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      The Indian R-Eyxjl Tt""* The Relief Of '...

      of the enemv in the attempt to rescue Cornet Banks , who lay on the ground wounded . ' But it is even more interesting to read that Captain Wihnot , of the 2 nd Rifle Battalion , ' especially distinguished himself in saving a ^ vo unded soldier of his company from falling into the hands of the enemy , "by repeatedly returning their ffii'e while they "vvero pressing on him , the only other two soldiers present being engaged in-carrying the wounded man to the rear . ' "

      MADRAS MTJSSUr . HrAK SKPOYS . A con-espondent of the Times communicatos from the Madras Athcnamm an account of an ' act of atrocity committed by some Madras Mussulman Sepoys , which ( though not connected with the present revolt ) lie thinks indirectly confirms the stories , so often repeated and denied , of the cruelties and indignities inflicted on our countrywomen by the Sepoys of Bengal . According to the story , a private of the 35 th Regiment Native Infantry , at Hurryhur , took some offence against a loose woman named

      Jamahlee-Concealing his anger , he and a comrade lured the woman to the ball-firing plain , one evening , by an invitation to take a glass of arrack . Five other Sepoys and a "bheesty" ( who were iu league with the other two men ) here joined them , and they drank spirits till the woman was intoxicated . Tlie men then ravished her in succession , and , having carried her to the banks of the Toom . budra river , close by , stripped her , roasted her alive , stomach downwards , and tortured her in various ways . Finally , they threw the body on the ballfiiing plain . Two of the ¦ wretches have been -condemned . to- death ; the other six to transportation for life .

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      The Orient. Uunsxair. Tiie King Of Burmn...

      THE ORIENT . UunsxAir . TiiE King of Burmnh ( according to intelligence received at'Boston , in America ) has withdrawn ¦ his support and countenance from tlie Buddhist priests of Ava , and has "banished hundreds of them from the monasteries in the neighbourhood of Amarapura . ' ¦ / ' . ' EGYPT , . : ¦ , '¦' ¦ ; ' . - ' . Achnied Pacha , elder son of Ibrahim Pnuha , -and heir apparent to the Pachalic of 3 £ gypt , was killed on tlie 13 th by an accident on the railway steain-ferry . The carriage iu which lie sat rolled . oQf the '' platform . of tlie ferry into the river . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦'¦ . - , ¦ , . . ' cuts A . . ' . The allied Ambassadors were proceeding ' . to- Pekiu at the last dates . Silk at . Shanghai is advancing in price .

      Mr. Disraeli On The State Of Part Ius. T...

      MR . DISRAELI ON THE STATE OF PART IUS . The Cjxaxoislijok ap Tin-: I ^ xchkcjuku and Mr . Dujwe , the two members fen- ¦ J > uckingliam 6 hire , were entertained on Wednesday at a public diuner in a large tent erected in the gardens of the Royal Hotel , Slough . The ckair ¦ was taken by Colonel H . Vrse , and tlie company included the Duke of Buckingham , the Earl of Orkney , Viscount Curzon , M . P ., and several other members of Parliament and neighbouring gejitlemen-Mr . Dupre was the ' first to acknowledge the toast of his health and that of Mr . Disraeli , and , having made some foolish observations about tlie Radical party desiring to subvert the Church and tlie Throne ( whereat a voice called out , " -Don ' t show the -white feather ! " ) , the speech of the evening was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . '

      Mr . Disraeli commenced by referring to " the unprecedented collapse" of the l ' ulmci-ston Government—a Ministry " supposed to be omnipotent . " On that collapse occurring , Lord Derby was ' sent for by tho Queen ; but , so far from his grasping at . office , he begged of her Majesty to take time ore she commanded him to undertake tho duties o ( Government , as his party could not command mucli more than one-third of tlie votes of the present House ol Commons . The Queen , however , pressed Lord Derby to assume the responsibilities of office , and he iliil not shrink from eucountering the difficult task . " It was well now , " said Mr . Disraeli , " to think lightly of the perils that had past , and to forget them ; but , when he toJd them seriously that tlie question of peace or war , wIiimi the Government acccdod to ollicc , -was not u question of weeks or d . iys but even of hours , they would remember that peace hud boon preved b ¦

      ser y tho Government , while the honour of the country had been vindicated . ( Cheer * . ) Lot them also remember that at the Bame moment two or their fellowsubjects were lingering and had lingered in a foreign dungeon , and that tho eflbrtB of a Government which boasted of buing irresistible in its domc » tie stronyth and m its foreign policy hud mot succeeded in mitigating thoir miseries or in vindicating' the honour of the country but that in a l ' uvv weeks , he might almost say iu * i low days , the present Government succeeded in freeing those two neglected untl suffering ; JSnglwlimoii ( c / iccre ) , and in bringing them lmck in triumph to that country which had long f « lt indignation at their unmerited Buffering , and ahiimo nt tlie weakness of tlie Government thut so long had permitted them to endure it . ( Hem * ) During all that time , tho art * of faction were harassing tho Government on ovorv niuo , and war between Wiudea and Sardinia , wl " u « h would lmvo

