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    ¦ very little food -was cooked , as nearly all the 3 ervants ran away from fright . The aoldiers used to cook for the ladies and children , but for several days they took no food at all- During this period , about one hundred and fifty men , women , and children died from natural causes and wounds , particularly w omen and children ; some died from the falling of walls . " Mr . Jacobi ' s wife was hiding in one of the "Nawab ' s houses , and was discovered by a Sowar , who took her to the Nena SaTiib in HIndo 3 tanee clothes , having caught lier at one of the gliauts crossing to Lucknow , as the N " awab was sending lier there for safety . The Nena imprisoned her with one Mrs . Greenawuy . The Sepoys were by this time "becoming disgusted at the fight continuing so long , and said , 'If you don't keep your promise with us , we -will kill you . ' On this , the Nena said , ' Don ' t be alarmed , 1 will give you more than I promised . ' He then said to Mrs . Jacobi , ' Will you take a note to General Wheeler ? ' She said , ' Yes ; ' the letter was written , and sent by Mrs . Jacobi to the General ; she was not at first allowed to come near the camp by the soldiers , but when they beard the English voice they allowed her to do so . The conteats of this letter were , ' It is far better for you who are alive to go at once to Allahabad , unless you wish to continue fighting ; if so , . you can do so . Let Oawnpore be given up , and you shall be saved . ' On reaching the entrenchment , General Wheeler went to meet Mis . Jacobi , and , after having read the note , said , * I cannot agree to any thing : sent this way by letter ; if the Nena has any proposition to make , tell him to make it in person . ' Mrs . Jacobi took this reply back to the Nena , -who said , ' If the Europeans -will cease firing , I will go ; ' and sent back a reply . The General said , ' Let both sides cease firing during the conference ; ' it was agreed to . On the following day , the Nena , his brother Baber Dntt (?) , and nephews , and a large party of soldiers , came up to the entrenchment ; General Wheeler ¦ was ready to meet them ; tie Nena said , ' Take away all the women and children to Allahabad , and , if your men want to fight , come ba « k and do so . We will keep implicit faith-with you . ' General Wheeler said ' You

    , take your solemn oath , according to your customs , and I will take an oath on my Bible , and will leave the entrenchment . ' The Nena said , ' Our oath is that whoever we take by the hand , and he relies on us , we neveT deceive ; if _ we do , God will judge and punish , us . ' The General said , ' If you intend to deceive me kill me at once ; I have no arms . The Nena replied 3 ' I will not deceive you ; rely onus . I will supply 3 'ou with food , &c , and convey you to'AUahabad . ' On this , the General went inside the entrenchment , and consulted with the soldiers . They said , ' There ' s no reliance to be placed on natives , they will deceive you ; ' a few said , ' Trust them ; it is better to do so . ' On tbis , the General returned ; and said , ' I agree to your terms . See us away as far as Puttehpore ; thence we can get easily to Allahabad . ' The . reply was , 'No , sir ; I will see you a ' ll safe to Allahabad . ' On this , twenty boats were ordered -with covers to them . When the Nena saw all was settled , he said , ' Don't let the treasure be taken ; send that to me . ' The General said , * You may have . the money ; ' there were three lakhs in cash at thia time . The Nena said , ' You breakfast on board the boats at ten a . m . to-morrow , and dine on board , and leave the entrenchment clear bj- eleven a . m . ' The General assented to tbis . They were all ready , when a message from the Nena came , saying , ' The boats will not be ready to-day ; you must leave tomorrow , leave in the evening . ' The General said , ' I won't

    leave at night , as you may play us false . ' The Nena eaid , ' Very well , leave at four p . m . ' On the following day , the Nena took away all the treasure . At this time , the delay again took place in their departure ; all the ladies and children were dressed and ready . The General asked the Nena , * Are all our Servants to go with us , or do you supply us with servants ? ' The reply was , ' Yes . ' On the following day , though suspicions were entertained of the faith of the Nena ' s party , still they hoped that all was right . The Nena sent on Sunday t « say the servants were not to go , as the ladiea and women could look after themselves . On this being heard , they were all alarmed . At seven a . m . the mutineers surrounded the entrenchment and all the Englishmen in their power ; thej servants ran away sand were cut down ; a few escaped ; all were alarmed . The rebels reached (?) the entrenchments and said , ¦* Come to tho boats ; all is ready . ' Ladies and children were sent on elepliants , dhoolieB , &c , and tho men marched to the river , and then embarked on tho boats . When they all saw food prepared and all comfortable , they were delighted . " When a few had , gone on board , and others were waiting to " ombaTk on the rivor-sido , a gun opened on thorn with canister ( this gun and others had been masked ) ; one beat took fire , and . then another gun opened , and four boats were fired ; on this , those who escaped tho fire jumped into tho water . The Sepoys also fired muskets , the Sowars entered the water on horseback , and cut numbers down . Fifteen boat-loads of English wore massacred ; ono hundred and eight women and children escaped thin maasucre , but many of them were wounded . The Nona said , ' Don't kill tbcac ; put them in prison . ' One boat , in which General Whcoler waa , was pulled off by the soldiers . Tlio poor people on tho burning of the boats , and when in tho water , were calling on God for liclp . A daughter of General

