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< upon . the walls of . the place , , and , aa it -was getting late , towitkdraw . froratthe'noDth-side , and commence operations Jt ^ gainst the north- « afit . angle on the following jnornLng-, wbioh Jiad been reconnoitred-by the Engineers , and twhere < they thought it would -be easier < to effeet jLtboeach , as at eould be > better seen and . a -more direct fire-aould be brought ; to bear . * 'I > thei 8 fore . directed the camp to be . pitched on the . south -side , about -a . mile from the fort , and withdrew ffeom itne month side , -where ' 'it' wauld 'have been dangerous to passdte night , as i it -wes surrounded by thick jungle . " Thris . morning , ^ at daylight , Major Brind , -Bengal
Artillery , and Captain Lennox , . Royal Engineers , proceeded-to again reconnoitre the . place thoroughly before recommencing operations , and found that the enemy had . evacuated it ,. leaving their guns behind them ( five in number ) , ammunition , a large . quantity of attar , and some -tents . As some of the carriages were found without their , guns , and the track of a gun carriage could be ^ traced . to a-well , * where the ^ water / is very deep , I . have no doubt other guns have been thrown down it ; I had information that there-weremore in . theplace , and . it is certain none were carried out .
" The . reports , as to the numbersof the enemy vary so much that it is impossible -to arrive . at -any certainty . upon that point ; but I nm inclined to think the . number . stated'in my-despatch , yesterday , viz .. about 1500 , to 'be nearly correct . But the strength of the garrison consisted in the nature and situation of the fort , not in their anmtem . . ¦ ' . ; - . . ' . - . ¦ : . ; ¦ . . " ¦ ¦ 'M regretto say , that'this operation has cost us above 190 . officers and . "men > killed > and -wounded , and 1 have tdeepjy , to deplore the loss of . Brigadier the Hon . A . Hope , rfrom ¦ whom . I -had . "received . the .. greatest assistance .
" Theiloss of . the enemy it is impossible to ascertain ; > ifcmust Jisv « ibe » n ' . heavy : from ; the fireof our . guns , and ospeoially ifconv our ihowitzers and mortars . A few bodies whioh-aeem to . have been overlooked , and three large funeralfires , -with-the remains of the bodies smouldering , ware'all that . remained-of their dead on our-entering the pldee , this morning . , " The fi » t , v « rhiGh ihas ov « rawed this part of -the countryifor / the last year ,. . is being- ( destroyed . under the superintendence of Captain' Lennox , Royal . Engineers , aad iLam in Jiopes that-its destruction will be of the ^ greatest advantage . " iln ^ puhlishiqgtthis , despatch , the Governor-General ejq > sessed his high admixation of the Jote Brigadier-. GonG ! ralHope , vand . his regret'at hisiueath . - -25 X . EtJfiSELX , ' 8 liETTEftS .
/ -Mr . Russell , the Times correspondent , received a violentikiek on the leg froni his horse , which lias fiompietely lamed him . Since then , we . greatly regret ioihear , he has ^ become ill from the heat of the cliraate and the fatigue attendant'on his duties . He is now recruiting among the hills , and -some interrtuptionin theaurias of his : g-raphic letters must necessarily take jikiee . SElie . Times of U . Uiuraday contains ithe ( latest ; of . them , coming down to May 1 st , and teroupying nearly live icalnmns . * We , piek out the ¦ plums : —
" ^ Sn tgoing out , * boutll o ' clock at night , torthetree ander which I slept , oneidf thoso-grnnd spectacles which -can only ; be witnessed in . Indian warfare met my view . Jjfhe imoon shone brightly on the Ganges , and on the jwhit » sandy-plain 3 : beyonclits waters ; it lighted up . the br idge of -boat ? , which . trembled and heaved , and shrieked under . the'pressure of a . steady line . of camels , < elephants , and oxen , Awiiioh went > whh soft ' . tramp acros 3 it ,, and . were loBt in . the . distance-in a small black streak ; it . broughtiout ' . in sharp . outlines -oi- caHt into deep shade
Aho xuincd ihouses , the fort , -the nvosques of the city , the iKUEaar camp , the figures of the huge . animals , which . passed ussoftry ., like black , clouds . ; and it revealed the XMuseS ' Of baggage . animals ¦ escorted by the-wild Sikh liorsomen which were . 'Strsaraing to that narrow point ( Whence . they ^ roTOi to debouah'upoiuRohilcund . All wae life and undtion'without sound , except a . hum of voices , the tumult on the bridge , and an occasional shrill . flouxish . au his flexil > lehorn > by ; fln olophantwhoAvas . auxious tOrtell i bis £ rientl 3 . lie wn 9 : goingito battle . . . .
