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      The arrival of the Calcutta mall brings intelligence jto the 18 th . of July . Military operations' are suspended , and it is hoped the lull will continue until the cold weather . Lord Clyde prohibited all unnecessary action , and is devoting his attention particularly to keeping his troops in healthy condition . Tantia Topee having , taken and plundered Tonk , and vainly endeavoured to gain the fort held by the Nawab , General Roberts ' s force left the neighbourhood of Jeypore , where he hadbeen for some days , and marched to Tonk , which he entered on . the 12 th

      instant . A light detachment under Colonel Holmes , 12 th Native Infantry , was sent in pursuit of the rebels . Tantia retired before this force , which had failed to come up with him up to the latest intelligence received ( July 11 ) , though only fifteen miles behind . The course of the rebels is expected to he southward , as they do not know that Mhow contains a strong force of European and Bombay troops . It was supposed that they might perhaps defend Kotah ; but their career can be but short , as they are surrounded by British troops , and have neither leaders nor ammunition , nor , unless joined by some local potentate , can they obtain any further supplies .

      Punic faith and more than Oriental cunning , and who were but too often the foremost and the niost sanguinary amon ~ the ringleaders of the mutiny— 73 , 000 of them drilled , equipped , and armed , fighting for us south of the Sutlej , atid talking of the time when they may have to fight against us . Their present ' Goroo' is John Lawrence , but there is no one in India move deeply sensible of the danger which wny come from the race he rules with such facile and mighty hand than the great administrator of the Punjab . These fellows are clinquant with gold . They have huge earrings of the precious metal , and cables ' of it with fringes of mohurs round their necks . Their sword-hilts are nuggets ; the richest scarfs and shawls encircle their lithe waists .

      With their flashing black eyes , fine thin noses , glossy black moustaches , beard , and upturned whiskers , light , grinning smile opening up the rows of sharp snowwhite teeth , their quick light tread , and lithe movements , they put one more in mind of tigers than any race of men I ever beheld . Some of these regiments , such us Wilde ' s and Brasyer ' s , the Ferozepore regiment , have fought as hard , if not more fiercely , done as much service , and lost as . many ¦ from the enemy , as any of our English battalions ; but ' it cannot be denied that much depends upon their officers . The men can , of course , march better , and resist the heat of an Indian sun better , than ordinary Europeans . Some men they will follow to the death—lor others they will not stir an inch . "

      The news from Behur is still bad . Arrah has again been attacked , and bungalows have been burnt there ; but no lives have been lost . After the withdrawal of the Europeans to Benares and Dinapore , Umur Sing returned to the Jugdesporc jungle , where his followers begau again to concentrate . He had collected 3000 men , detachments from which force had plundered and burnt some villages in Tirhoot , and threatened Patua . The command of the district has been given to Brigadier Douglas , who has established a chain of posts round the jungle to cut off all escape . Little importance is attached to these disturbances . Lucknow , up to the 1 . 5 th July , was , as usual , quiet , though surrounded by enemies . Gwalior equally peaceful on the 17 th .

      The Saugor and Gwalior territories have been formed respectively into divisions by Brigadiers " Whitlock and Napier . At Bombay , the BuekreeEedMahomedan Festival passed off in perfect quietness , and without any display of force on the part of the authorities . The gay world of Bombay has migrated to Poona , where the Governor now resides . The Bombay Gazette recently published a proclamation , said to have been issued by the Governor-General in Oude , containing a guarantee of their estates to the landholders . This proclamation has been officially declared by the President in Council to be a pure invention without any foundation

      whatever . The rebel Rajah of Shahagunge has given himself up to Mr . Thornton , at Moororar . We extract the following from the Bombay Telegraph : — " General Whitlock ' s column have made a large ? haul from the rebels . A company of ihe Madras 43 rd Native Infantry , attached to the column , found 140 cartloads of gold bricks and nuggets , and 40 lakhs of rupees ; and more was expected to bo discovered . Besides this large amount of treasure , an immense quantity of jewels have also been found . These are supposed to famil

      have been the jewels belonging to the Peisfywa ' a y , which , fifty years ago , mysteriously disappeared _ from Poona , and were supposed to be in the possession of Scindia or Holkar . It is believed they were stolen by Bajee Row ' s brother , the adoptive father of the present Narrein Row , who is now a prisoner . The treasure and jewellery found are snid to be of the value of nine crores of rupees , or nine millions sterling . " The Delhi Cazette is very credibly informed that Sir John Lawrence , Brigadier General Chamberlain , nnd Colonel B . Edwards , have been called upon to draw up a scheme for reorganising the army .

