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      ? ¦ ¦ Rtvh V) Fortune Of War Ui India Li...

      there is every kind of personal , local , aad even ethnological jealousy among then ; so that they , too , mil be beaten . But it seems Colonel Syk . es considers that we have now to deal with a second political mutiny , arising . out of the first military mutiny ; and we believe ieIs fl ^ Mfc . "While , according to this em »« ent Director of "the East India Company , we are at War in the East , with some peril to our Indian empire , iJhrough the instigations of what passes fey t ] ife 4 M * ftfe -of religionTO - the same spirit exercising its Valeful sway stiftin our

      own dominions , but put down by a policy in Ireland which should have been vigorously observed in India . The Reverend Hugh Hanna has been restrained from smother iteld-4 ay on Sunday last . He had announced that tic should preach in the " streets , though he did it in an evasive manner to avoid the very prohibition which lias come upon him , and he nowsays that he has onlypostponcd the exercise of his Jaglits for a few Sabbaths ; probably , however , the tfesufmption of these public exercises will be indefinitely postponed .

      We turn to more agreeable , if less urgent matters , not "unconnected with religion and morality , in . the conferences wliich it is the fashion-to hold at this season . Lately , we had the British Association and i & e Mormons ; now we have the Internationa 1 Chaaity Congress at Erankfort , and the Evangelical -Alliance at Berlin ; and next month the Sociological "t / O & lerence in Birmingham . The proceedings of the Charity Conference are not reported , nor hare we Wy full reports of the Evangelical sitting which "Was held sometimes in churches , sometimes in

      ¦ places , the King of Prussia lending his countem , m & to the movement i and giving Itoyal and X ) h * istian welcorfle to the CuMiIng-. Eardlets , and the Baptist Notxs of England , Oetmany , Geneva , « ad America ; to say nothing of France . It is Tel & aated that the Ai-chbisliop of CANTiiKBtrRY sent a fetter of sympathy , but was prevented by urgent $ i $ airs from going in person . We must not ,

      however , toe hard upon tlie Archbishop ; he , gave the representatives of the International Alliance a friendly meeting at his own palace , and really we < 8 b not know of tiny Archbishop of CantcTbury "ttiat has actually done a deed so decidedly catholic . The grand credit system of Paris lias found a remarkable champion in M . Jukes Mikes , who has held an extraordinary meeting of one set of his 'fclxateholders—for he has various sets—in order to

      obtain an anticipative bill of indemnity . He has Completely got the -start of out directors , whether In Eastern "Counties or Great " Western . He has a Supplementary carte # ikz « c // ebeforehand in the event of falling dividends , which he announces already . He K ' as not otily avowed an actual decline in the value of 'the Caissc G & iGi ' ale des Chemins < 3 e ] Tcr , ^ u thas told ^ tlie Shareholders that it will be progressive , and that'it 'belongs to a state of tilings in which business is undergoing dreadful persecution at the hands of 'Society in general , the : j > ycs' 3 , and the landed interest , ¦ ' "toith intittration fha't tlic 'Government gave the first liirit of aliil' m . Wo notice t hc discourse of M .

      miBfes in a Berjarato paper , explaining the insane tfuts of the affair . It is a itiftgnrftcerifc erawpic , which should make Hie 'dTrccdorrs of railways , o'l B . oya' 1 British Banks or Surrey Gardem Companies , , bite thoir nails with vexation that the clever stroke never occurred to themselves . The mobilifwy interest , as M . Mirks calls it , is ' decidedly sgoing down . ' iDho shmres of the 'Crddft Mobilicv continue to fall , aiotwiUistandiug the -fucil ,

      that the defection o , i" certain directors has been patched up , and that sonic astonishing reaction upwards is expected in tlio quotations . Discount 'is rising in Paris , and in other continental towns , even as far north us Amsterdam . The commercial dilRculty has subsided in ! Ncw York , but we cannot anticipate any assistance from that side of the Atlantic . Speculative commerce at present is decidedly under a" crisis Unit will put it to severe trial .

      Another trial , too , ia awaited "with considerable interest j it is the trial of Mi " . Thomas Diamond Kvaks and Captain IIkniiy Tiioknj :, under an iudicttnent iQr . libelling the Honourable F . W . Gadouan ,

      Deputy-Chairman , of the Submarine Electric Telegraph'Cofl ^ anj , with a view to extort money . The trial stands ¦ over till 4 & e second sitting in October . The gravamen of the ' libel consists in the statement hyMivJ & S ' A . ss that Mr . Cadog . vx had made him ti-ansjHasfe the order of iwessages . Teeeive * ! -from the East-m . London , witk Hive fcimiistakafcjte laajt that ( , lu * tlMuspHSsition was intended for ¦ 'Sihock ^ wbbin . g ;> arises ; & message which had preceden © ts being cneftco . n ltOtHscniLaj < of Lotodon ., to IIotiSKsiiild , of i & li s *

      890 T]E Ia_^Gai^ :E:R - Eno. 391, Septem...

      890 T ] E IA _^ gAi ^ : E : R - ENo . 391 , Septembeb 19 , 185 T

      The Indian He Volt. Ver-S Important News...

