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988 T.HE "L EADER. ¦ rNo.J39jVOcTOBER 17...
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PUBLIC MEETINGS. DR. LIVINGSTON" AND LOR...
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The Indian Hevolt. A Somewhat Brighter A...
very little food was cooked , as nearly-all the servants ran away from fright . The soldiers used to coo"k for the ladies and children , but for several days they took no food at all . During this period , about one hundred and fifty men , women , and children died from natural causes and wounds , particularly women and children ; some died from the falling of walls . " Mr . Jacobi ' s wife was hiding in one of the Nawab's nouses , and was discovered by a Sowar , who took her to the Nena Sahib in Hindostanee clothes , having caught Tier at one of the ghauts crossing to Lucknow , as the N " awab was sending her there for safety . The Nena imprisoned her with one Mrs . Greenaway . The Sepoys were bv this time becoming disgusted at the
fight continuing so long , and said , 'If you don't keep your promise with us , we will kill you . ' On this , the Nena said , ' Don ' t l ) e alarmed , 1 will give you more than I promised . ' He then said to Mrs- Jacobi , * Will you take a note to General Wheeler ? ' She said , ' Yes ; ' the letter was written , and sent by Mrs . Jucobi to the General ; she was not at first allowed to come near the camp by the soldiers , hut when they heard the English voice they allowed her to do so . The contents of this letter were , ' It is far better for you who are alive to go at once to Allahabad , unless you wish , to continue fighting ; if so , you can do so . Let Cawnpore be given up , and you shall be saved . ' On reaching the entrenchment , General Wheeler went to
meet Mrs . Jacobi , and , after having read the note , said , ' I cannot agree to anything sent this way by letter ; if the Nena has any proposition to make , tell him to make it in person . ' Mrs . Jacobi took this reply back to the Nena , who said , *¦ If the Europeans will cease firing , I will go ; ' and sent back a reply . The General said , ' Let both sides cease firing during the conference ; ' it was agreed to . On the following day , t"he Nena , his brother Baber Dutt (?) , and nephews , and a large party of soldiers , came up to the entrenchment ; General Wheeler was ready to meet them ; the Nena said , ' Take away all the women and children to Allahabad , and , if your men want to fight , come back and do so . We will " keep implicit faith with you . ' General Wheeler said , ' You
take your solemn oath , according to your customs , and I will take an oath on my Bible , and will leave the entrenchment . ' The Nena said , Our oath is that whoever we take by the hand , and he relies on us , we neverdeceive ; If we do , God will judge and punish us . ' The General said , 'If you intend to deceive me kill me at once , I have no arms . The Nena replied , ' I will not deceive you ; rely ¦ on us . I will supply you with food , & c , and convey you to'AHahabad . ' On this , the General went inside the entrenchment , and consulted with the soldiers . They said , There ' s no reliance to be placed on natives , they will deceive you ; ' a few said , ' Trust them : it is
better to do so . ' On this , the General returned ; and said , ' I agree to your terms . See us away as far as Futtehpore ; thence Ave can get easily to Al'ahabad . ' The reply was , No , sir ; I will see you all safe to Allahabad . ' On this , twenty boats were ordered with covers to them . When the Nena saw all was settled , he said , ' Don't let the treasure be taken ; send that to me . ' The General said , 'You may have the money ; ' there were three lakhs in cash at this time . The Nena said , ' You breakfast on board the boats at ten a . m . to-morrow , and dine on board , and leave the entrenchment clear by eleven A . M . * The General assented to this . Tlev were all
ready , when a message from the Nena came , saying , ' The boats will not be ready to-day ; you must leave tomorrow , leave in the evening . ' The General said , ' I won ' t leave at night , as you may piny us false . ' The Nena said , ' Very well , leave at four i * . m . ' On the following day , the Nena took away all the treasure . At this time , the delay again took place in their departure ; all the ladies and children were dressed and ready . The General asked the Nena , ' Are nil our servants to go with us , or do you supply us with servants ? ' The reply was , ' Yes . ' On the following da } -, though suspicions were entertained of the faith of the Nana ' s party , Btill they hoped that all was right . The Nena sent on Sunday to nay tho servants wero not to
