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      The Indian Revolt. ?- ; ¦ ' . No Fresli ...

      Etab , but were wnrned not to do so . Unfortunately , tliis route was taken . All went well till the van had passed Ferozabad , about six miles on this side , when both passengers were awoke a ~ bout one o ' clock , a . m ., by the screams of the coachman , who it appears had received a shot through the stomach , and they found themselves surrounded by one liundred and fifty mounted rebels . The coachman , spite of his wound , urged on the horse , but unfortunately received another shot , winch killed him . All this time , the carriage was followed by the rebels , and both Major Waterfield and Captain Fanshawe used their revolvers , we believe , with some success . Major WaterfMd suddenly fell , without a groan , and it subsequently appears that he had received two shots , one through the head , aud one through the , chest ; he also had a most desperate tulwar wound

      across the abdomen . The lorse was now shot , and Captain Fanshawe managed to get out . He was immediately surrounded , but so closely that the rebels for a moment could do nothing ; he struck the head , of one horse which forced it back , and swinging his sword , ¦ with which he was luckily provided , right and left , he got through the crowd . Two fellows went after him , and one was in the act of hitting him when he cut him across the thigh and the rebels bolted ; in fact , he owed Iris life to the extreme cowardice of the whole party . He ran on and got / up a tree , whence , after hearing the villains take their departure , he descended and was most kindly received and treated by the inhabitants of a village dose by . Poor Major "VVaterfield ' s remains were sought for , and found lying in the embers of the liurnt carriage . "

      -THE GENERAL SITUATION . From the letters of two Calcutta correspondents of the Z > ai 7 y JVew * ( written towards the end of May ) ¦ we derive some interesting notes of the present state -of the insurrection : — " The rebellion is chronic , and Sir Colin , has now before him the prospect of 4 series of wild-goose chases which , as was long since prognosticated , an enemy skilled to perfection in the art of flight will infallibly lead him ; and most undauntedly does the old chief « nternpon his hopeless task , and roost bravely is he

      supported by every soldier'in bis army . Yet it is becoming painfully apparent that neither temporary defeat nor impatient pursuit will subdue an enemy whose forte is guerilla warfare , and that defensive tactics until a more fitting season should , if oar army ie to be again in the field in the cold weather , be at once adopted . The North-West Provinces above Benares ace literally overran by banditti , horse and foot . Prom the walls of . Allahabad may be Been daily , on the opposite side of the river bodies of rebels , green-coated and green-turbaned , marching past as if in bravado , with cavalry and guns fiktly equipped . ....

      "It is asserted everywhere by the friends of the Cpmunander-in-Chief that he was personally much SiVersft to carrying on the campaign during the hot season . It is stated that the plau he proposed was to leave the great body of the Oude rebel force within the fortificAttOBS they had raised around Lucknow until ajter the rainy season ; in the meantime clearing certain districts of minor parties of the rebels , but reserving the chief part of his strength for the campaign when cooler ¦ weather arrived . Ou the other hand , it is said that the Governor-General insisted on the attack of Lucknow , arguing that to leave the possession of the third greatest city of India in the hands of the " rebels was to destroy our prestige over the whole of the country . It was thus

      from motives of state necessity that the siege of Luckixow was undertaken when it was , and with a force that could scarcely hope to prevent the escape of the threat mass of the enemy ; not from conclusions respecting its propriety in a military point of view . . Be assured that the numbers of the rebels reported to have been killed in action , or taken and hanged , have been greatly exaggerated . Hot unfrequently wbere number * bavo been stated , it must have been impossible tp have made the necessary calculation , and many of tha statements respectiug these ' slaughters' have emanated from individuals engaged in the struggle , but who

      could have only had a v « ry limited view of the results . Some of thesa reports , if carefully examined , are found to carry with , them internal evidence of exaggeration , oft « n -without any intention to deceive . It U , doubtless , upon too , stipyoBltion that these statements have been true , however , and that the authorities have rnthor kept bock a knowledge of tho full extent of the numbers killed among the rebels , that the feeling of commiseration has been excited among certain parsons in England ; a feeling -which , it would appear , was on the increase when the news le % borne which has just reached ue here .

