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1 FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. ORTII BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. :Established 1801):—Incorporated by Royal Charter. President—His Grace the Duke of ROXBURGHE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. JOHN I. GLENNIE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. . William Borradaile, Esq. John Connell, Esq. - Archibald Cockburn, Esq. I'. Sorthall Laurie, Esq. • R. P. Prichard, Esq. Charles James Knowles, Esq., Q.C. Solicitor—Alexander Dobie, Esq., Lancaster-place. Capital of One :Billion—accumulating Premium Fund £&i64,000. Revenue from Life Premiums alone £116,000, annually in creasing. Nine-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Pre miums. . All Profit Policies effected during the current year will share In the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger Bonus at every future division of Profits. .The Bonus accumulations at last investigation ranged from 25 to 70 per cent. on the Premiums paid. ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. 4, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London, E.C. THE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 7, R ank-buildings, Lothbury, and 42 and 43, Poultry, London. With which is incorporated the business of THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1819, and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. TRUSTEES. Matthew Marshall, Esq., (Bank of England.) William. Smee, Esq., (Bank of England). Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C. Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE !elcosiraxir having been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND -IARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late te ° 4l?an adopted under the Deed of Purchase are guaran „H. and kept in f orce by th e T r avellers' and Marine In ditree Company, upon precisely the same terms and con - under ons under which they were originally issued. Total Policies issued 39,000 Claims paid since 1819 £71,000 Annual income from Premiums (1857) • Ins urance effected against General Accidents, Railway At,- ;tuts, and M ar i ne R i s k s ; e ith e r Fatal, Non-fatal, or both Proposal ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For roposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information, 'MAY to th e M anager, a t th e Chi e f Office, or to any of the company's local Agents. - EDWARD SOLLY, Manager. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London. I• NTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE .„ OCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. yitahlished 1817.—Pavment of Premium within ' Days of ‘ E ir ace, •—lt always4ras been , and still is, the practice of-this B , °c 'etY to pay claims u n d er p o li c i es of i pssurance, notwith anding the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days " Mee, and before payment of the annual premium, provided Pa YMent.thereof be made or notice of the death be given to the °nice before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. E mpowered by Act of Parliamenkfor LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Sam uel Ring-Church. Esq. J o hd Mo ss , E sq . John Elliotson .D. Cantab., John Symes, Esq. P.n.s . • 31 Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. Professor Wheatstone, 4 l lj . l l 3 2 l .r ß a si n'd Professor J. Radford Young. J MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. Elliotson, 31. D., Cantab., F.R.S•, 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. - W. S. B. Woolhouse; Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., (tre. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. Messrs. Gl 31111 BAN K E RS. 311, s, and C o., C 7 Lombard-street. Messrs: Gre SOLICITORS. gory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. The `ll 31 aY; 186 next 0. Quinquennia Division of Profits will be declared Examples of bonus up to May, 1855 , - - Policy. B Age A addition Bonus in , Bonus in Permanent take n Sum Bonus n Reduction out in , . • A ssured . to' s um Cah. of Annual P : -...........q Assured. Premiums. . d. in d s s 184555 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 . 1 8 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 s.i.i 00 2,000 23 9 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1 - Q , — , 9. 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 "s'. 55 2,800 12017 0 72 14 6 67 7 The following' are amongst the advantages offered by the nternational Life Assurance Society:— Two Society, of the estblished in 1838. - thirdsprofits are divided amongst the assured e five years. Its subscribed capital is fivd hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report *Mounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims n livrards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. or prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chaiman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, St rand, London, W.C. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAITCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, .iePs, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur 'les, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties s nables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. beThe daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sance",is the 0 8t Sal enliard to health. by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin Worcester;enchurch til.reet, London, and 68, Broad-street, also ty Illeslrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and merchants, London ; and generally by the Principal dealers in sauce. 44 -1-. E t ' I T• ll .—To guard amainst imitations, see th a t th e names of the b ottle and PERRINS' are upon the label and patent c a p of TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. , CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary , ice -President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Correa Member of the Medical Societies of Rotten and Peru, phNational Academy of Sciences, Paris, Stc., and late Resident ysician to the Bedford Dispensary issuep, Bed ord-square, London, continues to on receipt of six ttatung, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Dr• Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on wed"eselth and disease refle c t s muc h cre dit upon him as a sound medical " The philosopher."--Critic. Cure. true r Guide to those who desire a s p ee dy an d pr i va t e "The Magazine NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' d emons t ra t es plaints bsurdity of the English m o d e o f t reat i ng such corn an d , Will p rove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely ea sly regain pristine health by adopting the means pre sented.' — Evening Sun. Medic For Qualification, ' vide " Diplomas," and the " L on d on al Directory.' T"RLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- _ nrucl It ou is only a sh or t t i me since this singularly efficacious of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already it s celebrity i s world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, !nod has p uzzled many a brain to explain how this has been Drought about. Yet when We are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will mule .A.few days :since, gentleman -wrote, stating , that he bat'. a horse which was a 4,Perfect hag of hones..". He tried' all kinds of thingS to get' the anithafirito condttidn, but in vain.' •He then bought some 11.. f. Thorley's food; and' he says-the,effeet waif Wonderful, The horse rapidly grew fat, and In the,course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri- Cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &e., the animals which t ut rried , off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor " Y's food for c a ttl e. S uc h facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely ll'om its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for itcan Proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those ,whd have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle Will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a Damphlot which is sent post-free. