The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

THB INDIAN MUTINIES. (FRoM A CIVIL SEIIVANT.) ALTAAHABAD, JUNE 28. Here I am well and safe, thanks be to God, who has met cifully preserved me and others from a cruel fate which has overtaken many of our dear friend". We have had a trying ilm . e of it, but, as far ca Allababal is concerned, all is well, for we have a large force of European so ldiers, who would fight and beat off all creation if necessary, and which is being daily increased by reinforcements coming up from Calcutta. We have been so bewildered lately that I have lost all recollection of dates and of when I last wrote to you. We were incarcerated in that horrid fort from the 6th to the 18th of this month, and a fearful time we had of it. God grant that I =ay never pass such a time again ! Better to die by tate sword fighting than to see such sights of hor ror and pass such a time of anxiety. I do not think that I told you in my last letter of the treachery of the 6th Native Infantry, or of the fearful night of the 6th of June. I can hardly write it, so sad and miserable is the story. God, in His infinite mercy, preserved me from a dreadful death at the hands of the bloodthirsty Sepoys. I told you in my last let ter that we were apprehensive of an outbreak on the part of the city people, and that I had taken up a position at the gaol ready to make a at tnd ; that the officers of the 6th Native Infantry had all con fidence in their men, though we had not, for now no cue can trust those wretched natives. Well, matters went on quietly enough till Friday, the sth, when news of the disturbance at Benares came up, with a report that a number of the insurgents were on their way to attack this station. On the BIM. day an order came from the Brigadier at Casa upore to "man the fort with every available European, and make a good stand." We non-mili tary men were instantly ordered into the fort, being formed into a pailitia under the orders of the officer commanding the garrison. We slept in the fort on that Friday, the sth, doing duty upon the ramparts, and returned to the station the following morning, but only for the morning, going into the fort again in the afternoon. At this time we had in the fort about 30 invalid tirtiltery soldiers, some few commissariat and magazine sergeants, and we volunteers muster ing above 100 men. There were also 400 Sikhs and 80 of the wretched 6th guarding the main gate. A great number of the European merchants and half castes remained outside, believing the report to be only the cry of " wolf," and supposing it to be a false alarm. The report of the approach of the in surgents was false ;, but, alas ! would that the poor creatures had taken advice and joined us in the fort. Among those outside were poor Capt. Birch, the Fort Adjutant, a married man, poor fellow, with a family - ; Innes, the executive engineer, who had the previous day resign t ed Iris appointment in the fort from ill-health, and had gone up to his bunga low. My poor dear friend, 'Alexander, of the Irre gulars, was in a garden =near the fort with 150 of his troopers. Two guns, -under Harward, of the Ar illery, had been sent down to the river to guard the bridge of boats over the Ganges towards Beuaras. Hicks, of the 6th Native Infantry, and two little grills were also stationed there in charge of two companies of that regiment.f. Well, all these poor fel'ows were out and we were inside the fort, through the mercy of the Almighty. We were told off on our guard and had laid ourselves down on our beds (those who were not on watch), when, about half-past 9, we heard firing in the station, and on the alarm bugle being sounded we ran up to the ramparts in breathless silence. The firing grew heavier, and we all thought that the insur ge .ts had entered the station, and were being beaten oft by the regiment. So steady was the musketry, re; ular file firing ; on, on, it continued, volley after volley. " Oh,' we all said, " those gallant Sepoys are beating off the rebels,', for the firing grew fainter in the distance, as if they were driving a force out of the station. But before long the sad truth was known. Harward rode in bringing tidings that the Sepoys had risen, had seized his guns, and had marched them up to the station. He had escaped, and had run up to poor Alexander's camp, who jumped on his horse and rode towards the lines, with as many of his men as could be got ready ; he ha I been ca ug ht i n an am b us h by a b o dy o f the SedoYs lying in wait in an empty tank, and had been killed by a musket being placed to his side, blowing out. his heart. His, poor body was br ugbt in later in the night, and I gave his hand a last shake, and shed tears over his last bed. The officers were at mess when the wretches sounded the alarm bugle to bring them to the pa rade. and shot them down right and left ! Wretched murderers, may they receive their reward ! Nine poor little ensigns doing t i cluty with the regiment were bayoneted to death in the mess-room, and threw of the officers who escaped heard their cries as they passed Poor boys, who had never given offence to any native, nor caused dissatisfaction to the Sepoy-. Five officers were shot belonging to the regiment, besides the nine poor boys. Birch and Innes, with the sergeant-major, in all 17 mi lit try men, many merchants, and others were most cruelly butchered—in all 50 Europeans fell that night by the hands of the murderous Sepoys. The Treasury was plundered, the prisoner; releasei fri m gaol, and the work of destruction commenced. The whole station was destroyed, house after house plundered and fired. What a night Each moment we expected the Sikhs would turn on us, and then ! . . . . But the Almighty mercifully decreed otherwise. We disarmed the 6th guard, at the main gate, and found the villains with loaded and clapped muskets, ready to turn out! What an escape we bad ! Five officers came in, all having escaped in a wonderful maner—three naked, having had to swim the Gauges. We wore all night under arms, and in the morning lay down on our cots sad and weary, each moment expecting to be called up. The streets of the city are about hell a mile from the fort, and during the four or five following days troops of the rioters were to be sten rushing from place to place plundering and burning. Day and night we manned the ramparts in the hot blazing sun, and day and night the guns a.d mortars belched forth, throwing shell and grapeshot, tearing down houses, and scattering the demons wherever they were seen. - We dared not leave the fort, for who knows what the Sikhs would have done if it hadbeea left empty? However, let us not breathe one word of suspicion against them, for they behaved splendidly, though tl ey are regular devils. We lived on in this way till the Madras Fusiliers came up and then our fun began. We "volunteers" were parted off into divi sions, three in number, and your humble servant was promoted to the rank of one, the "Flagstaff Division," with 30 railroad men under his com mand, right good stout fellows, every one of whom bad been plundered, and were consequently as bloodthirsty as any demons need be. We sallied heel several times with the Sikhs into the city, and had several skirmishes in the streets, whets we spared no one. We had several volleys poured into us, but their firing was so wild that their bullets passed over and around us harmlessly. The flag staff was always to the front, and they were so d ring and reckless that the " flagstaff boys" be e: me a byword in the fort. Every rascality that was p.)rformed was put down to them, and in the end the volunteers got a bad name for plundering. The Sikhs were great hands at it, and, in spite of all precaution, brought a great amount of property in o the fort. Such scenes of drunkenness I never b. held. Sikhs were to be seen drunk on duty on the ramparts, unable to bold their muskets. No one could blame them, for they are such jolly, jc,vial fellows, so different from oth-r Sepoya. When we could once get out of the felt we were all over the place, cutting down all natives who ele.wed any sign of opposition ; we enjoyed these hips very much, so pleasant it was to get out of that horrid fort for a few hours. One trip I en joyed amazingly ; we got on board a steamer with a gen, while the Sikhs and Fusiliers marched up to tl e city ; we steamed up. throwing shot right and left, till we got up to the bad places, when we went os-i shore and peppered away with our guns, my • double-Larrel that I brought out bringing down niggers, so thirsty for vengeance was I. We ed. the places right an d l e ft, an d th e fl ames s h o t UP tne heavens as they spread, fanned by the breeze, B l "ling that day . of verigean,:e had fallen on the treacher eei r • 'lle W i c k ed villains. i v4ving two o u t ? had ma rc hc e l ou t on th e and a Mussulman had set km self up in the Kiev; of Delhi, nn Y d e c l a l i l i i . og himself the agent of the to ra lng on all natives, Hindoos 13 lid true believers, La a ny poor fellowa who s ere t r e e Europeans, and tb hiding fell into I. s hands and were murde: e t