The Express. — London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

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CAN any Member of the Ligislature—of any party —who has taken an active part in any of the struggles which have shaken the country during the last quarter of a century, lay his hand on his heart and declare that there la no word he has uttered, no movement in which he bee participated, that he could now wish he had left unspoken or undue? If this be the ease with words and actions which in the heat and excitement of put years appeared I 1 venial or even praiseworthy, may it not be the cue &leo with those which are actually being spoken or committed during the fierce controversy that is now waging about the CANSINO Proclamation and the Eu.senottonon Despatch? Would it not be wise in members of the House of Commons to anticipate their own self-judgment in future years, by pausing a moment and attempting to form some conception of the light in which the present struggle is likely to present itself to them hereafter, when their plo- sions have cooled, and the consequences of their decision have become apparent ? We are free to confess that the more we reflect on the Rhutenouttou Despatch, the more we regret that great part of it was ever written. In the po• liey to which it points we entirely concur; but the remarks on the annexation of (Jude, by which the announcement of that policy is prefaced, appear to us uncalled for and mischievous. We are indeed of opinion that the annexation of (Jude wee carried into effect without due care being taken to occupy the country with an army whose fidelity might be im- plicitly relied upon ; and that the proceedings 01 the first Revenue Commission were mischievously pedantic, productive of injustice, and ealcu- i lated to awaken fear and irritation in the minds of the natives. But the errors of the first Revenue Commissioner have been mode amends for, though un- fortunately the military error was persisted in ; and, hostile though we are to fel the practice of annexation on general principles, we y admit that the annex- ation of Oude had become inevitable—a political necessity. Above all, that annexation is a fed accompli ; and an act which Lord ELLENBOROUGH and his colleagues had no intention to rescind. We think, therefore, it was, to say the least, a grievous error in judgment to make an arraignment of the policy of annexing (Jude the basis of their argument in support of the policy they recommended far Onde. It was making the GOVERNOR-GENERAL to act upon consideratious to which be could allow no weight. It was—for there could be no doubt that sooner or later publicity most be given to the Despatch—pro- Tiding 'arms for present and future agitators and insendiarles in Onde. lint, generous, and expedient though the policy recommended by Lord ELL/111- . 1010110 M unquestionably is, the retrospective glance is his Despatch at the history of the annexation ad Onde cannot be defended. On the other side, we have no desire to say one word that could hurt the feelings or weaken the I hands of Lord CANNING. It is true that the =co- name which his friends pronounce on his political abilities and his successful management of the re- bellion appear to us ludicrously exaggerated. Lord Centeleo is doubtless a well-meaning man, of fair average ability ; but he is nothing more, and at the first outbreak of the mutiny he committed one or two grave mistakes. These we will not now rualL Enough that it is beyond a doubt that so hr Lord CANNING he succeeded in weathering the storm, and that be has evinced an almost unparalleled amount of moral courage in his calm, resolute, per- severing resistance to mischievous and nnrefiecting 1 11 diatom for creel vengeance and proscription of all natives. But uwe have said of that part of Lord Bu.inaolocon's Despatch which relates to Ode that it cannot be defended, troth compels us to say of that part of Lord CANNING'S Proclamation which announces the confiscation of all the lands of Oude— that ft is utterly indefensible. It is in rain that the advocates of Lord CANNING take refuge amid quibbles &beet the special tenures of leads in Chide and their react import. The earnest protest of Sir JAMES OUTIAIII-1110 is on the spot, and who has perhaps had a larger experience of Oude than any man I now living—is demonstration rare of the sense in which the Proclamation is understood there, both by Englishmen and natives, and of the effect which it must inevitably produce upon the native mind. Sir Ougatie CLERK, avowedly, Sir .1 °ow Lerrutucz, it is understood, concur in opinion with Sir JAMBS OUTLU(. It is no extenuation of the Proclamation to say that Lord CANNING, what- ever be may threaten, is not a man to act harshly or unjustly we do not think he i. Bat the owners of land in Onde must feel that this Proclamation places their retention of their lands at his arbitrary dispose ; that it places them, in so far am their landed property is eansersed, beyond the pale and protection of the law ; and so long as this is the case they will naturally feel reluctant to lay down their arms. The mere issuing of Lord Cciewnrs's Proclamation is calculated to prolong and embitter the strife now raging in Outs. This being the cue, Government would have been =- faithful to its high trust if it had not blamed the proposal to confiscate all the lands of Onde; and had Lord ELLENBOROVON'S Despatch been con- fined to a simple and courteous veto of the confisca- tion policy, it would have been perfectly unexcep- tionable. This is the light in which the question already presents itself to ell impartial bystanders. This, we cannot help thinking, is the light in which it will hereafter present itself even to those who are the most irate combatants in the affray. There have bum mistakes on both