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for the energy , sagacity , and promptitude he displayed in . this most trying crisis : — The conviction of all intelligent residents in the province , the common , nay , the daily saying was , that the safety of all the division depended upon Patna—that if Fatna fell , ev ^ ry other district would be involved in rain . ' It may , therefore , be imagined , that with all these symptoms of disaffection around us , three regiments on the eve of revolt , an immense Mahomedan
population on all sides of as , whose loyalty and goodfeeling it was impossible not to distrust , a treasury amounting at one time to more than thirty lakhs of rupees ,, opium : to the value of several crores , a large Christian population , and a noble province in my hands , my own name , and all that was dearest , to me in this life in my keeping , and all looking up to me for protection and safety ; at such a crisis , it may well be imagined how intense was my anxiety , what a burden of responsibility weighed upon my mind .
proved—and'they bear all the marks of truth about them—Mr . Tayler has triumphantly ' vindicated himself , and has thrown on his detractors the onus of proving that their proceedings were justifiable .
After a long and careful consideration , feeling an irresistible conviction that mischief was brewing , notwithstanding the assurances of the police , and the continued outward appearance of safety , reflecting deeply upon the awful consequences of an outbreak at Patna , and of the smallest advantage gained by the insurgents or ' conspirators of the town , knowing well that the people with whom we had to deal are as cowardly as they are ferocious , I came to the determination in my own mind to take the initiative ; against the town , and deprive the disaffected , as far as I might , of all power of mischief . The Wahafoee Moulvees were the enemies most to be dreaded , from ' the complete : subservience in which they held their disciples , or mureeds ;
There were in the city of Patna several well-known Moulvees of this sect , little , shrivelled , skin-dried men , of contemptible appearance , and plain manners , but holding undisputed sway over a crowd of . tailors , butchers , and low-bom followers of every description , who would sacrifice everything at their beck . And these men Mr . Tayler determined privately to arrest . Accordingly he summoned a council of the principal men of the city ,, the . Moulvees included , having at hand a sufficient , force to overpower the Moulvees and their adherents , should resistance be attempted . When the sitting ; was over , and the Moulvees rose to depart , they were politely requested to remain , and were informed that they would be kept in safe custody until less troublous times arrived .
With wonderful presence of mind , and a politeness of manner worthy of all admiration , Ahmed Oollah placed his hands together , arid said , " Great is your Excellency ' s kindness , great your wisdom , what you order is the best , for your slaves , so shall our enemies be unable to bring false charges against us . " To which I replied , " What is pleasing to you , is agreeable to me , " and smiles and salutations were exchanged .
The Moulvees secured , the disarming of the city followed , and some of the inhabitants having been found in correspondence with the mutineers , they were arrested . Among them Peer Ali , who was brought before the council ; Heavily fettered , his soiled garments stained deeply with blood from a wound in his side , confronted with myself and several other English gentlemen , the last ; hope of life departed , not for a moment did he betray agitation , despondency , or fear .
On being asked whether he could do anything to snake it worth while to spare his life , he answered with supreme coolness and some contempt : " There are some cases in which it is good to save life , others in which it is better to lose it , " He then taunted me with the oppression X had exercised , and concluded his speech by Saying , J ;' , JlTou , jn . ay . hAng me ,. or such aa . me ,, every day , but thousands will rise in my place , and your object will never be gained . " - After this defiance , he joined hia manacled hands , and
taid , yfith the utmost politeness , as if he was on the beet of terms with , himself , the world , and me , ' I have something to ask . "—" Well , what ia it ? Speak . ""My house ?"— "It will be razed to the ground . " — «« My property ? ~ " It will be confiscated . "— My children ? " and here , for the first time , his voice faltered and his tone betrayed emotion . On my asking him where his children were , he said they were in Oude , and all I could tell him was , that , under the circumstances of that country , ' it Was Impossible to make either guess or promise in regard to them . ....
