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? scented and prevailed upon them , partly by threats and inducements held out of preferment and unrestricted licence , to return . Shortly after , the whole of the European community , men , women , and children , were forcibl y brought out of their homes , and , in presence of the Ranee , stripped naked . Then commenced a scene unparalleled in historical annals . She who styles her-. s » lf ' Kanee' ordered , as a preliminary stop , the blackeiiin" - of their-faces with a composition of suet and oil (?) ; then their being tied to treed at a certain distance from eaclr other ; and , having - directed the innocent little children to be hacked to pieces before the eyes of their agonized parents , she gave tlie women into the hands ol the rebel Sepoys to be dishonoured , 'first by them , and then handed over to the rabble . The maltreatment thesa poor creatures had received was enough to kill them , and several died ere the whole of the brute scene had transpired , but those who still lingered were put to death with the greatest cruelty , being severed limb from limb . The death the man were subjected to was by no means so intensely cruel as that which our countrywomen received at the hands of their ravishers . Among the ruins of what once was the Kesidency , a party of the 14 th Dragoons discovered the head of a European female . The features could not be identified , the face , being one entire mass of corruption ; bat the long silken auburn tresses denoted but too truly that she was one of the hapless beings who fell a victim to the insatiate thirst for blood of the hellish li : inee and her fiendish
myrmidons . " . THE CA . TASTR 01 MIR AT AZI 3 ICIIITU . Colonel Milman , in a letter to Iiriyauier Gordon , commanding at Benares , says ( under date " Camp , Axiinghur , March 22 nd" ) : — ' " Information had been received that a considerable body of mutineers were in the neighbourhood of Attrow- ken ' . I found them posted in several topes of mango-trees , and I advanced , with skirmishers thrown out in front , the p ; uns being supported by a . party of her Majesty ' s 37 th -Uc--iment , and the Madras Cavalry on the Hanks under Colonel Cumbelsge . "We followed them as they retired for some distance , when shortly afterwards they were driven into the open country . The cavalry were then enabled to act , and cut up a few of the rebels ; but the ground was so very marshy and unsound for the horses , tliat the pursuit could not be continued , Lieutenant Welsh , hownvor , opened lire with a " 2 1- pr , under howitzer , and , sending a shell right in the midst of them , completed the discomfiture of the rebels , who quickly dispersed among the neighbouring trees . After this I continued my march to Lorha , which place I reached without any further occurrence , and set the village-on fire . Having effected the object for wJiioh sot out from Koelsa , I quietly inarched back to Attrow leea . The men were halted in the neighbourhood oCthis village in topes of tree ? , and breakfast was being pro pared by the cooks , when novs was brought in suddenl that the rehels were advancing in groat force . I pro ceeded with some skirmishers to ascertain their strength and found them strongly posted behind a mud wall in the midst of topes of trees and sugar-canes . I then S 3 Ut back orders for the troops to advance ; but the mini bcr of the rebels increased so fast , and they covered such a large space of ground , that both my flanks were threatened . Accordingly 1 took up my position on rising piece of ground slightly in my rear ; the rebels attempted to turn my left Hank , and 1 withdrew ; into and tiirough the village of Attrowleea , at about twelve a . m ., and moved on Koelsa , my llanks and rear being covered by the cavalry . The rebels , though they followed and lived at a distance the whole way , never indicted the slightest damage , landing , on my arrival at Koelsa , that the camp was threatened , and that , the whole population in the district was disaffected , I despatched a squadron of cavalry , supported by a . small infantry picket , to watch the rebels . They were quickly charged by the cavalry and . suffered a heavy loss , 21 dead bodies being counted On tho field besides wounded . Information was , however , received that a large body of rebels , estimated at about 501 ) 0 men , worts advancing on the camp . This Created such a panic ninongst ( lie camp followers , that many of tho hackery drivers left their carts , and all tho companies ' cooks run away . Under these circumstances , and taking into consideration tho position ol' my camp , which was very untenable in ease , of a night altiu .