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actly to the point where we could go on working . ( Cheers . ) We have kept nothing for an emergency . Ask yourselves—is it right that a great country like this should be in that position ? { Loud cJieers . " ) I am not for extravagance , bat I will put a case . Suppose you require 50 , 000 troops for duty—surely sensible men would have at least 55 , 000 , in order that 5000 should be ready for any emergency that might arise , and for which the 50 , 000 would not be available , being employed on their own special duty . ( Cheers . ) You cannot have efficiency if you have not the means at a moment ' s notice to vindicate the honour and position of the country . ' * ( Cheers . * ) Sir Harry Smith , in returning thanks for the army and navy , said : —
" The army was proud to have a Prince of the royal blood commanding it . ( Cheers . ) The tide in India had turned , and with the powerful army which would now be collected events would rapidly rush , in our favour . Speaking from experience , he said the army of India was justly treated , and had no cause for the ccnduct of which they bad been guilty . No man , civil or military , ever had cause to predict this misfortune ; it was too much the fashion to blame the East India Company , but tie rule of that Company had been one of justice
m every respect . India was won by the sword , and had to be maintained by the sword , but that sword must be one of justice . He saw no difficulty in the future management of India , unless there was treachery among ourselves in England , and a continuance of that twaddle and mock philanthropy which is too much the rage of the day . The tide of Christianity would flow more rapidly by our simply endeavouring to prove its correctness and its justice than by attempts to force it upon Mahomedans and Hindoos . " The Duke of Cambridge returned to London in the evening .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . AS EAST INDIAN DIEECTOR ON THE INDIAN MUTINY . Mb . J . P . Wxlloughby , M . P . for Leorainster ( whose name has recently been before the country in reference to the affairs of the East India Company , of which he is a director ) , in addressing a meeting at Leominster on Friday week , made the following remarks : — " You will probably expect from me , the best portion of whose life has "been spent in India , some remarks upon the- origin and cause of these terrible events . I approach this subject with diffidence , but I will make a few remarks with the cne proviso , that -what I say must be regarded as my own opinion only , and not as that of a party organ —only as addressing yon as your representative in Parliament on a subject of the deepest interest . First , then , I cannot agree with those who view this revolt as a
national one . I see no indication of its being a general movement on the part of a people rising against misgovernment , oppression , and wrong ; if so , I should despair of a speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity . But I see many indications that it is not a national struggle for independence . The masses of the population are with us ; the industrial , the agricultural , the commercial classes are all on our side , and even the resources round Delhi are at our command . Look , again , at the native chiefs and princes , who , with a trifling exception , are all on our side , and have given us ready and extensive aid- In that part of India with which I was so long connected there has been no rebellion ; all have proved faithful to the Government , and have given us the readiest help . Even from the remotest provinces the people have come forward to assist the British
Government—some with men , some with money , and some with both . Far from considering this a national movement , I think the British administration in India has received a severe test that our rule is satisfactory to the general masses of the population . " He considered that the mutiny was excited by the infatuation of the Sepoys on the subject of the greased cartridges—an infatuation which united Hindoos and Mahometans in a common cause , and which no amount of vigilance on the part of ¦ the authorities could possibly have prevented . He denied that the missionaries had anything to do with causing the revolt . In the districts where the missionaries raided there had been least mutiny ; and those Clirisften teachers had sown much good seed , -which he hepfftt in time would produce good fruit . It was doubtful , r « lSO , whether the < annexation policy' was in any Bray to blame for what had happened . At any- rate , the KfiBt India Company had on more than one occasion resisted and opposed that policy when it was universally popular , as the Parliamentary records of 1843-4 would sliow . ' There is one other alleged cauao to which I would allude , viz . that tho East India Company have neglected their duty of evangelizing the natives . This
its a large and wide question ; but I think that , while it ia our duty to abstain from direct interference with the conversion of natives to Christianity—whilo wo are bound by treaties and acts of Parliament to tolerate their forms of worship so long as they are not opposed to public morals—it ia yet our duty openly to avow our Christian faith , and by precept and example to show that we are a Christian nation , acting upon Christian principles . ( Cheera . ) "What wo have now to look for is the punishment of those who have so grossly betrayed their truat ; tho liberal reward of those who have assisted ua , particularly thoao who have befriended our
countrymen and countrywomen in their distresses . We shall have to reorganize our military force , which no doubt must in the main be dependent upon European arms , assisted by native troops , for it will be impossible to perform all the duties by Europeans . By a judicious mixture of the two , such a force may "be maintained as will prevent for the future the danger from which I hope we have now almost escaped . I am not prepared to defend the system by which India is at present governed . The East India Company may have committed sins of omission and commission ; but , taken as a whole , their rule has been beneficent , and has done great good to India . ^ "Whether any other system of government may be devised which would be more beneficial I cannot say , but it certainly would not answer to place the -whole of that vast empire under a Secretary of State , assisted by resident officers "
