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      ia China . " We are sorry to find that a spirit of untruth has latterly pervaded much of the intelligence from the East . The \ Paya announces , on the faith of letters froin . China of the 30 th March , that ,, inconsequence of despatches which he liad received , from Calcutta Lord Elgin , after consulting with his allies , had decided on sending < nie of the l £ nglish regiments to India , as soon as the first reinforcements should arrive from France . TJiese were expected about the end of April or the beginning of May . There existed some discrepancy of opinion between Baron Grus and Lord JSlgin , the former advocating the adoption of much stronger measures for coercing the Government at Pe-kin than the latter seemed inclined to adopt .

      "MOROCCO . The Emperor of Morocco , accompanied by his eldest son , has proceeded at the head of a large army towards Zemour , a country situated between Meguinez and Kabbat , and "which is now in open revolt .

      486 Jse_ X.E Ade R. ' [No. 426, May 22, ...

      486 JSE _ X . E ADE R . ' [ No . 426 , May 22 , 1885 .

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      THE INDIA IT REVOLT . . : '• " ? - ' . . Katiieb a brighter character is exhibited by the Indian news which has arrived by telegram during the present week . Azimglrar was relieved by Sir Edward Lugard on the loth of April , oil which occasion -the enemy , though they retreated with regularity , lost three guns and a great number of men . Mr . ¦ Venables ( spoken of in the telegram as of the Civil Service ) and Lieutenant Hamilton were wounded in the pursuit ; and , at the last advices , Sir Edward T ., ugard was pursuing the enemy to the Gogra . The

      Sikh force , under Major Evans , inflicted a severe defeat , on the 11 th ult ., on . a large body of Bheels arid Mekrivee in the Santpoora Hills . The battle was very obstinate , and lasted some hours . Sixty men and four hundred ; vomen belonging to the enemy were captured ; hut our own loss was also large , being to the extent of seventy-one killed and ¦ wounded . . Among the latter are five officers : —viz ., Captain Birch , Lieutenant Bascvi , Lieutenant Blair , Lieutenant Atkins , and Lieutenant Paurent . So , at least , the names are set forth in the telegram , which , however , is not a Yery trustworthv guide .

      The disarming of the Myhee Gaunta is in progress , andnonew disturbances are reported in the Mahratta country . The rebel Dessayces are said to have entered the Sawunt -VYarree country with afew followers ; but it is hoped that the outbreak is nearly suppressed . Sir Hugh Kose's advance on Calpec has been delayed by the fear that the Kotah rebels will move on Jhansi . Orders have accordingly been issued to

      General Roberts to advance to Kotah , that he may co-operate with Sir Hugh Rose . It is thought that the enemy will make a stand at Calpee ; and we shall probably hear ere long : of some important operations in that locality . The rebel Rnjali of Mynpooree has arrived , with some foroe , at a place described . in the telegram as Oursu , but which is probably Sirsa ; and the Rajah of Kotah is on trial before a commission for not having saved Major Burton and his sons from being murdered .

      ¦ PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE ENGLISH IN INDIA . Tlie following extraordinary proclamation was issued by Prince Mirza Mahomed Fcroze Shah on the 3 rd of Rujab , 1274 , corresponding with the 17 th of February , 18 . } 8 : — " Be it known to all the Hindoo and Mahomedan inhabitants of India that to tliIo over a country is one of the greatest blessings from Heaven , and it is denied to a tyrant or an oppressor . Within tho last few years the British commenced to oppress the people in India under different pleas , and contrived to eradicate Hintlooisin and Mahomedan ism , and to make all tlie people embrace Christianity . Tho Almighty Tower observing this , diverted tho hearts of tho people to a different course , and now everyone hns turned , to annihilate the English , and they have nearly done so . Through avarice and

      ambition , the lintish lmvosliown sonic resistance , thoiu-ii in vain . Through Divine mercy , that will in a short time be reduced to nothing . Let this also ho known to all Hindoos and Musaulinuns , that the English bear the bitterest enmity towards them . Should they again become predominant in this country—which God forbid ! —they -will destroy religion , property , and even the lifci of every one . A brief . sketch of tho views and intentions of tlio Supreme Court and . Parliament is hereby given , in order to warn tho people that they should get rid of tho habits of negligence and Htrivo in unity to destroy tho inlidela . When tho Indian troops mutinied to wave thoir religion , and killed all iiitidelshi several places , tlio wide men of England were of opinion that , had tho British authorities in India kept the following things in view , tho mutiny would auvor have broken out : —¦

