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      Sir ROBEB . I P . EE 2 . announced that he should tate a sritible opportunity of explaining the entire groundlessness of the apprehensions entertained respecting tie importation of certain articlev pa'ticulariy liTe cattla The gallery "was cleared for a division oa the clause of the Gainnt Colonel , but he did not succeed so far as to obtain a seconder . Everything else t > eing disposed of , the Committee Trent through the schedule of the towns from which the xrer&zes are to be tut en , and 2 £ e Honse adjyurned . Wednesday , April 6 . The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock . The report on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union RaiWay , was bronghtnp anp rece ' iTed . A number of petitions on various subjects were presented .

      THE TRrCK STSTFM . Mr . Fehbasd presented a petition from a place in Glamorganshire , signed by 176 inhabitants , complaining of the open violation of the law practised bj some maDQfaetnrer 3 . The petitioners stated that they ha < 5 sre » 3 y suffered from the iniquitous practice of remunerating industry by t ^ e trench sy stem . 21-y added , that within aa are of a twenty square jBiits thpy knew of nine shops connected with manufactories ; and ihey prayed the House immediately to pass a Bill , compelling employers to exercise plain justice tovrards the employed in the matter of wa ^ es , and enforcing the weekly payment of liboHT in mosey , and the abolition of the tallyskop sysvem .

      TTOKKING MEN AND MAMTFACXUBEKS , Mx . Ferrand gave notice that on Tuesday , the 15 ih of April , he wgald move a- resolution of the House for the fail and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Committees of the Hoc--e appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for the condign punishment of all -who should intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select Committee ta inquire into the fraud ? , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the Unit .-d Kingdom , on the men in their employment , exte-aiinsr also to # the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on railwavs .

      Tb 3 House went into committee on Lord M&hon ' s Copyright Bill . The noV . e lord stated the grounds on which he brought forward his measure , which he said differed from that of Sergeant Talfourd , in reducing the term of Copyright to 25 years after the author ' s dtata . The objections of publishers and printers were now removed , and they were anxious for the ' success of the present bill , "which he , lord MatoB , bronght forward from a conviction that it would be a public good . Mr . MiCAtTAT had opposed Sergeant Talfonrd ' s

      biil , because he considered the term of CO years joo long . But while he admitted that the present bill was different from Mr . Sergeaut Talfourd ' s , hs did not altogether approve of the mode in which lord llaion gave the piotection which his measure proposed . Hs ( Mr . Macanlay ) would give copyright for the life of the author , or for forty-two years , whichever might be longest ; and he illustrated the superiority of his plan by various examples in literary history . He would , at the proper time , bring forward an amendment to carry out his views .

      Sir R . H . IsGLiSsaid tVst every civilised country , except Austria , recognised the claims of the author to a property ia his works , "Which fee Could leave to his family o * heirs . 2 y Mr . Macaulay ' s proposition the copyright of many standard work ? , such , for instance , as the " Pleasures of Memory , " would expire with the authors death , whereas , by Lord Mahon ' s proposition , it would be continued for twenty-five years longer . He , therefore , supported the BUI . Sir . Wjklet admitted thai Lord Mahon had made a fair and candid statement , but he had failed in making out a case for any alteration in the law . The authors in the present age had received sums for their works unexampled m all former times—Sir "Walter Scott , for example , whose works had brought

      to himself and family do less than . £ 250 , 000 . In fact , the conduct of authors in applyirg to the Legislature for additional protection was a degradation to literatnre , as it indicated low and" sordid motives . Why were the claims of men of science overlooked , many of whose inventions were the produce of the application of far higher powers than mere Ikerary works Could any modern work be compared with the discovery of Dr . Jenner I Yet the mere writer was to have a monopoly , while such benefactors of humanity received bo legislative consideration—men whose pursuits were not of a pleasurable nature , like those

      of literature , but followed out in the midst of disease and death . Mr . Wakiey read specimens from Mr . Wordsworth ' s poetry , with the view , as he said , that the House might judge of the quality of the productions for which addincral protection was asked . It "was not the men of the highest intellectual charaeter , rach as Sir Joan Hertcaell , who asked for thia additional protection , while to give it would interfere with that instruction of the people which "was going on through the cheaper-produced editions of works out of copyright . He implored Lord Mahon to abandon his Bill , but , as a choice of evils , he would support Mr . Macaulay ' s proposition .

      Mr . Mo . tktos Milxes regretted the course adopted by Mr . Wailey with respect to Mr . Wordswoi th , whose mind might be wounded by the supposition that any production of hh had been treated in the Honse of Commons with undeserved ridicule . The argument abont the dearnes 3 of copyright editions was answered by actual facts ; and eminent men . of science , Sir David Brewstsr , for example , had peiitioned the House in favour of protection to literary labour . Literary men and literature were treated very differently in France from what it was in this country . He supported JLord Msion ' s proposition as being on the whole bette ? than that of . Mr . Macaulay . On . the third clause ef the bill , Mr . Macaflat proposed hi 3 amendment . Lord M-i-Ho . f defended his own propositions ; after which

      Sir Robert Peel said thai Mr . Maeanlay ' s argument in favour of his proposition carried conviction ¦ w ith it , but be suggested & compromise , bj which seven years after the author ' s death might be given for the benefit of the family . Mr . Wtks reminded Mr . Wakley that Dr . Jenner had been rewarded by Parliament , and expressed aimBelf willing to Bee an extension of the principle . Lord Johs Russell thought that Lord Mahon ' s bill would be a boon to ambors , and had not been convinced by Mr . iiacanlay ^ s arguments to support his proposition . But aa both Lord Mahon and Mr . Macauiay had somewhat similar objects , he regretted thai there should be a division on the subject , and recommended the adopiion of Sir . K . Feel's Hnggestiou .

      Mr . iUcirLAT expressed his regret that he could not , wi' . h satiifaction ta his own mind , adopi the compromL-e , Srrangers were repeatedly ordered to withdraw , ihe intervals being occupied by observations trom Sir R . Peel and Mr . AglioBby . Lord Mahon intimated , that if he were defeated on his own propoii-iion of tw e ^ tj-Sve years , he would move to fill np the blank with ** seven years , " and should afterwards propose the forty-two jears , as suggested by Mr . Macauiay . Two divisions took place , the first on Lord Mahon ' s proposition of twenty-fire years alter the author ' s death , wnich was lost by 68 to 55 ; and the second on tee proposition thai the blank should be filled up vrun the word " seven , " which was carried by 91 to 33 . a third division took place on the adoption of Mr . Macauky ' s proposition of forty-two years , which was earned by 101 to 22 . The result of tbese three

      was , the adoption of Mr . Macaulay's proposition of forty-iwo years certain , or for the author's life , whichever shall be longest , with the &dahion of Sir m > beri PcFs snggestion of seven years after tee an hor ' s death , should be have outlived the wna of for ty-two year 3 from the publication of his Ancther division took place on the clause , as thus sy nced , Mr . Wakley objecting to it altogether . ine clause was carried by 96 to 117 . The next clause , providing for the reversion of exiting copyrights ia the possession of parties not relBitd to authors , raised a discussion , and led to a dm > u . n , . Mr . _ Waklex moving its omission on the ground of its injustice to those who had already made connect * oa the faith of the existing law . It «* s retained by 69 to 26 . AiUr some ctner clauses were agreed to

      , The Chaikmjls obtained leave to report progress , and sit a ^ ain on Wednesday next , and the Honse resumed . On ibe bringing Dp of the report on the corn imporatioH bill , Mr . MijuiEB Gibson suggested that a unuted period should be namtd in the Bill for its oar& ' iOB , say one year , to as to bring it a # ain under the consideration of Parliament . He proposed this ir » m a conviction of the instability of the proposed ffl ^ eur e » and eoi to hold out delusive expectations . air RoBEBT Peel said tba . s was ilie reason why ne couia no ; think of idopiing sneh » EH £ « estion . ~ J *« Pssl also named Friday for the discassion © Btoe bringing np of the report on the Income « .

