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evening :, might . have helped to accomplish such a result . After np-ticing- ¦ -with . ' . a < lmiration ' IJLvvelock ' s marches ' of sixteen , eighteen , and even twenty miles a day—twelve miles being the ordinary rate of marching troops ia Iudut- ^ lic obsoewed : "It has been said that Haaasirotat -vras no jgraietal , as he had never . had the ¦ handlmg'of large bodies -Ol men ; but to m * lnivul it is the sniaUuess of Iris force which makes the greatness" of his exploits . He had shown , too , 1 ihat he -could handle Unrerc
bodies of men , fox he had disposed of 50 , 000 under Na ^ a Sahib . " This \ vns ndniirnbly well said , and vrortlry of' the 'loud cheers' that 'followed it . So were his remarks on the recruitment ,, especially of young men , in the rural districts . He showed that they would fee better off iu -the army than they had am- cliancc of being out of it , aucl that when their . term , of seryice ^ was expired they would rc ( urn to their homes much more valuable to themselves and to society .
Sir Robert Peel has seized the occasion of a dinner given at the Town Hall , Tain worth , to the ex-may or ., for a long speech , ' on things in general , ' but upon things as they arc in India in particular . The most noticeable points of his address were those in which lie had a hard fling or two at the Government , for not adopting the Egyptian route for . the couveynnce of reinforcements , and at Lord Ca ' -jj - KrxG , for his st \ le of government . Jkit his facts are old , and his arguments not ¦ ¦ new , though delivered with the dashing dehonnair manner with which lie is now expected to deal with men and things political .
Before quitting the subject of India , we notice the very interesting speech of a Hiadoo gentleinau delivered at a meeting of tlie Native British India Association , in Calcutta ; the object of wliich was to remove a false iinpTessibn entertained in this co \ nitry as to the state of feeling of the Hindoos towards the European missionaries . There is much eloquence in his'words , and on the face of his
statement an appearance of entire trutlifiilness . He spoke in terms of the highest admiration of the missionaries , and stated that he only represented what was the common feeling throughout India : the missionaries were bold in the greatest esteem for all they had done and suffered iu the cause of Christianity , hut their religion was not desired by the Hindoo , whose own faith suffices for all bis spiritual wants .
If there is one tlmig of which , more than all else , we may reasonably be proud in England , it is the almost absolute purity with which justice is administered . There may be cries , sometimes loud , of ' one law for the rich , another , for the poor ; ' but that only affects the laws themselves : their administration , as a rule , stands above suspicion of bias , or of any consideration that can interfere with an evenliandcd balance of the scale of justice . When a case exceptional to this rule occurs , we are
accustomed to expect that a severe example shall be made of the offender . Such a case has been adjudged within the lust few days . A justice of the peace for the county of Durham , named Bellaney , a man possessed of considerable px-operty , convicted two men for shooting a rabbit on some part of his land . This proceeding was scandalous enough—the prosecutor acting- as judge ; but what followed was worse : lie had inflicted a severe penalty , but consented to
compromise tlie matter , aud liberated the men on their paying 11 . each—the which money he put into hia o \ rn pocket instead of handing over to the county fund . No attempt was made to justify this shameful act of corruption , or even in mitigation of punish incut ; and Mr . Justieo Coleridge , after commenting witli fitting severity on the enormity of the offence , sentenced Bellaney to pay a / ine of 200 / ,, and to be imprisoned iu flic Queen ' s Prison .
