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Sir Eobebt Peel announced that be should take a snitsble -opportunity of explaining the entire groundlessness Of the apprehensions entertained respecting $ he importation of certain articles , particularly lite cattle . The gallery "was cleared for a division on the clause of the < 3 a 21 snt Colonel , "but lie did not succeed so far as to obtain a seconder . Everything else being disposed of , the Committee -went tinough the schedule of the towns from -which the STerages are to be tafcen , and Ihe House &ojonrne < L Wednesday , April 6 . The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock . The report on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway , was brought np anp received . A number of petitions on various subjects were preseated .
THB TBUCK STSTOt jlr . Febsxnd presented a / petition from a place in Glamorganshire , signed by 176 Inhabitants , comp laining of the open Tiol&tion of the law practised by some manufacturers . The petitioners sifted that they had grea'lysuffered from the iniquitous practice of remunerating industry by the French system . They added , that within an are of a twenty square miles they knew of nine shops connected with , manufactories ; and ihey prayed the House immediately to p&ss a Bill , compelling employers to exercise plain justice towards the employed in the matter of wages , and enforcing the weekly payment of labour in mosey , and the abolition of the tallysoop system . TVOBKING ME 5 AM ) 3 U > TFACITREBS .
Mr . Fkbha-M ) gave nonce urn on Tuesday , the 19 th of April , he weuld move a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coiniiig to give evidence before Committees of the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , t » y manufacturers , of people employed by them , aid also for the condign punishment of all who should intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; sad also that he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the United Kingdom , on the men in their employment , extending also to the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on . railways . The Honse went into committee on Lord Mahon ' s
Copyright Bill . The noble lord stated the grounds on welch he brought forward his measure , which he said differed from that of Sergeant Talfourd , in r « - ducing the term of Copyright to 25 year 3 after the author ' s death . The objections of publishers and printers were now removea , and they were anxious for the success of the present bill , which he , lord Mafcon , brought forward from a conviction that U would be a public good . Sir . Mj . OiCi . AT had opposed Sergeant Talfourd's
bid , because lei considered the term of 60 years too long . But while he admitted that the present bill was different from Sir . Sergeant Talfourd ' s , he did not altogether approve of the mode in which lord Mahon gave the protection which his measure proposed . He ( Mr . Macanlay ) wonld give copyright for the life of tbe author , or for forty-two years , whichever migfct be longest ; and he illustrated the superiority of his plan by various examples in literary history . He would , at the proper time , bring forward an amendment to carry out his views .
Sir R . H . iKGLissaid trat every civilised country , except Austria , recognised the claims of the author to a property in his works , which ie could leave to Ms family or heire . By Mr . Macaulay's proposition the" copyright of many standard work ? , such , foi instance , as the " Pleasures of Memory , " would expire with the author ' s death , whereas , by Lord Mahon's proposition , it would be continued for twenty-five years longer . He , therefore , snpported the Bill Mr . Waklet admitted that Lord Mahon had made a fair and candid statement tut he had failed in making oui a case for any alteration in the law . The anthors in the present age had received snms for their works unexampled in all former times—Sir Walter Scott , for example , whose works had brought
to himself and family no less than £ 250 , 000 . In fact , the conduct of authors in applyirg to the Legislature for additional protection was a degradation to literature , as it indicated low and sordid motives . Why were the < -. TaiTn * of men of science overlooked , many of whose inventions were the prodnee of the application of far higher powers than mere literary works ? Could any modern work be compared with the discovery of Dr . Jenner ? Yet the mere writer was to have a monopoly , while such benefactors of humauity received no legislative consideration—men whose pursuits were not of a pleasurable nature , like those
of literature , but followed out in the midst of disease and death . Mr . Wakley read specimens from Mr , Wordsworth ' s poetry , with the view , as he said , that the House might judge of the quality of the productions fer which additional projection was asked . Ii "was not the men of the highe ? t intellectual character , such as Sir John HcrscheU , who asked for this additional protection , while to give it would interfere with that instruction of the people which was goiDg on through the cheaper-produced editions of works cut of copyright . He implored Lord Mahon to abandon his Bill , but , as a choice of evils , he would Support 3 &r . Macaulav ' s proposition .
Mr . M 0 XEr 0 Sj > JlLX £ S regretted the coarse adopted by Mr . Wakley with respect to Mr . Wordswoith , whose mind might be wounded by the supposition ihax any produe . ion of hi 3 had been treated in the House of Commons with undeserved ridicule . The argument abous the dearness of copyright editions was answered by actual facts ; and eminent men of sciense . Sir David Brewster , for example , had petitioned the House in favour of protection to literary labour . Literary men and literature were treated very differently in Frpnce from wh 3 t it was in this country . He supported Lord Makon's proposition as being on the whole better than that of Mr . Macanlay . On the third claase © f the bill , Mr . Macaulat propesed his amendment . Lord Mahos defended bis own propositions ; aft ; r which
Sir Robert Peel said that Mr . Macaulay ' s argument in favour of his proposition carried conviction yriih it , but he suggested a compromise , by which seven years after the author's deaih might be j ; iven for the benefit of the family . 3 lr . Wt . vx reminded Mr . Wakley that Dr . Jenner had been rewarded by Parliament , and expressed himself willing to see an extension of the principle . Lord Johx Rcssell thought that Lord Mahon's 1 : Y ! woEid be a boon to authors , and had not been convinced by Mr . -Macaulay ' s armaments to support 11 = proposition . But as both Lord Mahon and Mr . Jlacauay had somewhat similar objects , he regretteitlia- there shuild be a division on the subject , sra Teronnciided ihe adoption of Sir . B . Peel's
Mr . -MiCin . \ y expressed his regret that he could nor . Trnh .-alL-iaaiion to his own miud , acop ; the Ci ? 33 proiE :-e : Sinners were repeatedly ordered to ¦ Wii fcdriw , ¦ . ;; - - rr . ervals beJEg oeeui ~ : ~ d by observations ircm Sir R . Peel and Mr . Aahovby . L ' - -iv Miho-u hivp ^ ic-i , that if he were defeated on his ow ^ pr " jpo .-ukn of t we-tj-Sve jears , he would move tqSllvpihe Llsik -vriih " " seven , years , " and shov . Ti afc-rwiTdj pro ^ ois iLfe £ otij-iyto years , as suggested DT Mr . 3 tiCJ" ! iT . Two _ div > . . . - ..-look place , the first on Lord Mahon ' s propos : : oii ; - , f . T 7 euty-nre years ait = r tbe author ' s ottia , W £ _ : E-h-tj 5 Jest by Co to 5 S ; and ihe second on ite pr .-u ; ilor ; thai ihe blank ifleuid be filled up ¦ S 13 t r \ wo ? " .. " ieTeQ 5 " which was carried by 51 to ^ f- A '~ : r-J cJT ; s . oa took place on tbe adoption of
