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    No. 4,10, Janttauy 30, 1858.] THE LEADER...

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    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . On the eve...

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    THE INDIAN REVOLT. —?—- Sir Colin Campbe...

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    The Mabriage Ceremonial, The Conoka.Tdla...

    net of diamonds ; our own Queen a broad diamond necklace , three massive brooches , each having a large pearl in the centre , and three silver candelabra , of large Bize and superb design ; the Prince Consort a bracelet of brilliants and emeralds ; the Prince of Wales a suite of earrings , brooch , and necklace , of opals and diamonds ; the bridegroom a necklace of pearls of very large size ; the Princess of Prussia a stomacher brooch of brilliants ; the Princess Alice a small brooch of pearls ; the Princesses Helena and Louisa each a massive stud brooch or button ; the Duchess of Cambridge a bracelet of diamonds and opals ; the Princess Mary her portrait in a massive gold frame and stand ; the Prince of Prussia a necklace of pure brilliants and turquoises , with pendants of exquisite design ; the Duchess or Kent a costly dressing-case , containing a great number of toilet articles of massive silver gilt , enriched with bright red coral ; the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh an exquisite little opera-glass , -with arabesques of gold and enrichments of diamonds ; the King of the

    Belgians a Brussels lace dress packed away in a small card-box ; the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar a bracelet of rubies , diamonds , and emeralds ; the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg plain gold bracelets with enamel miniatures of the givers on each ; the British and Foreign Bible Society a gorgeously bound copy of the Bible ; the Duchess of Buccleuch an elegant writing-desk ; the Marchioness of Breadalbane a toilet band-mirror with the frame of massive gold , set with pearls , and the handle composed entirely of one brilliant cairngorm ; and the gentlemen of the Royal Household a diamond and emerald bracelet . Several other presents were exhibited ; but , as they were not ticketed , it is not known from whom they came . A great many costly gifts were not displayed at all ; and the little tributes of affection from humble persons , which have been showered on the Princess from all parts , were kept out of sight . The Times notices this as an instance of bad taste .

    No. 4,10, Janttauy 30, 1858.] The Leader...

    No . 4 , 10 , Janttauy 30 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 101

    Accidents And Sudden Deaths . On The Eve...

    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . On the evening of the 17 th insf ., as two daughters of Mr . Benjamin Exley , blanket manufacturer , of White Lee , were returning from Dewsbury Independent Chapel , they accidentally missed their way at Stainclfffe , owing to the darkness of the night , and both fell into Bunker'shill Quarry . One of the young ladies pitched head foremost on a slate , and half of her skull was driven in from ear to ear . Her death , of course , was instantaneous . The other young lady is supposed to have fallen either upon her sister or on a projecting piece of rock , and remained insensible fpr some time . On recovering consciousness , she managed , after a very painful exertion , to reach a cottage , where her moans ^ attracted the attention of the inmates , and she was at once removed into the house . A surgeon was called in , and found that her back , one arm , and one leg were seriously injured , and that her jaw was fractured in several places . Nevertheless , hopes are entertained of her recovery .

    An elderly gentleman recently slipped on a piece of orange-peel on the pavement , and broke his thigh . He was taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , but toon died . The coroner ' s jury recommended the police to employ all vigilance in removing orange-peel from the pavement . Several serious , and some , fatal , accidents occurred on Monday on account of the crowds collected about the neighbourhood of St . James ' s Palace during the marriage of the Princess Royal . Persons were knocked down and trampled on in the crush . Four men have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the river Mersey , during a slight gale . Efforts were made by the crew of the screw steamer Indian , as well as by other vessels , to save the men by lifebuoys ; but in vain . While these attempts were iu progress ,, the the boatswain ' p mate of the Indian fell overboard , and was also drowned .

    An alarming and fatal railway accident occurred on Thursday morning at Bolton at the terminus of the London and North-Western lino from Liverpool to Bolton . About half-past aix o ' clock , a heavy goods train had come up to Bolton from the direction of Liverpool , consisting of nu engine , fourteen merchandise waggons , and eighteen waggons lnden with coals . This train should have stopped on an incline about three hundred j-ards short of the passenger station ; but there hml been a frost during the night , followed by a rapid thaw , und this had left the rails so slippery that when the breaks wore applied they would not hold , and tho goods train by its grout weight forced on tho ongine at

    u rapidly increasing speed into tho passenger station . Beyond tho bottom of tho incline tlio line crosses Crookstreet on a luvcl , und tho gates on cither side this street , plticod thoro to protect it , were dashed to pieces without impeding thu progress of tho train . Tho advancing ^ goyd 9 ^ u-aiu _ ruii _ iiao . _ a-U ttlii , ^ of _ ljttasoHgor _ Qarr ^ gofl , driving thorn right through tho booking-oluoc , demolishing ono-hult' of tho station , forcing two of tho further carriages across Groat Moor-stneot , and shuttering several others . A pluto-luyor named Goorgo Koyle was standing on the atop of tho engine , und ho was killed by tho ruins of tho booking-office coming down upon him . This was tho only death , nnd there were but few injuries , and those merely of a trifling character .

