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thing. And there the matter will end. the inhabitants, and compellegarrisotreibnilmslytaownwttieseeereerealunsdhac.creiivtelreerldrf
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ings, and has " hated the press." The fact is, I say
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fancy, that the well-known detestation of the French Protestant books will couttnue to be prescribed as in the intreoehinetit round the wall, it
to advocates causes them to regard him with preja- immoral, and " foreign societies " will be prevented onndthßeriogtandibe_yrtuentre ceorlanim
jesnosnunderTthhee
net)ine
dice. Still, whatever the public may think of from " producing agitation." Protestants, too, as for and
his promotion, it has, I hear, created rejoicing at the years past, will continue to have every possible lute the city with the loss of severe guns. The city was
Palais de Justice; for he was, it is said, somewhat impediment thrown in their way as regards the keep-
entirely occupied by our forces ou the 7th inst.
klsNaeDfelAateAdNthDe
rebels ltAr
at OOKooTAuNeAh: killing
arrogant to his brother judges, and was in the habit ing of schools, the meeting for public wcrahip, the C
of snubbing advocates in a way to which gentlemen preaching of the Gospel, and even the burial of their Sir Hugh CENTRAL
Lha
are not accustomed. dead in places where there are no Protestant 400 or 500 men. The reument of the enemy will, it is
One great functionary has, if gossip can be cemeteries. For the Popish prelacy and clergy of said, make &stand neat Calpee. At the requisition of Sir
Hugh Rose, who was apprehensive handl and his rear
believed, been plunged into dismay by M. Delangle's France have resolved that such things shall be, and
,HOhi be threatened, General thaneßo has despatched a
nomination—and that functionary is Rayon Haw's. i the Imperial Government, iu spite of all its power, .
held brigade, which will operate towards Goonsh.
mann, Prefect ig the Seine. M. Delangle, you must lis obliged to cringe to them. General Roberts, with the rest of his force, has marched
know, was President of the Municipal Commission, The French Government bas deemed it necessary towards Neemuch.
which, under the P.efect, manages the affairs of the to give in the Moniteur a peremptory denial to the
A zemindar in the CNhoApGdPa°dnisEtr•ict is in open rebellion
city or Paris; and when the Grand Duke Constan. assertion of some of your contemporaries, that it is
tine of Russia was here, M. Delangle and his fellow• making vast preparations for war, especially for and has murdered two of the telegraph employes.
commissioners were, as a matter of course, invited naval war. What it is doing, it avers, is simply PUNJAUB.
to the grand fee which was given to his Imperial transforming sailing•ships into screws, which is a On the 25th Sir Sydney Cotten eestroyed Pennietr, '
s, in
Highness at the Hotel de Vide. But when supper measure rendered necessary by the superiority of Eu ufzye, and Chenglie. On the night or the :17,teeeh of.
was served there was no place for M. Delangle. He screw-ships, and which was definitively resolved on April Sir Sydney Cotton and Colonel Edwards wended
was hugely offended, and indigna illy called on the some years back. As to the great works at Cher the Muhahon mountains, on the right bank of the Indus,
Prefect to make room for him. The Prefect said bourg, about which much fuss has been made in and destroyed the stronghold of a noted chief. On the 4th
the thing was impossible, and M. Delaugle went England, it may be well to state that they were pro. Stung was destroyel by the same force. The Hindostsnee
sway in dudgeon. Triv'al as it was, the affair made jected some sixty and commenced some forty years fanatics fought with determination, and were cut to pieces.
a great noise at the time. Since then, it is under. ago, and that all that the present Emperor has had Our loss—fuur natives killed aod twelve wounded.
stood that the two dignitaries have been at daggers to do with them has been to make some slight alter- BENGAL, BEHAR.
drawn, and bets are now freely laid that, having ations in them. The fact of their being terminated Her Majesty's 134th Regiment, with two guns and 100
become M. Haussmann's superior, M. Delangle just at this moment is a mere accident, and the in Sikh cavalry, are at Arrah. Sir E. Liigerd marched on
will avenge himself by turning him out of his place. auguration of them with a certain degree of pomp in Arrah on the 7th, and intended to attack Jugdespore on the
As, however, an old King of France, on his accession August next, i-, so far from being a menace to En 9th.l Cloldineeluterfield
Singh,wat' to cu
h-operate at Sesseram. The
to the throne, magnanimously refused to take yen- land, the most natural thing in the world ; for, are
arere bits lienvedr to utnii:inrhertrou t 7,000 tytoher9,lloKtreeni. Singhl;
geance for the insults that had been done to him as a not almost all public works, from a gigantic railway villagers. They have one male gun. and our two howitzers.
prince, so M. Delangle will probably in his capacity down to a private pump, more or less solemnly in- Kooer Singh is now believed to be still alive. All is re-
of Minister disdain to wreak wrath on Baron Haues-
angurated ? At the same time it is evident that as ported quiet in the other parts of the Patna division.
