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ia China . " We are sorry to find that a spirit of untruth has latterly pervaded much of the intelligence from the East . The \ Paya announces , on the faith of letters froin . China of the 30 th March , that ,, inconsequence of despatches which he liad received , from Calcutta Lord Elgin , after consulting with his allies , had decided on sending < nie of the l £ nglish regiments to India , as soon as the first reinforcements should arrive from France . TJiese were expected about the end of April or the beginning of May . There existed some discrepancy of opinion between Baron Grus and Lord JSlg-in , the former advocating the adoption of much stronger measures for coercing the Government at Pe-kin than the latter seemed inclined to adopt .
"MOROCCO . The Emperor of Morocco , accompanied by his eldest son , has proceeded at the head of a large army towards Zemour , a counti'y situated between Meguinez and Kabbat , and "which is now in open revolt .
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Katiieb a brighter character is exhibited by the Indian news which has arrived by telegram during the present week . Azimglrar was relieved by Sir Edward Lugard on the loth of April , oil which occasion -the enemy , though they retreated with regularity , lost three guns and a great number of men . Mr . ¦ Venables ( spoken of in the telegram as of the Civil Service ) and Lieutenant Hamilton were wounded in the pursuit ; and , at the last advices , Sir Edward T ., ugard was pursuing the en « my to the Gogra . The
Sikh force , under Major Evans , inflicted a severe defeat , on the 11 th ult ., on . a large body of Bheels arid Mekrivee in the Santpoora Hills . The battle was very obstinate , and lasted some hours . Sixty men and four hundred ; vomen belonging to the enemy were captured ; hut our own loss was also large , being to the extent of seventy-one killed and ¦ wounded . Among the latter are five officers : —viz ., Captain Birch , Lieutenant Bascvi , Lieutenant Blair , Lieutenant Atkins , and Lieutenant Paurent . So , at least , the names are set forth in the telegram , which , however , is not a Yery trustworthv guide .
The disarming of the Myhee Gaunta is in progress , and no new distur-banees are reported in the Mahratta country . The rebel Dessayces are said to have entered the Sawunt Warree country with a few followers ; but it is hoped that the outbreak is nearly suppressed . Sir Hugh Kose's advance on Calpec has been delayed by the fear that the Kotah rebels will move on Jhansi . Orders have accordingly been issued to
General Roberts to advance to Kotah , that he may co-operate with Sir Hugh Hose . It is thought that the enemy will make a stand at Calpee ; and we shall probably hear ere long : of some important operations in that locality . The rebel Rajali of Mynpooree has arrived , with some foroe , at a place described in the telegram as Oursu , but which is probably Sirsa ; and the Rajah of Kotah is on trial before a commission for not having saved Major Burton and his sons from being murdered .
¦ PROCLAMATION AGALNST THE KNGL 1 S . H IN INDIA . Tlie following extraordinary proclamation was issued by Prince Mirza Mahomed Fcroze Shah-on the 3 rd of Bujub , 1274 , corresponding with the 17 th of February , 18 . } 8 : — " Be it known to all the Hindoo and Mahomedan inhabitants of India that to mlo over a country is one of the greatest blessings from Heaven , and it is denied to a tyrant or an oppressor . Within the last few years the British commenced to oppress the people in India under different pleas , and contrived to eradicate Hindoo-ism and Mahomedan ism , and to make all tlie people embrace Christianity . Tho Almighty Tower observing this , diverted tho hearts of tho people to a dillerent course , and now everyone hns turned , to annihilate the English , and they have nearly done so . Through avarice and