      get the whole world in flames , was nearly precipitated , iii order to inconvenience , and perhaps upset a Government which was the choice , after due reflection , of the Queen of this country , not formally , but sincerely and cordially , because it belonged to the only party that could produce men capable of carrying on the Government . ( Cheers . ) These were not the only difficulties to which the Government succeeded . The finanoes of tlie country were in a position , of great and extreme difficulty ; but the difficulty had been encountered , and he , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , had proposed measures to me « t the emergency , which met the singular and unprecedented fortune of being passed , he might sai " , with general acclamation . ( Cheers . ' ) The

      Government had also-to consider the state of India ; and the principles on which they proposed to reconstruct their empire in India would contribute to the happiness , welfare , power , and glory of the country . { Cheers . ) They declared themselves in favour of a discriminating amnesty , and resolved that the manners and customs of the people should be respected . Three great subjects had been arranged l ) y them since they entered office , and they had only been in office three months . ( Cheers . ) They were told that they were a weak Government , wad had done nothing . ( Laughter . ) Why , tliey had " vindicated' the honour of Englaud ; they had preserved peace ; they had assisted their imprisoned and suffering countrymen ; tliey had ' . met an immense deficiency in the

      finances , and at the same time reduced taxation ; and they had laid down principles for the reconstruction of the Indian J 5 mpire , which England approved , which Europe admired , and . ' whieli , if acted upon , would maintain the greatness and glory of the country . " ( Cheers . ') Mr . Disraeli then complimented the Housa of Commons , which , though elected under their rivals , had behaved with great forbearance towards them , and had baffled the reckless and restless intrigues of faction . " And that led them to the true key of the position . There now exists in England what iiad not reallj * ' prevailed there since the days of Charles II . ( Hear , hear . ) There is in . England at this moment a cabal which has no other object than to upset the Government of the

      Queen , and to obtain its ends in a manner the most reckless and determined . ( Y / e « r , hear . ) That cabal consists of some scheming English politicians and some foreign intriguers . It possesses resources- '' of all kinds , and in considerable amount , arid is quite reckless of " mode in-which ' they . might . , be disposed of . The social influences of the members of this cabal are considerable , and they are perverted , without the slightest ' remorse , to obtain political ends . The persons in question possess great sources of political information , especially with regard to foreign affiiirs , obtained , iu his opinion , in a manner not very constitutional . ( Hear , hear . ) They had succeeded iri attaining that which no cabal in modern times had sucoeeded in accomplishing : they had in

      a . -groat'degree corrupted the once pure and independent press of iSnglau'd . ( Hear , hear . ) Innocent people iu the country ¦ ¦( laughter ) , who look to their leading articles for advice and direction—who look to what are called the leading organs to be the guardians of their privileges and the directors of their political consciencesare not tlie least aware , because this sort of knowledge travels slowly , that the leading organs now are plaeehuntord for the cabal ( hear , hear ) , and that the once stern guardians of popular rights simper in the enervating atmosphere of gilded saloons , ( Cheers and luuyhtcr . ) It was too true ; the shepherds that once were the guardians of the nocks ,-are now in league with the wolves—( c / ieer's a > td laughter )—and therefore it was

      that , notwithstanding all the Government had done during ; the three months they had been in ollice , tlie innocent people in the country , who read the loading organs , are taught to believe that the present is a Governmont that docs nothing—a weak Government , not entitled to the confidence of the country . But what would happen if the cabal wore successful iu their policy ? Let the cabal bo successful , and in foreign affairs they would have a truckling policy—iu lioinc affairs they would . have gradually established a strong and severe centralized 'Government , on the model of that Government which the cabal admire . ( Hear , / tear . ) And , when it is proposed to make tlie improvements which the spirit of the age demand—whether they be social

      liiuinoijil , or constitutional , mid the settlement of which is the'tirst duty and most precious tusk of real statesmen —they would have their attention distracted from Conservative progress b } ' incomprehensible wars—carried on in distant partis—commenced for no earthly purpose , ami terminating probably in the wasting of thoir resources , and perhaps of their reputation . " Ulancing tit tlie recent struggle hi connexion with Lord JClloiibuimtgh ' censure of Lord Canning ' a . I'ro & lumution , Mr . Disraeli si \ id that " the cubal" thought they had calculated to a uk-vly I hut . the Government -would be defeated by

      mi overwhelming majority , " It , was arranged to got n number of members to iliti cabal ; the signal was given by tlio leader of the cabal ; solemn and pious tools (/<>« lion so of Commons . The cubal , which had rath era tainted character ,