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Pruptions, Impurities , Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Ilemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by btr BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring RE VALENTA ARABICA FOOD, whi c h saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in Illness, and i s , moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor Inte y rferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of Vatitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the 40, 11'ht Hon. th e L or d Stuart de Decies— " I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's ltevalenta. Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise t he Publication of th ese li nes. Stuart de Decies." Core No. vensness 1 " ,33 2. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner- Vckness , asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasm s, at, the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by 4 1 Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near N I s d - orfolk " 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Vicarag,e, Walt ham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner- Vvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan s. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near iverpool : a cure of te n y ears ' d yspeps i a, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,210. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation dyspepsia, 'nervous i rr it a bilit y. C ure No. 34,210. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. _Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Maior Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 30,418. Rev. Dr. Minster. of cramps, spasms, and daily vomiting& Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. ".Vm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, o f para l ys i s. Cure No. 46,270. Mr Jamen Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de tanzement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepaiaandig,estionl, debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton. Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bi le, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cu re d of con luiption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all h opes of recovery. Cure No. 180. " Twenty-five years: nervousness, c onstipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have u fered p, at misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry'svery n " rY short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-stre, a i n.'; .e.o. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea., for which my Omsulted the advice of many, have been7rvant had effectuallv cured by Du B a r r y' s h ea lth- re storing Food. . I shall Tohn W. PlevhenaPpy to answer any inquiries. Rev , Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,835 "Three Years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Rood. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib bereen." Cure No. 3.905. "Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol atreet Perth." imi tat Important Caution against the fearf u l d anger of spurious ions The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood grant e d an Iniunction on the 10th March,' ISM, against Alfred Hooper eville, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. Super re lined quality 11b., 65. ; 21b., lls. ; 51b., 22s ; 101 b., 335. once 10111 and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, eipt of Post -office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street. London ; Fortuum,'Mason, and Co., purveyo r s t o h er 'lajesty. 182, Piccadilly ; James Well, 48, Sloane-street ; also Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; OA, heaps 9 ide ; and 60, Biahopegate•atreet , 63, 150, and 198, • VQl4:lstreek No. 20,683. PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE. HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR WORKS, each comprised in a single volume, elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated. A "' V olume to appear every two months. • NATURE • AND HUMAN NATURE, By the Author of " Sam Slick," Illustrated by Leech, will form the First Volume of the Series, and will be ready for delivery with the Magazines, Oct. 30. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE. New and Cheaper Edition of the LIFE of CHARLOTTE BRONTE (CURRIER BELL), by Mrs. GASKELL. Complete in one handsome Volume, post Bvo., with Portrait, and View of Haworth Parsonage, price 7s. 6d. cloth. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, MR. THACKERAY'S LECTURES on the ENGLISH HUMORISTS. New and Cheaper Edition, post Bvo., price 2s. 6d., cloth. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 6.5, Cornhill. New Novel. This day, M Y LAI) Y: a Tale of Modern Life. In Two Volumes. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW NOVEL—Now ready at all Libraries, 10 VA DESMOND; or MUTATION. LA in three volumes. " The novel is undoubtedly full of interest"— Horning Post. " There is power, Athos, and originality in conception."— Leader. -- " The plot is ingenious, and the narrative thvaCeful."—Press. " The work possesses power."—Speetator. " A work of uncommon merit.' Critic. " A novel indicating some skill, but teo emotional."— National Review. - A good novel ; and the morale is sound."—Westminster Review. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. VEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport iu England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomm- . nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn I\TO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE 1.1 for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, the people's edition of " PERFECT HEALTH RESTORED," without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and with out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew lire, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re stored by it after all other means of cure had•failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.- LAST WEEK BUT TWO.—TO-NIGHT.—NEW TRICKS. POLYGRAPHIC HALL S King . William-street, Charing•-cross.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on a provincial tour. Every evening at 8; Saturday afternoons at 3. Private boxes, one guinea ; box stalls, ss. ' • orchestra stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Ss.—Place s may be secured at the Poly graphic-hall, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will play, by particular desire, selections from Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Rigoletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, is. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). _ _ _ Open daily (for Gentlemen our. LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four an d ;ight o'clock, on important and Interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, - and . PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). - . Admission ONE SHILLING, DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY ak` MARRIAGE, &e., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ALHAMBRA PALACE i , • Leicester-square. (The best Ventilated Building in Europe.) Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY Are still in their zenith of attraction. Senora DELAVANTI in her incredible and terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Tele graph Wire, is daily and nightly hailed with cheers ; Wal lett, the Queen's Jester ; Pastor, the Star Rider of America ; Julia Tournaire, Cook, the wonderful Delavanti Family, Herr Footit, &c., appear at each Exhibition. TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY, Commencing at Half-past Two and Half-past Seven o'clock, p.m. Admission—Private boxes, £1 10s. to £2los. each ; stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, ss. ; second boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, Gd. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9, half-price. pOYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. -1-1) —Director, Mr. R. DUFFELL.-FURTHER EXTEN SION OF THE SUMMER SEASON FOR ONE WEEK. —THIS EVENING (Wednesday) Concert in the Handel Orchestra, supported by Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. P. Corri, Messrs. P. Corn, Russell Grover, C. Sloman, Elijah Taylor, and Master Haydn Corti. On the Ballet stage, Mr. G. Thompson, on the Spanish Franca. —Mr. James Ro binson, the Great American bare back rider, will appear in the Cirque Imperial, in conjunction with the talented Company of Equestrians (including Madame Blanche, the Equestrian Magnet), under the direction of her Majesty's Clown, H. Croueste.—Splendid Illuminations.—Brilliant Py rotechnic Displays --Wonderful Tight Rope Ascent—Dancing before and after the fireworks. —Two Bands. Open EVERY EVENING, wet or dry, from Monday to Friday, at Seven; Saturday at Three.—Various enter tainments during the Afternoon until Six, .when the usual performances commence.—Admission, One Shilling; Chil dren, Sixpence. Open on Sundays at FIT° for Promenade ; refreshment ticket, 6d. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS,. GENERATIVE - -INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE., New: and improded Edition, enlarged td:100 pag.m.illustrated by:100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on - Steel; jest pub=' 'fished, price, free by post, 18. - . _ 1-1 E SILENT - FRIEND : • A Medical Work • on ,the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the elect's of solitaty indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury: with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 100, Oxford street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all Cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mendCd for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and fitce, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 118. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of 11s. TERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectnal remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. fid. and lls. per box. Sold Daniel Church. 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 4:1, Xin g William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, ..:tranil ; W. Sntton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul' 8-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ' • Front and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Me- dicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., adapted for both sexes. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, SPERMATORRMEA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood : and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE, they are effectu ally subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR NO. 11. effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR NO. 111. is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secon dary Symptoms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling e rEe x nm p g e el compel English in its course all corruptions and impurities from the vital with t: i i c i a l i e t an i e n l I stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and sensible perspiration, through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing t a r s e s a t o s f with disorders Mercury, which unfortunatelythe inevitable the de structiou of the • patient's constitution, and which all the sar saparilla in the world cannot restore. Price lls , free by post, Is. Bd.extra to any p art of the kingdom • or four . cases in one for 335., by post 3s. 2d. extra, which saves 118., and in .f..r ,cases, whereby there is a saving of £1 12s. Sold by Daniel Church, s, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King Wil liam-street (four doors from London-bridge) ;. Watts, 17, Strand; Trout, 229, Strand; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Samyer, St. Paul' s Church 50, Oxfo yard.rd-street ; Butl er, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, Roux, Ricor r st t e amirg the HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, _.: , p ric e is . post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are dives vented by impediments from entering into the marriedestatoe also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, g onorrhoea , and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and the examination of the spermatoza by the newly-o on . structed microscope, with powerful lenses. The Author may be consulted daily according to the rules in the Book. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and tr9lll all agents f9l' the 041 e of "Triesesmg.'..' ~~ ~~ ( \\......:......_,.. .g ; 1 ' I: ' o'l -CR , 0 .... --__ 3l , ei, — , ia164,. ks, st , A „,_„ it • art • 3t,,,_ ~..„....4 ~,.:f_ ~:' ^ p 4 : . ' t: , ,,... , w ' s 4 re, - - 111?` . ~ .° 4 -t il.:l* : .. Ih 7— .. - s ' : . - 17 : e ''.....: a '----'ri C.-------1-- . ttn , \\ 0, ) ,,, , Tfin• 6 , a ~.-,.,..„.‘: -, ,Ar i 0 ' ~1 ~_ " o 4; = -- o . - r. .." 1 4VA al 45' *'L 11 1 /: 4 4 ...,7fir 4,441, to , ~\ • ~ . ':,e; ' ,l ' - ' OIT. '' V g,4,N- --, ', .-----4 , -- .... - THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1858. ITEYMOUTH and CHANNEL ISLANDS STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited).) DAY PASSAGES.—Shortest Sea Route to Guernsey and Jersey.—The Brighton, Cygnes, or Aquila, from Weymouth Harbour, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 8 a.m. Ordinary Fare from London 3ls. and 21s. Return Fare 455. and 355. Stewards fees additional. Passengers may break the journey at Chippenham, Dor chester, Weymouth, or Guernsey. Through-bookingtrom all the principal stations on the Great Western Railway. 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Honourable Sirs,—l have the honour to reply to your despatch No. 1,954, of the 19th of April. That despatch condemns in the strongest terms the proclamation which on the 3d of March I di rected the Chief Commissioner of Oude to issue from Lucknow. s _ _ 2. Although written in the secret committee, the despatch was made public in. England three weeks before it reached my hands. It will in a few days be read in every station in Hindostan. 3. Before the despatch was published in England, it had been announced to Parliament by a Minister of the Crown asp•.eoliveying: disappiwAl; iii (Iveg sense of the policy indicated by the Governor-Ge neral's proclamation. ,Whether this description was an accurate one or not Ido not inquire. The tele graph has already . 14.41%60,4 over the length and breadth of India. 