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London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

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The latest telegram from India affords matter, Irina for unmixed
congratulation, at least for considerable • hope. The *volt seems to be
assuming the character which attentivelsobservers, acquiainted with the
native character, long ago predicted for it ; that of a desultory and pro-
tracted, but on our side generally successful warfare, waged against an
enemy whose forces, though not materially diminished in numbers, are
constantly losing strength from the successive fall of every fortified place
they have attempted to occupy. The characteristics of their fighting seem
still the same; desperate valoiF when brought to bay, but, where there is
any avenue unguarded, ot;otr preepoct; of evasion into a district not
already occupied by our troepo only a certain amount of bravery, ulti-
mately -followed by flight and, dispersion. Their resistance, in truth,
,much rentubles that of atmoapheric air, which withstands the most violent
sogcra a vessel hermetically closed, but yields instantly when the
opening is presented for its escape. During the month of June
the operations of our troops in all quarters have been more uniformly sue-
t, ,ceesful than has been the case for several months. On all the chief polhts
the country which has been most disturbed we have to record the
defeat, and in many instances the severe loss, of the rebels. Looking in
north-west direction from Calcutta, on and about the line of the Ganges
.3, and the Great Trunk Road, we observe that Allahabad, Benares,
Rohilcund, and Agra are quiet, the: 'only exception to this gene-
'''. rally favourable report being the • tebeis under liwsrea
who have escaped to the eaetern2,' side of Bengal, where our
'• arms are at present less capable of concentration. Qne of the most
; important points on the north-western line of communication is Patna,
a district which has for some time been held by Brigadier ROWCROFT and
Captain SOTHEBY, R.N. The latter officer, whose services up to the end of
May in keeping the rebels in check by several successive actions had been
important enough to gain for him the decoration of a C. 8., and thedis- ,
,
Unction of b:ing made one of her Majesty's aides-de-camp, found. the
opportunity presented to him sufficiently 'favourable to induce him to
• decline accepting the Shannon, vacant by the death of Sir W. PEEL ;
and we observe that his success on the 26th of June in totally defeatmg,
though with a small force, Mohammed HOOBEIN, and capturing his baggage,
Atea so far fully justified the step to which he has committed himself.- The
• ,A9oontits at first given of the character of the fort of Gwalior were such as
• almost to prepare our minds for a second edition of Bhurtpore ; but its
want of repair, and the great extent of its walls, have probably prevented
. its sustaining any protracted siege, and our intelligence happily records its
_fall after a hard struggle of five hours. Although the fiegitives froni this
.t place amounted to 15,000, they suffered a complete defeat from Brigadiet-
- Cxeneral Nsetza on the day after their departure ; and it is worth while
to remark that the difficulty of marching European troops with,* speed
equal to that of the unincumbered Asiatic appears to have been
in this case, in spite of the hot weather, inmenfidly overcomeill There
appears to he no doubt that two of our worst enemies have at length
fallen, and that the Moulvie of Fyzabad and Liacitnow, as. well, ail Abe
' Ranee of Jansi, have paid the penalty of their crinkeh
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The circular just issued from the Horse Guards relating to the know-
ledge henceforth to be demanded from subalterns in the army previous to
promotion, and from young men previous to their admistion, is of a
thoroughly praiseworthy character. Its requirements are-irs
' calculated, if enrried out, to make officers respected by their
.)nen, in the barrack ink, as in the field, and to create and sustain a
,',eysteni ofinternal discipline which is capable of producing the most bent-
-fide results. It is a very singular circumstance, and in some re cots
doubtless a creditable one, that no troops in the world manceuvre untlertre
with the same steadiness as the English infantry while at the same Nettie
we have the Duke's authority for saving that no officers are so ignorant of
regimental duties as English officers. Such, at least, was his
opinion of them in the Peninsular war. We find in his despatches
repeated testimonies to their dashing gallantry and impervious hardihood
side by side with the bitterest complaints of their inability to preserve aii-
cipline away from the field of battle. It is notorious that a British firniy'
can never execute a long retreat without the most imminentrtVlibi"ef
destruction ; yet in point of feet a skilful retreat is one of thelhighest
military operations, and one of which the true soldier ought to bees proud
as of any other successful piece of strategy. The woeful failure of English
troops in this necessary part of warfare is causedl,eif course, in some mea-
sure by peculiarities of national character. Yet we don't know if we shall
greatly err m ascribing it still more to the want 'of familiar acquaintance
with the men* necessities, and unfamiliarity with the more elementary
rules of discipline on the part of the captains and subalterns. We can
readily imagine that the Duke's " dandies,' who led a fbrlorn hope with
much sangfroid as they would face a wedding, were rather in'tle vii
a retreat. We now require officers with net only the moral superiority
pillow, but who can exercise the readily recognized authority of
petiVadanotd
wpr:rekt practised overseers.
satisfact(o)nriloyrdin- arYrnied bioynns'or
•' 'sstinotine4
3i,kip!,* great emergencies, when ;sergeant, corpotak enli"prliafe
sink ..tol eempoit shwei, it ss right_that: ilk • gentlenfeti
should "4.'4 tilaVilhathielFistvetheir own handfi.- des (mg
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Tha.vieisiliftitis of fortune flit • arise whether out the- • "fir
testators themselves or out of the caprices of the law respecting-their testa.;
megtary dispositions, have always been a fkyourite trubjlet. *Luiz
rovelist, and they also usually tend to exhibit the pakitihilorictirsi ie

