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      There would seem to be more likelihood of new difficulties on the side of Persia , where Russia is still busily pursuing her intriguing course . The latest news is to this effect : —Mr . Murray , the British Envoy at the Court of Teheran , lias protested against the recognition of the new licit- to the tlrone . According to European custom , £ bbas-Mirza , brother to the late Shah , would have been tie next to ascend the throne ; but during the late war with England he showed himself so well disposed towards England as to ioour the st-roug ^

      animosity of Russia , by whose influence he was banished to Bagdad . Subsequently the same power succeeded in inducing the late Shah to pass over his ¦ brother ' s claims and to adopt the Emik-Mirza , who now ascends the throne , and who is a child some five years old . Abbas » Mirza . ha 3 protested in . legal form against the proclamation of this child as heir to the Persian throne , and the British ^ Minister at Teheran is said to be the only foreign representative who has consented to receive the protest .

      Death has been busy with persons of great name . Tin ' s week we have to record no less than three—Sir Henry Havelock , Marshal Radetzky , and JRacuel . Perhaps it is in the loss of the soldier of ninety-two years that England will feel least interested . Austria has lost the representative man of her policy : no man has done more to carry out ihe Austrian system of repression . Lombardy will rejoice . The world of Art is in tears : a Rachel is not to be replaced . The death of Havelock , the Christian Hero , is a personal grief to us all .

      Religious opinion at home is unanimous in adopting the language of one of the servants of the Indian Government , which describes the policy of that Government as making us appear ' cowards in the eyes of men and traitors in the eyes of God , ' and there is little doubt but that the feeling of the country will go along with that of the meeting at Exeter Hall , presided over by Lord Shaftesbuhy , on Tuesday , The opinion evoked by Lord Shaptes-BtJRY ' s long and highly suggestive speech , was that the new Government of India must be practically , as well as in fact , a Christian Government ,

      whatever be the difficulties , or even perils , that may stand ia the way of the realization of this idea ; and that the first act of the new Government must be to proclaim itself—not , indeed , the suppressor of Brahminism , but the champion and defender of Christianity . And the special services movement continues to make way at home : it has converted Westminster Abbey into a great hall of Christian meeting ; it has drawn special congregations into district churches at night—it makes , at least , much stir . We have yet to see what will come out of it .

      To go from the Church to Mammon—we have Bank discount once more at 6 per cent ., and even that is much above the level in ordinary trade and on the Continent ; whilo business is certainly reviving— - with fine promises from Paris , America , and even Germany . We have passed the darkest part of the year .

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      THE ORIENT . EGYPT . Tete financial crisia has reached Egypt . Money is exceesivoly scarce , and business dull . No failures , however , had occurred up to the 20 th of December , the latest date yet received . The Viceroy has left for Upper Egypt , to levy tribute among the Fellahs . It ie stated that the Circassian chief , Naib Emin Boy , irho had been detained some time at Damascus , and who escaped from that place , has arrived in Egypt . The Roman Catholic mission of Soudan established at Olmrtoum has boon compelled , after numberless sacrifices , to abandon its task , in cGnaoquenco of the repugnance and obstinacy ovincod by the natives . The jm ^ mborvsjurejttbout to q uit the colony whioh th ey had ondoavourod ; to ' founaT" "" " ' ' ' " IJ ""~ " '""¦ " - " ~ " """' OHTNA . The latest despatches from Hong-Kong speak of the attack on Canton as being arranged to take place on the arrival of a detachment of five hundred marines , who left Singapore in tho Adelaide on the 2 nd of December . It is stated that the principal merchants and most influential inhabitants of Canton have progentod an address to Admiral Soymour , requesting that , in the approaching assault , their houses and property might bo ejpa ^ ed , in consideration of n ransom in merchandize , W << Jjo ^ tuo foot tha t they wo altogether unconnected 'yilw the oatwo of quarrel .

