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      _ " We have systematically degraded and corrupted the European mind in India , and have destroyed all its command ing power over the regular Sepoy ; / while at the same time , for a quarter of a century past , we have been £ afctering the Sepoys , and . petting them most when tliey most deserved severe punishment . We have been perpetually telling them that they are the finest fellows on earth , instead of really making them decent people , and raising them in the scale of being ; lastly , we were always afraid of looking' truth in the face ; and instead of correcting what wns amiss with them , we always forced the otlier armies—whose men were true and well lehaved enough—to assimilate with the practice In Bengal , however erroneous such a ^ practice might be ; thus hampering all true working men , and offering the lighest premium on incapacity . . ...

      " The greatest dangers to which that empire ( India ) is now exposed are the consequences of European violence 4 » nd folly . As regards religion , if we attempt to govern "by patronizing any particular sects or creed , we shall inevitably bring about revolution . It seems to me that to introduce out State Keligion at all into our rule in tlie IGaet , is a very great error . The government of such an ¦ empire , " which comprises hundreds of millions of men , lolding twenty different faiths and . creeds , to > which they are attached as to their lives , cannot , consistently with

      any sort of justice , patronize or acknowledge any one of ¦ these creeds rather than another . The only safe , honest , and righteous course is , as a Government , entirely to ignore all . No minister of any i-eligion sh ould be appointed , patronized , or directly paid by the State . Let private persons , communities , or congregations , make their own arrangements to provide for their respective spiritual wants , and all will be well ; while the most fearful and deplorable mischief must and will assuredly ensue from the contrary proceeding . "

      MISCBI . T , AN KOTJS FACTS . Lord Canning has offered a reward of 50 , 000 rupees to any person who shall deliver alive at any British military post or camp the Moulvee Ahmed Oolah Shaf , commonly called tbe " Moulvie . " A reward of 25 , 000 rupees > will also be paid to any person who shall deliver alive ,: at any British military post or camp Kooer Singh of Jugdespore . . The Indian Empire , of April 20 th , says : — ¦ •" . . "We learn from a private letter , Avritten from Simla

      that Captain F . D . Bignell , and Ensign K . S . Byrne , of the 10 th Native Infantry , who were supposed to have oeen massacred by th . e mutineers at Cawnpore , are still living . It appears that they were delivered by Maun Singh to Jung Bahadoor , who sent them "with other refugees to ! Nepal , the road to the British camp having at the time been considered unsafe . This will perhaps account for the absence of several officers and Europeans , who are believed to have been massacred during the dirst days of tbe mutiny . "

      THE LATE UEUTENANT-COLONEL . STIRLING . Some correspondence between Sir Colin Campbell and Adjutant-General Wetherall , Horse Guards , has been , published . Its nature may be gathered from the letter of the last-named officet , dated May 17 th : — " Sir , —I have had the honour to lay before his Koyal Highness the General Comm&ncUng-in-Clnef your letter of the 30 th of March last , referring : to a telegraphic despatch of the late Major-General Sir Henry Havelock , in which it is made to appear that Captain Haveloci led the 61 th Regiment to the attack of a redoubt , and that the character of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling , wno commanded the regiment and fell

      in the attack , had suffered accordingly . His Royal Highness regrets sincerely that any unfavourable imputation of the courage or conduct of the Lieutenant-Colonel should ever for a moment have been supposed to attach to the character of that gallant and excellent officer . His Royal Highness enters fully into the feelings of Iiioutenant-Colonel Bingham , who has , in vindication of the character of his late commanding officer and of the 64 th Regiment , ao honourably appealed to your-seme of justice ; and he has much gratification in now recording his entire satisfaction -with the -whole conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling and of the excellent regiment winch ho commanded , with so much credit to himself and advantage to the service . "

      oiulctjnd . The following important document has been addressed to the Commissioner of Itohilcund : . 44 Sir , —I am directed to communicate to you the general principle which the Right Hon . the Gtovernor-Gonoral desires to seo followed by all civil and other officora who will exercise judicial or magisterial powers in Rohilcund on tho re-entry of British troops into that province 44

