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onfc of the question . In fact , they must be nursed iota health and strength . If ; the siege . of Delhi had . laa ^ eA aaooitber fartniglit , it really seems as if the European army oiusi hare- gone out of itself . I anr . not sure of the exact number of the native infaatrj in- camp but think that they may muster two thousand five hundred , or froia that to three thousand bayoaetaof PunjabeeB and Ghoorka 3 , exclusive ofGholab-Singh's Contingent . The latter think they have done eno « gh v and cannot be calculated , on for much further aenriceb The efficiency e £ our own native regixnents ia oruelly diminished by the prodigiously large proportion of loss , ainimgtaeir European officers . In feet , hardly any : retnaim , arid , they aW commanded by new young mea who know nathing ; of them . dad . their peculiarities . Sa much for the Foot . But ala regards the mounted branch , -we ar & miich better , ofe" "
;• The ¦* CJfviliaw * considers that General Wilson was J OSti the main to-, take- Drfhi— -wfaicb T by the way coufd Kairdly fee . ^ ^ d ^ bted no ^ thai h « A ^ taken H ^ bnt th * t he I » not likely- to distinguish himself again . Our best men hare heen killed j and tbe writer looks ti ! po » Nicholson as the very best of all . He does , hot « eemte > have an exalted : idea , of those who remain ; Still , hei thinks our * prospects are ^ good f but— - : ** ffie chief difficulty TvflE bW to supply to thV civil poorer a fltting- fbrce to hold bur districts a 3 ire recover them , ; disorganized iadaenipraKzed as they have been by the mntiay ; arid m their own cotmtry the Sepoys may possibly yet offer ¦» very stubborn resistance before
vre ; can exterminate them .. Desperate nie » , we ; may drive tnemifrpnr position to- prositibn ; : but when trill it end : ? They can : never submit—they can abvrsjs oritrnarclr us ; and hoyr soon , and at hovr great ; cost , shall ¦ wejK lT them alt ? The other ; serious danger is , lest our prOTen ^ yioleiit 1 Jreeling 1 against the Mahomedans shottld . dVlye ;~ to despair-that grekt section of the population-, arid induce a reTaHy- general Mahotnedan revolt as dangerous as thegreat mutiny to the vigour and discretionof Goyerntnent to ^ ^ avert that dang ^ . B ^ wrr great ; djflKctdty ; in this part of India at ^ present 19 thetotal ; want of any head , civil orimiJHary , and of leading : infin ; : in : iiign ^ 6 ffic ft ^ v- ;' - '; . - ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ , ; : ; ' 'V- . \ . " \; -. ; 'V \ 0 ' - . \ - ;¦
. .. .- ; " _;¦ : TEBvINDIANMimNT KEiaEEFOND . ; ¦ . "'•¦ Aiettbr fxomLorf Ganaing td Alderman Finiiig , flated October 23 id , lias been published ; The GJbvemor-Gexieral thus ; states ^ t ^ e ' objects to Syliich the expenditure of tb . e sub-committee at Calcutta is at preseiit-directed . :----- ' ' : ' - . ' . ' . ' ¦ _ :. ¦ ¦ . . '•;¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦¦ . '' V : v /^' V ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ : ¦/ - : X ' : " 1 . Board . and lodging on arrival in Calcutta for refugeeavfhoj ara without honaes or friends to receive them . 2 . Clothing .: for refugees . , 3- Monthly allowances for thfe support of families who are : hot hoarded ahd : lodged
by the sub-committee . 4 y Loans to sufferers to provide furniture ,, clothing , & c ., ; 5 . Free grants -to sufferers for tlie < same , purpose . ; 6 c Passage , arid diet money on board rivei : steamers , to all who have not been provided with the same by the Ctoyerhmeat ; 7 . Loans to officers and others to pay fofc the . passage of their families to England . 8 . rr " ee pas 3 age to England for the -widows and families of officers-and other sufferers , including travelling , expenses to Bombay and . Calcutta . 9 . Education of the children ofTsufferers . "
A letter has . been issued by the Indian . Mutiny Belief Committee , ia which itis stated ; - — " Many applications for relief having been made by , or < hi behalf of ' ,. the wives . - arid children of soldiera ; who have-gone to India with , their regiments , this committee has , on several occasions , given their most careful and anxious consideration to the subject ,, and it has alwuys .. been with one result , that it was not in the power of the comiaitteo to give the solicited , relief . " .
