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Prom Aden we learn that the Government English school , which is managed by Mr . Gilder , has proved successful , and that the annual exanu-Son took place under the auspices of Sir Charles Trevelyan , who was then passing on his way to The Portuguese natives of Bombay having memorialised the Government on their ancient rights , under the treaty of cession to the English Government , and their long loyalty during two centuries , and their present neglected civd condition , the Governor has promised to include one or two gentlemen of that community m the commission of the . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .
peace _ , _ ___ . „ , The plan for erecting an obelisk and travellers tank at the Margulla Pass , as ^ a monument to General ' John Nicholson , having failed for want p ± funds , it is now proposed to apply the subscriptions to a monument in St . Paul ' s . Lord Harris has left Madras in rather better favour . An address has been presented to him , and he has been commemorated as the author of several public improvements in that Presidency . The Bengal Government has urged on the
Government of India to invest the officers of the ± " ub-Uc Works Department with powers to enable them to execute roads in ordinary fair weather , without a reference to the Government , whereby , in ordinary times , a whole year is lost , and if the officer be changed the work is lost sight of altogether . Whether this rational arrangement will be made is altogether uncertain . The suggestion is prompted by the great success of Lieut . Wylde , in opening a road from Cuttack to Ungool at small expense , and which was of much value during the mutiny . Mr . W- Ainslie , railway commissioner , has been appointed to take the land required by the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Company , and thereby , to forward the works .
At the Society of Arts , last week , Mr . Leonard Wray read a paper oh woods , in which he pointed out the resources of India in this respect . " Many fine specemenswere then shown , and likewise at the conversazione on Saturday last .
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LATEST INDIAN INTELLIGENCE . The Overland Mail has arrived bringing intelligence from Bombay to the 11 th of April . The most important news is that of the capture of Tantia Topee on the 7 th of April . This occurrence was preceded by a complete defeat of the rebels under the Rao and Feroze Shah in the Seronge jungles , on the 5 th of April , and the surrender on the the 2 nd of the same month of the rebels under the GWalior chief , Maun Singh . This chief , according to the telegram received by Lord Elphinstone , guided a party to Tantia ' s hiding place . The Bombay correspondent of the Times denies the truth of this statement , and says , that when Tantia fled from Gwalior , after his defeat by Sir Hugh Rose , he was accompanied by a buxee or paymaster of the Maharajah . This buxee had a creditor , who thought that the best way to secure payment would be to accompany his debtor . _ He
among the jungles for a little longer , power for harm is at any rate nulL " Previous to this final catastrophe in Central India , Adil Mahomed of Bhbpal had surrendered , finding no doubt the cause he had espoused des-Dpfflite ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ Skirmishing is still going on upon the borders of Nepaul . On the 25 th March Brigadier Kelly came unawares on the rebel army at a village called Simmer . The enemy was drawn up under cover , well protected by guns , but were beaten with heavy loss . On the 26 th , the rebels having again rallied , were again most severely handled by Kelly , lost 500 killed , numbers of elephants ( one bearing the Begum ' s howdah ) , and camels and horses . Thus , if there were any fears of a new invasion of Oude by the fugitive rebels , that fear has ceased .
The commercial crisis continued to excite considerable attention . Retrenchment was the order of the day . Bombay , we are assured , is to reduce its civil and military expenditure by 15 per cent . Orders have been received to stop all recruiting , and in future the regiments are to bq but 700 , instead 1 , 000 strong . This reduction has already been carried out in the Punjaub ; it is now extended to Madras . Salaries also are to be reduced . An entertainment was given by the Europeans at Bombay to her Majesty ' s 64 th and 78 th regiments . Lord Harris had left Madras for Calcutta , and Sir C Trevelyan had arrived . He had signallised his entrance into office by appointing a native officer as aide-de-camp , and expressing in a speech his great sympathy for the Anglo-Indians .