      " 1 . They should havo destroyed tho race of tho former kings and nobles . 2 . Thoy ahoidd huvo burnt all books of every other volition . 3 . They nhould not . have left even a biswa of ground to any of tlio native rulers . 4 . They should luive intermarried among tho

      natives , so that after a short time all ¦ have become one race- 5 . They should not liave taught the use of artillery to the natives . 6 . They should . not have left arms among the natives . 7 . They should not have employed any native until he consented to eat and drink ¦ with Europeans . 8 . The mosques and 'Hindoo' temples should not have been allowed to stand . 9 . -Neither Moulvies nor Brahmins should have been allowed to preach . 10 . Tlie several cases brought into the courts

      should have been decided according to English laws . 11 . English priests should have performed all nuptial ceremonies of the natives according to their English customs . 12 . All prescriptions of the Hindoo and Mussulman physicians should have been prohibited , and English medicines furnished instead . 13 . Neither Hindoo nor Mussulman fak ' e « rs should have been allowed to convert people ¦ without the permission of English missionaries . 1-1 . European doctors only should have been allowed to assist native women in childbed .

      " l > ut the authorities did not take means to introduce these measures . On the . contrary , they always encouraged the people , so much so that they ot last broke out . Had the authorities kept in view the maxims above alluded to , the natives would have remained quiet for thousands of years . " These are now the real intentions of the English ; but all of us must conjointly exert ourselves for the protection of our lives , property , and religion , and to root out the English iioin this country . Thus we shall indeed , through Divine mercy , gain great victory over them . I ( the Prince ) now draw a brief sketch of my travels , and 1 hope the people will pay attention to what I say . Before the destruction of theEnglishT went on

      a pilgrimage to Mecca , and on my return I observed that the English were in a bad and--hazardous . position . I therefore offered thanks to God , because it is in my nature to follow the principles of my religion and to promulgate justice . I persuaded many at Delhi to raise a religious war ; I . then- ' hastened' towards Gwalior , where the majority o f the military officers promised to kill tho English and take up my cause . A . small portion of the Gwalior army accompanied me . I had not the least intention to announce war before I had everything . in order , but the army became very enthusiastic , and commenced fighting with the enemy ( the English ) . Though our army vas then but a handful , and that of the enemy very large in numbers , still we fought manfully , and