LlHUTEIfANT SAXTCBtJV ¦ ' .- . -. ; ' ; . . ¦ Lietrtenant Philip Satkeld , of the Bengal Engineers , : who displayed so- mneh- da-ring and gallantry in firing the siege train at the Cashmere Gato of Delhi , died at that city , about tire 10 th of Oetober , from the effects- of the wounds' than received . He was a Dorsetshire many andmthe course of n few daya would nova completed his twenty-seventh : year .
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: ;; ^ A < 3 GIDEHTS / AND SUD $ > EN : DEATHS . DlTBiNG the gale of Moaday -vresk , two fishing-boata riding afe anchor eff Coekenzie , ia the Firth of Forth , we * e dragged from their moorings ; and stamped . Thle accident occtirred Jkbout one p ^ cloeit in the afternoon , when theVbbats were about half 3 : niile fioih the shore ; ani , though ; every exertioa vf » 3 rnade by the inhabitants of the i & yrn bnly three of the ten mea who were on board eould bes ^ ed / ¦ : : ; •' ¦ ; ' -- ' , <¦' : ' - - -. f ¦' The saine ; gale has cansed the loss of many other vessels ; : and forty-two fishermen ^ have been jdroifpned , leaviHg behind thena tweoty-sevea widows and sevBntynioe orpiians . ; ~ , ~ : ^ ' -- ¦¦ J / -X ' :.- ¦ : ' :. , ";' . ., .:. -. - ;
The inquest on the bodies of tte twelve persons killed by the boiler expiosion near Huddersfield last week , haa tertmnrate ^ in a , verdict to the effeet that the- deceased died ftom injuries caused by the explosion of * a boifer , resulthig- from the screwing' down of a stop valve placed in the top of the boiler , -whieh eut off all _ connexion witfe the safety valve ; , - ' but tb ^ who closed the valve 1 there was- in © evidence to show . The jury condemriecl the combination of safet 3 ' - ' ^ alye and stop -yalve , censuring the engineer and the proprietor for aftowing-. it . They
reprobated the use of the boiler witfcoufe a safetyi-gauge , and considered the conduct of the ; person of -whont it was ordered arid of the proprietor highly blamable- ; They also _ expressed : their . stTongest disappro-yai of the cpndact | of the proprietor , confessedly unacquainted with boilers , in placing the inanagenrent of the boiler in the hands of . a person who neither from ; training ; inor skill was ^ qualified to : nndertake s * orierpusv a : duty . In conclusipn , : they . reepmmended : ; . the : formation \ pf an association for the prevention of boiler' explosions .
Miss - Miles , sister to Mr . P . ; W . ' . : ¦ S . Miles , ^ formerly member for . Bristol , andvha ^ -sistei ; to Mr . W . Bliles , M . F . for East Somerset , wa * retxirhihg' to King 3 weston iPark frolin Bristol , a few evening * ago , wheii an accident of a very serious character occurred . r € > a arriving ; . at tbie hilt leading to tbe ^ lodge entrance of the park , the coaeliman ; pasaed the park gate , rand , discovering his mistake , turned ta » horses sharply . In so doing , he bvertarn ? ed the carriage on to a Jbank . MSs 3 Miles , who was the only persoh inside the * carnage , had hei ? " hand severe : ! v
cut by -the brealring of one of the wiiwibws ; but , aasis-r tance being speedily procured from the : iodgey she waa extricated without further injdry . The footman , Svho was oa the box , sustained' a severe eoncussion of the brain ; and the " coachman , who fell ; ori tlie"footman- ( the carriage coming upon both of ; them ) j received such severe ; internal injuries that his life- is despaired of . At the' time of the occurrence , of the accident , Sir . Charles Greig , aurgeoh ; of Bristol , happened to . be passing , and rendered valuable assistance to the-suffererisi
During a fresh breeze , frbin the « ast on Monday morning , ; as' : Captain Cpusens ^ of the American ishij > Corone-t , 1400 tons , which had arrived at Faliriouth on the 28 th of ISfovember , from Callao , was landing . in aboat with the second mate and ; four other men of the shipCalcutta . - ( which bad been abandoned at sea , and with the crew was taken off by the CoronetX the boat got into the breakers between the points of Pendeanis and the Bar ( the ship being Outside at anchor ) , ajid the captain and mate were drowneft . The others were saved .
