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The Orient. India.. The Existence Of A M...
and became the leader of a band of robbers . He had already -wounded and eluded an English officer sent against him -with a party of Sepoys , when Mr . Charles Elliot Boileau , Deputy-Commissioner of Gonda , in Oude , twenty miles from Lueknow , heard of his proximity , and endeavoured to seize him . But Mr . Boileau , with the six troopers who accompanied him , fell into an ambush planted by the robber , and was killed himself , together with four of his men , the two others escaping grievously wounded . " A regiment has been despatched from Calcutta to Hong-Kong ; but great dissatisfaction- is felt that no more soldiers have been sent . The Maharajah of Gwalior , chief of the . Mahratta princes—a boy having rather a lofty contempt of European civilization—is on a visit to Calcutta .
A stone image of a Hindu god , which had stood from time immemorial under a peepul tree in some grounds belonging to the garden formerly the property of Sir L < aurence Peel , but now of the ex-King of Oude , near Calcutta , has been abstracted , and has mysteriously disappeared , to the great alarm and sorrow of the worshippers . Business is not very active , but the money-market has been-very much easier .
PERSIA . At the last dates from the seat of war , preparations ¦ were being made to attack the fortress of Mohammerah —a place seated on the right , or northern , bank of the river Karoon , at the point where its waters join those of the Euphrates and Tigris . Th . e Persians have been enabled , owing to this commanding position , to intercept some of our supplies ; and it is also stated that , if we succeed in capturing it , an advance to Shuster , and thence into the interior of the country , will be facilitated . The defences of the city are said to be very strong , and it is feared that the business will be sanguinary on both sides .
A very picturesque account by a Bengal officer of the charge of the 3 rd Cavalry during the brilliant action at Khooshab has been published in a Calcutta paper . The ¦ writer only speaks on the authority of another , he himself not having been , present . The Persian square , he says , was admirable—steady , and untouched by oui artillery . He then proceeds to describe the achievements of the 3 rd : — " When Forbes , who commanded this regiment , gave the order to charge , he and his adjutant , young Moore , placed themselves in front of the 6 th troop , which was the one directly opposite the nearest face of the square . Moore , Malcolmson , and Spens came the least thing behind the other , riding knee to knee , with spurs in their horses' flanks , as if racing
after a , hog . In rear of them rushed the dark troopers of the 3 rd , mad to avenge the death of poor Malet at Bushire . In spite of steel , fire , and bullets , they tore down upon the nearest face of the devoted square . " As they approached , Forbes was shot through the tliigh , and Spens ' e horse was wounded ; but , unheeding , they swept onward . Daunted by the flashes and the fire and the noise and crackle of the musketry , the younger Moore's horse swerved as they came up . Dropping his sword from his hana , and letting it hang by the knot at his wrist , he caught up the reins in both hands , screwed his head straight , and then coolly , as if riding at a fence , leapt him at the square . If , therefore , any man can be said to have been first , the younger Moore is that man . Of course the horse fell stone dead upon the bayonets ; so did his brother's , ridden with equal courage and
determination . The elder Moore—eighteen stone in weight , and six feet seven , or thereabouts , in height —cut his way out on foot . Malcolmson took one foot out of his stirrup -when he saw his brother officer down and unarmed ( for his sword had been broken to pieces by the fall ) , and , holding on to that , the younger Moore escaped . The barrier once broken , and the entrance once made , in and through it poured the avenging troopers . On and over everything they rode , till , getting clear out , they reformed , on the other side , wheeled , and swept back—a second wave of ruin . Out of five hundred Persian soldiers of the 1 st Regular Regiment of Fars who composed that fated square , only twenty escaped to tell the tale of its destruction . Thus the 3 rd Light Cavalry , to use their own phrase , gave our enemies ' a jewai ( answer ) for the death of Malet aalub lJanadut . '"
vl at Ti T 68 ttJt l WBSaBa Croat indignation and disgust at the conduct of our resident at Bushlro , Commander Felix Jones , in assuring : the Governor of the Wn * ** U ? w T 6 , moment that our ** ' appeared before it , that we did not intend to go to war at all . " In eecrSrttV ^"* * l ^ " ^ to Mr ' ^ U e "E « S i aR ? V bfty Go ^ mment , «™ 1 dated December 18 th , 1856 , the writer says : —" On the 29 tli fZ ^ ltS *^™* * . *» fleet ( FeUfst ' oan ssi
; ls SS-sM wssssmm The loss of the Peraians at the Battle of K ™ i i g * f ° ved to bo greater than ™*^ SS ^ £ ? 3 ^ ^ - repOrt 0 dtohftV 0 boon disjlaS fm ? 1 ; commund m consequenco of his defeat
The treaty between England and Persia has arrived at Teheran . The ratification will not take place for five or six weeks . The peace concluded between Persia and England-was announced on the 9 th of March to the General commanding the British expedition at Bushire-. ' ¦ -. ' ¦ ' CHINA . ¦ '' . . . '¦ .... ¦ ; Some furtliev details relative to the Avar in China are given in the Moniteur de la Flotte . The Chinese , it is said , are at present making formidable military preparations . Since the attack on Canton the Chinese have executed enormous works on the Peiho , a river which falls into the Yellow Sea , and by which a communication is maintained with Pekin . That river is now barred in twenty-two different places by dams built of stone , which completely intercept the navigation . The river water has also been poisoned .