go , as tho ladies and women could look after themselves . On this being heard , they were all alarmed . At seven a . m . tho mutineer * surrounded tho entrenchment and all the Englishmen in' their power ; the servants ran away and were cut down ; a few escaped ; all wero alarmed . The rebels reached (?) tho entrenchments and said , ' Come to the boata ; all is ready ! ' LadieB ami children wero sent on elephants , dhoolioa , & c , and the men marched to the river , ami then embarked on the boats . When they all saw food prepared and all comfortable , they wero delighted . When a few had gone on board , and others wero waiting to embark on the rivur-yitle , a
gun opened on them with canister ( this gun and othora had been masked ) ; one beat took lire , and then another gun opened , and four boats were iired ; on this , those who escaped tho firo jumped into tho water . The Sepoya also fired muakcts , the Sowara entered tho watvroii horseback , and cut numbers down . Fifteen bout-loads of [ English were mnsHiicrcd ; one hundred and iii ^ Ut women , and children escaped this massacre , but many of tliom wero wounded . Tho Nona said , ' Don ' t kill these ; put them in prison . ' One boat , in which dencrnl Wheeler was , was pulled on" by tho soldiers . Tho poor people on tho burning- of tho bontn , and when in tho water , were ; calling on God for help . A daughter of General
Wheeler's was taken off by a Sowar and put into his house along with his wife , near the church . This girl remained till nightfall , and , when he came home drunk and fell asleep , she took a sword and cut off his head , his mother ' s head , two children ' s heads , and his wife ' s , and then walked out into the night air , and when she saw other Sowars she said , ? Go inside and see how nicely I have rubbed the Ressaldar ' s feet . ' They went inside , and found all of them dead . She then jumped into a well and was killed . Prom fear of what this girl had done , none of the rebels would have anything to say to the English women , whom the Nena at first proposed to give to the soldiers ; one hundred and fifteen women and children
were imprisoned with scarcely any food for six days except gram and such stuff . The boat containing General Wheeler and other ladies and gentlemen got oft " for twenty-two miles , when they were seized by the Zemindars of Joagnuhar , and had their hands tied behind them and were taken back to the Nena . Mrs . Read , Thomas Green way ,. Mrs . Kirkpatxick , Mrs . M'Kenzie and Captain M'Kenzie , and Dr . Harris and several Europeans were among the party . The Nena was much pleased . Owing to the General ' s old age , he said , ' Loosen his arms . ' Hoolar Sing , Kotwal of Cawnpore , said , ' Don ' t do so . ' The Nena said , ' Take them to the guard , and let the others remain where they are . ' One Sepoy and Sowar killed each a European . " Dr . Harris was wounded with two balls , and then addressed tlie rebels : —' Shoot me or kill me ; my countrymen will revenge my death before long . ' Two Sowars then cut him down , and he died . If the Zemindars had not seized tins
boat , all would have been saved in it . Those ladies who were first in the Nena ' s prison had their food of the worst description from the bazaar . Ten days after this , he sent them to a house near the Assembly-rooms . Then the Nena wrote to Delhi , mentioning the number of women and children whom he had taken , and soliciting instructions regarding them . A reply was received that they were not to be killed . The Nena then entertained servants for the pr isoners . Again , shortly after the mutiny at Allahabad , a Sowar came in and reported that one of the imprisoned ladies had written to Allahabad , and that a large body of Europeans was advancing upon Cawnpore . Then the Nena gave the order to kill every one—to spare no one . This took place on the 15 th of July , but the General and others who were brought back with him were killed on the 2 nd of the month . When
