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      The Odian Revolt. —?—Sib Colin Campbell ...

      that Mr . Hargreaves should communicate -with the ' ¦ Eye-witness who stated a case in the Times of February 5 th . Alluding to Mr . Hargreaves ' s reference to the desire expressed by ari old lady of property to leave a portion of it to any needy sufferer from Sepoy cruelty , and to the fact of no one having applied , Lord Shaftesbury says that " most of the cases which have arrived in . England are those of persons whose circumstances in life place them above poverty . " Mr . Hargreaves next requests to be informed "how many cases of the kind referred to I / ord Shaftesbury has unquestionable proof of ?" Bis Lordship , in his reply , is of opinion that his correspondent "had better write to some one inlndia . " Tn the final letter , Mr . Hsu-greaves says he is at a loss to conceive how any one in India can inform him of that which must be known to his Lordship

      alone . He concludes : — " Mr . Mangles , it is quite clear , does not believe in the existence of a single case of mutilation . I have also before me a letter from the secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company , which states that the board of directors , ' having made inquiry on the subject , have not been able to discover that any case of mutilation has existed among the passengers who have returned to this country by the Company ' s steamers since the outbreak in India . ' Holding , as your Lordship does , a prominent position before the public , it seems to

      me that you are bound either to produce satisfactory proofs of the statements you have made on this subject , or to make a speedy recantation . I venture to think that no single individual is more responsible in the matter than yourself . These stories , so loosely told and so feebly supported , have stimulated to a frightful degree the vindictive passions of our countrymen ; they have been the talk of the barrack-room and the bait of the recruiting sergeant ; and'the result has been an indiscriminate slaughter in India , which has sacrificed the innocent and the guilty alike . "

      A HINDOO PROCLAMATION . A proclamation issued by Khan Bahadoor Khan , the rebel Nawab of Bareilly , to the Hindoo chieftains , has been published . It accuses the English of a systematic design to convert the Hindoos and Mahometans forcibly to the Christian religion , adding : — " Their designs for destroying your religion , O Rajahs , are manifest from their having had recourse to

      compulsive measures to force the prisoners to mess together . Many prisoners refused to mess together , and were consequently starved to death ; and many ate bread toge tlier , and of course forfeited their religion . When the . English saw that even such measures were ineffectual to convert the Hindoos , they caused bones to be ground with flour and sugar and mixed particles of dried flesh « ud bone-dust with rice , and caused the same to be sold in the shops . In a -word , they devised every plan they could for destroying your religion . "

      The dissemination of religious books by English missionaries , and the grievance of the greased cartridges , are alluded to ; and the Hindoos and Mahometans are exhorted to lay aside their ditferences , and to join in ' rooting out' English : — " Among the Hindoos , the slaughter of kine is looked upon as- a horrible sin . Th « Mussulman chieftains have all agreed that , should tho Hindoos join them in killing the Englishmen in India , they ( the Mussulmans ) will cease to slaughter cows . The Mussulmans have made solemn promises by the sacred Koran to abstain from bating flesh ot cows . Should the Hindoos join them , the Mussulmans will look upon tho flesh of cows with ttte same horror which they feel at seeing pork . If the Hindoos do not attend to this solemn appeal , and do not kill tho English—nay , if thoy shelter them even—they ¦ will be considered guilty of slaughtering cows and eating bioef .

      " Should the English , witti a view to neutralise our proposal , make a- similar Agreement , and urge the Hindoos to rise against the Mussulmans , lot the wise Hindoos consider that if the English do so the Hindoos will bo sadly deceived . The Englishmen never keep their promises . They are deceitful impostors . The natives of this country have always been tools in the handa of these deceitful Englishmen . None of you should permit this golden opportunity to slip away . Lot us take advantage of it . Our epistolary intercourse , though not 80 charming aa personal interview , is still calculated to revive remembrance of each other . Wo trust you will conour with us , and favour ua with a reply to thia appeal ^ which ia made with tho full consout of both Hindoos and Mussulmans of this place . "

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      State Of Trade. A Smgurac/R Improved Fee...