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Ireland. Custom Nor Law.—The Roman Catho...
IRELAND . Custom Nor Law . —The Roman Catholic Archdeacon of Kilmore brought an action a few days ago against a Mr . Reilly for the recovery of money said to be due by him to the ecclesiastic , according to the custom of the Papal Church . The Archdeacon had built a chapel , partly at his own expense , and partly by contributions from the faithful . Mr . Reilly , however—who is described by the reverend gentleman as " only a nominal Catholic , " who never goes to chapel and who gives offence to Papists and Protestants b y his Sunday conduct—refused to offer any money towards defraying the expenses , though some Protestants , including Bishop Beresford , had done so . The plaintiff relied on old custom fox establishing his claim ; but the court ruled that the law could not recognise this . The Roman Catholic religion , observed the Judge , is held to be " damnable and idolatrous "—a reference which produced some retorts . Eventually , the process -was dismissed . Scbnk in a Chapel . —On Holy Ttursday , during service in the chapel attached to the Presentation Convent at Kilkenny , a young man named Butler , a slater , bearing a most excellent character for steadiness and industry , was suddenly seized with a paroxysm of madness , and , rushing to the altar , tore and scattered the decoxatiaiis , to the horror and astonishment of the congregation . He then ran to his house in . the neighbourhood , and , locking himself into his room , commenced smashing all the furniture and flinging it out of the windows . The police were called in , and , having overpowered him , with great difficulty removed him to the city gaol , where he has since remained in a state of violent ins & nitv . —Kilkenny Moderator .
America. Cte*E Of The Most Interesting P...
AMERICA . Cte * E of the most interesting pieces of news from the United States this week is a statement to the effect that Lord Napier has been in communication with the Government at Washington upon the China question , with the design of effecting a tripartite alliance of England , France , and the United States , for the protection of mutual interests , and the extension of commerce and civilization in that quarter . The report , however , is doubted . The debt-repudiation question is still agitating the people of California . The Supreme Court" of that state has reiterated its former opinion tli sit all of the debt over 300 , 000 dollars is unconstitutional ; but the people arc in favour of payment , and the Legislature lias passed a concurrent resolution , affirming that the debt should be paid , and immediate provision bo made to that end .
As far as can be judged from desultory and not very precise accounts , Walker's difficulties seem to be increasing . It is certain that several of his men have deserted , and it is said that the Costa Ricans have shipped a number of them to the United States . These men , before leaving , published an address to their companions , exhorting them to give up the cause in Nicaragua . Some noteworthy rumours aro stated in the New York Times ;— " We have received the very important information that a partition of Nicaragua has been arranged by a convention at a session at San Miguel , in the Kepublic of San . Salvador ; and it has been
determined to divide the State between Ccsta Rica , Honduras , and San Salvador . Tho NicaraguamB consent to the arrangement . Their dismembered country will bo garrisoned by troops from the neighbouring states to preserve order , and after a specified time it will be reunited , and placed once moro in tho position of an independent republic . We learn a fact now for tho first time made public , that on tho 22 nd of last December , the nationa Nicaraguan Government issued a decree revoking all tho acts of the Walker Government from tho 4 th of Novemfcer , 1855 , to the 12 th of June , I 860 , including tho decree revoking tho charter of tho old accessory Transit Company . "
Telegraphic despatches from New Orleans affirm that , " instead of the purchases of Lower California and Sonora , tho American Government will conciliate tho South by Paying the designated Hum of 15 , 000 , 000 dollars for the Isthmus of Teliuautopec . It ia also rumoured that Senator Benjamin hns been offered an appointment for tho purpose of accomplishing this purchase , and that an expedition ia being fitted out at TSTow Orloans for aomo
point in C entral America . It is supposed to betheitT tention to make the first demonstration on Yemen * province of New Granada , between Costa Rica i ^ Panama . The expedition is said to be friendly to p . neral Walker , and it is to act in . concert with him r * is also reported that a Provisional Government has Wn formed , and that there are considerable funds raised " In New Mexico , the Indians have been coTmnittm , murders and depredations . An American judere nam ^ Hoopin , has been killed . J ^ ge , named The Albany Argus states that Mr . M . Schoutnalor controller of the Central Railway , is a defaulter tnflo extent of nearly 50 , 000 dollars . ° -