"" '"" He'then saiaamiea , respectfully rose , on the order being given , and walked out unmoved , and , to all appearance , unconcerned ; Surely out of such stuff heroes ore made . The Sp lendid victory of Major Eyre rendered further Sreeautionary measures needless . But it placed ir , Tayler in a false position with hia superiors . "BUe forecast was depreciated , his precautions were fended , an 4 himself degraded . Aa we before rewwfced , assuming the statements to remain , undia-
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PHYSIC AND ITS PHASES . Physic and its Phases . A Didactic Poem , in Six Books . By Alciphrori . 2 nd Edition . Simpkin and Marshall . This is a poetical onslaught on the various medical schools—the calomel , bleeding , and purging prescribers—the liver , the heart , the stomach practitioners—in favour of another school , the " Chroripthermal , " the law of periodicity and intermittency , of disease developed by Dr . Samuel Dickson , and supported by doses of quinine , strychnine , and arsenic . The author broadly states his belief that the brain is the Drimal seat of all disease , and that
tonics , and not depletion , are what ought to be resorted to in the thousand " ills that flesh is heir to . " It is evident that here " doctors differ ; " the critic will not attempt to reconcile oppositions which lie candidly avows are beyond his comprehension . The verse is smooth and flowing-, and the . subject is handled with vigour and right good-will , The poet is certainly entitled to the thanks of society for his honest denunciation of the indecent and unnecessary , and almost invariable , resort to man midwifery . Here is a sample of the versification and well deserved vituperation of the modern practice : — - Talk of the sanctity of married life— - Nation of fools ! who thus degrade the wife ! At such a : moment , when the modest mind Shrinks from the succour of her nearest kind , Could you do worse , were she a courtesan , Than to her chamber introduce a man !
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DIVES AND LAZARUS . Dives arid Lazarus ; or , the Adventures of an Obscure Medical Man in a Lota Neighbourhood . Judd and Glass . Some passages from the Diary of a Late Physician will recur to the reader of this little work . The author may not have intended imitation , but having chosen the same range of subjects , and adopted a somewhat similar style of eomppsition , the parallel wi ll make i tself obviousl y visible . This is not remarked by way of depreciation , on the contrary , it is noticed because we wish to add that the author of Dives and Lazarus appears to have a more genial mind and a more charitable purpose in view than had the author of the masterly , but melodramatic pages of the " passages . " The author takes his
reader through scenes of familiar , every-day life—brings him acquainted with the sorrows and sufferings of the poor—and , without exaggerating the aspect of sharp poverty , and the countless train of positive misfortunes which the honest as well as dishonest are alike exposed to , contrives to enlist his readers' sympathies forcibly , and to place before them some whplesome social truths and existing phases of life . One feature is conspicuous throughout the little work—the liberal and common-sense views of the writer . We have no sweeping diatribes against poor-law guardians , overseers , the wealthy or the titlodj the poor are not described as virtuous martyrs , nor are ; he rich caricatured as the incarnation of
selfishness . We should like a more extended work from the same pen—a work that would show the world what ^' JLiondon labour and London poor" really are-r-a work that has yet to be truthfully written .
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STANDARD WORK ON PHOTOGRAPHY . A Dictionary of Photography . By Thomas Suttoq , B . A ., Editor of " Photographic Notes . " ( The Chemical Articles of A . B . 0 . by John Worden . ) Illustrated with Diagrams , Sampson Low , Son , and Co . "We wore informed but a few d , ays ago , by an amateur photographer of our acquaintance that during a period of about eight months he had expended not less than eighty pounds upon plant and materials . In his , d ^ sii » Bto » masteiahi 8 . boautiCu ^ ai ; t . QQo » omiott ] iy T and , at the same time , practically , lie had drifted about , we conceive , from one establishment to another , purchased tracts by various hands in advocacy of particular processes , and had been , in lino , floundering among , cunning devices to supersede the neooasity of sound knowledge and manual dexterity . To the latter of these qualifications no " royal xoad" exists that we are yet awaro of ; but the amateur might have gained much of the former and economised , his outlay to a considerable extent
had he , before he rushed into the market for cameras and chemicals , pondered diligently over some well-digested body of information , prepared for his use by a practical man , from which he midife learn at least the dangers of precipitancy . We do hot advance that the work before us is the best elementary work upon the science or practice of photography to place in the hands of a novice We have seen several cheaper books better adapted for his use . Those of Mr . Hardwiek and Mr . Lake Price are also valuable , giving as they do instruction and direction in full for field practice . Bat as , what it simply professes to be , a useful stepping-stone for the practical photographer towards a comprehension of optical and chemical principles of the art , and a record of its present state , we can quite see the value of Mr . Sutton ' s production . That gentleman being well- known as a practitioner of the art , and as conductor of the serial termed " Photographic Notes , " we have no doubt that a welcome already awaits his compendium from a considerable circle who are already , more or less acquainted with his writings , and the activity with which lie has for some time past supported his views .