      STATE OF TRADE . A SMGUrac / r improved feeling manifested itself in somo Of tho ffreat manufacturing towns during tho week « ndtnff last Saturday ; but , for the moat port , tboro was no material alteration In . the state or prospects of triwU * Jwtuo general business of tho port of London during t »« Tveek ending last Saturday there has boun diminished activity . Tho number of ahlpa reported inward was 127 . Those cleared outward amountod to 92 , including 14 in

      ballast ; and those on the berth loading for the Australian colonies amount to 43 . Mr . H . P . Maples , commission merchant , insurance broker , and agent to the Dieppe and Jersey steamers , has announced that he has been compelled to suspend hi 3 payments . The depreciation in the value of steamships-, he states , has so materially affected his means as to cauae his present difficulties . The Board of Trade returns for the past month were issued on Thursday morning , and show a further large reduction in the declared value of our exportation—a reduction of 2 , 024 , 624 ? . There is no general sign , however , of a diminution in the consumption of imported commodities .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Feaeful A...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A feaeful accident has occurred at the saw-mills of Mr . Williams , Coronation-road , Bristol . A woman named Eliza Handcock , the wife of a labourer residing in Bedminster , was in the habit of collecting sawdust at the different mills for the supply of public-houses . A few days ago , she went to Mr . Williams ' a for this purpose , and was occupied for sometime hi iilling hersaeks . She then went to another part of the premises , where a steam , saw-mill waa at work , and within a few minutes afterwards her sister , who was with her , was heard to scream . The engineer instantly stopped the engine and hastened to the spot , when it was found that Mrs . Handcock ' s clothes had become entangled in the shaft , and that the poor creature had been violently tossed round the machinery and killed . An inquest was subsequentl y held on the mutilated body , and a verdict

      of Accidental Death was returned . A sinking of the earth took place on Monday morning at the Victoria Iron Company ' s mining works at Ritnawick . Damage was done to the amount of 15 , 000 / ., but no personal injury- was sustained . A carpenter , at work on Monday afternoon on the roof of the new Covent Garden Theatre , stepped on the skylight frames , when some of the slating gave way , and he fell through to a depth of nearly a hundred feet . He was frightfully injured , and died almost immediately .

      Public Meetings. The Bkitish Orphan Asyl...

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . THE BKITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM . The anniversary of this charity was celebrated by a dinner at the London Tavern last Saturday . The ^) uke of Cambridge was in the chair , and , in accordance with his usual custom , drew the attention of his auditory to the necessity of maintaining our warlike establishments in a constant state of efficiency . " While he entertained a sanguine expectation that peace and tranquillity would , at a comparatively early period , be restored , he hoped they would never again allow themselves to imagine that the military und naval services of this country could ever become useless . { Cheers . *) Of this the people of England might be assured , that never for

      a certainty could they calculate on the existence of a state of profound peace even for one hour . It was impossible . He might even say , it was contrary to human nature , however lamentable it might be that such should be the fact . Bat so long as England continued to be a great empire—and she is undoubtedly tho greatest empire tho world contained ( cheers)—so long must she have moans at her disposal to hold her own in tho estimation of the world . ( Cheers . ) That could only be by her retaining in all their efficiency and strength the noble and glorious army and navy which he was proud to think she now possessed . It was hia special avocation to look after tho interests of one portion of that service ,

      and he assured thorn it waa matter of the greatest gratification and of the greatest advantage to him that at tho present moment public attention should be particularly attracted to the condition and circumstanced of tho British army . " That condition , the Puke continued , has been and is being improved ; everything is advancing , both in civil and military matters . ; and the state of things winch satisfied previous generations would not satisfy modern men . His lioyal Highness concluded with paying a high compliment to Major Powys , whose name lie coupled with tho toast of " The Army ami Navy . " Major Powys briefly returned thanks , and , before tho company separated , upwards of 1000 J . wna

      collected for tho charity . THIC EAST INDIA UOUB 1 S . The Quarterly General Court of the East India Company was held on Wednesday , Mr . R . D . MungU's in tho ohair . A vote of thanks to Sir J . C . Molvtllwas carried unanimously . In nnowor to somo inquiries by Mr . Helps , ' with rospoct to tho prize money for tho oapture-of-0 elhl ^ tho-oluUr » nan ^ attid _ tl ) ilt _ JSyJl"tJ ^ J ! j 5 1 « Ji agreed upon waa this—that all which , could bo justly considered prize , viz ., nil tho property that h « d belonged to tho mutineers und rebels , should bo distributed among tho captors ; but that tho property which bad previously belonged to the Govurnmont , and whioU hnd only boon recovered , should not bo ho distributed . Besides that , tho Court t » f Directors , with tho sanction of tho Govonunont , had granted another six months' batta , In compensation for that which could not bo juBlly rogftidod as prlao j such aa the property of the Government