      THE INDIAN HE VOLT . Ver-s important news has been received from India ( Sufing the present weeic . Tiiecliief evenfe in tire various eeatres of rebellion ( with the exception of the later facts brought by telegraph , and printed further on ) may be best gathered From the concise summary of the Bombay Times : — " iGtetreral Havdock's -force , -on the reoecupaltoh of Cawnpore , had , in eight xlays , marched one hundred and twenty-six miles , fought four actions with Nena Sahib ' s army against overwhelming odds in point of numbers , and -taken twenty-four guns of light and heavy calibre , and that , too , in the-month of July in India . On the morning of the 17 th July , the force marched into

      Cawnpore . JLhe soxu-harrowing spectacle which there presented itself to them beggars description . The extent of tlie frightful catastrophe now became known . A wholesale massacre had been perpetrated by the fiend Nena Sahib . Eighty-eiglvt officers , 190 men of her Majesty ' s 84 th Foot , 70 Indies , 120 women and children of her Majesty ' s 32 nd Foot , and the whole European and Christian population of the place , including civilians , merchants , shopkeepers , engineers , pensioners , and their families , to the number of about 400 persons , were the victims of the Satanic deed . ' The court-yard in front of the assembly-rooms , in which Nena Sahib had had his head-quarters , and in -which the women had "been imprisoned , was swimming in blood . A large number of

      women and children , who had been ' cruelly spared after the capitulation fora worse fate than instant death , 'had been barbarously slaughtered on the previous morningthe former having been stripped naked , beheaded , and thrown into n well' ; tfee latter having been hurled down alive upon their butchered mothers , whose blood yet reeked on their mangled bodies .. We hoar of only four who escaped—a Mrs . Greenway , wife of a merchant , and three Indo-Bvitons . The diary of a lady is said to have been found at Cawnpore , written up to the day on which she was killed , and containing information of great importance , on which the general is acting . We shall eventually obtain full particulars of the

      horrible tragedy that has been witnessed there . The small , brave , victorious army of retribution , harassed and worn out by thoir unprecedented exploits of the previous eight days , rested a day or two at Cawnporo , and then moved on ( reduced in their numerical strength , as the result of their last battle , about one in fifteen of their whole force ) to meet the enemy again towards Lucknow . After passing by Bhltoor , which they found evacuated , and which they burned to the ground , they ftibt tihe foe on the -29 th July , and the following substance of a despatch from General Ilavelock to the Commander-in-Chief in Bengal , with which we have been favoured , explains subsequent operations , which ended , in the defeat of the enemy on two successive

      occa-: ^— " ' Camp Bupcer-ul-Gungo , July 30 . '" Arrived at Oonao 2 Dth instant . The town protected by a swamp , not fordable on its flank ; houses loopholed , and defended by fifteen guns . I attacked and captured it with all the enemy ' s guns . The enemy were aided by a portion of the Nena ' s force , commanded by Jnpa Sing . Hatted four hours , and then pushed on to thiB town , which is also surrounded by watery and -was defended by four guns . The road to its entrance "Was destroyed , and the gate cannonaded . I assaulted and carried it with its guns . ! Enomy '& loss licavy ; my own severe , being-eighty-eight kftlctl iVnd wounded . Private Onvanagh , Gith Regiment , would have been

      recommended for the Victoria Cross , but ho was cut to pieces while setting a " brilliant example ; desired his relations may ' be pensioned . ' Madras Fusiliera greatly dis'tinguirtheAithonrrBolves , I-jictftciran t l > angorfield bcing'firsfc ovor thoibarricado . lieutenant Bogle , 78-tli Highlanders , was sovoroly wounded while loading the way into a loop'holed house ; recommended to the notice of his lloyal 'Highness -the-General Commanding-ln-Chief . Colonel Tytlor , wlio was scarcely nblo to sit'his horso , sot anexuniplo to sill of activity and daring . Lieutenant Ilnvclock ' a horso was shot under him . Lieutenant Scton , Madras Fusiliers , acting A . 'D . C , eevoroly wounded . An qntire Held battory of armH enptupod . Without casvalry , I cannot accuro horaea or equipments . My volunteer lior . se improve daily .

      " 1 ho latest accounts by letter from General ITavoloek ' s camp , dated IMHh July , the day uftw tho light , stnto that tho enemy wcro about two miloo in front . " Tiio forco oxpo . ctcd to reach Luck tuny on tlic JJlHt ultimo , Avhcn tho littlo K'lfiisoii there , wider command of Major Hanks , which has been ao bravely holding out einco tho death of Sir Henry Lawrcnco , would bo

      ro-^ L \ h \ ^ heving Lucknow , it is the intention of KJfflrtMi Havclock to press on to Delhi , a distant £ about o- nfe WHnHred and seventy miles . aistail <* of ^ ¦ Fro m Delhi we have received no advices of a satis fectdry Aatacter . The enemy make an occasionalsorSe in consiAenAk ! . force , but are invariably driven Sv after doiag « me injury to us , and much moreTthem ' selves . < 0 wnrg to General Reed ' s ilLness , the wrnnSnd of the fetces has devolved on Brigad er-Gene Z \ ™*™^ % *™^ Artillery . L oattle was Ltht on tWei ^ tat in ^ hich Lieutenant CroZier , f M *> sty '* 7 $ 1 fcFoot , ^ s kiUed . The enemy got bS ttato the city , after a > ery precipitous flight , with S their guns . Reinforcements were beginning to arrive so that f t was expected that our force would soon be in a position to make a general assault , with the cejtaintv ef being able to hold the place after taking if intelligence of the fall of the city is anxiously expected

