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366 " * JsjSE I . E A DE H . [ No . 421 , April 17 , 1885 .
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— - »—TijE . jrUole of Lucknow is at length in our hands ; " but the worth , of this victory is in some measure depreciated by the fact of a large number of the rebels having escaped . The final success was achieved on the 19 th of March , when 117 guns were captured . About 2000 of the enemy were slain during the siege , and on our side eight officers were killed . The submission of the principal landholders has been accepted ; and the townspeople and villagers , being protected , are resuming their usual occupations . Miss Orr and Miss Jackson , two ot the English prisoners , are rescued . They have been well treated and protected by Meer Valeecl Alby Derejal . The rescue was effected by Captain Mitchell and Lieutenant Boole , with a party of Ghoorkas . About fifty thousand of the enemy have escaped , and , at the last advices , wore making for Kohilcund and J 3 undelcund . The army was in pursuit ; but , unfortunately , owing to the delay of Sir Hugh Rose ' s force for three weeks at Saugor , the line of troops intended to intercept the enemy in that direction could not be closed up , so that there is . an opening for escape . In achieving our success we regret to say that Major Hodson has been killed , and Sir William Peel wounded . Sir Colin Campbell remains at Lucknow , restoring quiet and organizing the garrison . Great efforts are being made to reassure the population , who had fled in great numbers to the neighbouring villages . With respect to the other disturbed districts , a telegram from Malta states : — " On the 21 st of March , Sir Hugh Rose was within twenty-five miles of Jhansi . Thirty thousand rebels were said to be iu his front . The Calpee mutineers have taken the fort of Chundaree , and made the Raj all prisoner . The rebels have crossed the Etawah , but have been driven back . General Roberts marched on the 10 th of March from Nusseerabad for Kotah . Whitlock ' s force remains at Saugor . The cavalry alone pushed on to Allahabad . " The Bombay money-market was becoming' tighter . Imports of all descriptions were iu good demand . Cotton rising ; freights steady . " The India House telegram , received on Thursday , states : — " The rebels , in great force , with four guns , crossed the Ramgunga on March 18 th , but have since retired to Fangoon . The rebels ; who had crossed into the Rhatterpoor Pergunnah , retired before Christifi ' s column , aud revenue collections have been commenced . All well at Cawnpore up to the 23 rd inst . The Second Brigade of the Central India Field Force laid siege to the 11 ill Fort of Chundaree , on March 8 . On March 17 , the fort was stormed and taken . Our loss not great ; one officer ( Lieutenant Snoresby , Royal Artillery ) is reported as killed , and one captain ( Keating ) as wounded . The Second Brigade was to march immediately to Salle Lehut , aud join Sir Hugh Rose ' s column . A combined movement would then bo made on Jhansi , which is only thirty-six miles' distance . Sir Hugh Rose ' s movements in the rear of the enemy ' s defences have caused great panic , and the whole of the Chundun districts and the Rajah of Banpoor ' s territory , on the right of the Letwa river , have been abandoned by the rebels . The Rajah ' s possessions have been confiscated by Sir Robert Hamilton . The rebels under Lulu Sahib , brother of Naua Sahib , aro hi great force in Uundclcund . Tho Chief of Chamk Hundeo , one of the groat Putwur JDhun family , has boon arrested , and his fort occupied . " Commissioner Yeh reached Culcutta on tho 22 nd inst ., and will bo under surveillance until further orders . Mohundie Alo Khan , styling himself Prince of Rnmpoor , who was arrested on the 2 nd , has been reloaded from confinement , and required to livo under surveillance . " In a Bombay telegram it ia stated that IStowurt ' s brigade captured Cuundareo on the 17 th of March . The disarmament of Guzerat is proceeding satisfactorily . INDIAN A . THO 0 ITIK 8 . Conflicting evidence on this subject