The Press. — London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

• X PY, P R *,)ithtLY,43l4l /1858 ;' nn &rodiiw ion) N T E W effaikus iisd3 elistin9 ; J 3 001 31N "nl 1:11 1 1 /4 ' The latest telegram from India affords matter, Irina for unmixed congratulation, at least for considerable • hope. The *volt seems to be assuming the character which attentivelsobservers, acquiainted with the native character, long ago predicted for it ; that of a desultory and pro tracted, but on our side generally successful warfare, waged against an enemy whose forces, though not materially diminished in numbers, are constantly losing strength from the successive fall of every fortified place they have attempted to occupy. The characteristics of their fighting seem still the same; desperate valoiF when brought to bay, but, where there is any avenue unguarded, ot;otr preepoct; of evasion into a district not already occupied by our troepo only a certain amount of bravery, ulti mately -followed by flight and , dispersion. Their resistance, in truth, ,much rentubles that of atmoapheric air , which withstands the most violent so g cra a vessel hermetically closed, but yields instantly when the opening is presented for its escape. During the month of June the operations of our troops in all quarters have been more uniformly sue t, ,ceesful than has been the case for several months. On all the chief polhts the country which has been most disturbed we have to record the defeat, and in many instances the severe loss, of the rebels. Looking in north-west direction from Calcutta, on and about the line of the Ganges . 3 , and the Great Trunk Road, we observe that Allahabad, Benares, Rohilcund, and Agra are quiet, the: 'only exception to this gene '''. rally favourable report being the • tebeis under liwsrea who have escaped to the eaetern2 , ' side of Bengal, where our '• arms are at present less capable of concentration. Qne of the most ; important points on the north-western line of communication is Patna, a district which has for some time been held by Brigadier ROWCROFT and Captain SOTHEBY, R.N. The latter officer, whose services up to the end of May in keeping the rebels in check by several successive actions had been important enough to gain for him the decoration of a C. 8., and thedis- , , Unction of b:ing made one of her Majesty's aides-de-camp, found . the opportunity presented to him su ffi ciently 'favourable to induce him to • decline accepting the Shannon, vacant by the death of Sir W. PEEL ; and we observe that his success on the 26th of June in totally defeatmg, though with a small force, Mohammed HOOBEIN, and capturing his baggage, Atea so far fully justified the step to which he has committed himself. - The • ,A9oontits at first given of the character of the fort of Gwalior were such as • almost to prepare our minds for a second edition of Bhurtpore ; but its want of repair, and the great extent of its walls, have probably prevented . its sustaining any protracted siege, and our intelligence happily records its _fall after a hard struggle of five hours. Although the fiegitives froni this . t place amounted to 15,000, they suffered a complete defeat from Brigadiet - Cxeneral Nsetza on the day after their departure ; and it is worth while to remark that the difficulty of marching European troops with , * speed equal to that of the unincumbered Asiatic appears to have been in this case, in spite of the hot weather, inmenfidly overcomeill There appears to he no doubt that two of our worst enemies have at length fallen, and that the Moulvie of Fyzabad and Liacitnow, as . well, ail Abe ' Ranee of Jansi, have paid the penalty of their crinkeh -4r; . F'l , 4t1.0 1. 4.101 • Mi• 9A /link 131 - 119dw The circular just issued from the Horse Guards relating to the know ledge henceforth to be demanded from subalterns in the army previous to promotion, and from young men previous to their admistion, is of a thoroughly praiseworthy character. Its requirements are-irs ' calculated, if enrried out, to make officers respected by their .)nen, in the barrack ink, as in the field, and to create and sustain a ,',eysteni ofinternal discipline which is capable of producing the most bent -fide results. It is a very singular circumstance, and in some re cots doubtless a creditable one, that no troops in the world manceuvre untlertre with the same steadiness as the English infantry while at the same Nettie we have the Duke's authority for saving that no officers are so ignorant of regimental duties as English officers. Such, at least, was his opinion of them in the