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      Disastroit » intelligence has arrived from India this week , though it is not unaccompanied by news of victory to oar arms , first on tlie catalogue of misfortunes ifrthe loss of the greatest hero of the struggle the mail whom England at once honoured and loved . Henry Havelock is dead—dead before the news of his honours could have reached him , and before ( which to him would have been of far greater moment ) he could have known of the complete safety of those brave and suffering women , those heroic wounded , and those famished children , for whose deliverance he had fought in so Titanic away , and in whose service , and that of the entire nation , lie has now laid down his life . Worn out by exposure

      and anxiety , by months of fatigue encountered in his sixty-third year , he succumbed to dysentery on the 2 L 5 th of November , leaving behind , him a name which will be a part of the popular traditions of England as long as England lasts . The circumstances of his death are similar to those of Lord Raglan in the Crimea ; but Havelock died in the full glory of deeds such as Raglan , with all his chivalric daring , never achieved . Our Indian hero , moreover , has filled a space in the popular heart which , now that he is gone , seems empty . One by one , and two by two , our best men are shaken off into the inactivity and repose of death ; and India darkens at their loss .

      Simultaneously with the receipt of this mournful news , we learn of a lamentable defeat of our troops under General Windham on the 27 th of November . The hero of the Redan was attacked—it 13 conjectured suddenly and by surprise—by the Gwalior Contingent near Cawnpore . Our men were forced to retreat , with the total loss of the tents of the 64 th , 82 nd , and 88 th regiments , three thousand in number , which were burnt by the enemy . The 64 th regiment is reported nearly cut up . Such are the only details of this disaster with which the electric telegraph has furnished us ; but it is supposed that the Gwalior Contingent must have been in great force ( their numbers have been variously stated at 5000 and 8000 ) , and it is known that they were well supplied with artillery and ammunition , and that they are expert soldiers . Our troops under Windham are said to have amounted to 3000 .

      The Gwalior men , however , were speedily brought to a sharp account : — "A message , received by the Governor-General from Sir Colin [ Campbell , of the 7 th December , " aays the East India House telegram , " contains an account of an action fought by him with the Gwalior Contingent near Cawnpore , in which the latter were totally defeated , with the loss of sixteen guns , twenty-six carriages of different sorts , an immense quantity of ammunition , stores , grain , bullocks , and the whole of the baggage of the force . The British loss was insignificant , one officer only killed , viz . I Lieutenant Salmon . " All the women and children , sick , &c , from Lucknow , have arrived in safety at Allahabad .

      " The Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary contains a very deeply-interesting detailed account of the defence of Lucknow , being the official report of Brigadier Inglis . The privations endured by the heroic garrison , and particularly by the ladies , were fearful . * ' Colonel Rooko , 19 th Regiment , died at Calcutta , from cholera , 30 th November . Captain Day , of the C 4 th , ia reported killed at Cawnpore . " The following regiments have arrived at Calcutta : — 8 th Regiment , 87 th Regiment , 79 th Highlanders , 7 th Hussars , 2 nd Dragoon Guards , 3 rd Battalion Rifle Brigade , and a detachment of artillery . " We muat await with patience the arrival of the full details which will throw a light on our misfortunes and our successes .

      MISOErXANEOUa FACTS . Sirdar Soorat Singh , a native chieftain of Oude , has been presented by some English gentlemen with a set of fire-arms , consisting of rifle and pistols , manufactured expressly at Birmingham , and beautifully ornamented in gold and silver . The silver plate of the grease-box of the rifle shows the following inscription : — " Presented to Sirdar Soorat Singh by some English gentlemen of Bonaros , Jaunporc , and Oude , in token of their admiration of his loyalty and gallant conduct during the rebellion of 1867 . "

      Some intelligence with respect to the reinforcements for the Boat of -war are brought by the India aud China ¦ mailBr—Wo-road- :=-- "Tho- Indu 8-pnssed-the-Poiunsulapmail-paokot Alhambra on the 2 nd inst . off Cape Eaporhel , from Lisbon en route to Cadiz and Gibraltar . The Bombay mail arrived at Suez several days boforo the Calcutta mail—the Alma , whioh oonvoyod the latter mail , having broken- her main shaft botween Point do Gnllo and Aden . In consequence of tho breaking down of the Alma , tho troops will bo taken on by the East India Company ' s frlgata Adagaha and tho mail paokofc Oriental , both of which wore at Suck . Tho traffic across tho Isthmus of Suoz at the present time is linmonse . Tho railway will bo comploted botwoon Alexandria and Suez , it ia © xpeotod . by next May .