* -i-. M 2 C 2 *; . r i i-TipDOUun 01 fcrtv-two Years , which ¦ ^ car ried ly Wi : 22 . The res ' ult of these three git ' , ? : ons Tfa- , ; _ Le adoption of Mr . Macaulay ' s propc- ? u : tn _ of f .. itT-:-. \ o years certais , or fur ihe author's 9- £ ' -tI v " fcTi J - " - " ^ - - ' > ™ lb tiie acaiiioD of i .: r Kower ^ P .-. i ' ^ suggestion of seven years after 2 ' ^ ' " " - -hould he have ouilived the term owony-iw . , j . ir 5 fTom the publication of his WCTS . Arcthtr div "? : on t&ok place on the clause , as thus anunf = d , Sir . Waklty orj ^ ctirg to it altogether . ± z ? cj 2 ! i > e tt 2 s carried by D 6 to 117 . i . m ztzi clause , providiLg for the reversion of exiitJEg copyrich ' . 3 in the i > ossesiioii of parties not xelawd to authors , raided a QiiCl ^ Jou , and led to a fl ) T ] -.:-ir >
_ jit . Vi- ^ KLiY inoT-rg Us omission on the ground of its injustice to : hcse who baa already made contract oa the faith of the existing law , it was re ! 3 . - . nc j by Cf < to 26 . Alter some < :: - ; r chases were 2 greed to , ihe CHin-. 5 LLy obtained leave to report progress , ana at a ^ ain on Wednesday next , and the House reaiced . On the brkging up of the report on the corn im-Wtttiuion bil' Mr . Mil > xk Gibsw suggested that a W ^ d penod sncuJd be nam . d in the Bill for its ouraaon say one year , < o as to briiig n a-ain under the conaderacon oi Parliamefit . He proposed this iroma conviction of the insi ^ bllity of the proposed measure , and not to hold out delusive expectations . bir Robest Fai said thai was the reason why ** E ° " hlT ! k of & « ch bUK icuwuuii
* £ ?» t > ; , ^^ K a ^ esuon-Sir W P-r , i ' n '" ill ^ . ftn l > v - SQed Flida 5 for the discussion Sx hTmZmZ ° P of the report on the Income
Costeotos FcM ) .-Mr . J . Cleave has received irom . — n ,.. £ s . d . Ha-1 ^ 1 3 8 M ; xenden 0 3 0 Luddenden 0 5 0 Lower Warley 0 7 6 Sowerby . * . 15 3 Overden 0 5 0 Rippenden . 13 0 From a few friends at Mr . R-Rlej ' s Mffl , King Cross 0 7 7 Barasley ........ 1 o 0 Shelton , Potteries 15 3 Bradford , Yorkshire . 3 10 0 £ 10 15 3
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The Revekce . —The Revenue tables for the quarter , published on Tuesday last , show a decrease on the Customs , Excise , Stamps , and Taxes , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , of £ 288 , 573 . In the Post-office , Crown lands , and miscellatfeoas items there is an increase of £ 341 , 067 , showing a total increase in the quarter , of the ordinary revenue , of £ 52 , 094 . In the extraordiHary revenue there is an increase of £ 65 , 675 , and a decrease of £ 6 , 437 , making a total increase of reverine in the qaarier of £ 111 S 332 . _ LivEEPooL . —Tbis place has , during the last fortnight , resembled a garrison town , from the numbers of soldiers of various reigments in its streets , on their route from Scotland and Ireland to Portsmouth , where reinforcements for India are collecting .
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MISERABLE ATTEMPT OF THB A ? fTI-COKN . LAW LEAGUE TO OPPOSE THE INCOME TAX IN MANCHESTER . On Thursday morning , the walls were posted with bills ; the following is a copy : — " Public meeting © f electors , —We , the undersigned , invite a public meeting ef the electors of this borough to be held in the Town-hall , Manchestar , on Friday morning , April 1 , 1842 , at eleven o'clock precisely , for the purpose of considering the proposition of Sir Robert Peel , now before Parliament , with respect to the income tax . "
The above Invitation -was signed by about forty individuals , who are most of them members of the League ; and , in order to draw as large an audience as possible , it was announced that Messrs . Philips , Gibson , B otherton , and Cobden , bad been iuviteti to attend . However , none of them were present ; and perhaps "this attempt to gnll the pnbiie -snll receive some little palliation , -vrnen they consider that Friday , the day on which this Whig Corn Law League farce came off , was , -w hat has been commonly called , « April fool day , * and tnat being the case , these large loaf and plenty of slavery-men , probably conceived they had Borne license to take advantage of the public , and make April fools of them by wholesale . At the time appointed there were one hundred and fifty working men round-the doors , and not half a dozen electors amongst them .
Tarious weie the surmises about the proceedings . One party declared that there would be no meeting ; another , that the electors were afraid to mett tha nonelectors ; whilst a third party declared that they should like to be compelled to pay the income tax ; 3 fourth party believed , as there were only about forty electors conae to express their opinions , they would carry en the meeting with closed doors ; and lastly , the universal opinion cf the non-electors was , that if the middle classes were determined to keep up an expensive and extravagant monarchy , and support two or threeiings and qneeii 3 , and all the expensive machinery to boot , why , then , the middle classes ought to pay their share , and therefore ought to pay tha income tax-When the doors opened the front seats were taken , and the poor were compelled to find a standing place . In about ten minutes after the people had assembled in the Hall , to the number of as near as we could guess , 400 , certainly not more ,
Mr . AucHiBAiD Pbemjce , editor of the Mandiesler Times , a thick and thin supporter of the Whigs and Corn law League paper , came to the front of the platform , and gaid he bad been requested by the requisitionists . to offer a few words of explanation &s to the mode of calling the meeting . He then said that the reason why the mayor had not been asked to convene the meeting and to preside on the occasion , was , that the reroriiing officer of the borough CQuld not well preside over 3 meeting of the electors , when the object was not to petition Pariiam nt , but to give particular instructions to their repreaentatiYes . It was necessary that the electors should be called together immediately , and ho was sure the requisitionists were exceedingly glad to see bo many of Ihe non-electors present , who , although they were nGt called en to vote , would have an opportunity of listening to the discussion .
Mr . Jons Brooks , one of the great gnns of the League was called to the chair , who after a fe * remarks istrodnced Dr . Eager to move tho followiDg resolution -. — " That in the opinion of this meeting of the electors of Manchester , the proposed tax on the profits ef trade is calculated to aggravate the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturer is labouring , and to increase . the sufferings of the working classes by diminishing the fund for their employment , and lowering the wages of ltbour . That the deficiency in the revenue has been caused by baneful monopolies , especially the Corn Laws , wiieh are undermining the trade of this district , and that to attempt to maintain the National income by taxes on the profits of capital , and to leave virtually untouched the chitf scarce of the present commercial distress , must speedily destroy tlie fund from -which the revenue of ihe Elate , tlie employment of the people , and tlae incomes of all classes are mainly drawn . "
Sir Thomas Potteh seconded the resolution . Not even the knight could raise a cheer . Mr . Ahchibald Pre . mice supported the resoJntion . and in the course of his remarks declared that te woaid" willitj ^' y pay three per cent npos his income pro-rided there was to be any reduction in the price of provisions , for the benefit of thepoor . The Chairman tbfcn put it to the meeting , and while doing so , Mr . Kt >\\ sta >* rose to move an amendmtnt , but the Chairman was deaf . The shew of bands for the resolution was miserable net more than , thirty ; on Ihe contrary about 150 , so that it was negatived by a lsrse majority . On seeing that it was lost , they pretended , oa the platform , that it had not been pnt , and that they had not voted , because a gentleman "was on bis feet to move an amendment .