      We learn from the Lahore Chronicle thnt the Indian Government have bestowed largo territorial gifts on his Highness the Maharajah of Putteenla , the Rajah of Jheend , and the Rajah of Nabah , for their conspicuous and distinguished loyalty , nnd the eminent services rendered by them to the State during the late insurrection , and have also conferred upon these princes additional titles of honour .

      THE SIKH 8 OLDIKRY . " ^~ TlTe ^ TjW ^ "correspondent--gives' -theHfollow i ing -de- ' ecription of those men ;—" Port of the road was crowded with the baggage of a Sikh regiment returning towards the Punjab . What piles of ' loot I '—I am told that is , a more expressive word than either ' pillage' or ' plunder '—each surmounted by a gaily-dredsccl lady , while the lean-limbed , sinewy Sikh , in his dust-coloured turban , oai'kce tunic , and tight trousers , strode along lightly by tho eldo of the cart , laughing and flinging with delight at tho prospoot of a return to his native doserfo ! It is a serious thing to reflect upon that there are seventy and odd thousand f these fiery soldier * , "who , now faithful to us , are fall of

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      THE ExiST . CHINA . A despatch from Baron Gros , dated Tien-sien , June 19 , published in the . 'Paris Moniteur , fully confirms the announcement of the Russian courier respecting the conclusion of treaties between China and the Western Powers . The Baron says the wishes of his master are satisfied ; that the whole of China is thrown opeii to Christianity and trade ; that " our" ( French ) diplomatic agents may temporarily reside in Pekin ; that " " missionaries are to be admitted everywhere ; that a Chinese ambassador will go to Paris , and that the murder of a .- missionary will be avenged . Indeed , the c o ncessions " are so great that " one might believe the Chinese Government only wanted to be forced to bestow themr . Baron Gros finishes by saying that the engagements with China have been concluded , have been partly signed , and that France and England obtain the most ample concessions . Intelligence from Hong-Kong , under date July 6 , states that the Russian and United States Ministers have concluded treaties with China ; it was not known what concessions had been obtained by those Powers , but it was believed that they had stipulated for the same privileges as those to be enjoyed by other nations . One article , however , of the American treaty is worth notice . It is as follows : — " Right of annual visit and sojourn , at his own pleasure as to time , of the United States Minister at Peking journey either to be by the Peiho , or overland from Shanghae , and to be provided for by Chinese Government , as well as with an official residence at the capital . His suite not to consist of more than twenty , exclu s ive of Chinese attendants . His official intercourse to bo with the Privy Council , or one of its members deputed for that purpose . "

      Several atrocities had been against reigners by the Chinese . Captain Jenkins , of he Majesty ' s ship Actason , while reconnoitring a viilng near Whatnppa , was fired on from an ambuscade . A the party were wounded , Captain Jenkins severely but he is recovering . . A French man-of-war had shelled Shamun , part c the western suburbs of Canton , as a Frenchman ha been killed in that neighbourhood . An Austrian frigate , the Novara , arrived at Cauto on the 5 th July , from Manilla . Her Majesty ' s steamer Inflexible , Captain Booker , ha returned from a trip to Formosa . The sulphur mine had been visited , but no trace of Europeans being on th island discovered . With regard to the boundary line between the Rus sian and Chinese empires , which has been lately decided a correspondent of the Daily Neios , writing from Si Petersburg , says : —" According to the new treat ; signed bv General Mouravieff and the Chinese Plenipo tentiary " on the 9 th of June , the river Amur will forn the boundary from the spot where the river Sheika join the Argun , down to the confluence of the Ussuri witl the Amur . Below the mouth of the Ussuri both bank of the Amur down to the sea belong to Russia ; nnd th free navigation of the Ussuri is conceded to the Russians

      and that of the Lower Amur to the Chinese . The ambition of Russia and the traditional policy of Peter th Great have thus at length been fully realised ; and now remains for Russia to improve this peaceful con quest by a proper system of colonisation and the develop xnent of its magnificent resources . For this purpose th Governor-General Mouravieff had set off on a tour o inspection to the Amur , to examine personally th newly-acquired territory , and to make the neccssan arrangements in a military , commercial , and agricultural point of view . "

      EGYPT . By a despatch from Trieste of the 30 th , account : have been received that a plot * formed by some Mussulmans for the purpose of overthrowing the Government had been discovered at Alexandria . Four pashas anc several superior officers had been arrested . Two of the principal conspirators have been confined in the fortress of Aboukir .