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      CosTsimoa Fukd . —Mr . J . Cleave has reeeiYed trw— £ . * d . Halifax 1 3 8 Mixenden ..... — 0 3 0 Luddenden ... 0 5 0 Lower Warley 0 7 6 S . werby 153 Ofeuden 0 5 0 KippeadejJ 2 3 0 From a few friends at Mr . Bteley s Mill , King Cross 0 7 7 Barnsley ..... 1 0 0 Snelton , Potteries 1 5 3 Bradford , Yorkshire . 3 10 0 £ 10 15 3

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      The Revenue . —The Revenue tables for the quarter , puhJi-h-d on Tuesday last , show a decrease on the Customs , Excise , Stamps , and Taxes , as compared with ihe corresponding quart er of la ^ t year , of £ -288 , 973 . In the Post-office , Crown Jand « , and miscellaneous items there is an increase of . £ 341 , 057 . showing a total incrrase in thequarter , of the ordinary revenue , of £ 52 , 094 . ] n ne extraordinary revenue therft is an increase of £ 65 , 675 , and a decrease of £ 6 . 437 , miking a total increase of revenue in the quarter of £ 111 . 332 . ¦ Liveepool —This place ha 3 , during the last fortnight , mumbled a garrison town , from the numbers of 5 o 3 dier 3 of various reigmenfs in its streets , on their route from Scotland and IreJaud to Portsmouth , where reinforcements for India are collecting .

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      MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THE ANTI-CORN - LAW LEAGUE TO OPPOSE THE INCOME TAX IN MANCHESTER . On Thursday morning , the walls were posted tviih bills ; the f-jilowing is a copy : ^ ' [ Public meeting ef electors , —We , the undersigned , Ihvue a public meeting of the electors of thia borou ? h to be held in the Towa-hall , Manchester , on Friday morning , April 1 , 1842 , at eleven o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of considering the proposition of Sir Robert P « rtrl , now before Parliament , -wiih respect to the income tax . "

      The above invitation wan signed by about forty individuals , who are most of them members of tbe League ; and , in ordvr to draw as large an audience as possible , it waa announced that Messrs . Puilips , Gibson , B otherton , and Cobden , had beea invited to attend . However , none of them were present ; and perhaps tins attempt to gull the pub . ic Will receive some little palliation , when tbey consider that Friday , the day on "wliicn this Whig Corn Law League farce came off . ¦ W 03 . what has bten commonly called , 'April foci tlay , " and that being the case , these large loaf' and plenty of slavery-nien , probably conceived they had some license to take advantage of the public , and make April fools of them by -wholesale . At the time appointed litre -were one hundred and fifty Working men round the doors , and not baif a dozen electors amongst them .

      Various 'Weie tb . e surmises about the proceedings . One party declared tjat there would be no meeting ; another , tiiat the ekecors -were afraid to me . t the noneli ^ iiTS ; -whilfct 3 third party dtclared i&at they should like to be coraptlltd to pay the income tax ; a fourth party believed , aa there -were only about forty tlfcCtora come to express their opinions , they would carry vn the met ting with closed doors ; and lastly , the universal opinion cf the non-electors was , that if the middle classes Were determined to ie ^ p up an txpeusive and extravigant monarchy , and support two or three tings and qutens , and all the expensive machinery to boot , why , then , the middle classes ought to pay their aaare , and therefore ought to pay the income tax . Ween the doors opened the front seats were taken , and the poor were compelled to find a standing place . In about ten minutes after the people had assembled in the Hall , to the number of as near as we could gujsg , 400 , certainly not more ,

      Mr . Archibald Prentice , editor of the Mandicster Times , a thick and tbin supporter of the Whigs and Corn Liw league paper , came to the front Of the ptet f oiru , and said ha had heen requested by the requiBi . tionists to efftr a few words of explanation as to the mode of ealling the meeting . He then said that the reason why Vbe mayor had not been asied to convene the meeting and to preside on the occasion , was , that the returning officer of the borough could not wtll preside over a meeting cf the electors , wken the object was not to petition Parliam nt , but to give particiUai instructions to their representatives . It was necessary that the electors should be called togttaer immediately , and he was sure the requisitionista were exceedingly glad to see so many of the non-electors present , -who , although they were not called en to vote , would have an opDortunity of listening to the discussion .

      Mr . Jonx Brooks , one of the great pnns of the LeagnB -was called to the chair , who after a fe «*¦ remarks introduced Dr . Eager to move the following resolution - — " That in tie opinion of this meeting of the electors of Manchester , the proposed tax on tho profits of trade is calculated to aggravate the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturer is labouring , and to increase the sufferings of the working classes by diminishing the fund for their employment , and lowering the wages of ltbour . That the deficiency in the revenue has be « n caused by hanefnl monopolies , eapeeially the Corn Laws , which are undermining the trade of this district and that to attempt to maintain the National income by taxes on the j > rcSts of capital , and to leave virtually untouched tfce ehitf source of the present commercial distress , must sptedily destroy the fund from "which the revenue of she stase , the employment of the people , and the incomes of all classes are mainly drawn . "

      Sir Thomas fotteb Becouded the resolution . 2 fot even the fenigbt could raise a cheer . Mr . Aechibald Peentice supported the resolutiont and in tb . e cDurse of his remarks declared that iie would willingly pay three per cent upon his income provided there was to be any reduction in the price of provisions , for the benefit of the poor . The Chairman then put it to the meeting , and while doing so , - -Mr . Ktnastax rose to move an amendment , but the ChalrBian was deaf . The shew of hands for the resolution was miserable not more than thirty ; on the contrary about 150 , so that it was negatived fey a larfe majority . On seeing that it was lost , they pretended , on the platform , that it cad not been put , and that they had not voted , because a gentleman was on his feet to move an amendment .

      The Chairman asied Mr . Kynaston if he was an elector ; and , on receiving an answer in the negative , told him lie would not be allowed to speak . This cansed great confusion ; wfcilit the meeting , as with one voice , cried , " Htar him . hear him . " The Chairman rose , and was sainted with treaendous yells and other marks of disapprobatiop . Mr . Ac ; and next Tose , but the groans and yelh "were still more vociferous . llr . Kynaston sat down—the meeting Bhouting , " Hear him , " " you dare not hear him , " < fcc . Mr . Kycaston- rose again amid tremendous cheering and clappine of bands . Messrs . Prentice , Acland , and the Chairman turaed to call silence , but it was of no avail , for hear him they wonid before any one else . Mr . Linney , the Chartist , thea mounted the form , and was greeted "with loud cheers .

