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      THE LEAD E % _ iy _ giiJi ? j ^ gg 21 > 1858 .

      The Indian Revolt. Vert Little Additiona...

      THE INDIAN REVOLT . Vert little additional news is furnished l > y the Bombay mail . The second defeat of the Gwalior - rebels by General Napier is confirmed , as well as their continued flight and pursuit by General Roberts . They are said to have a large quantity of treasure with them . Since General Napier's victory , S s ? etus to have been impossible to get up a tolcra > e fight with the insurgents , who are scattered over t e jforth-West Province * , p lundering the villages . The Capital and the central parts ot Oude are . dear of rebels in arms . The Begum , . with her son , the neivly-proclflimed King of Oude , have fled to a fort on the frontier of Nepaul , and several disorganised bands are retreating to the same place . There are still rumours of mobs of insurgents in the-south , but they appear to be without discipline , artillery , or * J .. ^ » _ i ;„ i ^ :., rr « nvfiiio ( l . and arraneeii

      SUPPlieS . ATUCKllOW IS ucmg «» " V r iK ments made for the accommodation of a force suificiently large to keep quiet the surrounding country . . W « learn from Gwalior that the treasurer of the Maharajah expiated his participation in the rebellion b y a public execution . It is stated that ,. owing to the nust arid discriminating operation of the Oude proclamation , many of the Sepoys are surrendering themselves , as well as leading , men who have been compromised by these disturbances . Am amnesty has been proclaimed in Bundelclmd and Central India similar to that lately declared in

      uuu « . THE 1 UKG OF OUDE A . JJD JVSG BAHADOOU . We read in tbe Bombay Gazette a curious correspondence -between-the young King of Oude and Jung Babadoor , the former " soliciting the alliance of tlie latter against the British , who , lie says , have despoiled him of his kingdom contrary to treaties and pledges . 1 he reply attributed to the Nepaulese ruler—who declinesreads like a rich piece of irony indeed . " The star ot faitt and integrity , " says , the mild andimmaculate -Jung Bahadoor , ' " sincerity in words as -well as in acts , and the wisdom and comprehension of the British , are shining as bright as the sun in every quarter of-the globe . " THE BAXEE OF JHANSI . The Bombay Standard gives the following account of the death of the Ranee : — "On the 17 th , the 8 th . Hussars cHarged rig ht into the enemy ' s camp . The « . - i- _ a : j - ^ tm ^ s- ^ A rto <* frnnnar WHQ 1 cTinr . KR ( l On uiiuM w ! ¦ - ¦ -

      itanee , uresseu am * y -w * » ° «• •>* * 't ' " -- her horse fcy one of our men ; she fired two pistols at bun when on the ground , when he , not knowing who she was , shot her with his carbine . Another account is , that she , observing the English in camp , ordered the cavalry to follow her . On approaching a deep watercourse , 200 turned and fled , 50 continued faithful . On endeavouring to rally the fugitives , she was shot . She wore a necklace worth 5000 ? ., which her gallant chief at on « e appropriated . Her body was carried away by her own people before we could make up with them , and afterwards burnt . " Her sister-in-law fell along with her . She had been the life and soul of the insurrection in this part of the country , and her death deprived the insuroi imuhi [ iuii vi i *^ ¦———

      gents oi one we . uu » u » .... »> . THE SURVIVOB OF THE CAWSPORE MASSACRE , The Daily News gives an extract of a private letter from an lionourable and intelligent resident in Calcutta , mingling extensively in society there : — "The young lady who survived the Cawnpore massacre is now in Calcutta . Her mind is still unsettle !; and she cannot boar to be spoken , to on the subject . " The date of this letter is July 1 . FEELING OF THE NATIVE POrULATJOX . All over the country the mutiny is execrated by the peasants . The pressure ia beginning to be felt , and the poor deluded people are now beginning to perceive that prosperity and plenty are the results of the British raj , while wreck and ruin are the melancholy fruits of the revolt . THE EX-KINO OF DBIJII . The special correspondent of the Times has visited the deposed monarch : — " In a dingy , dark passage court

