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oruirw ap THE WEEK- paqe ' . Our Civilization 632 New African Slave Trade 637 Recent Tourists 643 , , v T por- I Gatherings from the Law and Po- Granville the Expert 637 _ ARTS _ Imperial Parliament 620 lice Courts 632 Detectives at Fault 63 S THE A ^ . Election Committees 629 Miscellaneous 633 Mr . Roebuck ' s Political Levee 638 The French Exhibition 643 TheRevenue 629 Postscript . . 6 * 4 £ , es Bouffes 644 The Queen ' s Visit to Manchester ...... 629 j ** LITERATURE— The Vocal Association at the Crystal Accidents and Sudden Deaths 629 OPEN COUNCIL- < a ,, mm- > . rv 639 Palace 644 ^ Orient ™ " * 8 ? The Lo » don University 635 Se ? s from High Latitudes :.::::::: 640 ^ ffijf $£ " Bel ^ ° mde 9 ttt T « t tt « rt fist Mr . Roebuck—the Patriot 635 The Professor 641 Theatrical Notes 644 Ar ^ fJina £ ? i Committee Room No . 7 635 The Sappers and Miners 641 rn , p ,, fi 4 S * £ to of Trade 631 A Residence in France 612 The Gazette 645 c & ttnJ 5 ^ ote 8 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Si PUBLIC AF ™ f s- „„_ g ™^ o * j COMMERC 1 AL AFFA , Rs-^ Saa . 1 . ! : ! .. ^ . ^^ V ^ ^^ J ^ Z \ :::::::::: \ r : :::::::: Si #£%£ ^* : rz \\ z-==. 8 S city i « teiii * nce , M , rt « t ,. * c 645
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? ¦ THRIGHTFUL as the disaster is in North-Western JU India , it is not exclusively evil , for it is a rough and perhaps sufficient proof that warnings given to the- Governments , both here and there , have not been baseless—that the official slight of those warnings has itself been an insane' folly . Even recently the Home Government had proof after proof that disaffection existed in the Native population , that
it had found its way into the army , that many regiments had become demoralized , and that the soldiers were at last in open mutiny . This happened not once or twice , but many times ; and the evidences extended over a large tract of country , from Me & rut to Calcutta , if not spreading to some extent towards the coast of Madras . Every time , however , it was assumed tlmt the parts of these general conspiracies against the British in India
were only some local and exceptional irregularities . When the Nineteenth Hegiment revolted , it was led to be disbanded at Barrackpoie , the very place at which already several other regiments were known to be in a mutinous condition . Thus , at Barrackporo , the authorities risked the same disaster that has happoncd at Mecrut , perhaps even threatening Calcutta with something like the danger that overwhelmed Delhi . When the
Thirty-fourth Regiment sympathized , when officers were attacked in the exercise of their duty , it was asserted that the mutiny would bo suppressed by a punishment of the offenders . Then the Thirtyfourth , was disbanded , but the cavalry and the Mussulmans were said to be faithful . When nearly a whole company of the men in the Third Cavalry refused to accept the greased cartridges , it was only an * exception' to the fidelity of the mounted
soldiers ; and the punishment of those men would effeotually put down the disordor . Incendiary fires in the lines of tlie cantonments at Mecrut wore only ' suspected' to bo something worse than accident . Tho officials attested thut there were no greased oartridgos , although sonic had actually been issued ; but even when it was kuowti that a serious offence had been given to tho religious prejudices of tho native Hindoos * no oflioinl stops wero taken to counteract tho mischief .
Tims tho pasuiveness of the Government and of tho superior ofllccra in the army assisted in proparing for tho outbreak of the whole of tho Nutivo part pf tho division at Meorut . Thoy resouod the imprisoned soldiers of tho Third Cavalry ; fell upon
Colonel Finn is and the other officers ; attacked the British families residing in the neighbourhood ; held their ground for a short time against the British part of the division which was brought out to suppress them , and made off for Delhi . At Delhi they found three more regiments which joined them , expelled the British , seized the treasure , and took possession of the city . Fearful slaughter had been committed upon the unoffending families of the officers and many civil persons—au extent of suffering which ought to have been foreseen ; for the whole circumstances of such an outbreak might have been fore-calculated if sufficient pains had been taken .