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I ;; - . ;;; - - , ; : ;;; -: - , . :. . ; : > IRELAND . :.: / ; ; : ;; . ¦;¦ : ¦ : . ¦¦ : . The ORASGBMra and the Prtsmier . — -The magistrates of Fermanagh , sumnaoneil by Lord Erne , have held a meeting for the purpose of protesting against the proposal of Chancellor ^^ Brady , that in future no persons shall be admitted to the magisterial beach who shall be connected with the Orange Society . The meeting was private , aud it was resolved that the result should not be made public till after the receipt of the answer of Lord Palmerston to the reraonstrance addressed to him . That answer is of * the briefest possible kind , being , simply as follows ;— " Downing-street , Novembar 21 . —My Lord , - —I am desired by Lord Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of "the 12 th inat . and of the memoriul which accompanied it- —I remain , my Lord , your Lordship ' s obedient servant , —G . G . BAnniNGTON . — -The Earl of Erne , & c . "
Prosecution of thus Piiiksts .- —A plea of * Not Guilty has been put on the file'in' the Queen ' s Bench on the part of the . Rev . Mr . Oon \ v ;\ y to the ex qff ldo information of the A . ttbrney-GeneriU . In the ca . se of the Rev- Mr :. 'Ryan , no answer has lieon filed , but there is time till the firat . day of next term . Mr . George > Cowyer , SI . P ., has contributed 51 . towards tha defence of Father Conway . Tub Irish Sa . ving 3 Banks . —A . meeting of the friends and supporters of the Cork Savings Bank ivaa held yestcrdav week , Mr . Beamish , M . P ., prosiding . The
iiuancial statement up to the 20 th of November was read by Mr . Besriard ,. the secretary ; and ; Mr . Craig , the manager of the Bank of Ireland , addressed tho meeting , congratulating them upon the prosperous state of the institution notwithstanding the prey ail ing money panic , aa a proof of which ho mentioned the fact , that while the amount duo to * depositors last year was only 32 . 8 , 806 / . 15 s . 2 d . it was ( 130 , 4 . 63 ? . 2 s . 3 d . this year , showing , an increase of deposits of 165 GLT * . Id . There was in the hands of the Government 311 , 3377 . 15 s . 7 d ., and . lodged ia tho Bank of Ireland 20 , 1957 . 7 a , Id .,
making the total amount available a 31 , 5337 . 12 s » Sd . or 10707 . iOs . 5 dL , over the amount due in principal and interest to depositors ^ 1 STew managers baying beeii appointed , the meeting separated . - ¦' ¦¦ ; . Statcbof tippEB-iaY . ~ The state of the North Eidiag of ^ TipperaBy 13 so alarming that the magistrates have called for two hundred arid forty-four extra men of the . police force , though this will entail additional taxation to the extent of 33 d . iu the pound . Twenty men above the us . ual number have been stationed at Loughmore : the parish in which Mr . . Ellis was murdered ; but there does not seem to be any chaiice of the murderers being discovered ,, though several persboa ; have bean arrested . and committed to prison .