continues to be received ; and it must bo admitted that tho negative side ia somewhat strong . Tho Times of last Saturday contains the following loiter to tho editor : — « Sif )—Observing , in your number of tho 7 th instant , a letter purporting to have como from mo , as Mayor of Portsmouth , corroborative of Sopoy atrocities , in tho case of a Mrs . Chambers , I beg to state that tho communication in question was not forwardod by mo or by my authority , andthut tho clrcumetancos stated therein nro , n « Hfur \ iTlwn ^ iTM ^ C . E . Smotiuks . — Portsmouth , April 8 th . " NOTES F « OM LUOKNOW . Mr . Russell , writing to the Tivwa on . March 2 nd , says ;— . " These Sikhs aro hard fighters , but t , hcy aro Aeiatios , and are true to tholr instincts . It U generally thought ia tho country that the Sikhs took Delhi , atonned tho Secundorbagta , and relieved tho Residency ; they wo sedulous In circulating those roporta of their awn prowess
wherever thi ' iy go . They say that the Lucknow people are more a- / raid of them than of us , and perhaps after j the assault iChe fear may be justified . Tho Begum cer- \ tainly does ; not conceal her apprehensions of the re- i suit of our- operations , and is vehement with prayers j and tears to the chiefs to make one great onslaught upon us ere we complete our batteries . Overcoming her timidity , sho appeared in the field on the attack of the 25 th fof February ] , mounted on an elephant , but , as that i sagacious animal never remains within range , it is probable she was not a very near spectatress of the light , j On one occasion she astonished tlie durbar , aud almost j shamed them out of their senses . In an indignant j harangue , with all the fire of Rachel making a grand j coup de theatre , she suddenly tore her veil from her face ( which is said to be a very handsome one , by-the-by ) , aud denounced them for their inactivity and for their < indifference to the wrongs of their countrywomen . I am told one must be an Asiatic to understand the full , force of this demonstration . "What the poor lady will ] do when Sir Colin makes his appearance this morning at j Dilkoosha , I cannot conjecture . If she could have but ; seen the troops march this morning she would have ' been anything but comforted . Lngard ' s division con- i sists of the 3 rd brigade , consisting of the 34 th ( part ' detached ) , 3 stli , and 53 rd Regiments , and of the -ith bri- gade , formed of the 42 ud Regiment , 93 rd Regiment , and , 4 th Punjab Rifles . Must of these regiments are in an efficient state , but the Highlanders are conspicuous not only for their costume , but for their steady and martial . air on parade and in the field . As they marched oft" in the early grey of the morning , with the pipes playing ! ( really this time ) " The Campbells are coming , " one caught a vision of the interior of Lucknow through the . , dancing sheen of their arms . The chief inspected them , and seemed'highly pleased with what he saw . As ; for himself , he wears a serviceable air which bespeaks j confidence and resolution , and gives the notion of bard | work and success . Everything about him is for service , even down to the keen-edged sabre in a coarse leather sheath , iiot dangling and clattering from hid side and hitting the flanks of his horse from gaudy sling belts , but tucked up compactly by a stout shoulder-belt just over his hip . " ' The same writer tells an amusing anecdote of the perversity of our fair countrywomen : — '' These ladies nnd their little ones have been a most ; embarrassing ingredient in Sir Colin ' s calculations . At , Lucknow , he was in a fever at the various small delays , which they considered necessary , and , courteous a . s he is to women , he for once was obliged to bo ' a little stern' when he found the dear creatures a little unrea- ; sonable . In order to make a proper e fleet , most oC the ladies came out in their best gowns anil bonnets . Whether ' Betty gave the cheek' n little touch of red or : not , I cannot s . iy , but I am assured the array of fashion , though somewhat behind the season , owing to the dilli- . culty of communicating