e n At last, whsn reinfereerri ents came up we all f the c:ty, 11Zieeleata/vuet niarcheddrove the insurgents o , t 0 , • t-ok possession of it and the statio n , *II remained ever since in the collector' 0 of us ; others are in the pucka briuses that were not burnt ; and the F ea ni er and V9th (Queen's) in the church. Every day we have had expeditions to burn and destroy disaffected village', and we have taken our • venge. I have been appointed chief of a commission for t e trial of all natives charged with offences against Government and persons ; day by day we lithe strung up eight and ten men. We have the power t,f life and death in our hands, and I assure you we spire not. A very summary trial is all that takes place ; the condemned culprit is placed under at tree with a rope round his neck on the top of a carriage, and when it is pulled away off he swings. All is now well and quiet, but where smiling homes once existed are now only blackened walls bed desolation. Mye old house is in ruins—it had just been repaired for me —and my little house into which I had moved for a sea..on is in the same THE SUN, LONBON, WEDNESDAY EVENING- AUGUST 26, 1857. state. I have lost nearly everything, though my servants behaved spkndiclly, and saved all they could. Two tables, a few chairs, three beds, a few odd volumes of my dear old books, and. my silver is all I have in the world ; however, my life has been mercifully spared, I thank God ! My horses I have saved ; I sent them to poor Alexander for safety and for use before the fearful night of the 6tb, when his Sowars rode two of them and Old Smuggler saved Harward's life. When he ran up to his camp he mounted him, aril he dashed through the Sepoys like an old trump, as he is. I have the good old beast under me everywhere, carrying on the work of retribution. Now that we have plenty of men a force is to be moved up to Cawnpore to relieve the poor fellows there, who are hard pressed, being intrenched in a kind of made-up fort. The Commissioner, Mr. Chester, sends me as the political agent with the force, and I trust to see some service before I return, So don't be anxious if you do not hear from me for several mails to come; my kind friend, the collector, will write a few lines to set your minds at ease. If we can beat off the rebels at Cawnpore it is probable we shall go on to Lucknow, where we shall have some hard fighting. I shall probably be away a month. Fancy marching in the rains ! they have just come on. If I can keep from rheumatism and fever I sha'nt care, for excite ment enables one to stand the sun and fatigue won derfully. At any other time the sun would have knocked us down like dogs, but all this month we have been out in the middle of the day, toiling like coolies, yet I never have been better in my life. Such an appetite! The whole country has been up, and frightful massacres have been taking place all over the north-west. We have not yet heard half the horrors, for the daks have been stopped for three weeks. The poor Henry Thornbills have bean mur dered at Seetapore, in Oude, and nearly all the people at out-stations, but many reported dead have turned up. Robert Chalmers is here with me, having escaped in a wonderful manner with those of his station. He comes on to Cawnpore with us. I can write no more, as lam just starting. May God bless you all. The following letter is from a clergyman : " Bangalore, July 4. "I began writing you an account by the last mail of this terrible outbreak in the Bengal Presidency, and I have determined t) give you a brief outline of what further has been perpetrated, as English men ought to be in possession of facts, lest there should be any squeamishness about the punishment in store for the brutal and diabolical mutineers. " We have had an awful time of it, I can assure you, though we ourselves have been mercifully kept from alarm or danger. No words can express the feeling of horror which pervades society in India, we hear so many private accounts of the tragedy, which are too sickening to repeat. " The cruelties committed by the wretches exceed all belief. They took 48 females, most of them girls from 10 to 14, many delicately nurtured ladies— violated them, and kept them for the base purposes of the heads of the insurrection for a whole week. At the end of thatitime they made them strip them• selves, and gave them up to the lowest of the people, to abuse in broad daylight in the streets of Delhi. They then commenced the work of torturing them to death, cutting off their breasts, fingers, and noses, and leaving them to die. One lady was three days dying. They flayed the face of another lady and made her walk naked through the streets. Poor Mrs. —, the wife of an officer of the Re. giment, at Meerut, was soon expecting her confine ment. They violated her, then ripped her up, and, taking from her the unborn child, cast it and her into the flames. No European man, woman, or child has had the slightest mercy shown them. I do not believe that the world ever witnessed more hellish torments than have been inflicted on our poor fellow-co u n try wom e . At Allah abad they have rivalled the atrocities of Delhi. I really cannot tell you the fearful cruelties these demons have bean guilty of—cutting off the fingers and toes of little children, joint by joint, in sight of their parents, who were reserved for similar treatment afterwards. "I told you how gallantly our Madras Fusiliers —poor J—'s regiment—hay behaved ; 100 men of them, under Col. Neil, killed 650 mutineers. I saw a letter from one of the officers yesterday. He says that no imagination can depict the scenes he witnessed when he arrived at Benares. All the troops were in a state of revolt. They saved Benares. The whole of the Bengal officers were paralysed with terror and astonishment ; so Colonel Neil assumed command and proceeded to the most summary measures, cutting off whole regiments. All the ladies were crowded into one room, with wounded and dying men, and from the window the sight that greeted the eye was a row of gallowses, on which the energetic colonel was hanging mutineer after mutineer, as they were brought in. After restor ing some little order at Benares, on went the gal pant Fusilsbers towards Allahabad ; thermometer above 109 deg. ; 30, and even 40 mile marches ; no supplies to be had, living on flour and water. On reaching Allahabad at night thewhole cantonment was in a blaze. The reg merits had already muti nied, and slaughtered their officers with unheard of cruelty. The Sikhs had not actually mutinied, bat they assisted the rebel regiments in pillaging the houses of the Europeans. This Sikh regiment plied the fatigued Fusileers with liquor, and the scene of dirt, drunkenness, and wretchedness baffled all description. The officers of the Fusileers went to the Sikh lines and up all the liquor they could, to prevent the men from getting it, and they bought chests of champagne, beer, arc , at four and eight annas (6d. to ls.) a-bottle. Now I hear the inde fatigable Col. Nell is beginning to bring about some degree of order, and is hanging scores and scores of prisoners. But we get very little official tidings yet. lam longing to hear more, for Ido not hesi tate to affirm that each day of delay places all our lives in some jeopardy. "I know from the very best authority that the Mahomedaus are plotting at this plac', but whe ther they dare rise will depend on how things go on in other places. The events of the next weeks will be most momentous. At Madras the panic has been intense. I believe, too, that the fears are reasonable. We have at Bangalore a strong force, and the Madras Sepoys have hitherto proved loyal. There is one circumstance in our favour. We allow all our regiments to have their women and children with them in their lines, whereas in Bengal the Sepoy leaves his wife in the village, and is allowed to visit for a certain period every year. Our sys tem, doubtless, is a great check on the Sepoys, as they know that, in the event of their rising, their families are in our power, but the Bengal soldier can roam at will.' The following is a copy of a latter from Adolphus de Kaatzow, who so greatly distinguished himself at Meerut : " MYNPOOREE, JUNE 19. " The following is a correct copy of a letter from the Governor-General to me, just received via Agra. The dak was the last from Calcutta, and just before the road was closed : " Government-louse, Calcutta, June 7, 1857. "My dear Sir,—l have just read, in a report from the magistrates of Mynpooree, the account of your conduct upon the occasion of the mutiny of a portion of the 9th Regiment of Native Infantry at that station on the 22d ult. I have read it with an admiration and respect I cannot adequately describe. " Young iu year?, and at the outset of your career, you have given to your brother soldi3rs a noble example of courage, patience, good judgment, and temper from which many may profit. " beg you to believe that it will never be for gotten by me. " ivrite this at once, that there may be no delay in making known to you that your conduct has not been overlooked. You will, of course, re ceive metre formal acknowledgment through the military department of the Government of your admirable service. . " 'I am, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully, " CANNING. " 'Lieutenant de Kantzow, 9th 8.N.1.' " The following is the Lieutenant's own account of his exploit " I was returning from reconnoitring, when in formation was brought me that five troopers of the 7th Light Cavalry wore coming along the road. An immediate pursuit was of course ordered by me, and my 39 troope.s tore away at full speed after me. I was just coming up them, and had already let drive among the murdering villains, when lo ! I came upon 200 of their comrades, all armed with swords and some with carbines. A smart fire was kept up at a distance of not more than 25 yards. What could 39 do against 200 regular troopers well horsed and armed, particularly when walked into by the bullets of 100 of the infantry ? I ordered a retreat, but my cavalry could not get away from troopers mounted upon g od stud-brei horses ; so we ve..c so in overt dcen. and then c ommence d th e s hi n dy i n earn e s t ; 12 aOoPet:s surrounded me ; the first., a Mahomine priest, I shot through the breast just as he Tasw Butting me down ; this was my only pistol, so shelpless as regards weapons, save my sword ; this wa r d ed off last. 1 bitterly" --°. 