The Chairman asked Mr . Kynaston if he was an elector ; and , on receiving an answer in tie negative , told him he trccM not be allowed to speak . This caused xpreafc contusion ; wiiht tlie meeting , as "with one voice , cried , " Hear him , hear him . " - Tbe Chairman rose , and was saluted "with treaendous yrlls and other marks of disapprobation . Mr . Ac ' acd nest rose , but the groans and yells were still mere vociferous . 3 'r . Kynaston sat down — the meeting shouting , "He ^ rhim , " "yon dare not hear him , " &c Mr . Ijjy-Easton rose ag . iia amid tremendous cheering and clappin ? of iand . a . Messrs . P / cctice , Acland , and the Chairman tnraed to call silsnee , but it was cf no avail , for hear him they would before any one else . Mr . Linney , the Chartist , then mounted the form , and -was CTfct-tsfi "with loud cheers .
The Cha-rinan beckoned him to the platform , which ¦ fca-i the effect of restoring siience . Mr . LiN'UEr , on coming to tUs front of the platform , tcid tie meeting that the Gcntlrman , would be alloweri to 2 . d < ir-is ite mre :: Eg " out Of courtesy . " Mr . Ky > ~ astan then rose amid much cheering , an < ?? . i < 3 that wntn he attempted to address them a short time 220 . he wns so much iuUrrupted by the geniieaei rn the- jr-laffujni , thr ; t he couk' not be beard by the lEtttir-g— ( hear , hear , hear . ) He mjgbt say that he was an i : i . ;? Tidual who -sisheu tvtrv mini to be allowed bjT opportunity cf expressing hi 3 scntiratxtf . Hfc vrisnot ai ! o" ? Tbli ID propose ^ n cmfcudment to the Te :- > l-jtiisa ^ l : ch Lad-bttn rt-sci ; but he ttguM tel ; thtzn if tfcey "would aiJow him what £ 3 considered « i
the income tax , and likewise ^ i ? a his opinion as to how it w- tPA operate . Ha thought all taxes cusjht to be Jtvifcd according to the ability uf the patties to pay , "wLfcibtr Hich ability rose from lauded property , orfroni ihe di » fil 3 of trade . la titter case it ~ vrns equally just , That ' ll trtre te any tax to be icVkd , it should be levied upen ib ; s » "svhc > nave the ability to p . iy , and not upon the pcur iiuiu . who could not psy at a'l—^ ear , Ltar , acd luuu cLvcriDg . ) It b ^ d bfcea urgci that the income tnx wiruM indueepatties to make a nations rttuin of their ir . coir . irs , but was it likely that those gentlemen who wcr * ihere opposing tbit tax wcaid make a fictiuus return , njcrc ' y in order that they migLt be tax ^ d tee higher . ( Lau . hter , and cteers ) It "hail been urged , too , tiat it was an inquisitorial tax . Let it be so ,
because it was so much the better , and he again repeated that taxes Were most justiy levied upon those who ¦ H- tre best able to beaT them . ( A voice , "Let them reduce the expenditure *—cheers ) The speaker conilnnt-il to ssy tbas the income tax wonld reduce the tXI > = najture , Wcauee it Troulfl reduce tne salaries cf Go-Tenement t , lficer 3 , —ihear . hear , and loud cheers ) - — and would greatJy relax the burthens imposed npon tbe 1 ' tbouring clasees . They would recoilect that at ihe close of the waT a great number oJ small farms wtre tasen np : < nA made into large ones , and here tbe income tax -wxn : < l do great good . There were a great number of msiiuf&eturing houses in that town , and in others in the neighbourhood , that had long been cutting out , and swallowing up , t ' ae concerns of * mall
tradesmen , and £ he income tax would tax them . ( Loud cheers . ) As he was not an elector he could not move an amendment ; but he had the draft of one there which he would hand over to any elector , who might propose it , if he thought proper ; with permission he would read it : — " That tfeis meeting agrees that taxes sboald be levied upon individuals according to their ability to pay , and not according to tbeir power of cjniuniptwn . That an income tax approaches nearer to the former than the latter , and is therefore the most just tax that" can be imposed . That the best way to lessen the burthen upon the nation is to . diminish the expenditure . That tbe income tax will operate in tfris manner , tjz . it will reduce the expenditure as far as official salaries are concerned ; therefore , it 18
preferable to all other taxes on that account . That the income tax vrill be a tax upon monopoly and monopolists , both in land , in trade , and monetary operations . That tJie income tax will be a tax upon all large farmers to the encouragement of smaller ones ; and a" tax npon all large dealers and manufacturers to the encourageaeflt of- smaller firms , and is therefore preferable to all other taxes on that account . That this meeting approves of the principle of tte charge upon income , and -would recommend its general extension , if accompanied with a repeal of ail import duties npon the necessaries of life , in favour of such countries that would deal on a fair basis of reciprocity of trade . " Tlie speaker said , Mr . Prentice had alluded to tbe subject cf Universal Suffrage , and said be "would be wiiiiDg to be taxed ten per cent , ^ npon his income , if
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recessaty . undei such a system . But he wonla tell them that they could not bring the middle classes to unite with them for Universal Suffrage , unless they put a great part of the burthens npon them . ( Loud cheering . ) He was not a supporter of either Whigs or Tories . It needed no small courage to stand tip there , in the face of those gentlemen who had signed that requisition ; bnt he could not be skill . He could not refrain suggesting tnat amendment . He was obliged to the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him , and as he was not an elector , he wonld place the amendment in the hands of some person who was , and request him to move it , and sat down amid loud applause . Mr . Coppee then moved it as a resolution , Mt . Da vies seconded it .
Mr . Acland rose amid a volley of groans and slight cheers , and treated the meeting to a fair aa specimen of waspish abuse as it was ever pur lot to hear , which completely disgusted all rational , right-thinking , upright , and fair-dealing men present ; whilst doing which , he was countenanced by the ' respectables' on the platform , which made tbe whole party look very contemptible in the eyes of the working men present . Mr . Linnet rose amid loud cheers to protest against the conduct of Acland . , ' The Chairman then said that he should put the resolution last proposed as an amendment to the first . Mr . Copper mounted the form and protested against such a course , because himself and the meeting generally understood that the first resolution was fairly pnt and negatived by a large majority ; there / are he should insist upon its being put as a substantial resolution .
Tke Chairman requested the non-electors not to vote at all , as Mr . Linney had fcold them so distinctly , and he had always found him to act very rationally at public meetings . Mr . Linney said he only recommended it ; of course the people were at liberty to act as they pleased . Tee Chaikhax said that he was going to put the amendment , and those who were for it of the electors must hold up their hands . The meeting would have both read again . Mr . Coppkk . s ' S resolution was pnt ; the non-electors taking Linney ' s advise , and not voting , the consequence was , that not more than a hundred voted for the first resolution .
j When the second was put , all the clerks and watc-¦ housemen , whether electors or non-electors , voted for j it ; and the Chairman declared it carried . The working men then left the meeting disgusted .