4. I need 'scarcely tell your honourable committee that the existence of such a despatch, even had it never passed out of the records of the secret depart ment, would be deeply mortifying to me, however confident I might feel that your honourable com mittee would, upon re-consideration, relieve me of the censure which it casts upon me. Still less ne cessary is it for 'me to point out that the publica tion of the document, preceded as it has been by an authoritative declaration of its meaning and spirit, is calculated to increase the difficulties in which the government of India is placed, not only by weakening the authority of the Governor-General, but by encouraging resistance and delusive hopes in many classes of the population of Oude. 5. So far as the despatch, and the mode in which it has been dealt with, affect myself personally, I will trouble your honourable committee with very few words. No taunts or sarcasms, come from what quarter they may, will turn me from the path which I be lieve to be that of my public duty. I believe that a change in the head of the govern ment of India at this time, if it took place under circumstances which indicated a repudiation on the Part of the government in England of the policy which has hitherto been pursued towards the rebels of Oude, would seriously retard the pacification of the country. I believe that that policy has been from the beginning merciful -without weakness, and indulgent without compromise of the dignity of the government. I believe that wherever the authority of the government has been established it has be come manifest to the people, in Oude as elsewhere, that the indulgence to those who make submission and who are free from atrocious crimes will be large. I believe that the issue of the proclamation, which has been so severe l ycon d emne d was th oroug hl y consistent with that policy, and that it is so viewed by those . to whom it i s a dd resse d. I beli e ve th a t that policy, if steadily pursued, offers the best and earliest prospect of restoring peace to Oude upon a stable footing. 6. Firm in these convictions, I will not in a time o f unexampled difficulty, danger, and toil, lay down of my own act the high trust which I have the I honour to hold ; but will with the permission of your honourable committee state the grounds upon which those convictions rest, and describe the course of policy which I have pursued in ; dealing with the rebellion in Oude. If when I have done so it shall be deemed that that policy has been errone ous, or that not being erroneous, it has been feebly and ineffectually carried out, or that. for any reason the confidence of those who arc responsible for the administration of Indian affairs in England, should be withheld from me, I make it my respectful but urgent request, through your honourable committee, that I may be re lieve I of the office of Governor-General of India with the least possible delay. 7. I desire to say, that I shall in that case resign my great charge into the hands of the hon. Court of Directors, with a deep and abiding sense of gratitude for the generous support, the unreserved confidence, and the considerate courtesy which I have at all times received from them. I hava nothing more to add upon the personal part of this question. 8. But before I speak of the proclamation, I beg to call the attention of your: hon. committee to cer tain paragraphs of the 'despatch before me, which arc pregnant with a signification fi.r more momen tous than the censure of any recent act or policy of the Governor-General of the day. .These para graphs are numbered from 10 to 14 inclusive, and I believe that I shall not misrepresent their import by describing it as follows 9. They begin by pointing out a doubt whether the British Government was justified in taking possession of the kingdom Of Oude. The doubt is pointed out, but is not resolved, nor is a distinct opinion expressed upon it. 10. Certain facts are then referred to which, though they do not directly affect the question of our right to take possession of Oude, are cited as leading, in conjunction with the doubt above men tioned, to the conclusion that the hostilities which the people of Oude have been :carrying on against us have rather the character of legitimate war than that of rebellion, and that the people of Oude should be regarded with indulgent consideration.. 11. It is altogether beyond my duty to discuss whether the course pursued by the British Govern ment in taking possession of Oude was a lawful and justifiable one, still less does it belong to me to say what line of conduct the British Government ought to follow if it be now determined that that course was not lawful or justifiable. But as to the indul, gence due to the people of Oude, your hon. coni mittee will, I am sure, do me the justice to admit, that no misgiving as to the character of our deal ings with the Oude State was necessary to induce me to declare, , without, any injunction' from yourselves, - that the talookdar and land owner of Oude must be viewed in a very different light .from that in which rebels in our old provinces are to bo regarded. I found sufficient reason for this in the facts that theallegi ance of these .men when they broke into rebellion was little more than a year old, and that they had become British subjects by no act of their own; that our rule had brought loss of property , upon many of them, and upon some an unjust loss ; and that it had diminished the importance and arbi- Irary Rower of all. I considered these facts to be a palliation of rebellion even where hoStility to us had been most inveterate, and therefore I put aside altogether the punishments of death, transporta tion, and imprisonment ; and whilst marking those who had rebelled with the penalty which in India,' as elsewhere, has been again and again recognised as a fitting punishment of rebels—namely, the for feiture of their rights in the soil, I promised indul gence to those who should Imake prompt submis sion. I felt the considerations of policy' and merey, and the newness of our rule,, prescribed this course. I recorded this in a paper already in the hands of your hon. committee ; and I hope before closing this despatch to show that the indulgence has been accorded promptly and liberally. 12. But it is my- first duty earnestly to beg your hon. committee to consider the effect Which will be produced upon the province of Oude when it shall become, generally known that the British Govern ment speaks hesitatingly of its right to rule that country. , I cannot but fear that it will make a tur bulent and warlike people more impatient than ever of subjection to authority and order ; I fear that it will furnish a pretbxt for resistance to the government, of which many bad spirits will not be slow to avail theinselves now and hereafter. 13. But more especially do I fear its . immediate effect. It cannot have escaped the notice of your hon. committee that, although the rising against our authority in Oude has been almost general, al most universal, it has been singularly devoid of a national character. Except for the purpose of re ducing our garrison in Lucknow, and . afterwards of holding the city against us, there appear, to have been no common cause amongst our as sailants. Since the capture of Lncknow we have had against us the party of the Begum and her son, claiming to represent the royal family of Oude ; the party of the IVloulvie, a Mahomedan fanatic ; the party of the Nazim, an adventurer without rights or property in the province ; ,the sepoys, who have passed from one leader to ano ther according as they have been able to extort the highest pay; and. a number of the talookdars and zemindars, some few of whom, at the head of bands of their own, have plundered and oppressed their enemies, and those whom they believed to be our friends, whilst others generally of less influence have been tempted or coerced into joining the ranks of the Begum or the Moulvie. There is little concert or cohesion between any of these parties. Indeed between those of the Begum and the Moulvic there has been not only complete separation, but open hostility. 14. I cannot think that this want of unity will long continue, if it shall once become manifest that the British Government hesitates to declare its right to possess Oude, and that it regards itself as a wrongful intruder into the place of the dynasty, which the Begum claims to represent. I believe that this would draw to the side of the Begum many who have hitherto shown no sympathy with the late ruling family, and it is just what is want ing to give a national character to her cause. " 15. An uncompromising assertion of our autho rity in Oude is perfectly compatible with a merci ful exercise of it, and I respectfully submit that if the Government of India is 'not supported in making this assertion, and in declaring that the recent acts of the people of Oudo are acts of rebel lion, and that they , may in strict right be treated as such, a powerful temptation will be offered to them to maiatain their present struggle or to renew it. 16. I now proceed to. offer some remarks upon the proclamation, and I believe that the spirit in which the proclamation was conceived and has been.aeted upon will be best ihowii the . follow= ing statement. 