39 as also another a s winging cut given me by No. 2, but the fun could not revolvers, for I could not having a couple of sword was cut down that blinded me, another I o got and only took a slice off. an a d ve shot every man. My glanced and bit bir a slash on the Lead n t t h e e arm that glanced, d caught me on know not how I escaped. God the side, but also Cif:4e sideways.k nows I against one were fearful odds, especiaillyowass, asl 12 was mounted only on a pony. Escape, howev er 1 did, I and after many warm escapes too n umerous to' men- i tiou I got back there. 14 of my brave fellows were killed, four wounded, six missing ; total 24, out of 39. Good odds, was it not !" He says in another letter (referring, as it is fancied, to his saving the gaol at Mynpooree from destruction) that he has been praised by the Major- General, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and his doings brought to the notice of the Governor-Gene ral ; and he is now in command of the station of Mynpooree, and the remains of three native re giments there—an irregular force, in fact. ALLAHABAD. The following letter is from an officer at Allaha bad : " June 23. " 1 may not have another opportunity of sending you a few words, as we have lots of hard work ' fore us. I wrote you from Calcutta just before leaving on the 4th inst., and by dint of pushing on day and night I arrived with six brother officers at Benares on the 9th, just after the mutiny of the native troops at that station. Fortunately for the residents there, a few of my regiment, with Colonel Neil and two companies of Her Majesty's ICth Regiment, had arrived two days before the row commenced. Colonel Neil, a man of energy, saw at once tde state of affairs, superseded the brigadier, and took command of the station, ordered a parade, and proceeded to disarm the native regiment. It has since come out in evidence that that very night the native troops were to have murdered the whole of the Europeans in garrison. " When the natives saw what was intended they instantly rushed to their arms, the Sikh regiment joining them, and poured a volley into the Euro peans, killing 10. However, the guns, two in number, commenced at them with grape my regi ment, with the 10th, poured volley after volley into them, and even followed them into their lines, set fire to them and burnt a great many, and the affair was over, for we had no cavalry to follow, they having sided with the mutineers at the com mencement. All that have since been caught have been hanged at once. " I arrived, as I said, on the morning of the 9th ; that same evening Colonel Neill took me with 40 of our men to endeavour to save or help the gar rison of this place, a most important fort, having the largest arsenal in this part of India. He had, however sent on 50 of our men before, and they arrived the morning after the mutiny of the native troops here, but in time to save and hold the fort. My party arrived on the 11th, doing upwards of 70 miles in two nights by aid of a lot of natives pushing our men along in light four-wheeled carriages. " The moment Colonel Neill arrived he set to work to turn the villains out of the city and cantonments, but I must tell you on the night they mutinied the officers of the 6th Bengal Native In fantry, 17 in number, were at mess ; these mur derers sounded the alarm bugle, got all their officers on the parade ground, and then fired into them, killing 14 out of the 17. They then went round the cantonment, burning all the houses, killing men, women, and children, and committing all kinds of atrocities. " Well, the Colonel sent out a party of our men, 50 in number to attack and clear the city, or rather the suburbs. We lost two men killed and five wounded, and one officer, but it so frightened them that the next morning they all bolted. A much stronger party, 200 of our men under my command with guns and cavalry, the whole under Colonel Neill, swept right through the cantonment, and a steamer went along the river with guns, and we are now pretty quiet at this place, though the hang- man is at work daily and the Colonel is not the man to spare them. "He (ihe Colonel) is now hard at work getting his force together to move on to the assistance of Cawnpore and Lucknow, both places being in the greatest danger, for all the Sepoys that have run away are now gathering round Lucknow. Our reports concerning that city and Cawnpore are most gloomy, but reports in this country and at this time are always against U 3. You can have no idea of the awful weather and of our suffering from the heat ; we sit with wet clothes over our head, but the deaths from sun stroke continue large ; that dreadful scourge cholera has also broken out - , and we have lost already 70 fighting men. We buried 20 three night ago at one funeral, and the shrieks of the dying were something awful ; two poor ladies who were living over the hospital died, I believe, from fright. We have now got about 400 men outside the fort, and the disease is certainly on the decline. Up to to-day we have had little to eat ; indeed, I would not have fed a dog with my yesterday's breakfast, but our mess and the head-quarters arrived yesterday, and our fare was much better to-day. All the village people ran away, and any one who had worked for the Europeans these mur derers killed, so if the population was to a man against us we should stand but a bad chance. A poor baker was found. both his hands cut off, Iliad his nose slit, because he had. sent in bread to us. I need not say hew al:1'101141y we all look for a large army from England. We can hold our own well enough till it arrives, but India wa3 never in such a mess, and it requires many a strong arm and a wise head to put it in order again. The Ben gal army is to a man against us, and lam very nervous about Madras and Bombay; one single mischance, and those two armies follow. I fully expect to go on in advance with the first party to Cawnpore, so shall finish this off hastily, as we only get a few hours' notice. I have written to my poor wife, begging her to go home as quick as she can, for I cannot bear the idea of her being in such a country at such a time, and I would give all I have to know she was on her way. We cannot leave this for the next two years at the earliest, and this mutiny might spread at any moment, so I long to hear of her being in safety. lam thankful to say I am in sound health and fit for a campaign, though it is one I least expected, and almost envy Mortimer his high stool. I had a terrible march last week, concluding with a mile and a half in the dry sand of the Ganges in the middle of the day. I never felt anything like it in my life. One man actually lay down and died at the end of it. So much for soldiering." The Nord of Brussels publishes the following let ter from Madras "from its own correspondent:"— " MADRAS:JuLT 12. " India at the present moment, from Cape Co meau to the foot of the Himalayas, is the theatre of the most horrible crimes and atrocities—officers murdered by their soldiers, women violated and cut in pieces. and children roast e d a li ve b e f ore their parents eyes. i‘ Such are the scenes now witnessed in India, that fine country where, nevertheless, for a century the English have established their rule and laws. " This state of things has loused the East India Company's Government from its habitual apathy. The public press has taken hold of the question, and numerous pamphlets have been published to point out the evil, its causes, and the remedies to be em ployed. • " As it was the army which first gave the exam ple of revolt and crime, it is on its organisation that public attention was first directed, and all the or gans of the press coincide in discovering the evil— "l. In priority admitted as the only claim to promotion. "2. In