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    rwUh ^ fcwOjgana- « acl f « ne fhundred-Sikh tcarvalsy , . ore at JL » ab . ¦ S » r , J £ thvard-I » ugard marched on Arrah on the , ZUi ( of * Iay ,. jradintended-to attack . Jugdespore on the &iiu ' . Coloael Corfield , wes-to-co-operate with Sasseram . ! % ha ^ rebels , - under Uromur Singh , - . the brother . ofiKoer Sisijtv'aWtbeJieYBd to , number . from 7 X ) 00 to : 9000 . man , , jB © stJyNUlwg « rs . fEliej liave ^ oae smalligun and our two howitzers . Kooer Singh is now believed to ; be atiil « %

    ^ UMJsiAttDoBstanper on May . &tn , aad 4 rove them before Ajjn ^ tosJ . vtgdespore , . which -place -he , entered on -. the-same rffty . The ^ ramy , having-sustained severs loss , retreated rto Xhe ^ southward , and abandoned the twcvguns they . had ^«« pt « Hf « d from the Arrah force . Sir . Edward , Lugard ^»*« r * d Jaitpore on May . 11 th , after repulsing an . attack rOO . the itnein 3 ' . On M&y 12 th , he ¦ formed a junction - ¦ with . ColoBel Gorfield at P « ron ; and on May 13 th reii ^ sned , hearing that Major Lightfoot , who-bad tieenJeft « ftttftiiat place , had been attacked by the rebels . Ameer -iJteglva-rebelJeader , is reported to have been , killed . at nftutoore .

    ' } Au < yqhub<— -A rebel foroe has crossed the Ganges , and entered the Allyguur districts . . ^^ BombJrir ^ EKEsiDBaJCY , —The Bheel raieks , JBeema < tt « d . / Maiaaova , have > surrendered ; and no further dis-• Jittbanees .-are reported . An . * Kandeisk . -The , re =. t ofilhe iBfimbayiPr-asidfiHey is ouiet . " ¦

    THB'GKNBRAl SMTUAXION . " 3 Phe Calcutta correspondent of i the Times , ' - -writing -tmiMay ^ th , > eays : — ¦ " i In iOude , matters are - . 'decidedly improving . The - € k » mmi 3 sioner , Mr . . ftlcMitgomery , has received a carte fifomhe , and has . at once nullified the Proclamation , The itafattkdars have been-con 6 r « ted . in . their-estates on-new * c « wdhiott 8 yrand ! nre caniing in- rapidly . The zemindaree ' 83 ^* Ut ** i , vnatnnll tovtlie country /! hasvbeenaritrodueed , < and * tke , zemmdars rendered responsible . for all offences r » g 6 »* t : 1 be iSfcate , i ' -so ' e * ety > . or the law , committed on ¦* beir « eBtates . ¦• There is , consequently , to'be mo > vlllage ipolicefiecognized-as such ; b y . the State , 'the Government i # npedliag to do « ae -but / the 'landholder . A strong itaiHtaiy . police and _ a centruliaefl -civil police will beimmtediatalp-crested , arid there are -signs thafcthe : barons

    nealiy . ifttend toiobeyr . the : neiiy- constitution . The-Conntinr Jfeibeupgi pacified , Mr . Montgomery . likeLftff tiie Punjab iiiffisiftefineognizmg'the ! fret- tkatJ ^ Z ^^ minieetire ¦ oiOyime system . Tbey ^ bojis £ ~ - ^ . feuQal organisation , umlhuvc got it ,. andJj ^ i l ^ ; are , beginiii ugto ttn : der . \\ I ? . iiT *^ ° tJuf ~ ™ " ~ - ~;~ a ^ i 3 linteresting , and " «* SHJ ! 3 ianey , succeed under Mr . Montgomery ; but one aUsfcnwts plans * tbat require -. special : men to work them . Under a weak satrap , the barons will be the real rulers , tas-Ahey ^ are . in Bengal . -For the / present ,.-however , the tpoiitkaLadvantage of the lullis inestimable . . Theconrte 8 t < has- « ow lasted twelve months , ! and . is wearing men joat . The number of sick—I do not mean only soldiers •—* istvery < great , aml there isavfeeling of despondency , » f ' : doubtiO 3 ' to the future , creeping , over ithe . land , which cfeodes iifrjrood . ¦ ?