      The Chairman beckoned him to the platform , "whith had the effect of restoring silence . Mt . LiSirET , on coming to the front of the platform , told the meeting that the Gentleman would be allowed to address the meeting " out of courtesy . " Mr . Kysastas then rose amid much cheering , and said that when he attempted to address them a short time ago , he was so much interrupted by the gentlemen on the platform , that he could not be heard by the meeting— ( bear , near , hear . ) He might say that he was an individual who -wishea every man to be allowed an opportunity of expressing his sentiment ? . He was not allowed to propose an amendment to the resolEtion which had been read ; but be would tell them if they would allow him "what he considered ef

      the income tax , and likewise live his opinion as to how it wculi operate . He thought all taxes ougbt to be levied according to the ability of the parties to pay , ¦ whether such ability rose from landed property , orfroai the profits of trade . In either case it was equally just , that if there be any tax to be levied , it should be levied upon those "who have the ability to pay , and not upon the poor man , "who could not psy at all—( hear , hear , and loud cheering . ) It had been urged that the income tax would induce parties to make a fictitious return of their incomes , but -was it likely that those gentlemen ¦ who were there opposing that tax would make a fictions rtturn , merely in order that they might be taxed the higher . ( Laughter , and theeis ) It bad been urged , too , that it was an inquisitorial tax . Let it be so ,

      becanse it was bo much the better , and he again repeated that taxes were most justly levied upon thoBe . who -wfeie best able to bear them . ( A voice , " Let them reduce the expenditure "—cheera ) The speaker continned to say that the income tax would reduce the expfenditure , because it "would reduce the salaries of Government officers , —( bear , hear , and loud cheers )—and would greatly relax the burthens imposed upon the labouring classes . They would recollect that at the close of the war a great number of small farms were taken cp and made into large ones , and here the income tax wculd do great good . There were a great number of manufacturing houses in that town , and in others in the neighbourhood , tliat had long been cutting out . and swallowing up , the concems of small

      tradesmen , and the income tax would tax them . ( Loud cheers . ) As he was not an elector he could not move an amendment ; but he had the draft of one there which he would hand over to any elector , who might propose it , if he thought proper ; "with permission he would read it : — " That this meeting agrees that taxes should be levied upon individuals according to their ability to pay , and not according to their power of consumption- That an income tax approaches nearer to . the former than the latter , and is therefore the most just tax that can be imposed . That the best way to lessen the burthen opon the nation is to diminish the expenditure . That the income tax will operate in this manner , tz . it -will reduce the expenditure as far u official salaries are concerned ; therefore , it is

      preferable to all other taxes on that account . That the income tax will be a tax upon monopoly and monopolists , both in land , in trade , and monetary operations . That the income tax will be a tax upon all large farmers to { he encouragement of smaller ones ; and a tax upon all large dealers and manufacturers to the encouragement of smaller firms , and . is therefore preferable to all other taxes en that account . That this meeting approves of the principle of the charge upon income , and would recommend its general extension , if accompanied with a " repeal of all import duties upon the necessaries of life , in favour of such countries that would deal on » fair basis of reciprocity ot trade . " The speaker Mid , Mr . Prentice Bad alluded to the rabjett cf Universal Snfliage , and s * Id he -would be willing to b « texeS ten per tent , -upon bis income , if

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      reccssary , under aueh a system . But he would tell them that they could not bring the middle classes to unite with them for Universal Suffrage , unless they pet a great part of the burthens upon them . ( Loud cheering . ) He was not a supporter of either Whigs or Tories . It needed no small courage to stand up there , in the face of those gentlemen who had signed that requisition ; but he could not be still . He could not refrain suggesting that amendmeut . H * was obliged to the meeting for the patience with which they bad heard him , and as he waa not an elector , he would place the amendment in the hands of some person who was , and request him to move it , and sat do"wnamid loud applause . Mr . Coppeb then moved it as a resolution , Mr . Davies seconded it .

      Mr . Acland rose amid a volley of groans and slight cheers , and treated the meeting to a fair as specimen of waspish abasa as it was ever our lot to hear , which completely disgusted all rational , right-thinking , upright , and fair-dealing men present ; -whilst doing which , he was countenanced by the ' respectables' the platform , "which , made the whole party look very contemptible in tbe eyes of the working men present . Mr . Li >> 'ET rose amid loud cheers to protect . against the conduct of Acland . The Chairman then said th » fc he should put the resolution last proposed as an amendment to the first . Mr . Coppeu mounted the form , and protested against such a course , because himself and the meeting generally understood that the first resolution was fairly put and negatived by a large majority ; therefore he should insist upon its being put as a substantial resolution .

      T <* e Chairman requested the non-electors not to vote at all , as Mr . Linney had told them so distinctly , and he had always found him to act very rationally at public meetings . Mr . LlN : ; EY said he only recommended it ; of coUTse the people were at liberty to act as they pleased . The Chaiuman said that he waa going to put the amendment , and those who were for it of the electoiB must hold up their hands . The meeting would havs both read again . Mr . Copperss resolution was put ; the non-electors taking JLinney ' a advise , and not voting , the consequence "was , that not more than a hundred voted for the first resolution . When the secoDd was put , all the clerks and warehousemen , whether electors or non-electors , voted for it ; and the Chairman declared it cairied . Tiie working men then ltft tho meeting disgusted .

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      have heard hiin describe the picture alluded to in the motto , which we give verbatim frbm hia lipa People may exclaim , What do we cars about Sit Charles Metcalfe ,- the N . zim , the Daecan , aad Hjderabaci ; we want to hear about Afghanistan and Cabool . Soft ' . y , good friends ; all in good time . We wish you to understand the real state of Imtfa tbit our power ia more in appearance than in reality , arid we may be said rather to occupy the country , than to possvsa it 11 is a power which rests on most tw . 'icherous and unstable grounds—a power which may be easily sbakeb , and tbouga healthy and flourishing in outward guise , is but rptien at the core . The power I mean is the powej of opinion , supported by ignorance on one Bide , and reverential awe on the other . . .

      Ignorance iB fast vanishing under the pr&gress of knowledge ,- and the .-civilization of the West will come ta aid the struggles for liberty in the East , while our o * n short-sighted and disreputable coriauct thtre have done much to underniina auy veuerutiea Which we misbt have f jrmerly posseBsed . Our priestB and niiBsionaries have done us great harm ; and by their meddling hypocriay and unblushing rapacity are regarded with scorii and conteiiipt by : ail . Their lying reports regarding the progress of Christianity and the conversion of the natives , to gull the slavering fools at home , axe but so much waste paper ; while auy

      body at all conversant with India well knows that no respectable or decant native , whether Mohammedan or Hindoo , would condescend to listen to their traAU for one moment , buj turn with tlisgust from tho ?* FtTingliee Padre ; " and faese bo much boasted Christian proselytes are but the refuse of the ; populations of Calcutta , Madras , and Bombay , discharged sarvduts tf European masters , who brag they are " Christians , Masaa ; drink brandy- shirab , ' wine- shirab , ' and beer- ' shirab , same like Massa ! " Sush ia generally the amount of their Christianity , and a glass cf brandy would convert them in hundreds !

