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The slate of France we notice moic fully in another column ; upon one point , however , a few words may "be said here . Another incident in the Figaro duel story has been evolved . Following up their system of terrorism ., forty-two officers of the garrison of St . Germain have waited on the Director and Chief Editor of the Industriel , a local paper , for the purpose of demand * big the insertion of a letter Containing their--version of the original duel , and of its aftSef consequences . There is thus W > attempt ma ' xsfo to hide the simple fact that the army considers itself at tliis moment the dictator in France . Thirtv-oiic
sub-heoienants challenged M . de Pij ? e for writing a jest ; forty-two ofueers , dressed in full regimentals , demand of another writer that he shall do their bidding in spite of himself—and on pain of beings murdered by one or other of the party / a la . Hyenk . Events are progressing . We wait with curiosity for the next demonstration of the military will . The speech of Count Cavoub in the Chamber of Deputies , on the 19 th and 20 th of tlie present month , placed in remarkable distinctness the ability of this great statesman to contend successfully
against the numerous adverse influences which are brought to bear uyon his policy . In his hands vast developments of "the-resources of his country have already been made , and a . long vista of new enterprises are opening out , promising wealth and other social and political advantages . Of the minor states of Europe there is not one that stands higher in the popular esteem of this country , and this result is in great measure owing to the administration of Count CA . TOXTB . In coming to the money market of Englaud , then , for a loan to carry out
the great enterprises in which his Government has embaried for the ultimate benefit of the country , Sardinia will meet with ready sympathy and assistance . The strongest opponents , in fact , of lier progress are , " within her popular assembly , the revolutionary party , the Tories , and the ultraclerical party . But , with Count Cavour to guide affairs , and the earnestness of the King in support of constitutional progress , none of these parties will be able to divert Sardinia from the course of honour and greatness upon which she is now advancing .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . SIB ARTHUR HALt-AM ELTO 2 T ON MR- CARDWEIX / s MOTIOH . A public meeting of the electors of Bath was held on Wednesday evening , at the Guildhall , in that city , to hear from Sir Arthur Hallam . IClton , Bart ., an address upon the political questions of the day , more especially in reference to the recent motion of Mr . Cardwell . The chair was taken by Mr . Alderman Hunt , President of the Bath Liberal Association , who highly commended the course taken by Sir A . H . Elton in thus boldly coming before his constituents to explain and defend his Parliamentary conduct . Sir Arthur Hallam Elton addressed the meeting at considerable length , and , amidst repeated cheers , explained the motives for his several votes since he had been member for Bath . In reference to Mr . Cardwell ' s motion , ho stated his intention of voting ngainst it had it been pressed to a division . He considered , he said , that Lord Canning had heon influenced by other parties in issuing his Proclamation , vhich was of a dangerous and vindictive character , whilst the despatch of Lord Ellenborough , though not in all particulars defensible , ¦ was lioncst , pacific in its tendency , and creditable to the Government . In fact , the present Government had shown itself to bo pervaded by a spirit of wisdom and toleration , and ho would not bo one to lend hirnaelf to a ' pal try party movement to oust them in order that a " Whiy
family clique , might again take possession of the Treasury benches . Ho differed from Lord Derby ' s Go vernment upon many important question ' s , but ho contended that they were entitled to a fair trial , and , untiL they hnd proved themselves incompetent or unworthy to govern , or obstructive to the good of the country , they ought not to bo subjected to factious opposition , lie canvassed the character an < l antecedents of tho gentlemen -who wished to supplant tho present Government , and came to tlie conclusion that , although there wore belonging to the Into administration gentlemen who ought not to bo omitted from any Liberal ministry , yet that Lord Talinorston ' s Government wcro chargeable ¦ Wltli fiuccumbing to despotism abroad , and were unfaithful to tho caueo of reform nt hom « . At tho close of Sir A . H . Elton ' s address , a -vote of confiderico in him aa representative , Ami of thanks for
his explanation , was given , and "the proceedings terminated with- the usual rote of thanks to the c'liairman . BASQUE * TO I / ratrTESANT-cnLOXrcr , AL . XSQX . A banquet # as given in the Corporation Hall , Glasgow , on Wednesday evening , in honour of ZLieutennnt-Colonel Alison , a native of the city , and son . of the historian of Europe , -who has recently returned from India in consequence of severe -wounds received before I # ucknow . The banquet was given alike to welcome the gallant officer and to hoWour in his person Sir' Colin Oamptieft ( also & native of Glasgow ) and the rYeroic army # fc present serving in the East . Upwards of one hundretf of the most distmguish-ed citizens s&fc down to dinner . The Lord I'rovost of the cit . v filled the chair .
