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" The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore % evelopin £ ; itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humamty—theoaoble endeavmir to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race aa one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- rAOg Imperial Parliament 626 Election Committees 629 The Revenue 629 The Queen ' s Visit to Manchester 629 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 629 Insurrection in India 630 Thf Orient 631 Ireland 631 America 631 State of Trade 631 Continental Notes 631 In Remembrance of the l ate Mr . Douglas Jerrold 632
' Our Civilization 632 Gatherings from the Law and Police Courts 632 Miscellaneous 633 Postscript , 634 | OPEN COUNCILI The London University 635 Mr . Roebuck—the Patriot 635 Committee Room No . 7 635 PUBLIC AFFAIRSThe Bengal Mutiny 635 The Dead-House . ¦ 636
New African Slave Trade 637 Grauville the Expert 637 Detectives at Fault 638 Mr . Roebuck ' s Political Levee 638 LITERATURESumrnary 639 Letters from High Latitudes 640 The Professor 641 The Sappers and Miners 641 A Residence in France 642 Germaino <« 2 Life of Dr . Kitto 643 New Novels 643
jecen a vw THE ARTSThe French Exhibition 643 L « s Bouffes 644 The Vocal Association at the Crystal Palace - 644 M . Jullien and the Belgian Guides 644 Theatrical Notes 644 The Gazette 645 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , Markefs . & c 645
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TT 1 RIGHTFUL as the disaster is in North -Western J ? India , it is not exclusively evil , for it is a rough and perhaps -sufficient proof that warnings given to the Governments , both here and there , have not been baseless—that the official slight of those warnings has . itself been an insane folly . Even recently the ^ onVe Government had proof after proof that disaffection existed in the Native population , that it had found its way into the army , that many regiments had become demoralized , and that the soldiers
were at last in open mutiny . This happened not once or twice , but many times ; and the evidences extended over a large tract of country , from Meerut to Calcutta , if not spreading to sonie extent towards the coast of Madras . Every time , however , it was assumed that the parts of these general conspiracies against the British in India were only some local and exceptional irregularities . When the Nineteenth Regiment revolted , it was led to be disbanded at Barrackpore , the very place at which already several other regiments were known to be in a mutinous condition . Thus ,
at Barrackpore , the authorities risked the same disaster that has happened at Mccrut , perhaps even threatening Calcutta with something like the danger that overwhelmed Delhi . When the Thirty-fourth Regiment sympathized , when , officers were attacked in the exercise of their duty , it was asserted that the mutiny would bo suppressed by a punishment of the offenders . Then the Thirtyfourth was disbanded , but tho cavalry and the Mussulmans wcro said to be faithful . When nearly a
whole company of tho men in the Third Cavalry rofuscd to accept the greased cartridges , it was only an ' exception' to the fidelity of the mountod soldiers ; and the punishment of those men would effectually put down tho disorder . Jnooudiiuy fires in the lines of tho cantonments at Mccrut were only ' suspeotod' to bo something worse than accident . Tho offioials attested that thcro were no greased cartridges , although somo had actually been
issued j but even whon it was known that a sorious offence had been givon to the religious prejudices of the native Hindoos , no official stops wore tuken to counteract tho mischief . Tims the passivenoss of tho Govonimeut and of the superior officers in the army assisted in preparing for the outbreak of tho whole of tho Native part of tho division at Moerut . Thoy rescued tho imprisoned soldiers of the Third Cavalry } foil upon
Colonel Pinnis and the other officers ; attacked the British families residing in the neighbourhood ; held their ground for a short time against the British part of the division which % vas brought out to suppress them , and made off for Delhi . At . Delhi they found three more regiments which joined them , expelled the British , seized the treasure , and took possession of the city . Fearful slaughter had been committed upon the unoffending families of the officers and many civil persons—an extent of suffering which ought to have been foreseen ; for the whole circumstances of such an out-, break might have been fore-calculated if sufficient pains had been taken .