      Then , again , there are tbe "half-casts '' sprang from European loins andl native women , and spurned like dogs by the Europeans . The sliijbttet admixture of native blood , although like the Palmers " Koni Mohun Hoy , " a few rich Parsaes , and Atraeniia . T'Sj , ( tht newborn Kuight Sir Tarusetgee Ttidgetbhoy to wit ) with ¦ '¦ % ¦ fe w stipendiary chiefs totally disqualified from entering European society on equal tarnis , and the half-caste mtn and women are mtt at every turu with sntcr , scorn , and insult . At the same tiiuo the consistent " Padrces" are civilising their children , forming schools for instructing them in thuir one-sided doctrines , and fitting them for clerks in tUe various government and mercantile departments , assisting iu the hospitals , and sending tbem . in shoals to the native regiments to play in the band , -while partafeingwUh the "very lowest " Pariahs" the privilege of being druaimera , fifers , and buglers , the Christian drummers and fifers being made to handle the " cats" for the benefit of Hindoo and Mahometan backs 1

      The ... .. ¦ ' » Padree's" and all Christians are verily at discount in Hindost&n ; aud a native could not cast ou you greater contempt than branding you with the epithet of FeririgU . ee Pddre , " and treating you as one of their " caste" I Bishops , military cbaplains , and the missionaries are aa little necessary , in India aa Bishop Alexander is in Jerusalem ; in fact , they do a deal of harm ; they lower us ia the estimation of the native trooper , and that at present is needless , for be hates us most cordially . Our Government seems determined to persist in appointing the least fit individuals to the most

      xoaponsible fcituatiouB . What niada Lord Elienborou ^ h capable of directing the vast energies of our inuian empire , by experience , by theory , or by intuition ? He would have been equally serviceable as Prck'staut Pope in Africa , or Archbishop of Timbuctop ; aud as for any Padree ' s atteniptlug to convert the natives , it would not be more ridiculous should they attempt to conceit the " Kangaroo" in Australia or Cannibals of New Zsaland , which by-the-bye they are going to attempt , merely for the sake of their , pitiful salaries . Poor half-statved wretches ; how we inusfc feel for them !

      We wish to impress oa the country , that native emissaries give the fullest intelligence of all our pr < jceedings in India , aud that the native courts are well aware of oar actions , and of our ultimata intentions ; for like a set of drunken fools , we seldom disguise them , and the taviugs » nd the " vTgie » " of the mess , tables and canteens , give to the astonished world toasts and sentiments -which niuj | make us appear in a very unfavourable light and shake opinion to the very centre . . . . ¦ , ' " V . ¦ . '¦;' . . These toasts and sentiments travel far and wide

      Look for instance ; " the death of Kunjech Singh , the disniemberuient of the . Punjiiub , and the plunder of Lahore J" We have heard this shouted like Mutintdil madmen , by mea who held rank in the service , and whose eyes glittered like demons in anticipation of the plunder of gold , silver , and jewels . Again : " another Bhurpore , " aud anotuer '¦ ** Doogun Sal , the Rebel Rijahf " Even across . the river Oiuges opposite Cawnpore , the territory of the Nabob \ jt Oude , au « not far from the capital Lucknow ; the " plunder of iuckuow"had been for ye'AtB a favourite toast ; and officers as well as men , stomed to regard it as the result of all ttwlr wiaLes , and the desired haven of enjoyment .

      No wondtr we are losing ground in India—no wonder we are hatetl—the wonder isthab wo have not beeu era this , driven into our factories , or ' the sea , happy and fortunate to possess such an alternative . This may be received un ^ r&ciously ; we do not profess to deceive or flatter ; we prido ourselves on telling the whole truth to enable this . struggling nation to See what we are about entering upon in the East , and Bpeak out in a voice of thunder to our besotte ^ rulers . We invite discusBion , and in next Slar many particulars respecting the army , will amuse Captain Harvey Tuckett and his clique , ' and perhaps shake his confidence in a slight degree , bir Kobeit Peel—look to it ! " ¦ Vale !" Woolwich Gadet .

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      time therei wasflourbut for two days remAiiiin « m the cantonment . Another fort , in wiiich some Commi ? - sariat stored werekept , was also . attacked , and after a defence of three days by Captain Mackenzie , a , t » d a few mea taken also , a panto appeared to have seized the troops , who found themselves in the beginning of winter shut up . in their cantonm nts in a valltiy of 200 miles trom tthe Indus , without : sufficient clothing or food , and amidst a fanaticul Mussulman population . Even between the British , leaders a diffdrence of opinion prevailed : the Envoy be ? D ^ desirous of offensive weasureSj wliilo General Etphinstone , from oircumstances conneoted with the forces , among whom de&pondency and ; vacillation are described as then prevailing , maintained his

      bpinion for defensiye ones . At the solicitation of the Eiivoyy some small forts in the neighbourhood ,: which contained grain , were captured . In the mean time the hews of the . dispersion of several of the Affkhail c 6 rp 3 ill Shah Spojah ' s service ^ commanded by British officers , reached the besiegtsdj j | nd contributfd to add to tbeir glaoniy prognostics . Various reverses aud successes followed during some days . The troops from the Balla Hissar were recalled to the cantonment v arid i he Envoy , urged a deoided ^ attack on the enemy ; the General , however * taaintained that all Kuck attacks would be futile : thosoldiera began to despond , and all was misery . There were , iieverthelass , ekirmishes every day , which did not tend toraise the spirits of the Sepoys and soldiers , who saw their enemy hourly increase ,. while they themselves had scarcely food ,

      and but insufficient raiment for the season . So greatly were they dispirited , that they were one day driven back to their camp , after they had during three hours beeu exposed to a galling fire . The Gliifee Chief , ( > 8 man Khan , did not choose to puKue them within their entrenchments , where they , it was t ^ en feared , would have made a feeble resistance . Their provision Was -Hour , which they obtained by bribery during the night . It was then recommended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Balla Hissar . Captain Coholly , who was then with the Shah , advocated the propriety of so doing , but the military authorities declared the movement impossible , a ? they could not rely upon the disheartened troop ? . The last regiment waB- then withdrawn from the , Balla Higsar , which is , as every one knows , a citadel on a hill to thB eastward of the town , and Shah Soouh was left to his

      own rcsouroes . ' The insurgents , who were aware of the moyeritent of succour from Cahdahar , how appeared disposed to ; - ' enter' upon negocJations for the withdrawal of the British troops . The Envoy , oa hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade , and learning that no aid could be expected ironi General Sale , then at Jellalabad , or from the Indus , gave a reluctant assent . Conferences took place , and a long list of articles , drawn up in Pereiad by Sir W . H . Macnaghten , were agreed to oh both sides . They are said to exceed twenty in number .