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CHARTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTTL ! ( Continued from our last . ) " Gnoree" par Howdah— " Hathee" pur Zeen , J Chullajao , Chullajao , " Warren Hasteen" J . ' ! I It is not our intsntien or our wish " to fright tbe isle I from its propriety , " or to say anything of our Indian I relations which we are not fully prepared to substantiate I oi corroborate . It matters little whether we write as J an Unitarian , an animal of the " bifrontal breed , " or j like Mrs . Malaprops dog Cerberus , " three gentlemen ; at once , " if we give a true description of the present
state of Hmdostan , and all appertaining thereunto-Doubtless there are many more capable than ourselves ; but we challenge them to be more honest . We have waited for their lucubrations till " the heart became sick . " There seems , on the part of the authorities both in Downing-atreet and Leadenhall-street , a disposition to burke the question ; so we have resolved on the task of enlightenment ourselves ; and it shall not be our fault if the British tax-paying public does not learn somewhat of India . In a debate last week , at the India
House—« ' Sir KOBEET Campbell ( a Director ) -wished that it should not go fjrtb . that the revenues oi India -were in that bad state represented by the Hon . Proprietor . The dividends of tbe proprietors (?) were not in any danger , and the Bombay p 3 per referred to was do authority in such matters . When we should have vindicated our honour in India , which we must , coule qui couie , eur resources i : i that country would be found in as flourishing a condition as ever . " (???) In reply to this , —we wish he may get it ! There has been an under current pervading Indian jiative soeiety for years pa * t , which only lacks an opportunity for display , it has been fostered by the different native . chiefs , and its ramifications have spread through every court , every city , every Divan , or " Zenana , " whether Hindoo or Mahometan , till it has assumed a most powerful and dangerous shape , all breathing the same language , all uttering the same wish , and whose bond of union is " Destruction to the Ferinehees I "
bir John Ma : coim , Sir Thomas Munro , Sir Alexander Barnes , the present Sir CharieB llttcalfu wero all aware of it , and dicaded the monster they could not crush ; but they tampered with it , and their policy was shaped accordingly , sir William M'Naghten might have been a ' so uw ire of it , but he despised its power , and paid , with his life , for his ignorance and presumptiou ' . Communications were easily carried on by means of the native bankers or " ShrofiV' and their bills of exchange , or " Heondies , " supplied the circuJ . aling medium without much suspicion . The Moonbheea" employed by the Europeans to teach them the language , were of ttimes in native pay , and the " VilklllS , " and tvfcn the chief servants , or " Dubashees" of
tbe residents , political agents , or collectors , left litl ' e unio ' d that passed beneath their ken ! The travelling pilgrims , or devotees—the " Faquirs , " who worship at the shrines of •• Mahomet" or " Juggernaut" were frequently the depositaries of native dispatches ; and correspondence was obtained by these means with every native regiment in our service ! When Sir Charles Metcalfe was sent to Hyderabad , as President , to take the place of Mr . Russell , he found affairs in a very awkward position , and the " Deccan " throughout disposed to shake off the yoke of John Company . The " Nfzini" himself was a debauched old man ; and aslongashis Vizier supplied him with money for his extravagancies and revelries , he little he&ded where it came from .
The T ^ z ' er wes the ac'ual sovereign , and the banking house of Palmer and Co . played the first fiddle , to the exclusion of , the President , and the interests of John Company . Palmers' bouse had advanced large sums of money on account of tbe " Nizam , " for which they received 1-rre districts of land in " Tagbeers , " and governed theru with almost despotic sway . They constituted themselves " Killadora" or " Governors' iu the various fortresses , where they xuled , appointed their own officers , and received the rcvesues , while the President could do nothing , txcept through tbe medium of William ami Hustings Palmer . Such was the state of affairs at Hyderabad . When Sir Charles Metcalfe was app ilnt ^ d President , we had a large array caileil a
subsi ! i .: y fjreo , Tit S-eunderabaJ , Six miles from tho city , compose' ! of Bii ' . isk and uativ-. soldiery , horse m till cry , and cavalry ; another at Bol-ircm caliod the Rnsseil brignn ,-, at tte SOlt ; disposal £ > f \ ka President , -while the brittle of c . vvii'ry c ^ as some distance off at Mominabud : not ^ itbitanding all this apparent f jrce , so deadly was tne hr . te which had oitiintd am :. n ^ the natives , that no British ( ffictr or civilian , 110 British soldier of any ( kscrjtion , Wi . uid t \ tr have Cre .-. iut of enttring thu city of Hjderaoad vithont tie President ' s protection and esivrt tnil mounted on one of the President ' s e e > . nr , n-. s . without that , he vrould have bten insuU « d , fj ^ up « n , -and csarsacrtd j and even then his person ¦ was La : dly t *> .: * . Sue !; was Hyderabad in 1822—23 , and such we know it to ba at the present timesuch are the native ff-i . ngs towards the Feringhees .
To restore , : f posvl ^ le , John Company's tottering powtr and s'jprenitirjr iii the Dcccau , it was necessary to throw tl . « Pslmirr .-- overboard , and givo up theTagheers irto the tauds of th = Nizam . Sir C ' diltI-js Then cuinpounfled withthoYizier for the sums r « ceivtid from the iicuae uf Palmer and Co . and entticti mlo a soil of " tqiiitable adjustment" for the value iif the lauds huM by them , which wire speedily transferred to the C \ iiup : aiy , and placed at the disposal of the Kesident . Sir Charles , by his moderation and firmiiLSs , soon rt-rtlabiislifcd European supremacy , a-.-tt pi 3 CtM his owa fiends and ifScers in charge of the Tagbeera , and various posts held by the haugers-on of the Pah » tr 3 . Such was the shock of this proceeding to their mercantile and backing transactions , that ,
though lmmecscly rich , and living in princely and Asiatic style , they were soon compelled to bend before the storm , breat up th < jr establishments , and declare thfcmiblves bankrupts I It -was during a very precarious time that Sir Charles adopted this poiicy , and be was absolutely forced into it by necessity , as the natives in the Diccsn were beginning to desj . ise the power uf the Euslisb , and with us it was nearly '' t ? uch and go i" We would merely wish to show the capability of Sir Chaxle 3 Metcalfe , and all who are acqur . Iniert with him are aware cf Lia urlwuity , and tbe povtvr ha possesses by nature of making all classes his fritu ' iS ! In the critical position our affairs in the East assuuie—if liipluinacy or skill can extricate us , and s ; ive onr troops frrai destruction , and if we can still retain
for some ftw years our possessions to the southward of the Sutkdge Hiver , and Eever dream of further extension—if all this can avail , why Sir Charles Metcalfe is the heaven-born man who is moat likely to effect it ! But he will have a most ailful task ! We can testify to his fitness . We have been on a tour in the Peecan , on Jummabunuy , with him—we havo known Lim in his public and private relations , and we have listened to the words cf wis-. lom which have proceeded from his lips . We wish publicly to testify cur gratitude and respect ; and , while we admire the man , we think it our duty to state to the country fully aod fairly what we recognise in the politician ! Sir Charles has been , all Us life in India in the most responsible
situations , resident at Hyderabad , at Dalhi , vice-president in Bengal , and Governor General during the interregnum , occasioned by Lord William Bentinck . To make way for Lord Auckland , he was appointed Governor of Jamaica , and he is now coming home in ill health . During the first siege of Bfcurpore , when Lord Like and Warren Hastings pnt Howdahs in their bower , and saddles on their elephants , and turned tail before tbe native power , Sir Charles Metcalfe was proceeding to join them in a palanquin by " Dawk , " or " Post , " and was attacked and plundered by marauders in the neighbourhood of the army , and left for dead , with seventeen wounds on his body , several spear wonnds and sabre wounds , and the finger c f one hand cut off . He recovered , and while recounting ' , in after jeare , hia escape and danger , we
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have heard him describe the picture alluded to in the motto , which we give verbatim from hia Iipa . People may exclaim , What do we care about Sir Charles Metcalfe , the Njz-hb , the Deccan , and Hyderabad ; we waut to hear about Afghanistan and CabopL Softly , good friends 5 aU in good time . We wish you to understand the REAL state of India ; . that bar power is more in appearance than in reality , and we may be , Bald rather to occupy the country , than to posssss it It is a power which rests oa most treacheioua and unstable grounds—a power which may be easily shaken , and though healthy and flourishing in outward guise , is but rotten at ihe core . The power I mean is the " . power of opinion , supported by ignorance on one side , and reverential awe on the other .
