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THE ORIENT. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ; ¦" ¦¦ . ' CHrxA. ...
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IRELAND. Tub Belfast Riots.—Th« disturba...
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STATE OF TRAD IS. Tiieue is but littlo o...
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The Indian Re Volt. Slight, But In Some ...
" We have systematically degraded and corrupted the European mind in India , and have destroyed all its com . manding power over the regular Sepoy ; while at the same time , for a quarter of a century past , -we have been , flattering the Sepoys , and petting them most when they most deserved severe punishment . We have been perpetually telling them that they are "the finest fellows opt earth , instead of really making them decent people , and raising them in the scale of being ; lastly , we were always afraid of looking truth in the face ; and instead of correcting what was amiss with . th « m , we always forced the other armies—whose men were true and -well behaved enough—to assimilate with the ^ practice in Bengal , however erroneous such a practice might be ; thus hampering all true working men , and offering th « highest premium on incapacity . . ...
"The greatest dangers to which that empire ( India ) Is now exposed are the consequences of European violence and folly . As regards religion , if we attempt to govern l > y patronizing any particular sects or creed , we shall inevitably bring about revolution . It seems to me that to introduce our State Religion at all into our rule in the East , is ' a very great error . The government of such an empire , which comprises hundreds of . millions of men , holding twenty different faiths and creeds , to which they are attached as to their lives , cannot , consistently with
any sort of justice , patronize or acknowledge any one of these creeds rather thaa another . The only safe , honest , and righteous course is , as a Government , entirely to ignore all . No minister of any religion should be appointed , patronized , or directly paid by the State . Let private persons , communities , or congregations , make their own arrangements to provide for their respective spiritual -wants , and all will he well ; while the most fearful and deplorable mischief must and will assuredly eaaue from the contrary proceeding . "
MIS 0 E . Lt , AN EOTJS PACTS . Lord Canning has offered a reward of 50 , 000 rupees to any person who shall deliver alive at any British military post or camp the Moulyee Ahmed Oolah Shaf , commonly called the " Moulvie . " A reward of 25 , 01 ) 0 rupees will also be paid to any person who shall deliver alive , at any British military post or camp , Kooer Singh of Jugdespoxe . TheIndianEmpire , of April 20 th , ' says : — -. " We learn from a private letter , written from Simla ,
that Captain F . D . Bignell , and Ensign R .. S . Byrne , of the 10 th Native Infantry , who were supposed to have been massacred by the mutineers at Cawnpore , are still living . It appears that they were delivered by Maun Singh to Jung Bahadoor , who sent them -with other refugees to Nepal , the road to the British camp having at the time been considered unsafe . This will perhaps account for the absence of several omcers and Europeans , who are believed to have been massacred during the first days of the mutiny . "
THE tATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL STIRLING . Some correspondence between Sir Colin Campbell and Adjutant-General Wetherall , Horse Guards , has been published . Its nature may be gathered from the letter of the Ia 9 t-named officer , dated May 17 th : — " Sir , — -1 have liad the honour to lay before his IRoyal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief your letter of the 30 th of March last , referring to a telegraphic despatch of the late Major-General Sir Henry Havelock , in which it is made to appear that Captain Havelock led the 64 th Regiment to the attack of a redoubt , and that the character of tho late Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling , who commanded the regiment and fell
in the attack , ha < l suffered accordingly . His Royal Highness regrets sincerely that any unfavourable imputation of the courage or conduct of tho Lieutenant-Colonel should ever for a moment have been supposed to attach to the character of that gallant and excellent officer . His Royal Highness enters fully into the feelings of Lieutenant-Colonel Binghur a , who has , in vindication of the character of hi 3 late commanding oifficer and of the 64 th Regiment , so honourably appealed to your sense of justice ; and ho has much gratification in now " recording hia entire satisfaction -with tho whole conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling and of the excellent regiment -which he commanded , with so much credit to himself and advantage to the service . "
ROHII ^ CVNl ) . The following important document has been addressed to the Commissioner of Rohilcund : " S-ir , —I am directed to communicate to you tho general principles which tho Right Hon . the Governor-Gonerol desires to see followed by all civil and other officers who will exercise judicial or magisterial powers in Rohilound on the re-entry of British troops into that province .