11 When in JanuaryTlaij,"---alicinfjlieliine at which the army of the Comm .. . a nder:iniChia began to eondentrate tiporr LneknOW,' I left . I:4lbutta for Allahabad, one of my chief motives for doing so was the obtaining full, accurate, and recent infor mation in regard to the temper and disposition of the chiefs and people of Oude, the extent to which they felt themselves aggrieved by the Government, how far that feeling was just, the nature of the in fluences at work amongst them, and other points requiring consideration, before a decision could be taken as to the mode of dealing with the province. These were matters upon which formal references and reports would have thrown very tardy and ina dequate light, seeing the condition to which our archives and official establishments .had been re duced, and therefore, in addition to the information received by Government from the usual civil and military sources, I sought information and opinions from those who, having filled posts within the pro vince and upon its frontiers, had had opportunities of becoming personally; and in some cases inti mately acquainted with the talookdars and zemin dam, and their followers . . 18. The conclusions at which I arrived were -Ist, that all question of punishing with death, or even with transportation or imprisonment, rebels who, however inveterate and unceasing their hosti lity had been, were free from the stain of murder, should be set aside. I need not at present defend this decision, although at tie time it was very far from meeting with general approval. 19. 2dly. That the one declared punishment for rebellion should be the confiscation to the state of proprietary rights in the soil. I have already said that this is a punishment which has been repeatedly enforced against rebels in India, as well by native rulers as by the British Government; it is one which admits of being easily tempered and relaxed with more or less lenity, ac cording as consideration of policy or mercy and the past or future conduct of thepersons to be punished may permit. It in no way affects the honour of the most sensitive rajpoot or brahmin. It would pro vide Government with the means of rewarding in the manner which is most acceptable to the natives of India the services of those who should be found to deserve reward. It would tend to the final set tlement of many of those disputes respecting landed rights which has been the source of so much strife and animosity in Oude. 20. Finally, I came to the conclusion that if a proclamation were issued on the capture of Lucknow (a point upon which I entertained doubts up to the last moment) it should be one not threatening con fiscation as a possible contingency, but declaring it ; pointing out, however, the means by which re laxation and indulgence would be obtainable ; and further, that no attempt should be made to indi cate the measure of relaxation and indulgence which might be conceded in particular cases. 21. I will offer a few words in explanation of these last points. I believe that the issue of proclamations is not the surest or safest mode of influencing the natives of India. The experience of the past year has fur nished examples of the ingenuity with which the meaning of such documents can be perverted or their language misrepresented by the enemies of the State ; and it is a fact, several instances of winch have come to my knowledge of late, that the word of an English officer of the Government, even though a stranger, is more trusted than a printed paper. I should, therefore, hate preferred to take in Onde a course which was afterwards taken:in Rohilcund, and to place instructions in the hands of the officers atto elied - t6. the columns which marched through the country, leaving-it to ,them to carry out those instructions, and to explain, in each' dis trict through which they passed, the spirit in which the Government desired to deal With the. people. But I knew it - to be very probable that no columns would be available for the purpose in Oude, and that in that case much time might elapse before English officers would be able to penetrate the pro vince. I therefore had recoarse to a proalamation, which might be disseminated by native agency. 22. That • proclamation was made to declare the confiscation, and not threaten it, because the na tives of India, while they attach much weight to a• distinct and actual - 'order of Government, attach very little to_a vague threat, whether- conveyed by proclamation or otherwise ; whilst it might safely be assumed that the spirit in which the clause treating , of indulgence would be acted upon in the districts which should be recovered would gradually become known throughout the province and have a conci liatory effect. Precaution was taken against perversion and mis translation by publishing in the first instance none but vernacular versions of the proclamation. 23. I have said that the .proclaMation should not attempt to point out the different measures of indulgence which would be - conceded in different cases. This, and some other precedinc , observations, will be best explained by a brief reference to the recent condition of the talookdars and other land holders, as regards their rights in the soil. 24. When we assumed the government of Oude in 1856, the greater part of the province was held "by talookdars, who represented its aristocracy. They have been called the " Barons of Oude," but this term applied to them as a class is misleading. Some had received titles from the kings of Oude, for . services rendered, or by court favour. Some few are the representatives of ancient families ; but the majority are men distinguished neither by birth, - good service, nor connection with the soil, who having held office under_ the native government as Nazims (i.e. governors) or - chuckladars (i.e. collet tors of government rents), or having farmed the revenue of extensive tracts, had taken advantage of the weakness of the native government and" its in difference to all considerations of justice so long as it received revenue, had abused the authority con fided to them by that government, and by means of deeds of sale, sometimes extorted by violence, some times obtained by fraud, had beeome the nominal proprietors.andthe actual possessors of the villages: or the ,majority of the villages, which formed what they called their talookas, estates. . 25. Owingto the ascendancy WhiCh the men of - this cla - S - s acquired, the weakness of the native govern.; mentithevenality of the courts, and theltbsence of justice - , the:condition of the actual oceupanti of the .soil of the proV . ince was one of unparalleled 'depres sion. Their rights had ceased -to exist, or were reditced to a mere shadow; they' 'could get no protection from. • the government; they were completely in the power of the talookdars, and , were subject to every kind of oppression, tyranny, and exaction. In .nuraberless..instances they -were compelled by the • talookdars to .execute -deeds - of sale, alienating whatever-proprietary right they nominally possessed; and they lost but little by the act, for the .practical' itiition of proprietary right-they had scarcely known.. ....... 26. Such being the condition of things in Oude, the government-of - India, , perhaps. with -more of-chi valrofiS justice than - political . prudence,' determined at once to reinstate these proprietary occupants of the soil in what were believed to be their hereditary rights; and to restore the. ancient village communi ties ; and upon the annexation of- the country, the Chief Commissioner was instructed to make the settlement of the land revenue with the proprietary occupants of.