'¦*' We were . s 4 lll in a sandy plain , but . a few miles more broughtius to the sight of the-enemy ' s camp ,. and of < WiUpolo ' s ,: and-floon weoume on traoeadf the-fight , hideous bodies , 'bloated rand ( discoloured , lying , all over * hc plain , with ' . flocks . of vultures pulling out their entrails and dogs crunching . ilu » r bones . Sometimes these i < ml creaturea ^ orept in » idu itho holloTved ^ corpao to ¦ p ick at illrelr uhrisirre , and > by tlioir movements , gave the doad a revolting iniitatlontof . life . 'Oihose . ineu , lying far a |» art , in » d fallen iunder the sabres of Hagnrt ' s cavalry . and the ftre of rUombs ' a and Komiugton's ; guns , . nnd for two or thseo ' ihiles / tiiey marked tboilino . of our pursuit . . . .
Wo haro jitflt had onr lirat dust-storm . Tlve-ovuning was .-uultr-y / and oppressive , nnd ton leaving . the n » ss 43 Bnt , ittbout'cightio : olocky . to goito bed , I saw that n 1 large obank of clouds liny Hinder , tho mioon . As I taaUwd ,. a ( large ojrlabe of fire opened . out , ( ts . it < wcrc , flram >* ho loload , .-and . soemad to fall to tlie ground . I TatWftal » to rtbe tent and : mentioned w hut I . had Been , otttitUnreMvas vnonaeedof . any tolling , » hnt a storm was brewing . > AstI « mtlkod . to my tent ,. aud just « s I wns wtuittiteqgnanifl etf . < it , il obaervtd . aomothiuK diko awull
of mud , ten or twelve feet high ,. advancing towards us . I an instant I was half smothered and quite blinded by a rush of dast and-fine pebbles , carried by a strong blast , above the noise of which rose the flapping of tents and the mutterings of thunder . I had to shout out for assistance , and my servants led me to the tent , which -was intent on joining the dust and pebbles , but -was coerced by ropes to desist . The sky -became pitch dark , in spite pf the-rnoon ; lightning flashed through-the storm now and then , only to abowhowdenseiit was ; the dust ¦ was irresistible < and overpowering ; : tents > were blown down . and over ; thunder rolled and great drops of-, rain , fell 5 but , long after our tired soldiers were . . fast-asleep , the sitorm passed away . ... . .
" Morning after morning , as our litters were laid down beside each other , he ( Captain Peel ) -talked to me of tlie various news which came to us from home , and I well remember the light which was in his eye as he said , speaking of tbe division-on the-Conspiracy-Bill , ''I . am delighted at it , not ftom any sympathy -with those rascally assassins who : 8 ock to England , or tfrom any feeling against Erance or the Emperor , whose orders 1 wear ; . but because -my 'iuatinct tells . me , as its instinct told the House , that . it -was the right-tiling for an English Parliament to do , reason or « o reason . We must never take a step in that direction , even if one came from the dead to tell us to do so . '
" The enemy fled from Shabjehanpore without firing a shot . The column left their camp at 3 . 30 this morning ( April 30 th ) , and a-rrived outside the town at <> . 8 O . It ivas found to-be oiily partially inhabited . The Moulvie went off yegterday to Mohumdee with a few hundred follo \ rers and four . guns . . Nana Sahib was here , . with two . hundred cavalry , till eight or ten days ago . He went-eff to Bareilly , but before he did « o he gave direotions-that . the church , cantonments , -and Government stations should be destroyed , in order that our troops should . get no cover , and his instructions have been faithfully executed . ....