ambition , the lintish lmvosliown sonic resistance , thoiu-ii in vain . Through Divine mercy , that will in a short time be reduced to nothing . Let this also ho known to all Hindoos anil Mussuhnuns , that the English bear the bitterest enmity towards them . Should they again become predominant in this country—which God forbid ! —they -will destroy religion , property , and even the life of every one . A brief . sketch of tho views and intentions of tlio Supreme Court and . Parliament is hereby given , in order to warn tho people that they should gut rid of tho habits of negligence and Htrivo in unity to destroy tho inlidela . When tho Indian troops mutinied to wave their religion , and killed all iiilidel . shi several places , tlio wide men of England were of opinion that , had the British authorities in India kept tlio following things in view , tho mutiny would auvor have broken out : —¦
" 1 . They should hufo destroyed tho race of tho former kings and nobles . 2 . Thoy Hlundd huvo burnt all books of every other volition . 3 . They nhould not . have left even a biswu of ground to any of tlio native ruleiu 4 . ' 1 'bmy should luive intermarried among tho
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natives , so that after a short time all ¦ have become one race- 5 . They should not liave taught the use of artillery to the natives . 6 . They should . not have left arms among the natives . 7 . They should not have employed any native until he consented to eat and drink with Europeans . 8 . The mosques and 'Hindoo' temples should not have been allowed to stand . 9 . -Neither Moulvies nor Brahmins should have been allowed to preach . 10 . Tlie several cases brought into the courts
should have been decided according to English laws . 11 . English priests should have performed all nuptial cererndnies of the natives according to their English customs . 12 . All prescriptions of the Hindoo and Mussulman physicians should have been prohibited , and English medicines furnished instead . 13 . Neither Hindoo nor Mussulman fak ' e « rs should have been allowed to convert people without the permission of English missionaries . 1-1 . European doctors only should have been allowed to assist native women in childbed .
" Lut the authorities did not take means to introduce these measures . On the . contrary , they always encouraged the people , so much so that they ot last broke out . Had the authorities kept in view the maxims above alluded to , the natives would have remained quiet for thousands of years . " These are now the real intentions of the English ; but all of us must conjointly exert ' ourselves for the protection of our lives , property , and religion , and to root out the English iiom this country . Thus we shall indeed , through Divine mercy , gain great victory over them . I ( the Prince ) now draw a brief sketch of my travels , and I hope the people will pay attention to what I say . Before the destruction of theEnglish 1 went on
a pilgrimage to Mecca , and on my return I observed that the English were in a bad an < l" hazardous position . I therefore offered thanks to God , because it is in my nature to follow the principles of my religion and to promulgate justice . I persuaded many at Delhi to raise a religious war ; I . then- ' hastened' towards Gwalior , where the majority of . the military officers promised to kill tho English and take up my cause . A . small portion of the Gwalior army accompanied me . I had not the least intention to announce war before I had everything . in order , but the army became very enthusiastic , and commenced fighting with the enemy ( the English ) . Though our army vas then but a handful , and that of the enemy very large in numbers , still we fought manfully , and
though apparently we -were defeated , in reality we were victorious over our enemy , for we killed 1000 of them . Since then I have been collecting as ' well as exhorting the people . I have exerted myself in . procuring ammunition up to this day , now four months since the commencement . Thank God , an army of 150 , 000 old and new men are now bound by & solemn oath to embrace mv cause . I have collected considerable treasury and munitions of war in many places , mid in a short time I shall clear the country of all iuiklels . Since the real purpose of ' this war is to save religion , let every Hindoo and Mussulman render assistance to the utmost . Those that are old should ofter their prayers . The rich , but old , should assist our sacred warriors with money . Those in perfect health , as well as young , should attend in person . But those who are in the service of either Mirza 13 irjish Kadur Bahadur in Luekno-w , or of Khan Uahadoor Khun at Bareilly , should not venture out to join us , for those rulers arc themselves using their host endeavours to clear the country of all infidels . All ' who join us should do so solely with a view of promulgating their religion , not with that-of worldly avarice . Thus ' victory will certainly smile upon us ; then , distingui . shcd posts Avill be conferred on the people at large . The 'delay in defeating the English has been caused by people killing innocent children and woin . cn without any penni .