      2 . Tho condition of Rohilcund has been , in some respects , peculiar . Tho progress of the revolt in tho interior has , until lately , suffered littlo check . Tho people , loft to themselves , have in many quarters engaged actively in hostilities against each other ; but direct opposition to British authority has been mainly conflnoa to the several Suddcr towns , to tho frontier on tho Ganges , and to tho expeditions against Nynae Tal . " 8 . Under ( lie-so circumstances , his Lordship considers it just to distinguish , by a widely differing

      treatment , the simple bearing of arms , or even acts of social violence committed at a period when the check of lawful government was removed , from acts directly involving treason against the State or a deliberate defiance of its authority . Excepting instances of much aggravation , it is not the wish of Government th at public prosecutions should be set on foot on account of offences of the former class . " 4 . Further , in respect of treason and defiance of British authority * his Lordship desires that criminal proceedings shall be taken only against leaders , and against such persons , whether high or low , as have distinguished

      themselves by activity , and rancour against the GovernmenVor by persistence in opposition to its authority after the advance of troops and the reoccupation of stations . The Governor-General will admit to amnesty all other classes , even though they have borne arms on the side of the rebels , provided they tender an early and complete submission . But continuance in opposition will exclude from pardon . . " 5 . The Governor-General has reason to believe that an impression exists in Rohilcund that the Mahornedan population , as such , is to be proscribed and crushed . It is likely that the rumour has been raised and fostered by

      the rebel leaders to excite apprehension and mistrust of the Government . His Lordship desires that every appropriate occasion may be taken to disabuse the people of this gross error . Such suspected rebels as may be brought to trial will be tried each by his own acts . Each -will stand or fall by the line of conduct which he shall be proved to have followed . The Government will maintain , as it has always maintained , a strict impartiality in its administration . Uqual justice will be shared by all its subjects , whether Hindoos or Mahomedans . You will make public these views , and instruct the chief district officers to make them widely known , in such manner as may appear to be most effectual .

      " 6 . It will be your care , in accordance with the injunctions of his Lordship ' s orders , embodied ia the circular order dated the 19 th of February , to bring forward for earl y notice by the Governor-General the several examples of conspicuously faithful conduct exhibited by many of the inhabitants of Rohilcund under circumstances of peculiar difficulty . —I have , &c , W . iluiB , Secretary to Government , North- "West Provinces- —Allahabad ,. April 2 S . "

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      THE ORIENT . - . ' .... ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ CHINA . ¦ - . . ' . ¦ . . A despatch from Pekin directs the foreign Plenipotentiaries , to return to- Canton to meet the new Commissioner , who , it is said , is gathering forces with the intention of attempting the recapture of Canton . Lord Elgin and his colleagues have left for the'Peiho . The transactions in the import-market at Hong-Kong are very moderate . ¦ . ' . . ' ¦ 1 » ERSIA . ¦ •¦ ¦ . ' . , . Tlie army of Murad Mirza has been attacked by the native tribes near Hero , totally defeated , and dispersed . A conspiracy against the Sliah has been discovered . An electric telegraph has been established from the Palace of the Shah at Teheran to the Lulazar Garden . An ex-captain of artillery in the Austrian army is the constructor of the telegraph .

      CinOASSIA . Some Circassians , who have arrived at Constantinople , have brought news that a Russian gun-boat , on her way from Anapa to Soukoum-Kale ' , lias been captured by the Circassians . She had sprung a leak during the night , and had been obliged to put into the creek of Wardan . The Russian captain applied to the masters of some Turkish boats for assistance ; but the latter advised him to leave , as he would bo in danger from the Circassians if they should hear of a Russian vessel being on tlie coast . This advice was followed ; but the Circassians , hearing of tho fact , manned some boats , went in pursuit , and , after a slight resistance , took possession of the vessel .

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      IRELAND . Tick Bki , fast Riots . —Tlio disturbances in Belfast arc at an end ; and the cessation may perhaps be attributed to tbe publication , by Mr . Tracy , resident magistrate , of the following order to the constabulary : — " I huve , on my own authority , given tho police directions to bear with no stone-throwing against them . I shall desire them to load and bring down , if possible , any one ruffian who throws a atouo at them . I will , upon my own authority , desiro every policeman to shoot any man who throws a stone at him , because the rabble think that they must wait till the magistrates read tho proclamation , and then give them timo to disperse . The law requires nothing or the kind . Tho policemen have arms not only for tho maintenance of tho law , but for their own protection . 1 hey nro not given for ornnincnt only , but arc given for use , and use them they must against the cowardly fellows that are disgracing Huh place . They cannot disgrace themselves , for they havo fallen into an abyss even below tho disgracofnl . I hope—ami I am now expressing not only my opinion , but the opinion of the Bench — that rcapectnblo people will abstain from showing themselves among these cowardly follows ; an < l if they

