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      The 11evolt In India. Some Further Detai...

      oitv * ad the mutineers . In a very abort time , Jarfie portions ^ three native regiments had tamed down the Satire lines and bungalows , and killed tb * few Europeans they came across . They -were ultimately defeated and driven off . . _ " ThB tide of revolt eeems to have reached the city or Hyderabad . Placards were posted all over the xjity on the 12 thi June , signed by certain Moulavies , calling upon the faithful to enrol themselves and murder the Fetinghees , and at five in the evening three guns froin the Horse Artillery , with a d etachment of the Cavalry Contingent , went down to the Residency . Each regiment had a company under arms at their barracks all night , which , however , passed away without any alarm . _ " A troop of Major Gall ' s Irregular Cavalry ( Oude ) , which had been detached on duty against the insurgents in the Mynporee and Etawah direction , has mutinied , and killed three out of four officers attached to them—Lieutenants Barbar and Fayrer and Captain Fletcher Hayes , military secretary to Sir Henry Lawrence . The mutineers were supposed to have gone off in the direction of Futtvgbur . The 45 th and 47 th had been disarmed at Agra , and the 5 th and 60 th were reported to have been blown to pieces by the force with the Coinmander-in-Chief , for mutiny . "At Benares , likewise , there has been a mutiny . It was put down by the fortunate arrival of Colonel Neill and the Madras " Fusiliers . He and his little band of heroes , 180 in number , withstood , not only the attack of the 37 th Regiment , B . N . I ., but the desperate assault of a whole Sikh regiment and the traitorous charge of the Irregular Horse at Benares . " Brigadier-General Chamberlain is reported to have thus addressed the 35 th Regiment , Native Light Infantry , on the occasion of the punishment of death being inflicted on two of the Sepoys , on the 9 th of June : — the 3 itn in

      " Native officers and soldiers ot > Lignt - fantry ! You have just seen two men of your regiment blown from guns . This is the punishment I will inflict on all traitors and mutineers , and your consciences will tell you what punishment they may expect hereafter . These men have been blown from a gun , and not hung , because thev were Brahmins , and I wished to save them from the pollution of the hangman ' s touch , and thus prove to you that the British Government does not wish to injure your caste and religion . I call upon you to remember that each one of you has sworn to be obedient and faithful to your salt . Fulfil this sacred oath , and not a hair of your heads shall be hurt . God forbid that I should have to take the life of another soldier ; but , like you , I have sworn to be faithful and do my duty , and I will fulfil my vow by blowing away every man guilty of sedition and mutiny as I have done to-day Listen to no evil counsels , but do your duty as good soldiers . Yon all know full well that the reports about the cartridges are lies , propagated by traitors , whose only desire is to rob and murder . " The Overland Englishman publishes a supplement , dated June 20 th , which professes to contain the very latest news that bad then reached Calcutta . We hese find a communication from Allahabad , War date June 15 th , which says that * U was welt there on that day . A Sikh Sepoy had been murdered in the town ; but the regiment was let loose on the place , and thoroughly avenged itself . Xlxe Englishman adds : — " We have received the following cheering news from Mirzapore ; the letter of our informant ia dated the 15 th : The dour of our magistrate , St . George Tucker , against the village of Gawrah , has been most successful . He and the deputy-magistrate , with fifty Sepoys of the 47 th Regiment , arrived at the village early yesterday morning The steamer with a hundred Europeans had not yet reached the ghat , but was in flight . The villagers , o » seeing our small force , assembled to the number of some ¦ three thousand . In the meantime the steamer anchored and landed the English bulldogs , who , to a man , without order * rushed at the insurgents , flred into Ahem , and killed thirty or forty ; the rest took to their heels . Ohe village , which wa s quite deserted , was burnt to the cround The murderers of Sir Norman Leslie have been apprehended and hanged . They turned out to be three men of his own regiment , one an old hand , and tho ? . t » n others recruits . * ' "

      Tho Legislative Council lias passed a law whereby summary powers over all deserters uro given to the loool authorities . _ , . The Colombo , which arrived at Southampton from India , ou Tuesday morning , brings a few additional facts and rumours . The Daily News an , ya : — •< 'Those passengers on boo-ru the Colombo who have come from India uiwHy believe that Delhi has fallen . When the Madras pasaongors loft , an imeute was fully expected in that presidency . Tho Europeans were under " The passengers think tlmt tho mutiny is not considered in England so serious as it roully is . They , give aonio frightful details of qtroaltioa committed by tho mutineer ! In Delhi , alx Eurapoan lftdioa had taken refuge in a room ; one of them , very young and beawtiftil , concealed horsolf under a sofa . Tho other . flvo woro aatyoatqd to outrage by thomulinona soldiery , and then . ' ' ' , . > > i » i

