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and became the leader of a band of robbers . He bad already wounded and eluded an English officer sent against him with a . party of Sepoys , when Mr . Charles Elliot Boileau , Deputy-Commissioner of Gonda , inOude , twenty miles from Lucknow , 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 robher , 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 t he Mahratta princes—a boy having rather a lofty contempt of Euro-Dean civilization—is on a visit to Calcutta .
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 cf March to the General commanding the British expedition at Bushire . . '• : CHINA . : . ¦ ' Some further details relative to the war in China are given in the Meniteur de la Flotte . The Chinese , it is said , are at present malting formidable military preparations . Since the attaok on Canton tfae Chinese ha ^ e 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 .
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 Laurence 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 .
, . PEKSIA . At the last dates from the seat of war , preparations were being made to attack the fortress of Moharnmerah —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 . The 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 Sinister , 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 out 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 tbe one directly opposite the nearest face of the square- Moore , Malcolmsoh , 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 . Tn 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 thigb , and Spena ' s 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 hand , and letting it hang : by the knot at his wtist , 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 horso 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 ho 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 . Tlio 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 aide , wheeled , and swept back—a second wave of ruin . Out of five hundred Persian soldiers of the 1 st Regular ltegiment of FaTs who composed that fated square , only twenty escaped to toll the tale of its destruction . Thus the 3 rd Light Cavalry , to use their own phraso , gave our enemies » a jewab ( answor ) for the doath of Malet Sakib Bahadur . *» The Bonibay Tinws expresses great indignation and diagrfat at the conduct of our resident at Bushiro , Commander Felix Jones , in assuring the Governor of the place , " up . to tho very moment that our fleet appeared beforo itthat did
, wo not intend to go to Avar at all . " In a despatch written by the resident to Mr . Anderson , secretary to tho Bombay Government , and dated De ~ comber l&th , 185 G , the writer says : — "On tho 29 th Novombor , a detachment of the ileot ( Ferozo steam frigate , towing two merchant shipa and corvetto Falkland ) flrat hove in sight off Bushiro , and dispelled tho JI , % i i % a % l > 8 tOn { been <**» *> maintain perfecttc . the last moment , though the object I had contemplated of an immediate descent on tho coast failed , from the floot being scattered in various parta of tho Kulf " Tho loss of tho Persians at tho Battlo of Kooshab i ? now believed to bo greater than we Happened at first . Soojahool-Moolk is roportod to have been displ aced from hia command in consequence of his defeat .-
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IRELAND . Custom : not 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 by 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 for 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 .
Scenr in A Chaeel . —On Holy Thursday , during service in the chapel attached to the Presentation Convent at Kilkenny , a young naan 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 decorations , to the horror and astonishment of the congregation . He then ran to his house in the neighbourhood , and , locking himself into bis room , commenced smashing all the furniture and flinging if out of the windows . The police were ealled in , and , having overpowered him , with great difficulty removed him to the city gaol , where he has since remained in a state of violent insanity . — -Kilkenny Moderator .
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point in Central America . It is supposed to be the in . tention to make the first demonstration on Veracua province of New Granada , between Costa Rica and Panama . The expedition is said to be friendly to Ge neral Walker , and it is to act in concert with him It is also reported that a Provisional Government has been formed , and that there are considerable funds raised " In New Mexico , the Indians have been committinrr murders and depredations . An American judee nam « Ji Hoopin , has been killed . ¦ S ' aTOetl The Albany Argus states that Mr . M . Schoumakpr controller of the Central Railway , is a defaulter to tlio extent of nearly 50 , 000 dollars . ¦ Some new difficulty has arisen between the Mexican Government and the British Charge d'Affalres on tip Barron question . It is also said that the claim arising out of the robbery of 48 , 00 OZ . 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 by organised bands of Americans from San Francisco , and strong forces have been sent to those districts . A singular social revolution , which will probably have an effect on the institution of slavery in the course of time , is just commencing in Virginia . The emigration 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 mow , however , a design on the part of several free labourers to purchase ; these -waste places and to cultivate them as farms , without any mixture of black labour . The plan , indeed , is alreadv inaugurated ; and as , in the slave state of Texas , there are colonies of free Gennan labourers who will not tolerate slavery , there is every reaso n to hope that the scheme in Virginia > vill 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 of negro descent to be a citizen of tlie 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 the northern states on thi 3 point .