the little talent and military taste of the officers of the Indian army. "3. In the total want of sympathy between them and their men. "4. In tip) faulty organisation of the military government placed under th 9 cDntrol of the civil service. " The native army, consisting of 73 regiments of 1,000 men each, tolerat , .s paiently, but also con temptuously, its English officers, and from the statement of its commanding officers, who really took an interest in its organ'sation, it was a secrt enemy of the Indian Government. " A great General oftea observed that be fearel the Sepoys more than an enemy on ths frontier. "The army, wh;ch consists exclusively of flin does and Mussulmans, to whom the use of pork fat is expressly forbidden by their religion, made a pre text of greased cartridges given to them with a now description of musket, and they rose as one man at every military station. The soldiers first refused obedience they then fired on th e i r o ffi cers on pthen desated. their colours a n d th e i r d r i i e e n , ce and; profession for ever. " The Government at first tried to persuade it self that it was only an accidental mutiny in two or three discontented regiments, and the Governor- General issued a proclamation to reassure the troops that other cartridges would be given them, and that the Government would never interfere with their religion. The troops rectived the pro clamation with very bad grace, and a few hours after it ha-t been officially read some regiments fired on their officers, burned their station., and put to death all Europeans they met with, without regard t ) sex or age. "The so-called mutiny assumed the proportions of serious revolution, fomented throughout the whole of India by all the dethroned Kings and de • posed Mussulman Princes. " What is the cause of this revolution ? Is it to be attributed to the greased cartridges, or s )lily to discontent am - arg the Sepoys ? "No, it is to b 3 attrilkve(l, "1. To the policy of annexation, followed for many years by the representatives of the East India Company. "2. To the unjust treatment of the women and heirs of the deposed crowned heads. "3. To the breach of faith ou the part of the Government towards the army on two different occasions. "4. To the humiliation of Europeans in favour of a few privileged elasaof natives Ana Mussulmaus which the Governinelit wished to flatter to obtain loans from them. "5. To the tendency to seize hold of the fortunes of Rajahs and millionaire nabobs. "6. To a false application of what the Govern ment pleased itself to style philanthropy. "7. To the licentiousness of the native press. " Let us now examine each of these causes : "1. The Government of the East India Com pany has annexed, without any reason, and most unjustly, the kingdom of Oude to its territory. This false and clum , y policy aroused the indigna tion of the whole of that rich and populous country, and the Sepoys, who belong chiefly to Oude and the neighbouring countries, took up arms for the cause of their King. _ _ " A great number of other deposed princes and princesses are actually receiving pensions from the Company, but, as it always endeavours to find means to reduce its expenditure by pretending that t'ae women and heirs are not legitimate, it has created a general common feeling of discontent among them which has made them the sworn ene mies of the Government, and actual events have proved that those kings and princes are at the head of a portion of the conspiracy which has broken out. The Government has taken advantage of this to shut up the King of Oude and his Prime Mini ster as prisoners iu the fort at Calcutta ; it will act likewise towards many other princes now receiving pension 4 and will thus save many lees of rupees. " 2. A. law has been prepared, and is, it is said, on the eve of being passel, to prevent Rajahs and other Ind an millionaires leaving their property to indirect heirs ; thus, the possessor of only 1,000 rupees may leave them to his nephews and nieces, but any one possessing 10 lace or more can only leave them to the Hon. East India Company. " This law, if we are to balieve the natives, was framed with a view to the eventual death of certain Rajahs who have no legitimate children, especially to that of the Rajah of Bordwan, who possesses millions. This measure, it appears, in no manner pleased him, for he is one of the individuals com promised in the present movement. As regards the women, rightly or wrongly, public rumour prevails that the Government put them to death to avoid paying their pensions. A journal, speaking of the rents of Mazpoore, said last year that they had been sent to a pestilential residence that the pay ment might stop. _ _ " 3. The Government broke is word towards the army. It had, in fact, promised the men that they should not cross the va; now, in the Burmese war, it ordered four regiments to embark. The first order was disobeyed. The troops had right on their side, yet they were decimated and fired upon by English cannon. At the time of the Sikh war the army re• fused, at a critical and decisive moment, to cross the Sutlej without a batta. The generals were ob liged to give in, and a batta was granted. When Oude wal annexed the Government, then in strength, declared that the batta should cease to be paid. These facts, added to the discontent caused by the greased cartridges, brought about., with the gold of the rajahs and of the kings, the present re volution in India. " 4. The Company's Government, despite its in credible resources, has always gonebeyond its means, and has consequently been compelled to contract loans. It debts actually amount to 5,000,0001. ster ling. It was necessary to cajole or flatter a certain rich class in India, and to succeed,. under the mask of philanthropy, native magistrates, judges, and official secret lries were appointed. These situations only doubled the hatred of the Mussulnian against the dog of a Christian;' and, though making money, the Government by no means advanced the welfare of the country. " The Bengales is a liar and a thief by his reli gion. Now, if you beat him or accuse him on losing same article or other, he leaves you, and brings an action for his wages. The judge, who is also a Ben galee, gives it against you, having probably received a douceur, aid the Government approves it because the court expensesare paid. "The result of all this is a general state of dis content among every class, whether white or black, Mahomedan, Hindoo, or Christian ; hence the cause of revolution. " The license abuse , ' by the press in a country dissatisfied with English rule must have hastenPd the present outbreak. _ _ _ " - The false philanthropists of India, under the masks of missionaries—Jesuits disguised—bave at tacked all white officials and &dared themselves the friends of their black brothers. To them must be attributed the stories of torture on the high minded Beugalce. These discussions have tended much to lower the Governors of India in the opi nion of the natives, who have gradually acquired a complete contempt for Europeans. The Gover nor-General even is not excepted. A Government thus molested loses all dignity and respect, and, what is more, credit ; the last loan finds no re sponse. The signature of the Governor-lleneral is not worth that of the smallest banker in the baz iar. " On their part, the Bengalese have abused the liloct-by of tho press to make proclamations against the Government, to stir up regiments in the name of old dynasties, and to preach open revolution, while the missionaries, up to their work, converted colonels and generals to their ways, who attempted to read sermons to and make Christians of some of their men. The greased cartridges came as a finisher—so much so that on the one hand the de throned kings and the deposed rajahs, and on the other hand the soldiers who supported the Govern ment, and finally the people, imbued with a natu ral hatred of a Christian, entertained one idea, one wish, one will—revolution and the blood of the white man. _ _ " The Government has at last appreciated the immensity of the evil. Orders have been sent to stop the troops for China. Bombay, Madras, and Colombo send what troops they can dispense with. " On the other hand, the internal Government is taking the following severe and energetic measures : "I. Abolition of the freedom of the press throughout India. "2. Imprisonment of all suspected kings and rajahs. "3. Embodiment of the militia, at every station. "4. Fifty rupees for every deserter caught. "5. Abolition (projected) of every native school of the Government. " 6. Prcclamation of martial law with all its rigou , s. " Will these measures save India ? Never. They will increase the hatred of the black against the white. Tha,t will be the only result. " The only measures to be adopted are the fol- lowing : " 1. The sending out of a permanent force of 50,000 Europeans, of which 10000 men ought to be cavalry, on the system of the French Gendarmerie. " 2. TL:e immediate development of railways and high-roa 3s. "3. The abolition of the tax imposed on natives holding official