      " Private l < ittora from Arrah , dated the 18 th inst ., tend to show that the force collected by the late rebel zemindar Kooer Singh , has by no means been so completely dispersed as some accounts hnve represented it to be . On tho contrary , it is said thut Qenernl Lugard , who is now nearly tn the same spot whore Captain ho Grnnd and the men of her Majesty's 85 th Regiment met with their reverse , is quite unable to gain nny decided advantage over the robeta , although he luis a force with him little short , including all wni , of two thousnnd men , with the SMMMitn column nearly a thousand strong , and the

      force at Arrah itself consisting of half that number , to act as supports . .... " One of the pressing wants at present felt arises from the insufficiency of medical officers , not of the higher or administrative ranis , of whom there are plenty , but surgeons and assistant-surgeons , to take charge of detached parties at various stations , and of small bodies of men proceeding to the upper provinces to join their respective corps . Several detachments have lately left Calcutta without any European medical aid ; some going with a native doctor , who could be of little use without a knowledge of the English language , and some without any doctor at all . There have been various comments in the local newspapers on this subject , but the evil was unavoidable . The necessity for the men going was urgent , but there -were no medical officers , or medical subordinates , to send with them . Telegraphic communications have been received from head-quarters for medical officers to be sent up to Bareilly , as the Commander-iu ,-Chief required field hospitals to be established there ; but there are none available at Calcutta , where the boa - pital requirements for the soldiers in garrison and-the invalids awaiting passage to Europe are barely met by the few surgeons on duty . "

      654 F'H.E; , Leader/ [No. 433, July 10, ...

      654 f'H . E ; , LEADER / [ No . 433 , July 10 , 1858 .

      State Op Teabe. Trade At Manchester Show...

      STATE OP TEABE . Trade at Manchester showed continued improvement during the week ending last Saturday ; but the iron trade of South Staffordshire remained very inactive , and prices had a decided tendency downwards . A g ? eat number of furnaces were altogether unemployed , and others-were only partially in operation . In the manufacturing districts around Smethwick , Oldbury , and Westbromwich , most of the foundry establishments are extremely slack . However , the edge tool and hollowware trades , and the saddlers' ironmongery at Walsall , are exceptions to this rule . The various manufacturing trades of Birmingham remain very flat . The metal

      market has been quiet , and prices firm . The lace and hosiery trades of Nottingham continue gradually to improve ; and there is also a better feeling in the hosiery trade of Leicester . In the wool market of the latter place there is a firmer tone . The iron trade of Wolverhampton has been dull ; and the same may be said of the hardware tTades . There has been a good demand for wool at Bradford , and the woollen trade at Leeds has considerably improved . At Halifax , there was a little increase , during last week , in the demand for worsted goods . The woollen trade of Huddersfield has been rather slack ; and business has been very dull at Sheffield and I > ubliu .

      "A return , " says tbe Times , " showing the extent of our importations of grain and flour last year , and the countries whence they were derived , has ju 6 t been printed . The largest aggregate quantity has been supplied by Prussia and the United States . Russia has again resumed her place , and stands third on the list . Then come Denmark and the Hause Towns , which furnish a large proportion of barley . Sweden sends us the greatest supply of oats , and the Danubian Principalities , after America and Russia , the chief quantity of Indian corn . Rye , which is this year said to be failing in many parts of the Continent , is never largely imported to England , and the total taken in 1857 from all countries was only 76 , 048 quarters , about half of which was from Prussia . Of i > eas the importation was 159 , 899 quarters , principally derived from Prussia ; while as regards beana , out of 305 , 775 quarters imported 131 , 004 came from Egypt . "

      The Mercantile Marine Service Associatio...

      THE MERCANTILE MARINE SERVICE ASSOCIATION . An influential public meeting in furtherance of this association has been hold during tho week at the London Tavern ; Mr . W . Crawford , M . P ., in tho chair . After a few introductory words from tho chairman , Mr . Stevens , of Plymouth , proposed the first resolution , as follows : —" That this meeting approves of tbe course pursued by the council since the formation of the association , and especially of its advocacy at its public meetings of questions in the interests of shipowners , as well as of Piasters and mariners , and considers it essential to tho permanent usefulness of tho association that it should constitute a hearty union of shipowners aud mariners , whose interests , arc the same , nnd who must prosper or decay together , " Mr . Stevens referred at great length to the evils which ho said had resulted from tho repeal of too navigation laws . Air . Mark Winthill , chairman of tU * Bristol Shipowners' Society , seconded tho motion . Mr . Bromley Moore , M . P ., expressed his entire concurrence witU what had been previously Haiti , and ulso with the movement in favour of the mercantile marine . Tboro was one point to which he must refer with the greatest satisfaction , and that was the highly improved condition of the masters of the mercantile marine ; in fact , in his travels in foreign countries ho hud found that the British , yeninan had , during tho past few years , raised lit * cunrnctor to us high a point in tho social scale na any other claatf of people iu her Majesty ' s dominion )* . BtlU , there are many evils to bo removed . There is no rewprapity betw « eu this tuition aud any other in the

