The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

SERVICES 07 LOYAL NATIVES AT NAGPORE.

The Bonsbuy Tunes calla attention to the impolitic
and earldoms enema in which the great cervices readered
to the British canes at Naomi by three falluentlal natives
have been passed over by the government, thistly owing to the
delay of Mr. Dowd' s, the Ceninciaidoner of Negperts, In Pre-
senting his report. "Three potions," says the Bora*,
daring the anxious months of 1867, reed Nava%
end with it we may add the whole south of India. They
must know very little of Maltratta history who require any
saiuratce that the Bhosala family of Negpmo, connected by
marriage with the house of flintier, aad identified with the
need the greet Matfett& in the pubic belief (fhif vol. 2,
pee 119). could easily hem roused the whole Deems and
Southern Mahratta country in that eventful period. They
wanted neither adherents, nor weapon' and warlike stores, nor
money. But our faithful old ally, the venerable Banks Bate,
widow of the Rajah who fought against us at Amoy. and
Argaum, stood fast to the friendship of Mty years, in pinto of
the outrage inflicted epos the rights of her family by the
late Governer-Generel. The aged prisons, who controlled
by her powerful example and active influence the chieftains
and native troops eager to avenge her wrongs, hes gunk Into
the grave ; full of years and honours It is true, but without
thealighteat substantial recognition of the claim her noble
and generous forbearance laid upon the State. Scarcely
less le owing by us to the gallant old man
Tattoo:sail Howls, who animated and informed the
local counsels with his expetionoe, sagacity, and singular
detective insight, and who remains unnoticed and unre-
warded in our triumph, after exposure to severe coffering
and loss for adherence to our awn when to human appear-
awe it wee desperate. Mr. Robert Rills aria, who as ma-
gistrate, administrator, and judge, upheld by his intrepidity
and ekfil our tottering fortunes in the Nagpers state, hr
been permitted to leave India, his services hidden and unno-
ticed, and is now recruiting his shattered health in Eng-
land. The Friend of India calls the city the gate of Southern
India, end a glance at the map will tell the most uninformed,
bow fetal would have been the defection of Beepers In the
aids. The danger has passed away, and our gratitude, like
that of the many, in it seems, to moist is the expectation of
fetal. favesra."_

The I;iaseref India bad meelongly " Ia Awned
last, during the very crisis of the mutinies, affairs at Nag-
me become for a few weeks most critical. Diseffection was
known to be spreading among the Irregulars. The city
was fall of min who had lost all with the extinction of the
native dynasty. The southern countries were too near By-
drebad not to be metiers, while the geographical position of
Negpore as the gets of Southern India, the link between the
North.west and /4dr:the:l, gave an unnatural importance
to the slightest movement of hostility. It was
in these critical circumstances that as old officer
of the Herber, Captain Tuffureal Hoosesin Khan,
them residing is Nagpoee, devoted himself to
the envies of the Brinelt. Thirty -dx yeses an officer of
cavalry, and suberquently Ressalder of the Native Police, be
bed been repeatedly noticed by government for his fidelity
to British interests. Latterly the death Gilds meshed driven
him from active life, but dimwit serionely ill, the mutinies
found Dim at once ready for action. It was considered ex-
pedient to serest SAMS officers of the Irregular Cavalry. An
armed resistance was expected, and OWLS were al &pad to
meet • Wane:plus, when Tuffurool Hameln begged es a
'avow that he might first met his inflame among the
ism He did so, end not • hand stirred to de-
fend the acented conspirators. His beam wee the
reoderrous of all who were willing to discover
ce resist the plots of the diseffected, and the
tranquillity of the native capital was owing is no mean degree
to his personal exertions. He was recommended to the cote-
inienoter for distention, but from that day to this not an
cods r has been received from government in the matter, and
the reward which if prompt as punishment would have been
an evidence of gratitude, will now ism but en after thought.
Tbe evil mete, we fear, with that postponement of all busi-
ness which is the habit sad the evil of Nsgpore. It is not
the fault of the central goverameet, for the Governor-
Owensl can have nothing to do with that uniformity of
'tweeting which even is Fecal matters ebancterieea the

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