    . ¦¦ ' Iihave received - 'sotne intelligence from the Amiaxnam . "The three hundred Sepoys .. sent there were located'on the two islands in Port Blair , and ordered : to begin tbtiilding . One man . refused toavorkyand ^ va . s shot . -jkndttier committed suicide wrtlier than descend to imanuaVlabour . A third informed his comTades that if they would follow him lie would Bhow th « m . a neek of -land l « atiing into Bebar ; thirty-two agreed , escaped to J » be «) uef iialand , « rid -were pursued in vain . At last one jnan'came back , cov « red with : tioks and starving . He *« a < id ) tke 4 iativc 3 '> had attacked them ,-and that thoy wore W \ ing © tiirootfl . -The -mail looked-wretched to the lost xdogrwe , ' but thirty more ( followed bis > example . 'Tbeir jweape * ia no injury to . any -one . Thoy > cannot getaway , awnijfIbjay kill -tlte savages , or the savngos kill them , the world"canierrt » ro « ither without much * compunction . fHidnativ « 8 . « ro « vll to « degi « e , appealing < to kavodo-« l « r « d'war « cain « t the lunnan race . with One

    u "Bhe ^ oountv ^ ' is filled rumoura . moat naMchievous > ono is . reported everywhere It is said that ' 4 n "Daccn , Burrvsoul , and 'Calcutta , ptoclnnvntion ¦ luisfbecn mado > in tho ' bazaars . nnnounoing'tlmt , on the Xuminrewnry Of Plnssey , Vaometlving whito' will disappear . This iinay -bo «« lt , or even trice ; but itiaiinterproted'tO"mea > v «' K « rftpeani > , nnd to i be intended to warn dhe > jpuptiibeitiQ for a general 'insurrection . It -is much more 4 iU « ly to > be a clever device ifor creating oiinoyanco >« Bd « klaTm , iand , if ouch , it hasi succeeded . ' " < Prooe * ding ; -northward , it > is raportod that Goruckpore lrae . vagutn . fttUen , but < tlio Tunoonriwken examined

    m » oWta itwJlf jnto tho murder of -aideputy-collector—n MtvcAugusliiie— -by some ousted ( proprietors . Tlio station nayJfull iony Mlny ,-should the gangs 'wandering in roiul ebout'kho-district coalesce ; but 'the occurrence lws not / y . ettti \ k « n < placo . Azinigiiur is sj > fo , from the heavy column 'there encamped , but iliirawr , Qhaaooporo , Shcr"Rotty , end' S « eeeratn « re mil supposed to be ' in idanfipr / ' Tlhwy ft ^ ottlmoftt without ( garrisons , and niay . bo < i ( nrridd <» by 'ft thousand nion . These fears aro , eauiggeeB « MU ' , « aiHl 4 pirci « ditivon to > Patna , avIucIi isiaafe jonougu weith si 3 tfihuntirertMlimopean 8 of ; lior Mnjcatyls 85 Ah . A gun fired « in 'Italiiir , howover , « flV > ct 8 all tDengal , jaud I * or « l flJSlHnborouolvV advice to-socoro ounbaoo-at -all

    hazards . has not > been followed . Erom iAzimgbur , to Calcutta , oar provinces may be considered defenceless , Fatna , Jlaneegunge , : and -OBarrackpore being the only poin ts really , protected . > Arrah , and Sasseram have a few * sailois ,-but not -sufficient to tassunie the offensive . AkEatna ,. the Europeans . cannot move , ^ with a-turbulent city . aiid . millions in opium ( left . unguarded . Jianeegunge ^ is o the key to . the vailway , and -would . not be stripped , exceptas . a last resort ; while , the Uairackpore force , her ' . Majesty ' s 19 th- > and one liundred sailoFS , svatch three thousand-S ^ ppya , who , srere the Europeans withdrawn , iwould soon find , arms . . The province requires five .. thousand . * , man , one-thinlof whom might , for . the moment , * be ; sailors . . The Sepoys -fear . their reckless dash i and -shifty ways more . than tke regular regiments . "

    Some further details . and remaiksare made by the Calcutta Jinglzshman : ~— . " The climate , " . says that journal , "has-iegim to tell upon the soldier , and sickne « s . prevails ¦ ., to a large extent . Tlie Commander-in-Chief has sent in forevery medical officer available » at the Presidency , but there are few tO ; Spare , ^ ind they hav e Jt > een forwarded with ja practicable speed . There is no . doubt that , compacativ « ly ^ speaking , no branoh-of the public service has met

    with so large a iiunibertof easualfcies as the medical , a « d it . will be absolutely mecessavy that ia sufficient number of medical ^ i «« n should be aent out to India without deJlay ,-not enly to . replace ^ casualties , but . also to provide for the future wants of the army . There is no denying that the general aspect of affairs , so-far from having improved , exhibits a reverse picture , and that the , apprehensions we have repmtedly expressed Avith regarxl to a hot weatlier campaign iiave not been groundless . "