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- . w . . THEATRES AND PUBIilC ENTERTAINMENTS . Crystal , Palace . Moonlight Display or the Fountains . —On . Tuesday evening , pursuant to notice , we found ourselves at the London-bridge Station , en route for the above spectacle , not without some misgivings as to the presence of our lady the Moon , whose countenance the Directors of the Crystal Falace , ever anxious to exchange new sources of delight for public pence , had reckoned on , as it aeemed without due assurance . But though forbidden clouds trooped after one another over a background of most leaden hue , there was still the probability that the fair luminary might capriciously select Sydenham far favours denied to the metropolis j and that , in fact , we might be found out if we ventured , to assert , as we were half inclined to do , that she had not graced the evening fdte with her presence . We took the train , therefore , and in due time found ourselves upon the steps of the grand entrance , among a number of eager expectants . A solemn stillness reigned around , broken only by tlie simplest remarks de lunapico inquirendo , and here ana there , by a half-heard and unseemly wager , cen sured as soon as uttered by the moral police of the solemn crowd . Not a drum waa heard , nor a cornet a note , to lighten the pressure of the gloom , aa it descended upon the spirits of the company ; and the gusli oi the fountains as , true to time , they sprang aloft to catch the last flicker of the twilight , woa bailed rather as an order of reloaee than a prelude to new pleasure ..... It seemed . as ,. though . thp . tr « acl » prou » goddess had but waited this signal to bo revenged wr our presumption by showing what favour she inigMJ have bestowed , and what beauty sho might Imve ley to the scene ; for ere the fairy columns had « ab 8 " ™ ° ! ahe had thrown off her outer robe , c eared a Huge blue-green apace around her , and though y «* *«* " !?? in one sm « U fleecy cloud bound to her form vritu tender filaments of black , loosed enoug h 1 i&h 6 to silver a few distant points , and make us feel ™ ° "JJ we had been put to through her coquetry- ; * grounds and building were soon loft in ^ Mig the many whoso poreistoncy lm < l lnducec 1 the to sou it out , " rtnd on the thtokly-orowdea platformiw wn the effort to give pleasure , appreciation oi its go < £ tont , and hope for " bettor luok next time . wo inclined to regard the affulr as a more oxp rimon ^ test the capability of the place for evening : « n 'JJ 0 talnmonts , and the extent of encouragement ™ e imbUp are likely tc , beatow upon "W ' " ™ SKS > 1 < ,, utsuch a distance from town . It f ^ J ^ onB from the large attendance on Tuoadiiy ot Pg who were almost certain of dlaappo ntmon : t boiorj starting , that were niuaio—indianonsjvblo mufljo perhaps fireworks , exhibited at th « " Crystal 1 um
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1006 THE LEADER , [ No . 4 ^ 4 , Sep tembers ^ 1858 .
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Tales from Blachwood . Vol . II . Edinburgh : ( Blnckwoodand Sons . )— Wit , wisdom , and genial humour , and the names of Hamlen , Maginn , Aytou . n , M'Nish , are convertible terms . The second volume of these gatherings from Maga is a worthy companion of the first . It would be a work of . supererogation ,. indeed , to say one word in praise of literary excellence that has already received the ineffaceable , stamp of popular approval .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1858, page 1006, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2261/page/22/
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