roumstances nor inward
their mo rpt undisguised form. Neither outwprd ei
'fedi* are wanting to complete 'the; run;antic character of such storiel
Few more striking instances of such thithgeig could be referred to than th'
career of the plaintiff in the great ease of " Swinfen V. Swinfe„ ne
progress from the basement story. of a, lodging-holm inThunmemer.
streets Brunswick-square, to the more spacious apartments- 0(
Swinfen-I4 might be elaborated by the delineators of slap
Ifopley or of Little Dorrit into a romance which Rid
doubtless iympathizing readers. The "ovation" which 31r1;
HENRY Sitiiiirg'teteived on the annonncenient of the verdict., and the
regal honours, the triumphal arclles and the admiring crowds, which Bit.
mingham is preparing for the victbrions Il lgan.istiest the popular admin.
tion which naturally attends on those Who, ." from the ranks," have
not only persevered against unusual obst*.r-1 *but have courageood,
called " double or quits," and staking their fature upon a single throw
have .hemselven even) -- in
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have adequately satisfied whatever claim, the plaintiff might be
Aimee IfOirnately to have entertainor, 32,11.
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-.)a-We hutitrhaqiitreproaeliedAti nottiefiiiiittiia' foie' tlfi'liiittinikeen and
1-11 i ' ' "of eititioentiments towards the Jews. We 4411 not just now
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18444, ' 9144414 siar.4l/IMiWeilicoplitia- alkt4harprerre of bis
LiPlaius :—..,11.1 lomai". ban. lvt-usa J11114.9,,n3 tgli ni e 951 1(3 ed
"I bait
of stubbori i
But I should
that natipn.
tempti_taid ha 4
upon lisCqtheit."
the bliiod-Offh
leit,Liklitiii ill
'fiirt_Oitialhliiininry,
'Ffebttii'ili sihtvhere
the. aptiiiiiiiiiation
I do not '2 to
awkward postures ~ , civility. ___ _
convertites. Jews Christianizing, Christians Judaizing,, s me. .1 like
fish or flash. A maltreat; Jew Its a. more' ;eonibtmdiut ' isf ilitdmalY
Ire
than slisret.Llualiet. le. n+ s%* .. .' . The. spirit •of e Synagogue i'
essentially newative., The Jews• in general ,bave not over-sensible conn-
tenances. Vow should they ' Grain, • ...the_pprsuit, of gain, sharpens a
man's visage. I never heard of au idiot .:.. lw.n amongst thew. Sup"
'admire the .Jewish *male physingioniryl.ll 7'''' - - it—buts trembling.
lofli. , nerawlT
JAW. had those full, dark, insertable " , '--, '-',.', "
7117 1514 BE(1,11181(1 10 2.lloL'gr. . f CO 1)3.0 t.
coamiedly stanostalaiablenaloome is Lada#Mo
essayists is thciampaiu- The above
Imperfbct Sympallucs' (Elio—Jirst
• Lamn observes in the same essay—". 1 eallf
I cannot feel- -iiir all equally; I an be a
rho upon aootifir:scetanibtolamot be rarnistg
' Pm* afikeYorAdtd-soltay .tt.:we,'.' sa so. t'°°'
„our req4ets... iiiiranon.to ilanieN, the author
*A sleelared *Oat he ,had aDlifilejUdiCe '4 thg
*von Dutch," was rablearned Mid %plaint writer!.-
tative Englishmank,ilTha feelings portreg=
millions, and may ;litigator meet anti-C
i letter.