    A . very significant test of the amount of sympathy given by the . natives to tlie insurgeiits . is afforded by the readiness with which they aid them in crossing great rivers , and - . the obstacles . they throw in the way of our troops ' - " 'When they desire to effect the same object . On tlus point , the Overland P / icenix says : — ¦¦; ' . ' . ' - ; " : •¦ ¦' " : . ' "¦' ; ' . '' . - ' ¦ "If a European 'force is to be ferried , or otherwise taken from ooe . bafrferto " the other , it-is generally found tjxat the bridges of boats , if- there -were ; any , have been destroyed , and that of the boats which , in ordinary times , swarm at the ferries , few or noue are to be found . With the rebels it is different . The villagers rush , to their aid , sunken boats are dugaip , iand the rebel force is-crossed over with a despatchwhichshows . that natives can work when they , choose . Again in the inland : a

    beaten rebel army ; breaks up into fragments and becomes scattered through hundreds of villages , but only to reassemble and reiform when the British division has passed on . The i-emedy . for a state of things such as this seems to be garrisoning each district in-succession ; but , as for this there is not sufficient troops , the campaign must be kept open , and the rebels and their sympathizers taught that there is no rest for them . On the whole , the . general and apparently well-founded impression , here is that any relaxation in the efforts of the Home Government to send out . additional troeps to this country-will beunwiseaiid impolitic . The rebels liardly yet consider . themselves bentun , and the poison of diaaffectiou has bad . time to spread into districts it would never have contaminated had , the rebellion beeu promptly suppressed . "

    THE DI&XSTKR AT JUGDEBPOKE . Some account of this lamentable event is contained in ailetterifrom . ttn . officer . Having ; described the entrance of our men into the jungle , he continutiH : —

    " A'fewBecondSiafter , a cheer was-raised ; it . was from our brave skirmishers , who , perceiving theenemyjpuski « g on in dense ima&ses , were . preparing under their da&hiitg leaders . to give . them six inches of eteel , when the bugle-. sounded ( or them to fall back . This was th « fa I ol error—it quite disheartened the men ; and tiw enemy , ; who wavei-ed at soigallant a cheer , now ndvnnccd-unmoleated , and took up > their . positions behind trees , brushwood , &c , mid opened a galling fire from two

    guns , ^ vhick' -wna . soon , responded by our artillery nnd infantry , and the action then became . general . After an hour ' s ^ ghting , they outftsuiked us on the right nnul left , amd ; their . cnvnlry wore attempting to cutolf our retreat ; dismay was ensuing , when . tho . order w « sgiven to retire . Ountwo . yun » : wBro obliged to beloft beliind ( jia the horses 4 luit diiagged them werei not to be found . ) , but not till they were gallnntly . spiked lin the face of-tlio enemy by Sergeant Hoolflbnn . nnd Gunners Hoytroy and W ( itson ,. of the Artillery , wlionol > ly fell . in serving tl > t ; ir country .

    " I'hnvo proceeded so far , but I am renlly 4 iahnniad togoany farther ; however , as I Juivo bogwn I will end it . < Wo bjDgttnour . ' rebrent in ; a moat orderly manner out of the jungle , driving . thatenemy . buckHvlieutnrer thuy approached too . noar , tilliwo reached a tank in the open pbim , nvhoro ieoldiera , sailors , Sikhs , and followers begaiV'HwnlloAving stagnant water , ias they . could . get no better , and .-were dying from thirst , when . a cry was ruiweal ihut ^ thei oavdlry » woa thundering damionius ; but no one would , TJao , till , l ) r . Clurke , running forward , drew liia fiwoT < l ,: nnd < called , on tho ntcnto fonn oijuaro round him . A sort of one was formed , nndia-. mUvy i <

    liacharged into them , -whioh . soon vjja « . de . the bloodthirstir cowardly villains fly . 'After -this , the retreat was diV graceful : ev « ry man had . his , own way , , ao commands were listened to , , the men were raviug . wikl , and whe » n we gained the main road , a . more dreadful scene ' nevpp before was beheld . The European portion of the force were falling from .. apoplexy by sections . As the medical stores were captured by , the enemy—^ the dooly beareia having fled , notwithstanding the utmost exertions having been used by the , medical , officers tokeep tliem to their t—what to be done ? There wot f —iiuuu iw uuti ^ i ixcie

    pos was . » c = urv ,. » ^ u ^ A iweie sixteen elephants , but they carried the wounded ; so the poor unfortunate beings were left behind to be . cut to pieces The bugles would sound the halt , the greatest portion * of the ^ Europeans with about twenty or thirty bra-ve Sikhs would stand ; but where -was the main bodr Captain Legcand on our retreat , . about two miles frotii the village , was shot . through the chest and died Lieutenant . Massey and poor Dr . Clarke ( both of the 35 tl ) fell from ¦ apoplexy on the road , and : were left to tie naercy of villains of th . e blackest dye .