« ' 2 . Tho condition of Rohilcund has been , in some respects , peculiar . Tho progress of the rovolt in tho interior has , until lately , suffered littlo check . The people , loft to thomsolvcB , liuvo in ninny quarters engaged actively in hostilities against each other ; but direct opposition to British authority has been mainly confined to tho several Suddor towns , to tho frontier on the CUngos , and to tho expeditions against Nyneo Tnl . " 3 . Under thcao circumstances , his Lordship considers it just to distinguish , by a widely differing
treatment , the simple bearing of arms , or even acts of social violence committed at a period when the check of lawful government was removedj front acts directly involving treason against the State or a deliberate defiance of its authority . Excepting instances of much aggravation , it is not the wish of Government that public prosecutions should be set on foot on account of offences of the former class . " 4 . Turther , in respect of treason and defiance of British authority , his Lordship desires that criminal
proceedings shall be talcen only against leaders , and against such persons , -whether high or low , as have distinguished themselves by activity and rancour against the Government , or by persistence in opposition to Its authority after the advance of troops and the inoccupation of statio . hs . The Governor-General -will admit to amnesty all other classes , even "though they have borne arms on the side of the rebels , provided they tender an early and complete submission . But continuance In opposition will exclude from pardon .
" 5 . The Governor-General lias reason to believe that an impression exists in Rohilcund that the Mahomedan population , as such , is to be proscribed and crushed . It is likely that the rumour has been raised and fostered by the rebel leaders to excite apprehension and mistrust of the Government . His Lordship desires tliat every appropriate occasion may be taken to disabuse the people of this gross error . Such suspected rebels as may be brought * to . trial * will be tried each by his own acts . Each vfill stand or fall by the line of conduct which he shall be proved to have followed . The Government will maintain , as it has always maintained , a strict impartiality in its administration . Equal justice will be shared by all its subjects , whether Hindoos or Mahomedans . You will make public these views , and instruct the chief district officers to make them , -widely known , in such manner as may appear to be most effectual .
" 6 . It will be : your cave , in accordance -with the injunctions of his Lordship ' s orders , embodied in the circular order dated the 19 th of February , to bring forward for early notice by the Governor-General the several examples of conspicuously faithful conduct exhibited by many of the inhabitants of Rohilcund under circumstances of peculiar difficulty .: —I have , & c , ¦ W . . . Muik , Secretary to Government , " North-West Provinces . — Allahabad , April 28 . "
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558 T H E X E A DER , [ No . 429 , June 12 , 1858 .
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THE ORIENT . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ; ¦" ¦¦ . ' CHrxA . ;• ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦• ¦ ¦ ; . A despatch from Pekin directs the foreign Plenipotentiaries to return to Canton to meet the new Commissioner , who , it Is said , is gathering forces with the intention of attempting the recapture of Canton . Lord Elgin and his colleagues have left for the Peiho . The transactions in the import-market at Hong-Kong are very moderate . * PERSIA . The army of Murad Mirza has been attacked by the native tribes near jtfero , totally defeated , and dispersed . A conspiracy against the Sliah has been discovered . An electric telegraph has been established from the Palace of the Shah at Teheran to tho Lulazar Garden . An ex-captain of artillery in the Austrian army 5 s , the constructor of the telegraph . OIRCA . 8 SIA . Some Circassians , who have arrived at Constantinople , have brought news that a Russian , gun-boat , on her way from Anapa to Soukoura-Kale , h * is been captured by the Circassians . She had sprung a leak during the niglit , and had been obliged to put into the creek of Wardan . The Russian captain applied to the masters of some Turkish boats for assistance ; but the latter advised him to leave , as lie would be in danger from the Circassians if they should hear of a llussian vessel being on the coast . This advice was followed ; but the Circassians , hearing of tho fact , manned some boats , went in pursuit , and , after a slight resistance , took possession of tho vessel .
Ireland. Tub Belfast Riots.—Th« Disturba...