Attacks were made upon the British in other places , as at Ferozepore ; showing that the Mutinous spirit was not confined to Meerut and Delhi , or to any of the stations that have been the scenes of the principal outbreaks . It is true that in some parts the Natives have come forward to support the British . The Maharajah of Gwaliou , the Rajah of Jindh , and other rajahs have offered men ; a fact which proves that the Native community is divided . But certainly it is « o ( so divided as the
officials represented : the Mussulmans are not against the Hindoos , for Mussulman soldiers have joined in the revolt . The instigations to rebellion arc not exclusively in the indigenous race , but our predecessors in conquest , the descendants of the Persians and Turks , have been speculating upon the overthrow of the British Government ; and it would be mcro folly to assume that other enemies of our Indian Empiro had abstained from joining in tho enterprise .
When the mischief had been done , tho Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West provinces , who appears roally to have bocn more active and cnergctio than tho military men , issued proclamations , placing tho revolted districts under martial law , and assuring the uativos that thero would bo no interference with their religion . Tho Governor-General had repeated that last assurance . As all nativo regiments wcro oxtrcmely short of oflioers , officers absent ou lcavo in Europe , who arc said to bo under four hundred , have boon
suddenly recalled to their duty . Morcovor , roinforcoments aro to be sont out from this country , to tho amount of 11 , 000 men . It is assumed tljut Gonoral Anson , who ' wns nmrolilug upon Delhi with a oonsidorablo force , has by thia timo reduced tho plaoo ; but so oomplctoly false havo been all tho ossuranoos received from ovory class of military men in India for tho last six mouths , if not for a
much longer period , that no reliance can be placed upon these speculative promises . The subject has been taken up in Parliament . In the House of Lords , Lord Eixenbokough made a grand speech , aad called for information ; in the House of Commons , Mr . Disraeli orally delivered a newspaper article , terminating with a string of questions ; answers were thus extracted from Lord Grajstville and Mr . Vejukmj Smith , who are foil
of excuses and hopefulness . Lord Em ^ eitbobough , indeed , did not sustain his inflated reputation ; but' he mixed up the outrageous blunders of the officials and the , frightful disaster at Meerut and "Delhi with the wrongs perpetrated upon a tank that he had bequeathed to India , the officiate not having duly respected that monument o f his own rule . The whole course of the week , in fact , lias shown how feeble Parliament is to defend the public interests , either against encroachment or neg ligence .
There is not a single instance of a pressing public interest being duly attended to . The authorities have been allowed to deal with public requirements as an average , always iaclining rather to the passive and the personal than to the active and the public . The French Government , for instance , has started a new trade—a slave trade , under the name of a ' free African emigration . ' Lord Bxiougham called
attention to the encroachment upon our own anti-slavery treaties , with a reply from Lord Clajlendonsomo words ! but ; not tho slightest hint that the policy of this country will bo maintained . We bcliovo , in fact , that that policy is impracticable ; but it is rather mortifying to sec that our Government is compelled to yield to the dictation of France that which has been refused to tho interests of our own AVcst Indies or tho friendly alliance of the United
States . In committee of supply wo always presume that tho public interest is defended . . ut Mr . Behes * pom ) Hope has been showing that tho plans for the building of tho now Public Offices will not secure tho improvement which could bo effected in that part of Westminster . We are still to go on
peddling in tho buildinar of \\ u \ molropO { j 2 *~ 4 UjL ahull leave it tho piece of put oh work \ y \ ySMi } Xr ^^ > v . ^ , to us from our forefathers . Tho Soujjfe ; K ^ uiMan . ^ f ) * v Musoum has boeu challenged , but uojhqf , he' [» u ^^ ft j $ \ . £ " hope is held out that tho publio will ^ p riiiil ^^ i- l ^ £ suited . Tho officials arrange tho matUjJ , it . b ^ opife's ^ ^ a Ministerial question iu tho' Housqyjf CH ^ tymfiMj > . V * v ' and tho herd of members vote as thoy ajjj bcfajqjfflhj $ ; tp j ^ in special cuaes , whore they are i \ Uow < i ^ 0 ip . wi £ C ^ ^
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Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_04071857/page/1/
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