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    THE INDIAN HE VOLT

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    tlere is every kind of personal , local , and even ethnological jealousy among then ; so that they , too , ¦ nrill be beaten . But it seems Colonel Sykes considers that we have now to deal with a second political mutiny , arising out of the first military mutiny ; and we believe he fe riglifc . While , according to this eminent Director of the East India Company , we are at war intheEast ; ,. iri . € li some peril to our Indian empire , through the instigations of what passes l > y the name of religion , wp ^ ee the same spirit exercising its bctleful sway still in out

    Deputy -Chairman of the Submarine Electric Telegraph "Company , with a vje \ v to extort money . The trial stancfe over till $ ie second sitting in October . The gravaasen of tUe libel consists in . the statement by Mr . JSvaxs that Mr . Cadogan had made him transpose the order of messages received ! from the East is Loadon 3 wifcli tfee unmistakable lant that this fcrauspositioa was intended for stock-jobbing piu'jx > sss ; a message which , had precedence being cne-froai Rothschild , of London , to Rothschild , of Paris .

    own dominions , but put down by a policy in Ireland which should have been vigorously observed in India * The Reverend Hugh Hanna has been restrained from another field-day on Sunday last . He had announced that he should preach in the streets , though he . did it in an evasive manner to avoid the very prohibition which has come upon him , and he nowsavs that he has only postponed the exercise of his tights for a few Sabbaths ; probably , however , the resumption of these public exercises wilL be indefinitely postponed .

    We turn to more agreeable , if less urgent matters , 3 iot unconnected with religion and morality , in the conferences which it is the fashion to liold at tliis season . Lately , we had the British Association and the Mormons ; now we have the Internationa l Charity Congress at Frankfort , and the Evangelical Alliance at Berlin ; and next month the Sociological Conference in Birmingham . The proceedings of the Charity Conference are not reported , nor have we ¦ very full reports of the Evangelical sitting which was held sometimes in churches , sometimes in

    palaces , the King of Prussia lending his countenance to the movement , and giving Royal and Christian welcome to the Cullin g Eardleys , and the Baptist Noexs of England , Germany , Geneva , and . America ; to say nothing of France . It is remarked that the Archbishop of Canterbury sent a letter of sympathy , but was prevented by urgent affairs from going in . person . We must not ,

    however , be hard upon the Archbishop ; he gave : the representatives of the International Alliance a friendly meeting at his own palace , and really we do not know of any Archbishop of Canterbury that has actually done a deed so decidedly catholic . The grand credit system of Paris has found a remarkable champion in M . Jules Minus , who has held an extraordinary meeting of one set of his shareholders—for he has various sets—in order to

    obtain an . anticipative bill of indemnity . He lias completely got the start of our directors , whether in Eastern Counties or Great Western . He has a supplementary carte blanche beforehand in the * event of falling dividends , which he announces already . He lias not only avowed an actual decline in the value of the Caissc Ge * nerale des Chcmins dc Fer , but has told the shareholders that it will be progressive , and that "it Tjelongs to a state of things in which business h undergoing dreadful persecution at the hands of society tn general , the press , and the landed interest , ¦ with intimation that the Government gave the first hint of alarm . "We notice tho discourse of M .

    Mibes in a separate paper , explaining tho ins and tmta of the affair . It ib a magnificent example , Which should moke tho directors of railways , of 3 lo . yftl British Banks or Surrey Gardens Companies , bite their nails with vexation that the clever stroke never occurred to themselves . The moblliary interest , as M . Mints calls it , is decidedly going down . Ihc shares of the Credit Mobilicr continue , to fall , notwithstanding tha fact

    that the doloetion of certain directors has been patched up , and that some astonishing reaction imwarda is expected in the quotations . Discount is rising in Paris , and in other continental towns ., even as far north ns Amsterdam . The conmiercinl difficulty has subsided in Now York , but we cannot anticipate any assistance from that side of tho Atlantic . Speculative commerce at present is decidedly under a . crisis that will put it to severe triul .