sides. We say mistakes, for no Englishman can for a moment 'appose that Lord CANSIIWO intended to act cruelly or rapaciously ; and 10 MIL will for • moment give ear to imputa- tions et ungenerous or tortuous policy on the part of Lord Extxxisoaocou. There is not a shadow of a pretext for pushing this quarrel el ['morrows so far se Lard CANNING is concerned. All parties admit that his good intentiou, and his actual ser- vices, entitle him to such respectful treatment es will worse any shook his feelings may have NW- tuned. Bet this deference for Lord Caninno--ar for any patio servant—may be carried toe ler. We ousel afford to have the British Government in India placed in a Wee position there simply to meths Lard Caisuso's holing,. If the Imperial • 1:121121 MCI* there, the Sir spiaion 'the boort regret Po' the the upon weight. I re- Lord ' fair the THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 185$. Logi&Lame sanctions—either directly et indirectly' —the confiscation clause in his Proclamation, it will nemmearily place the British Government in a-fibs position in India. And Mr. CAILDWELI:B Resolu tion—inasmuch IA it censures Government !or etc. damning the Proclamation—will be understood throughout India as a sanction of the policy of confiscation. It is therefore to be cannot say hoped—that the House of Commons, instead of submitting to have its verdict dictated to it by either party, should consult its own dignity and express an opinion of its own. This it could easily do by voting some amendment conceived in terms similar to that proposed by Mr. DILLWTN, if it does not approve of the exact wording of that amendment. It might declare in emphatic language its general approbation of, and its confidence in, Lord CANNING, and might then go on to indicate the general prin ciples upon which it desires him to act with a view to the pacification of India and the re-organisation of civil government. Details must of course be left to the local authorities ; but there are certain general principles the observance of which concerns the honour of England. It is the opinion of the most able and trustworthy Indian statesmen that justice ought to be tempered with mercy. The first step ought to be the proclamation of an amnesty to all who lay down their arms within a certain time. provided there is no proof against them of complicity in the massacres which disgraced the first outburst of the Mutiny. A proclamation to this effect wash enlist a majority of the population in our favour. With due and prompt attention to the wasigalsip Lion of the Indian Army, it would then be eempars tively easy to trample out the last sparks of mutiny. That done, our course is clear :—To carry into east a general disarmament ; to prevent the nobles and the wealthy taboos from maintaining retinues of armed followers; to dismantle all fortalices in the hands of private individuals ; to concentrate all legal jurisdic tion in the Government tribunals; to extend perfect security of property and of person alike to the poor and to the rich. If each a policy is recommended by the House of Commons, it must be adopted by the bask Government in India; and if adopted it must be imessiefaL If the House content itself, instead, with dimply censuring Government for condemning lard Ceirttnrolt Proclamation, the present state of lawless anarchy in India will be perpetuated end aggravated; and the cloud which is now palpably gathering all along our Western frontier will burst upon it in blood and devastation before we can be prepared to meet the storm. For this the present English House of Commons will be held respon sible now and in all time coming. Men will say, and with truth, that instead of acting for the benefit of the Empire they allowed themselves to be made the passive instruments of personal friendships and antipathies. It is doing Mr. CARDWELL'S Reso lution too mach honour to call it a party movement. The ism raised by it fa not whether the leaders of the Liberal party or the leaders of the Conservative pertyshall hold the reins of government. If there is a majority for Mr. CAnoweLL's motion, that majority will be made up of three heterogeneous sections. There will be the personal friends of Lord Cuticino—all the Courtiers included—bent solely open avenging the personal slight they imagine he hue expeeiseteed at the hands of Lord ELLENBO ROTIOH. There will be the partisans of Lord Pat liihSTON, eager to avail themselvesof so favourable a andancture for their untrammeled restoration tooffice. And there will be a number of good-natured Liberals sewing themselves unconditionally into the scale of Lai Peateatrrote in the vain hope that the black- IMmeor has been washed white in the shower of ad tandtg. Pee ea our course is clear, and through good report and bad report we will pursue it. We belong to the post rational party of progress, and we are ready to rappet any leaders—we make no exception a. to 11111111 who will give security that they are 'in anity bent upon promoting the views and wishes of the majority of our party. Parties have been so busken up and confused that we are not entitled to abject to any man whose word is to be relied upon blouse of his antecedents. He may be a relic of the di CANNING party, like Lord PALMERSTON ; he may been aid BEDFORD Whig, like Lord JOHN Roseau,; be may be a ei-dowaril Tory Peelite, like Lord ABEL. Dish or Mr. GLADSTONE; Its may even be such a ausaber of what is still by courtesy called the Con aravative party, as Lord STARLIT or Sir JOHN [acutely we All that we ask is that the next Liberal Cabinet that is formed shall be composed of individuals in the sincerity of the liberal profession@ of whom we can have faith, and that they explicitly avow at the outset the principles and policy upon whieh they are to set All that we ask is a gua