-the Soil, - to - the exclusion of 'Middle men. This instruction was carried into execution in some districts with -undue haste, harshly and upon insufficient evidence ;- and where this took place, injustice was done to the talookdars, some of whom were deprived of villages which had long been attached to their talookas, and their titles to which were not satisfactorily disproved. . The injustice might, and probably would, have been corrected in making the revised, settlement ; but this does not excuse or palliate the wrong, 27. The mutinies broke out. It might have been expected that, when insurrection first arose in Oude, and before it had grown to a formidable head, the village occupants who had been so highly • favoured by the British Government, and in justice to whom it had initiated a policy . distasteful to the most powerful class in the province, would have come forward in support of the government who had endeavoured to restore them to their hereditary rights, and with whose interests their interests were identical. Such, however, was not the case. -So far as I am yet informed not an individual dared to be loyal to the government which had befriended him. The village occupants as a body relapsed into their former subjection to the talookdar, owned and obeyed his authority as if he had been their lawful suzerain, and joined the ranks of those who rose up in arms against the British Government. The endeavour to neutralise the usurped and largely abused power of the talookdars by recognising the supposed pro prietary rights of the people, and thus arousing their feelings of self-interest, and evoking their gratitude, had failed utterly. 28. The time arrived when it became necessary to consider how the 'province should be dealt with upon the re-establishment of our power and autho rity in its capital. On the one hand was the patent fact that those whom w e h a d d es i re d t o b ene fit, an d had to our thinking benefited, did not value the rights which- we had restored to them, and that far from splitdi N , up- in. Vence sgf ! they rights, and in isuPP9rf. of -the government which had been- the means of reviving them, they had acted in complete subordination to the talookdars, and had been no lesq forwird Thin these latter in= their efforti to ' subvert the authority of that governthent and fo expel its officers ; on the other hand was the no less certain fact, with but few honourable excep tions, all the talookdars, many who had not suffered in the smallest degree by our fiscal measures, and some who had benefited by them, having been allowed at the settlement to retain all, or nearly all the villages composing their talookas on reduced assessments, had taken up arms against the British Government, had either themselves participated, or had sent their retainers - to aid in the relentless , attacks on the Lucknow residency, had forcibly re sumed the occupation of their talookas, and had in many ways manifested their malignant hostility to the British Government. 29. In these circumstances, to have recalled the condition of things which existed immediately be fore the. rebellion, thereby renewing the experiment which had been attempted in 1856, and restoring the occupants of the soil to the position of pro prietary landholders, which they had but Mist proved themselves wholly unfit and unprepared to maintain, would have been to court failure, and on the other hand to have reverted to the state of affairs as we found them upon taking possession of the country, and thus to have acknowledged in the talookdars after they had, as a- boly, ri ,, en in arms against us, and helped to subvert our autho rity, rights which had been denied, and in most cases justly denied, when our power was unques tioned and unresisted, would have been to concede a victory to rebels, and to put a premium on insur rection, a course which would haVe lowered the character of the Government and destroyed its influence, not only in Oude but throughout India. 30. Regard being had to the history 'of tenures in Oude; to the failure of the efforts made by the Government in 1856 to set up- those who were believed to be the hereditary proprietors of the soil ; to their unworthy reception of the benefits bestowed upon them ; to the rebellious spirit mani fested by nearly_all the talookdars of the province, and to the inconceivable difficulties which would, have attended the adjudication of claims to pro prietary right in the circumstances that have been briefly described, and which would have hampered the administration at every turn ; the surest, the safest the most politic, and a thoroughly j . ust course, seemed to be to declare the proprietary right in the soil (to whomsoever appertaining, for all classes as such had sinned equally) confiscated, and to reserve to the Government the right of disposing of, it as might seem fitting, at the same time notifying the intention of the Government to show indulgence to those who should tender immediate submission and throw themselves upon , its mercy. 31. I apprehend little difficulty, and, so far as experience has gone, little has, I believe, been found in explaining to the talookdars and land owners with whom our officers have come in con tact, that the " confiscation" does not necessarily operate as a permanent deprivation of their rights, but that it places in the hands of the Government the power of punishing those who shall still persist in rebellion, after life and honour have been a ranteed to them ; of rewarding those who shall promptly come forward and give their support to the Government and to the cause of order ; of sub stituting in any case of restoration the und en i a bl e title derived from the will of the Government, for the doubtful title which alone could be advanced by the majority ofthose whom the order affected; andoi PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. attaching to the fiat of restoration such conditions of service, political and military, fealty and good con duct, as the altered circumstances of the province have mule r‘ -. .sentioi to tie firm cstubliAunent of our authority. 32. I have now stated the considerations which led me to frame the proclamation in the form in which it was transmitted to you. 33. It was sent to . Lucknow on the 3d of March, and on the 10th I received from the chief commis-1 sioner, Major-General Sir James Outram, a letter urging a reconsideration of the terms of the pro clamation, mainly on the ground that it would render hopeless the attempt to enlist the talookdars on the side of order, and would drive them to a desperate resistance ; and recommending that such landholders and chiefs as had not been accomplices in the cold-blooded murder of Europeans should be enlisted on our side by the restoration of their an cient possessions, subject to such restrictions as would protect their dependents from oppression. 34. This letter and the replies to it, includ ing the additional paragraph which Sir James Outram's opinion of the light in which the talookdars and chiefs would view the proclama tion, induced me to add thereto, are before your honourable committee. 