    Wheeler ' s was taken off by a Sowar and put into his house along with hia vrife , near the church . This girl remained till nightfall , and , when he came home drunk , and fell asleep , she took a sword and cut off his head , his mother ' s head , two children ' s heads , and his wife ' s , and then walked out into the night air , and when she saw other Sowars she said , Go inside and see how nicely I have rubbed the Kessaldar ' s feet . ' They went inside , and found all of them dead . She then jumped into a well and -was killed . From fear of what this girl had done , none of the rebels would have anything to say to the English women , whom the ITena at iirst proposed to give to the soldiers ; one hundred and fifteen women and children were imprisoned with scarcely any food for six days except gram and such stuff . The boat containing

    General Wheeler and other ladies and gentlemen got off for twenty-two miles , when they were seized by the Zemindars of Joagjnuhar , and had their hands tied behind them and were taken back to the Nena . Mrs . Read , Thomas Greenway , Mrs . Kirkpatrick , Mrs . M'Kenzie and Captain M'Kenzie , and Dr . Harris and several Europeans were among the party . The Nena was much pleased . Owing to the General ' s old age , he said , 1 Loosen his arms . ' Hoolar Sing , Kotwal of Cawnpore , said , ' Don ' t do so . ' The Nena said , ' Take them to the guard , and let the others remain where they are . ' One Sepoy and Sowar killed each a European . Dr . Harris was wounded with two balls , and then addressed the rebels : —' Shoot me or kill me ; my countrymen will revenge my death before long . ' Two Sowars theu cut him down , and he died . If the Zemindars had not seized this boat , all would have been saved in it . Those ladies who

    were first in the Nena s pr ison had their food of the worst description from the bazaar . Ten days after this , he sent them to a house near the Assembly-rooms . Then the Nena wrote to Delhi , mentioning the number of women and children whom he had taken , and soliciting instructions regarding them . A reply was received that they were not to be killed . The Nena then entertained servants for the prisoners . Again ; shortly after the mutiny at Allahabad , a Sowar came in and reported that one of the imprisoned ladies had written to Allahabad , and that a large body of Europeans was advancing upon Cawnpore . Then the Nena gave the order to kill every one—to spare no one . This took place on the loth of July , but the General and others who were brought back with him were killed on the 2 nd of the month . When the ladies heard of the Nena ' s order to kill them , they tore their clothes , and with the shreds fastened the doors . " First the Sowars killed the native doctor , the cook , and the metranee . Then one Sowar jumped over the wall and began , the slaughter ; other Sowars came through the doors , and all the prisoners were killed . This was duly reported to the Nena , who ordered the bodies to be cast into a well , and the twenty-five women and children who had remained alive under the heap of dead bodies were killed by executioners , and some of the little children were dashed to pieces against the ground . This took place early on the morning of the 17 th of July , and in the evening the Neua ran effto Bhitoor . Many wounded -women were thrown into the -well with the dead bodies and earth . Before the Nena retreated , he blew up tho magazine . "

    Further subscriptions for the Indian sufferers have been collected , and meetings held , at Barnslcry / Birkenheail , Cambridge , Chatham , several towns in the eastern counties , Nottingham , Newcastle-undcr-I / ynie , Harrow , Great Grimsby , Tavistock , Aberdeen , Hexham , Fnrnhum ( Surrey ) , Kingston , Langport ( Somerset ) , Marylebone , Itedruth , Yeovil , Lambeth , llfracombc , Kxetei \ Kdinburgli , Paneras , Durham , Ryde ( Isle of Wight ) , South Molton , Manchester , South Shields , Shccrncss , Bury St . Edmunds , Great Yarmouth , Greenwich , and various other provincial and metropolitan districts . The British , American , and Sicilian residents at Palermo have contributed 113 / . to the fund . A cheque for lOOl . has been sent to the Lord Mayor from his Highness Meer Ali Morad , of Kheerstord , Upper Scinde .

    With respect to the London committee for managing the subscriptions , wo read in the Times : — " Tho committee are not relaxing their efforts either for the augmentation of this fund or for the prompt relief of tho sufferers . Ten thousand pounds woro transmitted to tho lteliof Committeo of Calcutta by the mail which left on tho 10 th inst . At the same time they sent tho further sum of 1000 / . to Sir John Lawrence in aid of the funds of the Lawrence Asylum . This institution waa established by tho lute Sir Henry Lawrence , who subscribed 1000 / . anuuully to its support . It lias also received support from the subscriptions and donations of civil and military officers in India . Many of those Bourcos of income have been temporarily , and many more finally , dried up by the calamities which have recently occurred . Tho Asylum is situated nt Kussowleo , in the lower ranges of tho Himalayan , and ita object is to supply maintenance and education to tho children of Uritiah aoldiera who have lost either ono or both of their parents . "