appointmenls. " 4. Amunicipat police on an honourablefooting. "Unless such measures are adopte], believe me, my dear lir, the Etst India Company is doomed." The following is a le ter from Lieutenant R. G. Armstrong, late of the irth Bengal Na,vive In fantry ALLAHABAD, JUNE 28. " I received two letters from you and a couple of newspapers shortly after I had been at Benares. I was then doing duty at the barracks,• when one morning I was told that I should have ti proceed on special duty that afterno n with a detachment of the 8 Ith Queen's. When the order came out I was then ordered to accompany a detachment of that regiment towards this place, to assist in communicating with the natives, and procur ing supplies f r the men ; in fact was interpreter and qu trtermastr , r to tie force. Wel, in due tune we reached Allah:lb:A when yesterday I was orderei to attend at tne fort here and report myself and receive further orders, as my duties as interpreter arose now comple'el, and I am glad to Bay I have since heard tint my services on the road have been spoken of most highly to the of com manding the 84th here. \Vat, when I got to the fort I was orifereltsds dn'y with the Sikh r, gi ment Ferozepore hero, which I have since joined, 'and, as the country is now all round in a most unsettled state, I trust I may some day make my name known by gallantry in the field, and at the first vacancy may perhaps hold the appoint. ment of adjutant in the corps, which will ho my fiist step on staff employ. Sorry I am, indeed, that I have not been able to pa , s in the languages, and sill more hard is it that all chance of pms• ing is now closed to me, for the whole of India is in such a d'sturbed state that for a time all that son, of thing is knocked on the head, for every 0113 n 0 .V 11 is just enough to do to take care of his own life. The circumstances of the mutiny here have been the most disgraceful yet heard of; and, as it may be interesting to you, I will give you a short account of it. Toe Gth Regiment Native In fantry were s'a.`ioned here, and when corps wee breaking (Alt in all directions this regiment vo'un teered their services to advance against the King of Delhi and his mutineers. For this, they were hankei, and told that their services would be ac cepted at the first opporzunity. This took plate in the morning. On the evening of the same day, whde all the officers were at me us ; ths alarm bugle of the regiment was sounded ; these poor fellows, thinking it was a disturbance among the villagers, rushed out at the d - or. The first was shot down, and the second, who I regret to say was a g rea t f r iend of mine, received the second bullet, and fed dead. ou the spo`. They were all knocked over by their own men, and only three officers out of the whole regiment escaped. Every house in the station, with the exception of one or two, has been burnt to the ground, and when we marched en the other morniag we saw Allah',lyda in ruins. Two days after I arrived I went with al couple of Que2•n'a officers to seethe bungalows, and I must say I never witnessed anything like it be. fore ; every single thing was destroyed, every pane of glass smashed, even the canvass that goes ova the punkah was torn into shreds. Such a wilful destruction of property I never witnessed. A large quantity of things was found in a village close by. They were all secured, and two days ago the place was burnt by us to the ground. This is certainly, and will, from all appearance be a tedious campa!gn ; for, besides the straits we are reduced to, the bad weather is setting in —viz., the rains. lam regularly rationed like a common soldier, get a loaf of bread, a pint of beer, a little sugar and milk, awl a small piece of mutton, be sides tea twice a day, spirits and beer only once, as also the mutton, for tea is given out at night, bet, as several of us have been living together, we have managed to get on very fairly. Ou'le is now the head quarters of the rebels. Every single regiment has mutinied, and the country will have to be taken a second time, but this time by force of arms. The brave Sir Harry Lawrence has manfully de fended the residence against the insurgents, but if assistance is not rendered him, and the people who have taken refuge within its walls, amounting to several hundreds, they will be all starved out, for from the last accounts they have been obliged to feed on grain arid sugar. They have next to nothing to cook it with, and no pots of any sort to cook it in. It is reported that a de tachment of the 84th, the Qaeen's, who went over there from Crawnpore the other day, have been cut down to a man, but this has not been confirmed. Thera are thousands upon thousands oc natives assembled there, and assistance will have to come quickly, or not an European will be saved. There is a force of 500 Europeans and a detachment of my present corps going over to Cawnpore most likely on Tuesday morning, and most likely I shall go with them ; at least, I Lope and trust it may be my good luck to be able to. These are stirring times. They are hanging men up at Benares and here, besides several other stations, six, seven, and eight a day. Missionaries in this country have carried matters too far, and nothing in this country is a native so tenacious of as having Lis religion meddled with. E iucation has also been carried too far. Educate a native and he becomes a thorough-paced scoundrel. These are the opinions of men who are capable of giving them." sritiers of the Declaration. It is, then, only a • matter of feeling. Well, the clergy are to be allowed the indulgence. But the Lords in allowing it have net also given them the power of closing their churches, in which they have but a very subm. dinate authority They may refuse to perform the service and absent themselves, but the churches will still be open for the performance of the service and the obtaining of a blessing for these who, having sinned, now repent, and wish to do the best that is possible under their unhappy circumstances—that is, live together as Chr;sdau man and wife. This amendment, then, was left untouched. So also were the remainder, and thus far the bill has escaped its threatened perils. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of John Maclean, Esq., Chief Cora missionen for British Kaffraria, in South Africa, to he an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 24. --- The Queen has beou pleased to approve of Mr. William Manuel Robinet as Cor.sul at Hong Kong for the Republic of the Equator. *AR•OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 25. 65th Regiment—Major-General R. B. Coles to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Henry Balneavis, C. M G., de ceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 25. let Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Cornet and Adjutant D. Wale to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet C. Levett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice I 'onov an, who retires ; G. Webster, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Levett ; Robert Dalrymple Steuart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grews, promoted ; George Henry Bowyer, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Sidney, promoted. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Andrew Sarel, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Lonedale, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Ensign Frederick Walter Carden, from the 31st Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase; Troop-Sergeant-Major Walter Borthwick to be Quarter master, ♦ice John Evans Parry, who retires upon half pay ; Veterinary-Surgeon John Barker, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Philips, who exchanges. 10th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon James George Philips, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Barker, who exchanges. 14th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Charles P. Ainslie, from half-pay 9th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bre vet-Colonel IL E. Doherty, who exchanges, receiving the difference between Cavalry and Infantry. 15th Light Dragoons—Capt. Ljrd Walter C. M. D. Scott, from half-pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Horne, promoted in the 7th Light DIA _ goons. , - Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Lieutenants with temporary rank, to be Lieutenants with permanent rank, viz.:—Francis Hume Dodgson, Edward Delaval Tarle. ton, Henry Pountney Darwall, Edward Roden Cotting ham, George Russell Salmon, Joseph Thomas Barrington, John Claudius Auchiuleck, George Sheppard Harvey, Samuel Cotter Kyle, William Stopford Maunsell, and Hubert Leonard Mitchell , Assistant-Surgeon Essex Bowen and Assistant-Surgeon Cyrus Oct avius Daniell have been permitted to resign their commissions. Royal Engineers—Captain John Summerfield Hawkins, from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, placed on the Seconded List. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Philip Le Belward Egerton, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute nant and Captain, vico Rose, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Alexander Bruce Tulloch to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hope, pro moted. 2d Foot—Lieut.-Col. Robert Bruce, from half-pay Un attached, to be Lientenant-Colonel ; Major James Rose, from a Depot Battalion, to be Major; Major Henry Reynolds Werge, from half-pay Unattached, to be major. To be Captains—Captains R. C. W. Stuart, from half pay 71st Foot ; W. C. Coghlan, from half-ray 56th Foot ; N. Dunscombe, from half-pay 46th Foot ; F. J. Herey, from half-pay 44th Foot ; R. G. Brady, from half-pay let Foot ; W. D. Thompson, from half pay 17th Foot ; N. H. B. Vardon, from half-pay 13th Foot ; Lieutenant F. A. Davidson, from the 8 ith Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu tenants—Lieutenants H. W. Hartford, from the 21st Foot; G. Turnor, from the 68th Foot; A. U. A. Page, from the 28th Foot ; J. MiG. Magill, from the 18th Foot ; A. T. E wens, from the 30th Foot ; C. de St. Croix, from the 34th Foot ; G. F. Dowdeswell, from the 89th Foot ; G. Philips, from the 46th Foot ; De L. R. Anderson, from the 63d Foot; H. Hardy, from 97th Foot. To be Ensigns—Ensigns J. J. Armstrong, from the 89th Foot ; C. H. Newbatt, from the 28th Foot ; Thos. Enean, from the 41st Foot ; R. W. Stokes, from the 39th Foot ; C. Neville, from the 82d Foot; R. Gray, from the 97th Foot. To be Quartermaster - Quartermaster John Curran, from half-pay Ist Regiment British Italian Legion. 3d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel F. F. Maude, C. 8., from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. To be Majors—Majors T. H. Somerville, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel F. F. Mande ' C. 8., whose Brevet Rank has been con verted into Substantive Rank, Unattached, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1834 ; J. H. Burke, from half-pay Unattached ; J. N. Sargent, from halt-pay Unattached. To be Captains— Captains B. Neville, from half-pay 71st Foot ; A. W. Joyce, from half-pay 56th Foot; J. S. Gordon, from half-pay 931 Nod C. Par sons_ frnm half-rev A2l P.M, • ( VVemYits from half-pay 71st Foot, B. Sim, from half-pay o ld Foot, C. K. Pearson, from half-pay 31st Foot ; Lieut. H. R. Cowell, from the St. Helena Regiment ; Charles Verey, from 20th Foot. to be Lieutenant. To bo Ensigns Ensig ns B D. Wright, from the 38th Foot ; W. G. Mansergb, from the 28th Foot ; S. Graves, from the 62d Foot; J. Law, from the 71st Foot. To be Q uar terrn aster. —Q uartermaster G. Pi ttendrigh, from a Depot Battalion. 6th Foot.—Ensign Richard Sheil to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prest, who retires; Patrick Browne Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vico Sheil. 19th Foot.—Waller Langford Sainsbury, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant . . Kindersley, promoted. 20th Foot.—Charlton Thomas Leighton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Verey, promoted. 24th Foot.—Ensign John Johnstone to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Travers, promoted. —Lieut. FooLieut. Abel Woodroffe Boyce to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major James Maxwell whose Brevet Rank has been conver;;ed into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1e54. 56th Foot—Liont.-Col. Alfred Thomas Heyland, from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 58th Foot —Ensign George Marriner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallington, promoted in the Rifle Bri grade ; Alexander William McCrae, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Marrivar. 60th Foot—Liout. Henry Semple to bo Captain, by pur chase, vice For, who retires; Ensign R. J. Hickman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Semple ; Ensign J. 0. Young, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Cubit, who retires; W. K. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hickman ; E. S. Steward, Gent., to be Ensign, by parch 'se, vice Young ; H. R. Troeve, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. H. Napier, died of his wounds; Richard A. Massy, Gent , to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Preston, promoted. 66th Foot:---Brevet-Colonel Robert Edward Burrowes, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Max well, pro moted ; Captain Toni Benson to be Major, by purchase, vice Burrowes ' who retires; Sergeant-Major John Ma hotly, from a Depot Betalion, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fetherston, who resigns ; Ensign John Mahony to be Adjutant, vice Firth, deceased; Ensign Charles Cla.vering Wardell has been permitted to resign his Commis:4on. 72d Foot—Brevet-Colonel Charles Henry Somerset, from half-pay, 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 84th Foot-- Henry Shaw() Jones, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Humphrey, promoted. 92d Foot—Thomas Rendall Morris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Basevi, who retires. Rifle Brigade —Lieutenant and Captain George Ernest Rose, from the Coldstream Guards, to be Captain, vice Egerton, who exchanges. Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. John Fanning to be Captain, without purchase, veoe Pearson, deceased ; Ensign A. W. C. Nowlan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fanning; Ensign W. Hartrick to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Nowlan, whose promotion on the lth July, 1857, has been cancelled ; Wm. Per coval Gileorne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hartrick. 31 West India Regiment—Ensign R. A. Skues to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Watson, deceased; En sign Thomas Dunn to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Skues, whose promotion on 16th June, 1857, has been cancelled ; Thomas Francis Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice I,)unn, promoted. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign Henry Augustus Williams to be Lieutenant, without pu'rchase, vice Cumming, deceased. DEPOT BATTALIONS. To be Lieutena•t-CJlonels—Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Moore, from half-pay 97th Foot. vice Hoyle, Id, removed to the 56th Foot ; Colonel William Irwin, from half ply BJth Foot, vice Hill, who exchanges. To be M jor —Major George Skip..vith, from half-pay Un attached, vie., Turner, appointed to the 97th Foot. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. H. Kennedy, of the Royal Artillery, having completed a service of three years as Lieutenant - Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Nov. 5,1854. The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the sth August, 1857, to be promoted to Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1851 : Lieut.-Cul. Arnold Chas. E - rington, 51st Fyrot. Tee undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec., 1815. Quartermaster John Evans Parry, half-pay 7th Light Dragoons. CONI MISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Royal Lancishire Militia Artillery Regiment—Charles Matthew Calderon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Weldon, appointed Cornet in the 6th Dragoons. East Kent Regiment of Militia -- George Augustus Young, Esq. (late Bth Foot and Kent Militia Artillery), %o be Captain, vice Knight resigned. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieuten ant William Wallace Hozier to b 3 Captain, vice GerarJ, promoted ; Cor. et James Thomson Rankin to b 3 Lien terrint, vice Hozier, promoted. Queen's Own Riyal Regiment of Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. Taorn..s M'Call to be Captain, vice Bail d, resigned ; Cornet John Middletori to ba Lieutenagt, vice 314Ca11, promoted. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Joeeph Crofts, hni der, Walsall, Staffordshire. Charles Knowesl,y, ( hapax . , Exeter. • John Joseph Buggies, pearl cutter, Birmingham. BANKRUPTS. George. Holt Skinner, corn merchant, Queen-street, Cheapsido, to surrender Sept. 6, at eleve n , and Oa. 3, at half-past eleven, a'l the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-street ; Pocock and Poole, Bartholomew - close. Peter Lawrence, f ruit dealer, Old Kent road, Surrey, Be for t k s Up a tcy. televel,h Eleven, au 0316, at twelve, a t t h e Court of Bofficial assignee, Basinwha 11. street ; Hill and Mathews, Bury-court, St. Mary Abe. b John Swan, merchant, Leadenh a ll-h a ll , S ept, 3, at half past one, and Oct, 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, :.%i Dee' Marten, , Thoinas and Hollawo, Minoing-lane. John Lon ;ton, shipowner, Liverpool ; S3p!7. 11) Bnt Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool Distoi t Cuurf-, Bird, offi cial assignee Liverpool ; Morris and Son, Liverpool. William ward, clothier, airlaston, Staffordshire, Sept. 14 and 30, at ten, at the Birmin2.bam District Court. Christi-, official assignee, Birmingham; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. John/Stokes, corn chandler, Saint George-street, Saint George-in-the-E ist, Sept. 5 tpztd Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court or Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. Nathaniel Radmore Hammett, grocer, Cardiff, Glamor ganshire, Sept. 7 and Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Leman and Humpbrys, Bristol. John Peacock, gum manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. 4, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hermitian, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthing, ton, and Shipman, Manchester. Edward Petter and William Arundel aitey, iron founders, B trnstaple, Sept. 1 and Oct. 8, at cloven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter. James Phillips, draper, Andlem, Chester, Sopt. 9, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Paterson, Liverpool. Thomas Eldridge, coach maker, Gray's-inn-road, Sept. 8, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lec, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ward, Burton-cresmt. Samuel Cooke, leather dealer, Dudley, Sept. 9, and 30, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Bouslield, East cheap; Bourne, Wainwright, and Bourne, Dudley. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Patpon and Forrester, drapers, Edinburgh. Colin Dunbar, Innkeeper, Caithnebs-shire. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-AUG. 25. There was a good attendance at market to-day, but purchases were restricted to almost the daily requirements for consumption. Holders of wheat submitted to a decline of 3d to 4,i per bushel, but on flour the reduction was not equivalent, scarcely being over Gd per sack and barrel. In dian corn 6d to 9d cheaper. Oats and oatmeal sustained full rates. Bailey at present attracts small attention• Beans and peas in demand, and rather higher. HULL— AUG. 25. To-day we had a small show of new wheat, chiefly out of condition—prices very irregular. We quote a decline since last Tuesday of 3s to 5s on new and is on old, but the re• duction is almost nominal, as holders are little inclined to follow Mark Lane. Foreign somewhat neglected, l o wer qualities seem likely to find favour for reducing. Spring corn unchanged. Wheat, Euglish rad, 57s to 60s ; white 63s to 70s; oats, 27s to 29s ; barley, 40e to 46s ; Indian corn, -- s' • linseed cakes, Hull, 101 12s 6d to 101 15 s; ditt o , foreign, 8/ 15s to 101; rape cakes, 6/ 7s 6d to Si 15s; guano, El. to 151. Os; bones, 133 s Od.; flour, —a to --s; tares, 31s to 365. THE DIVORCE BILL. (From the Times.) The all-important controversy which, at this crisis of England's fortunes, has been acitating and al most engrossing successively both Houses of Parlia ment for a quarter of a year, returned to its origin nal battlefield in the Lords last night. The queis• tion was the adoption of a certain number of amendments which have been amply discussed in the Commons, many of them previouslyin the Lords, and, we take the liberty to add, out of doors also. These amendments, though running in'o a conside rable number of clauses from the verbal alterations entailed, are yet reducible into a few distinct and particular alterations. Not only have they been settled in an gelling, but, as appears by the sequel, there was not a Peer who had nut already arrived at a decided judgment upon them. However, this is not the way in which religious and conscientious noblemen, professing a monopoly of high feelings and sound principles, undertake the c use of truth, morality, religion, and Heaven. These things, it appears, are not strong en o u g h to stand on their own ground, or to make way on their own merits. Truth can only be advanced under false pretences, the behests of Omnipotence can only be smuggled into this vulgar realm, and common sense wriggled in some indirect way int) an Englishman's under standing. Accordingly the lights of the Brisieh nobility, to whom we are to look for the preserva tion of our faith and our morals, set about resist. iug the Divorce Bill with the artifices more usually observed in the witness-box, when suspicions-look ing personages are warding off too curious inquiries into their proceedings. They had not time, they said, to consider the amendments of the Commons. They must not be hurried in so serious a matter. The sincerity of this objection was proved by the deliberate occupation of two hours before the de bate in a mere wrangle as to the persons most to blame for a previous wrangle on Friday last. When this was over, instead of then proceeding to a quiet examination of each amendment with a view to economise the hours sail to be numbered, there ensued a vehement res'stance to the discussion of the amendments at all this year, on the ground that if they wera abused long enough collectively there would not be time left for taking them one by one. The Lords, it was said, knew ro , hing about thorn, as Grua bubsequeuily proved by a close scrutiny of their merits and an evident decision upon them. Now, all this we ex pect in some places, on some subjects, and from some persons. In the profane politics of the world it is common enough for second-rate politicians, not the first class, to make it their object to damage, to obstruct, and to disable. They kill time and drive business into a corner to get something out of the confusion. But this sacrifice of time said to be much needed, and this confusion so pathetically deplored, were in this case the work of noblemen, the 1i :silts of their age ; of men who deplore the de cay of manners, the blight of faith, the neglect of high principles, and the dishonour of religion, and who have an unfailing stock of solemn tunes and pious grimaces at command for the abuse of this journal. Of course, every speech that was made in favour of more time did in faot consume it, and, had their lordships not madertp theirmiuds already, might have prevented them from doing so. When half the evening Lad been lost in this way, and Lord Redesdale's motion for throwing the bill into the next year had been defeated, their lord ships proceeded, at last, with diminished time and strength, to the several amendments of the Lower House. They now quickly showed themselves quite equal to the work, though it is possible they might have done better if they had begun a few hours earlier. The jurisdiction given by the Commons to the Quarter Sessions has been rejected without a division ; so on this point they have not re quired a twelvemonth to make up their mind , . It must be admitted that the Lords are goad judges as to the capacity of Quarter Sessions for this purpose. The plea for a divorce by a wife against the husband on the ground of " adultery com mitted in the conjugal residence" has been re jected chiefly on account of the looseness of the phraseology. No doubt, many acts might come equally under this legal description and yet be of very unequal guilt, according to the circumstances, the deliberation, and the habit. The other pleas cf the wife against the husban 1 have been retained. The wor is destroying the case of the husband against the wife, on proof of adultery at any time committed by himself, struck out by the Commons, have been reinseteed by a small majority. We are disposed to think the Commons will stand out for this omission, as it certainly is not according to common sense and common feeling that a man should be tied all his days to an intolerably bad w if e , in consequence of some single and long-past act of infidelity. It may be very proper in the Bishop of Oxford to take this way of inculcating upon men that they are as much hound to the moral law as women, but other con=iclerations come in, and we question whether there is a bi4hop Chri - tendons, or has been for centuries, who would re ' fuse to sit down in Vie company of a gentleman who had been once unfaithful to his marriage vow ; while there are few bishops in these days, at least in this country, who would not objet to this degree of familiarity with a woman so guilty. It is a point, we conceive, in which the law must ccnform to the feeling, and otherwise will so far bscome a dead letter. The amendment 'which seemed to restore the action for damages--one of the great blots of the existing practice—was warmly debated, and on a division, in which proxies were used, was retained. The obstacle to the entire abandonment of the action for damages is the notorious fact that the wife's - fortune has been sornetmes the chid attrac tion in the eyes of the adult erer, , anct, without some check or other might become so even more than now. Moreover, the, c +nrnotiest sense of jus'ice will hardly endure b see the guilty enriched by their crime at the expense of the injured, including, perhapS, helpless ct)ildren. The species of action instituted by the Cominiud amendment, and the half civil, half criminal character of the damages, may give rise to diffi.ulties requiring fresh ; but that does not impair the principle of preventing, if possible, the guilty from obtaining a mercenary profit ou their guilt, and saving the innocent from ruin, in addition to misery and dis honour., The next discussion arose on the concession made in the Commons to the feelings of those clergymen who, for one reason or another, do not wipth t be obliged to perform the marriage for those who have been divorced. For our part, we think the conces sion a weakness. There are, however, very few clergy who, after the consideration forced upon them during tie progress of this measure, are pre pared to maintain that marriage iA indissoluble. They mere:y alleg , , as the Bishop of Lon.lora very trulystatFs, the disagreeableness of reading the ser vice for persons comparatively unworthy of it. This is a natural and honourable repugnance, but it is not one that the Legi , lature wed take itro account, as unworthiness is only a question of degree. We are aware .that some half•dozen zeal.,ts hive shut their ears to reasoning and their eyes to the Bible, and. rna'nt3ia that no crime, no form of law, can dissolve the mysterious Marriage tie. But they have been gener.dly,repudiated, even by the 9,000 LEEDS-AUG. 25. We have a tolerable show of new — wheat offering this morning, but the condition of some is very defective, and prices range from 50s to 62s por 601bs for reds, while the top price of white is 68s ; old firm, but declined 18 to 28 from Friday's rates. Barley as before. Beans and other articles unchanged. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 62s 6d ; barley, 3 8 s —d ; oats, 23s —d ; beans, 47s —d ; peas, 41s Od; rye, --s. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YEsTEnDAY. Amsterdam 11 17 ( Gibraltar .......:•• • Ditto, throe months .. 11 19% Leghorn .• •• •• 29 83 , Rotterdam 11 1:,% Genoa ..... ••••• ~..., 25 TVA Antwerp •• .• •• •• •• •• •• 25 40 litilan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• - Brussels ....•• ........ 25 40 Venice........• • Ramburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 8 Naples •• • . Altena •• •• •• •• .• •• •••• • • ( Palermo .•..........•, 128 Paris .• •• 25 25 Messina ....... 128 1 4 Do. three months . • • 25 62% Lisbon ....... ..... 52% Marzei'lss .• •• •• •• •• 25 65 Oporto •••••••••• .• •• •• 53 Bourdeaux •• •... •• •• • •• Rio Janeiro ..... .••...• Frankfort-on-Maine •• 119% Buenos Ayres •• .. Berlin •• •• •• •./ •• •••• •• • • New York,6o days'sight Vienna • • 10 32 Philadelphia ... Trieste•• •• •••••• •••••. 10 34 PRICES OF strums, pER OZ: Petersburg 36% iForeign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ~........, 49 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 9 , Cadiz • •• •• •• •• •• a • 50 Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 5 174 Bmelooa •• •• •• •• .• t • • • New Dollars 0 0 0 Sevi .• •• •• •• - ,Silver in Tara • • O5 1% LOCAL SHARE MARKET;!. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25. STOCK EXOIIANGE.—The transactions in this market have been moderate, and prices steady at a slight improve' ment on yesterday's rates. Lancashire and Yorkshire , 99f --Caledonian, 39 1 s —North Eastern, Berwick, 233 —Ditto York, Xi—London and N, rth. Westerns, 102 i d —Dutch Rhenish, 4 d.—Midland, 838—South Eastern, 21$ 3—Lancaster and Carlisle, now thirds, 74 p—Great Western, 538—Great Luxembourg, 7.l.3.—Mancheste r, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 391 9—Great Western of Canada. 203—Dittq, new, ls. 3d. p.--Grand Trunk of Canada , 12.11.3. B —Eastern Counties, llg —London and North Western, L. shares new, 11s. 3d. d. MANCHESTER, AUG. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm but quie t to-day, and prices wore steady. Blackburn, 7 9-16- - Great Western, 521 3—London and North Westerns, 102 k --Sheffields, 34—Leeds, 91—Ditto, new, d.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 a—Great Western of Canada, 20 15-16—East Lancashire, 95—Eastern Counties, 111 --- -Caledonians, 391—Dovms, 21 —lllidands, 8 1--Lanew shire and Yorkshire, 99—Dutch Rhenish, 3i d. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 25, STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been inactive to. day, and prices have been about the same, with little business doing. Shropshire Union Stock, 49 thest Westerns, 53—London and North Western, 102 4-- Birmingham Canal, 901--Birininghain Banking Co., 3.14 - -General Stem], 24i. THE MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPH.--Yesterday the engineers who are to lay down the submarine telegraph between Sardinia and Algiers left by overland route, the *able for that purpose haying been shipped on board the Elbe, which left Birkenhead on Saturday. The leng th of the cable, which has been manufactured at the works of Messrs. Newall, is 150 miles, and it is to be sunk be tween Cagliari, on the Sardinian coast, and Bona, on the. coast of Algeria. In the event of the cable being sac' cessfully sunk, Europe will thus be placed in electric rapport with the Wands of the Medt;erranean and the continent of Africa ; and it is in contemplation eventul l f Ito connect Bona with Alexandria by means of under ground wires along the coast. The engineers calculate On sufficiently favourable weather in the Mediterranean to allow of continuous operations during the course of t h l week, though it is not to be concealed that the physica l conditions and difficulties involved in subinarining th e Mediterranean as regards depth and inequality of platea h are formidable apart from the distance, which is, COra' paratisely speaking, a matter of small moment. [AnvearisemErr.]—The possibility of abandoning medicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordinary cures, without medicine, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, ono stipatidn, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough' asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by P I Barry's delicious Health - restoring Revalenta Araby Food. The following are not tne least remarkable Olunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 1856.—Gentlemen,--Bei n g one of your greatest debtors in respect to the Revalen te Arabica, I beg to offer you my testimony in its favour. F °f many years I suffered severely from chronic rheumatieo l, which at length produced a complication of nervous disease° that made me perfectly miserable. The most approved roue' dies in medicine and oiet were had recourse to in vain, the faculty of digestion was brought to a complete stand-still, and death must apparently have soon resulted had not inf attention been providentially drawn to the Revalcnta Ara' bica. The very satisfactory character of the testimonia l° induced mo to make a trial of it ; even within a few day % after I commenced using it some of the worst symptoms wer e so much subdued as to enable me to take a sufficient quantity of food and drink without any injurious consequences. Th u ' I had not been able to do for four years previously, and dui' ing the last two months of this time not in any measure o °' greates t cept at the Imminent risk of my life, th oug h th e grea care was used in the selection of what was taken ; sleep h i a7 nearly forsaken me, this has no w b een restore d to me, a nd - am now, after having taken the Revalenta for some time , able to perform those functions of animal life which before had been nearly suspended in me. I have seen it produc ° equally good effects in other cases among some of °I friends to whom I have recommended it but to e plain all the benefit w hi c h I h ave rece i ve d f r om 3 would be to fill a pamphlet.—l am, &c. JAMES Supported by te s ti mon i a l s f rom th e celebrated Professors 01 ' Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Marvel; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingreta Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Casti c. Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respeetal le , persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all °the' moans of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full i" structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; slbo lis; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage freer on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Coot 77, Re g ent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against th e . fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The V ce-Chance l ' for Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction en tto 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevid; for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. OF A SONI On the 25th inst.. at Lansdowne-road, Notting-hill, the rife of Frederick Thomas White, Esq., of Litmoln'.-inuf barrister-at-law. On the 24th inst., at Bloadwat,er, the wife of the Rev W. C. .grant, OF A DAIIGHTEZ, O . the 24th inst., at 8, Vassall-terrace, Kensington, the wife of Major Percy Smith, Queen's Bays. On the 24th inst., at East Cottage, IC, li,ington, the wif e of Henry Stock, Rag MARRIED, On the 25th inst., at St. Paul's, Deptford, Kirkwall S m ith, youngest son of Mr. Leny D. Smith, to Jane, tie eldest daughter of Mr. C. H. Andrews, both of N e w-crosf• : On the 2 4 th inst., at St. John's, H ors l ey d own , Souti" wark, Captain John Berlaud, jun., New 'fork, to lilarP widow of the late Mr. W. Hains, London. DIED of On the 22d inst., Henry Frederic Bulwer, third eon j William Cha r l es Macready,of Sherborne, Dorset, ag e 19. On the 25th inst at Chislehurst, Joseph F. 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