IRELAND . Tub Belfast Riots . —Th « disturbances in Belfast are at an end ; and the cessation may perhaps bo attributed to the publication , by Mr . Tracy , resident magistrate , of the following order to tho constabulary : — " I have , on my own authority , given tho police directions to bear with no stone-thro wing against them . I shall desire them to load and bring down , if possible , any one ruffian who throws a stone at them . I will , upon i « y own authority , desire every policeman to shoot any man who throws a stone at him , becauso the rabblo think that they must wait till tho
ceepaway from them , and if the women and children keep away . from among them , the magistrates will verv soon put an end to the disturbances that are dis « racin the place . " ° ¦ = ' The Orange Anniversaries . —The Grand Oranir Lodge of Ireland has issued an address with reference t the approaching July festivals , in which it " lieartilv deprecates , and most solemnly prohibits , all external demonstrations" on the day in question , and requests that there may be no processions , beating of drum ' s ^ & c but that the meeting may be marked by order , brotherly love , and harmony . ' A Protesting Protestant . —A singular scene has been acted at Tuam . The 3 rd inst . was the festival of Corpus Christi , and the usual procession of the Host took place in the midst of a large crowd of persons . Just as the procession was approaching its place of destination the Rev . C . H , Seymour , a Protestant clergyman advanced with a Testament in his hand , and said to ' Dr " M'Hale : — " I am the Minister of Jesus . £ hrist in Tuam " and as such I do solemnly protest against this idolatrous ceremony , in the name of the Father , and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost . I also declare that ' God i 3 a spirit , and they that worship Him must worshi p Him in . spirit and in truth ; and that every one ' who is a sharer in this idolatrous ceremony is guilty of a sin wliieh will keep him from the kingdom of Heaven . " On this an official said , " This is the Ark of the Covenant , " and another , " "We have Jesus Christ here . " Mr . Seymour replied : — " Jesus Christ is in Heaven , at the right hand of God , and not here ; and it is idolatry to-worship God under an image . " He then remained arguing with the bystanders for some time . There -was a good deal of hooting , and at last Mr . Seymour lemarked : —" It is easy to hoot ; but Dr . M'Hale , dr any of his priests , might come forward ; I am ready to meet them . " Shortly afterwards , Mr . Seymour ' left , ' without haviug been molested bv anv one . '
Attempt to Assassinate Loud Gastlemaine . - — Michael Kelly , a pensioner , mad <; an attempt , last Saturday evening , on the life of Lord Castlemaine . His Lordship , in company with . Dr . Brodie , Poor Law inspector , was passing through Church-street , Athlone , when Kelly rushed at him witli a large knife . He -warded off the blow with his stick , and knocked the knife from the man ' s hand . Kelly endeavoured to regain possession of it , but was prevented bj-Br . Brodie , who held him till he / was delivered into the custody of the police . Some time ago , he was a tenant of Lord Castlemaine ' s , but was dispossessed for non-payment of rent . This appears to be the motive for the attempted murder . Mr . John Francis Maguire . —The Lord-Lieutenant has offered to assign to Mr . Maguire , M . P ., the commission of the peace for the borough of Cork ; but that gentleman has declined the offer , because , if lie accepted it ,, he should forfeit his independence . He supported the Government in the recent debate on Mr . Carilwell ' s motion , but does not wish his constituents to say that he did so from an interested motive . Lord Eglinton , in acknowledging the receipt of the refusal ( which is couched in very courteous terms ) , says he cannot but -honour the motives by which Mr . Maguire is actuated , but disavows all intention to influence his independence . The recent Murder in Tim » erarv . — Two persons were brought , into Tipperary by the police last Saturday morning , charged with the murder of William Greene , farmer . One of the 3 p men is a nephew of the murdered man .
Nisi Piuus Coukt . —A registrar or clerk of Nisi Prius for the consolidated Nisi JPrius Court in Ireland is to be appointed for a permanency . He will receive a salary of 300 / ., to be voted by Parliament . The bill of the Irish department of the Government authorizing this appointment nominates Mr . Thomas Courtenay , now registrar of tho Lord Chief Justice of Ireland , to the new clerkship of Nisi Prius . A Mayor and ma Deputies in Diiwicul . tiks . —Mr-John M'Gbwan , the Mayor of Sligo , his deputies and poll clerks—two each—who were convicted ut the lust assizes for conspiracy , previous to the lute flection for the borough of Sligo , to return Mr . John Patrick Sotnors by a fictitious majority , & c , subsequently raised nn objection to the sentence , which has becu decided against tliein by the Court of Criminal Appeal . Tlio conviction being thus confirmed , the parties duly surrendered within tile ten days prescribed by law , and they arc all now safely lodged in tho gaol of Sligo . —Times .
magistrates r « nd tho proclamation , and then give them tiino to disperse . The law requires nothing of tho kind . Tho policemen have amis not only for the nmmtenanco of the law , but for their own protection . I hoy are not given for ornament only , but are given for use , and use them they must against the cowardly follows thnt nrc disgracing this place They cannot disgrace themselves , for they linvo fallen into an abyss even below tho disgraceful . I hope—and I am now express ing not only my opinion , but tho opinion of tho Bench —that respectable people will alistain from showing themselves among those cowardly fellows ; and if they
State Of Trad Is. Tiieue Is But Littlo O...
STATE OF TRAD IS . Tiieue is but littlo of importance to be noted in the trudo of the great manufacturing towns during the wedc ending last Saturday . No groat alteration hud taken place in the condition of things which had now existed for some tinio past . At Halifax , lluddersfleld , Leeds , and Sheffield , business continues to improve , thoug h but slowly and slightly ; at Manchester , Birmingham , Nottingham , Leicester , Wolverhumpton , and Uradfonl , duN ness still prcvuils , but with certain hopes of amelioration from tho autumn trade . The Customs duties received at Bristol for tho month ending the 31 st of last May amounted to 105 , 007 / . 2 a . '•!*! . consisting of duties received on m > ods imported direct
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12061858/page/6/
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