    The Indian Revolt. —?—- Sir Colin Campbe...

    THE INDIAN REVOLT . —?— - Sir Colin Campbell was still at Cawnpore on the 19 th of December . His next operations are to be directed mainly against Futtehghur ; but a brigade will be sent to Akberpore , Etawah , and Mynpobree . The districts under Mr . Sapte were threatened at the last dates , and an attack was expected on the position held by Sir James Outram at Alumbagh . The Rajah Jung Bahadoor is at the head of 9600 men ; but it appears certain that he comes as a friend to our cause , not as an enemy . He has left Nepal for Segowlee , and is to be accompanied by Brigadier-General Macgregor as Military Commissioner . The column will proceed in the first instance toGorruckpore . The insurgents at Kotah are in great force ,

    DELHI . We read in the Delhi ( Agra ) Gazette , ' of December 17 th : — " Letters mentioned that five Sepoys were hanged on the morning of the 10 th ; the next day , for a wonder , the gibbets w * re empty . There appears to be an idea abroad that Nawub Zea Oodeen will be released and his property returned to him . It is to be hoped this is untrue , as there can be but little doubt that he attended the ex-King ' s durbars ; and if he did not actually join in the slaughter of Europeans , there is proof extant of his having refused to shelter them on the night of the 11 th of May .

    " A considerable number of Mahomedans are finding their way back into the city , where they are concealed ; and there are said to be others , higher game , protected by persons calling themselves Christians , not in the city yet , it . is true , but only biding their time to come in , and bring their Mahomedan crew with them . But the authorities are on the qui vive , and the villains will surely run their necks into the cotton collar if they do venture inside the city . The Jhugger Nawab ' s trial progresses , and the evidence of Sir T . Metcalfe alone ought to be sufficient to hang the traitor . " COLOXEI , SEATON ' S VICTORIES . Details of these brilliant affairs are thus furnished by the Indian newspapers : —

    " The column from Delhi , under Colonel Seaton , after halting on Saturday , the 13 th of December , at Allehghur , made a double march on Sunday ; and afterwards proceeded to Gungaree , a town thirty miles east of Allehghur , and twelve miles west of Kassgunge , at which latter place W aleedad , with a force from Furruckabad , had for some time been posted . The insurgents , apparently in ignorance of Colonel Seaton ' s movement , and expecting to find at Gungaree only Colonel Farquhar ' s small force from Bolundshuhur , had also advanced from

    Kassgunge to a plain on the banks of the Neem Nuddee ( an afiiuent of the Kalee Nuddee ) which runs close to Gungeree on tne east . Colonel . Seaton , finding them posted there in great force , lost no time in organizing an attack . He led the way with the cavalry and the guns , Major Eld folio-wing with the infantry . After a short conflict , the rebels fled , but not before we had three carabineer officers killed and one wounded . The enemylost four or five hundred killed , and we captured three of his field pieces , one a 9-pounder , the others 6-pounders .

    " The officers killed on the field at Gungaree are Captain Wardlaw and Lieutenant Hudson , of the Carabineers . Lieutenants Vyse and Head were severely wounded ; Lieutenant Vyse afterwards died . Our other losses were comparatively small . The enemy were estimated at 5000 . " On the morning of the 17 th , the column marched against Puttialee . The following telegraphic despatch sent by Colonel Seaton on the afternoon of the 17 th , contains the gratifying intelligence of the entire defeat of the Furruckabad rebels who had entrenched themselves at Puttialee : — ' Found the enemy strongly posted ? facing the west , with the town in the rear . They opened " on our videttes from two guns , but , as the column approached , unmasked several others . I advanced horse artillery , flanked by cavalry , infantry bringing up the rear . Charged and took all their guns—eleven , camp and park . Pursued them for seven miles . Enemy lost not less than six hundred , among whom are many chiefs . Our loss very trifling ; none yet reported as killed . '"

    THE DEATH OF GENHRAL XIAVKLOCK , At length we are informed of a few particulars of the death of the noble General who has hitherto occupied the most conspicuous post in the operations against the rebels . The Calcutta Engliahvian writes : — " Tho intense strain which , during months of suspenso , had buoyed up tho late Sir Honry Havelock , was . suddenly removed by his glorious relief of tho garrison of Lucknow , and the reaction told fatally on a frame lately tried in campaigns in Persia and India . An attack of indigestion was speedily got under , and no apprehensions wero entertained before midnight on tho