Sir R . Hamilton , who has refused the offer of a seat in the council at Calcutta , was at Bombay , and on the eve of taking his departure for England . Lord Clyde , when last heard of , was at Delhi , on his way to Simla . . At Calcutta , as already announced in The Leader , Mr . Beadon is to be promoted to Foreign Secretary ; he will be succeeded in . his old appointment by Mr . Grey . . . \ ¦ " ' ' ' ¦
accordingly accompanied them in their peregrinations , and many a weary march he made in following his debtor as a hound follows the track of blood . The buxee Was killed at Rajghur , and then the creditor called upon Tantia Topee for his money . Tantia put him off with promises , and at last the man , indignant , left for his own country . After many wanderings Tantia returned to the vicinity of GoonaU in a forlorn condition , having but thirty followers , no money , and little chance of retrieving bis fortunes . The creditor of the buxeo again joined Tantia Topee , but , discovering that this chiefs Utter destitution loft him no chance of paying any portion of the debt , ho wrote to Sir Robert Hamilton , offering to betray Tantia Topee on consideration of getting the price set on that chief s head , and thus Tantia fell at last into our hands .
The same authority adds that orders have been issued for his trial by drumhead court-martial , and if ho is found guilty , no doubt he will bo hanged . Thq Bombay Gazette , for some reason or other , supposes that he will " not bo severely dealt with . " " Meanwhile" justly observes our contemporary , " all agree in thinking that nothing can be more fortunate than the seizure of a man who , in spite of his low station , was able at all times to raise up enemies against us— -whoso endurance was so remarkable that he twice marched across the whole of " Central India , from the Jumna to Guzcrat , and from the Nerbudda to the deserts of Bikaneor , without a thought of surrender . Tantia in our hands insures the pacification of Central India , which the Rao and Peroze Shah will not be able to disturb . A few weeks more may elapse before We , capture these two chiefs , but . even if they succeed in skulking
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AUSTRALIA . The Great Britain brings news from Melbourne , to the 2 nd of March . There is no political intelligence of importance . . There had been much excitement and activity throughput the gold fields for some time previous tp the departure of the mail . The miners were being amply rewarded by large discoveries of gold , and the employment for labour was decidedly on the increase . A fire occurred in North Melbourne on the 25 th ult ., and fifteen houses were consumed . Another destructive conflagration occurred at Ballarat . ___— .
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New Bishopric—Sir Edward Lytton l » aa consented to . the erection of another now b * 8 » ° P « cin Australia , the seat of which will bo at Brisbane , Moreton Bay , New South Wales , noir indeed in the diocese of Newcastle , a see which is equal , me * - tent to four times the area of the British Isles . The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts W granted 1 , 000 / . towards the endowment fund ; " nd . Sr . Terrell , the present Bishop of Newcastle , iSS generously pronged to contribute half the amount required lor t « o endowment of the now ace Sir Edward Bwlwer Lytton has nominated , m the first Btehon . of Brisbane , the Rev . Edward Wyndham TuflnolJ , M . A ., of Wndhain College , OxTord and prebendary of Salisbury Ofttnedir * I .