      A Protesting Protestant . —A singular scene has been acted at Tuam . The 3 rd inst . was the festival of Corpus Cbristi , and the usual procession of the Host took place in the midst of a large crowd , of . persons . Just as the procession was approaching its place of destination the Rev . C . H . Seymour , a Protestant clergyman advanced with a Testament in his hand , and said to Dr M'Hale : — "I am the Minister of Jesus Christ in Tuam and as such I do solemnly protest against this idolatrous ceremony , in the name of the Father , and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost . I also declare that 'God is a spirit , and they that worship Him must worship Him fu spirit and in truth ; ' and that every one who is a sharer

      keep away from them , and if the women and children keep away from among them , the magistrates will very soon put an end to the disturbances that are disgracing the place . " s The Orange Anniversaries . —The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has issued an address with reference to the approaching July festivals , in which it "heartily deprecates , and ' most solemnly prohibits , all external demonstrations" on the day in question , and requests that there may be no processions , beating of drums &c but that the meeting may be marked by order , brotherly love , and harmony .

      in this idolatrous ceremony is guilty of a-sin which will keep him from the kingdom of Heaven . " On this , air official said , " This is the Ark of the Covenant , " and another , "We have Jeaus Christ here . " Mr . Seymour replied :- — " Jesus Christ is in Heaven , at the right hand of God , and not here ; and it is idolatry to worship God under an image . " He 'then remained arguing with the by-standers for some time . There was a good deal of hooting , and at last Mr . ' Seymour remarked : — li It is easy to hoot ; but Dr . M'Hale , or any of his priests , might come forward ; I am ready to meet them . " ' Shortly afterwards , Mr . Seymour left , without having been molested by any one .

      Attempt to Assassinate Lord Castx-eiiaine . — Michael Kelly , a pensioner , " made an attempt , last Saturday evening , on the life of Lord Castlemaine . His Lordship , in company with Dr . Brodie , Poor Law inspectoT , was passing through Church-street , Athlone , when Kelly rushed at him with a large knife . He warded off the blow with bis stick , and knocked the knife from the man ' s hand . Kelly endeavoured to regain possession of it , but -was prevented by Dr . Bridie , who held him till he was delivered into the custody of the police . Some time ago , he was a tenant of Lord Castlemaine's , but was dispossessed for non-payment of rent . This appears to be the motive for tla-e attempted murder ..

      Mr . John I \ raxcis If aguire . —The Lord-Lieutenant has offered to assign to Mr . Mag-uire , M . P ., the commission of tbe peace for the borough of Cork ; but that gentleman has declined the offer , because , if he accepted it , he should forfeit Lis independence . He supported the Government in the recent debate on Mr . CardwelFs motion , but does not wish his constituents to say that he did so from an interested motive . Lord Eglinton , in acknowledging the receipt of the refusal ( which is couched in very courteous terms ) , says he cannot but honour the motives by which Mr . Maguirc is actuated , but disavows all intention to influence his independence .

      Thk recent Murder in Tieperart . —Two persona were brought into Tip penny by the police last Saturday morning , charged with the murder of William Greene , farmer . One of these men is a mephew of the murdered ninn . Nisi Priws Court . —A registrar or clerk of . Niii Prius for the consolidated Nisi Prius Court in Ireland is to be appointed for a permanency . He will receive a salary of 300 / ., to be voted by Parliament . TJie bill of the Irish department of the Government authorizing this appointment nominates Mr . Thomas Courtenay , now registrar of the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland , to the new clerkship of JNisi Prius .

      A Mayor and his Deputies in Dunacur-TiKS . —Mr . John M'Gowan , the Mayor of Sligo , lii .-j deputies and poll clerks—two each—who were convicted at the lust assizes for conspiracy , previous to the hue election for the borough of Sligo , to return Mr . John Patrick Somcrs l > y a fictitious majority , &c , sul ) seq [ uently raised an objection to the sentence , which has been decided against them by tlio Court of Criminal Appeal . The conviction being thus confirmed , the parties duly surrendered within the ton dayd prescribed by law , and they are all now safely lodged in tho gaol of Sligo . —Times .

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      STATE OF TRADE . TnisiiK is but little of importance to be noted in the trade of tlie great manufacturing towns during the week muling last Saturday . No great alteration had taken [>! uee in tlio conditiu-n of things which has now existed for soino time pnst . At Halifax , lluddcrsiield , Lueds , and Sheffield , buuineas continues to improve , thoug h but slowly nitd slightly ; nt Manchester , Uirininglmni , Nottingham , Leicester , Wolverhampton , and Bradford , dulne , is still prevails , but with certain hopes of amclionition from tho autumn trado . The Customs duties received at Bristol for the month ending tho 81 st of last May uniounlod to 105 , 007 / . 2 a . 2 d ., consisting of duties received on goods imported direct

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      558 THE LEADER . [ No . 429 , June 12 , ¦ 18 . 58 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2246/page/6/