" It is to be desired that " Brigadier Walpole ' s despatch respecting the attack and ' check at Roer fort ( Ehadamow ) may be published , injustice to that officer , wbo 3 e conduct is loudly and unreservedly-condemned by the 'Whole of the army . Two officers , pheat Oawnpore and the other ihere , are now in command of troops ; ; hut they are certainly ; not in command of the confidence of . their-soldierfii "
FJDELIHV JIEWAKDED . Public notice has been taken of the noble conduct , in June last year , of Ressaldar Hidayut Ali , a Purbea of Purbeas , living in a Tillage about twenty miles from "Delhi . This gentleman , though a devout 'Klsilionietan , protected for eiglit d . 'iys , though at great risk to himself , a party of English officers nnd ladies ; provided thelatter'with clotlies ; nnd'finally escorted the whole to the extreme limits 'to .. which his jurisdiction extended , whence they 'were conveyed to Agra rin safety . He luis . recently been publicly addressed by thu Commissioner at Delhi , and presented with a sword valued at u 1000 rupees , and alsowitli a sunnud signed by the Governor-General , con-veying to him and Ins heirs for ever his native village of Mahoiiah , the annual revenue of which is 5000 rupees , in free jaghire .
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LETTERS T ? ROM CHINA . ( Front a Private Correspo 7 ident ' . ) Hongkong , 23 rd April , 1 S 5 S . Heudg , in Hongkong-, we arc not in a very calm and t 3 ett . led state ut the present moment , for conilictiiig rumours arc oonstantlj arriving irom the north and from Canton ; tlic dogs have taken it into their heads to go madj and , for private cuds unknown , to inllict l \^ rdrO ]) hobia on several members of the human species ; the police have also gone mad , and are inaiscrimintktoly shooting in the
public streets , und slightly to the public risk , mil the dogs which arc going about atJargc ; and ( to crown all ) one of our local editors lias . gone mud with hatred against Sir John Bowring , and has , inconsequence , boon sent to prison . lor six < inontl » s . What with the groans of merolmnts »\ vho arc'Utterly at < i loss how to speculate , the i-cport of inuskcts , the liowlings of dogs nnd the ourses'of their owners , ( lie stighings of over-burdened ollicials , and the Dc U ? fofundii of alarmed editors , tins has become quite an island of Lrilniluliou .
The letter which I scut from Canton by last mail would inform you that matters there w 6 rc not in a satisfactory condition . The mere fact of ji number of our coolie corps ( who , being the only liaka . Chinese in Can Ion , must have been known as in our employ ) being seized and torturou by PihlcwcM , was strongly indical-ivo of evil denigns , and of the wretched working of the double government . Since then , there have been numerous reports of intentions on the port of the Chincso to burn the large pack-houses at Honam , to assassinate the police sentries , and oven to attack the position of o . ur troops . One important item in the ncwa
wmoli came-dovm from Gaaton y ester day imoviidag » is , that the Cliinese > merDhants— -tbe men 'whose jinteresfcs ^ are bound > up wifch oars , and who have been eager | y-lookhig forward to the restoratioa of 'tradewere in a state of terror , and were urging foreagneEs to leave the cifcv . and-returnto Macaoor Hon ^ tong . Another very lrnpoTtant fact is , that a proclamation Jias appeared in the aity , offenug a { graduated scale of rewards for live and dead foreigners ,. and ~ of coiiipeKsa . tion for death or wounds met wttbJby Chinese ' Tan the patriotic / work of cutting off the barbarians . These things / prove that the inhabitants of the pravince of > Kwangtuns : havenot vet received