• In his address to the company , Lieutenant-Colonel Alison made some interesting observations on the operations of Sir Colin Campbell . He said : — " Gentlemen , when Sir Colin first set foot on Indian soil , nothing could be more disastrous than the news which awaited him : Oude in arms , Rohilcund revolted , the Doab in the hands of the enemy , all Central India £ 11 confusion , one great magazine captured at Delhi , our gun carriage manufactory lost at Futtehghur , all communication with the Punjab cut off—a small British force struggling to hold a position of observation , hot of siege , "before Delhi —Luck now and Agra , rocks rising out of the surrounding surge of rebellion , which threatened every moment to engulf them—Hnvelock , with matchless skill and
courage , maintaining himself in the neighbourhood of Cawnpore against overpowering numbers and the ravages of a deadly epidemic—Allahabad our only sure point of footing in tlie Doab—in . Calcutta itself anxiety and dread , a small European garrison overawing the loose native population , and watching three disarmed Sepoy regiments in the vicinity . In other ¦ words , gentlemen , the mutinous army of Bengal , 100 , 000 strong , and the revolted population , of Oude and the North-Western Provinces to contend against , and what to meet them ? In Bengal , and subject to the direct orders of the Commander-in-Chief , a force numbering not 7000 English bayonets , -with about 2000 native troops who could be relied upon . And this , gentlemen , not one
body united on a single field , but scattered over that vast extent of country which lies between Calcutta and Cawnpore—having to hold the river line of communication to Allahabad ^ eight hundred mile 3 in length—to keep open the land route to the same point , five hundred miles of road—to maintain a threatening head under Havelock one hundred and thirty miles further in advance at Cawnpore—and to hold down with an iron hand the great cities of Benares , Patna , and Calcutta in the rear . Gentlemen , the odds at first seemed too unequal , and one almost listened to hear tlie crash of a falling , empire . { Cheers . ') The fall in the Ganges had rendered the river route to Allahabad both tedious and uncertain , and it hecame necessary to organize another
and surer method of forwarding the reinforcements to the front . This -was done by establishing along the Great Trunk Road a mode of transport by which two hundred men a day were regularly forwarded in covered carts drawn by bullocks , which-were relieved at regular stages ; and to such perfection did this system attain that when the troops arrived at their "halting places they found their meals regularly prepared for them , as you would do at a railway station in this country , while the road -was kept elear of the rebels by small movable columns of infantry and artillery , who marched along it at irregular intervals . I believe militaiy organization never was carried further tlian in this instance , were two hundred men a day were regularly
forwarded , along five hundred miles of road , through a country intersected on all sides with rebel bands , without a single detachment being over cut off . In such ceaseless care 3 and anxieties was the time spent at Calcutta by Sir Colin Campbell passed , and upon the system then established were all our futnre successes based . ( Cheers . ) At length , by tho middle of September , Hiivelock ' s force , which at one time had been reduced by siukness and tho sword to eight hundred effective bayonets , had been raised by the arrival of all the reinforcements under Outram to nearly 3000 men , with about twenty guns , and ho set forth upon that hoartstirring march to Lucknow , the events of which arc still frosh in the memories of you all . "
Tlic Colonel dwelt at groat length on the various episodes of the war , and thus related wl » at ho beheld of tho light at tho Secundorbngh , Luoknow , on the 10 th of November : — "Bayonet to bayonet , and breast to breast , the struggle went on in tho heart of the building . And when , three hours after wo had first forced an entrance , I hnd occasion to return to tlio point , tho musketry wns still rattling in the interior , which yet re-echoed with tho criiiH of fighting men . I myself counted in one corner the dead lying piled six deep upon one Another ; and tho next morning in 010 than two thousand bodies
¦ were carried out of a space not one hundred yards square . It was a very charnel-house . Bui , gentlemen , that was not all thuftiJrd had to do that day . Towards ' evening tho enemy ' s firo , ospecially from tho Shnh Najjucf , had become bo fiovoro tliat even Peel's stout gunnWff could not Ueep it down . It became iinposniblo to remain under it as wo worn . Thou $ ir Colin jignin threw tho OJird into ( ho scalo , and with them turned the beam of victory ivhen it wan trembling in tho halmice . Placing himself at their head , ho led them on to tho charge , and woll did they acquit thoinaelvcs of their mission . "
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Tile relief of Azimg-lmr by Sir Edward laigard on the 15 th of _ April has been confirmed by the telegrams received during the present week . The General forced the enemy ' s bridge on the day indj . cated , anoK , on the 17 th wit ., the pursuing forc e " under Brigadier Douglas , drove the rebels out of the city , and pursued them for fifteen miles towards Gorruekpotfs . A standard and three guns -were captureeL The rebels sustained a heavy loss ; but oursixfe suffered very slightly , only ten men beiiv killed and thirty-seven wounded . ' to
It -was believed , at the last dates , that the enemy could not cross tiie Gogrn ; but this week ' s intelligence from the East is not without some serious points . The rebel Kajah of Mynpooiee has arrived at Ourgas with some . force , and it seems in . the highest degree probable that the insurgents will make a stand at Calpee . Koor Singh is said-to be trying to get into the Behar districts ; but a ren-urd of 25 , 000 . rupees has been offered for his apprehension . The Oude Begum is reported to be in a fort near Khyrabad , ¦ with about three thousand adherents .