35. I will not trouble your honourable commit tee with a recapitulation of the reasons which ap peared to me to forbid the adoption of Sir . James Outram's suggestion, but lest four honourable com mittee should suppose that I was without any pre vious expression-of Sir J. Oxitram's opinion 'on - the subject, - I wish, to state that the unfavo ur abl e v i ew taken by that distinguished officer of the substance of the proclamation waS a cause of much disap pointment to me. 36. A very few weeks previously the chief com missioner had sent to the - government of India an able and elaborate memorandum upon the systein of civil adininistration to be adopted for Oude after Lucknow should be subjugated. In this memoran dum, dated Jan. 15; 188, are the following pas sages : " The system of settlement with so-called yil. 7 ; lage proprietors will not answer at present, if ever, in Oude. " These men have' not influence and weight enough to aid us in restoring order. The lands of men who have taken an active part against us should be largely confiscated, in order, among other reasons, to enable us to reward others in the manner most acceptable to a native. But I see no prospect of returning tranquillity, except by having recourse for the next few years to the old talookdaree sys tem. * * Talookas should only be given to Men who have actively aided us, or who, having been inactive, now evince a true willingness to serve us, and are possessed of influence sufficient to make their support of real value." . • 37. Subject .to the understanding that even to those who had been most active against us, indul gence should be extended upon their making prompt and complete submission, these, opinions ac corded exactly with my own, and although I was aware that there might easily be difference of oyi nion as to the mode of announcing and carrying out punishment by confiscation, it did not occur to me that any such divergence of views as was sub sequently intimated in the chief commissioner's letter of the Bth of March could =occur bet Ween us. The belief therein expressed that there are not a dozen - landholders in the pro vince who have not borne arms against us seemed to go far towards justifying the general and sweeping terms of the :proclamation to which alone I expected any objection on Sir James Outram's part. • - 38. I afterwards had occasion to send my military secretary, Colonel Stuart, to head-quarters, and I took the opportunity to explain to the chief commissioner that I wished him to give the most 'liberal interpretation to the proclamation; that, for instance, the proclamation left it free to notify to any talookdar who was deserving of consideration that if he made submission and supported the go vernment, the confiscation of his lands would not take effect ; and that his claims to property of which he might have been deprived upon the annexation of the province would be re-heard ; and that in the case of their having been resumed by him, he might retain them until the re-hearing. 39. On the 3d of April, najor-General Sir James Outram being about to take his seat in coun cil at Calcutta ; Mr. Montgomery succeeded to the chief commissionership of Oude. 40. Mr. Montgomery had, at my request, done me the favour of visiting Allahabad before going. to Lucknow, in order that I might have an oppor tunity of communicating unreservedly with him upon the discharge of his new duties. " I impressed upon the new chief commissioner my wish that his dealings with the chief rebels should be as conciliatory as might be consistent with the dignity of the Government, and that he should treat liberally and generously all those who tendered their allegiance and gave support to his authority. Mr. Montgomery expressed his inten tion to take -this matter into his own personal management. 41. On the 20th of April the commissioner wrote to me in an unofficial letter as follows : " I enclose a memorandum just given me by Captain Barrow, which will show your lordship the names of talookdars who have attended in per son or by vakeel. Generally speaking, indeed in variably, the feeling showed by the men who came in is excellent. They express great sorrow at the past, and seem grateful for the consideration shoWn to them." A copy of the memorandum is enclosed. It contains the names of 26 chiefs of note and influ ence, in various quarters, some of them at a great distance from Lucknow, who had either openly tendered their allegiance to the Government, or had taken.thc.firdAtcw towards tl.(llpg so. So far as know, only . one of t'hese - hiiisiverva from - his • firsl intention. • t the' date. of this memorandum little more than a month had elapsed since the first appearance of the proclamation in Lucknow. 42. On the 22d of May the chief commissioner sent me a further memorandum from Captain Bar row, which is also under this cover. It - describes the progress made, and the state of feeling prevalent. It is right, however, that I should observe that of the three powerful talookdars named in this me morandum one only (Maun Sing) hag sided with us actively. Of the other twO, one (Madhoo Sing) is inactive, and the other (Bence Madhoo) is in arms against us. 43. From] this: last date the chief commissioner has furnished weekly reports, which have been for warded to your honourable committee in regular course. 44. :Latterly these have become less favourable. The rebels, under the leadership, in some cases, of talookdars, have approached nearer to Lucknow ; have threatened, and in some places destroyed, the civil stations which we had established, and have killed some of the native guards. But I am .not, neither is the .chief commissioner of Oude, dis heartened by a temporary check in the progress which had b2cn rtinrllv ncliefed. In a letter received from Mr. Montgomery, as I am writing, that gentleman says : " I had settled some 6,000 villages, and every thing was progressing most favourably, when a combination of circumstances prevented the pro gress of the settlement." But he adds, " I still say that the mass of the people are well inclined to us. I get secret letters and messages, but they dare not come forward in the face of the armed bodies which are hostile to us." 45. In an earlier part of tkis despatch I had occasion to speak of these bodies, which, although without cohesion and combination, are none the less capable ofintimidating and persecuting those whom they believe to be well disposed towards the Government. They have latterly been greatly aided in this by the influx of fugitives from Rohil cund and Calpee, who have either joined them or set up as independent marauders. 46. I never expected it to be otherwise ; I never expected that with the capture and occupa tion of Lucknow the province would become sub missive ; and my anticipation of the contrary is recorded in the letter which, on the 16th of Janu ary, the Governor-General in Council addressed to the commander-in-chief, recommending that his excellency's operations should, notwithstanding, be directed against Lucknow. These operations were carried out with a skill, bravery, and success, which have won the admiration of the world. But it is no disparagament of the work of the great soldier who achieved that success to say that the chastise ment thereby inflicted upon the loose bands of mutineers, rebels, and plunderers, who were col lected in and about the city, was not such as to expel them from the limits of the province, or to deter "them from persevering in their work of murder and pillage in other districts of it. 47. It is not in reason that, what with the pressure of the mutinous sepoys now congregated in various parts of the province on the one hand, and the arts and threats of desperate adventurers acting as leaders on the other, violence and rebel lion should not be kept alive ' • and that those who we well inclined to make their peace 'with the ___) . ~~. EI , SPAPER r-- "v2T-0, 1v „1ir...., Government should not therebY be deterie ______ 2 4 - - : ^b., -- 4 , , kt - P \ 4 ' s r'-- r i tx doing so. ..