    20 th of November , when unmistakable signs of dysentery mado their appearance . On tho day following , tho General , however , felt so far bottor as to bo removed to tho Dil-Kushn , where tho change of air seemed to have produced some further improvement . Early on tho 22 nd , unhappily , a change for tho worse sot in , und symptoms of a malignant description appeared in rapid succession . It is some consolation to know that tho patient throughout continued free from bodily suflbring . In full possession of his fiicultiea , about nine o ' clock on tho morning of tho 2-ltli of November , tho good , tho illustrious HftvcHock . olow « l , i" » ' » sixty-third year , his career , at

    tho very goal which , once attumod , was destined to docoino his mauHulouin —by tho side of a Lawrence , and of so many others of tho boat uiul brnvcal of our countrymen . " 0 Oa DBPH . ' . T AT CAWNI'OKH . An officer , writing to his father from the trenches at Cawnporo on tho 4 th of December , gives what ho describes as an impartial account of our disaster at

    and are said to have dethroned the Rajah . Sir Hugh Rose , at the last advices , was marching to the relief of Saugor . A column from Madras will move on Jubbulpore , and operate in quieting the Nerbudda territory . The Delhi column , under Colonel Seaton , reached Allehghur on the 12 th December , and the Colonel , on the 17 th of the same month , defeated the rebels at Puttialee , near Futtehghur , with great loss . Eleven guns were taken , and the loss on our side was but trifling . A force , under Captain Woolley , crossed the Soonair river on the 7 th of December , and routed the rebels ; then , pursuing its way , surprised , three days later , the camp of Bahadoor Singh ; while , on the 14 th of December , the same detachment captured several of the rebel leaders , and hung them . The 7 th Hussars are ordered from Benares to

    Allahabad . The rebels on the Jaunpore frontier have broken Up into several parties , only five or six thousand men remaining in their old position . Brigadier-General Grant was at Jaunpore at the date of a telegram from Calcutta . ( December 24 th ) , and had been reinforced with artillery and Europeans ; but he was about to march to Azimghur , to make a demonstration in that quarter against the rebels , who were threatening the frontier , and who had taken possession of several villages . An attempt , however , which the Sepoys made to cross tiie Gogra into the Azimghur district has been defeated by our police and the neighbouring villagers . Brigadier Grant , we are informed in the Calcutta telegram , is not to enter Oude , but to confine himself for the present to the defence of the frontier . A large force of rebels is said to have assembled at Selimpore , in Gorruckpore , near the border of the Chuprah district ; but we do not yet hear of any action on their part .

    Several of the women and children of the JLucknow garrison have left Allahabad for Calcutta , and it was expected that the remainder would soon follow . In Sir Colin Campbell ' s despatches relating to the final relief of Lucknow , our loss is put down at 10 officers and 112 men killed , and 35 officers and 379 men wounded . Our total casualties , therefore , were 536 . " Colonel Durand , " says the Calcutta despatch , " reports that the Shah Ladah and the remnants of

    his force were taken prisoners in the Mokundra Pass by the troops of the Bok chief and the Bheels . The whole country lias now turned on the Wil Tijutecs . The capture of the Shah Ladah requires confirmation . " Some slight encounters with the Bheels in Peinth have taken place . Kotah has been the scene of a rising . The troops , having intercepted a letter from the Rajah to Colonel Iiawrence , inviting him to send a force to that locality , attacked the palace and seized the Minister ; but of their further proceedings we are not informed .

    Holkar ' s regular cavalry and infantry have been disarmed , and the Durbars have promised to punish the guilty . Executions , indeed , were in progress at tho last dates . The disarmament was effected on the 15 th of December , in tho presence of the Mliow column . Tho Joudpore Legion , numbering 6000 men , was defeated on the 16 th of November by Showers ' s movable column . All the guns , six iu number , belonging to tho rebels , were captured ; but tho victory was saddened by the loss , on our side , of Colonel Gerard . Another triumph by our Boldiers consists in the defeat , by one hundred soldiers and uilors , under Mr . Yale , commissioner of Dinageporo , of the I lth Irregular Cavalry , near Purnoah , on the Utli of December . Six of the enemy were killed , and several were wounded .

    The troops of the liana of Oudeypore have mutinied . The Sholaporo linjah is reported to have commenced plundering tlio country adjacent to his dominions ; and there has been a rising in the Koiikiui , below the Phondu Ghaut . In tho latter case , however , the insurgents dispersod on the jn u ; Dx # acJ (! L 9 f ^ JLM M ^ Tho rebels who wore defeated at Cawnporo have fled to Bhitoor nnd Calpco , leaving thirty-eight guns in our hands . Tho Punjab and Seinde are quiet , and communications by post between Bombay and Calcutta seem likely to bo re-established . Tho head-quarters of her Majesty ' s 50 th Foot , consisting of 14 officers and 354 men , arrived at Bombay on the 24 th of

    December . The Sedgemoor and Prince Albert , with troops , arrived on the 28 th . The head-quarters of the 19 th Regiment had arrived on the 17 th .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 30, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30011858/page/5/