rantee that the Ministers who claim the support of the Liberal party are themselves Liberals in reality as well as in name, and that they will not accept of office for the express purpose of baffling and thwart ing the wishes of their supporters. d sod Viscousness ya, Lay the Cessgese Jossi WW, Cbtortobetteo - . Canine Cavendish venni), the Bea. Mess linskaild Band ),• Hos. Kerr, Hmh llary a rted, Ern Horan Ilto Hen. nen- Peskin Bye& sad oa. rHosour ; Lady Charlotte Copley Oar Veqedillie °Neater Tortes, Bedchamber Woolen; the Ms of Basta, H.Q., Lord Steward ; Berl Delawarr, Lord Cham berlain; the flab of Heautort, Masks of the Horse ; no Marquis of /thereon', K.G., Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highame ; lard Claud Hamilton, Tree/am of the House hold; Viicouat Newport, Vses-Clumberiera; sad the other afters dike Royal Household. The Queen wore • *she of whits ilk, brocaded is wreaths sad knobs. of Bowers in gram, gold, sad rod; trimmed with white blades sad ruches of rem sada. The pettioort ef white mein trimmed with white blonde sad white earn runes. Her Mejesty wore s diadem of opals end diamonds as a bed-dress. hol4l;mm Mary of Cambridge wore a petticoat of blue =doable skirted over bins ilea silk, trimmed with of crepe, pink and white bin& roam, with two Somme et Hennas Mee. The *Ma of Mee moire trimmed with mess of We. crepe, blush rams, maim ribbon, and Monitor' loss. The renege to esirreapamd with • stomacher of dia monds lad peed& A Mama widen end ear-rings. Her royal Idglinses's head-dnes wee tomposel of a diadem of disaseds, linekors, Hasten loos Isppess, sad diamond anounsts. The Primus ear sttanded by Lady Oms Wine Somerset end ILI* Hem PIEIVA The Qom Val ettandsd at the Coat by the foUowing Miedisre et lbe Crows, via. :—The of , Lord Presidnit ,• leri of Herdwiont, Pri a r l y lieb a , Red el Derby, Ping of el the Trees:try ; the ht Hon. B. Dime* atimmeir of the ]whey the the Ri ßig ght Hos. Spencer H. weigh t fierretery of State far the Home De partment ; Lard Meshy, !Winery of State for the Colo nies; Grows] Peal a seretely of Slate bt Wor ; the Right ana Has. Sir J Poet Lord of the Admiralty the ht Hoe. J. W. , President of the Beard of T r ade; Right Hon. 3. W. • Poaeld.st of the Board of Trade ;d John liassan, Feet C.ommissitser of Public rks The angswedeee awl =inhere WON introduced, l A= ibllflewYs pomielias Is bar Majesty took place as = By 2 Untied ;=. l , mi. Margaret Aix,/ Ward, of New at, Maim By the Osweare at lialsoistary, Madame la Be,.onn do Brow, wig et the !hark= Minfeter at this court. . - - - • By thi ismelan Minister, the Duke of St. Azpleo, $ Nespolltse nolemen. By the limelim Minister, le Beres Lewis de Telcolay, =roe s la oohs de es Kageoth rimpereur de Ramie; t G. de Smiting, Imperial Buira army. The dipkenstio circle wee stlanded by the Turkish and Trash Ambaesedors, the Belgian, Bavarian, Hanoverian, Sardinian, Greek, Netherlands, Portuguese, Pre mien, Brazilian, United States. Austrian, Guatemala end New Grenada, Swedish and Norwegian Bulimia, and Russian Mishima, the Haase Towns Minima', the Spanish Cbargd d'Affaires, end the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti. The general circle was numerously attended. The list which has reamed as ccatains the names of 6 dues, 6 duchesses, 5 marquise, 9 marchionesses, 17 earls, 32 countemes, 8 viscounts, 14 vimountessee, 18 lords, 164 Wks, 13 right hanoorablee, and 10 honourable gentlemen, with 66 honourable Maim, 22 baronets, 19 knights bachelors I end a large ameba. d the awaken of the 1111111110 proles: Mons, the naval and military service, aviary, &a., with their ladies Alter the Drawing Room, the Queen with the Printer Lonim and Priam Arthur, drove out in • ceniege and four. Ia attendance were the Hon. Flora Macdonald - and Lord The Prime Consort rode out on horseback attended by Lientersed-Colcesel Ponsouby. In the es ern' her Majesty's dinner party included the Duchess of Kat, the Primer Anna of due Weimar, Prints Bdriail of Saxe Weimar end the Conroe of Di:irately, the Prises of the Desires of Sutherland, Lord and Lady Pohl, loorlsid, Lady Fenny Howard, the Lady la Waling le Printer Anna of Saxe Weimer, the Dame et Winder end the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Sir George A Conper, Litat.-Ciaseral Mr Gorge Bowies, end Admiral — l —m_ the Queen and Prince Consort, the Primmer ASss end Selina, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and ret. Seem at the court, and the domestic household, attended DM= amnia in the chapel of the Baru The lion. and Bev. the Doan of Winder officiated. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Buckingham Paha to per the night at the White Lodge in Richmond pest. The Princess Mazy or Cumbria's, the Prier of Lenin gen, and Prince Viers of Holsalehe visited the Duchess of Lent en Saturday at Climes Hoar, St. James's. The Earl of Derby, Pint Lord of the Treasury, gave • state banquet at his Mabel resideeoe In Downier street, in bosom o her Ildejesty's birthday, to the following maseters of the House of Poore : The Doke* of Hamden% Manalestar, Butlend, and Cleveland; li tt=uie or A t la s ; dm Hark of Dartmouth, Womble, Pomfret, Wilton, Lauda., Name, Beenolomp Bowe. tredbroka, Amherst, Deralsy, Egmont, fiedeld„ Xaye, Bros, Loma, end Dermot; Vimount Canterbury ; Lards Basra, &oda, Dynevor, Wok:Meant, Revenrwortb, Forester, Wynfard, Feverehant, Atingle, end Willoughby de Broke ; and Mr. Yearke Drummond. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, u Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, entar- Waal at dinner, at his private niftiness Grosvenor-pre, the Dab of MOMVOSS, the Duke of Beoklngham and Cban fts, the Earl of March, M.P., the Earl of Donoughreore, Lead John *ones% M.P., Lord Hoary 0. Lennox, M.P., Viscount Galway, M.P., Viscount Eboley, M.P., Visoount M.P., Lord Colehester, Lord Mosteaglo, Right Hen. Fitzroy, M.P., Right Hoot. Sir Thomas Fre- Bart., the Right Hca. J. W. Holey, M.P., the rilg a tilea. Sir John Trollops, Bart., M.P. • the Hon. Chia. Gera, the Hon. James Howard Sir William Joilift, bat., M.P. •' Sir B. Bohm Lytton, Bart., M.P. • Sir C. Burreil, Dist, M.P. • Sir John Yards Buller, Bat . 11. P _,. • Mr. G. A. Hamilton , M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Mr. Whitmire, M.P., Sir Charlie Trevelyan, K.C.B. Mr. Prosily, Hr. Gramm, Mr. Edward Romilly, Mr. Holmes, B. Niers, Mr. D om, Kr. Thomas Baring, BLP., Mr. Deprii, M.P., Kr. Zoresed, Y.P., Mr. Miles, M.P., ColonelPien WO -11.P., Kr. ftowhad HIS, Mr. a. G= . lft. Trevor, wad Hr. reek and Mr a = r pilvate The Merv& at , Lord President of the pm a Alio Mum honour of the don yat hie noidsuelin to the following —The Hon. H. Ase=l , l 4 mt Hon. C. B. Additloy, Earl Bantry, Colonel . 8. Bescradt, Mr. W.'Cubltt, Colossi Cesolly.=. 3: = 4 Viscount Cambiums, Lord De Void. Lod Downes, Lord Delmar% Mr. Chaim Du Oess, Kr. George Dundee, Kr. W. Franks, I:llPlinier, Lord Oda ,r Mr. A. L. Oodftril, Wad Kr. C. Derby * J. T. Hopwood, Lard Lord Kenyan, Hon. H. G. Liddell, Viscount Liftrd, fte led of Limed* Mr. C. J. limas, Mr. Arthur Mike, Kr. C. O. 8. Norm, Kr. J. Neeld, Hon. Gerard Neel, Mr. Larnease. Pea, Kr. Kerr Berner, Major Sib Zaftig Illogiftioa, Col. Talbot, Sir H. Wit rt7l, Or J. Wahli, Vie Hon. Z. T. Yorke, and Mr. iftesk s. The A* Non. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of &no kr iie awsp_iChiperrimat, gave a grxl dinner at Grit- We Nefill. to aded, Ike Royal birthday. The eaukeei Odd Lad Olroedlor, the Lord Mai J m urtrif Tailesi. to Morteref the Rolla, the Lard Chief Baron of the botas, the Right Hon. Sir C. Croswell, Vita- Clernier Xi/denier,. Mr. Hama Brimmon, Mr. Berea Cheek Mr. Judo, Colerldqr r . Jodie, Crowder, Mr. Judo Baio. Mr. Jude, W Mr. Joan Bytes, Mr. Base Mostli. the light Hoe. . Id URI liir/R, SO Plar&I? ef Loudon, Lord Nalei lik Mlle. ode.' Ike Ad_worrileieral J a n. nd, Lew rese, Mr. Mid, W. Sir a ri Chaerford, B ig e:Ta bl esear kr, the . Barß:ig,h,t andltr.T latonal, Lead Way, lleeretary of State tee the Colonial dotaidoed at doom the Red filt Canines, Yr. R. Morkale, Mr. J. P. Mot Yr. 1 4 IkM rizt e ls ' Mateab, asrl ife t roa rad, Mr. Mirka, Mr WMlesa , Mr. Jude, Halkodie, ter Jeer Breaks, the of Guiana, Mr. J. Zak Niko, Mr. J. B. Ft r. B. Weetatodel Ilita. B. Darya, fir Joao Mr. H. B. M a r. W lb Jabot t:lir George fidieeTa Mr. W. F. The Ketq l r ie ri:eter fn., Laid Stalme al kw Maketre HimisM, gave a wed dim ea maks, at hie redheate he Giarri k g = dos ether Ma t tg o lar k tlaky. The eereblei of Led and Colonel the Cecil IrcesetreOlr. M. Brawn, /b. . l dew eil =Led areted, Lou issare, hie LA of Voided, Illt Mood 71•W i laI Vlawkinivil Sir huitoid CtliAll, Vaasa_ . , C T ha y i k il : the Ilse. =tit= DEJOYS . 1024 AdV , We a ONA aid. CiAlia Ylag, &N. The mai nerawarr, Lord umarramia .1 her Ma iesty's isieheii, pave a dos leloquid k beim of at Itio sedinee k Weir Ordneasr-dvedi, ikkk dee la , Beady illowidoi for ties eloulta. Tar ey sarilisi .1 the TherChnelmet•' the Berl of Viewerd liodaraia, Lad - Dee— _ P — da — molk — Modor• - — Gooorol - Doom arood-Tic's Hos. Peed. Dm Kr. Mr WM= Martim. Mr. Arthur Gwaill Dig*, _Coral rallool, "1 1e C V1 Om= i t akft_ Ma Calm Is Meads Webb& - WNW a. Haan. cb.a. k rba o . tho Tion. sod Vey DAL the Dow of ffiediod. Mr. ai Col. Oka BegfA, Mr. Glom. ma Mr Ilmoy leis/ The Attorney-Genera gave state dimmer ea y Neteeda wades it the Qesee's teeasel mad the bean imams at the fi r es the JAM, Abisephreheli. Oeteus woe Idd tor eloberteett. Time weseat : W. J. Alat alb, J. Asehelea, S. Asiteere, R. B. £I(, E. P. rrJ. Mikan, D.C.L.. M. Dosiobsor M. HI" aro. Mr H. M. Calms a. Camp. bof 42. p. Cooper, Dom% iht = P. J. BMWS, J. Ilwaiss, B. 6. PdloN, J. T. or. W. M. Grove, era. (Moonfo Lao fla w.). Rosilm, W. Buidlestem, %glom. Ides AMON Jewels, 0. W. K. C. W. Loa, J. Looks, I. Lash, I. Mamoiy, HP. J. MAW, K.P., H. Maldety, J. Keller, H. A. Kenwebar, J. Meek W. 011.11111111. I. S. Paths., N. Peaky, J. O. Pblllmoo, T. Film, P. A. K.Poodhogoil, D. Plow, R. P. Awl* C. J. (101 Th lrtU, fldapor, H. N. Moser, M. I. Cotta, J. G. Toad, C. 0. Temple, 8. B. Tolle., T. Twine, D.C.L., J. Walker 8. Warren, 31. P., W. Whiteley, C. Whitmore, J.B. Wait C. F. Wadsworth, Bwjeant E. Gooltarn, Ser rtisti+ ii.i t!m2a, mn f i llrjeaot Se u rt J. y 4: A ' J. B . imams, W. =in, H. Clemby, W. W. Weisby, H. W. Itaysolds, H. Watson, F. J. Hamel, H. B. Peacock, D.C.L., Eleneoust Woolrych. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Carp et Gentiesatm at Arms bad a tall dram dinner in cele bration of the day. The Queen's Tradesmen dined together at the Free masons' Tavern. The Lord Steward of her Majaity' snows. held forwarded two bucks far the entertainment. FRANCE. (nom out owl PARIS, SLTVIDLT EVINIXO. A very shocking duel was fought yesterday in the Bois de Vesinay, near St. Germain. M. Henry de Pens, a well-known literary man, who for some time wrote the jeuilleton in the Nord of Brussels which was signed " Nemo," and who has lately written in the Paris Figaro under the same signature, made some playful remarks in a recent article about the sub-lieutenants of the army, and said, among other things, that, owing to some new orders concerning their uniform, they would no longer tear ladies' dresses with their spurs. This article gave offence in a mess-room at St. Germain, and in his weekly article of last Sunday " Nemo" observed that he had I revolved a very coarse letter from a person who signed himself "A Sub-Lieutenant," and who talked a great deal more about fighting than a gentleman who means to fight usually does. This article produced • challenge