Another case of a very different complexion ¦ whicli has lately occurred , is , weave glad to believe , also , < tacfc ( 5 pjionttl : we allude to the case , which will foe fotrhfd ift another page , of John Blaih Wills , . ¦ ,. ti . t i
and JamwiI ' entox "Wills , two brothers who have , one after the other , married and deserted a vouik ' ¦ - ¦ ' tt girl of weak . Intellect , the one committing bigamy , the other jperjury , "by signing a false declaration at the time Of his -marriage . One of-the tw ©¦ scoundrels <* ms held to baU , Rnd , for the iprcsottt , has finished liis scoundrelly course by lcaving'his mother to pay "B 0 / ., the amount of herirccognizances ' . ' ittB his bail . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦
There is little of impoi ^ tanoc stirring in the shape of foreign politics this week . In . the tour of M . TivKDiXASD pe Lussurs ,. to beat up recruits for his 1 st limns '' of Suez Canal scheme , he had a magnificent " , entertainment- at "Vienna ; and at the dinner , his . patron , ' Bn ' ron- Bjkuck , the Austrian Finance Minister , created a sensation by bursting into a strong expression of sympathy with England in her contest with India . This speech , in the quiet of .-Continental politics , is notable , and has attracted much attention . Another noticeable
point in the week ' s news is the way in wliich La IViWtf ' has denenmced tlie cold-blooded indignation expressed by some of its contemporaries at what they call the atrocities of the English troops in India during' the present struggle . In discovering the roo / : blood of these accusjints , Isi Prcssc furnishes the only answer needed—they know they lie . A better case might be made out against us for the extraordinary . want of energy we arc
exhibiting with regard to the treatment of our countrymen by the ferocious King of Naples . The two English engineers , to whose case we have several times drawn attention , still remain in Neapolitan dungeons , cut off from communication with their friends or with the representatives of their country , "We hear of mild interference on tlie part of Lord Clarendon , followed by the usual result , — contemptuous disregard on the part of the Neapolitan authorities .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Loss of' tiik Di ..-nhar . — ^ VVe briefly noted in our Postcript last week the loss of the Dunbar , merchant vessel , '¦ whe n close to liotany l ? ar . Only one man survived out of one hundred ami forty-one . This man , whose name is Johnson , has given an account of his escape , which is thus related in the Sydney papers : — "Tie states that the mizenmnst went first , and then the mainmast ; that he -was on the poop when tlie vessel struck , and -was thrown ' down . He then caught hold of a stanchion ; when that gave way , he mr / le for the cabin , but tlie rushing in of the water prevented his passing through , ns he intended . He then went below , and got out of the skylight to leeward , and up the side of tlie chain plates of the fore rigginy . These being broken , lie was thrown over , holding by the chain plates which held some of the fore plunks together . Johnson remembers that several seamen were near him ; one ( the old boatswain ) said to him ' We shall have a watery grave . ' Johnson having found himself on a shelf of the rock , was enabled to obtain eonie shelter behind a projection , and there he slept . When tlio morning broke , he saw the wreck and the bodies of his lute companions , lie endeavoured to make signals , but w ; is undiscovered . He uttered cries , but the boiling ocean prevented them being heard . A careful search , however , was being ; made . Every spot was occupied by spectators where there was a chancx ; of seeing any object below . At last , a ery was heard— ' There is a rnan upon tho rocks . ' A rope was lowered without delay . After some failures , it was brought within his reach . There was danger from the projection of the rocks , but having twined the rope with ascaman'rt skill round him , he gave tho signal , and was drawn up , sorrio two hundred feet , and received by the crowd with cries of gratulation and joy . He had passed about thirty hours upon tho rodks . Johnson is n native of Droghcda , in Ireland , and ia nbout throe-andr twenty years of age . After his rescue , an incident occurred such an always excitea tho cntiuwiasmof Englinh people . It was reported that there were othnr persons upon the rocks , but it was impossible to approach them by sea . An adventurous Icelander , Anloino Wollier , an apprentice to a jeweller in Sydney , offered to descend . He -was lowered by a rope from that dreadful height , and continued more than half an hour in hisHcnrch . ^ Nothing wiiB diHcovcrod , and Wolliur was drawn up in safety , amidst tho shouts of the crowd . Tho Mayor of Sydney , at tho uggefltion of Captain Lorlu ^ , of hot Majesty ' s ship Iris , opened a subscription on tho spot , and presented him with . £ 10 an an acknowledgment of his intrepidity . In answer to tho congratulations of tho Mayor , ho paid , ' ho did not go down i ' or money , hnt for tho feelings of his heart . ' A considerable sum has been added by tho merchants to this subscription . "
_ JJxtbriments at Woonnai .-A series of inters ing experiments has been carried out in the -, ,, „ ,-,,, " attached to the Royal Military Repository , AvTmh X Common , In the presence of Major General Sir W p AVilliams , -Commandant , Captain Frecth , Denu ' sistant . Quartermaster General , and other officers " of -j I Koyol Artillery , for the purpose of testing Cant-tin Grant's newly invented pontoon cooking iipim-itus which consists of ten cylinders , so arranged ti nt an immense quantity of water can be boiled ; and food cp . okett " foy one thousand men in the field in averv short time , and which can al * o be taken in pieces ami instuntly converted into a pontoon raft capable of -bearin g an hnineme weight . The experiments . were-of the ' mo ° i satisfactory kind , and an old sailor who consented to h <> bound to the raft , and launched on the river , said !• ' <> had never had a better sail in his lifo .
