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THE PRE S S, FEBRUARY 13,1858. . mutiny, desertion, and rebellion during the disturbances in India, and as to certain in issued " for the guidance of civil officers _ carrying out those measures, and vested extraordinary powers for the purpose." Lord -st sets out with a reply to the complaint law was not proclaimed sufficiently early, that martial law was proclaimed wherever necessary, and as soon as it could serve any • dolso. Canning then shows that when these enor - were abused by the officials, and men executed on trivial and untrustworthy an, and then only, did Government im interfere to prevent the punishment of the In what manner this interference was Lord Canning explains : instructions in question were issued for the ' civil, not military, officers, and were of neces. only where civil poser was exercised. They discrimination between the guilty and those reasonably be supposed to be innocent. They lenity to the guilty. They give to the civil power of finally releasing even the inno ) not exempt•mutineer or deserter, or in . or soldier, from trial by court-martial ; but military offenders, they lay down rules for the ' , ivilians in the exercise of the powers newly by Act XVII. of 1857, by which cogni first time given to them of offences of a • character. cannot believe that these instructions need are addressed only to civil authorities; to tried far and wide through the country, are ale powers, but powers which in the actual India we have not hesitated to confer. It is Ae that they should have hampered the action soldier. Wherever troops have been available se, they have been employed without any restriction on their acts but the humanity and their commanding officers. In such cases, resistance has been met with, quarter has given, and prisoners, whether tried on the officer in command or made over to the civil e been punished immediately with extreme, but necessary severity. If, in such a lamentable con• errors have been committed, it is assuredly of undue leniency. •a - • whole, we may observe that the effect of , as regards the native public in the Bengal te vast majority of whom have shown no the rebellion, has been to allay in a great apprehension of a general and indiscriminate Hindoos and Mussulmans, guilty or not revenge for the massacres of Delhi, Cawnpore, nsee, which evil-disposed persons have indua raised.—We have, &c., CANNING, J. DORIS, J. Low, B. PEACOCK. ' important inclosures coupled with this first, a copy of the resolution of the Indian dated the 31st of July, 1857, issuing . instructions for the guidance of civil officers treatment of mutineers, deserters, and rebels, T of preventing the hasty resort to mea . extreme severity. No native officer or belonging to a regiment which had not muti be punished as a mere deserter, unless apprehended with arms in his possession. were to be sent back to their regiments to by the military powers. Native officers , being mutineers or deserters, taken by power without arms in their hands, not with any specific act of rebellion and belong regiments which had mutinied, but had not their officers or perpetrated any other crime, were to be sent to Allahabad and over to the commander to be dealt with itary power. Mutineers or deserters taken ' power and found to belong to regiments killed European officers or had corn sanguinary crimes, might be tried by the civil power. despatch to the East India Company of ttie December (No. 154) Lord Canning (in gives explanations of his reason for the above orders beyond and apart from the `To. 144) already published. These I to the effect that great and excessive . been exercised in the punishment of supposed to be inculpated in the mutiny, to exasperation of large communities not other hostile to the Government. " follows a series of local reports from local au and a long list of persons tried and punished Acts of 1857, principally by hanging. ers before us conclude with a minute of 'ng of the 24th of December, 1857, on the Ueutenant-Governor Grant, which has aspersed for his alleged liberation of or rebels placed in confinement by B rigadier-General Neill. Other papers are added, such as a petition from 'habitants of Calcutta praying for the proclama , martial law in that city, to which Lord Can ning replies, 21st Aug: 1857, that the substitution of military courts in Calcutta for the ordinary courts of judicature would infallibly be accompanied with much private uncertainty, inconvenience, and bard.. ship, without any commensurate advantage to the community. jortign rat 4 Colonial nttiligtate. FRANCE. The retirement of M. Billault from the post of Minister of the Interior is the chief event of the week. General de L'Espinasse, aide-de camp to the Emperor, has been appointed to the post, as Minister of the Interior and of Public Safety. The general has published a circular, in which he an nounces the special grounds of his appointment, and declares that there is "no intention of having recourse to discretionary measures or