Ignorance is fast vanishing under the pregress of knowledge ; and the civilizition of the West will come to aid the struggles for liberty in the East , While our own short-sighted and disreputable conduct there have done much to undermine any veneratien which we might have formerly possessed . ¦ . : ¦ Our priests and Imisstonaries have done us great harm , and by their meddling hypocrisy and unblushing rapacity are regarded with scorn and contempt ^ by all . Their lying reports regarding the progress of ^ Christianity and the conversion of the nativesj to gull the slavering fools at home , are but so much waste paper ; while Any
body at all conversant with India well knows that no respectable or decent native , whether Mohammedan or Hindoo , would condescend to listen ib their trash for one moment , bat turn with disgust from $ he ¦" '¦ Ferin . ghee Padre / 1 and tiese so much boasted Chriiti . in proselytes are but the refuse of the populations of Cilcutta , Madras , and Bombay , discharged servants of European masters , who brag they are " Christians , Massa ; drink brandy- shirab , ' wine- ' shirab , ' and beer- * shirab , ' same like Massa 1 " Such is generally the amoaut of their Christianity , and a glass uf brandy would convert them in nuedreds !
Then , again , there are the " half-casts" sprung from European loins and native women , and spurned like dogs by the Europeans The slightest admixture of native blood , although like the Palmers " liom Mohun Roy , " a few rich Parsees , and ArmeuiaDB , ( tilt newborn / Knight .. Sir Tamsetgee Tedgeebhoy to wit ) ' with < i few stipendiary chiefs totally disqualified from entering European society on e ^ ual terms , and the half-caste men and women are met at every turn with sneer , scorn , and insult . At the -saline time the consistent " Padrees" are civilising their children , forming schools for instructing them in their one-sided doctrines , and fitting them for clerks in the various government and mercantile departments , assisting in the hospitals , and sending them in shoals to the native regiments to play in the bandi whiie partaking with the very loweBt " Pariahs" the privilege of boing drummers , fifera , and buglerB , the Christian drummers and fife-rs being made to handle the " cats" for the benefit of Hindoo and Mahometan backs !
The " PadreeV' and all Christiana are verily at discount in Hindostan ; and a native could not cast on you greater contempt than branding you with the upithot of " Feringhee Padre , " and treating you as one of their " caste" ! Bishops , military chaplains , and the missionaries are as little necessary in India as Bishop Alexander is in Jerusalem ; in fact , they do a deal or harm ; they lower ua in the estimation of the native trooper , and that at proBeutia needless , for he hates us moat cordially . Our Government seoms determined te persist in appointing the leastflt . individuals to tbe most
responsible Bituationi .. What made : Lord ' EUenborsugh capable of directing the vast energies of our Indian empire , by experience , by theory , or by intuition ? He would have been equally serviceable as Protestant Pope in Africa , or Archbishop of Timbuctod ; and as for any Padree ' s attempting to convert the natives , it would not be more ridiculous should they attempt to convert the " Kangaroo" in Australia or Cannibals of New Zealand , which by-the-bya they are going to attempt , merely for the sake of their pitiful salaries . Poor half-starved wretches ; how we must feel for theiii !
We wish to impress on the country , that native emissaries give the fullest intelligence of all our proceedings in India , and that the native courts are well aware of our actions , and of our ultimate intentions ; for like a set of drunken fools , we seldom" disguise them , and the ravings and the " orgies" of the messtables and canteens , give to the astonished World toasts and sentiments which must make us appear iii a very unfavourable light and shako opinion to the very centre . Thesa toasts and sentiments travol far and wide . Look for instance ; " the death of Kunjeeh Singh , the
dismemberment of the Punjaub , and the plunder of Lihore J" We have heard this shouted like infuriated madmen , by men who held rank in the service , and whose eyes glittered like demons in anticipation of the plunder of gold , silver , and jewels . Again : " another Bhurpore , " and another " DootjunSal , the Rebel Rajah ' ' Even across the river Ganges opposite Cawnporei , the territory of tho Nabob of Oiid « , and not far from the capital Lucknow ; the " plunder of Luckilow" had been for 3 < & : \ x& a favo-utite toast ; and officeTa bb well as men , seemed to regard it as the result of ajl their wishes , arid the desired haven of lenjoyment
No wonder we are losing ground in India—no wonder we aro hateti—the wonder is that we have not been ere this ,- diivea into our factories , or . tUe 8 e& » jil \ ppy and fortunate to possess such an alternative . This may be received ungraciously ; we do not profess to deceive or Hatter ; wu priUo ourselves on telling the whole truth to enable this struggling nation to see what we are about entering upon in the East , and speak out iu a voice of thunder to our besotted rulers . . We invite discussion , and in next Star many particulars respecting the army , Will amuse Captain Harvey Tucbett and his clique , and perhaps shake bis confidence in a slight degree . Sir Kobeit Peel—look to it ! " Yale !" Woolwich Cadet .
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tiijie there was flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment . Another fort , in which some Commissariat stores were kept , was also attacked , and after a defence of three days by Gaptain Mackenzie , and a few men taken also , a panic appeared to have seized the troop 3 , who found thcmselveBin the beginning of Winter ; shp . t up : in their cantonmtnts in a valley of 200 miles from the Indus , withoatsufiScient clothing or foody and amidst a fanatical Mussulman population . Even between the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy being desirous : ¦ of offensive measures , while General Etphinatone , from circumstances connected with the forces , among-whom despondency and vacillation are described as then prevailing , maintained his
opinion for defensive ones . At the ^ solicitation of ihe Envoy , some small forts in the neighbourhood , which contained grain , were captured , fn the mean time the news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan corps in Shah Soojah'a service , oonimanded by British officers , reached the besieged , arid contributed to add to their gloomy prognostics . Various reversea . and successes follovrcd- / -during , some days ; The troops from the Balla Hissar were recalled to the cantonment , and the Envoy , urged a decided attack on the enemy ; tlie General , however , maintained that all such attacks would be futile : the soldiers began to despond , and all was misery . There were , uevertheljss , skirmishes every day , which did not tend tq raise the spirits of the Sepoy a and soldiers , who saw their enemy hourly increase , while they themselves had scarcely food ,
and but insufficient raiment for the season . So greatly were they dispirited , that they were one day driven back to their camp , after they had during three hours been exposed to a galling fire . The Ghilzee Chief , Osman . Khan , did not choose to pursue thein within their en trencJilBerits , wher 6 they , it was ilien feared , would have made a feeble resistance ; Their provision was flour , which they obtained by bribery during the night . " It was then recommended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Ballallissar . 'Captain . ConoHy , who was then with the Shah , advocated the propriety of bo doing , but the military authorities deolared the movement impossible , a 3 they could riot rely upon the disheartened troopp . The last regiment was then withdrawn from the Balla Hissar , which is , as every one knows * a citadtjl on a hill to the eastward of the town , and Shah Soojah Vf as left t » his
own resources . "The insurgents , who were aware of the movement of Succour from Candahar , now / appeared disposed to enter upon negociatiorts for the withdrawal of the British troops . The Envoy , on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade , and learning that no aid could be expected from General Sale , then at Jellalabad , or from tho Indus , gave a reluctant assent . Conferences took place , and a long list of articles , drawn up in Persian by Sir W . H . iVlacriaghten , were agreed to on both sides . They are said to exoeed twenty in number . "The second and favourite son of Dost Mahammed , Mahomcted Akhbar Khan , who , subsequent to his father ' s suirender had remained in concealment ,
and had even escaped beyond the cor / fines of Affghanistan , having made his appearance during the insurrection , took a decided part in ihe . negotiation . The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness to have the British troop ' s removed iipm Cab » l , ana arrangements a , re said to have been made for that purpose at diffijrent trieetings which were held outside the cantonments . Alter various parlies , a message was , on the 22 nd of December ^ brought from Akhbar Rhan to Sir W . H . Macnaf » hten to request an interview on the following morning . The British Envoy went thither , accompanied by Captains Lawrence , Trevor , and Mackenzie . They had riot been present five mintttes , when a signal was given , and all wercseiited and forced to mount behind some
Ghilzse chiefs . The British Euyoy resisted , and was slain , as also Captain Trevor , who had slipped off the horde on which he had been placed . Their murderers are now said to be " Ghsiees , " or religious . enthusiasts , who fight as soldiers for "the sake of God , " and who , if killed in battle , are called " Shuhdees , " or martyrs . The treatment of Sir W . H . Macnaghten ' s body has been described as most barbarous . His lady ' -. is ' stated to have offered a lar ^ e s um for its ransom , in order to have it decently interred . Tho other two officers were saved by the dread of the Ghazses to fire at them , lest the Ghilzeea who rode before them should - - . be . " wounded They returned to the cantonment on the 28 th , Akhbar Khan has , it appears , boasted of , his having in person killed Sir W . H . Macnaghten .