      Ivi-ying , the Imperial Commissioner who concluded the treaty of Nanking with Sir Henry Pottiuger in 1842 , and was degraded in 1850 for his reports in favour of the English , wns associated with tho present Commissioners to treat with tho English nnd French Ambassadors . It was at first supposed that this was an indication of n favourable disposition on the part of the Imperial Government . It was , however , soon discovered the object was to retrieve his position and rank , by a policy opposed to that which lost it to him , and that he was exorcising a most injurious influence upon his colleagues . A memorial which ho had addressed to tho Emperor at tho conclusion of tho last war , couched in a very different sense from tho communications he was addressing to the British authorities at the sumo time , was produced and read to his colleagues . This so completely humbled him that ho returned to Peking a day or two after .

      Negotiations by the allies are said to bo > n progress , and It was expected that treaties would bo signed about the 22 nd ult . It Is reported that all their demands have been acceded to , and that tho conditions of the treaties wi 11 « confer extended privileges upon foreigners , and include a guarantee for indemnification for property rl « Htrr > yn . l-nf . _ nnr ^ nii _ , , At Tlon-ain there had been groat suffering from scarcity of gruin , and there was a report of an outbreak at tho capital owing to tho clearness of food . Great complaints are ntado at Canton of tho unpleasant aspect of affairs there . Tho now Chinese Oommlsaloner , Hwang-tuurig-oan , is pursuing a course calculated to encourage resistance to tho ulllos . In consequence , a blockade of tho river , applicable only to Chinese boats , has been established , and trade must bo considered suspended . All the native merchants have loft , and the greater portion of the foreign community .

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      THE INDIAN REVOLT . ¦ — —

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      committed fc 892 THE LEADER , -. [ No . 441 , September 4 , 1858 .

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      THE BOMBAKDMENT OF JEDDA 1 I . The full particulars of this affair have arrived , under date Alexandria , August 17 . The Cyclops reached Jeddah on the morning of the 23 rd July , and anchored at tho entrance of the port . The festivities of the Kourban Bairam were at their height ; the town wore a holiday appearance , with the shipping decked out with gay flags , and it seemed as if on the spot where so lately a great crime was perpetrated all remembrance of it had already passed away . It was soon ascertained that Naamik Pasha was at Mecca ; and a letter was at once despatched to the Kaimakan for transmission to the Pasha , informing him

      that Captain Pullen had come to the place to demand , on the part . of England and France , the immediate punishment of the authors of tho late massacre . Forty hours' time was allowed for compliance with this demand . The Kaimakau sent to say that no person about him understood any European language , and the purport of the letter had , " consequently , to bo explained to him . Meanwhile a strict blockade was enforced , in which tho Cyclops was assisted by tho Lady Cunning , East , India Company ' s steamer . The two vessels took up their position at a distance of about a mile , and a half , whence their guns could sweep tho two channels leading into tho inner harbour . *

      On the morning of tho 25 th the time had expired , and hostilities were forthwith commenced . A few rounds of shot and shell were iirod into tho town . When day broko they were found to have had tho effect of driving almost all tho inhabitants to seek rofugo beyond the walls * Tho bombardment was resumed at intervals during the course of the day , and was continued in like manner on tho 2 Cth , About 100 to 150 solid shot , shells , and rockets wore thrown into tho place , and of the hitter a few were fired from tho boats of tho Cyclops during tho night . It was afterwards ascertained that thoir appearance had struck intense terror into tho minds of the

      people on shore . Tho women , as tho fearful missiles came hissing through ^ tho darkness in a train of fire , shrieked aloud , and the men slunk away in an agony of fear . Tho town was vory little damaged , and the loss of life is not known to amount to moro than ton or twelve . JPurinff tjjei wjj ^ olo of this time the fortsi continued perfectly ' silent , and never once' attempted to oner tiro

      slightest opposition . On the afternoon of tha 20 th a secretary of tho Pashas arrived from Mecca , and implored Captain Pillion to desist , declaring that tho murderers , sixteen in number , wore In confinement ; that their punishment could not bo carried into execution until approval of tho sentence was rocolvod from Constantinople . Captain Pullen , continued firm in his domamlu . Tho next day 000 Albanian troops arrived from Suoz , and Oaptuin Pullon allowed them to laud , thereby giving a short respite to tho town . Tho Kalmukan then came

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1858, page 892, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2258/page/4/