from the sub-lieutenant. When M. de Pins and his seconds got upon the ground they found some twenty officers there belonging to the' garrison of St. Germain. The duel was fought with swords. M. de Pens wounded his antagonist in the wrist, and disabled him. Thereupon an officer of cuiressien of the guard stepped out from the group, and said, " Now, sir, you will have to fight me." The brave man of letters accepted this second chal lenge, although it was obvious that the men of the sword had come out in great numbers with the deli berate intention of taking his life. In • few seconds he was run through the body. Dr. Guerin, who sooompanied him from Paris, found it impossible to stanch the blood. The wounded man was removed to a little inn at Peoq, near the railway, where, ac cording to the latest intelligence, he was lying without the slightest prospect of recovery. None of the evening papers say a word of this most unfortu nate affair. A Brussels letter of yesterday states that an English half-pay officer living there had been de nounced to the police by a discharged maid-servant as a man whose daily occupation was to write sedi tion against the Emperor Napoleon. A domiciliary visit was in consequence made at his house, and it was found that he was writing a work upon 1815 and Napoleon 1., but not a scrap of paper could be discovered relating to Napoleon 111. All his manu scripts, however, were put in a bag, and carried off by the police. The officer has complained to the English Ambassador at Brussels, who has, it is said, made a representation to the Minister of Foreign Affair. P &RIB, BVNDAT EVIXINO. Everybody is talking to-dai of ths disgraceful duel, and public indignation runs high against the conduct of the officers. I am happy to say that M. de Pine is not dead, and that there is even some hope of his recovery. He is dangerously wounded in the abdomen. Some say that the sword passed through his body twice, but his seconds do not think this can possibly have been the case. Not one of the Paris journals has, up to this time, dared to say a word of the matter, so great is the fear of a prosecution for " false news" in an affair which con cerns the army. The particulars which I have heard confirm entirely the account which I gave in a general way yesterday. The number of officers who came upon the ground with the determination of ensuring the death of M. Pine was, however, greater than I was at first told. I said twenty, but I now learn, on good authority, that the exact num ber was forty-three. It seems that a number of officers met at the Café du Helder, on the Boulevard, des helium, to limn M. de Pine's articles in the Figaro, and there it was that a list was settled of the officers who were to call him out in succession. It is said that the names were written out oa slips of paper, and that a colonel's hat was used to draw lots to sea who should fight first. M. de Pine's seconds were the Duke of Rovigo and M. Petra, a Breton gentleman, who was formerly in the 3rd Gdards of Charlie X. He was also accompanied to the ground by Dr. Guerin, as I have already men tioned. These four then found themselves in the face of forty. The officer with whom he first fought, and whose name I have not heard, is a nephew of General Fapiname, the Minister of the Interior and Public Safety. When this officer received the wound which disabled his right arm, M. de Pine said a few words to him expressive of his sorrow for what had happened, and assuring him that his article was not meant to be offensive. The combatants shook hands. The Duke of Rovigo, thinking all was over, gathered up the swords, and [was walking away with them off the ground when another officer stepping out from the group struck M. de Pine on the face with his glove and challenged him on the spot. How it was that the seconds did not interfere to put a stop to this manifest butchery I am unable to state. Probably the second combat took place so rapidly and with such determination that they were unable to interfere. It is impossible but that the circum stances of this extraordinary ease must be publicly investigated. M. de Pine is a man of noble family and charm ing manners, who was the idol of the circle in which he moved. Ile was married only six months aito. The appeal of Lieutenant de Mercy to a court of revision against tie but sentence of the 'Lyons oourt-martial was rejected yesterday. A statement in an English journal that the sentence of death on this officer had been commuted must be premature. A telegram from Marseilles, dated this morning, states that the Algid= and Ryles, stationed at Tou lon, had received orders by telegraph to get up their steam, bet that their destination wee not known. The Mocitessr mentions that these two vowels put to sea on the 14th. I can inform you that their destination is the Adriatic, whither they have gone to watch the hostilities between the Turks and the Montene grins. They will probably be speedily followed by other ships, and it is quite upon the cards, consider ing the attitude of Austria, that the Montenegro business may become a very serious European diffi culty. Admiral Jurien de la Gravidre has hoisted his Rag on board the Algesirse. News received in Paris to-day states the loss of the Turks in Montenegro to be 2,000. The follow ing despatch has also reached me: Raonat, NAT 14. The Turks bast jut captioned a naphary Gina at °MIMI. Most of the taws were left on the ha l anon. Thar nano sad Pump 611 late the heads of the Know mesa. The musts of the Ottomans loos lea mho Is the plated &ceder at Treblrms. The Miatsatides have assented the Abusive. The betrothal of Prince Ernest of Leiningen and the it Mary of Berko was solassaly miebratel at the jabot of Csslrshs on the 111116 INDIA. The following telegram, dated Malta, wee received at the East