the ladies heard of the Nena ' s order to kill them , they tore their clothes , and with the shreds fastened the doors . " First the Sowars killed the native doctor , the cook , and the metranee . Then one Sowar jumped over the wall and began the slaughter ; other Sowars came through the doors , and all the prisoners were killed . This was duly reported to the Nena , who ordered the bodies to be cast into a well , and the twenty-five women and children who had remained alive under the heap of dead bodies were killed by executioners , and some of the little children were dashed to pieces against the ground . This took place early on the morning of the' 17 th of July , and in the evening the Nena ran eff to Bhitoor . Many wounded women were thrown into the well with the dead bodies and earth . Before the Nena retreated , be blew up the magazine . "
Further subscriptions for the Indian sufferers have been collected , and meetings held , Jit Barnsley , Birkenhend , Cambridge , Chatham , several towns in the eastern counties , Nottingham , Newcaatle-undur-Lynie , Harrow , Great Grinisby , Tavistouk , Aberdeen , Ilexham , JFnmham ( Surrey ) , Kingston , L . angporfc ( Somerset ) , Marylebone , tfedruth , Yeovil , Lambeth , Ilfrucombc , Exeter , Edinburgh , l ' uncras , l ) urlmm , Hyde ( Isle of Wiyht > , South Molton , IVIiinehesrer , South Shields , Slioerncss , Bury St . Edmunds , Great Yarmouth , Greenwich , and various other provincial and metro poll tun districts . The British , American , and Sicilian residents at Palermo have contributed 113 / , to the fund . Aclieque for 1007 . has been scut to the Lord Mayor from his Highness Meer AIL Morad , of Kheerstord , Upper Sciatic
With respect to the London committee for managing the subscriptions , we read in the Times : — " Tho committee are not relaxing their efforts either for tho augmentation of tins fund or for tbo prompt relief of the sufferers . Ten thousand pounds wero transmitted to tho Relief Committee of Calcutta by tho mail which left on the 10 th inat . At tho same time they sent tho further auin of 1 OO 07 . to Sir John Lawrence in aid of tbo funds of the Lawrence Asylum . This institution was established by tho lute Sir Henry Lawrence
, who subscribed 1 O 0 O / . annually to its support . It has also received support from tho subscriptions and donations of civil and military officers in India . Many of these aourcos of income have been temporarily , and ninny more finally , dried up by the calamities which have recently occurred . Tlio Aaylum is situated at Kussowlee , in tho lower ranged of the HiinalnyuH , nnd its object is to supply maintenance and education to tho children of British soldiers who have lost either one or both of their parents . "
1 lie committee luive respectfully declined an invitation from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take the management of the fund himself . At the Murylebone meeting , Home dissension waa
caused by the Rev . Canoa O'Neal complaining of tte unfair imputations cast by the Times on Carding Wiseman in connexion with the additional Sf which he is endeavouring to collect in aid of ttl sufferers by the revolt . After he had gone on for a short time , a gentleman in the body of the meeting rose and said that he had not come there expecting t 5 hear a defence ¦ of the Cardinal ; but the ch-iir n ™ ( the liev Mr . Eyre , rector of the parish ) toKe speaker that he might go on . He afterwards digressed into a repetition of the charge broimhr forward by Archbishop Cullen with respect to in unlair appropriation of the Crimean Patriotic Fundbut here tho chairman said he thought he was stnv ' ing from the ' matter in hand . Another speaker having afterwards spoken in opposition to these re marks , the Kcv . Canon O'Neal said :
"No doubt the rules drawn up in reference to the application of the Patriotic Fund were most excellent but , when it was remembered that that fund amounted to 1 , 500 , 000 ? ., that nearly half the soldiers in the Crimea were Catholics , and that there were not more than ten orphans of Catholic parents in the schools founded in Ireland by the committee of that fund , while there were between six hundred and seven hundred orphan children of other religious professions educated in those schools , it was impossible to remove the impression from the minds of tlie Catholics that the fund had not been impartially administered . "