superfluous severity." This declaration has given great satisfac tion throughout France. Prince Christian of Denmark and the Baron de Sprentporten of Sweden have arrived in Paris on special missions from their respective Governments to congratulate the Emperor upon his recent escape. It is said that the King of Naples, in consequence of the friendly disposition of the Western powers to prevent a rupture between him and the Court of Piedmont, has intimated that he will submit the question as to whom the Cagliari properly belongs to the arbitration of a third Government. PRUSSIA. g uilty of mutt' re cent disturbs structions issue charged with ci with extraordi Canning first 1 that martial la by showing tha it was necessai purpose to dol Lord Cannin moss powers w were being ex evidence, then, peratively inter innocent. In exercised Lord 28. The instrt guidance of civil pity in force only prescribed discri who might masa sanction no lenit authorities no po cent. They do I fact any offieer or as regards milital guidance of civili, vested in them I sance was the fin purely military c • 31. We canno defence. They men who, Beattie wielding terrible condition of Indi not conceivable tl of a single Boddie: for the purpose, practical restrict discretion of thei when forcible res been rarely giver spot by the office: power, have beer just and necessar dition of affairs, e not on the side o • 33. On the wh the resolution, as Presidency, the sympathy with tb measure the appi war against lib guilty, in revenge and Jhansee, w trimly raised.— The most im letter are, first Government, detailed instrui in the treatmet with the view ( sures of extr soldier belongi vied was to be found or appr( Such men were be dealt with b and soldiers, b the civil powe charged with a ing to regime] murdered t e: sanguinary cris there made ove by the military by the civil poi which had ki mitted other and punished 1 In a despatc 24th of Decei council) gives issue of the abe despatch reasons were t severity had bi persons suppos the exasperati wise hostile to Then follows thorities, and a under the Acts The papers' Lord Canning conduct of been so much 150 mutineers lirigadier-Gen( Other papers the inhabitants tion of martial Meg replies, 2 military courts ENTRY OF ME PRINCE AND PRINCESS WILLIAM INTO BERLIN. The entry of our Princess Royal into the city of her future home took place on Monday with all the splendour and formality befitting the Daughter of England. It is computed that nearly 200,0(X) per sona were congregated alone in the chief street, the Unter den Linden, where the procession would pass. The reception of the royal couple was enthusiastic in the extreme. The people at one portion of the distance to be traversed outside of the town threw flowers into the carriage as she passed before them, for which she bowed her smiling acknowledgments ; but, just as she was one time bowing, a tolerably substantial nosegay flew in at the window and struck her in the face. The well-meaning donor stoo aghast at the contretemps, till the hearty good nature of the Princess manifested itself in uncon strained laughter at the concussion, in which Prince Frederick William joined. A grand state banquet was given on the occasion at the palace of the Prince of Prussia. After the banquet was over and the guests had retired, the Royal family, together with their numerous relations present, drove about the town in a cortege of twenty carriages, to view the very extensive and brilliant illuminations, and were everywhere received by the people with the most hearty and vociferous exhibi tions of gratification. On Tuesday morning there was a dejennerdina Loire in the apartments of the Prince and Princes" Frederick William, after which they received the congratulations of sixty young ladies, unmarried daughters of the various municipal officers of the city, dressed in bridal array, and were presented with a superb bridal gift from the city of Berlin. This costly production of the silversmith's art coc sists of a silver vase about four feet high, on the body of which is represented in relief the festal entry of the Prince and Princess into Berlin. This silver plate stands on a pedestal thirty-four inches high, so that in the whole this centrepiece is full seven feet in height, to which also the height of the branch candelabra corresponds. The weight of the whole four pieces amounts to about five cwt. ; the entire cost has been 30,000 thalers, and the intrinsic value of the silver contained in it about 14,000 thalers. Altogether the welcome given to the bridal couple has been marked by unusual kindly feeling, heartiness, and enthusiasm on the part of the people. SPAIN. The Spanish authorities have been put on the traces of a new revolutionary plot. At Madrid, incendiary proclamations, arms, and ammunition, have been seized in a house in the immediate proximity to the palace. NAPLES. The trial of the English engineers proceeds. One man, Watt, is already out of his mind from his pro tracted imprisonment, and from the petty harass and persecution