a sufficient lesson , and ; may yet give much trouble . The proceedings of the plenipotentiaries tin ^ the north , have been lnnch discussed , andnot always * t o a favourable couclusion . Rumour has it that Loord Elgin and Baron Gros received a letter from- £ r ? ekin , dii-ecfeiug theui to reiupii southwards , in toirder -to settle ailairs -with the JSigh Commissioner , > wlio -has been graciously deputed to . meet with them . at Canton ; and that they have been told no alteration will be made iuexisting treaties . Until .-his ^ policy be played out , it 'Would : be unfair to judge the . propriety . of Lord Elgin ' s conduct , but his pjesent movement bears much appearance of rashness . As
a demonstration it is futile , and likely : to be ! ineffectual ; for he has no ^ fovce to speak > of available an the north ; he Gennot well withdraw the iroops from Canton , or the . gunboats from the Pearl wyer . ; and the Chinese have intelligence sufficient toiknow exactly . how he stands . This is not . the moment . io press extensive demands upon them . After nuzxire than a . . year ' s delay ,-only a very small force has » been brought against them ; hence , very naturally ., . however erroneously , they anay conclude that we ihave made our utmost-effort , and that they now . see 'the full measure of our strength . In , these cirourii-. 6 tanccs it-would not be surprising-if the Maiidarius came to the conclusion that / bya sudden and vigorous effort , they might . sweep us away altogetherif the ultof the demands Pekin
. res , on were an ! onibreak at Canton , -arid the resumption of . kidnapping and iitssassiuation at Hongkong . On the other hand it may be . 6 aid that Pekin is the ; place > wheiie our dnfluence -must be directly felt , in order . to effect any lasting sdttlemeht in . the state of aifairs . The feeling of anxiety-regarduig theifufcure Louise of trade extends over * all the live ports ; ! and at Shanghai especially there isia great disdnclisiation to enter on new commercial operations . The export of silk from that place wras 24 ; , O 0 O bales . under that at the same period of last . year . AtCautoni there have been some extensive purchases of . teas . The following important , circular will exercise great iuiluence upon the trailic in opium , and is a distinct recognition , " on the part of the Chinese authorities , of the legality c-f that branch of trade . >•—
OIROUL . AK . , No . 7 . British Consulate , Amoy , 10 th April , 1858 . Ilia Excellency the Taoutae of Ainoy , having notified offiuinUy . tlmt a . tax of 48 dola . per chost , viz .: 44 ) > doia . as . duty , and 8 dols . for expenses of collection , Js now levied on each che 3 t of opium , and collected from the native purchaser , the undersigned boga to notify that questions connected with tliat article will stand in tlio same category as those connected witli any other imported nvticle . IT . M . Acting Consul further notifies 1 to Bfiti » -ir ; mir'S ' chants and ship-inn « ters , that , for the future , when fronding in Manifests to the consular office , the quanrity . of opium imported will be requircd-to be given in common with other mercliandiKC .
W . Raymond Ging-kci .. To . tlie British Mercantile Community , Amoy . The local politics of tliits colony arc not likoly to excite much iutorest at home , but perhaps , you will Like to know that Sir . John liowring and his legislative Counoil are trying to incraaso the revenue of Hong-Kong by farming out the privilege of propnning , and soiling prepared , opium—us has been none , with -cood results , at Singapore and
elsewhere . As an experiment no one could object to Ibis expedient ,. for the license system has failed altogether , owing to the unwillingness of the licensed Chinese shops to uphold their own rights , ami avail themselves of Government protcolion against illicit side ; but two or three little things connected with the . mutter have caused nuum ittdignution . Did you ever hear of tenders being . received and adjudicated upon for . ft monopol y'of this kind before the power of granting it . had ucoii obtained , ortho conditions had been determined on which it was to be granted ? Such was the . course
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 583, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2247/page/7/
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