Peninsular war. We find in his despatches repeated testimonies to their dashing gallantry and impervious hardihood side by side with the bitterest complaints of their inability to preserve aii cipline away from the field of battle. It is notorious that a British firniy' can never execute a long retreat without the most imminentrtVlibi"ef destruction ; yet in point of feet a skilful retreat is one of thelhighest military operations, and one of which the true soldier ought to bees proud as of any other successful piece of strategy. The woeful failure of English troops in this necessary part of warfare is caused l ,eif course, in some mea sure by peculiarities of national character. Yet we don't know if we shall greatly err m ascribing it still more to the want 'of familiar acquaintance with the men* necessities, and unfamiliarity with the more elementary rules of discipline on the part of the captains and subalterns. We can readily imagine that the Duke's " dandies,' who led a fbrlorn hope with much sangfroid as they would face a wedding, were rather in'tle vii a retreat. We now require officers with net only the moral superiority pillow, but who can exercise the readily recognized authority of petiV ad an ot d w pr: r e k t practised overseers. satisfact ( o )n ril o y rdin - arY rnied b io y n n s 'or •' 'ss t i n oti n e4 3 i,kip!,* great emergencies , when ;sergeant, corpotak enli"prliafe sink ..tol e empoit shwei, it ss right_that: ilk • gentlenfeti should " 4 .' 4 tilaVilhathielFistvetheir own h a nd fi . - des (mg , • • I H t • '!O ri °a .signis --Jll5l 215397 B ni Tha . vieisiliftitis of fortune flit • ar i se whether out the- • "fir testators themselves or out of the caprices of the law respecting - their testa.; megtary dispositions, have always been a fkyourite trubjlet. *Luiz rovelist, and they also usually tend to exhibit th e pakitihi l orictir s i ie r oumstances nor in ward their mo r pt undisguised form. Neither outwprd ei 'fedi* are wanting to complete 'the ; run;antic character of such storie l Few more striking instances of such thithgeig could be refe rre d to than th' career of the plaintiff in the great ease of " Swinfen V. S w i n f e „ ne progress from the basement story. of a, lodging-ho l m i n Th u nme mer. street s Brunswick-square, to the more spacious apartments- 0 ( Swinfen-I4 might be elaborated by the delineators of s lap Ifopley or of Little Dorrit into a romance which Rid doubtless iympathizing readers. The "ovation" which 31r 1; HENRY Sitiiiirg'teteived on the annonncenient of the verdict., and the regal honours, the triumphal arclles and the admiring cr ow d s , w hi ch Bit. mingham is preparing for the victbrions Il lgan . istiest the p o p u l ar admin. tion which naturally attends on those Who, ." from the ranks," have not only persevered against unusual obst*.r- 1 *but have courageo o d, called " double or quits," and staking their fature upon a sin g l e t h row have .hemselven even) -- in . - their to speak, unusual that - may . former '*ho hoer :Vitas nee oop a i, SWINFEN 1 . WO' kippePrs to manner PA'• general ordip- present splitf of ten he haft such v he which, of the his c need his been common KENNED' in the c' that aSki tit hail& blip' iin nagroCAligaiii fAIIIV, y different the - loathe have adequately satisfied whatever claim, the plaintiff might be Aimee IfOirnately to have entertaino r , 32 , 11. * tha t(' p / 94491 sfil RI t 1.9 • `""' "11. VBIII 11 -.ln9ni9 +sr. lo sno .... .-- --- - --- . _.,, -.)a-We hutitrhaqiitreproaeliedAti nottiefiiiiittiia' foie' tlfi'liiittinikee n and 1 - 11 i ' ' "of eiti t ioentiments towards the Jews. We 4411 not just now , a-, 1444 14 4 ;0 , 1; b i , i ;, t , 18444, ' 9144 41 4 siar.4l/IMiWeilicoplitia- alkt4harprerre of bi s L iPlaius :—..,11.1 lomai". ban. lvt - usa J11114.9 , ,n3 tgli ni e 951 1(3 ed "I bait of stubbori i But I should that natipn. tempti_taid ha 4 upon lisCqtheit." the bliiod - Offh leit,Lik l itiii i l l 'fiirt_Oitialhliiininry, 'Ffebttii'ili sihtvhere the . aptiiiiiiiiiation I do not '2 to awkward postures ~ , civility. ___ _ convertites. Jews Christianizing, Christians Judaizing, , s me. .1 li k e fish or flash. A maltreat; Jew Its a . more' ;eonibtmdiut ' isf ilitdmalY Ir e than slisret.Llualiet. le. n+ s%* .. .' . The. spirit •of e Synagogue i' essentially newative., The Jews• in general ,bave not over-sensible conn tenances. Vow should they ' Grain, • ...the_pprsuit, of gain, sharpens a man's visage. I never heard of au idiot .:.. lw.n amongst thew. Sup" 'admire the .Jewish *male physingioniry l . l l 7 '''' - - it—but s trembling. lof l i. , nerawlT JAW. had those full, dark, insertable " , '--, '-',.', " 7117 15 14 BE(1 , 11181(1 10 2.lloL'gr. . f CO 1)3.0 t. coamiedly stanostalaiablenaloome is Lada#Mo essayists is thciampaiu- The above Imperfbct Sympallucs' (Elio—Jirst • Lamn observes in the same essay—". 