India House on Saturday, May 15, 7.37 p.m.: TO J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE, LONDON. Sir H. Rose's advance on Calpee has been delayed by the fear that the Botah rebels will fall on Jhansi. Orders have been issued to General Roberts to ad vance to Kotah to co-operate with Sir H. Rose. This military movement is reported since the cap ture of Rotel. The Rajah is on trial before a com mission for not having saved Major Burton and his sons from being murdered. The Sikh (qy.) force, under Major Evans, alter an obstinate battle of some hours, inflicted a severe defeat on a large body of Bheels and Mekrivee (qy.) in the Santpoora hills on April 11. Sixty men and 400 women were captured. Our loss was severe, 71 killed and wounded; among the latter five officers Captain Birch, Lieutenant Basevi, Lieutenant Elan: Lieutenant Atkins, and Lieutenant Paurent (gy.) GcxxxAT.—The disarming of the Myhee Quinn is in program. No new disturbances are reported in the Southern Mahratta °entry. The rebel Des sayees are said to have entered the Sawunt Warree country with a few followers. The outbreak, it is hoped, is nearly suppressed. ANDEIMON, Secretary to Government, Bombay Castle, April 24, 1868. G. MONTANAIO, Malta, May 16, 1858. (Supplement to Mr. Secretary Edmonstone's menage from Allahabad, dated April 16.) Ammostra.—On April 16th Sir E. Lugard re lieved Asimghar. The enemy retreated with regu larity, but lost three guns and a great number of men. In the pursuit Mr. Venables, civil service (qy.), and Lieutenant Hamilton were wounded. Sir E. Lugard is pursuing the enemy to the Gogra. CALPEE.—It is thought the enemy will make a stand at Calpee. The rebel Rajah of Mynpooree has arrived at Oursu (Sins?) with some forces. ARDzaeoN, Secretary to Government, Bombay Castle, April 24, 1868. G. MOWUNAHA Malta, May 16, 1868. The following telegram from ?delta has also been published _ _ _ MALTA, MARcH 16, 6 a.m. The following has just come to hand by the Sultan: The Panther is also signalled from Alexandria. The 'Valetta, with the overland mails, arrived from Marseilles last night, when the Pert left for Alexandria. Despatches received from Bombay state that Sir Edward Lugard relieved Azimghur on the 111th, losing only one officer and tire men killed of the 10th Foot. General Grant bad marched from Lucknow on Fyaabad. The Commander-in-Chief had sent his staff to Cawnpore on the 12th, and was to march to Fnttinghur. Brigadier Seaton had defeated the rebels near that station ; they were totally routed, lost two guns, and all their ammunition. Our loos was slight ; the enemy had some 300 killed and wounded. Sir Hugh Rose when last heard of was at Esaghur (?), in the Owalior country. lis Botch fugitives are endeavouring to make for Calpee. The Rajah of Kotah had been tried for implication in Major Burton's murder, end, it is believed, had been acquitted. A small Bombay force has defeated a body of rebels in the Maltpoora mountains; otherwise all is quiet in the Presidency. Prices in the Bombay import market have gene rally declined. Pachange on London, 2s. l id. for credit billa ; 2s. lid. for scrip. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CALCUTTA, APRIL 10. The results of Sir Cohn Campbell's Onde cam paign begin to excite murmurs. When finally the siege of Lucknow commenced in earnest he had, with Jung Babadoor's force, an army such as India bad never yet seen, consisting, as it did, of 18,000 British and 15,000 native soldiers. Yet the result was the old story—we enter on one side and the enemy retire by the other ; a few Sepoys are killed; an ineffectual pursuit is attempted, and the rebel lion has only shifted its headquarters from one stronghold to another. The Commander-in-Chief keeps 8,000 men in Luclmow, and sends the rest into summer quarters. Meanwhile, Boor Sing, the Behar chief, whose movements are so mysteriously conducted that they are totally unknown to any officer, civil or military, throughout the districts about which he leads with impunity an army of 10,000 men, suddenly appears at Azimghur, surprises the company of her Majesty's 37th, stationed there, and takes possession of the town, and even of the very baggage of the soldiers, who are forced to seek i safety n a precipitate flight to a small entrench ment providentially erected in anticipation of some such an emergency. Here, by the last accounts, the small detachment was besieged, and was suffering from scarcity of provisions. Reinforcements had left Benares under Colonel Milman, and a force under Sir E. Lugard was marching post baste from Lucknow, to their relief. Colonel Milman'm force oonaisted of 370 of her Majesty's 37th, two com panies of Madras Infantry, and four of Madras Ca valry. On his way he diverged to attack Atrowlie, bat found the enemy so strong that he was forced to retreat into the fort at Azimghur. The disastrous result of this attack on Atrowlie was principally owing to the misoonduct of the Madras Ca valry, who when called upon to charge re fused, thus evincing that sympathy with the mutineers they have all along been suspected of entertaining. There is now no longer any doubt that the cavalry and artillery of Madras are not to be trusted. It was attempted to prove that the insub ordination of the Bth Madras Cavalry had nothing to do with the mutiny. It is to be hoped now that the authorities will think otherwise. The troopers are almost to a man Mussulmana, as are the gunners of the Horse Artillery. It is different with the in fantry, the regiments of which arm are composed of almost every caste and creed in India. The Madras Infantry have not yet had an opportunity of dis tinguishing themselves, as they have hitherto been employed entirely in garrieon duty, but the Bombay Infantry are said to have behaved with great gal lantry at the capture