-lc , and that no supplies or liquor of any kind whatever rould be obtained for the men , 1 judged it expedient to retire on Azimghuv , which I reached safely tlii . s morning . In making this movement , I regret to say that owing to many of the hackery drivers having run away as F . previously stated , I was compelled to leave a few tents and sonic Imggage behind . Tin ; loss of the rebels , 1 judge , nmsL have been some 7 0 killed . " I ' UOCI . AMATION OK Till" . ( U » Vi ; H ^ OK-tiHN K . U . V 1 .. Lord Canning has issued tho following prorkunution : ~ " Tins army of Inn Kxcclluiuy this Coinmniide . r-in-Chief in in possession of Luckuow , and the . city lies at the mercy of tho liriti . sh ( ioverimuMit , who « e authority it has for nine months rebellioii .-ily defied tinil resisted . This rertirttancc , begun hy a mutinous soldiery , has found support from tho inhabitants of the . city and of the province of Oudc at largo . ftlnuy who owed their proaparity to iho British Governinenl , n , s well us Lhoao who
" f t ' j pr to \ ol I ' ¦ pc j tu j cc \ pi j 1 ' j ft C | a \ < o j . si | 1 " j fi i t j t , o j s I . ' - - j c , < ¦ - j t y j i - > , - \ - 1 - ' a believed themselves aggrieved by it , have joined in this h ad cause , and have ranged themselves with the enemies of the Stale . They have been guilty of a great crime , and have subjected themselves to a just retribution . The Capital-of their country is now once more in the hands of the British troops . Fi \> m . this day it will be held by ¦ ' force which nothing can withstand , and the authority of . the Government will be carried into every corner of the province . The time , then , has come at which the Right ;¦ Hon . the Governor-General of India deems it right to ' make known the mode in which the British Government ! will deal -with the talookdars , chiefs , and landholders of j Oude and their followers . i "Thelirst care of the Governor-General " will he to reward those who have been stead fasten their allegiance at a tiine when the authority of the Government was partially overborne , and who have proved this by tha j support ami assistance which they have given to British o'Tieers . Therefore the Right Hon . the Governor-General hereby declares that Drigliejjie Singh , llajah of JJulranipore ; Koolwunt Singh , Rajah of Puilnaha ; Rao Hurdeo Uuksh Singh , of Kutiaree-, Kasheepershuud , Talookdm- of SissaiYidee ; Zulu- Singh , Zemindar of Gopaul JCheir ; ami Chund . c ' eloll , Zemindar of Moraou ( liaiswarali ); are henceforward tho sole hereditary-proprietors of the lands which they held when Oude came under Ui'itisii rule , subject only to such moderate assessment as may--be imposed upon them , ami that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such . manner and to such -extent as , upon consideration . of their merits and their position , the . Governor-General shall determine . A proportionate measure of reward and honour according I to ' their deserts will bo conferred upon others in whose j favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction j of the Government . j " The Governor-General . ' further proclaims to ¦ the ¦ people of Oude that , with the ubove-nieutiuiied exeep- ' . ' tious , tlie proprietary right inthe soil of the province is j confiscated to the British Government , which will dispose of that right . in such manner as it miy seem litting . To tho = e talookdu-r , chiefs , and / landholders , vrith their followers , ' who shall make immediate sub : iu = sii > n to the J Chief Commissioners of Oude , surrendering their arms , I and obeying his orders , the Right Hon . the Governor-• | General ' promises that their lives and honour shall b 3 \ safe , provided that their hands arc unstained with Eng-. j lish blood murderously shed . But , . . as regards any ; . ! further indulgence which may ba extended to them , and , j the condition .-in which they may hereafter be placed , j they must throw themselves upon the justice and mercy ; ' ¦ of the British Government . To those among them who ; i shall promptly come forward and iiivc to the Chief Coni-[' , missioiier their support in the restoration of peace and . j order Ibid indulgence will be largo , and the Governov-3 ! General will be ready to view liberally the claims which - | the } ' may thus aeT £ niro to a restitution of their former y I rights . As participation in the murder of Englishmen _ and 13 ngli . shwonie . il will exclude those who are guilty of i it from all mercy , so will those who have protected ii English lives be specially entitled to consideration and ii leniency . By order of ' the Right lion , tho Governor-.- General of India . 1 , " G . T . KmioxsTOXE , ¦ " Secretary to the Govc-rniuen :. of India . a " Allahabad , March il . "