      though apparently we were defeated , in reality % ve were victorious over our enemy , for we killed 1000 of them . Since then I have been collecting as ' well as exhorting the people . I have exerted myself in . procuring ammunition up to this day , now four months since the commencement . Thank God , an army of 150 , 000 old and new men are now bound by & solemn oath to embrace mv cause . I have collected considerable treasury and munitions of war in many places , mid in a short time I-shall clear the country of all infidels . Since the real purpose of ' this war is to save religion , let every Hindoo and Mussulman render assistance to the utmost . Those that are old should offer thoir prayers . The rich , but old , should assist our sacred warriors witli money . Those in perfect health , as well as young , should attend in person . But those who arc in the service of either Mirza 13 irjish Kadur Bahadur in Luekno-w , or of Khan Bahadoor Khun at Bareilly , should not venture out to join us , for those rulers arc themselves using their boat endeavours to clear the country of all infidels . All ' who join us should do so solely with a view of promulgating their religion , not with that-of worldly avarice . Thus ' victory will certainly smile upon us ; then , distinguished posts Avill be conferred on the people at large . The 'delay in defeating the English has been caused by people killing innocent children and woin . cn without any pcnuLssion whatever from the loaders , -whose command * -were not obeyed . Let us all avoid suuh practices , and then proclaim a sacred war . Lastly : tlie great and small in this campaign will be equul , for we lire waging a religious war . I ( the Prince ) do ivow proclaim a sacred war , and exhort all , according to the tenets of their religion , to exert themselves . Tho rest I leave to God . Wo shall certainly conquer tho English ; consequently , I invite the people again to my assistance . " Printed at Bareilly , by . Shaict Ni . sar Ally , wider the supervision of Moolvio Mahomed Kootoob-SlKih . " MB CilCNICItAi . . SITUATION . From the Calcutta correspondence of iho IMili / News ( dated . April lOtli ) we derive thu . subjoined sketch of tho prospects of the . summer and the general results of tlie fall of Lucknow : — " Mr . Montgomery is appointed Chief Commissioner in Oude , and lie has a tu . sk before him that , even to such an ablo man , will not be a light one . Oudu is still uncoiiqueied . Wo possess Lueluiow , ami nothing more , and even there wo luivo still swurma < . ( ' cnuinioa , i tin was proved l , y the murder of two young odicers , Cope and Thuckwell , in the native part of tlio town . Beyond the auburbd of Luck-now , Undo bristles willi iortreaaes , the strongholds of powerful z » niindnrn , many of whom can command the mirviocH of thousand )* of armed peasantry . To those great landholders , oxciipting , of coiu \ -: <> , . such as arc known to luive taken an active part in tho rebellion , it has lnwn proposed ( it is . said by Sir John Lawrence ) to oiler iiiniicstiuH . Hut to the surprise of all , Lord Limning will not connunt . '

      " It lias transpired that , w-liile Mr . J . p . Grant w lieutenant-Governor of the Central Provinces , he ordered the dislmmlmont of a corps of police , - composed of nativ Chrktiaiid , which ' Mr . F . I ? . G ' rabbins . had ¦ raised for th protection of Benares . This has revived the old aceusa tion of having released the mutineers eaptm ad bv General Xeill , and doubts sire thrown on the aecuraev of Jlr Grant ' s denial ,: which had hitherto been' aecej / ted as a complete exoneration . - The twiI ' truth vill prob ' iljh . never tianspire ; certainly it will not be made i ) ublic bvthcauthorities here . 'There is . apparently no ' public ' m India , .. ' Government . officials iswm to think that tlieir

      own convenience is paramount to every other euiisicleration . The telegram convoying the .-important news of the change of Ministry was in the hands of Government twenty-four hours before it wus sent to ( he-- piv . < s . The reticence , too , ' of ¦ the Comiiiander-iu-Cliiiif is " much blamed . We know that a large number . of officers wer ^ killed iiml wounded 'ri't ' Lueknow , but no . li . st u ! ' casual " , tics has yet appeared- All the movements of troops are annoiuicL'd in an ' absurdly curt and often I ' uiiiitolliuible manner , and for any account of the taking of'Luekno \ r we are as yet indebted entirely to private jetiers . As to the Governor-General , for all that is publidv known of his doings , he miti-lit as well be at Timbuctoo .

      u TIie Argo and Jason have arrived , the former bringing about-three hundred men and-the latter about one thousand . Though , 'these then are drafts for niu ' nv different regiments they are all flushed up . country-with the greatest speed , and already thozo that ¦ arrived l > y tie Argo have reached Lnsseraun , where they arc detained in the expectation of Koor Sing -making . an attempt to cross the river and regain his-old quarters in lieliar . " But a hot weather campaign-., is not probable , thou ' g ; U it is seriously discussed by the press . From Sir Oolin ' s distribution , of the troops , it is evident that he means laid army . to rest , actijig on the defeasive if need be ., Desultorv e ' meutes .-will of coune

      take i > lace , but they will- pjubabh' only give employment to the police . Tlie fall ' and occupation of' . ' Kutali amlJhansi will be a salutary blow to tho prospect of a Pijularee war , and the taking of Bareilly will checkmate the * - last'remnant of the Lucknow . mutineers . A verv large force of British troops has reached-the-Punjab from Bombay , and ensured the safety of that imjiortaut province . Altogether , then , it is most . probable' that the hot weather will nass over hi peace ; that the mutinous Sepoys , sobered by inaction , will desert their leaders aud make away to their homes ; and that , when the funds of the Nana and his conjreres are . exhausted , their hi . st adherents , ' true to their Asiatic instincts , will deliver them v ]> to us , and claim the olfered rewsird . "