with the Calcutta modistes , was i very creditable . Sir Colin got fidgety when he found himself made a mail re tVctiquelte and an arbiter inoritm \ among piles or" bandboxes , ' best bonnets , ' and ' these few little clothes trunks ; ' but he sustained his position with unflinching fortitude , till at length , when he thought he had ' seen the last of them ' out of the place , two young ladies came trippingly in , whisUod about the Residency for a short time , and then , with nods and smiles , departed , saying graciously , ' We'll bo back , again presently . ' 'No , ladies , no ; you'll bo good enough : to do nothing of the kind , ' exclaimed he ; ' you have been | hero quite long enough , 1 am sure , and I have hail quite j enough trouble in gutting you out of it . ' The Agra ladies ought to have been ready long ago . "
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STATK OF TRADIiJ . Tradis continued , dining tho whole of tho weuk ending last Saturday , to bo vury depressed . In some places , a littlo animation was created by the demand for spring goods ; but for tho most part tho excessive cold of "tho I woathor has chocked business , in that direction . " Thu firm of Mottrum , Taylor , und Co ., of Shcfiiuld , merchants and manufacturers of saws , files , and edge-tools , " says a communication i ' rom Sheffield , dated last Saturday , "have tin ' s week fuilod with 8200 / . liabilities . They show assota equul to ' 20 s . in thu pound , and , making reasonable deductions for loss on forced Hides , thorn in a | probability that , after paying I ho secured debts ( 120 UA ) in full , tho estate will realize u dividend of 10 s . or 12 s . Gil . in the pound to tho rest of the creditors . Al a mooting of tho creditors it wun ngrood that tho cstuto should bo wound up under an assignment . Considerable | agitation exists in thu coal district , around Shelliuld witli ' regard to tho proponed reduction of fifteen per cent , on ! tho colllorn' wages Tho mon have offered to work short "tlitto ~ till ~ tra'do ~ i nvprovosr * b " ut" ~ atr''Varloii 8- 'inoetings-liuvo ' - expreaai'd a determination to resist tho reduction of wages . Tho Woat Stuvoley and West Milkstono Col-1 u : rioa havo stopped , thus throwing out of employment between two hundred und threu hundred humid . Tho proprietors , Mobsivt . Harrison , Musohamp , and Co ., onllod their creditors together on Thursday . Their liabilities aro 25 , 000 ! . " Iu tho gunoral buuincss of tho port of London during tho wook ending lust Saturday , the arrivals dlmimahuu .
The number of ships reported inward was 190 includin 51 with corn , rice , &c . The number cleared outward was 1-29 , including 25 in ballast ; and those on S berth loading for the Australian colonies amo unted lO Oi »
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IHKLAN 1 ) . Tin . ; 1 ' olu'H In . juiiiv . . —Tl . la uir . ilr , l ' " * J ; J wounds ami broken Loud * , scmns to have i "" '" "" ,. amicablv . Colonel JJrwwuo underwent , a luiit , <•• nation on Friday week , and , whilo l « ' » . tf <;| y * f" . ^ , iiUHed r » a"l-Lh ^ -iH ~ uui > auqwwitfuj ^ . jy ^^ ho had lost poaco of mind , Hiiubreil u tfrwu anxiety , and felt do .-p rogrot . " lhcreluiv , ' Burvuil , " 1 liuvo lost Ibo oi . giigo . nont . IU '!"' ho his muii hud boon ill-lroutod for mi hour or I ¦« ' '" , ordered then , to charge , and that bo him > Wf 1 {«« H ^ Homo filly doxim of hioiioh showered »•¦'» '"' lU , ; lliruo of Ills mon , ho admitted , had acted Intum ! " « »[; , ; but tho yrliolo police forco ought- not to uo Tho blame , Uo said , uhould bo thrown uiilhuO 01