THE CLERGY ON THE INDIAN QUESTION . The meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was held in York on Monday , the Archbishop of York presiding . Alluding to the present circumstances of India , the Archbishop hoped that the English troops would soon be able to put down this cruel and unnatural mutiny , and that afterwards ' warriors of a different character might proceed to India armed , not with carnal weapons , but with the sword of the spirit which is the word of God . ' The Bishop of Bath and Wells , in his address , said that he could not trace to any authentic source the report that tlie
rebellion had arisen from the natives being offended at the attempts made to convert them , and he did not believe that the mutinous regiments had determined to rise together . He was of opinion that religion had nothing to do with the question . If the government would not promote Christianity in India the people had it ia their power to do so . The Rev . Professor Slater , from Calcutta , and other speakers , dwelt on the same topic , and it was argued that the rebellion presents a favourable opportunity for the breaking down of caste , by in future giving the servants of the Government to understand that their prejudices will not be allowed to interfere with their duties as soldiers or citizens .
PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON INDIA . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , at a meeting of the Tring Agricultural Association , on Wednesday , spoke at some length on the great question of the day , and particularly insisted on the necessity of suppressing the revolt before we enter into any discussion on those errors in our own policy which may have contributed towards the present state of things . " If at this moment , " he observed , " a mad bull were let loose among us , I don ' t think the best grazier in Yorkshire would induce us to listen to a lecture on the management of horned cattle in general . ( Laughter . ) I think the wisest man would be , not he who could instruct you in the best method of dealing with dangerous cattle generally , but the man who made the shortest work of the bull . Gentlemen , that is now our object , we must make short -work of the bull . " ( Cheers . )
At a meeting in Leicestershire , convened by the High Sheriff of the county in aid of tho fund , the Duke of Rutland , after urging the necessity of vigorously suppressing the insurrection , put in a plea for the execution of discriminating , though severe , justice , rather than of blind vengeance . He was followed by Earl Howe and Lord Berners , the former of whom thouglit the Government deserving of high praise for the despatch with which troops had been sent out , while the hitter dwelt on what he conceived to be our national sin in discouraging Christianity in India . With respect to the Relief Fund , he stated that Major Powys liad suggested that , in the distribution of funds of this nature , a recommendation should be tent to the committee in London to reservo a large portion of the funds for the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lost their lives . Lord Berners believed that at this moment the widows and orphans left totally unprovided for in consequence of the mutiny numbered no less than 40 , 000 . Mr . E . P . Collier , M . P ., and Mr . James White , M . P ., at Plymouth , and Lord John Hay , M . P ., at Wick , have delivered speeches on the Indian question but their observations do not present any matter of novelty .
Mil . GLADSTONE AT LIVURPOOL . Mr . Gladstone , on Thursday , addressed tho governors of the collegiate school , Liverpool , in tho ball of the institution . Ho spoke chiefly on tho advantages of public school and university education ; but , towards tho close of his speech , ho adverted to tho question of entrance into the public service , observing : — " If a man wants to get his eon into the army or into the navyinto any branch of tho civil service , even to a landing -waitersliip in tho Customs—it is a matter of political begging . But I may bo permitted to hope that tho day
is coming when , na far aa regards entrance into the public service for young men , nearly every office that can bo named will bo hold up in tlio face of tho country as tho prize for tho best candidate who offers himself to gain it . It will , in my opinion , bo « . grout and happy day if ve cun boo , as I really begin to believe we shall ace , these offices offered na tho premiums and rowarda of honourable exertion to the boys who , however they may huve distinguished themselves by their talents , character , and conduct at schools , feel that their natural career lies in the direction of rendering ecrvioo to their country un tho holders of pul > lic oflicea . "
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STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for th » week ending-lost Saturday are much less unsausfactorV than might have been expected . It must be SSf however , that throughout the remainder of the yeaS amount of our exports will be considerabl y reduced bv the cessation of the American demand . Of coursTf ? various houses on this side desire to say as little as nos stole of their losses , but hitherto the actual miscWef seems not to have been of dangerous extent , the steady conduct of our principal firms having kept them in a position to meet any temporary inconvenience At Manchester , the failures , although numerous , have betn entirely limited to secondary establishments and the large suspensions at Glasgow are believed chiefly to
have comprised houses long notorious for trading bevond their means . At Birmingham , it is said , no severe in iary has' thus far been inflicted , while fro m Leeds -we have the remarkable statement that 1000 J . would cover all the liabilities that have yet arisen in connexion -with the New York disasters . It can scarcely be hoped that these instances of immunity will continue , and there is little doubt that the aggregate of debts due to England from failed houses 3 n New York , Boston , Philadelphia and Baltimore is enormous , although from the manner in which they are spread , and the stability of those upon whom they have fallen , the public in " a majority of cases -will probably be spared a knowledge of them . — Times .