      world , aud that the shipping interest is much depressed That interest is therefore unable to compete with t \ n foreigner . The British seaman , however , does not aslfor protection ; he repudiates the word . But he f Mr "" Braraley Moore ) believed that the repeal of the navVa ' tion laws in 1849 had caused the British mercantile marine service to suffer , while the foreigner was bettered by it . Returns from the Board of Trade showed the amount of tonnage ( British ) which had entered inwards and outwards in 1849 was 8 , 152 , 557 , and in 1857 11 , 622 , 297 , showing an increase of 3 , 409 , 740 ton ' s ' That taken itself would show

      by a state of prosperity which he contended does not exist . This would be « een from the following figures with regard to the / breioji tonnage entered inwards and outwards in the same period as he had quoted with respect to the British . In 1849 , the tonnage of foreign vessels was 3 , 358 , 620 iu 1857 , 7 , 450 , 291 , being an increase of 4 , 091 , 671 . ** The increase in the British tonnage , therefore ,-was 42 ^ per cent ., while that of the foreign was 119 per cent ., " thus showing the advantage gained by the foreigner over the British merchant service since the repeal of the navigation Iaw 3 .

      Mr . R . R . Moore ( the honorary secretary ) then read the memorial to her Majesty , praying' for a charter of incorporation , which concluded by stating the duties of the corporation to be— " To elevate the social position of the officers and men belonging to the mercantile marine , by taking means for their superior education , and the advancement of ability and character , and the better discipline of the merchant service ; to reward officers and men of the mercantile marine for long and able service , for brilliant acts of seamanship , for saving life or cargo , for discoveries , inventions , or other contributions to the service ; to provide refuges for aged and worn-out

      officers and men of the mercantile marine ; to ' establish schools , afloat and on shore , for the education and training of boys and men for the service ; to establish institutions for the advantage of seamen ; to publish ^ or assist in the publication of , any books , maps , charts , plans , or other works , for the use of the-mercantile marine ; to raise funds for the carrying put of these objects ; and generally to do any thing , although not falling within the list of the above duties , that may conduce to the improvement or social elevation of the merchant shipping service , or to the instruction , benefit , or happiness of the officers or men engaged in that service . "

      ¦—The motion was carried with only one dissentient . Mr . AVilliam Sheppard ( Exmouth ) then proposed the next resolution , as follows : — " That this meeting cordially approves the ' Memorial for a Charter of Incorporation' now read , and considers the constitution of its council , comprising as it does the members of Parliament for the several ports , with shipowners and mariners elected by the ports , well calculated to ensure a constant and honest regard to the interests of mariners / and tbe best it was possible to devise to gain public confidence and to improve the condition and advance the position of the mercantile marine service . " Captain Tooker , of Cork , having seconded the motion , Mr . Thomas G . Baring , M . P ., supported it ; and , after some discussion on minor matters , it was carried .

      Mr . John Edwards , of Bristol , then moved the next resolution :- — " That this meeting desires to impress upon the council the importance of efforts for tbe early establishment of a school or schools for the training of boys for the merchant navy . " The motion having been seconded by Captain Mayo , Mr . Augustus Smith , M . P ., in supporting the motion , said be felt it his duty to do so as the representative of ono of the western ports ( Truro ) , who must be interested in the welfare of shipping ; . He also attended there to gain information to guide him in his place in Parliament . —The resolution was carried unanimously . The Chairman then stated that he had received letter . * from Sir John Y . Buller , M . P ., Sir James Duke . M . P ., Mr . Byng , M . P ., Mr . Roupell , M . P ., and others , expressing sympathy with the movement .

      A vote of thanks to the chairman terminate" the proceedings . A deputation from tho society had an interview with Mr . Henloy , President of tho Bonrcl of Wade , for the purpose of requesting the Government to grant them n charter of incorporation . Mr . Henley expressed his willingness to comply with this request , so long-as the association withheld from all agitation for leg islative uhanges . Mr . Crawford , who introduced the deputation , said that the recommendations of the right lion , gentleranu -would command the most serious attention .

      Ireland. Dr. M'Hams And Loud Dickby.—Dr....

      IRELAND . Dr . M'Hams and Loud Dickby . —Dr . M'Malc , Romnn Catholic Archbishop of Tunm , has addressed a letter to Lord Derby , intimating that he nnd his fellow lri-li Papists luivo more confidence in liis Lordship ' s Government , and in its desire to net fiiirly towards the Komnn Catholics than they had iu nny of the three- preceding Ministries . The Whigs , nays the write !' , were rcmurkablc for their tronch « roiis spirit ami thuir broken proinwofl . "There nre certain days approaching , " h < 3 conlinufs , " which I trust will paaa over without any Huileriiig lo your Ministry . Tho month of July comos laden with muny remembrances of a conflicting nature , and it should

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071858/page/6/