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THE ORIENT . l'KUSIA . Tin-: Sliah has lost one of his sons , to -whom he was mucli attached . The young prince was carried oil' in & few days by the small-pox . To divert his mind from this allliction , the Sh . ih went on a hunting excursion , and during his absence sinister rumours wore spread as to his having been dangerously wounded . This , however , turned out to be a mistake , which had thus arisen . At - a tiger-hunt , one of the great ollieta-s of the household was wounded by tho animal , and would have perished had not the Shall rushed to hi . s assistance , and , after a desperate struggle , killed the tiyor . JAPAN . A Mr . Goshkuviteh has liceii appointed llussinu consul in dupan . He will reside in the island of Ye .-so . His vtife will live , with him there ; and she will be this first European female over permitted to re .-Mdi ; in the . 1 « - puni'su dominions , Mr . ( . Joskeviteh ha = > been ton yearns in PeUin . Some interi'stiug partieulurs with respect to tho Itus-. siau llotilla in the t . 'liinesc and . lapan seas are given liy thu St . l ' etvir . iluirg I'orrespoiident of the Dull // 'J \ Ic . i / rtiji / i , who writes : " ¦ lfesiiles this ships already stationed tlmre , a dot ilia is on tho way from Cn > n .-stndt for the Eutit , eoiirtssling of the . screw steamers Wojewoila , N ; iviU , Uojarini l'larliiu , l . ) .- < cliijit , and Trolot , undor tl » e iioiunumd of Ailmiral Ivou / . iuetzow . This lied , after lieiug inspeeled by the Grand-Duke Constanliue , took its departure in October last year , pa-sing tin ; Sound at (' op ' . MihngiMi . To thesi : ' vcsse ^ ls h : \ - \ Iiimu add > : il tile slvani IVigati' . \ rkolde , of 1 H gun ^ , which is appoinli < il to rei : eive on Iwnvil Couul . Put ' iaiine , ilio Imperial Auibusnudov . Tlu ! immt'iliule pnrpo .-ie of tlii . s squadron is to L >> i : iuiinc ai ' i'iiralely the coasts and waters of tin * Noi'l . hern l ' ueilie Oei-an ; anil , with thin view , lneh « j . iluliliod for . such invcnigatioiiH are onboard the aboves
mentioned ships . It is , however , evident that this flotilla is destined to strengthen the station obtained on . the Amur as well as to secure the possession of the island of Saghalien , which in- part at least belongs to Russia . The most recent treaty between Japan and Russia secures to the latter the possession of Urup and the more northerly situated . Curiles , but leaves the Russian claims on Saghalicn undecided . It seems likely that Russia is anxious to bring this last-mentioned affair with Japan to a termination , and so to create a naval station in tho Northern l'acilic Ocean in every respect such as would allow hsr fully to assert her importance in that quarter . " .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . n . VNQUi'Vr at Tin-: nor . vi . academy of auts . The inauguration of the annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy \ vas celebrated last Saturday . The door . ; were tlixown open to tha guests at two o ' clock , and the dinner commenced at six o'clock in the East room , the walls of which were covered with siaw pictures . Sir Charles Ivastlake , the President of the institution , occiipie-l the chair , and the guests included tha chief mjmV . Ts of the Government , the Duke of Cambridge , several members uf the aristocracy , the Bnroa de Getto (^ Bavarian 3 I in ' nter ) , Sir Vf . 1 : \ V . 'illiams , } . h : G ! a ; lstonc , Lord John . Ilussoli , Mr . Card well , Mr . L-iboiichere , Mr . 1-iobert % owe , Lord fioderieh / thc Lovl' Mnyoi " , the Governor of tho Uank-of England , Sir ll-jdcrielc JMurchUoii , Mr . lloljert Stephcujson , 3 SI . 1 ' ., Professor Faraday , the . Presidents of the'Colleges . of 'Physicians and of Surgeons , Mr . Dickens , 3 lr . Thacke-ivvy , and several mcm'liers of Parltameiit and other not ' nbilitie .-i . Tha President gave out the various toasts in . succession , and'thesa were aeknowledgevl lythe Duke of C ' ambridg ? -, Sir John Pakin ^ ton , the ! 