Major Pottinger , well known since the defence of Herat , then took charge of the British mission , and the tiegociatio ' ns . for the withdrawal of the troops were continued . On the 6 th of January , they moved from their cantonments , which were instantly seized by the insurgents arid burnc . The snoyv was one foot defepon the ground , whgnthf troops reached Beegrpma , three miles distant . The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident : he had despatched emissaries throughout the country through which the unfortunate British soldiers had to pass , calling on tho people to rise en masse arid slay the infidelSi His call was hot heard in vain . On the first da y ' s naareh Cornet Hardyman , of" the 5 « h Cavalry , and some men , vfere billed . Mahommed Akhbar Khan , who had taken charge of tho retreat .
contrived to iaduco the British to take ap stations at night where he chose . On the 7 th they moved to Bareckhar , where the three mountain guns were era d . Their rear guard were obliged io act on the defensive during the whole of the day . On the 8 : h the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies , and it beoamo evident th at the British soldiers would have te fi&ht their way to Jellalabad . Captain Skinner went to Mahommed Akhbar Khan , wb » was ' . ' on a hill close to the British camp , andinquired v ? hy they could riot proceed according to the convention ? The reply was that they had left tho Cabul cantonments before the troops destined to protect them were ready , and that no chief but he ( Akhbar Khan ) had the means or power to protect tliein , notwithstanding their convention .
'" .. This military convention is not fully known , and therefore- "all its provisions cannot be stated . It is pretended that among the articles there are some declaring , that all the British troops were to evacuate Affgnanistan , arid that notice of such a coHveution had been sent to General Nott , at Candahar , arid to General Sale at Jellalabad . It is said to have been signed , by Ganfval Elphinstone aa Commarider-in-Chief , arid by Major Fottinger as acting Political Agent , and also by Brigadier Skelton , Brigadier Anyuetil . ami Co ) . Chambers .
"Akhbar Khan , whose violent hatred to"the British had been sharpened not only-by- the conquest of- his father ' s territorief , bufi by his owh cxilo and subsequent imprisonment in . Bokar , demanded then , on the third day of the rsiroat frona Cabul , that the British shonlci , when surrounded by the Ghazaes under his command , make new terms vvUh him , arid promise not to proceed farther than Tazeeri , until tho withdrawal of the force under Sir R . Sale from- 'Jcllalafe ' ad was known , and he insisted-on ' six hostages . Majar Pottinger , who was laino from a wound , instantly offered to be one , and at Akhbar ¦ Khan ' s ' orders Captaina M'Kenzie and Lawrence were included . The Ghazyes were , however , not
restrained in their attacks , and a "fearful slaughter followed on tho movement ; towards Khoord Cabul . The column was attacked on all sides . The t ' ourt-: fcn ladies who were in . the centre seemed objects . of tpecial desire . Mrs . Anderson and Mrs . Boyd -had each a child carriod off- Akhbar Kl-ian , whilo the Ghazes were thus busy , professed his inability to re&train them , and on tho 9 li of January . demanded that the ladies should be placed under 1 > is protec-ion . The ' miserable weather , the snowy wastes , the rough mountain-tracks , and ttie month of January , in the coldest regions of Central Asia , compeUed thrm to yield : tire hostages halted for some days ia that neighbourhood .
" The -demand on Gen- Sale to reUnqni ^ i post was made on ' the 9 th of January , and on that tiay he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Gover . merit . This answer was taken back to Aichbar Khan . The unfortunate Sepoys beaan again to inove , and were again assailed ; the Sepoys , who form such good soldiers under the broiling sun of India : being enervated and stupified by tho cold , scarcely offered any resistance , aud hundreds of th * 5 in were soon despatched by the ' Ghazte cut-throats , but the Europeans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jugdrillufc . Here General Elphinstone arid Brigadier SkeUon became hostages , and were detained two miles diVtarit bj Akhbar . General Elphinstorie wrote a note in pencil
to Brigadier Anguetil— "March to-night ; there is treachery . " The British troops marched early in the night ; they camo to the frightful mountain pa-s ; it was barricaded ; they forced tho way , and reached Jugdulluk , which they defended s . <« Q . e time , until Brigadier Anguetil was killed . All order waa then lost , and conftisiori and separation , slaughter an ; l destruction ^ ensued . Several officers who were well mounted , attempted to make good their way into Jellalabad . Some of them arrived within three or four miles , when they were murdered and plundered , and their bodies left on the road . Only one officer , I ) r , Brydon , of tho fch Bengal Native Infantry , though wounded in ceveral places and exhausted , succeeded in reaching the place of safety in Jellalabad crithe 13 th . Of the " fate of the other 6 " 500 soldiers and 7 * 000 camp followers notbing certain is knoWn : many have been killed , others
are dispersed , arid as yet it 18 dlinCHlt to decide . The names of thirty-five officers have been published as killed from the commencement of the insurrection , but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple , out of the great ; hum her missing . Soina of the sepoys are said to have been sold as . slaves . to the Usbeck Tartars . Letters continue to avrive from various quarters representing the state of tho prisoners and hostages . Afehbar Khan is said in a , '"• letter reciiveil | r 4 Major Pottinger , dated January 23 , to be at the " f W of Badeeabad , in tho Lrighinan country , where he keeps the following prisoner ? , namely ' .--General Elphinstone and Skelton ,: Lieutenant / Mackenzie , Captain and Mrs . Aridergon and ehild , Gaprain Boyd , Lieutenant Eye , Lieutenant WaUer , Mrs . Trevor , Lady Sale . Lady Macnagbtea , Mrs . Sturt ^ Mr . and Mrs . Jlyley , Serjeant and M ? s . Wade , Captains Troops Johnson , and G . P . Lawrence , and
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Major Pottinger . There are , besides , the sir ofiHers and the sick who were left at Cabul on tho . drpar ture of the troops . Akhbar Khan , in the letters iroia that fort , which are Teceived unsealed , is dfisorioed as doing eVerything " t , o make them comfortable' '_ "An attempt of the insurgents to &eiZ 9 Ghuzneow said to be so far successful as that tbe town i > in their power . but Colonel Pa Im-r , with his resunent and six months' provision , is stated to be safem the citadel ; At Caridabar an insurgent force showed itself on thelOth of January , when an attemi t was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43 rd Bengal Native ; Infantry . On the 11 th , Priace Saftur Jungj the youngest and favourite son of- 'Shah ' Soojah , and Mahommed Atta , the chief , came with a large force within about five miles' distance . General Nott inarched againBt them oh the 12 th , aud in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling io-s .