In the general business of the port of London during the same week there has been little alteration . The number of ships reported inward was 223 , being 11 more than in the previous week . The number cleared outward was 124 , including 15 in ballast , showing an increase of 15 . The Board of Customs have granted the privileges of bonding tea to warehouses in the occupation of Messrs . Joseph Barber and Co ., of Brewer ' squay , adjoining the Blackwall Railway . —Idem .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Major Baufogt , ef Midlington House , near Droxford , Hants , lias met with an accident which has terminated in his death . He -was driving in his carriage down the Northarn-road , Southampton , last Saturday afternoon , when the horses took fright and ran away . The Major , though assured by his coachman that he could control the animals , appears to have become alarmed , and jumped out . Tailing on the back of his head , concussion of the brain ensued , and he died in a few hours . An inquest haa beien held on the body of Miss 3 arati Flowers , aged forty-three , who died from injuries she sustained in endeavouring to rescue her sister-in-law , who was burned to death in a fire which recently took place at her residence in High-street , Poplar . The sister-in-law was an aged widow , paralysed . On the morning of last Saturday week , the apartment which she occupied was discovered on fire . Miss Flowers rushed up-stairs into the room , became overpowered by the heat and smoke , and fell on the floor . She was brought out , insensible and shockingly burnt , by two men who were passing in the street at the time , and who nobly conducted themselves in rescuing her . She gradually sank , and died last Saturday . The old lady was found burnt to death . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts .
The railway collisions continue . As the Lancashire and Yorkshire train from SouthpoTt , due in Manchester at a quarter to ten on Wednesday morning , was approaching Manchester on a sharp curve nt Windorbridge , it came into collision with an unattached engine crossing the line . The driver had seen the obstruction and was trying to stop the train , but , owing to the slippery state of the rails from a fog during the night , ho could not succeed . The collision was not a severe one , but it was sufficiently violent to throw nearly all the passengers from tlieir seats , and many of them received contusions about the face and head . Dr . "Wood and hi 8 wife , of Southport , were passenger . , and were sitting opposite each other in a first-class carriage . They were thrown against eacli other with such violence that both were seriously injured in the head .
A collision occurred on Tuesday evening on the Stour Valley Kailway between Dudley Port and Albion stations . Some men were engaged at the former station shunting a ballast train on to a siding . The evening was foggy , and , the signals being thus obscured , nn approaching train ran into the ballast train . The stoker and passengers of the former wcro a good deal bruised , lacerated , and otherwise hurt . Two , indeed , have been since confined to their beds , and one of the . se in the captain of an American barque which was wrecked only « few d « ys before off Brideford . . several
After an elaborate investigation extending over days , tho jury sitting on the body of Sarah Ann llnrmer , killed on the South Wnles Railway , enir . e on ' luesdny to the following verdict : —" Wo find that Surah Ann Ilarmer came to her death in consequence of a collision on th « South WnUa Railway caused by the oarclossnesfl of Charles White , the atntion-innster at . Stormy , " > «« - spntcliing , contrary to his printed instructions ' , the « lo \ vn imssojiger train on tho wp-lino without waiting for nu answer to his telngrnphiu message , and in direct ol > 1 " w ~ tion to positive orders received from Port Tulbot . u therefore find tho said Charlca White guilty of >»»» - slaughter , and that his statement that ho received i
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1012 ^ THE LEADER . fNo . 396 . Octo *™ » a -. «„
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 1012, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2215/page/4/
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