Some new difficulty has arisen between the Mexican Government and the British Charge' d'Affaires on ftp Barron question . It is also said that the claim arising out of the robbery of 48 , 000 / . from the British Consu late at San Luis has been refused . Renewed apprehen * sions are entertained of an invasion of the provinces of Sonora and Lower California b y organised bands of Americans from San Francisco , and strong forces have been sent to those districts . A singular social revolution , which will probablv have an effect on the institution of slavery in the course of time , is just commencing in Virginia . The emiera tion from the older states to the West has been so great within the last half century , that some of the
formermore especially Virginia—are decreasing in population and in prosperity . Many of the once famous tobacco plantations of " -the Old Dominion" have been abandoned , and have actually lapsed again into forest land and wilderness . There is now , however , a design on the part of several free labourers to purchase these waste places and to cultivate them as faims , without any mixture of black labour . The plan , indeed , is already inaugurated ; and as , in- the slave state of Texas , there are colonies of free German labourers who will not tolerate slavery , there is every reason to hope that the scheme in Virginia will succeed . The same system is being carried out in Maryland , Kentucky , and
Mis-. In the meanwhile , the slavery question promises matter for agitation , and perhaps for still more bitter conflicts . The Massachusetts and New York Legislatures have proposed amendments on their constitutions , with a view to counteracting the decision in the Dred Scott case with respect to the inability of any man Gf negro descent to be a citizen of the United States . The states in question desire to make their laws ad regards the black man more unmistakably in his favour ; and men now look forward to the probability , at some future , day , of a collision between the Federal authority and the Governments of tlie northern states on this point . ;
" Mr . R . J . Walker , who was one of the candidates for the post of Secretary of State in the new Cabinet , " says the Times New York correspondent , " has accepted the appointment of Governor of Kansas . It is -svv posed , from his antecedents , that he will carry oat the plans of the pro-slavery party in the territory . —Mr . Eskridge Lane , a nephew of the President , has died at Lancaster , Pennsylvania , © f the ' National Hotel' disease , with which he was attacked while staying with his uncle at Washington during the inauguration . " The disease in question is caused by the wretched sanitary condition of the hotel .
The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says that the Cabinet has got through the consideration of the Kansas matters , and that Mr . Buchanan has laid down one point to which everything must tend—which is , that the free and unbiassed opinion of the whole people must have expression , in order that the will of the majority of the inhabitants of the territory shall rule in the adoption of a state government . Mr . Buchanan professes to feel indifferent as to whether Kansas becomes a free or slave state . A telegraphic line is projected from Omahaw City tu the Pacific . "The route , " says tho Daily News New York correspondent , " is up the Platte River 1100 i » ilea to the mountains—and thence on to San Francisco
This ia doubtless tho most difficult lino that has ever been constructed , owing to tho obstacles that impose themselves in penetrating tho wilderness , crossing the socalled American dosert , threading the lines of rivers , battling with snow , and forcing civilisation , > v ith its magnetic life , into tho wigwams and homes of hostile , wronged , and remorseless savages . " A military force and a large corps of workmen will protect the line from any injuries which tho Indians might contemp late during its construction , and after its completion . " The company will have the benefit of block foils every twonty miles . This will admit of a police patrol of two men and
at every station , whoso solo duty shall bo to guard pass over their sections twice a day , thua giving a more vigilant supervision tlum any great American tclog rnpli line has ovftr Imil . " The wires will run along the line of tho waggon road . Some cmnola recently purchased by tho United States Government wll be employed in transporting wood and water across tho dosert ( a distance of one hundred and fifty miles ) , for the construction and constructors of tho telegraph . Thin , ns the Daily Nnos < : orreHponclent remarks , will introduce a curious element of ancient Oriental life into tho extreme West , and in connexion with tho most modern of scientific inventions .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18041857/page/4/
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