-jsion whatever from the loaders , -whose commands were not obeyed . Let us all avoid suuh practices , and then proclaim a sacred war . Lastly : tlie great and small in this campaign will be equul , for we nre waging a religious war . I ( the Prince ) do now proclaim a sacred war , and exhort all , according to the tenets of thi'ir religion , to exert themselves . Tho rest I leave to God . Wo shall certainly conquer ( ho English ; consequently , I invite the people again to my assistance . " Printed at Bareilly , by . Shaict Ni . sar Ally , xindcr the supervision of Moolvio Mahomed Kootoob-Shah . " MB CIKNlCItAI . . SITUATION . From the Calcutta correspondence of iho IMili / News ( dated . April lOtli ) wo derive the . subjoined sketch of tho prospects of tho . summer and tho general results of tlio fall of Lucknow : — " Mr . Montgomery ia appointed Chief Commissioner in Oude , and lie has a tu . sk before him that , even to such an ablu man , will not bo a li ^ lil one . Oudu is still unconqueiail . We norisuss Lneluiow , and nothing more , and even there wo luivo still awurma « . f « iiuiiiioa , i tin was proved l , y the murder of two young officers , Copo and Thuckwell , in tho native part of tlio town . Beyond the auburbd of Lucknow , Undo bristles with fortresses , the BLronyliold . s of powerful zoniiiumrH , umny of whom can command the mirviocH of thousand )* of nriiied peasantry . To | ilU : J (! f ? m , landholders , oxciipting , of ooiu \ -: <> , . such as uro known to huvo taken an active part hi tho rebellion , it has lnwn proposed ( it is . said by Sir John Liiwreuuis ) to oiler uinnc . sticH . Itut to tho surprise of all , Lord ( . burning will not connect . '
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" It lias transpired that , w-liile Mr . J . P . Grant w Lieutenant-Governor of the Central Provinces , he ordered " the dislmndmont of a corps of police , ' composed of nativ Chr ^ tians , which Mr . F . I ? . Giibbins . had ¦ ruisc-d for th protection of Bcnnre ^ . This has revived the uld accusa tion of having released the mutiueei-. s captiu ad bv Geiu'ral Xeill , and doubts sire thrown on the acuiiriii'v of Jlr Grant ' s denial ,: which had hitherto been' ne-ccj / ted as a complete exoneration . - The twiI ' truth vill prob ' iljh . never tianspire ; certainly it will not be made ]> ubliu bvthe -authorities here . 'There is . apparently no ' public ' m India . ( Government . officials iswin to ' think that- their
own convenience is paramount to every other cunsiduration . The telegram conveying the .-important news of the change of Ministry was in the hands of Government twenty-four hours before it wus sent to the-- pro .- - ; : . The reticence , too , of the ( Joinuiunder-iu-Cliiuf is * nmt" | r blamed . We know that a large number . of oHiclts wer ^ killed : unl wounded ' at ' Lucknow , but no . li . st of casual " , tics has yet appeared . All the movements of ti ' oop- ; are announced in airabsurdly curt and often uninU'lliuible manner , and for any account of the taking uT LulUho-w we are as yet indebted entirely to private iettw .- ; . As to the Governor-General , for all that is publidv known of his doings , he ' mii ^ ht as well be at Timbuctoo . ¦
" Tile -Argo and Jason have arrived , the former bringing about-three hundred men and'the latter about one thousand . Though , 'these liien are drafts for manv different regiments they are all pushed up . country with the greatest speed , and already thozo that 'arrived l > y tie Argo have reached Lnsseraun , where they nre detained in the expectation of Koor Sing making an attempt to cross the river and regain his old quarters in Lelmr . " But a hot weather cumpaign-. . is not probable , thou ' gU it is seriously discussed by the press . From Sir Oolin ' s distribution of the tr ' ooiis , it is evident that he means his army . to rest , acting on the- defensive : iC need be ., Desultoiv e ' meutes .-will of course