      leading from tne open or wsrravu m «••» . . «« stood to a darker room beyond , there sat , crouched on bus haunches , a diminutive , attenuated old man , dressed ia an ordinary and rather dirty muslin tunic , his small lean feet bare , his head covered by a small thin camtrie skull cap . The moment of our visit -was not propitious , certainly it was not calculated to invest the descendant of Timour the Tartar with any factitious interest , or to throw a halo of romance around the infirm creature who was the symbol of extinguished empire . In fact , the ex-King was sick ; with bent hodv ho seemed nearly prostrate o \ or a brass

      basin into which he was retching violently . I That dtm-wandering-eyed , dreamy old man , with fceblo hanffing nothcr-lip and toothless gums , was ho indeed I one who had conceived that vast plan of restoring a great empire , who had fomented the most gigantic mutiny in the history of the world , and -who from the walls « f his ancient palnco had hurled defiance and shot ridicule upon the nice that held every throne in India In the hollow of their palms ? Ho broke silence . Alas . I it was to inform us that ho had been very sick . Who

      could lock on him without pity ? Yes , for one instant * pity 'till the rush of blood in that pitiless courtyard swept it from the heart ! The passage in which lie sat contained nothing that I could see but a charpoy such as those used by the poorest Indians . Ihe old man cowered on the floor on his crossed legs , with his back oeainst a mat which was suspended from doorway to doorway . I tried in vain to let my imagination find out Timour in him—I found only Holywell-street . As he « at before us I was reminded of the poorest form of the Israelitish type as exhibited in decay and penurious . reed in its poorest haunts among us . His hands and feet were delicate and fine , his garments scanty and foul . And this is the descendant of him who ¦ on the 12 th of August , 1765 , conferred on the East India Cornpany the Sewanee ( or lordship ) of the " provinces of Bengal , of Behar , and Orissa , and confirmed divers other rossessions held by the Hon . Company under inferior grants from the Subahdars of Bengal , the Deccan , and Carnatic !' " ________ ^

      America. I Ik The Reports In Private Let...

      AMERICA . I Ik the reports in private letters from Utah aie I true , affairs were not proceeding satisfactoril y at Salt I Lake City . The New York Times alludes to the matter as I follows : — " Strange rumours reach us from "Utah in re- I lation to the acts of Governor Cuinming . It is stated I j . K . r . 1 . i-V . a fi . nir £ * t * vi / vi * li fk Q niinnatf'fttrl rlia * -rs \ s \ A > .. t 11 _ f t . i . Lbbb vmu

      Ltliitt LU « vjivt w ****** *¦*»« ^ . L «> . v' ^ gvuuttiii ui UIj CON H | leagues , that lie has affiliated with the leading Mormons , I and that the mails are openly tampered with while pa ^ l I ing through the Salt Lake City post-office without re- ¦ monstrance from the Governor . Reports of Governor I Cumming ' s unpopularity among the new officers of tlie I territory reached us some tiine since . This late rumour , I coining through private advices received at St . Louis , I revived the stories formerly current . However , there I may be nothing in it . " Utah is tranquil , and the I United States General is popular with the Mormons .- I None of his soldiers were allowed to enter Salt Lake I . P . if » v nr interfere ¦ with the MoTmons . H

      The steps taken by the British-Government will '( it- Iis thought at Washington ) , prevent any misunderstand- I ing between the authorities and the miners at tne I diggings in New Caledonia . It has just transpired that I the Hudson ' s Bay Company have sometime back eiidea- I voured to sell to the United States their riglits and into- I rests tinder the treaty of 184 o , for the sum of GOO . OOO g dollars ; the sale wa $ not effected , though the sum named g was considered low . The contract is still open , but will g I require the consent of Congress , which is doubted . The g I Americans say that the Company has always been g [ friendly to the States , and in the Oregon war rendered g I valuable assistance against the Indians . g I The American Minister has called the attention of oar g I Government to apprehended obstructions to the passage g of American citizens to the diggings , on the part of the g Governor of Vancouver ' s Island . Lord Malmesbury in ¦