5 amn de Cetto , the Lord Chancellor , Karl Derby ,- Mr . Dickens , mid Mr . Thackeray . In tho course : of . his address , the Comin ' andor-in-Chief spoke in the highest terras of the ¦ genius ' evinced' by Sir Colin Campbell in India , and nlluded to his favourite topic of maintaining-the army in a state of eificiency . He then proceeded : — "lam [ sorry that I cannot claim for myself the merit of being I in any respect an artist . When 1 was a little boy , my friends were very anxious that I should turn my attention to the line arts ; ' bu . t I regret to say that , like many other young people . I was silly enough in those diys to think the studv verv troublesome , and accordingly did not make the . progress ' whk-h ' my guardians ' had at heart . ( . 1 hni ; ih . ) The consequence is that I now stand before you extremely ignorant of your refine J pursuits . I hope , however , that 1 can ajipreciate them to sonic humble extent , though my tastf . may but be . imperfectly tutored ; and , as far as my cursory observation of what you have achieved goes , 1 * think 1 may congratulate this assembly " on the scene presente I by these-walls . " ( C' / wei's . ' ) The liaVl of Derby , in his speech , humorously alluded to the very scanty time which his official pursuits left lliim for studying mattui's of art . " There was , " he conj tinned , '' one consolation which I promised myself in attending this banquet . I thought that 1 should have been five for two hours at least from tho importunity of those rui [ iie .-ts which , sometimes in a milder , sometimes in a moro . pressing tone , are urged upon the attention , of the members of a Government . ( J ^ ui . ' j htcr . ) In Downing-sireet , I expect , of course , three or four times a day at all events , to reeeivo applications from clergymen for livings that are not yet vacant , ' from bin-Liters 1 '> v appointments which nobody dreamt of making , fro : a numberless individuals for no end of commissioner-ships (/(( . »;////«•/•); but I hud fondly hoped that , whon 1 eamo to tile tnunjuil and clawe . regions <>[ ' Trafal »; ir-sipMre , I should lun e had no * tu ; h solieitations made to me . ( Liui' / htc )' . ') I have been disappointed . ( ll < Mi < uva& ftiiti // iti : i : ) v u \ i , Sir [ addressing tlie President | , have , in ' tin most pursiiii . sivu lone * and with most llatterhig allu .-ion .-i to what took place on former oe . ensions , hinted vour eonliileiiee that the ( . iovenn-. ient would not be deaf t . \ ( It ii . l . i I ui u . it ' -wl' viiii lirjvo 51 » t ' t ill : 11 eil f . ll-ir . " " l * i *; lf 11 *
, , are the services which tho Uoynl Academy li . is roiulurcd to tin ; country , and which 1 cheerfully acknowledge , they might be greater r ; i 111 if you enjoyed ujronteraecoiuniodatiuii . If there was juun ' ii'i room , or uuollior house , or a better house , it would incalculably increase tho advantages which tin ) puldie duriw from your labours . ( CV / nTrf and limijhtrv . ' ) And , Sir , 1 owe you my thanks for recording that tlie lirst , . speech from the Throne which atlverti'd to the im |> ruvemi'iH of tho line arts as an object of publir intere-t was one whieli 1 had t lie . honour of advising the . Sovereign '" < lelivi'r in ' \ r '< ~ > ' 2 . Sir , that al-o remiiuls me tlmv in llio-ie days , when we were yet giviai in ot ' iiee { litntjhtt <•) , my right lion , friend who tliou , as now , was Chancellor of the . Kxi-Iiwuhm 1 , DNpnv-ised , a I one of Ihese annivi'isary festivals , not . only his hope and wish , but . al . so--di-liiiied mortal ! {_/ itn ; jlih-r ) — hi . s sanguiiie I' ^ iuM'tiition , that , the next , year wmilii set : tho Uoynl Aeaileiny and tlie National < Jallrry united in ; i nniijli improvi ' il . siuiatiun . Unfortunately , ln : fore thai lit ' xl , year arrived we cea > ed ( o l > e ivspo -. i-iible for Iht ' ndiuinWration of atl ' airs . ' Liberal .-iii ' l iirogivssivi ; < . Jov ( irnuifiil . s ' sui'ci'i'iled us , ami , for tlie ln . sl . six ynrs , under their auspiw .-s it is painful for mn to say Ihiit , f >| the improved . site of the lioyal Academy and Nalwrnil
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So . 424 , MAY 8 , 1858 . ] gLHJL _ JLJL ^ 3 LgA . _ 439
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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2241/page/7/
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