      and also of those loyal subjects who had behaved faith " fully and well . A medal would be struck for the arrn Mr . Jones asked whether the whole of the inhabitant of Delhi would be considered as . rebels , to which Mr iw gles replied , " Certainly not . " Jaan " Mr . Lewin asked whether the chairman had any pos ? tive knowledge of the mutilations which were said t " have been committed by the Sepoys on women and children . His own impressions of India led him to be lieve that no such mutilations and atrocities had oe " curred . —The chairman : — " I do not know of any such case . If the question had been asked mo a week ago I should have said that every case which several gentlemen had been engaged in tracing out had failed to be substantiated . But since then a case has been brought before semblance of truth

      me bearing a greater than any I had previously heard of . That case is now under investigation , and probably within a few days 1 shall be able to say for a certainty whether it is true or not . Lord Sliaftesbury lias told me ( hat there are ten cases of mutilation in England ; but 1 do not know of them . I know only of the case which 1 have stated to be now under investigation . "—Sir F . Currie said that " an officer , who was at the siege of Delhi had been asked whether there was any truth in the statements that Europeans had been found in Delhi chained to guns and crucified , and he said that , to the best of his belief , nothing of the kind had occurred . He said moreover , that the principal atrophies which heheardofin Delhi wove those the information respecting which liadbeen received from England . " [ Touching thi . s question—some further facts concerning which will be found ia our Indian intelligence—we may here mention that Sir

      Charles Lococfe , who took the chair on Wednesday at the anniversary festival of the Royal Medical Benevolent College , said that some persons wore ' ¦ weak enough . " to deny the truth of the alleged torturin g * of English women and children by the mutineer * , but that he " knew them to be true . " ] Mr . Jones was counted out in bringing forward a motion affirming that it is our duty to give up the Kingdom of Oude to its royal fainilv .

      Ireland. Jiu. Smith O'Bkien Has Addresse...

      IRELAND . JIu . Smith O'Bkien has addressed a long letter to-the Nation newspaper , the upstart of which is to show that a Derby Government is preferable to a Palinerston Ministry . Tlio Whigs are twitted with various backslidings , and the principle of Kepeal is still maintained . The Cou-EttK Riots . —There lias been a hitch ia the inquiry into the riots in front of Trinity College on tbe 12 th inst . The police would not consent to a public investigation ; the collegians repudiated a private one ; so the inquiry is at an end . Fatal Coskuct . —Two policemen of the Articlave constabulary station , near Coleraine , whilst , in pursuit of an illicifstill in the parish of Magillignn , were resisted by a man named Edward M'Culltou and liis son . A conflict ensued , when the elder M'Callion was stabbed to the heart by one of the policemen , and foil dead ; his son also received a bayonet thrust . M'Callion liadbeen more than once fined for making illicit whisky .

      Muudkk . —Patrick Ley den and John Ley den have been tried at the Gal way Assizes for the murder of the wife of the former . Tho man had been in somo measure forced to marry the woman , on whom ho had committed a criminal assault , and he appears to have killed her out of revenge for what he considered a compulsory marriage . John Leyden , whoso connexion with the crime is . flot clour , was Acquitted ; but Patrick was found Guilty .

      The Orient. China. „ . Thic Last News Fr...

      THE ORIENT . CHINA . „ . Thic last news from Hong-Kong , of the date o bouruary 15 th , says that Ych , u prisoner on board tue inflexible , was at that city , on bis way to Calcutta , l blockade of Canton was raised on tho 10 th ult . M liussittiia and Americana h « vo joined tho lMigiisn »»« French in their demand on tho Chliioso faovornnwin . The letters of tho four plenipotentiaries wont u |> Shanghai , whore the mini . stors themselves wen ) a » ottl proceed ; and by tho middle of March it would beiK . no * . » what lino China takes . Triulo has ivoponud at ^ ""'' and tho bite of tho now factories has been mil ^ ^[ Tho Chinose authorities reooivo the dutJiw . '"? ' , Sepoy regiment has arrived , and is quartered wituiw » walla of Canton . No other roiuforeoinonta had arm up to tho 15 th ult . Colonel II » 11 , of tho 5 th Bengal Cavalry , has « jj « j [ in Egypt to purchase horses for servico in tno *>' armlos in India . Ho loft for Cairo about ho ^ inonc 6 inont ~?) f ^ tli" 0 ~ pi'osont ^ Tnonlli (™ n » d-. nJL ^ S'ii , notflcor has boen appointed by tho Viceroy to nisins in thu execution of his mission .

      America. Tho Tiucnm Is But Little News F...

      AMERICA . Tho Tiucnm is but little news from America thl « « ' « " « . ¦ ^ Houno of Representatives at Washington h « w ' " £ '„ . resolution directing inquiry into thu olrounwta » " > , „ noetod with the seizure of tho Amorloun burquo ui »

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27031858/page/6/