nil and elastic regions of Trafalgar-square , I should have had no such solicitations made to me . QL'iii : / h / ii : ') 1 have been disappointed . ( Iknvivad fdcjhfrr . ) Vmi . Sir | addre ? sing tho President ] , have , Ln the must , persuasive tones and -with most ll .-ittering allu-jions to what took place on former , occasions , hinted Yi > ur coniidi ' . iK . v that the Government would not bo deaf to the claims of art ; you . have iiitini-ited that , ;^ reat as are tlie services which the lloyal Academy has romlered to the country , ami whieh 1 ehtjrrnilly acknowledge , they might be greater still if you enj > y . > d greater accommodation . It' there was anot ' . ier room , or anolhuv house , or a better house , it would " nu-alcul iblv increase the advantages which tho public derive from your labours . ( Chinns ( iinl tiuujhtsr . ) And , Sir , I owe you my thanka

      for recording that the iirst speech from tho I hrone which adverted to the improvement , of ( lu > line arts as an object of public interest win om > which 1 had the honour of ndvi- > ing the S >\ v . eign lo iKdiwr in ]! S . V . ' . Sir , that also reminds me thai in th >» -e days , when we were yet given in dllii :. { Itttr / litt' ) ' ) , my rigid , lion , friend who then , as now , was Chancellor of the Kxchenuer , oxpro- ^ ed , at one of these anniversary festivals , not only hii linpe . and wish , but also —deluded m . irlal ! Q /

      Till-: O1uknt. ' Ri-;I:Si.V. Tjik Shah H...

      Till-: O 1 UKNT . ' ri- ; i : si . v . Tjik Shah has lost one of his sons , to whr . n he was much attached . The young prince -was carried oil" in a few days by the small-pox . To divert his mind from this allliction , the Shah went on a hunting excursion , and during his absence sinister rumours were spread as to his having been dangerously wounded . This , however , turned out to be a mistake , which hail thus arisen . At a tiger-hunt , one of the great olllcurs of the household was ¦ wo unded by tin ; animal , and Would have perished had not the Shah rushed to his u * . sHt . uicv , anil , after a desperate stmgglo , killed the tiger . JAPAN . A Mr . Goslikeviteh ha . sl > een appointed Russian consul in Japan , lie will reside in the island of Y ' cso . JJis wifo will live with him there ; and she will be the first European female over permitted to reside in the Japanese dominion * . Mr . GosIcevUeli has boon ten years in IVkin . Some , interesting particulars with respect to tlie llussinu flotilla in the Chinese and . lup > iin seas aru given by the St . l . VtC ' . ' . shnrg con-i'spoiidtnit of the Duih / Ttltii / raplt , > vhi > writes : — " Besides tho ships already stationed the . iv , a lloiilla . is on the way from Croiisiiult for tho Kust , ciinsist ing of the screw steamers Wojewoda , Xavik , Uoj . u'Wii I'larbin , Dschijit , and Tivlot-, under the c . oinnnuul of Ad mind Kouzmetzow . Tliia llvut , aftor being inspectod by the Grand-Duko Gonslaiitiuo , took i ( n dupartiirit in OcUiluir last , year , pa-sing lh «> Soiinil at Copenhagen . To these vessels has been added the stoain frigate Arkolde , of -ltf guns , which is appointed to iveuivu on board C'ouut , I ' utiiuiui . , tin ) luiperiul jVmbas-Hiidor . Tin ; immediate purpo . st ) of this squadron is to < exiiiniue aec . uralely tlie roasts and waters of the Northern I ' miitic < . > eeun ; and , with tliis view , men qnnlilicd for ( inch iuvodliij'Mtioii . i are on board the

      abovementioned ships , It is , however , evident that this flotilla is destined to strengthen the station obtained oa the Amur as . well as to secure the possession of the island of Saghalieu , which in part at least belongs to Russia . The most recent treaty bstweeu Japan and Russia secures to the latter xhe possession of Urup and the more northerly situated Curiles , but leaves the Russian claims on Saghalien undecided . 3 t seems likely that 1-Jussia is anxious to bring this last-mentioned affair . with Japan to a termination , and so to create a naval station in the Northern Pacific Ocean in every respect such as would allow her fully to assert ] ier importance in that ouarter . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08051858/page/7/