1 eallf I cannot feel- -iiir all equally; I an be a rho upon aootifir:scetanibtolamot be rarnistg ' Pm* afikeYorAdtd-soltay .tt.:we,'.' sa so. t'° ° ' „our req4ets... iiiiranon.to ilanieN, the author *A sleelared *Oat he ,had aDlifilejUdiCe ' 4 thg *von Dutch," was rablearned Mid %plaint writer!.- tative Englishmank,ilTha feelings portreg= millions, and may ;litigator meet anti-C i letter. ~;~: ~. 00W. d A ) idol* . • soirolisil "" • • • usble• e.ing in , es e half- - —r utroir, ve found themselves eventually juStilled in their estimation o f sir chanerittesuccess. All these matte* however, though written s o speak, "in' large letters" in the came" before us, are not of such usual oceurrence as to call .fbr' any lengthened comment, were it not it one feature' WE the proceedings suggests a m e ng which some p erson , iy be disposed"*-thretch to a: ilomewhat und tole length. O n t h e .mer tri4 Veit •readers donbt . remember,'The Lord Chancellor, io was then Mn. HENRY Siiiiefsit counsel, afireled to a compromise en r behalf, whiCh she afteritlaidCi . tOdiatel:And in consequence. of Lich she intends to bring an actioli'Vainst thilt:lg g li dignitary for the is she has inhiequently incurred throtigh that unwarranted arrangeme nt . fie as this special instance goes, the event,htes of course proved that he s, on the whole, mistaken, although it.V*liieeitet follows that Mrs. fINFEN would have been as successful ietheViviiious trial, had it been owed to go on, as she has been in the one just concluded. It was argu e d different ndsiocates before a different judge, Afid•tthe plaintiffs case nner froftfibitt adopted by-Mr. KE.:otico'. 'NOr, which is the princip a l nt to which we desire to draw ittentionliiiiit to be coded that the feral principle "no sttrien*" is a jtidieintis - one to . .intwin under inary circumstances, btleatrildithappens to have been Sii s ceessful in th e sent instance. A comptinniseis a prosaic method of conclusion, and fitting the difference is an unromantic method of winding up a romance en thousand a year. But an advocate's business is to do the best for client ; and when the question is, whether his client shall lose everything has in the world or gain a large . fortune, be will, n ninety-nine h cases otrrotiehttiliretVbetteritterirrong ih deciding'thg the best can do iti''‘toioaicept'fliec - 'tolerable l'hittanCe 'id'. a thdisind a year, iich, is this'eli*formed a large proPillitinn of tfietittole annual ace the property. 'the heir-at-law seems a .- hvi fil ebb 'irfeited chance of succession bp ,having kept aldOCei***l.W '" delicacy" ed have prescribek•fr a relative who-Maieriaut some daimon attention, and ati4t,idernal visit to whom need, not neeoesarily lore !n viewed in an intidsoas or grasping light. Thtfogiezie' admire, in nmon with the rest of the public, the energy and ability with which Mr. :NNEDY conducted his case to a successful issue, we are not bound to share the Staffordshire enthusiasm for his client, and we cannot help feeling it such a eompromise as Sir FREDERICK Tinestotn -suggested would, the one hand, have met daellemands of is!ood niationsi*, ane is the •-• , • • ' , yet ioc.r.Brr.l r - g thi r tt bsti*iiiiiite4eig for l iiij ia. - ,ThI4ARAN antiquity, eßnwed with which Stonehenge i i,e:**lll•l/ [d not . to lop l ip hit . ,4l. of familiar intergeurniTifi,P4l Old ~. t i6 , l t _ 5.hpg.. 4 19 4 me. cent9etek 4p1P115:1 - 0 bate on,* , .0, . --": "o ' f' gimlet:l revenge, Ow:m*o lal 4 1 bei.--. - , . -.! 1 . .. •iiia their Tithe" lung ~44, ; ht. to fihe if .1 , . : !:'.! ' cannot believe. it - can , iltn and kir if i lbr . .r. g wtortfivioth as candour liboauq, light ° l ' iintitil, can .close .up .the bretc.4o2 alio. kjiguajoi• zavh.gfilcongenial to me.,, X4l9ldly-conkm . tdou" r e dation (ft Jew and Chrietimi'Weh 1400 9 0,0,1 p fashic , " , • ii to see Church and syna g eg ue kissing . ana congo4ll mtures of an affected civility. Ido not understand these .b ~., , ,ntitis,d..,l - Cu .) 114,41.}:s c 4.4map t s, o Pi':i Piet-a thPriloPOlCeial e luPom lua essay on "IT • site discriminatiqn ' F .: c in incliffqentV . ,but J r - • ii iv*tl l l.l 2l l l 4* IW I I I IL 7er .: y ;.. 44 iiii“ii 1 mA,(Ar r...,-V1c,:9)4 . 1 b‘li 1 q .1/*.: l IR , 40F4914 13 4 1 0N1 °HA a Pi , W" V II MI P tie . MO enactments Airtually a dead le