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| ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Major Cbokkr , of the Royal Miners Artillery , has been drowned , together with his coachman , in a fishpond oa the Prideaux estate , near St . Ulazoy , Cornwall . The pond was overgrown with weeds , to clear which a flatbottomed boat had been obtained . The boat upset and the two occupants , becoming entangled in the weeds , \ vere drowned . A shocking occurrence took place at Almvick on Easter Monday . A pigeon match was held outside the town ; and a man named "William Young , having got into tha line of fire , was accidentally shot in the breast . lie died almost immediately afterwards . Elizabeth Carter , a young woman of eighteen has been burnt to death . She had been decoyed from her home to a house in "White Lion Court , W ' ych-street which she made her temporary abode . A few davs a « o , while sitting by the fire , a part of her dress ignited , ami she rushed out into the street enveloped iu Humes . A gentleman was passing by at the time in his gig , and the servant , snatching up thu horse-rug , folded it round the girl , and extinguished the fire , lie afterwards applied linseed oil , lint , &c , to the burns , and had the sufferer conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , where she died , after lingering four days . At the inquest ( which terminated in a verdict of Accidental Death ) , tlie Coroner , at the recommendation of the jury , handed a small gratuity to the servant , but he generously gave it to the father of the deceased , who was present , and who was stated to be in indigent circumstances . The adjourned inquest , on the bodies of the persons who perished in the late dreadful lire in ISloomsbury was resumed on Tuesday , when some important evidence was givcu by Mr . Royer * , Lecturer on Chemistry . at the St . George ' s School of Medicine lie stated that he had made a post ? nortcm examination of the bodic .-, which presented no appearance of death from suffocation . The appearances were as if the bodies had Lei-u injected with aT . senie . There were distinct truces oi . " that poison . The vapours of arsenic would entirely prostrate the frame , and ultimately cause death . Tho cause of death he believed to have been the inhalation of the fumes of poisonous vapours in the first instance , aud finally the inhalation of carbonic I ' tmio . It appears that a Mr . John Calvcrt , a mineralog ist and metallurgist , had some premises adjoining those wbicli were destroyed , and from which tlioy were divided by a brick wall up to a (¦( . rtain point , and' a > vw >( Ifii partition above . In those premises he stored a Lirge quantity of minerals , and some of those worn destri'vcd by the firo , which penetrated through the pnriitiou . Several of the substances contained arsenic , which evaporated , in the heat : and Mr . Calvcrt himself was slightly aflVcte . l by the fumes on the occasion iu question . Mr . Taylor , the leaseholder of the premises in < iilbiTt street , had promised to put up a substantial pariition , but had not done so . Mr . Taylor , .--aid Mr . Calvi'rl , in giving evidence , " began his nightly rainl . W at a laic hour . " lie was very fmmontly with his UnanU , and tluy got drunk togi'tlur . " Evidence wa » afterwards received from Mr . Taylor hiniaclf , who siid : — " He was in bed before ten o ' clock on tho night in question , and had nol been at the house in ( . Jilbi-rt-struct aftur ludf-pait nine in the morning , and ho was not outside Ins h . ui = o after nine o ' clork in the i-vi-niny . Ho could give no opinion i \ s to the cause of thu lire ; but hi : brlicveil U broke out in the large room , and lie formed tluii opinion from an inspection of tho promised . Ho wan hound i " insure both premises by the terms of his U-nso to mo amount of 1000 / . " The inquest wus again « ulj <> urni'il . ^ A boy has been killed at the Tunnel Coalpii , Shovuij , ' - tf 11 , near Chorlnv . At oight o'clock on M . mdiiy morning , tho browmaii saw the boy hanging by lu » ' / " . "' ° . , ' tho cago which contained tho full base * , and ulnen ^ then being drawn up the shaft . The browman call . 'U u the enginenmn to slop tin- engine . ; but , Mon tlmt aoxu bo done , tho cage had got into the frnmcwo . U mm j ) il-cyi-, und thu poor boy was crushed to ilwiin , supposed that , hu had / ittcinptcd tojiim ; . '"'" , " . ^ as it passed tho top « cam , and that ho min . scd ius ami .
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THE INDIAN REVOLT .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2239/page/6/
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