„.. .:__,_- _:., _ , 48. No man is better acquainted with theki - s Eastern districts of Oude and theirinhabitants thart"` Mr. Wingfield, who is at present acting on that ft ontier of the province as special commissioner of IGoruckpore. Writing on the 6th of June, Mr. Wingfield says—" Unsupported by-the presence of - British troops, there are many -talookdars, who to my certain knowledge are deterred from tendering their allegiance, which is their sincere wish. Had the garrison of Lucknow only been distributed about the province, three-fourths of the talookdars would, under the promi , es held out by the procla mation, 11a,ve Ikea entirely on our side by this time." Unfortunately the garrison of Lucknow could not be spared, nor any body of troops at all approaching it i n s t reng th. 49. But when the 'season shall arrive at which the troops can move rapidly over the country, when the large police force now being raised by the chief commissioner at Lucknow shall have reached its complement, and received further organisation, and when it shall be manifest that we have the means of protecting or supporting those who return to theirsallegiance, I cannot doubt that the spirit in which the prOclarnation has been accepted in many quarters will declare itself generally through out the province. rill I have now described to your hon. com mittee the whole course of my proceedings in re (Yard to the proclamation of the 15th of March. I r, have at the same time explained the policy which has guided me, and I have informed you generally of the results. . .. ~.1:!_ I respectfully await your judgment. _ . try I have, &c. _ (Signed) CAIS'NIM.Y . 0C , r Allahadad, the 17th June, 1858. ! : b i; ; 0 _ ~ , --.-- e- Foreign Department, Allahabad, JuitT4,lBsB. .. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COURT OF .DIRECTORS ,:: OF THE EAST INDIA CONFANIC, , . . . Honourable Sirs,—Your despatch No. 20, of the 18th of May, reached me two days ago. I- beg your honourable court to ,accept my warmest thanks for the assurance of your continued confidence which that despatch and - the resolution of your honourable court embodied in it convey. 2. Such an expression of the sentiments of your honourable court would be to me a source of gratification and just pride in any circum stances ; but the generous . and timely promp titude with which you have ,been pleased to issue it, and the fact that it conveys approval of past as well as trust for the, future has greatly enhanced its value. Your honourable. court have rightly judged that in the niithit of difficulties no sup port is so cheering to a public servant or so strength ening, as that which is derived from a declared ap proval of the spirit by,which_his.:past acts have been guided. . 3. I bellow that the. elpectations expressed by your honourable court, as to the,spirit in which the proclaimed confiscation. of proprietary rights in Oude would be used, will not be disappointed when you shall have had cognisaliee of the despatch which I.had the honour to address to the 'secret committee on t e 17th ult., and which, as being the sequel of . corr t spondence already in the hands of . - your hon- • oura le court, will no doubt have been laid before you _. _ _ . 4. Your honourable 'court observe that I must have been well aware that the words of the procla mation, Without the comment on it, which you trust was ppeedily afforded by the actions of the govern ment, must have produced the expectation of much - iiiore general and indiscriminate dispossession than could have been consistent with justice or with policy: _ ... Undoubtedly this i 5 _so.. But it was not without deliberation that in framing fhe proclamation I used the positive, peremptory,und, so to speak, enacting words which declare that -the proprietary right in. ,the Soil of the province is confiscated to the govern ment, which will dispose of thatright in such man ner as it may deem fitting. 5. As this point was - scarcely - tmzehed upon in my above-mentioned despatch to-the secret commit- I will take leave to add a further brief explana tionjupon it. . I have said that it is in the nature of thos to whom the proclamation was addressed to care very little for the threats, but to have a greet res et for the distinct orders of superior authority. A bel landowner, to whom no more should be said than that if he did not make submission soon his Tights would be liable to confiscation, would be likely to trust for hiS escape to the. chapter of acci dents, and to the chance of avoiding or defeating - eliminatory evidence, and so to delay submis sion and cling to the cause • of those whose : - inurtediate influence might be nearest and strongest. Whereas, if he should be made to feel that the with draWal of his rights is already decreed, that it only remains for the executive officers to give effect to it by placing another proprietor in possession, - and that the best hope left to him is to work out. as large a claim to proffered indulgence as possible whilst there is yet time, his manifestation of alle giance would assuredly be quickened. • 6. It was my business to consider what would most stimulate and hasten a return to peace and loyalty. on the part of those addressed;- and I was of opinion that this would best be done by making it clear and plain that the rewards actually con ferred for fidelity were very large ; that the punish ment actually decreed for rebellion was very heavy, but that from this punishmen . a door of escape wa still open. . 7. To attempt to define more precisely the con ditions and degrees according to which indulge - ice should be awarded and punishment tempered ap peared to me most inexpedient. It would, I submit, have been impossible to put into the proclamation _ally mitigating or conciliatory words to this effect without incurring the greatest risk of raising false hopes, and giving ground for mistaken claims, the disappointment of which hereafter would have gone far to confirm in the minds of many the reproach which the rebel leaders have sedulously thrown out against the English Government of a want of good faith—a reproach to which no colour or shadow of truth shall ever be given by any act of mine. 8. I, therefore, left the way of escape and the amount of attainable indulgence to be learned from the treatment which those who should first come in-: would receive. No explanation in words woull ' hare been so certain to spread through the country • ' with ' little chandc 'Of perversion:- as this. r ) , Nfi . ' sr other course would have left the government so free to use wise discrimination in the remission of punishment. . 9. Your honourable court will, of emirs°, bear in mind that the proclamation was addressed to a pro vince in arms, throughout which we had not at that time a surviving friend or interest to defend, and that, therefore, any fear of danger from an out burst of resistance by which matters should be made worse was imaginary. 10. Upon a careful, and I hope dispassionate, review of the whole subject, I cannot but think that the' words in which the proclamation was couched were those most befitting the government of India in its relations with its rebellious province, and best calculated to effect eventually a real and sure paci fication. But the question was one of very great difficulty ; and I entreat your honourable court not to suppose that I am so presumptuous as to depre cate criticism of the mode in which the difficulty was met. 11. The reports lately received from Lueknow, and despatched to your honourable court by this and by the preceding mail, show that one of the chief commissioner's greatest embarrassments is the who arc eager to tender their all e g iance, b ut whom *ant of sufficient mcalls to protect the landholders, ta.ou ' l, i n we cannot in some places effectually defend. until the bands of the more despera te r e bels and mutineers the the. country aotf a o s which still harass the province shall have been sub dueddestroyed--,aner o c p . os r object dihni vchi ay e h h can be ) c lilyit suitable a3uil e d)nloNin seagsotnh.Accordingly, many who have declared their desire 'to make sub mission Mr. Montgomery advise them to remain ' passive for the present. 12. The delay is to be regretted, but the fact furnishes proof that the spirit of the proclamation has not been misunderstood, and that the temper of the provineg is gradually tending towards order and allegiance. I have, &c. 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