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Discovery of Anglo-Saxon Remains . —Some interesting Saxon funereal deposits have been recentlybrought to light near Scarborough . There is a knoll of chalk rock -which forms almost the whole of the high land called Seamer Moor , a great part of which has been cut away by a very extensive lime quarry . A few days ago , the wife of one of the quarrymen brought Into Scarborough several gold ornaments and other articles , and sold them to a shopkeeper , from whom they soon passed to Lord Londesborough . Having ascertained the spot where these objects had been found , Lord Londesborough resolved immediately to lave the place dug , and on Thursday week he and Mr . Thomas Wright ( then on a visit to his lordship ) commenced researches . In sifting the earth that had been thrown down , there was found a beautiful lozenge-shaped pendant , set with stones , an extremely elegant gold pin , with an enamelled head , several fragments of other ornaments , and a great quantity of fragtnetns of iron and pottery . The ground above was then trenched , lut only one grave was found . It contained a skeleton , Tvith a few ordinary articles in bronze and iron . The objects accidentally met with comprise the gold pendant and pin mentioned above , a bulla consisting of an onyx set in gold , a small gold ring , a large ornamental gold ring , a silver ring resembling the last in size and form , two ornaments in gold which appear to have belonged to earrings , a large ring-formed fibula Of silver , fragments of a band of plaited silver wire , a number of beads of different sizes and materials , a small urn in very perfect condition , and various other articles . Destruction op a Flour Mill . —An alarming fire broke out at the flour mill of Mr . Croysdale , Whitleybridge , near Pontefract , at about three o'clock on Sunday morning . Shortly after the discovery of the fire , the whole of the roof fell in , and in about three hours the mill was gutted . About three hundred bags of flour and a large quantity of corn were consumed , and the whole of the internal machinery , with twelve pairs of stones , were destroyed . The damage done amounts to about 10 , 000 / ., only 2000 ^ . of which is covered by insurance .
Fatal , Accident . —Mr . "William Pigott , inspector of bridges on the Great Northern Railway , was run down , by a train on that line , while in the discharge bf his duties , on Tuesday . . A ' State ok Sieoe . '—The Messaggere of Modena of the 9 th publishes the decree declaring Carrara in a state of siege , as already stated . All coffee-houses , places of public resort , and shops , are to be closed from nightfall to sunrise . Crowds are to be dispersed , and no three persona are to be allowed to stop altogether in the streets .
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Leadku Office , Saturday , October 17 . CIRCASSIA . The Russian commandant of Fort Nokka , being out hunting -with ten of his officers , was suddenly attacked by a party of Circassians concealed in a forest on the banks of the Adiakan . After n severe conflict , in whicli two officers were killed and three wounded , the commandant was taken prisoner and conveyed to the mountains .
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THE SPANISH MINISTRY . General Armero ( says a despatch from Madrid , dated yesterday ) has been named President of the Council of Ministers . Don Alexandro Mon is expected to arrive from Rome . The Umler-Sccretaries of the Ministers have , in the meantime , been charged with the ordinary despatch of business .
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Faildrkofa Railway Contractor— Mr . Hutchings , of Adam-strcot , Adelphi , and elsewhere , railway contractor , &c , was before the Bankruptcy Court yesterday ( Friday ) . He hnd undertaken some large contracts on the Llnnethly Extension and Towe } ' Yale Railways , in South Wales , and the bankruptcy is attributed to some large unsettled claims for extra works , which ate disputed by the companies , who have taken possession of his stock . Tlio liabilities are stated at 30 , 0007 ., and assets , dependant on the amount found to be duo from the companies , 12 , 000 / . Messrs . Grissell Brothers are among the assignees appointed yesterday . The MANciiicsTKitExiiimTiON will bo finally closed to-day . J Wali ^ ciua . —The opening of tho Wnllnchian Divan took place at Bucharest on the 12 th . ?> , 5 ° ' llKFOKMA ' roUY Qurstion . —A great meeting on the Reformatory question was held on Thursday night in tuo lovm-hall , l » tmingham . Five thousand persons were present . Resolution urging extension of tlio movement were moved b y Lords Brougham , John Russell / and Stanley , Sir John Pakington , and others , anu tvero onthnBiasticnll y carried . Tho general meeting was to bo hold on Friday .
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several communications unavoidably stand over . Itis impossible to acknowledge th « mass of letters we rec f lve - Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . No notice cau be taken of anonymous correspondence . "Whateveris intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as aRuarantee of his good faith . Wo cannot undertake to return rejected communications
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s s-SATURDAY , OCTOBER 17 , 1857 .
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» There is nothing so revolutionary , becaxise there i 3 nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keepthings fixed when allthe world is by thevery law of its creation in . eternal progress . —Db . Arnold .