      " From Agra there is nothing new since the battle re 1-ated in our last . Ttare -are about GOtfO persons shut un in the fo * t the-fe , and 'frell able to nofcd out , but ' anxiouslv loofeing tot relief . . " y " New mutinies have occurred at Dinapore . The 7 th 8 th , and 40 th Regiments B . N . I . mutinied about the 23 rd ultimo , and her Majesty ' s 10 th Foot shot down 800 of them . The 12 th Irregular Cavalry also mutinied at the same p lace , murdering their commanding officer , Major Holmes , and his wife . The three Native Infantry Regjmonts were considered staunch , and bad actually but a short time before their mutiny kept the city of Patna from rising . ' Here are regiments , ' says the Poona Obl

      server , breaking out at the eleventh hour , n-hen the tide was turning in bur favour , and wheu European troops were passing continually up the river , thereby rendering the destruction of the mutineers certain —as if they had waited for some mysterious order just like the Bareilly troops . Altogether , the more we nonder over it , the more mysterious the . whole matter appears to u . 3 . ' These fresh mutinies have caused much excitement at Benares , as the mutineers are making their way and plundering towards that city . " All was quiet in Calcutta , although considerable apprehension was felt in connexion with the approaching Mohurrum . The Governor-General has formed a corps of cavalry , to be fcalied the ' Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry , ' with the view of giving employment to the manv Englishmen and others in Bengal and the 2 STorth- " \ Yest

      Provinces , whose peaceable avocations lave been interrupted by the disturbed state of the -country ; ami who , althougn . in no way connected with tfee < Jovem « ient , are ¦ willing and eager to give an active support to its authority at tlie present time , by sharing service in the field ^ vith the troops of the Queen and of the East India Company . " The mutiny , however , is no longer confined to the Bengal army . The infection has reached our own presidency ( Bombay ) , our own troops . In consequence of the most scrupulous withholding of intelligence oil the part of Government , tlie community is kept in a constant state of . painful suspense , and of liability to alarm and panic . There is no good reason for this scrupulous

      secrecy , as the Queen and Company ' s troops , the civilians and tlie iEwropeans unconnected with Government , and the loyal portion of the native community , arc really strong enough to put down an attempt at insurrection . It would , therefore , tend greatly to the peace and quiet of the timid , if Government would allow the press to receive ^ and publish the intelligence from different parts of the presidency . " We know that mutiny has broken out in the 27 th Bombay Native Infantry , stationed at Kolapore . The only particulars that have "reached tis regarding it are , that a portion of the regiment mutinied 'on the Buckree Eed , the 1 st instant ( August ) . When the officers were assembled in the billiard-room after mess , a Jemadar rushed in , and gave

      them warning that the men were ooming to fi rcon them . They immediately repaired to tlte place of rendezvous previously appointed ; but three young officers , ignorant of the place or bewildered in the darkness , went astray , and were taken and murdered by the mutineers . The mother of the Jemadar , an oM woman , wont to tlic house of Major Rolland , tho commanding oflicer of tlic regiment , at the same time that the Jemadar went < o tho mesa-room , to warn the ladies of their danger and allbrd them an opportunity of making their escape . No sooner had the 1 / idios effected thoir -escape , than the house was surrounded by tho mutineers . Disappointed of their prey , they revenged themselves on ^' faithful old woman ; lier fidelity cost her her life . A nitmbor of 'the rebels were seized ; tlie vest made have

      thoir way to other parts of tho country . Tlwiy since returned , nnd there ban been obstinate lighting thoro ; but we Imvo not lenrnt tho result . ! J |; 1 ~ gaum , Dlmrwar , Ilutnaglierry , Sattnrn , and other i ' lncC ! '» were thua thrown into great excitement . Our reports from these plncca are , however , soconllictiiiy , ll >»! v « d ° not feel justified in attempting any . statement r ( . ' {; -nr < li » g thorn . Tho Collector of Sattnrn , Mr . Koho , a man m every respect equal to tho occasion , liaa tlioughl il . n « - vi . snblo to send tho cx-Kan navy . A plot wi . s diHcoveroil at J ' oonn , wm ' . drtod between tho Moulavios of Puunnuiul JJelgHiim , f *» ' ° V iaii " Knora of llio KuropeaiiH and CliriatiiiiiM of IIujhi ; . stationa . I ^ ettcrn wero intercepted at tlia 1 ' oona ]> o « t -ollic « > v lncii

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 19, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19091857/page/2/