    '' The soldiers . and sailors , when ; they were five orsix miles eii tlie road , were unable to load and fire their pieces through exhaustion , while the main body of tie Silchs , who were accustomed to marching under a broiling sun , keptahead with the elephants , instead of cpvemijr our retreat , and the duly . time they did so was about tliree miles from ithis , ^ Yhen there were only about eighty Europeans left ( with faces as pale as death from hunger , thirst , and fatigue ) , from [ qy . out of ] one hundred ami ninety-nine ; they got off the road near a large house , and ¦ when the enemy approached near enough , they brought them , down very .. thickly . " °

    OENHKAL -WALYOUS ' S KKPOLSe . Brigadier General Walpale , comrnanilii ) g Field I \> rce , lists addressed to the Chief of the JStafTan account of the disaster which attended his attack on the 'Fort of Kewah , or 3 Jo 6 ya , on the lSfcli of April . The despatch is -dated ' the following day , and states : — . : " Nurput Singh , who I ; stated in my despatch of yesterday was -. at JRooya Fort , which is ab » ut one mile to

    the north of'this place , didsnot come in -or > send any satisfactory xeply to-the message i of Captain Thurbuurn , the . magistrate wio -accompanies this force . I therefore thouyht it advisable to attack him , partieularly as Captain Thurhurfl . ioformed rae . that he understood this man had . received'only the day before yesterday , a letter from the Uegum , anil that / his intentions were certainly hostile to > the . Government ; and , under . these circumstances it wouldhavehad the worst -effect , to pass tlus fort-witlicut taking it . '

    " I accordingly directed my baggage tobe massed in the open , plain , mear . Madhogange ,-under . a strong guard of cavalry , infantry , and two field-guns , and proceeded with the remainder of ; the ; force towards Eooya , turning off from the : road ; about ; tw , o miles from . Madhoguuge , for the purp-ose of ; getting round to the north side of the fort ,-which -was stated to be the weakest part of . it , where thereAvas a : gate , and where theTC were very few guns . "The fort on the east and north side is almost surrounded with jungle , and -at these two aides themily two gates were stated to , be , which . information proved correct . It is a . large oblong , with . numerous circuhir bastions all round dt , pierced , for guns , and loopholcd for musketry , and . surrounded by a broad and deep ditch : there'is : an inner fort or citadel , surrounded in like manner by adeep ditcli , andwith -, a high ^ vall , conaulerably elevated above the res-t of the -work . On the west and

    part ot the south . &ido tlioro ^ vaa u ¦ inrge piece wmcr , which was partially dried up . On axrLving before the north side ,. I 'sent forward some infantry in extended ordev , to enable . the place to be reconnoitred , vhen a heavy fire of musketry Avaa immediately opened upon tUem , and an occasional gun ; the cavalry at the same time swept entirely round to tho west side , to cut oil' -all communication with the fort . " A tolerable view of the fort having been obtained from tlie road which leads into it from tlie noith , tho heavy guna wero brought . up ; the two- 18-ponnder . s were placed on it , tho two Biinoh mortara behind a wood still further to ' the-right .

    "A . ftev a shinjt time , a groat many of the iniantry wero kil ! e < l and wounded from having crept up loo neui ' the fort , from wliich the ( ire of riilcs » tid nmtchl « cks was very lioavy : these men had . gone much nearer to tha fort tlian I wi » hed'or intonded them to go ,, and some of the Punjab Ilifles , with . great courage , but without orders , jumped into the ditch , and were killed in endonvouriwg to get up theacavp . I thoi-eforagavetlirectioiM that they should , bo withdrawn from their forward and exposed situation , and here it was , I regret to say , tl >* xt the gallant and able soldier , Brignilicr IJope , waa Idllcl by . a rifie . or-niuskct ball , fired . by a » mn from a high tree within tho . walls of tike place .

    "IJy halftpast two o'clock , the , lire of our heavy guns appeared to have made Hula , or ; no hopre «* ionmjion * hc pluce , nnd , as no gun could bo brought , to , boar upon tho gate , tho passage to which . was . not straight , and it conld not bo approached without the . men boiwtfoxposeil to a very heavy . Uro from . tho bn . stloai , and loop holed wall tluit ( tommanded . it , , 1 considered . it bettor inot , lo attox ^ pt > an . « usuultuntiLixioroampro 3 dion hud Jbcon uwiufl

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2247/page/6/