      chose its instruments with pharisaical accuracy . ( Launder . ) When Mr . OaTdwell rose to impeach him , he was terrified -with his own shortcomings . ( Laughter . ) He listened to his nisi prius narrative , ending with a resolution which he thought must have been drawn by a conv-eyancer . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And , in the other ¦ House of Parliament , a person of still greater reputation condescended to appear upon the human stage . Gamaliel 'himself , with the broad phylacteries of faction on his forehead , called God to witness , in pious accents of majestic adoration , that he was not like other men that he was never influenced by party motives . On a calm , review of what had occurred during the last fortnight , he had come to the conclusion that there are limits to

      party feeling , which the most dexterous managers of the passions cannot pass , and that , in the great bulk of : Parliament as -well as of the people of the country , there is a . genuine spirit of patriotism . ( Cheers ) Her Tflajesty ' s Government during the discussion on the motion wer « prepared to defend their position at every-point , and to vindicate their deeds ; but the defence of the Government in opposition to the cabal was conducted , not by the members of the Government , but by independent members of Parliament of great eloquence , and intellect , and authority . ( Cheers . ) They are not connected with the Government iu politicsthey do not profess the same general principles ; but they saw through the flimsy web of the

      Opposition , and despised the authors of such perfidious and pernicious manoeuvres . ( Cheers . ) He referred to the recent debate with confidence and triumph , ¦ when he asked for the verdict of the people of this country . That verdict had already been given , and , if the debate had proceeded , and they had been obliged to go to the hustings , where there was little doubt tliey would have gone had they failed elsewhere ( cheers ) , the overthrow of the cabal would have been the most signal in liistory . ( Cheers . ) The danger had been overcome hy no unworthy concession on the part of the Government . It bad not been overcome by the united efforts of their friends on a division ; on the contrary , it had been overcome by the intrinsic weakness , by the

      internal sense of wrong doing , that appeared in the ranks of their enemies . ( Cheers . ) There was nothing like the previous Friday evening in the history of the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) He went down to the House expecting that it -would divide at four o ' clock in the morning , and with his armour'buckled , on to address them two hours after midnight ; and , even -with the consciousness of a good cause , that is no mean effort . They were all assembled , and , on the opposite benches were the serried ranks of their opponents , when there arose a wail of distress . ( Hear , hear . ) Hie could onlv compare ' what theu occurred to the mutiny of the Bengal army ; regiment after regiment—corps after corpsgeneral after general—all acknowledged that they could not march through Coventry . ( Cheers mid laughter . ) Ifc

      was more like a convulsion of nature than an ordinary transaction of human life . He could liken it only to an earthquake in . Calabria or Peru . There was a rumbling murmur—a yroan—a shriek—a noise like distant thuuder—he knew not . - whether it came from the top or bottom of the House ; there was a iissure on the laud , then a village disappeared , then a ' tower toppled down , and then the Avhole of the Opposition benches became a . great dissolving view . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) In conclusion , Mr . Ditiraeli' promised , on behalf of the Government , that they would advance Liberal reforms , and do their best to solve the great problems of tho day , if the people would yield them their coiilidonce , in a manner which be honed would give satisfaction , to the country .

      Acc1oicnts And Sudden Deaths. Mk. Gkoucs...

      ACC 1 OICNTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Mk . Gkoucsu Annies , late a colonel in the East India service , died suddenly on the night of Thursday week , near Kxetur , owing to the rupture of u bloou-. vesael jaear the heart , lie was returning from his club about twelve o ' clock at night in company with two other gontlouion , a . ud , while conversing with them on , the Indian war , suddenly fell down in the road near his own house , and iiunuidiutcly expired . He wive seventy-four years ot age . The eoroncr ' d inquest has terminated in u verdict iu accordance with tho facts , —Another death from M »< same cause is reported from Ireland . The Earl oil Uiuil ' urly died suddenly a few days ago at Dimgaiuion , Ireland . Jle had ouly succeeded to the title a low wu \ . * buuk , and hnd just reached his forty-secoud year , lli sut formerly for Dungunuon , which is now represen t ,,-ii by his brother , the Hon . Colonel ivuox . Hie eldest sun mow JCurl oi' ltuafurly , is only in his ninth year .

      A boiler exploded last Saturday evening at a wiwtui factory , Ohurehgnte , Leicester , scattering the . brickvorl iu which it wiis set for ami wide , and so tfcvor . ely scaldiiij oue cf the inon thut ho died after being amoved to Lin uilirjUAary . XU ^ vu ^ ujqaouti have boon buried alive near Gliisgow On the lu ' tQcnoon xif J . ' " riduy week , , tlie roof ovor one o the Gurkuirk Coal Company's elnypits gave way , liiiry ing two ninii and a hoy in the pit . Immense exertion were lnadu to rescuo them ; but tlieso did not succiitot till one o ' clock 011 Monday morning , though sixty im'i worked at it . hu jnnss day and niglit . There wero lw < fulls of earth in quick Buccesmon ; and , wlnm tho hocoik took place , t » lie poor foliow « uudorno : » th gnvo tlioinswlvc :

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29051858/page/3/