      reply expresses the wish of her Majesty s Oovemment ¦ to deal liberally with Americans desirous of going to ¦ British Ore-on , but adds , that it must first ^ e ascer- ¦ tained how far the charter of the Hudson s Bay Cora- | pany bears upon the question . ¦ Mr . Nugent , the Special Commissioner , has left * w | York , charged to make such representations to Governor ¦ Douglas as would induce him to mitigate the , n ^ jr of ¦ the Hudson ' s Bay Company and servants of the-Br nj | Government towards miners . He was also to counsd g the latter on the duty of obeying the law . Lord N a . g has also written to Governor Dougla . sadv . sngh , mt g interpret Sir E . B . Lytton ' s instructions in . a liberal sprit g towards the Americans . . . ....... I t

      The understanding which has beenarnveu ^ g the British and American Governments or the jigg g of the identification of the nationality of vessels is bad g upon the acceptance by the British GyOT ™** ^ I doctrines laid down by Mr . Secretary Cass in hj , lg « g to Lord Napier of the 10 th o April , Ibo 8 . Mntu g thus states the case :- "As the 'f ^ f J ^ I must be determined by the officer bearing a pw « M » ¦ his arrest , so must the national ^ entity of a ^ ij ¦ determined at the like hazard to him wh , doubtii ^ g flag she displays , searches her tc , ascer am h r ^^ ¦ ractcr . There , no doubt , may be *™™™* wOuU I would go far to modify the W " ^* " ;{ " £ sov e- I have a right to make for such a violation ot « g reitmty . If the boarding officer had just grou ™ g susSeU , and deported himself with prjjeg f ^ , I performance of hista . sk , doing no injury aM pta ^ g retiring when satisfied of his error no ** g ^ * I make each an act the sub ect of 8 O " ° 5 | h r S ^ ent I mi : „!« mnro tlllin tllO lirltlSIl UU" - ¦ |

      has ever claimed . They have limited ^ themsc g claiming a privilege of visit .- *« r * X 1 ' ?™™* **«* I selves from any right to press his visit to tne g aaearch . Thl Nem York Tribune obsen J ^ jJ ^ g accepting Mr . Casa's version of the law , » ° % H I thus enabled to push the procesB of vcrJMg g further than they have ever hitherto claimedItog , ^ g however it may be argued that theoretically v ^ g search amount to the aame thing , thero is t | lia ¦ pablo practical difference between callmg on ^ g of a ship to show his papers and proceeding g

      extremity of searching his vessel . ro nvciifw » ^ I According to a rhiladelphia paper a Conv | Infidels is to take place there in October iitx . lb . ¦ The ex-President of Mexico , Coinonf < . ¦ , | ^ I Hshed in the Washington pajicw a ycrj _» J . ' „„ , ! I festo , in whicli ho doucribcB the condition oi I the policy ho a . loptcd when at » t * hoad . U ; i , ut . I Mr . Brown hn . l formed a ministry in ^« ' f ^ I I on the meeting of Pnrliament , vote « « l ^'" I

      The Orient. China. Later Intelligence Ha...

      THE ORIENT . CHINA . Later intelligence has arrived , giving the particulars of Oic advance of the combined fleets up the Peiho river Aftei-the capture ai ^ demalisbing of-the Tungkoo forts at Uie mouth of the river , the admirals proceeded to the exploration of the Pcihoin order to secure a safepnssa-e for the allied missions to the city of Tienain . 1 hey . a ^ ear to hav e entertained fears ( which turned out to be i JSffily groundless ) of a most vigorous ivs . stance ^ on the tirt of the Chinese , and also of natural obstruction ! of ui

      k perplexing nature . Some naval - correspondents or « dailv journals hint at a superfluous amount . of . caution on the part of the commanding officers , and insinuate tfat the sole difficulty lay in getting along tne allied admirals and the Trench gun-boats . , S far from exhibiting « ny hostility , the Chinese ap ^ : ne * T'to be Generally apathetic as to the progress of the FnVl ^ S ^ Stances they exhibited signs of wonder and fear at the steam squadron | ' de >^ P s . never having been seen there before . It is said that an opKin prevails among thet * - that the present dynasty i ^ to be overthrown ; but they are iiuhflerent as to its successor Thev supplied the fleets with ample presents of excelknt provisions . Care was taken to inform the authorities that the capture of the forts was not intended as V menace against the Chinese Government , but merely to secure the safety of the ambassadors . ^ ouuutii »^»»