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¦» THE INDIAN DESPATCHES . We are now beginning "to witness the recoil of the Indian , insurrection . That this should commence before a single soldier had arrived from England , except Sir Colin Campbell , is the most remarkable fact connected with the entire movement . "When we say , however , that the rebels have actuallyrecoiled , we keep in view the position , of affairs at Delhi , Agra , Lucknow , Cawnpore , and . the line of stations thence to Patna . In all these places the mutinous Sepoys , with the co-operation of the treacherous chiefs , are holding the English in check ; hut , examined closely , the course of events was unfavourable to the mutineers . They were gaining nothing at Delhi ; on the contrary , they were being rapidly exhausted ; their most desperate efforts had failed , and they were witnessing the concentration of a great force designed to scatter them and dethrone their shadowy Mogul . "With at least from twelve to thirteen thousand men under his command , and an adk uate siege train , there is little doubt butr that General "Wilson would be enabled , more or less speedily , to bring the siege of Delhi to a satisfactory conclusion . That operation , it is true , may be no more than "the prelude of a harassing campaign , in which the enemy will fall back upon one strong position after another ; but it will be a great point gained if Delhi be reoccupied by the English . The Sepoys appear to have entrenched themselves at Allyghur , whence Major Mo ^ tgometit was unable to dislodge them ; but the movements of that officer show that , on the 21 st of August , the fort of Agra was in a condition of safety , since the garrison was enabled not only ; to keep up its communications with the open country , but to send out detachments for offensive purposes , to retaliate upon the Sepoys . In fact , it would appear that the blockade of Agra had been virtually raised , since , with an army occupying the district round the town , HVlnjor Montgomery would scarcely have undertaken a march of fifty miles against a second force , of the enemy . | At all events , tho inmates of tho fort are under no apprehensions ; their difficulty seems to be , not how to > defend , but how to ¦ amuse themselves . The mistake of the alarmists has been to estimate the revolt in Bengal and the North-Western Provinces as a national rebellion , tho : struggle itsolf as ft regular war , and the power 1 of the English in India aa far less substantial than it is . Thus , avo liavo repeatedly heard ' . that Lucknow could not bo relieved , and that General HA . Tnr . ooK was surrounded by
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LOUD CANNING . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —I observe in your abusive article on Lord Canning a statement which is at least novel to old residents at Delhi . You say that by the end of June a thousand blue-jackets might have arrived before that city , but you do not explain by what means . I presume you allude to water-carriage ; if so , you are greatly mistaken , for the Jumna does not feel the effect of the rains before the end of July . Besides , no steamer has ever yet succeeded in making her way above Agra , and I believe even that only once occurred , the vessel having frequently " grounded on the ever-shifting sands . And even if it were possible for a steamer to proceed to Delhi , there is little chance of the voyage being performed in less than two months from Calcutta : the mutineers , you will remember , did not seize the Imperial city until the 11 th of May . But the want of water will be acknowledged by dispassionate persons as a sufficient reason for not sending up the river a number of sailors greater than could have been collected at Calcutta without impressing all the merchant seamen . It may appear hj'percritical to notice your repeated remarks about ' Oordoo scribblers , ' and ' Mahratta lies . ' Mahomedan lies would have been nearer the truth , but Oordoo is by no means the only language in which "those seditious falsehoods have been disseminated . As for the English press , it is possible that if there had been no other papers than the Englishman and the IJurkaru , Lord Canning might have paused before he extended the licensing act over all ; though the former of these journals has long since been notorious for its virulent antagonism to the Government . Unhappily , public spirit is by no means the most striking characteristic of the English press in India , and this is the less surprising from the fact that several journals in the English language Are , either in whole or in part , the property of natives . It is not for me to undertake the defence of Lord Canning ' s conduct in this trying emergency . His Lordship will probably be content to have received the warm approval of the most enlightened and respectable portion of the Calcutta community , without heeding the ravings of second-rate barristers and lately insolvent merchants . Nor will his composure , perhaps , be greatly ruffled by the rounded periods of captious journalists . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , An ex-Inj > ian Journalist . [ Upon this we have to observe : —That the article was not ' abusive ; ' that in the absence of * presumption , ' a Governor-General of India might have foreseen , from the earlier developments of disaffection in the North-West , that reinforcements should , have been sent up to Delhi ; that-we have never stated that the Oordoo was the only dialect in vogue among the writers for the native press ; that there have been Mahratta lies * disseminated ; that antagonism to the government of Lord Canning might not have been an offence properly 8 \ ibjccting an English journalist to tho gng ; and that two linea by one of our correspondents do not settle the question - whether Lord Canning has ' received the warm approval of the most enlightened and respectable portion of the Calcutta community . ' ]
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LORD CANNING AND THE MUTINY . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ' ) Sib , —Your remarks on Lord Canning are just to the letter . I am sure they will be approved by the European commercial community in India . Why were no precautions taken ? As you say , why was the rebellion allowed ? to creep over Bengal like a cloud in the night ? ' I know the opinions of men well acquainted with India , and they shudder at the bare thought that the people who were warned of the danger , and neglected to take measures of defence , sire to be left to deal with the horrible tumult that has arisen through their blind incapacity . As yeu say , the Gagging Act was intended to hide the truth ; but it will all come out , and your words -will be more than justified . I am , Sir , yours obediently , A Relative of the Slain .
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There is no learned , man . but "will confess lie hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write ?—Miiton .
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? ¦ . . [ IK THIS DEPARTMENT , A 3 ALL OPINIONS , KOWBVKE EXTREME , ABE ALLOWED AN EXPRESSION , TUB EDITOR NECBS 3 ARI LY HOLDS HIHSSLF RESPONSIBLE FOB NONK . ]
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No . 395 , October 17 , 1857 . ] THE LEAPED . 997
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 17, 1857, page 997, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2214/page/13/
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