AMERICA . One 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 O , luna 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 reitera . ted its former opinion that all of the debt over 300 , 000 dollars is unconstitutional ; but the people arc in favour of payment , nnd the Legislature has passed a concurrent resolution , affirming that the debt should be paid , and immediate provision be made to that end .
As far as can bo judged from desultory and not very preclsu uucuuijta , Walker's difficulties seem to be increasing- It is certain that several of liis men have deserted , and it is said that the Costa Ricans have shipped a number of them to tlte United States . These men , before leaving , published an address to their companions , oxlwrting them to give up tlie cause in Nicaragua . Some noteworthy rumours are stated in the New York Times : — "Wo have received the very important information that a partition of Nicaragua has been arranged by a couvention at a session at San Mirrucl , in
the Republic of San Salvador ; and it has been determined to divide tlie State between Coata Rica , Honduras , and San Salvador . Tho Nicaraguana consent to the arrangement . Their dismembered country will bo garrisoned by troops from tho neighbouring states to preserve order , and after a specified timo it will bo reunited , and placed once more in the position of an independent republic . Wo loarn 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 the actB of tho Walker Government from tho 4 th of
November , 1855 , to tho 12 th of Jane , 1856 , including the decree revoking the charter of tlio old accessory Transit Company . " Telegraphic despatches from Now Orleans aflfirin that , " instead of tho purchases of Lower California and Sonora , the American Government will conciliate tho South by paying tho designated twin or 15 , 000 , 000 dollars for tho Isthmus of Tehuantcpcc . It is also rumoured that Senator Benjamin has bcon offered an appointment for tho purpose of accomplishing this purchase , and that an expedition is being fitted out at Now Orleans for some
" Mr . E . J . Walker , -who was one of the candidates for the post of Secretary of State in the new Cabinet , " says the Times Now York correspondent , " has accepted the appointment of Governor < of Kansas . It is . supposed , from his antecedents , that he will carry out the plans of die pro-slavery party in the territory . —Mr . Eskridge Lane , a nephew of the President , has died at Lancaster , Pennsylvania , of 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 eanitury condition of the liotel .
The Washington correspondent of the New lorb Herald says that the Cabinet has got through the consideration of the Kansas matters , ami that Mr . Buchanan has laid clown 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 to the Pacific . " The route , " says tho Daily News Now York correspondent , " is up tho Platto River 1100 miles to the mountains—and thence on to San Francisco .
This is doubtless the most difficult line that has ever been constructed , owing to tho obstacles that impose themselves in penetrating the wilderness , crossing the socalled American desert , threading tho lines of riven , battling with snow , and forcing civilisation , with its magnetic life , into tho wigwams and homes of hostile , wronged , and remorseless savages . " A military force and a largo corps of -workmen will protect tho line from any injuries which the Indians might contemplate during its construction , and after its completion . " Tho company will havo tho benefit of block forts every twenty miles . This will admit of a police patrol of two men and
at every station , whose sole duty shall bo to guard pass over their sections twice a dny , thus giving a more vigilant supervision than any great American telegraph lino has ever had . " Tho wiiea will run along the line of the waggon road . Some camels recently purchased by tho United States Government will bo employed in transporting wood and water across tho deaert ( a tliatanco of one hundred and fifty miles ) , for tlio construction and constructors of tho telegraph . This , as tho Daily News correspondent remarks , will introduce a curious clement of ancient Oriental life into tho oxtromc West , and in connexion with tho moat modern of scientific inventions .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 364, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2189/page/4/
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