      beheaded . The blood trickled ^ young female-concealed there betrayed herself by uttering a shriek . She was seized and taken to the harem of the King of Delhi . . c " 1700 armed men were found about the residence of the King of Oude when he was taken prisoner , although according ± o treaty he was not allowed one armed at-*" " Sir Colin Campbell was treated with the most profound respect by the authorities in Egypt . His passage through that country was an ovation . He purposes dividing the Indian army into fiv e or six ^ flying divisions , with a General at the head of each . The writer of a letter from Aboo , June 19 th , savs : — "We have just received intelligence of a breach having been made in the wall of i * e"H , and the rebels panic-stricken . ..... Nusseerabad and Neemucli are burnt and destroyed "—apparently by the rebels . _

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      . - . The Orient. China. Elaborate Offic...

      THE ORIENT . CHINA . Elaborate official reports have been received of the three expeditions against the Chinese vessels , which we briefly notified last week . The most important of these was the one against the Fatshan fleet , which took place on the 1 st of June . It is thus related by the China Mail . — ^ T " The approach from Bleinhain Passage towards tue nearest detachment of junks visible was commanded by an old fort , which has recently been armed and repaired . This was stormed about daybreak by a party under Commodore Elliot , accompanied by , Sir Michael Seymour himself , at whom the defenders are stated to have pitched cold shot as he came under the walls . Different divisions of boats , in the meantime , under Commodore Koppel and other officers , pushed up the stream at a number of junks lying about the confluence of the Fatshan branch , with a creek to the south , ; or on the left hand , so to speak , in rear of the fort . By this branch subsequently advanced Commodore Elliot upon some junks , the crews of which stood with great coolness till he was within short range ; They then feed and fled , pursued by the marines , who had descended from the fort taken in the first instance . Commodore Keppel meanwhile had pushed ahead with his boats , dashing at a fleet which , it would seem , had escaped the attention of the rest of our force . A tremendous iire was opened on him , at the sound of which the Hong-Kong , and , at an interval of some distance ,. the Starling gunboat , moved up to support him . Before they could reach him—indeed we believe the Hong-Kong ran aground *—the Commodore ' s gallant little boat squadron had suffered severely . On approaching the outer and lesser of tw o islands below Fatshan , he found the passage to the southward barred , and , attempting to pass by the northward , received the fire of some twenty iunks ia position . He had fallen back on the Hong-Kong when the alarm was given that the junks were in motion , that is to say retiring ; and , being now reinforced by the arrival of some more boats , Commodore Keppel chased the enemy not only up to , but into , Fatshan , capturing four or five of the junks that were attempting to escape by a creek or channel which divides Fatshan . The Fatshan braves turned out , waving flags , & c , and met with a warm reception from our soainen and ma-Admiral Seymour states in his report : — " Tho result of tho expedition was the capture of between seventy and eighty heavily armed junks , mounting on an average from ten to fourteen guns , many of them long 32-pounders , nearly all of European mamifacturo . As no object would have been gained by removing the prizes , I caused them , with a few exceptions , to be burnt ; and tho flames and numerous heavy explosions must have been heard faT and wide . This engagement opens a new era in Chinese naval warfare . Great judgment whs shown in selecting the position for tho fleet , and the Chinese , particularly tho last division attacked by Commodore Keppel , defended their ships with skill , courage , and effect , I cnclqso a list of the casualties , which I regret to state is largo , amounting to three officers and ten seamen and marines killed , and four officers and forty Bonmen and marines wounded ; but it is to me a matter of surprise that under tho circumstanoes of the coso tho loss was not greater . " runsiA . It is stated that Persia , taking advantage of our troubles in India , and of our inability to Bparo troops for any further operations in tho Shah ' s dominions , refuses to evacuate Herat , or to acknowledge tho treaty . Tho Pays , of Paris , states that Mr . Murray , tho . English minister , arrived at Teheran on Juno 7 , and was xoceivoa with tho honours previously agieod upon . It was said that Mr . Murray , after reorganising hia legation , would leave for England en oongt . 2 KOU . Maharajah Gholab Singh , of Oaahraoro , ia dead , and has been succeeded by his son , JRunheor Sdngh . Anothoi of our allies , the Khan of Khelut , lua Also died , loaving * Fxotn Admiral Seymour's report it appears , th * t , « U x the gunboats ffrottuded , with two oxqejittww .