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' ¦[¦ ; . ;¦; : ; . ; ¦ ' 0 ; --SQ r-America ^ - ;; ;¦ ¦ ; ,: ;/ , ; - ' : ¦ :,. ¦ *' 'k MA 3 ^ eb 8 are camuig to ; a crisis in . the Mormoii territory . Besides seizing the Government waggons , as we related last w « ek , the Saints are . taking other measures of re . - ' sistancei ; Brigham Ypuug has issued a proclaraatipn , declaring martial law in Utah , and he claims his right to do so by virtue of bis authority as Goverhpr of the territory and : superintehdeat of Indian affairs , ' fronl which he : - ' says ;^ he has not ^ been suspended . In rigitofthe power given him under the Territorial Organic Act , he expressly forbids ; the United States troopsi from entering tJie territory without his authoiity , and ; complains that the Federal Government has acted on misMpre " sentatiohSjWith a . view to . driving the liormons from , the la « d . "^ henCbloiiel Alexander , ' * says a cpmniuhication from Washington , " was withm thirty miles of Fort Bridgery which place is occupied b-y Mbrmoii triibpa ^ he received a letter from Brighani Young through the commander of the NauVop . Legion j wavning the troops put ; of the territory , but saying that , if they desired to remain till spring , they might do so , pravided they gave ^ up their arms and ammunition , but they must thenleave . ¦ In -the meantime : he Aybuld see that they were furnished with provislona . The letter ' . ' -was accompanied by two copies of the proclamation , arid a copy of the la \ vs of . tjtah ....: The ; commander tells Colonel Alex .- * andex that he is at the fort to carry out Young ' s instruct tions , aaad expresses the hopie that Colonel Alexaader ! ans-w-er arid actions will be dictated by a proper respect
for the rights and liberties af American citizens . Colonel Alexander , in his reply , dated ; October 2 nd » sayi he has given Young's communication ; bis attentive consideration , and will submit the letter to the General commanding as soon as he irriyea at : the Camp , Winfield , bn . Haiias Fork . . 'In the meantime , ' he adds , 'I have tb say that the troops are here by the order of the President of the United States , and their further moyeihenis , will entirely depend upon the orders issued by a competent authority . ' Among- the documents is a letter from Colonel Johnston , dated from the 'Camp af the Three ; Wings" of : ; the Sweet ; Water , ' addreased to 'Adju--tant-Gerierad M ^ CoVeli , New . York , ' iii Avrhicli lie confirmstlie b « rnirig of the contractor ' s trains by the
Mormons . He says , the Governor ' s escort is four ^ days * inarch behind him , with two companies of dragoons . He knbwi of rip reason why ; Goloiiel Alexander should attempt to reach Salt Lake by Bear River , excepting fro in fear that the INlorihoris have burnt the ! grass on the shorter routej whicli they are reported to have done . He adds , ' If I could communicate Avith Colonel Alexander , I : would direct him to take u p a good position for the winter at Earns Fork ; the road is beset between this and Hams Fork with companies of Mormons , so it is doubtful if I shall be able to communicate with Colonel Alexander * It is supposed at the War Department that the troop 3 are all in good condition , as nothing to the contrary 13 saitl in the despatches . "
Yrissari , the Nicaraguan ^ liniater , has been introduced , by General Cass to the President , who reccivel froni him his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary from Nicaragua . It is asserted that the treaty between the United States and Nicaragua has been , signeiil by General Cass and Sonor Yriasari . The Neto York Courier and Inquirer gives the following conjectural account of its provisions : — " The transit route ia to bo protected b y United , States 'troops in the event of Nicaragua being unable to do so in consequence of foreign invasion , civil insurrection , : or other domestic causes , but with the return of peace tho troops are to be withdrawn . It is further said that a free port' is guaranteed at each end of" the Hue . The treaty protects no company by name , but provides for the protection of any
company haying an . existing valid grant to be dotermmed by Nicaragua , which shall recognize tho obligation of this treaty , and ; the Government of Kicaragua has , through its M ' mistier , signified'to that pf -the United States in writing that tho only company having such valid grant is the American Atlantic and Pueifio Canal Company created by Nicaragua . " Somo further details are given by tho New York Times , which suys : —" The transit route is . to bo thrown open to all nations on tho samo terms ; our Government to scizo Walker wherever they can , find him , and bring him back to tho United States ; the lake boat . i to be transferred to the . New Transit Company . A Minister will shortly bo appointed for Nicaragua , who will go out with Sir TVilliam Gbro Ousoloy . Lord Napier , on behalf of his Government , and Count Sdrf-Lsea . under special' instructions from tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/7/
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