      " The eecond and favourite son of Dost Mahammed , Mahomued Akhbar Khan ,-who , subsequent t « his father ' s surrender had remained in concealment , and had even escaped beyond the coiifines of Affghanistan , having made his appearance during the insurrection , took a decided part in ihe > negotiation . The insurgent chiefs exhibited gnat willingness to have the British troops removed from Cabul , aud arrangements a re said to have been made , for that pnrpoae at different meetings which were held outside the cantonments . After various parlies , a message was , on the 22 nd of December , brought from Akhbar Rhan to Sir W . H . Macnaghten to request an interview on the following morning . The British Envoy Went thither , accompanied by Captains Lawrenoe , Trevor , and Mackenzie . They had not been present five minutes , when a signal was given ,

      and all were seized arid forced to mount behind some Crhilzee chief * . The British Envoy resisted , and wa 9 elaih , aa also Captaia Trevor , who had slipped off the horse on which he had been placed . Their murderers are now said to be " Ghazses , " or reli « ioas enthusiasts , who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God , " and who , if killed in batfcie , are called " Shuhdees , " or martyrs . The treatment of Sir W . H . Macnaghteu ' s body has been described as most barbarous . His lady is stated to have offered a large sum for its ransom , in order to have it decently interred ; The other two officers were saved by the dread of the Ghazees to fire at them , lest the Ghilzees who Tode before them should be wounded . They returned to the cantonment on the 28 tb . Akhbar Khatt has , it appears , boattad of his having in person killed Sir V / . H . Maena ^ hfen .

      Major Pottinger , well kuowiiBiune the defence of Hera ? , then touk charge of the British mission , and the negodiatioEs for the withdrawal of the tropp 3 wero continued . On the 6 th of January , they moved from their cantonments , which were instantly seized by the insurgents and burnt . The sno » v Was one loot deep oil the ground , when the troops reached Beegroma ; three / miles distant . The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident v h ?> had deBpatched emist-aries throughout the couniry through which the unfortunate British soldiers had to pass , calling on the people to rise en masse and slay the infidels . Hia call was not heard in vain . On the

      first day ' s march Cornet Hardyman , of the 5 th Cavalry , and some men , wore killed . Mahommed Akhbar Khan , who had taken charge of theretreafc , contrived to induce the British to take np stations at night where he chose . On the 7 th they moved to Barebkhar , where the three mountain guns were aeiz d . Their rear guard were obliged ta acton the defensive during the whole of the day . pa the 8 th the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies ,- and it bocauie evident thai the British soldiers would have t& fi « bi their way to Jellalabad . Captain Skinner went to Mahommed Akhbar Khan , wko was on a hill clone to the British camp , and inquired why they could not proceed according to the oonvehtioni The reply was that they had left the Cabul cantonments before . the troops destined to protect them were ready , and that no chief but he ( Akbbar Khau ) had the means or power to protect them , notwithstaading : theirconvention .

      " This military convention is not fttlly knoWB , and therefore all its provisions cannot be stated .. It is pretended that amonc the articles there are some declaring , that ail the British troops were to evacuate Affgnanistan , and that notice of suoh a convention had been Hem to General Nott , at Candahar , and to General Sale at Jollaltibad . It is said to have been signed by GeripraJ Eiphinstone as G 6 mmander-in-Chief , and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent , and also by Brigadier Skelton , Brigadier Aneuet . il , an't Col . Chambers .

      " Akhbar Khan , whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened not only by the conquest of his father ' s terrkoriep , but by bis own exile and subsequent iaiprisonment in Bokar , demanded thea , oa the third day of the retreat from Cabul , that the British should , when surrounded by the . Ghazees under his command , make new terms with him , and promise not to proceed farther than 'IVzeen , until tho withdrawal of the force under isir It . Sale from JclUlabad was known , and he insisted on bjx hostages . Major . Pottinger , who was lame from a wound instantly offered to be one , and at Abhbar Khan ' s orders Captains M'Kenzie and Lawrence were included . Tho Ghazees were , however , not

      restrained in their attacks , and a fearful slaughter followed on the movement towards Khoord Cabul ¦ . The column was attacked on all sides . The . iourt-ioni' ladies who were in the centre seemed objects of special desire . Mrs . Anderson and Mre . Boyd had eaon a child carTKd off . Akhbar Khan , while the Ghaz es were thu- ^ bu ^ y , pr ofessed his inability to restrain them , and on the 9 : h of January demanded that the iadiesshouid be placed under his -protection . The misera , bio weather , the snowy wastes , the rough nioun ; aJH tracksr , and the month of January , ia the coldest regions of C-enWjl . Asia , compelled them to yield : the hostages halted for some days ia than neighbourhood .

      ** The demand on Gen . Sale to relinquish hi 3 post was made ou the 9 th of January , and on that day he refused to do stvimless by orders from the Supreme GoverVment . Tiiirf answer was takiaba <; k to Akhbar Khan . The uufortunate Sepoja begaa again to move , and were a ^ ain assailed ; the Sepdys , who form such good soldiers under the broiling sunof India , being enervated and fetupified by the cold , scarcely offered any . resistance , and hundreds of them were soon despatched by the Ghaz- ; e cut-throats , but the Europeans and some brave men kept together

      until thev reached the pass of Jugdulluk . Here General Elphinstone and Brigadier SkeUdn became hostages , and were detained two miles dittant by Akhbar . General Elphinstone wrote a note in pencil to Brigadier Angaetil-r- March to-night ; there is treachery . " The British troops marched early ia the night ; they came to the frightful mounliin pa ? s ; it waa ba « ricaded ; they ; tbroed tho way , and reached Jugdultuk , which they defended some timei until Brigadier Ahgueul was killed . All order was then lost , and contusion and separation , slaughter '' . and destruction , ensued . Several officers who were well

      mourned , attempted to make good theijr way into Jellalabai . Some of them arrived within three or four irnks , when they were murdered and plnri ; dered , and their bodies left on the read . Only one offi ser , Dr . Brydon , Of the Ith Bengal Native Infantry , though wounded in cevorfll places and exhausted , ( s'lccecded in reaching the place of safety in Jeifalabad on the 13 th . Of the fate of the other 6 -5 « M > Boldiers and 7 , 000 camp followers nothing certain is known ; many have been killed , others are dii ? persed , and as yet it is difflealt to decide . The names of thirty-five officer * h » Ve been published as killed from the commenoemeBl of the insurrection , but fears are entertained that they may

      amount to ita quadruple , out of the great number missing . Some of the sepoys a * e said to hare been s » ld as slaves t » thd Uabeek Tartars . Letters oontinae W arrive frosa various quarters representiriK tne state of the prisoners and hostagef ? . Akhbar Khan ib eaid in a lettet re « aved from Maj <» r Pouineer , dftted January 23 , to he at the fort of Badeeibad , in tho Lughman ooamry , where he keeps the followint ? prisoners , namely ^ General Klphinstoae and Skelton , Lieutenant Mackenzie , Captain and Mrs . AndeTFOii and child , Captain Boyd , Lieutenant Eye , Lieutenant Waller , Mra . Trevor . Lady Sale . Lady MaonaRhUa , -. Mta . Sturt , Mr . and Mrs . Ryley . Serje * nt and Mrs . Wade , Captains Troop , Jooaaon , and G , P . Lawrence , ana

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      Maj r Votiluaer . There ara , besides , the six fiffi jers and the sick who ^ -re left at C ' abul oa th < s d ^ patture of the troops Akhbar Kha « , in the letters irom that fort , which ar < 3 received unsealed , is dfigcribed as t fouig everythiri « . "to make them comfor { abl > !" ^ " An attempt of the irisurgents to se > zo Ghuznea ig said to be so far guocesst ' ul as that the town > s in their power , but Colonel Palm r , with his regiment and six movths' provision , is \ s : ' a ' ted to bo safe in the citadel . At i ; andahar aii insurgent force stewed itself 6 n the ldh of January , « hea aa attempt- was made to carry off the camels beloneiug to the 43 rd Bengal Nativa Infantry . O ; i the 11 th , Prijce Suftur Jung , the youngest and favourite son of S-iah Soojih , and Mahommed Altai the chief , came -with a large force within about five miles' distance . General Nptt marched against them on the 12 ch , aud in a short time dLporsed the whole with a trifling lots .