    Another triul , too , is awaited with considerable interest ; it is tho trial of Mr . Thomas Djamonj > Evans tod Captain Mkniiy Thokne , under an indictment for libelling the Honourable F . W . Cadooan

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    ^ eved . ieving Lucknow , it is the intention of Central Havelock to press on to Delhi , a distance of about on * taxn&red and seventy miles . " From Delhi we have received no advices of a satis factory * aract « r . The enemy make an occasional sorj m considerate force , but are invariabl y driven bJfc after doing eome injury to us , and much more to them S f' ! u P Wing u ? ? Reed ' s ilIness > th * command " of the forces has devolved on Bri gadier-Genenl A ^ f ^^ % ^? Sal Ariill . ry . battle vTas " o g t 011 the 16 tfc nit ., in winch Lieutenant Crozier of W VMestv's 75 * Footwas killedThe Z 1 j omi

    , . .. ^ - —v ~~~ - ~~ ~ -M „ .., : u . me enemy tro t back thto the city after a wsry precipitous flight , with all their guns . Reinforcements were beginning to arrive so that it was expected that our force would soon he in a position to make a general assault , with the certainty of beuig able to hold tbe place after taking it iS ? genceof the fall of the city is anxiousl y expected " Prom Agra there is nothing new since the battle related in our last . There are about 6000 persons shut u » . in the fort there , and well able to hold out . but anxiouslv looking for relief . , " y

    " New mutinies have occurred at Dinapore . The 7 th 8 th , and 40 th Regiments B . N . I , mutinied about the 23 rd ultimo , and her Majesty ' s 10 th Foot shot down 800 of them . The 12 th Irregular Cavalry also mutinied at thesame place , murdering their commanding officer Maior Holmes , and his wife . The three Native Infantry Reffiments were considered staunch , and had actuall y but a short time before their mutiny kept the city of Patna from rising . ' Here are regiments , ' says the Poona

    OhTIIE INDIAN REVOLT . Very important news has been received from India during- tlie present week . The chief events in the various centres of rebellion ( with the exception of the later facts brought by telegraph , and printed further on ) may be best gathered from the concise summary of the Bombay Times : — " General Havelock's force , on the reoccupatum of Cawnpore , had , in eight days , marched one hundred and twenty-six miles , fought four actions with Nena Sahib ' s army against overwhelming odds in point of numbers , and taken twenty-four guns of light and heavy calibre , and that , too , in tlie month of July in India . On the morning of the 17 th . July , the force marched into Cawnpore . The soul-harrowing spectacle which there

    presented itself to them beggars description . The , extent of the frightful catastrophe now became known . A wholesale massacre had been perpetrated by the iiend Nena Sahib . Eighty-eight officers , 190 men of her Majesty ' s 84 th Foot , 70 ladies , 120 women and children of her Majesty ' s 32 nd . Foot , and the whole European and Christian population of the place , including civilians , merchants , shopkeepers , engineers , pensioners , and their families , to the number of about 400 persons , were the victims of the Satanic deed . The court-yard in front of the assembly-rooms , in which Nena Sahib had had his head-quarters , and in "which the women had been imprisoned , was swimming in blood . A large number of ¦ women and children , who had been ' cruelly spared after

    the capitulation , for a worse fate than instant death , had been barbarously slaughtered on the previous morning— : the former having been stripped naked , beheaded , and thrown into a TV-ell ; the latter having been hurled down alive upon their butchered mothe rs * , whose blood yet reeked on their mangled bodies . We hear of only four Tvho escaped—a Mrs . Greenway , wife of a merchant , and three Indo-Britons . The diary of a lady is said to have been found at Cawnpore , written up io the day on which she was killed , and containing information of great importance , on ¦ which the general is acting . We shall eventually obtain full particulars of the horrible tragedy that has been witnessed there . The

    small , brave , victorious army of retribution , harassed and worn out \> y their unprecedented exploits of the previous eight days , rested a day or two at Cawnpore , and then moved on ( reduced in their numerical strength , a 9 the result of tlieir last battle , about one in fifteen of their whole force ) to meet the enemy again towards Lucknow . After passing by Bhitoor , which they found evacuated , and which they burned to the ground , they met the foe on tlie 29 th July , and the following substance of a despatch from General Havelock to the Commander-in-Ckief in Bengal , with which we have been favoured , explains subsequent operations , which ended in the defeat of the enemy on two successive

    occasions : — " ' Camp Bupeer-ul-Grunge , July 30 . " ' Arrived at Oonao 2 £ > th instant . The town protected by a swamp , not fordable on its flank ; houses loopholed , and defended by fifteen guns . I attacked and captured it with all the enemy ' s guns . The enemy were aided by a portion of the Nena ^ s force , commanded by Jupa Sing . Halted four hours , and then pushed on to this town , vrliich is also surrounded by water , and was defended by four guns . The road to its entrance was destroyed , and the gate cannonaded . I assaulted and carried it with Its guua . Enemy's loss heavy ; my own severe , being « ighty-olght killed and wounded . Private Cavanagh , C 4 tU Regiment , would have been