'General Sale has , moreover , maintained the position at Jeljalabad , which he has fortified with a ditch , and piarited cannon in different places , vyith a determination to defend his position to the ut nwat . Akhbar KfiaHhasiattempted to raiso the Oolonses , or / heads- of the neighbouring , ' clari ? , in order to attack Jellalabad , but ; the gallantry and resolution displayed by Sir iiobert Sale in October , diirinK his march from Cabul to Jellalabad , had given t ' nem such proofs of his bravery that they have hitherto rather hesitated . The troops in Jeltalaba-l are Stated to be well provided withifood , and abtu to keep their ground until the beginning of March , Rarticularly / since they have already dieewnficted two contemplated attacks . -
" Thecelebrated mountain pass , called the Khyber , lies between Jellalabad and Pethawui , and the inhabitants ,- who are in possession , have been l ° ag notorious for their plundering propensities . Aknoa Khan sent to offer monoy to induce them to resist riot only the departure of the troops under General Sale , but also the entry of all the nvops which may be ordered by the Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at Jeliaiabad . The Khyberries are stated be highly incensed . at the » raall sum offered for their concurrence in his plans by Akhbar Khan . It was not mole than 1 , 500 rupees . They , however ^ have made preparations to resist on their own account , and a brigade , uuder the command of Colonel Wild , which was sei ; t from
the SutUje early in December , having reached Peshawar , ' made an attempt to force the pass Having left their artillery behind in India , and the only gunis procarabla .. in ihat direction being unserviceable ones from the Siekha , the itterupt r 3 : ade by Colonel Wild was unsuccessful . Two re / iiD ) bnta penetrated to the fort of AH MuVjid , wiicitj a British garrison was stationed ; but ^ as they / 'found neither provisions nor ammunition there , they were obliged to retreat towards Peshawur , having lost an officer and some men . In the meantime , the Supreme Government baa not been idlo . General Pollock has been despatched at the bead of a considerable reinforcemeut towards Peshawur , wb ich
he with suffici nt guns and abundant ammunition reached on the 7 th ult ., and is now making preparations for proceeding through the Khyber passi " Thq supreme Government on the 3 lst of Jannary published a proclamation admitting the fact of iha convention at Cabul , the retreat of the troops , aad their having suffered extreme disaster in constquence of treacherous attacks , and declaring that the most active measures had been adopted , and would be most steadily pursued , for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affghan frontier for assisting such operations as " may be considered necessary tor the maintenance of the honour and interest of the British
Government in that quarter . . " Orders Were also published on the 5 : h of February for the purpose of having a 10 th company added to every regimeut in India , which , with other measures adopted , will cause aa increase of about 26 , 000 men . : v "The latest intelligence from Cabul is , that Shah Soojah has sueceeded in securing the good will of all the chiefs . Newab Mahemed Zeman Khan has been , apppointed Vizier , and Ameer Oolla Lagharecj one of the leaders in the late insurrection , has been named Ameer-ud-DowJa . Akhbar Khan has no power . now in Cabul , and was sent to attend the " Feringees" in their retreat in order to get rid of him . He , however , retains the hostages and prison * eTSyfor whom he is likely to demand a targe raudom . His father , Dost Mahomsred , is strongly guarded , in
order to prevent his escape from India . Th < : r . o 18 great talk of "our ? reat friend" Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk being " implicated in the late insurrection , which appears to have been exclusively directed against the foreign : infidel . " There have been some very serious disturbances among the Madras regiments at Secunderabad , in the Niazim ' s country , in consequence of the C rurt of D / rectOl'S having ordered that the allowance of batta latterly granted should be discontinued . The soldiers of some of the best regiments refused to obey their bffiders , statirig that it would be better nob to be in the servico than to stirve or have their families starve , as the allowances granted on removing them 320 miles into the Nizam ' s country were now refused . The mutiny has been put down , and many of the soldiers are uow in confinement .
" The ' oilier- parts of India are comparatively tranquil , but great excitement prevails in different quarters . The inhabitants of Delhi and other towns iri that direction have begun to hide their money and jewels as if they apprehended danger . "The : Nepauleae Beem occupied with their own affairs . The winter reason ia not one of alarm or excitement there . The old King of Oude had mad © arrangements for resigning the throne , ; but he has been dissuaded by his chief Minister from effecting his purpose . Some confusion is expected in that country ..: ; ' /' . ¦ < . "'¦ . . '"' ; '¦ V- / . .:: : -. -.. ' ' .. ¦ - . ' : ' " The Siekh expedition into Thibet has been routed , and its leader ; Zorawur Singhj slaini A treaty resemblfng that of the Cabul Generals , was made with the Chineee , who took the arms from the Siekhs , and then allowed them to die o ? cold and starvaiion . A number of men , under a leader named Bustee Ram , effected their escape through the Byarisee Fass , so as to reach Alriiorah . The leader and 130 men sucr
ceeded in obtaining the protection of tne British authorities there , and have been since sent on to Loodianah . Forty of them reiriained in the hosptal Numbers have perished . / "Theexpedition of Tharawaddie bo Rangflou has failed , and he aud his Court have left that place * His troops have lest 8 , 000 men by their works there , and they are disappointed , for all their greac hopes have failed . Tho King of Siam i&describedas much alarmed lest Tharawaddie should obtain arms and ammunition from tho English in order to attack / his dominions . -
Lord Auckland has made preparations for hfa voyage to Europe on board the HiiiiKeribfd , a iar ^ a trader from Calcutta .
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At Braiutree , Essex , on the 6 th of March , Emma , the wife of Johu Page , was safely delivered of a daujihter , which ha 3 since been duly registered Eliza Feargus O'Connor Page . ;¦ : ' . ' ¦¦' . . " . itenry Frost Jones was christened at . Si , Paul ' s Church , Bristol , / ori Sunday , March 27 th . On Sunday , March 20 ihj was christeiie 3 , at . All Shims' Church , Oakenshaw , the son of John and Ruth Lord , . by the name of Feargus O'Connor ¦
Lord . ; . ¦' . Oa Good Friday , shortly after the foundation stoli ? of limit ' s ilonument was laid at Manchester , the Rsvi Mr . Scholefield baptisedtwo ' children ' . '; the SrM , was called . He ; iry Hunt Smith y und / the second . Faar ^ us O'Connor Groves . ; . " . : ' ¦ .- ¦ At Kevvgilston , iu the , parish of Largo , Fifeshire , Scotland , the child of Mr . Andvaw Archibald was baptised by the parish priest by thd name of Mary O'Connor . ' : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . _ ¦ : . :
On " enriday ^ the-2 / th ult / , John Frost Kershaw , the son of James and Ann Kerahaw , of Oldhani , Was duly registered at the Old Church , Oldha , ra . / . BaptjaeJ i en the 22 nd of March , at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel , Soy / erby , by the Bey . Joha Walker , James Feargus . O'Connor Riley , tha soa of Ralph and Mary Riley , of Hubberton Green , Sowerby . ; ¦¦ , - . " ., ¦ ; ¦; ¦ . , ¦¦'¦ " ¦ . ; . ; . ' / " . : ¦/ . ; ;; / " . The infant daughier of James and Margaret Mai . r , of Strathavtu , WaB . baptised , on tha 24 th ult ., by the . Roy . G . O . Campbell , of the West Itelief Church , by the name of Murgaret Frost Mair .
