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of the enemy In the attempt to rescue Cornet Banks , who lay on the ground wounded . ' But it is even more interesting to read that Captain Wilmot , of the 2 nd Bine Battalion , ' especially distinguished himself in . saving a wounded soldier of his company from falling into the hands of the enemy , by repeatedly returning their fire while they were pressing on him , the only other two soldiers present being engaged in carrying the wounded man to the rear . ' "
MADRAS MUSSULMAN SEPOYS . A correspondent of the Times communicates from the Madras Athenaum an account of an act of atroeity committed by some Madras Mussulman Sepoys , which ( though not connected with the present revolt ) he thinks indirectly confirms the stories , so often repeated and denied , of the cruelties and indignities inflicted on our countrywomen by the Sepoys of Bengal . According to the story , a private of the 35 th Regiment Native Infantry , at Hurryhur , took some offence against aloose woman named Jamahlec . Concealing his anger , lie and a comrade lured the
woman to tlie ball-firing plain , one evening , by an invitation to take a glass of arrack . Five other Sepoys and a *' bheesty" ( who were in league with the other two men ) 'here joined them , and they drank spirits till the woman was intoxicated . The men then ravished her in succession , and , having carried her to the banks of the Toombudra river , close by , stripped her , roasted her alive , stomach -downwards , and tortured her in various ways . Finally , they threw the body on the "ball-firing plain . Two of the wretches have been condemned to death ; the other six to transportation for life .--
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THE ORIENT . BUmiAH . TJtrs King of Buvmah ( according to intelligence received at Boston , in America ) lias withdrawn his support and countenance from the Buddhist priests of Ava ,, and has banished . hundreds of them , from the monasteries in the neighbourhood of Amarapura . ¦ EGYPT . Achmed Pacha , elder son of Ibrahim Pacha , and heir apparent to the Pachalic of iEgypt , was killed on the 13 th by ati accident on the-railway steam-ferry . The carriage iii which , he sat rolled off the platform of the ferry into tlic aiver . CH . IXA . The allied Ambassadors were proceeding to Pekin at the last dates . Silk at Shanghai is advancing in price .
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MR . DISRAELI ON THE STATE OF PARTIES . The Chancellok of tiik Exchequer and Mr . Dupre , the two members for Buckinghamshire , were entertained on Wednesday at a public dinner in a large tent erected in the gardens of the Royal Hotel , Slough . The chair was taken by Colonel 11 . Vyse , and the company included the Duke of Buckingham , the Earl of Orkney , Viscount Curzon , M . P ., and several other members ' of Parliament and neighbouring gentlemen . Mr . Dunre was the first to acknowledge the toast of his health and that of Mr . Disraeli , « rid , having made some foolish , observations about the Kadical party desiring to subvert the Church and the Throne ( whereat a voice called out , " Don't show the white feather ! " ) , the speech of the evening was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
Mr . Disraeli commenced by referring to " the unprecedented collapse" oi" the Palinerston Government—a Ministry " supposed to be omnipotent . " On that collapse occurring-, Lord Derby was sent for by the Queen ; but , so far from his grasping at . ofliee , he begged of her Majesty to tukc time eve she commanded him to undertake tho duties of Government , " as his party could not command much more than one-third of the votes of the present House of Commons . Tho Queen , however , pressed Lord Derby to assume the responsibilities of office , ami ho did not shrink from encountering the difficult task . " It was well now , " said Air . Disraeli , " to think lightly of the perils that had past , and to forget them ; but , when lie told thorn seriously that the question of pence or war , when tho Government acceded to oflico , -was not a question of weeks or days but even of hours , they would remember that peace , had been prerved the
se by Government , while tho honour of the country had been vindicated . ( Cheers . * ) Lot 1 hem also remember that at tho sumo moment two of their fellow-Hubjectrt -ffcro lingering and had lingered in a , ibroign dungeon , and Unit tho efforts of a Government which boasted of buing h-rosistlblo in its domestic strength and ni Uh foreign policy had not succeeded in mitigating thou-niisoriea or in vindicating tho honour of tho country , but that in a few weeks , he might almost say in a fewdays , tlio present Government succeeded in . freeing ti , two nogloctod and suffering 1 Engli » hm < m ( cheers ) , niul in bringing them back in triumph to that country which had long fult indignation at their unmerited miflbring , anil Rhamo at tlio weakness of the Government tliat so long had permitted thorn to endure It . ( Hear ) During ,, 11 that time , tho arts of faction were Harassing the Govornment on every aide , and war betweon Nnplos ftIul Sardinia , which would have
eet the whole world in flames , was nearly precipitated , in order to inconvenience , and perhaps upset a Government which was the choice , after due reflection , of the Queen of tins country , not formally , but sincerely and cordially , because it belonged to the only party that ' could .-produce men capable of carrying on the Government . ( Cheers . ) These were not the only difficulties to which the Government succeeded . The finances of the country were in a position of great and extreme difficulty ; but the difficulty had . been encountered , and he , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , had proposed measures to meet the emergency , which met the singular and unprecedented fortune of being passed , he might say , with general acclamation . ( Cheers . ) The