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SIR W . ARMSTRONG AND HIS INVENTIONS . On Tuesday a public banquet was given to Sir William G . Armstrong , C . B-, the Government Inspector of Rifled Ordnance , in the Assembly-rooms , Newcastle-upon-Tyne : The banquet was in commemoration of Sir William ' s having been knighted by her Majesty for his inventions in connexion with rifled ordnance . Sir G . Grey , M . P ., presided , and in proposing the health of the guest of the evening , passed a high eulogium upon his personal worth and bis scientific abilities . . Sir W . Armstrong , in returning tha nks , expressed his belief that the powerwhich science gave , whether
applied to peace or . vrar , was always on the side of civilisation , and that the spread of civilisation must tend , necessarily , to . diminish war and to render it less barbarous . With respect to the " Armstrong gun , " he said it was absurd to suppose that there Was any secret about its general construction , which was already known to hundreds of persons , and which had been already approximately described in many publications ; but there were many details which would require to be mastered before foreign nations could make it . He said , my original gun was partly of steel ; but I now use nothing but wrought iron . It is a built-up gun—that is to say , it is composed of separate pieces—each piece being
of such moderate size as to admit of being forged without risk of flaw or failure . By this mode of construction great strength , and , consequently , great lightness , are secured . It has been stated that two of my guns burst at Shoeburyness , but this , hie many other statements on this subject , is wholly without foundation . A 32-pounder has alreadybeen made upon this principle , besides smaller guns ' , and I expect you will soon hear of 70-pounders and lQO-pounders as well . The projectiles are in aU cases made of cast iron , thinly coated . "witti lead , and being of somewhat larger diameter than the bore of the gun ; the lead is crushed into tne rota
rifle grooves , by means of which the necessary - tion is given , while all shake and windage are prevented . The projectile for field service admits of being used as solid shot , shell , or common case . It is composed of separate pieces , so compactly bound together , that it has been fired through a mass croak timber nine feet in thickness without sustaining fracture . When used as a shell , it divides into fortynine regular pieces , and about 100 irregular pieces . It combines the principle of the shrapnel and percussion shell- —i . e ., it may be made to explode either as it approaches the object or as it strikes it . Amongst friends it is so safe that it may be thrown off the top of a house without exploding ; but
amongst enemies it is so sensitive and mischievous that it bursts with a touch . Sir William said his experiments had commenced in 1854 , and were carried on for nearly three years . When . the results of his invention were ascertained , all his previous disbursements were refunded by the Government ; and he took the opportunity of stating that the Duke of Newcastle , Lord Panmure , and General Peel , successive Ministers of War , had alike afforded him countenance and support , as had also aU the permanent authorities at the War-office . Referring to the arrangement which the Government had made with him , he said he had declined the offer of a pecuniary compensation for his outlay and invention , and had nronosed to them that he should receive a salary of
2 , 0002 . per annum , commencing from a penoq ot three years back , during which nearly his whole time had been given to the subject , and continuing for seven years to come , he undertaking to give them the benefit of all his information and experience , ana to relinquish in their favour all future inventions relating to the gun . Appreciating fully ? as he did , the gracious recognition of his services by her Majesty , ho only valued the arrangement he haa entered into as a means of enabling him to ride his hobby with more effect , as well for the public advantage as his oWn satisfaction . In conclusion , Sir William denied , to the best of his knowledge and beliof , that any person Who had been connected with his works had gone into the service of any foreign Government .
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JAPAN . Letters from Japan to the 31 st of December mention that the Japanese Commissioners appointed to proceed to Washington to exchange the ratification of the American treaty are Nagaai Genba no Kami , Governor of Accounts and Minister of the Navy , and Tvray Say Higo no Kami , Imperial Inspector . The Russian Consulate was to be removed to Kanagowa . The Russian steam frigate Askeld was undergoing repairs at Nagasaki . Cholera has been raging in the northern part of Japan to a frightful extent . At Yeddo alone the deaths are reported at 150 , 000 in one month . Allissima and Odowara had also suffered greatly . The outbreak of this dreadful scourge so soon after the time the foreign embassies were settled at Yeddo had led the people to attribute to them its introduction into their country , and superstition points to the coincidence as a punishment for opening Japan to foreigners . By the latest accounts the disease was less virulent . The Danish brig ' Vilhejmine , from Shanghai , arrived on the 18 th of December , and left again on the 21 st , not having been permitted to trade , in consequence of there being no treaty between Denmark ana Japan . A steamer , the Nagasaki , built in Holland for the Prince of Vizen , arrived on the 15 th of November . The Russian Consul-Genoral and his secretary , with their wives , wero dwelling at Hakodadi and at Ionya , on the side of the bay opposite to Desima , at Nagasaki . The merchant commanders who took the two steamers Yeddo and Nagasaki from Holland to Japan were , residing with their wives . At this place also some of the officers and crew of the Askeld were lodged j the remainder lived in a temple in the town .
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Gerard , the lion killer , has written to his friends at Paris to relate ah extraordinary circumstance : — In the dead body of an old lion which lie killed a few days ago in Algeria , he found not fewer than seven balls with which the animal had been struck on previous occasions I
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Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 625, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/21/
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