Smri'iNO Disastehs on- the Eastkiix Coast — Lost wee ! was again rather n disastrous ' one t < " i' the shipping on the eastern coast . The brig Andru-Ue , Sorin BaUyerseSii , of Droback , from Sundswall for Lorn Ion with timber and deals , grounded on the Cross S ' suiil and soon lost her rudder , bouts , sails . &c , from the . heavy sea which was running . On the title flowing , liu ' we-ver she was forced off the sand and brought into . ' Lowestoft in a very disabled state . The schooner Helmont , Ham master , of and from Sundorland , for MiddlesboroiMi with coals , sprang a leak on ' Croiner , and soon afterward ' , foundered . The crew were picked up by the schooner ICbenezer , of Maldon , and were landed at Great Yarmouth . The brig Mercury , Captain Stock , of and from Sunderland for London , with coals , struck upon tin-Barber Sand , and the crew "were obliged to abandon her . They were safelv landed at Great -Yarmouth .
AsLCimrxT to the' Emeu . —Tlie Australian vessel Emeu has ' met-with an accident on her homeward-voyage from Melbourne . During the night of the 2 nd of October . she struck on a coral reel ' , c-lo . se to the spot on the N uliiaii coast noted on the maps under the name of . IhibV ' rdubh . about eighty miles north of Lnakin , and almost directly opposite to Djedda . In this perilous position six : lay for lifty-four hours ; but at length she was got oft" auc ! was rim upon the beach , wliich fortunately consisted of soft sand . ' -Nine' days how elapsed before she was -n ^ ain floated off . This , however , was at length efrccttHl , a
portion « f her coal being -sacrificed . 'and-tlie ford part . the ship- lightened by every possible means . Tim leaks ' ¦ y vere well -stuffed , and ' -with her pumps constantly at ¦ work she . Tcaclied Suez in safety after a passage of three d ' aj's . The Marseilles portion of her mail has , however . not come forward . Tlie Admiralty agent , regarding it as hopeless that the -steamer could proeet-d on her voyage , ' transferred tho boxes to a native boat , in -which with tht :-purser and two of the passengers-he ma < le f < r Djedda . Tlie vessel has been so severely Injured tliut it will be necessary to lay her up in dock and tlionmyhly repair . hciv
Wkkck of tiik Anna M ' aui . a , fko ^ i liicnmoxi ) HivKrt . —IVir . E . 11 . Ilar ^ raves , J . P ., writing ; fn . ni lUmgarees Noragh , August " 22 , relates a grim " anecdote of the wreck of the Anna Maria : — " 1 visited . the' headi at six . a . m . this mornin '^ . and , oh ! horror of lmrroi > , 1 saw a dead niitu , minus the right foot , and the flesh eaten off the thighs and logs , in a very advanced ptatc oi decoinposition ; he was ahout five feet eight inches , and stoutly built . lie was naked , except an old shej iln-rd ' s plaid waistcoat , and a small bolt round his botly . I observed a slight . inequality in the latter , and .
previously to calling my men , cut that part , and found a pulpy substance ( highly oflensive ) , and , ns a matter of religious duty , with great care separated- it , and fmind the contents to be notes and cheques , amount < JM . 1 Is . - >( t . All can bo read . The cheques are drawn by Charles Moore , clerk of petty sessions , « t Casino , and , ' with two exceptions ,. in favour of Constablo James 1 C . lliiyncs . 1 su ]>)) oso this body to he that'of the constable m- Captain Capps . 1 was obliged to inter tho body on the spot , and did so , according to the rites of the church of Kntflniid . It was impossible to-remove tlie body , and ideiiiaicalkm i . s out of the question . "
Tiik A-ixantm : Caih / tc . — The l . eipsic-, oiu- "f
the First . Class , or Knights Grand Cross of the Ordj-r <» t the Bath . General lluvcloclc and CNiloncl An-hdiili ' Wilsom arc to 1 ) 0 Ordinary Members of the Military Division of tho Second Class , or Knights Coiumiinders . Tho following ofliccrs arc to bo Kxtru Memhers ol tin Militnry DiviHion of tho , Third CIhh , or Conipmiinii' * : — Colonel Henry Charles Van Cortlnndt , and ljrntennn Colonel Neville 3 Jowl « s Chnmborlain . Colonels NVill and Micholson would havo been rucoin mended for thcibgu'iy
of Knighta Commanders , had tlusy survived . Couiit-Mawtiai ,. — Licutonant Albert Wnit'" 1 rtliar l' - of tho Woolwich division of Royal Marine Utf ht lll j fantry , having been convicted of insuhordinntioii » nu tmofllcor-liko conducl , luia hc . an Hontoneod to hi > nevert'i > roprininndod , and has been released from arrewt .
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. - ' . ' ; y ^ " » ¦ , . '¦ ' . . - . ^ \ ¦ :, > , . i .-. ^ - , ' ^ UiV- v - \ : - ^ l ^ ^ -,. _ , E . , iE lI ) E B . [ No . 400 , November 21 , 185 V .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 1106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2218/page/2/
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