      . " Gentrai bale has , moKOVurV maintained the position at JellslabaiiJ , which he has fortifiedi . witni a ditch , and planted Cannon in different places , wiih a determinaiion to defend his ' - . position to the utmost . Akhbar Ki . an has a-titmpted to ryiae the Oolooses , or heads of : the : uei » hbourtug clans , in <> vdov to attack Jellalabad , but the gallantry and resolution displa 7 ed by-Sir Robert " -Sale in October , during his march from Cabul to JejlaJabad , had given them such prpofs ^ f his bra very that they have hitherto rather hisitateoL The troopd in Jellalabad are stated to bo rvell provided with food * and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March , particularly since taey have already discomfitted two contemplated attacks .

      " The celebrated moant 2 in pass , called the Khyber , lies betweeu Jellalabad and Pfthawui , and the inhabitahtsV wHo are in possession , have been long notorious for t ' leir plundering propensities . Akhba Khan sent to offer money to induce ; them to resist not only jthe departure of the troops under Otenerai Sale , but also the entry of all the truopa which may be ordered by the Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at Jeliaiabad . The Khybtrries are st , tad be highly incen sed at the small suraufftifed for their concurrence ^^ in his plan ? by Akhbar Khan . Is was iwit mote than 1 , 600 : tvipees . They , however , have made preparations to resist on-their own account , and a brigade , under the command of Colonel Wild , which waa aeitt from

      the Sutl * je early in December , having reached Peshawttr , made an attempt to force the passw Haying left their artillery behind in India , and the ohlyl guns ; procurable in that direction Doiug unserviceable ones from the Siekhs , the attempt made by Colonel Wild was nnsuccessful . Two regiments penetrated to the fort of Ali Mii ^ jid , / where a British garrison was s . atioDed ; but ; as they found neither provisions nor ammunition there , they were obliged to retreat towards Peshawur , having lost an officer and some men . In the aaeantime , the Sapreme Government has not been idle . General Pollock has been despatched at the head Of a

      COU-8 iderable reinforcement towardB Peshawur , which he with suffioi nt guns and abundant aininunitioa reached ohthe 7 ih uit ., aad is now making preparations tor proceeding through the Kbyberpass . " The supreme Government on the Slstot January published a proclamation admitting the fact of ihs convention at Cabul , the retreat of tho troops , and their having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of treacherous attacks , ahddeclai-ing that the most active measures had been adopted , and would be most steadily pursued , for expediting powerful reinforcementg to the Affghan frontier for assisting such operations as inay be considered necessary for the maintenance of the honour and interest of the British

      Government in that quarter . " Orders were also published on the .-5 th ' o ( February for the purpose of having a 10 th company auded to every regiment in India , which , with other ineasures adopted , will cause aa increase of about l 26 . « 00 men . ; "The latest intelligence from Cabul is , that Shah Soojah has succeeded in securing the good wiil of all the chiefs . Newab Mahomed Zeman Khan has beeu apppointed Vjzier , and Ameer Oolla Lagharee , one of the leaders in the late insurrection , has been named Ameeivud-Dowla . Akhbar Khan has no ' power now in Cabul , and was sent to attend the v < Feringees" in their retreat in order to get rid of him . He , however retains thei-h ' os : ages and prisoaersy for whom he is likely to demand a large ransom . His father , Dost Mahomnved , is strongly guarded , in

      order to prevent his escape from lnrtia . There ia great talk of " our great friend" Suah Soojah-ool-Moolk beiag implicated in the la'e insurrection , whicli appears to have been exclusively directed against the foreigu infidels . : "There have been some very serious dieturbancea among the Madras regiments at Secunderabad , in the Niazim's country , in consequence of the Cmrt of Directors having ordered that the allowance of batta latterly jiranted should be discontinued . The soldiers of some of the best regiments refused to obey their offioers , stating that it would he better not to be in the service than to ktarve or have their familii ^ a starve , as the allowances granted on removing them 320 miles into the JSizam ' d country were now refused . The mutiny has been put down , and many of the soldiers are now in confinement .

      "The other parts of India are comparatively tranquil , but great excitement prevails ^ ia different quarters . The inhabitants of Delhi and other towns in that direction have begun to hide their money and jewelsas if they apprehended danger . "The Nepaulese seem ocenpied vvith their own aifairs . - The winter season is not one of alarm or excitement there . The old King of Oude had made arrangements for resigning the throne , ; but he has been dissuaded-by his chief Minister from effecting his purpose . . Some cbhfusion is expected in that

      coumry . ,- .. " .: . " ; :- ¦ ' .. ' - ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ r ¦ : * . ¦ ^ The Siekh ^^ expedition into Thibet has been roated , and its leader ^ Zorawur Singh , Blain . A treaty : resembliiig that of the Cabul Generals , was made with the Chinese , who took the arms from the Siekhs , and then allowed them to die of cold and starvation . A number of men , under a leadtr named Bustee Ram , effected their escape through the Byahsee Pass , 60 as to reach Almbrah . The leader and 130 men succeeded in obtaining the protection of the British authorities therej and have been since sent on to Lcodianah . Forty of them remained in the hd 3 pitdL Numbers have perished . "'¦ " ¦ ' The expedition of Tharawaddie to Eangaon has failed , and he and , his Court have left that place ; His ttoops have lest 3 , 000 men by their works there , and they are disappointed , for all their great hopes have failed . ' The- - King of Siam is described as much alarmed lest Tharawaddie should obtain arms and ammunition from the English in order to attack his

      dominions . Lord Auckland has made preparations for his voyage to Europe on board the Hungerford , a large traderfrom Calcutta .