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ve found themselves eventually juStilled in their estimation of
sir chanerittesuccess. All these matte* however, though written so
speak, "in' large letters" in the came" before us, are not of such
usual oceurrence as to call .fbr' any lengthened comment, were it not
it one feature' WE the proceedings suggests a meng which some person,
iy be disposed"*-thretch to a: ilomewhat und tole length. On the
.mer tri4 Veit •readers donbt. remember,'The Lord Chancellor,
io was then Mn. HENRY Siiiiefsit counsel, afireled to a compromise en
r behalf, whiCh she afteritlaidCi.tOdiatel:And in consequence. of
Lich she intends to bring an actioli'Vainst thilt:lggli dignitary for the
is she has inhiequently incurred throtigh that unwarranted arrangement.
fie as this special instance goes, the event,htes of course proved that he
s, on the whole, mistaken, although it.V*liieeitet follows that Mrs.
fINFEN would have been as successful ietheViviiious trial, had it been
owed to go on, as she has been in the one just concluded. It was argued
different ndsiocates before a different judge, Afid•tthe plaintiffs case

nner froftfibitt adopted by-Mr. KE.:otico'. 'NOr, which is the principal
nt to which we desire to draw ittentionliiiiit to be coded that the
feral principle "no sttrien*" is a jtidieintis- one to
..intwin under
inary circumstances, btleatrildithappens to have been Siisceessful in the
sent instance. A comptinniseis a prosaic method of conclusion, and
fitting the difference is an unromantic method of winding up a romance
en thousand a year. But an advocate's business is to do the best for
client ; and when the question is, whether his client shall lose everything
has in the world or gain a large . fortune, be will, n ninety-nine
h cases otrrotiehttiliretVbetteritterirrong ih deciding'thg the best
can do iti''‘toioaicept'fliec- 'tolerable l'hittanCe 'id'. a thdisind a year,
iich, is this'eli*formed a large proPillitinn of tfietittole annual ace
the property. 'the heir-at-law seems a.-hvi fil ebb 'irfeited
chance of succession bp ,having kept aldOCei***l.W '" delicacy"
ed have prescribek•fr a relative who-Maieriaut some daimon
attention, and ati4t,idernal visit to whom need, not neeoesarily lore
!n viewed in an intidsoas or grasping light. Thtfogiezie' admire, in
nmon with the rest of the public, the energy and ability with which Mr.
:NNEDY conducted his case to a successful issue, we are not bound to share
the Staffordshire enthusiasm for his client, and we cannot help feeling
it such a eompromise as Sir FREDERICK Tinestotn -suggested would,
the one hand, have met daellemands of is!ood niationsi*, ane is the

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' ,yet ioc.r.Brr.l r -
g thirtt bsti*iiiiiite4eig forliiij ia. - ,ThI4ARAN
antiquity, eßnwed with which Stonehenge ii,e:**lll•l/
[d not . to lop lip hit.,4l. of familiar intergeurniTifi,P4l
Old ~. ti6,l t_ 5.hpg..4194 me. cent9etek 4p1P115:1-0
bate on,* , .0, . --": "o'f' gimlet:l revenge, Ow:m*o lal
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bei.--. - , . -.! 1. .. •iiia their Tithe" lung ~44, ; ht. to
fiheif .1,. : !:'.! ' cannot believe. it -can, iltn and kir
ifilbr..r. g wtortfivioth as candour liboauq, light °l'
iintitil, can
.close
.up .the bretc.4o2 alio. kjiguajoi•
zavh.gfilcongenial to me.,, X4l9ldly-conkm. tdou" re
dation (ft Jew and Chrietimi'Weh 140090,0,1 p fashic,"
, •
ii to see Church and synagegue kissing .ana congo4ll
mtures of an affected civility. Ido not understand these
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