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TH E late news from India must have made a deep and painful impression throughout the country . The death of General Havelock oh the 25 th of November , a few days after the relief of Lucknow , is a national loss . Great as have been the deeds of many of his brethren in arms , there has not been another upon whom the interest of all observers has so completely centred . But deeply as we lament his loss , we draw some small consolation from the knowledge that , at least , he lived to see the women , children , and helpless ones , for whom he had so gallantly laboured and dared , finally placed in safety . It is consoling , too , to know that Parliament has provided for his family , even though he knew nothing of the fact . But he did know what the country thought of him . Another painful item in the news is the one defeat which we have incurred . On the 27 th of November , General Windham engaged the Gwalior rebels , some eight thousand strong—a complete army , in fact , composed of infantry , cavalry , and artillery—and the British troops wore obliged to retreat with the loss of the whole of their tents , which were burned by the enemy . Sir Colin Campbell at onoc left Lueknow for Cawnporc . In a message sent by him to the Governor-General , ho states that , on the 7 th of December , lie fought a battle with the Gwalior Contingent and totally defeated them , capturing sixteen guns , twenty-six carriages of various kinds , and an immense quantity of ammunition , stores , & c , comprising the whole baggage of the force . The dispersion of these Gwalior rebels , who have hung vulture-like upon the rear of the forces operating upon the capital of Oudo , will relievo Sir Colin Campbell from that anxiety , and onablo him to act with freedom and decision as soon as the reinforcement of his forcos can bo brought up to the required number . Some of the points of Lord Palmehston ' s now Indian Government Bill have bocomo known . The —head-oftho-deparfcinent-of-tho-now-Govonimoufc-wilL bo a member of the Cabinet , in whom the patronage will be vostod . He will bo assisted by a small number of commissioners ; and his department , upon the whole , will not bo very dissimilar in its organization to the Board of Admiralty . A considerable inoroaso will bo made to the European army in India , which will bo plaood upon oxaotly fcho same footing as the imporial army , with regard
to its periodical relief , & c . The pay of the European regiments while on service in India will be defrayed out of the Indian revenue . All orders and regulations will be issued to it from the Horse Guards . The native army will be composed of merely local corps , and placed upon the footing of the local troops in our colonies . An outcry has already been raised at the . great amount of patronage proposed to be placed at the disposal of one man , and that man a member of the Cabinet . The alarm is wholesome . One of the strongest signs of the importance attached to the promised Reform Bill is the circular , or manifesto , signed by thirty-one Liberal members of Parliament , which was issued a few days back . The document repudiates any other desire than that of awakening public attention to what the subscribers think ought to be the leading features of the new measure of Parliamentary Reform . The most consistent Radical Reformers throughout the country are taking up their ground , defining their position , and coming to an understanding with each other . Their object is , not to get \ ip a separate agitation , but to be ready for dealing effectually with the whole subject when it comes before Parliament . The Prussian journals are full of speculations and anticipations of good results from the marriage of the son of the Prince of Prussia with a Princess Royal of England . That the Liberal cause gains an immense accession of strength by this alliance appears to be generally felt . In England , and particularly in London , tho details of the ceremony are the all-important concerns of those who busy themselves with royal marriagos . With all these porsons the feeling uppermost is one of mortification that the Chapel Royal at St . James ' s should have been selected in preference to tho Abbey . Balked of even tho remotest chance of ' assisting ' at tho show , they tako out their vexation in condemning tho parsimony—or whatcvor other consideration it may have been—which has led Hkh Majesty to cxolude her interested and sympathizing people from participating in tho coming national ceremony . m _____^_ ,, „__ .,, ^ _____ An important misooncoption , it scorns , was at tho bottom of tho report which was lately current on tho subject of tho , so-oalled , Crown-jewels of Hanover . Tho fact turns out to bo , that some of tho jowcls ( not tho regalia , as was said ) belonging to George II . and to Queen Charlotte were left to the Crown of Hanover j those having upon several occasions boon elaimo 4 , H »» Majhstv ) m « lately
submitted the claim to competent legal authority , and its validity has been affirmed . So the matter rests . The unexplained departure of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe from Constantinople , with its attendant circumstances o _ f an apparent desire on the part of his Lordship to avoid _ notice by declining the customary salute of cannon , set curiosity to work to discover the motive of the great diplomatist ' s absentment . The mystery , it is not too much to say , is still a mystery . Why Lord Stratford is not at this moment at his post—at which the death of RedsciIid Pacha , if confirmed , would make his presence extremely desired by all who hold by his Eastern policy—has not cveu been guessed at with anything like a probability of a near approach to the true reason . He has for many years desired to return to this country for family reasons , and for those reasons may now be on his way hither . But , en route , he has stopped at Vienna and Berlin , not merely for the sake of breaking a long journey , we may be sure . His next place is Pai-is , where , it is perfectly well understood , he will be received by the Chief of the State as one of the highest authorities upon Eastern affairs . Altogether appearances are totally against the supposition that his return to England signifies the termination of his diplomatic career . As many suspected , the treaty , or protocol , which the Sjiectatetir asserted to have been concluded between England and Austria ' some time luat year , ' with tho object of ' isolating' France in Eu > pe , is nowhere to be found . The French press has taken to the subject with real good will , and has left the Spectateur with only ono log to stand upon—that of reiterating its story , and calling for confirmation from Mr . Disraeli ! In its attempts at reply , it affects to be surprised that anybody should think its revelation so very remarkable . The journal most likely to be best informed on the subject , in this country certainly expresses no sort of surprise , but simply declares it to bo a ' weak invention of tho enemy . ' The same journal gives tho dircotest contradiction to the rumours which havo been flying about of a difference between Lord Palmkuston and " the Emperor Napoleon on thl 5 " : Tiffairs'n ~ of ¦ China . Tho fact of Die Fronch Government having sent a force to Cochin-China to domand satisfaction for wrongs dona to French missionaries , and insults offered to tho JYonoh / lag , appears to lmye ^ / brmod tho ground for those roports . Jxtrtt $$ ' )^^ ¦ Uioao are only stories for the Christnww Atff $ foj £ ' ' teA 36 to bo forgotten on this sido of Twelfth jiqgW ' ^ tW ' / rf ^ ¦~\ ¦?; -V } < ,.- —! (/ J < t ? * •;¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ 'Y' ^ iv ^ * ri ^ ;¦ - » . fc ^ w
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 9, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09011858/page/1/
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