mann for the loss of a supper. Besides, M. Hauss France is getting a large steam fleet, and has got G. F. EDMONSTONE,
menu will no doubt enjoy the all powerful protection dockyards and appliances at Cherbourg which she la •IgIlL ,el.. Secretary to the Government of India,
of the Emperor; for it is he who has knocked down never had before, the most vulgar prudence requires with the Governor-General.
erne half of Paris, and perhaps he is the only man that England, on her part, should make arrangements SUPPLEMENT TO MR. SECRETARY smiroNereta's MESSAGE,
who is willing to take the responsibility of knocking calculated to maintain her nautical superiority. But DATED MAT 10. .-'-;1
down the other half. surely this can be done without heaping insult and I Sir E. Lngard attacked the rebeholat • Denstanpore on
I told you in a previous letter that one of the outrage on the French Emperor, or trying to goad May 9, and drove them before him to' Jugdespere, which
into fury he French nation. place he entered on the same day. The enemy, having
means employed by the numerous enemies of the bustalined severe loss, retreated to the southward, and
present Government to injure it is to spread " false SP
abandoned the two guns they had captured from the Arrsh
news." The pertinacity with which this is done is force. Sir E. Lngard entered Jaitpore on May 11, after
really extraordinary. Every week, and sometimes INDIA , repulsing an attack of the enemy ;on May le he formed
even almost. every day, a new statement is put forth. a junction with Colonel Corfield at Perim, and on May 13
On one occasion we are assured that plots for the e,e,etles ss' ' returned, hearing that Major Lightfoot, who had been left
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overthrow of the Emperor have been discovered in THE following is the substance of the recent despatch at that piece, had been attacked by the rebel.. Ammer
the army ;on another that an enormous embezzle- received at the India-house, and published by the Siligh, a rehel leader, is reported to have been killed at
went of public funds has taken place in such or • Jaitpore.
such a department; on a third that the crops
Times on Monday last :
of an entire province have been blighted, and (Received Saturday, 12th June, dated Malts.) On May 9 ROHILCUND.,
BrigarlierJonee relieved the garrison at Shall-
jehanpore, after defeating the Moulvie.
that there will he a famine ; on the fourth, TO. J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ.
—but there is no end to these inventions of ALLAHABAD, May 10. A LLYGHU R.
the enemy. Nor is the private character A rebel force has crossed the Ganges and entered the
Since my
last message there has been no event of itn- Allyghur districts.
of public men respected ; and if only one po rt ac en Oude. The Ghoorkaa have reached Fyzabad, PUNJAUB.a
amt m thet oth
tithe of what is said of the great dignitaries of thehalf of them had crossed the ()ogre. A conspiracy has been discovered and suppressed in the
Imperial regime were to be printed, the European The Jeanpere and Azinighur districts are reported quiet. wing of the 4th Bengal Native Infantry at lloOshiapore.
public woald stand aghast. But political malice At Belwah, in the Goruckpore district, there is still a collec• Six of the conspirators have been hangiel. The wing had
does not stop even here : women themselves are not tion of rebels, and in consequence of a movement by the been sent to Jullundur.
oared. Slander foul and abominable has again and farces under the rebel Nazim Maliorumed Hussein and le L ANDERSON, Secretary to Government.
again assailed the highest and the fairest of the others, which threatened to interrupt the communication Bombay Castle, May 19.
with Gorivkpore, Colonel Rowcroft retired to Gunje. He
Imperial Court, and not a few of the wives of !tripe-
has since been reinforced by the head-quarters wing of her CENTRAL INDIA.
vial Ministers and Ambassadors. Within the last few The Ranee of Jaloun has surreietered to Sir R. Ha-
Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, with two guns.
deys a new calumny has been concocted, and has General Whitlock is 'till at Banda, where heawaits
been whispered from ear to ear until it has become • • , the milton. The Ranee of Jhanei and Taiitia Tepee are at
Calpee. The Nawab of Banda has joined them with a
arrival of Brigadier M•Duftes columns. On the a band
known to everybody in society at Paris. It blasts ef rebels from the opposite aide of the Jumna surprised strong lave. Tne road leading to Calpee has men de-
the reputation of• a great lady ; it represents her the police post and the Teliseel, established at Lallpoor, of atroyed, in order to prevent the passage of guns, and a
husband as utterly ignominious; it casts a stain on the Cawnpore district. The Tebseelder was wounded• bridge has been constructed for escape across the Aviles.
a high personage. The lady and the husband One of our men was killed and some treasure was lost. Brigadier Smith's column from Kutch took the keret of
referred to are as well known hnd have hitherto been At Agra and Meerut all is reported quiet. Peron on May N. The Ranee of Peron was captured a
as much esteemed in society as any other couple in ROHILCUND DIVISION. Daileghnir4onrhMatay.s9,ol.)olnrefohremisatihoandw
on May
high place in the Imperial regime, and the official The Bignour district is said to be perfectly tranquil, and Chundaree, which had been left by Sir H. Roes in charge
position of the husband causer his n'sme frequently our authority has been thoroughly reestablished in it, as of Scindia's troops. The resistance was obstinate. The
sastorerneieediveadndat retaken
to figure in the newspapers. It is impossible for any reported in the last message. Confidence has been re- rebels have also seized Sullutpore and Thalbut, sod
honest man not to feel intense tudignation at the stored throughout the district of Moradabad, and the in- threatened Regina.
honour of men and women being thus slandered habitants of the city, who had fled, are returning in great
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
away for no nobler reason than the gratification of numbers.