he has been subjected to. The whole affair of the trial, as related in letters from Naples, betrays much painful detail. CIRCASSIA. The report that Schamyl had submitted to the Russians is altogether untrue. He has done the very reverse, for at the head of his followers he has moved from Darghi-Vedenno into the impenetrable fastnesses of the Central Caucasus. SECOND EDITION: SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. TRIESTE, Feb. 12, 0.30 a.m. MR. R. SIMSON, UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERN MENT OF INDIA, TO THE HON. THE SECRET COM MITTEE, EAST INDIA HOUSE. CALcurrA, Jan. 9. The commander•in-thief, having marched towards Fut tyghur, was opposed by the rebels at the bridge over the Kalee Nuddee ; he attacked and defeated them, on the 2nd of January, with heavy loss, capturing seven guns-- two of them Di-pounders. Futtyghur was occupied without opposition on the 4th of January ; the enemy have now evacuated it, after their defeat on the 2nd, taking with them three guns. The heavy guns were found in position. Much property belong ing to the gun and clothing agencies has been saved. A quantity of gold and silver plate and other property belonging to the Nana has been captured near Bithuor. The insurgents at Puttia were attacked anl dispersed by Colonel Seaton's column on the 17th of December. Twelve guns were captured and 300 rebels killed. We lost one man only. The enemy were also defeated at Mynpooree by Colonel Seatuu's column on the 27th of December ; all their guns (six) taken, and 250 killed; none reported killed on l our side. • Sir James Outran), on the 22nd of December, attacked and dispersed the rebels, who had approached his camp in force. The loss on our side was trifling ; we captured four guns and several ammunition waggons. This defeat has dispirited the enemy and given confidence to the villa gers, who are beginning to bring supplies into our camp. Brigadier Campbell crossi d the Ganges at Allahabad, and on the sth of January attacked and defeated a rebel Nazim, near Secundra, killing 350 men. Our loss was one man killed, and one ( gun?). The frontier Tuhseela were attacked, and some buildings burnt. The defeat of the rebels at Secandrs will restore tran quillity in this quarter. Nothing new from Azimghur. The Goruckpore rebels were attacked and defeated by Rowcroft's column on the 20th of December at Sohum pore, losing three guns and all their ammunition, baggage, and one casualty on our side. Brigad.er-General !d'Gregor writes that Maharajah Jung Bahadcor's force was at Pudravna. . _ On the lb.: of January the rebels retired to Caplan G ange. The Ghoorka army has been most orderly and well conducted, and the villagers flock to the camp in numbers with supplies. The force was expected to reach Goruck— pore on the oth of January. Goruckpore was taken on the 6th by the forces under Maharajah Jung Bahadoor. The enemy had intrenched themselves strongly, but made a feeble resistance. Seven guns were taken, and 200 men killed. Our loss was only two Ghourkas killed and seven wounded. The country is very friendly, and supplies abundant. Captain Osborne, with the troops of the Rewah Rajah, took the city of My here by storm on the ,28th of December, capturing two guns. The fort of Mybere was also taken on the 3rd of January. The direct route to Bombay has been reopened. Nothing new from Indore. The Maharajah of Gwalior has come to Agra on a visit. The Dacca mutineers crossed the Teesta river, and made way through dense jungles into Nepaul. A Ghoorka regiment has been sent against them by Jung Bahadoor, and it is supposed they will fall back again to the eastward. Abryule is keeping a sharp look-out for them. The Chittagong mutineers are wandering about in the Eachar jungles; many have been killed and captured by the Sylhet Light Infantry and the Bookies. All quiet at Julpigoree. A portion of the ladies and wounded of the Lucknow garrison arrived in Calcutta on the 9th of January. Trieste, Feb. 12, 9.15 a.m. EAVES. Psrus, Saturday, 10.5 a.m. The Maniteur contains an article which says ex aggerated comments have been made on the new law, and declares the policy of Government is un changed in its firmness and moderation. The new law is to be applied only to criminal conspirators, and thus guarantee order and stability. DEATH OF LORD SUDELEY. We regret to announce the death of Lord Sudeley, which occurred on Wednesday last, at Toddington park, Gloucestershire. His lordship, who was in his eighty-first year, was the youngest son of Mr. John Hanbury, of Pontypool•park, Mcnmouth. He married, December 29th, 1798, the Hon. Henrietta Susanna Tracy, only child of Henry, eighth and last Viscount Tracy, of the peerage of Ireland. He represented Tewkesbury in the House of Commons from 1831 to 1837, and in the following year ho was created by Viscount Melbourne's Government a peer. He assumed the name of Tracy by sign -manual alter the death of his father-in-law. In 1848 be was ap pointed Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. 155