of Kotah and Jhano. e have bat telegraphic reports of the capture of these two places ; but, as the latter was said to have been completely invested, it is to be hoped that the blood thirsty Ranee has not been suffered to escape. It will be remembered that at Jhansi the fort was given up after the rebels bad sworn to conduct the garrison to a place of safety, and that, when the gates were opened and the Europeans had given up their arms, they were treacherously seised, the men and women placed in two separate rows op pulite each other then hacked to pieces, man I first, husbands in sight of their wives, and, as dil -1 scribed by an eye witness, " the children clinging to the skirts of their mothers' dresses." To Sir Hugh Rose has been committed the task of avenging fiendish butchery. Mr. Montgomery is appointed Chief Commissioner in Oude, and he has a task before him that, even to I Inch an able man, will not be a light one. Onda is still unconquered. We posses Luclmow, and no thing more, and even thrive we have still swarms of enemies, as was proved by the murder of two ' young officers, Cope and Thackwefl, in the native part of the town. Beyond the suburbs of Lucknow Oude bristles with fortresses, the strong. holds of powerful zemindars, many of whom can command the services of thousands of armed peasan try. To these great landholders, excepting, of centres, such es are known to have token an active part is the rebellion, it has been proposed (it is said by Si r J. Lawrence) to offer amnesties. Bet to the surprise of all, Lord Canning will not consent. His lordship's opinions since he has been at Allahabad have under gone a change, and now, far from being ioclined t o undue clemency, he will hear of nothing but the races uncompromising severity. If the Oude Proclamation be his, is sufficient evidence or his unbending mood, With the exception of the estates of a few friendly talookdars, every . inch of ground and every descrip tion of property in Oude is confiscated to the state by this Proclamation. It has not yet appeared in print, but will probably go home by this mail. Mr. Montgomery's administrative abilities will be verily put to the test; but it is on all hands conceded that a better man for the work is not to be found is India. Sir James Grimm takes the seat is Council vacant by the retirement of the Hon. Mr. Doris. Me. J. P. Grant becomes president, and Mr. Ricketts will succeed General Low. It has transpired that while Mr. J. P. Grant wee Lieutenant-Governor of the Central Provinces Its ordered the disbandment of a corps of polies, composed of native Christians, which Mr. F. B. Oubbins had raised for the protection of Bana n a, This has revived the old accusation of having released the mutineers captured by General NetilL and doubts are thrown on the accuracy of Mr. Grant's denial, which had hitherto been accepted as a nom plate exoneration. The real truth will probably never transpire ; certainly it will not be m ad e pubis by the authorities here. There is apparently no "public" in India. Government officials seem to think that their own convenience is paramount to every other consideration. The Telegram conveying the important news of the change of Ministry was in the hands of government twenty-four hours before it was sent to the press. The reticence, too,of the Com mander-in-Chief is much blamed. We know that a large number of officers were killed and wounded at Loan° w , but no listof casualties hasyet appeared. All the movements of troops are announced in an absurdly curt and often unintelligible manner, and for any account of the taking of Lncknow we are as yet indebted entirely to private letters. As to the Governor-General, for all that is publicly known of his doings, he might as well be at Timbuctoo. The Argo and Jason have arrived, the former bringing about 300 men and the latter about 1,000, Though these men are drafts for many different refl.. ments they Sr. all pushed up country with tie greatest speed, and already than that arrived by the Argo have reached Luaeram, where they aredetained in the expectation of Boor Sing making an attempt to cross the river and regain hie old quarters in Behar. But a hot weather campaign is not probable, though it is seriously discussed by the rail. From Sir Colin's distribution of the troops it is evident that he means his army to rest, acting on the defen sive if need be. Desultory imetaes will of course take place, but they will prob►bly only give employment to the police. The fall and occupation of Kotah and Jhansi will be a salutary blow to the prospect of a Pindaree war, and the taking of Ba. reilly will checkmate the last remnant of the Luck. now mutineers. A very large force of British troops has reached the Ponjaub from Bombay, and ensured the safety of that important province. Altogether, then, it is most probable that the hot weather will piss over in peace; that the mutinous Sepoys, so bered by inaction, will desert their leaders and mike away to their homes ; and that when the hinds d the Nana and his cortfrs►a are exhausted, their Let adherents, true to their Asiatic instincts, will deliver them up to us, and claim the offered reward. at Court. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. The Qom held drawing-room, tn celebration of bar bkikelegon deterday daemon. In AL /woes Palace. The Qum and Prbee Caron arrived 61:411 Docktagh•sa Pelves, and were eindueled y the greet case. of mote to the ref 4 diddol, liken the Qum roadrad the Archbishops of Carierbuy ad York ad the fsflowleg Whop, viz. :— L.+., Whabeele_ Ozkod (Lard Nigh Almoner), Muir d th e Obela), Warceor, Ripen, Rochester. Salle. Amok, Harelord, Petweborcagh, Corti.* Bangor, sad Wdia, Leadoff, St. Deride, Sodor and Mon, Ofieikol, Qage Town, Montreal. Calcutta. The of Casoirbary &Neared aa Weber el = 11.1. . 