      ?!» £ » annnoaeinn + « hia rirnt . her . J ^ nsism JDaUXt . of ± ha the succession to his brother . . Ensign Daunt , of the 70 th N . I ., at Serampore , near Calcutta , has shot a railway official who interfered in an altercation which took place between the ensign and a civilian . The injured . man is not expected to live . Mr < . Daunt is believed to be'insane . The latest news with respect to the Indian , revolt we . give under a separate head .

      Continent Al Notes. France. Eight Italia...

      CONTINENT AL NOTES . FRANCE . Eight Italian refugees of the working class , compromised by the statements of the individuals now in custody in connexion with the alleged plotj have been ordered to quit France . The Government has supplied them with money to perform their journey , and has permitted them to choose their place of exile . The Emperor has declared that Michel Ney , Duke of Elchinn-en , a Second Lieutenant in the Chasseurs d'Afrique , shall assume the title of Prince de la Mosko vvfl A letter from Marseilles , of the 31 st of July , states that the heat on that day was so intense that a dense , heavy mist completely obscured the lights of the lighthouses at night , and rendered the entrance into port dangerous . The Vectis , with the Indian mail , was a lon « - time getting in ; the Avenir lost her way for an hour and a half . The thermometer marked 36 degrees centigrade . The wind rose at half-past ten , but , instead of refreshing the atmosphere , it was hot and sultry . In the Tarn-et-Garonne , on the 29 tli of July , a violent thunderstorm burst over the country . It came from the west , and was accompanied by heavy rain . The lightning struck a farm-house and set fire to it . Storms , aceompanied by great heat , have taken place m other parts of France . The weather in Paris has grown hotter and hotter . On Mondav , at two o ' clock , the thermometer ( centigrade ) was " above 33 in the shade ; and the heat was still greater on the following day . Two fires have been caused in the outskirts by the spontaneous ignition of hav and straw . They were soon got under . The trial of the three Italians , Tibaldi , Gnlh , alias Saro , and Bartolotti ( says the Globe correspondent ) , commenced on Thursday morning . Very little interest was taken in the proceedings by the public , libalai was examined first . He denied all knowledge of Mazzini and of his supposed agent , Massarenti . lie asserted that the weapons found in his rooms belonged to a fellow countryman , named Merighi . He also denied having pointed out the Tuileries to the two other prisoners . Grilli was next examined through an interpreter . He confessed that he had , through poverty , accepted the mission of killing the Emperor , and asserted that it was in the house of Mazzjni in London , and by Mazzini himself , that he was entrusted with that mission . Mazzini had given him private instructions in the presence of Massarenti , and had told him to use the password of " Da per tutto dove iiitporlu-, " by means would ua oiuv * j

      of which he oe recogni ^ u a , .. «» ... ~ Tibaldi . The sum of 40 J . in gold was given him by Massarenti in a public-house in London , and that on the evening of his arrival in Paris he visited Tibaldi , to whom he confided the nature of his mission . He repeated that on one occasion he met at the house of Mazzini a Frenchman , whom Mnzzini called Eadrone Rolline . The Frenchman remained a very short time in the house , but ho discussed with Mazzini on tho hours at which the Emperor left the Tuileries . Tho first witness examined was a tailor , named Gerard , who hnd been condemned to four years' imprisonment for having belonged to a secret society . This evidonco tended to prove that in 1852 ho received from Lcdru Kollin 500 f ., which he was commissioned to hand to a person who would claim it of him on tho Place do la Concorde . The President here stated that this sum was in fact presented to a former officer named Korsch , who had formed tho project of assassinating the lunxperor . Other witnesses wore heard on beuau oi the prosecution , but they wore without interest . BELGIUM . The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and tho Archduchess Charlotte left Brussels last Saturday morning , at ten o ' clock , on their road to Vienna , acco mpanied pare of the vray by the Archduke Charles Louis and tno Archduchess Margaret .

      ATJSTUXA . . . The railway from Laibaoh to Trierto was oponed witn great Bolemnity on the 27 th tilt , by the Emperor in parson . Thifi completes tho lino between Vienna and Irieato . ITALY . , . Commander Chmveri , half brotlior of Prince lorlonui and partner in hia bank at Homo , died on tho - *'"»"' July . Ho has bequeathed hia iminonso fortune to tlio eon of Prince © ralni , in preference to nearer loltt"onf ' The Genoa Gazette contains a short abstract ol w »» - aiaite Article , tho publication of which caused tho e ° wuro of the Italia del Popolo on the gOfh « lt . Mastsinl , alter describing the part taken by himself and Iris . ««»?""" in the late inovcmnnto , denies that there was any ' lnl Vl titm « f f iUnging or blowing up pwblio edUlces . « o »

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 8, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08081857/page/6/