Government had also to consider the state of India ; and the ' principles' on which they proposed to reconstruct their empire in India would contribute to the happiness , welfare , power , and glory of the country . ( Cheers . ) They declared themselves in favour of a discriminating amnesty , and resolved that the manners and customs of the people should be respected . Three great subjects had been arranged by them since they entered office , and tliey had only been in office three months . ( Cheers . ) They were told that they were a weak Government , and had done nothing . ( Laughter . ) Wiry , they had vindicated the honour of England ; they had preserved peace ; they Lad assisted their imprisoned and suffering countrymen ; they had met an immense deficiency in the
finances , and at the same time reduced taxation ; and they had laid down principles for the reconstruction of the Indian Empire , -which England approve ; . ! , which Europe admired , and which , if acted upon , would maintain the greatness and glory of the country . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Disraeli then complimented the Hous 3 of Commons , which , though elected under their rivals , had behaved with great forbearance towards them , and had baffled the reckless and restless intrigues of faction . " And that led them to the true key of the position . There how-exists m England -what had not really prevailed there since the days of Charles II . ( Hear , hear . ) There is in England at this moment a cabal which has no other object than to up . set the Government of the
Queen , and to obtain its ends in a manner the most reckless and determined . ( Hear , hear . ) That cabal consists of some scheming English politicians and some foreign intrigueis . It possesses resources of all kinds , and in considerable amount , and is quite reckless of the mode in which they might be disposed of . The social influences of the members of this cabal are considerable ; and they are perverted , without the slightest remorse , to obtain political ends . The persons in question possess great sources of political information , especially with regard to foreign affairs , obtained , in liis opinion , in a manner not very 'constitutional .. ( Hear , hear . ) They had succeeded in attaining that which no cabal in modem times had succeeded in accomplishing : they had in
a groat degree corrupted the once pure and independent press of England . ( Hear , hear . ) Innocent people in the country ( laughter ) , who look to their leading articles for advice and direction—who look to what are called the leading organs to be the guardians of their privileges and the directors of their political consciencesare not the least aware , because this sort of knowledge travels slowly , that the leading organs now are placehunters for the cabal ( hear , ¦ tear ) , and that the once stern guardians of popular rights simper in the enervating atmosphere of gilded saloons . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It was too true ; the shepherds that once wens the guardians of the nocks , arc now in league -with the wolves—( cheers and laughter )—and therefore it was
that , notwithstanding all the Government had clone during the three months they had been in office , the innocent people in the country , who read the leadiii" - orpjans , are taught to believe that the present 13 a Go ° vernment that does nothing—a weak Government , not entitled to the confidence of the country . Hut what would happen if the cabal were successful in their policy ? Let tlio cabal be successful , and in forei gn un ' uirs they would have a truckling ; policy—in home affairs they would have gradually established a strong and severe centralized Government , on the model of that Government winch the cabal admire . ( Hear , hear . ) And , when it is proposed to make tho improvements which the spirit of the ago demand—whether they bo social ,
financial , or constitutional , and tho settlement of which is the lirst duty and most precious task of real statesmen —they would have their attention distracted from Conservative progress by incomprehensible wars—carried on in distant purls—commenced for no earthly purpose , and fomiinathig probably in tho wasting of their resources , anil perhaps of tlusir reputation . " Glancing at tho recent struggle in connexion with Lord Ellenborough ' s censure oi' Lord Canning ' Proclamation , Mr . Disraeli auid that " this cabal" thought they had calculated to u nicely that tho ( iovcrnment would bo delVuitcd by
an overwhelming majority . " H wan arranged to got a number of members to tho cabal ; tlio signal was given by tho leader of tho . cabal ; . solemn and pious tooto ( loud cheers and laughter ) were iilwuys nt the command of the cabal 5 the thing wns to bo doms oft-hand , and , fixing upon Indin , for an cxtimplc , by which to settle their tuctioa , but which rcvonlod thesir purposes , Uioho gontlcinon were rcsolvod to loot tlio Treasury ( laughter and cheers ) . A gontlcnian of uniinpoaohcd reputation brought forward the resolution in tho llouso of C 0111-liionB . Tho cabal , which had rath era tainted charucter ,
chose its instruments with Pharisaical accuracy ( Laughter . ) When Mr . Card well rose to impeach him , he was terrified with his own shortcomings . ( Laughter . ) He listened to his nisi prius narrative , ending with a resolution which lie thought must have been drawn by a conveyancer . ( Cheers and lavghter . ) And , in the other House of Parliament , a person of still greater reputation condescended to appear upon the human stage . Gamaliel himself , with the broad phylacteries of faction on his forehead , called God to witness , in pious accents of