      Another batch of long official despatches from India has been published during the present -week . They relate to actions , the main results of which have been already communicated to the public .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Three persons have been poisoned at Shoreham in a mysterious manner . A man named Put tick and his wife aud son lived together in a small cottage . 1 ' uttick had been a butcher , but had recently got his living chiefly by catching rats . On Thursday week , the three dined off bacon , greens , and a hard pudding , the lastnamed being- made from some flour which had been previously used without , any ill result . On the present occasion , however ^ all were sei zed , shortly after dinner , with violent sickness and pain in the stomach . The wife and her son rapidly got worse , the latter dying the same evening , while his mother lingered till the following morning . Puttick himself remained dangerously ill till Saturday , when he gave symptoms of recovery- The

      disaster seems to have resulted from Pnttick keeping arsenic in the house for the purpose of killing rats . The inquest on the bodies of the woman and her son was opened on Monday , when Puttick was examined bv the coroner in bed at his own residence . The chief facts elicited from him and others were that the arsenic was kept in a chest in an up-stairs room , while the flour of which the pudding was made was stored in a cupboard down stairs ; that the wife sometimes had the key of the chest , her clothes being kept therein ; that the pudding was spread over with some butter ; that Puttick was in the habit of mixing the arsenic for killing rats with butter ; and that Mrs . Puttick was subject to fits in the morning , aud was said to be of rather intemperate and peculiar habits . The inquest was adjourned for a fortnig-ht .

      M . Mullendorff , President of the Chamber of Commerce of Verviers , in Belgium , went some days ago to inspect a spinning manufactory belonging to him at Pellour , and , on looking down a staircase on the second stor \ -, the banister gave way , and he fell head foremost to the bottom , a height of about forty feet . His skull was fractured , but he was not killed . Hardly any hope 3 of his recovery , however , are entertained . Mr . Whitehead , the Leeds Borough Treasurer , died very suddenly on Tuesday evening . He was seized with a fit while transacting business , and speedily expired . loccurred

      A singular accident , ending fataly , on Monday night at the Thelwell station of the AVarringtoii and Stockport Rnilvraj \ A gentleman named Knowles , and his father-in-law , were making for the station with the intention of taking the next train to Manchester . When they were near the line , they saw the train approaching , and began to run . Mr . Knowles had lost an arm -when a bov , which probably rendered it difficult for him to stop " his momentum at the right time . Accordingly , though several persons tried to seize him , he fell over on to the lino , just as the train was coining up . The wheel * passed across both legs , dreadfully mangling them . On the guard and stoker going to him , he held out three halfpence , and said , " Get me a ticket , " apparently unconscious of what had happened . He was removed in a vehicle to Lymm , and died in about three hours from collapse .

      Five ' navvies' have been run down on the Caledonian ]> Railway . They were crossing over a branch on to the ; i main lino , when they heard tho noise of a train of empty h waggons coming behind them . They therefore crossed |> from the up to the down line , but had no sooner done so k than they perceived the Carlisle down goods train dash- j | ing along in front . Thus threatened on both lines , the <¦> men became panic-struck ; but tho greater portion sue- [[ ccedod in getting away . Five , however , were killed hy ; the goods train ; two were seriously wounded ; ami one ; ; of tho waggons was thrown off tho line . Tho sulU'rera £ wore mostly Irish . They were infringing a rule of tho jfj company , which forbids trespassing on the line ; but tho A carelessness of the ' navvies' often leads to accidents . ft Four men have been killed in descending a pit at || Killmarsh , near Rothcrham , owing to tho breaking of B the rope . M

      A boat has been upset off the bar at Shields , owing m to tho roughness of the uoa , and tho four men in it wcro « thrown into tho water . Three wore rescued , but tho i fourth was drowned . \ . A boiler explosion occurred at the Aberychnn Iron- a works on Tuesday , and resulted in the death of thrco ^ persona . ! $ . _ __ . . _ _ . Ui

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      STATE OF TRADE . MA « oHBHTi « H ^ duiing--tho . woQk ^ ending _ laat ^ S , iiUU'ilfiXu- » experienced some alight revival of trade . Prieofl w fltendior , and tho amount of buainosH transacted wns rather larger than it had boon for somo timo past . At Birmingham , a reduction hue tuken p lacq ^ in tho price 01 finished iron , of twonty shillings por ton . Thin I " necessitated a reduction of a shilling a day in tho wngflB of tho puddle ™ and mlllmon generally throughout South fcttaffortluliiro , to tuko effect from about tho oloao of noxt week . Tho coal trade of tho district has continued extromoly dull , and a groat many of tho pits are at ft fttantlatlll . There were no fresh failures in South Staffordshire during tho wcok ; but some apprehension i >« s * j ccn

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      THE INDIAN REVOLT .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 9, 1858, page 26, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2225/page/2/