Sir Colin Campbell ' s head-quarters and staff left Cawnpore on the 19 th of April , and marched by Futtehghur towards Rohilcund . On the 14 th , Brigadier " Wai pole attacked the fort ; of llaxonr , in Oude , and lost one hundred inen killed , including four officers . Tlie enemy evacuated the fort in the night . Brigadier Jones has attacked and dispersed a body of rebels , two thousand strong , near Kukul . Four guns were captured out of six ; and the rebels had a heavy loss in men / Many of them have dispersed to their homes ; but others , with tlie remaining two guns , have gone to Nuj « e Badad . The PrincessUoyal , with the 57 th Regiment , m route to Bombay , arrived at Alexandria on tht > loth inst . ; and the Prince Arthur transport has gone to Suez to receive the men .
THE MUTINY AT KUERACBEE , "An Old Soldier , " writing to the Times , professes to give an accurate account of certain circximstances attending the rising at Kurrachee , last September , which he thinks have been misrepresented , lie says : — . ' . ' . - ' , \ ¦ . ¦ " The true facts of the case are well known to T > e that Brigadier Lowth , when informed at eleven o ' clock at night by Major McGregor that he had reason to fear
that the 21 st Native Infantry would mutiny at twelve o ' clock , seeing that there was not a minute to Ie }« $ t , gave all the necessary orders for disarming the regiment at once , as he was in duty bound to do as commanding the station , informing the Major-General of what he Ji . id done . All these orders were accordingly . carried out successfully by Brigadier Lowth and the officers mvlor him ; and nobody , probably , would be more astonished than General Scott himself to read tbat he had given any order in the affair -whatever . "
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES OJX TIIE TAKIXG OK WTCKNOW . A supplement to the Gazette contains long « lc 5-patchesfrom Sir Colin Campbell ( as communicated through Lord Canning ) and Sir James Outran ) , with reference to the tak ing- of Lucknow . Analyzing these documents , the Morning Star says : " As the Governor-General has described it , the taking of Lucknow consisted of ' a series of operations conducted from the 2 nd till tho 16 th of March . ' On tho
day first named , the force under Sir Colin Campbell consisted of 827 European officers , 117 native officers , and 18 , 797 rank and file , with 4517 liorses . Tlint is to say , it may be pnt clown as an effective force of 20 , 000 . Of this number , after Lucknow fell , it was found that 127 officers and men had been killed , 505 hud been ¦ wounded , and 14 had been missing— total loss , ( lift . A rottirn is given of tho pieces of ordnance captured at Lucknow , 113 in all , which for tho most part appear to bo of English and foreign manufacture .
" Wo may also refer to what is generally considered to bo a vor } -- interesting document , the roll of officers ¦ who nro deemed deserving of honourable notico on account of their skill and bravery , a roll that describes in whnt that skill and bravery consisted . In the present case—that of Lucknow—this roll is -very Ivu'fte , ox taxiing to about a dozen pages of tho Gazette , hut we do not . find mention of any deed done by any non- < : omiiii * sioiH-d officer . The privates , corporals , mid seigounts vim fought and suffered nro entirely passed ovw , nml arc no moro regarded as worth } ' of special honour or proin <» li"H than if they were individuals to whom praise ami merit had no moaning . In tlio long list before ' us , w <> do
no ( . observd ( he names of many wlu > huv « disiiii-Kuishod themselves for what maybe ; called special arti of personal courage ; but the few who nro ho monti'Mie'l we niny hero name . IJoiUonnnt Wynne , of the lioyal lCngiiiei ! r « , mado himself conspicnou . s in romovin ;; ll breastwork from an iron bridge , under a heavy lire ; and Lieutenant Butler , of tlio 1 st Nengal Fuailii'i-rt , ' swum across tho Goomtoc , and by standing on tlio panipM ni > linccl to our troops that tho lino of entrenchment was abandoned by the enemy ; and in doing ho his exposed himself most , fearlessly . ' Two officers of the 7 th Hussars , Lieu ton ant-Colonal llngart and Lieutenant Wilkin , ftto commended for daahiiig into tho midat of a number
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THE INDIAN REVOLT . ' «" —
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page 506, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2244/page/2/
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