majestic adoration , that ho -was not like other men that he was never influenced by party motives . On a calm review of what had occurred duri ng the last fortnight , he had come to the conclusion that there are limits to paTty feeling , which the most dexterous managers of the passions cannot pass , and that , in the great bulk of Parliament as well as of the people of the country , there is a genuine spirit of patriotism . ( Cheers . ) Her Majesty ' s Government . during the discussion on the motion were prepared to defend their position at every point , and to vindicate their deeds ; but the defence of the
Government m opposition to the cabal was conducted ; not by the members of the Government , but by independent members of Parliament of great eloquence , and intellect , and authority . ( Cheers . ) They are not connected with the Government in politicsthey do not profess the same general principles ; but they saw through the flimsy web of the Opposition , and despised the authors of such perfidious and pernicious manoeuvres . ( Cheers . ) He referred to the recent debate with confidence and triumph , when he asked for the verdict of the people of this country . That verdict had already been given , and , if the debate had proceeded , and they had been obliged to go to the hustings , where there was little doubt they would ha had
ve gone they failed elsewhere ( enters ) , the overthrow of tlie cabal would have been the most signal in history . ( Cheers . ) The danger had been overcome by no unworthy concession on the part of the Government . It had not been overcome by the united efforts of their , friends- ' on a division ; on the contrarv , it had been overcome by the intrinsic weakness , by the internal sense of wrong doing , that appeared in the ranks of their enemies . ( Cheers . ) . There was . nothing like the previous Friday evening in the history of the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) He went down to the House expecting that it would divide at four o'clock in the morning , and with Ms armour buckled on to address them two hours after midnight ; and , even with the
consciousness of a good cause , that is no mean effort . They ' were all assembled , and , on the opposite benches were the serried ranks of their opponents , when there arose a wail of distress . ( Ilear , heur . ) He covld only compare what theu occurred to the mutiny of the ! 3 engal army ; regiiiieut after regiment—corps after corpsgeneral after general—all acknowledged that they could not march through Coventry .. ( Cheers and laughter . ) It was more like a convulsion of nature than an ordinary transaction of human life . He could liken it onlv to an earthquake in Calabria or Peru . There was a rumbling
murmur—a groan—a shriek—a noise like distant thunder—ho knew not -whether it came from the top or bottom of the House ; there was a assure on the land , then a village disappeared , then a tower toppled down , and then the whole of the Opposition benches became a great dissolving ' view . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) In conclusion , Mr . Disraeli promised , on behalf of the Government , that tlioy would advance Liberal reforms , and do their best to solve the great problems of tho day , if the people would yield them their conlidonce , in a manner which he hoped would give satisfaction to the couutry .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Mk . Gbough Auphx , late a colonel in the East India service , died suddenly oji the night of Thursday week near Exeter , owing to the rupture , of a , blood-vessel near tho heart . IIg wua returning from his club about twelvo o ' clock at night in company with two other goiUlemoii , and , while conversing with them an the Indian war , suddenly fell down in the road near his own house , and immediately expired . He was seventy-four yoave of uge . The coroner ' s inquest has term hinted in u vunHut iu accordance with the facts . —Another death from the same cause is reported from Ireland . The Hurl of Kuufurly died suddenly a few days ago at Dungunnun , Ireland . He had only succeeded to tho tltlu a low wcd » s back , and had just reached his forty-second year . llo sat formerly for Dungaimon , which is now represent ; tl by his brother , tho lion . Colonel Ivnox . Hid uldost . sun , now Earl of Uuufurly , is only in his ninth your . A boiler exploded last Saturday evening at 11 wonUiul factory , Churchgato , Leicester , ( scattering the brickwork ii ! which it was set fur and wide , and so sovornly jH . ' . 'ihiJiig one if tho nion that lie died al ' tur being nuuoviKl (<> Uic inlinnury . Three iiursons hnvu boon buried alivo noar Gliisguw . On the afternoon of I'YUlay week , t . hu roof uvur one 0 / the Gurknirk Coal Company \ s djiypils gave way , burying two men and a boy in tho pit . hnmon ^ c exertion .-wuro made to rosijuo them ; but these did not siiceoi'ii till one o ' clock on Monday morning , though sixfy 11 x 111 worked at tho mass day and night . Thoiw wro I we falls of oartli in quick succession ; nml , when tho kocoikI took place , tho poor fellows underneath gave themselves
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No . 427 , Mat 29 ,-1858 , ] __! L ?_ A ' ^^ KAJD E B' _ ¦ __
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page 507, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2244/page/3/
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