MARRIAGES . On Thursday last , at the Parish . Church , by the Rev . George Hills , lecturer , Mr . John Brooke , wholesale druggist , son of John Brooke , Esq ., of Awkley , to Jaue > younge&t daughter to John Orange , E-q , Groye-Terrace , of this town . ;'¦ : ' Oii ihe 4 th iust ., at St . Mary ' s lloman Catholic Chapelj Wigan ,-Mr . John Rbscow , to Miss Raehel Leather , both of the above place . / Lately , at tfte parish church , Aahton-under-Lyn . ^ Mr . J . Bui-ges , to Miss B . Taylor , botn of that place . ' . , ' . - ' ¦ . ' . - ' - . . ' '¦ •¦¦ ¦ ¦ - . \ . ; - ¦ . ¦¦ . ;; ' ¦ . Lately , at the parish church , Ashtbn-under-Lyne , Mr . J . Slater , to . Miss Mary Wild , both of the same place . . "¦ ¦ . ' ' ; "' . -, ' "' . . .. . ' ¦ ¦ ; . '¦ '¦¦¦ ' '/¦
;/ . DEATH . " . /¦¦ - . ; . ' - ., ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ : . ' On Wednesday , at Yerkj highlyrespected j in the 73 rd year of his age , Mr . John Sanderson , macebearer to the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , and for 42 yeuvs a faithful servant in the Corporation .: On Sunday , the 3 rd inst ., at Ripon , aged 65 . Lieut . John Atkinsorij late of the 3 rd Royal West York Militia , and brother to Z&irs . Lambert , Low Skelgate , Ripon . . ;• . . . - ' ¦ -: ' . "¦ . . ¦ ¦ - . . . .-. ' , '" . -. 5 ame day , suddenly , aged : 3 T y ^ arg , leaving six small children to lament their Ios 3 j Jaup , the wife of Mr- John Pearce ^ master of Wheelwright ' s Cl » aritx _ School , Dewsbury .. •; ¦' . . " . '" . : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦' . ' . ; ' / % ' s '~ ¦ ~ ¦ ' ~ ~* On Saturday night last , at Sandal riearJWikei < v field , Grace Atha , sister to Mrs . Laricasteftwi ^ bfl , ' : Leeds iiubl , ¦ ¦ ' . /// - ¦ ¦ : ; . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .., ,:: J ^^^ :.: ^ - ^; On Friday ; , the 1 st inst ., at Ripon , 6 ^ tMmi&- ^ ' / -l and severe affliction , aged 30 , Isabella , ^ TOW ^ ft y «| ^ wife ! of Dr . Septimus Tutin , of that plag ST l § y ^ 4 £ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' ' : ' : ^( W ^^ §
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^ NDIA . Arrival op the Overlanp Mail . —The overland despatches from India reached' England on Monday . Ti ^ e inielligence they contain is very important . All the accounts received from India confirm the previous news of the destruction of the British force at Cabool . According to the best accounts the British force at Cabool consisted in all of 5 , 000 fighting men and 7 . 000 camp followers . They left Cabool on the 5 th of January , the snow was then a foot deep ; they had not sufficient clothing , and were miserably off forfood . On tho 7 th they entered theKhprd Cabooi'Pass , where theeiiemy poured down upon them from all sides , and a frightful slaughter ensued . The following day such as escaped were again attacked on . tho HufFc Kothiil , a bleak precipitous mountain , where , benumbed and powerless -with cold , nearly the whole Sepoy force miserably
pcji-ifahed . The s «« s were spiked and abandoned , and the ladies who had accompanied tho'r liusbauds in hese unprecedtiited perils given up as hostages ro Akbar , wiio pretended that he could not repress the murderous atiacks of tho Affghans-. Four na : ive re ^ inieiits were here destroyedj the 3 ,- < i , 35 th , ; ind 54 jh B ^ ii ^ al Infantry , and a re ' gimei . 't' of the Sliah's . ller- 'AIivjijsiy ' a- 44 th still struggled oa till tiie CommamJer , Brigadier Anquetil , who succeeded General Eiphinstouo , was killed . This was on the 12 h- ^ seven days after the evacntipn of Cahool . A pauic seized them ; they were thrown into confusion and no longer recogniKed the authority . of their officers , some of whom they struck with their muskets . This accelerated their destruction , and nothing was now left but every man to shift for himself . The destructive result has been already Stated . The following is from tlie Bombay Times : —
" Cabool . —The Cabool tragedy is over ; the struggle has been a fcartul one , but it is passed . The cup of affection has beeii filled to the brim , and the waters ot' bitterness contained in it , have been drained lo tho dre&s . Tho soldiers , who for two months so gallantly endured tho attacks of overwhelming numbers , amidst cold , hu n ^ er , andfa / ti ^ He , have now uo more sufferiD ^ s or huaiiliationd to endure . Of tho army , which , oil the 1 st of November , mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand , camp followers included , some two or three hundred only survive in captivity . Not ten men in all have as yet
escaped from the hands of the puemy . Since the 20 th Docerabcr ^ the date to which our ; las t intelligcuce from these pans exiended at the dispatch of tne Ftbiuary mail , one hundred and twenty British officers arid from four t ' . ounnud to fire thousand fighting men are known to have peribhed ; one European and threo Sepoy lvgimeuts have beou utreriy swept away . A calamity 8 UCJV / aa this IS unknown in the annals of Indian war . We intimated in our last our fears-that Cabool had been evacuatea , and its garrison cut to pieces . Our paper of 1 st February had scarcely left the pres 3 when we fourid our worst apprehcusions confirmed . ''
The Times gives a leng detail of tho circumstances of this horrible affair , from its Bombay correspond ^ ent , from Which We . extract , the following : — " The insurrection broke out on the night of the 1 st of November , when Sir Alexander Burnes , and bis brother , and Captain Broaiifaut of the 44 th , were killed _; the house of the first named * being w . thin the city , was plundered ; and some money in the treasury of Captain ; Johnson , which was close to the former house , was made a prey of . The Captain having . slept- ; in the British cantonments , escaped the slaughter , as well as Brigadier Ab ^ uetil and Captaia Troup , who were with him : Captains Skinner and Drummond , Captain Trevor , and his ; lady and his ehiidren , remained for some days
concealed m the city by eome of their friends . " Shah Soojah , who had on the 2 nd sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes ^ where the Prince performed prodigies of valour , received on that day a communication from Sir W . H . Macnag ' aiea , then in the cantonment , about five miles from the town , requesting leave for Brigadier-General Skelton witu two regimeritsi and Captain Nicholl ' s troop , to enter tha Balla Hissar , arid to shell the town . Leave was given , arid the shelling took place . The infuriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort , which lay immediately to the north ot the town , between it and the cantonment , and as it was weakly defended , soon became masttis of it . Tiiiss wasa dreadful blow ( o thetroops , as at the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1156/page/5/
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