take place , but they will- pxubabh' only trivc employment to the police . Tlie fall ' and occupation of Kutah and Jhansi will be a salutary blow to tho prospect of a rhularee war , and the taking of Bareilly will checkmate the * - last'remnant of the Lucknow . mutineers . A verv large force of British troops has ' reached the -Punjab from UoniLay , and ensured the safety of that imjiortaut province . Altogether , then , it is most . probable' that the hot weather will pass over hi peace ; that the mutinous Sepoys , sobered by inaction , will desert their leaders aud make away to their homes ; and that , when the funds of the Nana and his conjreres are . exhausted , their hi . st adherents , ' true to tlieir Asiatic instincts , will deliver them v ]> to us , . and claim the oll ' ered rewiird . "
Tiie foregoing-should , o ' f course , be read by the light of those tclcgrains which bring the news down to a later date , and the substance of which will be found above . The Bombay correspondent of the 7 V » u ' j » - ( wx'iting on April : 24 th ) says : — "The hot weather has now set in tlirouyhout India in . all its intensity , but the greater part of the British forces engaged in suppressing the rebellion inu ^ t . still of necessity keep die Held . If Luc-know and Olum . si have f . illen , linreilly Jind Calpp . e remain delimit , and Uiinand
lrom Sir Colin Campbell and Sir lluyli Kose the employment of every man not absolutely hidispeiisiiMi : in garrisoning the captured cities . In Rochilcuml , tlierefore , there will bu a hot weather campaign , and along the course of the Jumna ; uor in the districts souih-i .-iist of Oude , nor ia Ihindelcund , nor far away to tlie "westward of the scene of the great struggle— . wheiv , anumj the uiouutains of Kliandoish , tho " iJhcels and uilwr inamitders still oppose tlie Sepoys of this Presidencyis the matter liioly to be tliorouglily worked out lul'oie the rain conies down to suspend all operations . of lute has
"l < * rom Oudo our intelli ^ viicc lurii l » ut . scanty , but , we have the groat fact that the iulvauoi : into Rochilcund has begun . After a vi .-it of tint tJoinniunder-in-Uhuif to the ( Joyenior-CJoiioral , at Alluhab . iil , about the 10 th , the forces intended to ojioratc against Biueilly , now the place of rench' / . vous of all tin- principal rebels of the north-west—Nuna Saliili , tlui Niivnh of Futtyghur , Khan Ualnuloor , and ollicrs — lic- -. ni to move . CJoner .-il Walpolu's division broke up from i-ia'knov , and bo ^ i ni its march upward -, whili- ' Coke ' s brigade , leuvvnir its position at lioorkoi :, crossed the Ganges , and evitercd tho rebellious province from above . The Cominiiiuler-in-Chier ordered bis stall' duMii to ( J .-Lwnporc , intending , a )> puivmly , to piMnvil up thit ri ;? hL or Doab . sidu of tlio Clunges to Kutlvghur . ' TUli li . KHT 1 NDI . V COMIWHV ON TI 1 U X'VS 1 Hll ? li : NV OF 'I'll li MIlTISlCKIiH .
A . copy of a letter fnjui the Court uf Directors of tlie Eust liuliu , ( . -oinpany to the l . luvi ! riioi--lJeiioi-iil of India in Ooinicil ( ilale : il May 5 tli , 1 SoS ) , was issued on Monday . We hen ; read : — " You will Iinvu received , by the mail of tin . - . » th ol > Mnich , a letter from tliu . Secret Coniuiittee , wliich has ¦ siiK .-t ! been laid bulbru nn , respect in /;; - the policy nliii'l' ' •¦ becomua you to imrsuo toward * llioriii nalivi . 's of \ wti * wlio have riiiicntly boen in nnns iigaiiihl I lie . auiiiunty of the liriti . sh ( Government . ' * That loHe . r em ' pliatieally coiilirins thu priin : i 1 >!»"•* which you have ulreadv adopted , iih hvX forlli in vt ) Ul ' eircu ' ai- of ihi : » 1 hI of ' July , 18 ;> 7 , hy iiiipivs .-Jiij ; U | H '" you tho propriety of purauing after tlio conquest of tl '
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486 JSE _ X . E ADE R . ' [ No . 426 , May 22 , 1885 .
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THE IffDI-AiF EEYOLT .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 486, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2243/page/6/
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