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      At Braintree , Essex , oh the 6 th of March ,- Emma , the wife of John Page , was safely delivered of a daughter , which has since been duly registered Eliza Feargus O'Connor Page . Henry ^^ Frost Jone 3 was christened at St . Paul ' s Church , Bristol , on Sunday , March 27 ih . On Sunday , March 20 ch , was christened , at All Saints'Church , Odkenshaw , the son of John and Ruth Lord , by the name of Feargus O'Connor Lord . : . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' . ' . - '¦ .- ; ; . ¦; . ' - ' : -v -, ., ;¦ ' : ; :: . ' . ' .- .: - ; On Good Friday , shortly after the foundaHon stone , . of Hunt's Monument was laid at Manchester , the R . 9 V . Mr . Sohelefield baptised two children ; tne first was called Henry Hunt Smith , and the Beoocd Feargus O'Connor Groves . _ . . _ . „ <¦ ' . Fifeslii

      At Newgi | 8 ton , in the parish of Largo , re , Scotland , the child of Mr . Andrew Arcbibald \ va 3 baptised by the parish priest by the name of" Mar ; O'Connor . ' '¦ - ¦ , ' . . v . : '¦ ' "" [¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ - : ' . ¦; ' , ; ' . ' . "" :- : :- . ¦' ; - ¦¦ : ¦ - : . On Sunday , the 27 th ult , John Frost Kerehaw , the son of James and Ann Kershaw , of Oldbam , was duly registered at the Old Church , ; 01 dUam . Baptised , on the 22 ad of March , at tbo Wesleyan Methodist ChapeliSowerby , by > the Rev . John Walker , James Feargda O'Connor Riley , th « bou of Ralph and Mary Riley , of Hubberton Green , Sowerby . - ; ... " . : '; •'¦" ;' ¦ ., . . ;; ¦ -. ' -v ' • ¦ ' -.. ' ¦'¦¦ - ' " ' ' : ' : ' The infant daughter of James and Margaret Mair , of Strathaven , was baptised , on the 24 th ult ., by the Rev . 6 . 0 . Campbell , of the West Relief Church , by ^ the name ot Margaret Frost Mair . ' .

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      : ; . .. ; : . :,, ¦ . ' ; . ; ¦ vijeath ^ :. . ' : ;// : ; : ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : / ' On Wednesday , at York , ^ ^ highly respected , in the 73 rd year of his age , Mr . John Sanderson , maeebearer to the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , and for 42 years a faithful servant in the Corporation . '"• • ; ; r ' ¦ ¦ , ¦ On Sunday , the 3 rd insfc ., at Ripon , a « ed M , Lieut . John Atkinson , late of the 3 rd Koyal West Yorfe Militia , and brother to Mrs . Lambert , Low SkelgateVRippn . ¦ ::: X-u ^ v ^ . ^ ' . ' ; .. - Same day , Buddenly , ag « d 37 jeaiSj leavina tax small children to lament their loss , J » ne the wife of Mr . John Pearce , master of Wheelwright ' s Charity School , Dewabury . ; : ; - ; - ' . ' v > •; : .. ' . / -. ;¦• On Saturday night last , it Sanclal near , Wakefield , Grace Atha , sister to Mra ^ Luaoaeter , of tbe > - Leeds Gaol ; ' -. - ;¦ : -.- ¦ : ; ; - ; . ¦ ' ,.. .- ^ ; -v ' .. > a-j ' i m * n Oa Friday , the 1 st iust ^ at Rxponr * ft err *^< w « a and Bovere affliction , aged 30 , Isabdlip ttaAdlfeiba wife of Dr . Septimus TuAi » , of taat place .

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      CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTJL ( Continued from our last . ) " Ghoree" pur Howdah— " Hathee" pur Zeen , Chulisjio , CflulJajao , " Warrea Hasten " . ' . ' . ' It is not our intsntien or our wish " to fright the isle from its propriety , " or to say anything of our Indian relations which "we are not fully prepared to substantiate or corroborate . It matters little whether we write as an Unitarian , an animal of the " bii ' rontal breed , '' or like Mis . Malaprop s dog Cerberus , " three gentlemen

      at once . " if we give a true description of the present state of Hindostan , and all appertaining thereunto . Doubtless there are many more capable than oureelves ; but we challenge them to be more honest . We have ¦ waited for their lucubrations till " the heart became sick . " Tbere seems , on ttie pait of the authorities both in Djwning-sfareet and I ^ adenbsll-Btreot , a disposition to burke tbe question ; so we have resolved on the tnsk of enlightenment oureelves ; anil it shall not be our fault if the British tax-paying public does not learn somewhat of India . In a debate last week , at the India

      House—•• Sir Robert Campbell ( a Director ) wished that it should not go f jrth thtit the revenues of India -were in that bad state represented by the Hon . Proprietor . "The dividends of the proprietors (?) were not in any clanger , and the Bombay paper referred to -was no authority hi such matters . When -we should have vindicated our honour in India , which we must , cou . e qui coule , eur resources i . that country would be found hi aa flourishing a condition as ever . " (???) In reply to tab , —we wish ae may get it ! TUerebOB bten an under current pervading Indian native Bociety for years pait , which only lacks an opportunity for disptej . It has been fostered by the different native chiefs , and its ramifications have spread through every court , every city , every Divan , or "Z 3 nan » , " whttherHindoo or Mahometan , till it has assumed a most powerful and dangerous shape , all breathing the same language , ali uttering the Bauie -wish , and whose bond of union is " 33 est--acxiun to the Ferinchees !"

      Sir John Malcolm , Sir Thomas Munro , Sir Alexander Barnes , the present Sir Charles Jletcalfe -were all aware of it , and dreaded the monster they could not crush ; but they tampered whh it , and thtic policy waa shaped aceoniuigljv Sir William M'Nashttm might have been a ' no aw . ne o / it , but he despised its power , and paid , with his life , for his ignorance and presumption I Communica'ions -were easily carried on by means of the native bauksra or " Shroffs , " and their bills of txchange , or "Boondies , " supplied the circu ' . aling medium without much suspicion . The " 3 sloon = hees" employed by the Europeans to teach them the language , were ofttimes in native pat ; , and the " Vakuls , " and even tho chief servants , or " Dubashee 3 " of

      the residents , political agents , or collectors , le / l little untold that passed beneath their ken ! The travailing pilgrims , or devotees—the " Faquira , " who worship at the shrines of " Mahomet * or " Juggernaut" were frequently the depositaries of native dispatches ; and correspondence was obtained by these means with every native regiment in our service ! When Sir Charles Metcalfe was sent to Hyderabad , as President , to take the place cf Mr . Russell , he found affairs in a very awkward position , and the " Deccan " throughout disposed to shake off the yoke of John Company . The "TTzim" himself was a debauched old man ; and as long as his Vizier supplied him with money for hia extravagancies aud revelries , he Ut ' . la heeded where it came from .

      The V . zer was the ac ' uil sovereign , and the banking house of Palmer and Co- played tho fltst fiddle , to thu exclusion of the President , and the interests of John Company . P-ilmera house had advanced large sums of money on account of the " Nizim , " for which they received large districts of land in " Tagheers , " and governed them with almost despotic sway . They constituted themselves " Killadors" or " Governors' in the various fortresses , where theyruled , appointed their own efflcers , and received the revexuss , while tho President could do nothing , except through the medium of - William aud Hastings Palmer . Such was the state or affairs at Hyderabad . When Sir Cnarles Metcaife was appointed President , we had a large army called a

      subsidary force , at S ^ cunderabad , six miles from the city , composed of Biitisk and native soldiery , horse aitillery , and cavalry ; another at Bolarum called the Kua 3 ell brigade , at the sole disposal of the President , while the brigade , of cavalry was some distance off at Mominabad : notwithstanding all this apparent f > rce , so deadly was tie bate which had obtained among the natives , that no British officer or civilian ; no British soldier of any description , would ever have dreamt of entering the city of Hjderabad without the President ' s protection and escurt and mounted on one of the President ' s etphsnls . Without that , he would have been insulted , tpit upon , and massacred ; and even then his persoa was ha'tily safe . Such was Hyderabad in 1822 — 23 , aud such we know it to be at the present timefauch . are the native feelings towards the Feringhees .