Attacks were made upon the British in other places , as at Ferozepore ; showing that the Mutinous spirit was not confined to Mecrut and Delhi , or to any of the stations that have been the scenes of the principal outbreaks . It is true that in some parts the Natives have come forward to support the British . The Maharajah of Gwaliob , the Rajah of JiKDir , and other rajahs have offered men ; a fact which proves that the Native community is
divided . But certainly it is not so divided as the officials represented : the Mussulmans arc not against the Hindoos , for Mussulman soldiers have joined in the revolt . The instigations to rebellion arc not exclusively in the indigenous race , but our predecessors in conquest , the descendants of the Persians and Turks , have been speculating upon the overthrow of the British Government ; and it would bo mere folly to assume that other enemies of our Indian Empire had abstained from joining in the
enterprise . When the mischief had been done , the Licuteunnt-Govcrnor of tho North-West provinces , who appears really to have been more active and encrgotic than tho military men , issued proclamations , placing tho revolted districts under martial law , and ussm-ing the natives that there would bo no interference with their religion . Tho Governor-General had repeated that last assurance . As all native regiments wero extremely short of officers , officers absent on leave in Europo , who aro said lo bo under four hundred , hnvo boen
suddenly recalled to their duty . Moreover , reinforcements are to bo sent out from this country , to tho amount of 14 , 090 men . It is assumed that General Anson , who was marching upon Dcllii with a considerable force , has by this tiino reduced tho place ; but so completely fnlso have bocu all tho assurances received from ovory olass of juililury moix in India for tho last six months , if not for a
much longer period , that bo reliance can be placed upon these speculative promises . The subject has been taken up in Parliament . In the House of Lords , Lord Ellenborough made a grand speech , and called for information ; in the House of Commons , Mr . Diskaeli orally delivered a newspaper article , terminating with a string of questions ; answers were thus extracted from Lord Gra . nville and Mr . Yernon Smith , who are full
of excuses and hopefulness . Lord Eixenbobough , indeed , did not sustain his inflated reputation ; but he mixed up the outrageous blunders of the officials and the frightful disaster at Meerut and Delhi with the wrongs perpetrated upon a tank that he had bequeathed to India , the officials not having duly respected that monument of his own rule . The whole course of the week , in fact , has shown how feeble Parliament is to defend the public
interests , either against encroachment or negligence . There is not a single instance of a pressing public interest being duly attended to . The authorities have been allowed to deal with public requirements as an average , always inclining rather to the passive and the personal than to the active and the public . The French Government , for instance , has started a new trade—a slave trade , under the name of a ' free African emigration . ' Lord Brougham called
attention to the encroachment upon our own anti-slavery treaties , with a reply from Lord Clarendonsome words ! but not tho slightest hint that the policy of this country will be maintained . We bcliove , in fact , that that policy is impracticable ; but it is rather mortifying to see that our Government is compelled to yield to the dictation of France that which has been refused to the interests of our own West Indies or tho friendly alliance of the United States . In committee of supply we always presume that the public interest is defended . But Mr . Beresi ? ord Hope has been shoving that the plans for the building of the new Public Offices will not secure the improvement which could bo effoeted in that part of Westminster . We aro still to go on peddling in tho building of tho metropolis , and shall lcavo it the piece of patchwork wl ^ -jf ^ ' ^ Nv to us from our forefathers . Tho South X ^^ f ^ t ^ ' \ > Musoum has boon challenge *! , but noiqthef f ^ i ^ jjS ^ Vr — hope is held out that tho public . wilW * 3 r ^ lJ ^ -M . ~ Z suited . , Tho officials nrmugo ( ho matjBlr , it * o ^ 5 aV .-4 { i a Ministerial question in tho Housac ^ f 'Q ^ ntp ^ j vj £ and tho herd of members vote as thoy $$ > t $ ttJ $ ^ p $ > £ J ^ in special cases , whore thoy are al ^ b # ^ $ ^^ y ; L
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Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04071857/page/1/
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