      Tiie foregoing-should , of" course , be read by the light of those telegrams which bring the news down to a later date , and the substance of which w ' ill be found above . The Bombay correspuiuk-nt of the 7 V » u ' j » - ( wx'iting on April : 24 th ) says : — "The hot weather has now set in throughout-India in . all its intensity , but the greater part of the British forces engaged in suppressing the rebellion inu ^ t . still of necessity keep tlie Held . If Lucknow and Olum . si have f . illen , Bareill y Jind Cnlpoo remain ileli : uif , and Uiinand

      from Sir Colin Campbell and Sir lluyh Rose the employment of every man not absolutely iiidispiMis : il > li > in gartiaoning the captured citiu 3 . In Rochilcuml , tlierefore , there will bu a hot weather cani ] iaign , and along the course of tho Jumna ; wor in the districts souih-i .-ast of Oude , nor ia Uundelcund , nor far away to tlie -west-Avard of the scene of the great struggle— . wheiv , aiiumj the uiouutains of Kliandoish , the lihcels and olIkt Miamudci-. s still oppose tlie Sepoys of this Presidencyis the matter likely to be thorouglily worked out hd ' ore the rain conn's down to suspend all opi-rations . l of luto has

      " - ' rom Oiulo our intelli ^ vucc luni lint . scanty , but , ive have the groat fact that the advauci ! into Rochilcund has begun , After a vi .-it of tint tJoinnmiuler-in-Chicf to the ( Jo-vonior-Uonuvul , at Allahalmd , about the 10 th , the forces intended to operate against Huxeilly , now the place of rench' / . vous of all tin- principal rebels of the north-west—Nana Snliili , tlm N ' iivdb of Futtyghur , Khan Baliailoor , and oLlicrs — In-in to move . Ceneral Walpole's tlivi . sion broke up l ' roni i-ia'knov , and be ^ an it . s march upward -, whili- < Poke ' s brigade , leaving its position at lioorki . 'i :, crossed thu Ganges , and entered thu rebellious proviucw from ah . ivc The Commaiuler-in-Chier ordered his stall' dinvn to ( J .-Lwnpore , intending , a )> ni » ivntly , to proceeil » i » l'i l ! ri ;? hL or Doah aidu of tlio Cnnges to Kutlvghur . ' TUli li . KHT 1 NDI . V COMl ' . VKV ON TI 1 U X'VS 1 H 1 I ? 1 KNV OF THIi IVIUTINI'IKUH .

      A . copy of a letter from tlie Court of Dim : tors of tlie East ludin , Company to tins Lluvenior-lJeiioriil of India in Council ( dule : d May fjtli , 1 SoS ) , was issued on Monday . We here read : — " You will Iinvu rocuivcil , Ijy the mail of flic - *> tl 1 ol > Miu ' ch , a letter from tliu . Secret Coniuiittee , wliicli has , siiK .-t ! been laid before tin , respect ing the policy ivlik-h ' •¦ becomes yon to piiratio toward . i llio ^ ii nalivi . 's of \ wti * wlio have recently been in urin . s agaiiihl I lie , nuiiinnty of the liriti . sh ( Government . ' * That loHc . i um ' phaLically conlinns thu priiu : i | il > M which you have ulreadv udoptctl , an He . L forth in X 0111 ' eircu ' ai- of this H 1 st of Jul y , 18 ;> 7 , hy iiiipivs .-Jiij ; U | H . n you tho propriety of purauing after tlio conquest of tl '

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22051858/page/6/