      To restore , if possible , John Company ' s tottering power and supremacy in the Deccan , it was necessary to throw the Palmers overboard , and give up the Tagheers itto the hands of the Nizam . Sir Charles then compounded with the V / zier for the sums received from the house of Palmer and Co . and entered into a sort of " equitable adjustment" for the value ef the lands held by them , which were speedily transferred to the Company , and placed at tUe disposal of the Resident . Sir Charles , by hia moderation and firmness , soon re-established European supremacy , ai d placed his own friends and officers in charge of the Tagheers , and various posts held by the hangera-on of the Pilmers . Such was the shock of this proceeding to their mercantile and banking transactions , that ,

      though immensely rich , and living in princely and Asiatic style , they -were aoon compelled to bend before the Btonn , break up thei * ettiblisbments , and declare themselves bankrupts ! It was during a very precarious time that Sir Charles adopted this policy , and he was absolutely forced into it by necessity , sis the natives in the Deccan were beginning to despise the power of the English , and with us it was nearly t * uch and go ! " We would merely wish to show the capability of Sir Charles Metcalfe , and all who are acquainted with him are aware of his urbanity , and the po wer he possesses by nature of making all classes bis friends ! In the critical position our affairs in the J 2 ast assume—if diplomacy or skill can extricate us , and save our troops from destruction , and if we can still retain

      for some few years out possessions to the southward of the Sutledge River , and never dream of further extension—if ali this can avail , why Sir CharleB M . etcalfe is the heaven-born man who i& most likely to effect it ! But he will have a most artful task / We can testify to his fitness . We have been on a tour in the Deccan , on Jammabundy , with him—we have known him in his public and private relations , and we have listened to the words of wisdom which have proceeded from his lips . We wish publicly to testify car gratitude and respect ; and , while we admire the man , -we think it our duty to 8 tate to the country fully and faiily what -we recognise in the politician ' . Sir Chatles has been all his life in India in the most responsible situations , resident at Hyderabad , at Delhi , vice-pre

      sident in Bengal , and Governor General during the interregnum , occasioned by Lord William Bentinck To make way for Lord Auckland , he was appointed Governor of Jamaica , and he is now coming home in ill health . During the first siege of Bhurpore , when LoTd I * ke aad Warren Hastings put Howdahfl in their bower , and saddles on t&eir elephants , and turned tail before the native power . Sir Charles Mttcalfe was proceeding to join them ia * palanquin by " Dawk , " or " Post , " and was attacked and plundered by marauders in the neighbourhood of the army , and left for dead , -with seventeen wounds on his body , several spear wonnds and sabre wounds , and the finger of one hand cut off . Ha recovered , and while recounting , in after year * , his escape and danger , we

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      INDIA . Arrival of the Overland Mail . —The overland despatches from India reached ; England on Monday . Tne intelligence they contaiu is very important . .-. ' .. . ¦ ' . . -: ¦'• ... . ¦; . ¦;•' ¦ ¦; . '¦¦ . ¦ .. ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ All the accounts received from India confirm the previous news of the destruction of the British force at Caboo ) . According to the best accounts the British lorce at Cabool consisted in all of 5000 fighting men and 7 , 000 camp followers . They left Cabool on the . 5 iti of Jahaary , the snow was then a foot deep ; they had not sufficient clothing , aud were miserably offfor food . On the 7 th they entered theKtiordCabool Pass , where theenemy poured down upon them from all sides , and a fright ! ul slaughter ensued . The following day such as escaped were again attacked on the Hutfo Kothul , a bleak precipitous mountain , where , benumbed and powerlessi with

      cold , nearly the whole Sepoy force miserably perished . The guns were spikad and abandoned , and the ladies who had accompanied their husbands in hese unprecedented perils given up as hostages to Akbar , who pretended that he could not repress the murderous attacks of the Afghans . Four native regiments were here destroyed , the 3 rd , 35 th , and 54 th Bengal Infantry , and a regiment of the Sliah ' g . Her Majesty ' s 44 tti htill struggled on till the Commander , Brigadier A nquetil , who succeeded General Eiphinstone , was . killed . This was on the 12 . h—seven days after the evacution of Cabool . A panic seized them ; they were thrown into confusion and no longer recogBised the authority Of their officers , some of whom they struck with their muskets . Tii'ia accelerated their destruction , arid iiothi / ig was now left but every man to shiftfor himself . The destructive result has besn already -. stated . ' .

      The following is from the Bombay Times : — "CABOOL .--The Cabool tragedy is over ; the struggle has Keen a fearful one , ( but it is passed ; The cup of affliction has been filled to the brim , and th « waters of bitterness contained in it , have been drained to the dregs . The Boldiera , who for two months so gallantly endured therattacks of overwhelming numbers , amidst cold ¦ , hunger , and .. fatigue , have now no more sufferings or humiliations to endure . Of tho army , which , on the lift of Noveniber , mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand , camji followers included , some two or three hundred only aurvive in capiivity . Not tsn men ia alt have as yet escaped from the bands of the enemy . Since the 28 ta December , the date to which our last intelligence from these parts extended at the dispatch of ihe February mail , one Hundred and twenty British officers and from four tnouaand to five thousand

      fighting men are known to have perished ; . one European and three Sepoy regiments have been utterly swept away . A calamity such aa this is unknown in the annals of Indian war . We iniir mated in our last our fears that Cabool had been evacuateo , and its garrison cut to pieces . Our paper of 1 st February had scarcely left the press when we found our worst apprehensions confirmed . " The Times gives a long detail of the circunibtinces of this horrible affair , from its Bombay correspondent , from which we extract the following : —¦

      " The lBfeurreotion broke out on the night of the 1 st of November , when Sir Alexaader Burnes , and his brother , and Captaiu Broadfooc of tbe 44 cb , were killed ; tbe house of the first named , being w . thin the city , was plundered ; and Bomo money in the treasury of Captain Johnson , Which was close to the former heuse , was made a prey of . The Captain having elept iu the British cantonments , escaped the slaughter , as well as Brigadier Anguetil and Captain Troup , who were with him . Captains Skinner and Drnmmond , Captain Trevor , and . his lady and his children , rtmaiued for some days concealed in the city by some of their friends .

      " Sh&h Soojah , who had on tho 2 ad sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes , where the Prince performed prodigies of valour , received on that day a communication from Sir W . H , Mac * nag ' dtea , then ia ib . Q oautoament , about five tntfes from the town , requesting leave for Brigadier-General Skelton witn two regiments , and Captain NichoU ' s troop , to enter tbe Balla Hissar , and to shell the town . Leave waa given , and the shelling took place . The infuriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort , which lay immediately to the north of the town , between it and the cantonment , and as it was weakly defended , soon became matirs of it . This was a dreadful blow to tbe troops , aa at the

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct885/page/5/