    The committee have respectfully declined an invitation from the Chancellor of tlie Kxchuquer to take the management of the fund himself . At the Marylebone meeting , some dissension was

    caused fcy the Rev . Canon O'Neal complaining of th * unfair imputations cast by the Times on Cardinal Wiseman . in connexion with the additional fund-, which he is endeavouring to collect in aui of th * sufferers by the revolt . After he had gone on for a short time , a gentleman in the body of the meeting rose and said that he had not come there expecting tn hear a defence of the Cardinal ; but the chairman ( the Rev . Mr . Eyre , rector of the parish ) told tho speaker thixt he might go on . He afterwards digressed into a repetition of the charge brought forward by Archbishop Cullen with respect to an unfair appropriation of the Crimean Patriotic Fundbut here the chairman said he thought he was stray ' ing from the matter in hand . Another speaker having afterwards spoken in opposition to these re marks , the Kev . Canon O'Neal said : —

    " No . doubt the rules drawn up in reference to the application of the Patriotic Fund were most excellent but , when it was remembered that that fund amounted to 1 , 500 , 000 ? ., that nearly half the soldiers in the Crimea were Catholics , and that there were not more than ten orphans of Catholic parents in the schools founded in Ireland by the committee of that fund , while there were between six hundred and seven hundred orphan children of other religious professions educated in those schools , it was impossible to remove the impression from the minds of the Catholics that the fund had not been impartially administered . "

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    PUBLIC MEETINGS . DR . LIVINGSTON AND LORD GODERICII OX THE SUPPLY OF COTTOX . Dr . Livingston , last Saturday afternoon , addressed an aggregate meeting of the Leeds , Bradford , and Halifax Chambers of Commerce , in the Leeds Stock Exchange . After he had finished his speech , various questions were put to him respecting the resources and capabilities of Africa . Subsequently , resolutions were adopted expressing the meeting ' s approbation of Dr . Livingston's discoveries ; earnestly requesting Government to place at his disposal a steamboat duly appointed and suitable for ascending the navigable portion of the Zambesi , with such further accommodation , in boats or otherwise , as may be deemed expedient for the exploration of the tributaries of that river , and for establishing and maintaining friendly relations with the natives of that interesting region ; and at the same time impressing upon Government the recommendation of the Leeds and Bradford Chamber of Commerce , that the aid of the Portuguese Government should be specially requested towards facilitating , in every possible manner , " the further researches of Dr . Livingston in the interior of Africa , and more especially in the district surrounding the Zambesi . By a further resolution , the aggregate commercial chambers of the West Riding called upon their respective borough members to support Dr . Livingston in his application for aid to the English and Portuguese Governments ; and the county members—Lord Viscount Goderich and Mr . Edmund Denison—were also requested to support it . In reply to this resolution , Lord Coderich delivered a speech , in the course of which he said : — " " When we consider the vast industry in the neighbouring county ( Lancashire ) which is altogether dependent on the regular and extensive supply of cotton , can -we doubt that Dr . Livingston ' s discoveries are of tbo greatest political interest to the country ? We ought to have the means of drawing our supplies of cotton from various sources ; wo should be n . s ne ; ivVy independent of local circumstances as possible , for these circumstances might at any day affect both the extent and the source of the supply . " ( Jlear , hear . ') Ilia Lordship- then proceeded to say that he advocated the views oft > r . Livingston , not merely on commercial grounds , but for the sake of carrying civilization and Christianity into the distant regions in question .

    OPINIONS ON THIS INDIAN CRISIS . Mb . Mokkat at Asiibukton . —" What is to bo done in India ? The government of India for onohundredyenr 9 had been of a mixed form , partly commercial , partly legislative ; more and more , as oach period came round for renewing the charter of tho East India Company , that Government assumed a legislative and dropped its commercial character ; but they still had ji divided r « - sponsibility , and that meant no responsibility , and every ono was at a loss to aay whether the Board of Control or the East India Company were most in fauU in their utter ignorance with regard to tho recent outbreak . Here occurred a revolt of tons of thousands of soldiers ; tho English had 12 , 000 civil and military officers in tlic country where it occurred , and not oiu discovered tb . nt the conspiracy was hatching , or how it was hatched , the reasons for it—none saw cither its commencement or progress , ( flcar , hear . * ) Was there not n fault here , and who wan responsible for it ? They nmsl iix a responsibility . somewhere for tho future . India is worth po ^ Hcssing : India with its rich territory- unequalled for productiveness on the face of the globe , blessed with groat natural ndvnnta # <) H , inhabited by a jnild and niftntigoablo people—India is indeed worth preserving , ami it may be preserved by the . firmness and intelligence ol the Saxon race . They must not tamper or trille with the question . They must fix the responsibility in the rii ;>> place—on tlio Minirtter . s of the Crown , nnd nbolmli tho outgrown and irresponsible powera of tho Board of Con-

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    ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' 988 THE LEAPED [ N g ^ jgS ^ OcroBEB 17 , 1857 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 988, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2214/page/4/