4 . v. 4. " 11 ea Ihe laslkdoree rams et her The Norm llsey awl do %hoer Orabridge, mod Prince Sherd of Ooze Weimar, Mr Prime of Wahiawa, end Prima Titterof Behreetrita, wire getout as the drawing MOM Iler Ifiejralf 'May purl of the Hee. Corps of Gentle arm ad have is. At dsty is the veto release near the esumed Mao Umbras*. The eab-ellkees, liseasseat-Coketris Nevill rad Ceche we es dell vitt the cans. The Yams el the Chord were ceemeded by Captain Mr lobe !IMAM, the Baas la Welded. The Lard Cleereller arrived to owe shaded by Mr. ~eliv" lie plimelpl iherotern Mr. Goodbody, Dept, der Anon the Piano Bearer, aid the Troia Bernier. lord rd the other equity j odese pewee; the Wm*" et the Belle red Vice•Cbrocellor air Riehred T. Kashmir, inn their gold ram Lewd eagles' wan hie el gold foliar 8.8. with the port eel*, me Lad Chillier*. The Meld Has. the egarler la i l ttHeem at Como arrived le Ale ellumled by the SedeeMee-Arers, lord Cbarire Sem& ; the lereetery is the le the Has. George Waidgmele, e rd the Caspian' the H as et Dm mres, Pow. Nom Dewy. The M the ega stWististy, Viewer* Parcels , mod the Bel al Clmehim vase th e Germ, tegralter was Ma Collar of OM mat halm mar. — The Dube d rein sod th. Dub et Alhell were the Oar Oldie Neel Abbot Oyler al ths nbis. The et Olowitorie were the NIL of the Yost IlleWelsos Peedelt. _ . _ _ - 17.4" - ." — ZiZabieltees, eh O. itiollboa eel Or lmp Pelle* VIM the Oast o f *DMA ile esen ! Orderite Wet retteetes yew the O. et the otelstoett the lot et Geemert eel the Bath. eedl be* *Ms earls edit the leer week by shoe vibe hew NSI Ormi Meow dee Order et 114. MI the Plell•Xerehel Theme Oseesemete were three Oars et sad Oethrs O et elphile Itigteheet. the Bah, the T OWN , end lewd, Ile tt Oyer. The LA et Weinman! were the Caen et the Beth, we the Sedyide Odic The Queen led Prove Ceesset uttered the Thteatoretee, eceeeepretell by the Dube et Oetateblie mad Primes Kiley, Prime alma et Ileao Wdmer, the Prime et Lobbies awl Plisse VII*, d Ileheeley see sseseileil by dr Deane et Kettehemer (Klemm et the Bobo); dreOemetee et Dewitt (Wiretting), the Doer= THE TWO SICILIES. Cll.Oll 0171 OWN NAPLES, Mat 11. The intelligence from Salerno is of a most painful and revolting character, and in the interest of hums. city I send it to you eves though you may consider me tedious. Since the appointment of the new keepers not merely rigour,but even a species of ferocity seams to have been used. I have already told you how thin chief keeper inaugurated his arrival by beating six or seven prisoners in the most violent manner.; They are still in hospital from the effects of blow,• and the head of one was much cut. It is impossible to mark how the Sardinian prisoners are treated, Ilse' they are in the same category with Watt and Paitinv nay, more, are entitled to more consideration, In whereas the British government acknowledged at. jurisdiction of this government, the Sardinia government had always disputed it, and yet the following facts occur. The mother et Poggi, who hitherto has had permission to sea her son freely, is now limited to seeing him a hole in the door. A brother-in-law of Dant i i, :e rt like the former had come from Genoa to see him, cannot get further than Naples. Fromento, for whom Count Gropello and Signor Farciotti have been labouring for three months to get him removed from prison, as he is suffering from a severe chest attack, is now spitting blood, and is in considerable danger. Nothing will melt hearts of stone. Whsa our men were ill mach was said at the last moment of " deference for British subjects," and they were sent hams hastily to be cured. Sardinian subjects are in another category. Naples can treat them es she likes, because Austria supports . her; bat that England should abandon Sardinia in this position ts a burning digress, and most bitterly is it resented by Italians. As regards Neapolitans, they are treated as dogs. Five of those who bad received 100 stripes have not been able again to ap pear in court, and are still in hospital. Nimartare, who reads the protest which I sent you, is now very unwell, and, judging from his appearance, was equal to receiving 20 blows. It will not lead to any change in the condition of these mints make the facts known—still there is a satisfaction ip the publication of them, and perhaps in their sera time they will bear fruit. A person called has confirmed that he committed the murder = reported ; his motives were that the man did na belong to their cause, was put in amongst throwing continually made falssrevelations to their injury. The instrument was a wooden dagger, manufactured II prison. lam told that they rub them over with eil,. burn them with a candle, and thus harden aux. , 6 Important, if true, is the intelligence which I hasei jest recraved—that Marchese del Vatto left Napier' on Sunday in great haste for Gaeta, anti that her thence accompanied his Majesty to Nag atadM; where the Pope is in rence. The pan* r the court say that the royalvisit was at the regante ' his Holiness, who, together with the French ark Austrian authorities, wished to persuade the Eirt to give up the Cagliari ; another opinion is, that lga Majesty was gone to take counsel with the P *Al any emergency that may arise. I give that mere reports, without attaching to them any ____. portance, as the object of the visit may be figi simpler than we may imagine. ''' I have received intelligence, from what I cradia 2 1,c7 11k a oorrect source, that the answer to the En g s ' is decidedly negative. It asserts the gainl engineers and the sufficiency of the di them—maintains that his Majesty _WI act of grace, and that there is no growl fir anPrr demnity. Yon will find that every cant will SS! roads to gain taw ....i• _.. ...... TUSCANY. 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