    recommended for tho Victoria Cross , but ho was cut to piccoB whilo setting a brilliant example ; desired his relations may bo pensioned . Madras Fusiliers greatly distinguished themselves , Licntenant Dnngorfield being first ovor the barricade Lieutenant Bogle , 78 th Highlanders , was sevarcly -wounded wliile leading the way into a loopholed houso ; recommended to the notice of his Royal Highness the General Commandlng-in-Clricf . Colonel Tytlor , who was scarcely able to alt his horse , set an example to all of activity and daring . Lieutenant Ilavelock ' s horso was shot under him . Lieutenant Scton , Madras Fusiliers , acting A . D . C ., severely wounded . An entire field battery of arms captured . Without cavalry , I cannot secure horses or equipments . My volunteer horse improve daily . '

    " Tho latest ; accounts by letter from General ITavcloek ' a camp , dated 00 th July , tho day nfter tlio fight , stnto that tho enemy wore about two miles in front . u Tho forco expected to reach Lucknow on tho 01 st ultimo , when tho littlo garrison there , under command or Major Banlis , which hi \ a been so bravely holding out inco the denth of Sir Henry Lawrence , would bo

    reserver , 'breaking out at the eleventh hour , when the tide was turning in our favour , and when European troops were passing continuall y up the river , thereby rendering tlie destruction of the mutineers certain— as if they had waited for some mysterious order just like the Bareilly troops . Altogether , the more we ponder over it , the more mysterious the whole matter appears to us . ' These fresh mutinies have caused much excitement at Benares , as the mutineers are making their way and plundering towards that city .

    "AH was quiet in Calcutta , although considerable apprehension was felt in connexion with the approaching Mohurrum . The Governor-General has formed a corps of cavalry , to be called the ' Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry / with the view of giving employment to the raanv English men and others in Bengal and the North-West Provinces , whose peaceable avocations have been interrupted by the disturbed state of the country ; and wlio , although in no way connected with the Government , are willing and eager to give an active support to its authority at the present time , by sharing service in the field with the troops of the Queen and of the East India Company .

    "The mutiny , however , is no longer confined to the Bengal army . The infection has reached our o-wn presidency ( Bombay ) , our own troops . In consequence of the most scrupulous withholding of intelligence on the part of Government , the community is kept in a constant state of painful suspense , and of liability to alarm and panic . There is no good reason for this scrupulous secrecy , as the Queen and Company's troops , tlie civilians and the Europeans unconnected with Government , and the loyal portion of the native community , are really strong ; enough to put down an attempt at insurrection . It would , therefore , tend greatly to the peaceand quiet of the timid , if Government would allow the press to receive and publish the intelligence from

    difterent parts of the presidency . We know that mutiny has broken out in the 27 th Bombay Native Infantry , stationed at Kolnpore . The only particulars that have reached us regarding it are , that a portion of the regiment mutinied on the Buckrce Eod , the 1 st instant ( August ) . When the officers were assembled in the billiard-roorn after mess , a Jemadar rushed in , and gave them warning that tho men were coming to fire on them . They immediately repaired to th-e place of rendezvous previously appointed ; but three young officers , ignorant of tho place or bewildered in the darkness , went astray , and were taken and murdered by the mutineers . The mother of tho Jemadar , an old woman , went to tho house of Major Holland , the commanding oflicor of tho

    regiment , at tho same time that the Jemadar went to tlie mess-room , to warn the ladies of their danger and afford them an opportunity of making their escape . No sooner had the ladies effected their escape , than the houses was surrounded by tho mutineers . Disappointed of their prey , they revenged themselves on the faithful old woman ; her fidelity cost her her life . A number of the rebels were seized ; the rest made their way to other ports of the country . They huve since returnee ] , and there has been obstinate lighting there ; but we have not learnt tho result . Bulgaum , Dharwar , Rutnagherry , Sattnra , and other p laces ,

    were thus thrown into great excitement . Our reports from these places are , however , so conflicting , that , we do not feel justified in attempting any statement regarding them . Tho Collector of Satt « r « , Mr . Rokc , ft inn" every respect equal to tho occlusion , has thought it advisable- to scud the ex-Ranees and tho adopted non « tho late deposed Rajah to Bombay , and they « ro now in confinement on Butchoi- 'b Inland , u depot of tho Imlian navy . A plot was discovered nt Poona , concerted butween tho Moulavics of Poomi and Uelgaiun , for tho maa-Bacro of tho Europeans nnrt Christians of those stations . Letters were intercepted at the Poona post-oifieo , which

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    S 90 THE LE AD E g ^___ [ NQ . 391 , September 19 , 1857 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 19, 1857, page 890, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2210/page/2/