988 T.He "L Eader. ¦ Rno.J39jvoctober 17...
988 T . HE "L EADER . ¦ rNo . J 39 jVOcTOBER 17 , I 857 .
Public Meetings. Dr. Livingston" And Lor...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . DR . LIVINGSTON" AND LORD GODKKICK ON THE SXJPPM OF COTTON . Dr . Livingston , last Saturday afternoon , addressed an aggregate meeting of the Leeds , Bradford , and . Halifax Chambers of Commerce , in the Leeds Stock Exchange . After he had finished his speech , various questions were put to him respecting the resources and capabilities of Africa . Subsequently , resolutions were adopted expressing the meeting ' s approbation of Dr , Livingston ' s discoveries ; earnestly requesting Government to place at his disposal a steamboat duly appointed and suitable fox ascending the navigable portion of tie Zambesi , with such further accommodation , in boats or
otherwise , as may be deemed expedient for the exploration of the tributaries of that river , and for establishing and maintaining friendly relations with the natives of that interesting region ; and at tlie same time impressing upon Government the recommendation of . the Leeds and Bradford Chamber of Commerce , that the aid of the Portuguese Government should be specially requested towards facilitating , in every possible manner , the further researches of Dr . Livingston in the interior of Africa , and more especially in the district surrounding the Zambesi . By a further resolution , the aggregate commercial chambers of the West Riding called upon their respective borough members to support Dr . Livingston in his application for aid to the English and Portuguese Governments ; and the county members—Lord Viscount Goclerich and Mr . Edmund Denison—were also requested
to support it . In reply to this resolution , Lord Goilericli delivered a speech , in the course of which lift saids — " When we consider the vast industry in tlie neighbouring county ( Lancashire ) which is altogether dependent on tlie regular and extensive supply of cotton , can we doubt that Dr . Livingston's discoveries arc of the greatest political interest to the country ? We ought to have the means of drawing our supplies of cotton from various sources ; we should l > o ua nonrly independent of local circumstances as possible , for tlie .-c circumstances might at an } - day affect both the extent anil the source of the supply . " ( JJear , hear . ') His Lordship then proceeded to say that he advocated the views of Dr . Livingston , not merely on commercial grounds , but for the sake of currying civilization and Christianity into the distant regions in question .
OPINIONS ON T 11 IC INIMAN CRISIS . Mit . Moi' 1-at at AsiiuujtTON . —" What is to he done in India ? The government of Imlia for one hundred years had been of a mixed form , partly commercial , partly legislative ; more and more , as each period came round for renewing the charter of tlie Hast India Comproyi that Government assumed a legislative and dr opped ' commercial character ; but they still had a divided responsibility , nnd that meant no responsibility , and every one was at a loas to my whether the Board <» f Control or the East India Company were moat in fault in their utter ignorance with regard to tho recent outkcuK ' Here occurred a revolt of tens of thousands of soldi '"" i the English hud 12 , 000 civil and military nllioer . s ill the country where it occurredand not on m discovered H 1 "
, the conspiracy wan hatching , or how it was liatohoil , or the rcasoiiH for it—none . saw either its eomini iic «! iiK i > t or progress . ( 7 /«« r , hear . ) Was there not a fault hen , and who was responsible for it V They inunMix » r 0 " Mponsihility somewhere for the future . India is tforlli lio ^ HusHin g : India with its rich territory- um ;<| uallM « il ) r productiveness on the face of the glohc , lilcssed w >" groat natural advantages , inhabited by a mild and m » - Jiugeable people—India is indued worth preserving , « n < " may bo preserved by the urmiiuas and intelligent ; "' ' Saxon race . They must not tamper or trillo will' _" question . They nuiHt fix the responsibility in iho ri tf " place — on the Ministers of thu Crown , ami « l > oli « ii J ' ^ outgrown and irresponsible powers of tho Hoard of Con-
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17101857/page/4/
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