The Press.
London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

THE PRESS, MARCH 13, 1858.

mohurs, and made them over to the prize agents, and how
very encouraging to our gallant troops for all they have
done and suffered ! Had they anticipated this gracious
act of Lord Canning, I expect the prize agents would have
whistled for their booty. However, I expect the Court at
home won't allow this, or, at any rate, give compensation,
as I hear the Governor-General has only power to give six
months' batta.

Another officer writes from Meerut, January 28th,
1858 :

There is much discontent about prize money not being
allowed for Delhi. I should imagine the people at home
would be very indignant. Lord Canning seems to consider
that six months' batta is ample reward for the troops who
captured Delhi and defended Lucknow. If there are any
legal objections to the prize money being given, they
should give every officer and soldier at Delhi and in Luck-
now twelve months' pay clear, and allow them to count
one year's service for every month they were under fire.

Another writer, a sergeant in the Bengal Artillery,
writes from Meerut, January 11th :

We are all very indignant up here just now. Govern-
ment will g've ns no prize money for Delhi. They have
laid hands on about fifty-three lace the prize agents had
got together, and offer us six months' batta. Mine (a ser-
geant in the Bengal Artillery) will come to 38r. It cost
me four times that for clothes during the campaign.

Another young officer in India—one of those who
" stormed the breach and forced his way into the
accursed city "—writes :

December 20, 187.
What do you think the Government have been asking
their lawyers? Whether the property taken from the
mutineers (i.e., out of Delhi) can be lawfully considered
as prize! The exact wording of the paragraph in the
newspapers is, " Whether the property recovered by the
military authorities from the mutineers can be considered
as lawful prize by the army !" Did you ever here anything
to equal this—the commencement of the attempt (which
I always feared) to rob us of our prize money? Take
every means to make this known. lam stare it will strike
the people of England as something very dirty and low.
What a glorious Government to serve !
_ _

December 31, 1857.
They have bagged the prize money, and given ns six
months' batta instead. Six months' batta for a soldier is
36 rupees, 10 annas (31. 13s. 61) The men at Kurrachee
have written all about the place—" Delhi taken, and India
saved for 36 rupees 10 armee!" Do you hear anything of
a Delhi and Lucknow medal?

The old King of Delhi was gradually recovering
his health, and was to be tried very shortly. The
Nawab of Furruknugger was hanged on the 23rd of
January. The order of admitting natives into Delhi
came into force on the 18th of January. Instruc-
tions from Calcutta had also been received, ordering
the defences to be at once destroyed, and intimating
that after the present year Delhi will not be a Euro-
pean station. _ _

- A supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday
was published on Thursday, containing the corre-
spondence reporting the operations of Colonel Wilson,
commanding at Cawnpore, against a division of the
Delhi fugitives, mustering 3,000 men and eight guns,
whom he attacked at Gheorajpore, twenty-two miles
from Cawnpore, and completely routed. The supple-
ment also contains the lists of the officers and men
of the Malwa Field Force killed and wounded from
21st to 24th November, the list of Europeans killed
or wounded by the hands of rebels, prepared from
papers on record in the Military Department, in con-
tinuation of the list forwarded to the Foreign Depart-
ment, dated 24th December, 1857 ; a return of Euro-
peans killed and wounded within the Benares Divi-
sion, and a list of Europeans killed or wounded by
the bands of rebels, in continuation of the list for-
warded to the Foreign Department, Jan. 8, 1858.

jortign Intb goionial 3nttlitgtrat.

FRANCE.

The Moniteur of Thursday states that on the 24th
nit. arrests were simultaneously made in various
parts of France, which defeated culpable projects,
and led to the discovery and the seizure of arms,
ammunition, and compromising correspondence. The
number of arrests, however, has been exaggerated.
They are limited to fifty principal ringleaders at
Paris, twenty at Lyons, twelve at Marseilles, and four
on an average in forty departments. In spite of this
precaution a gathering took place at Paris on the
night of the sth of March. Firm and vigilant mea.
sures caused it to prove abortive, and led to twenty
new arrests.

An actual affray occurred at Chalons last Saturday
evening. A small infantry guard was surprised by
the rioters, but this temporary advantage was lost in
a very short time by the advance of a strong detach.
went of troops from the barracks. The insurgents
were dispersed with ease, and the greater number
arrested.

The despatch from Lord Malmesbury has been
communicated by Lord Cowley to Count Walewski.
The appeal of Orsini and his accomplices to the
Court of Cassation was rejected on Thursday.

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The report of the Commission on tho Princi-
palities is not expected at Paris before the end of
this month. An important part had been confided
to the English Commissioner, and his work has been
interrupted, it is said, by various causes. Since the
change of Government, however, his task is getting
rapidly towards its completion.

AUSTRIA.
Authentic intelligence from Vienna states that an
"excellent understanding " has been established be-
tween the Courts of St. James and Vienna.

RUSSIA.

According to letters from St. Petersburg, hopes are
entertained in that city that the accession to power
of Lord Derby's Cabinet will put an end to a certain
slight coolness said to exist in the diplomatic inter.
course between Russia and England. It is thought
that under the new Ministry Baron de Brunnow, the
Russian Ambassador in London, may more readily
improve the relations between the two countries.
These hopes and opinions are, no doubt, very well
founded.

The Emperor has instituted a central committee
for the question of the emancipation of the
peasants. This committee, which will be presided
over by the Emperor himself, is composed of
thirteen councillors of the empire, among whom are
the Grand Duke Constantine, Prince Orloff, and
Count Bludoff.