The Bheel Naicks, Ileema and Mues.owa, have surrete
political spite, and the damaging of political foes. BUDAON DISTRICT. bad 'ra'ill• dered ; and no further disturbances are reported in GOP
Considerable sensation has been caused amongst The force under Brigs her Penny, after cresting the deish. The rest of the Bombay Presidency is quiet.
the Protestant community, foreign as well as French, Ganges, marched on Knkrala, ten miles from Hudson ; R. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Gevernwent.
the general and his staff were in advance, and came upon a
by the Moniker having, in an article on the mea Bombay Castle, 10th May. ~ ,
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body of Horse, which they at first took to be a portion of "atierasan9.
sores taken of late years to prevent the circulation the baggage-gdarti which had marched by a more direct,, :id osift Jay •i
Malta, 11th June, 4 p.m.,. tiorlf,,.o ,fft .1.r•:••1 V,71 1,1
of immoral books, announced that "religious works route on the flank of the column. The general rode • -et/Trfri i i
are examined with the greatest care " before being towards it, and when at thirty yards' distance four guns
allowed to be hawked about for sale, " that all that opened with grape on the party. General Penny shortly We subjoin the Ibltowhrt
tend to irritate people's minds and reawaken passions after was missed, and the command devolved on Colonel of the Times correspondent, -written during the
are rejected," and that "it is the duty of the Govern- Jones, her Majesty's oth Carabineers. Our troops quietly
ment to prevent foreign societies which dispose of came up, and the action ended in the total defeat of the march into Rohilcuod :
,Of voice
elephants
ettreets from the letter
large resources from sending into this country agents enemy, one gun and two limbers being captured. It is ee e • ELEPHANT RIDINO.
not known when General Penny was wounded ; but his
charged to produce agitation." Now, it is considered was recovered after the action close te'Kukrala It awlokheadbynoototennellopn.gkaseolheaern underosllio
as a gross violation of truth and a wanton insult toratienrshkimet
appearedY that his bristle arm had been broken by •
Protestants, to classify Protestant publications—it is ball, and his horse had then taken fright end cit ale hunt?" very much in tin samehtirhe
such that are referred to—with immoral and obscene close to the town, where the rebels rushed upon him and in a claim would ask the waiter ffor
mahout, the ancient
were unctual. At the word o
works ; and the threat against "foreign societies " cut him up with their swords. The troops haecalling out, re"elit''vehheeurne
al.! smwnaainy4
which circulate bibles and tracts in this country is composed Brigadier Penny's column marched, after the
looked on as a scandalous injustice and as an outrage action at Kukrels, across Rohilzund to their own risk kiljutant-General, Dr. Mackinnon; Surgeon to the Head-
roclohny Term
elwwphhoerswoans
.tomesairot7 tshteenQsrutit,rteDrinspanstterr-AGessisunneratl:
(right?), and joined the force of the commanderen•chief
of the law. Protestants, I hear, contemplate sending quarters, and myself, knelt down with infinite condescen-
on the 3rd inst. Shahiehanpore was occupied without
an energetic address to the Emperor against this
oppositionh)h on the Ist of May by the commandererechief,
language of his official journal and against the policysion, ami permitted a ladder to be
by which we mounted to a contrivance just like the bode!
.it indicate:l. But what will they gain by so doing ? wad
joined Walpole's column. The next day his ex- of an Irish jaunting-car, strapped over his back. ‘,Ve.prof
celleney. leaving
ti a small girrison at Shanjehanpore. ferred that mode of mountileg to tie more emu' WA
The Emperor, as lie has done before, will tell them
marched on nreilly. On the :3rd of May a large body of putting one's foot on the animal's proboscis, and holding
placed against his side,
that no man loves lib•,rt of conscience more n rebels, headed by the fanatic Moulvie of Lucknow, crane on by
he, and that he is determinedY
that it shall be down from Mohunie, in Oude, cut up a picket of De ' .eut snout,
while he, by a gentle curl upwards of his omnifit. ,__
reioected ; and he will, perhaps, make the Moniteur Kantzow's Horse, plundered the city, •
massacring many of raises the rider to his back—or to the equally Mum
the lower flap of his huge iiidie-rubberelooking ear,
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