      ——^^^¦¦^^^^^ ^^^^^ force of 600 Marines , so that within six weeks there wTi be collected a military force of 3000 men , besides a ve strong naval brigade . In the event of an unfavoural ! ip issue to the negotiations , there are excellent Toads 1 which this force can march upon Pekin , when the resit I cannot be doubtful . The policy of the allies is to obtain I military command over the imperial government , without I interrupting trade at the ports . ¦ ¦ egkvt . I The Alexandria and . Suez line of railway is to be I opened in September . Only five kilometres remain to I be completed . g

      On the -25 th ot may me auu « . Bboats , containing : the Marines ^ and small-arnyneu of the Pique and Furious , under Captains Sir F . poison and Osborn , sighted Tiensin , and the following day the Smirals in Ihe Coromandel and Avalanche , anchored opposite the town . Their success encouraged them to pS on beyond Tiensia towards Toongchaw , the port of Pekin , distant only ten miles from that city ; and ? he Kestrel , with the ships' boats in tow , succeeded i « reaching a village about eight miles above Tiensin . ¥ he whole of the Chinese craft were then ordered to clear out of the river , in order to a void the poss . bihty of egress b eing prevented by *™** n y * xi } La . GwtAi * - satisWion appears to have been fait mjh « Bngl sh «» u-

      fleet at the delay in accompmning wn «^> , „„ . Sistance being o « ly thirty miles , ^*™' ^ J ^ SS ' while a whole week was takea up in the operation , which the French admiral is said to have declared ItotaUjr imnossible unless supported by an army of 4000 men . This disgust at the dilatoriness of the admirals is said to ie fek also by Lord Elgin , who is believed to have threatened to appeal to the authorities at home . It is the French this time , at any rate , who appear to be ' touiours trop tard . " . . ,. . The ambassadors followed the squaaron immediately , and reached Tiensin on the 30 th May , where they took up their quarters in a spacious temple formerly a raudenee of the emperor . The Staunch , Bustard , *«•*«» . <*» - mandel , Slaney , Opossum , Leven Woodcock « d Fi"J CEnglish ) , with the Avalanche Fusee , and Dragonn . CFrcnch ) constitute the force off Tieiisin . A party of kngineera have also arrived from Hong-Kong in the SaSpson , and are engaged in blowing up tteftttort TnnLiml . There is abundant barrack accommodation .

      I Notwithstanding the great variations in the temperature , the health of the men continues excellent , and supplies are abundant . . . -. The interior of the city has been explored , but offers few attractions to the stranger . The streets are broader than those in southern cltiea , but the h ouses poorer The suburbs cover a great extent of ground and consist of miserable huts . Tno aurrounding country is intersected by numerous streams , and good roads . Two high commissioners had arrived from PeUm , by name Kwelliang and ll ^ ashana = anns of the b |»« ui i

      | highest ranic ana vvwea wun »» '"" y ~ - - . .-. sion . An interview hod been arranged with Lro < l I . lgin , to take place on the 4 th of Juno ., It is supposed that the emperor is but little alarmed , and in no 1 » j te to , grant redress or to get rid of tho allu-B , Binco he , allowed a week to elapse before despatching his p l . mipotcntiaries . The Fury proceeds to Hong-Kong to acid up tho 69 th ReSneat , " battalion of Marines , and sorno * fM * y > which ( ieneral Straubenzee can Hparo from tho B an » on I of Canton . Tho French admiral ih daily expecting a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081858/page/4/