Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

THE STORY OF MISS WHEELIOL

The Bombay Courier says : A Ogg°
Some more facts concerning the CawnP°l%, escee
have come to light, and the history of those seu°_,l.
the slaughter at the Ghat, seems now well defiers
hole
depositions of a Sepoy have been taken down.
pa-ty met death bravely; and De. Harris died elY111:10 left
his countrymen would revenge his death. lie 0100/
our soldiers a legacy, which they will not heti tholt_te'
accept, and whilst revenging his death, they wiuttis
the 10th at Arrah. H, was not killed at once,st
discharges of the guns only wounding 12„,ini,JpePS/
eventually he was cut down by two Sowers. ..',„"otbst
affirms that Sir Hugh Wheeler was killed with 17,0 air,„
and his story is on the whole more credible. The
daughter of Sir Hugh Wheeler, it is said, was take :10r
by a Sower, and carried off to his house. Sivi,„rea Iles/A8
with this man till night, when he went out and cam a*"
drunk ; so soon as he was asleep, she took * °Woo t_.,16/4
cut off his head, his brother's head, his wife'°,,',,r Sol%
children's. She then went out, and seeing et'si,-bieg
said, "Go in and see how nicely I have been ru'wher'm
Resaldar's feet." They went inside, and Mis° oest'at
jumped down a well and was killed. The sterl-co pf
received with caution, as it bears internal eridslithat
least exaggeration. It is excessively improbable 0,411
woman, and that too a delicate girl who had been oat&
up in every refinement, could Mt two men, g-tory
woman, and two children. Basi&s, the same
been told before of a Portuguese girl. However t 001
be, it has since been publishei again • and it is so tbs
that the youngest daughter of General Wheeleetios I_lll
heroine, and not 'a Portuguese girl. For some .tb es'
prisoners retained by Nena Sahib were treated so
rigour, but having obtained instructions from DI. 00.:
supplied them with clean gowns and better 107,
of the Mies was detected in writing to Allahabs 0104
was at the same time reported to the Nona thelorßer
force was advancing against him, Upon this bet° 1,1;
the execution of his captives. They.aPPeBr the, •
had an idea of their fate, for they tore their clo
fastened the doors. But an ingress was effectek.o7,oo
butchery began. The cries and screams of the lawo,l
heartrending, but gradually they ceased, and there y,O
awful stillness. All were left for dead; the
not examine the bodies to see if life were extinct, btolt,Pore
quietly away. On the morrow it was found that` .19004
still not dead ; they had only been wounded. J3ti_it 100
no difference, the dead and the dying wore bun
dt 00
well, and earth heaped over them. The tragedy
than that of the Black Hole. wrete ittsl;

LORD ELLENBOROUGH ON
b Agiv
An address to the members of the Wit:wheal otelr
cultural Association has been published by li°r". tot i°
borough, urging the country gentlemen and farmer:o4
their utmost to obtain recruits to keep uP 7r
establishments. The Earl says—
this co
"Be assured that the military institutions ° rowanal
. a
try, managed as they are now, are insufficient pe tier vitr
to supply the number of men required to "erg in seer
:vaheihchavne lost,m ainstdertowhoulduouwrilelimngpliyr:e thtehreogVuretithatitiogat
rity. It is only through a change ill or tao of
gmr,eawt
hiperha c tyiocaulr
ci,moppreorvaetmioenn tn39.7proposel orking
the vi ~,st lb!
tahe
v o u principlennecessarytary forceupon
enlistmentwcha niewhich our
beoi
ismaintained. the
th militia
o eism Io
isatia Pcs founded'ca tableia 1
ittrfrit 111
the people ; and I feel assured that a militia mein' te'
its full complement, as it may be, and can only IA id el
patriotic exertions eebr
regular
ieoygunos,liarorfeacfforomurntyst rm,ky.igleleptnattklheeem en and farms % %tie"
best fo ndation of our military system. If you, ooh
Pascoles7:it maullo.twr'e to draw the recruit for ctnihaerieliatoirfamiutlektflueo 1:; slb
esenrtv militia,eirceed. butthe
Employ
them pl o militia,recruity ian the
ndst e obtainedreagobtaininguire ids
oafin t
ram
eeco
res)utf t
ivg fag 0
.41,0
who would not have been pr)cured at all unless be
militia, but half the zeal you would displsy in get.rtolc
at an election, and you will certainly succeed. . 1,1
only to do what I know you can do, and what 000
onght to do, for the assistance of the country in thlitifetit
juncture of our affairs. It is impossible to ove';
its importance. There is nothing man holds dear OtossllTA
we have not now to fight. If we should not bear °O imere
manfully in the contest now forced upon us, if to 11.5
not succe d in it, we must be content, not °"`'
the noblest empire in the world, but to inisooPe•A
name. of Englishmen a byword of shamed ten
nations. Do you suppose that, if we Nu wilt
to this in India, we should not be threatener_ rot
in England ? D you imagine that tneoPot
Military powers of Europe, which is always Pre!
foil
war, offended by our pride, resentful of °'l`oui I.°l
victories, and coveting our present wealth, 11,?..„, to If
permit us to enjoy in peace the luxuries we euZtooo_,,„'
-he dreams of irresistable strength in which we
eat eet7d
indulge ? Be assured that if, tinder the strong 0o o.f
city ever imposed upon a people, we do not rise 860 0`;‘"
to vindicate our national honour and to re-estld'derieg
Indian empire, the h ,rrors we recd of with 511'1. ever
perpetrated at Meerut and at Delhi, will not Air
averted from our island home.

DEAD AND LIVING WATEII' or
-- ro 10
COMPENSATION DUE TO DIR. JAMES IeDONALD) -Is
LOSS OF HEALTH. SCO , SUSTAINED FROM 1.

CORPORATION OF LIVLRPOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 1.1351°'il Sti°6
_I have recently heard of the gross
deliberate falsifications, and other delinqvilit' the
in re the dead and living water—from the '`,lrre,„":
former, and solid rock the latter. Thati:B-egrra
good ground for an action at law by
sufferer referred to, there can. h3' no do_ll:„l,3"elbe.'d's
we have no "nonest lawyer in this town '4.,,titino
such can come forward—as it would be !,;fti- to
to do so—l should strongly recommend P; i,°„"
to Lyndon to find one that will take -1:1 0.`"!
paid medical effiger had better mel forvOit t°-
give his opinion on the case and come
niev" tis°6i°°s
osefe if revenge in law can be prevented, AS i)e!
human life is too awful to conteroPitiAtei;col
us aconsidor the case of Bellingham 0. --Absel
Percival, and numerous others. I—being Oil
from " this world of strife, (7.•-t
—must leave the Mayor, Town C'ke-hire-,1
fifteen M.P.'s for Lancashire and .Y.°411,-10
if so many Liverpool men in Parliamen're to
cider—if £lO to .i 1,500 or £25,000 is du
McDonald, viz X
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12 years salary 4E7ooer annum . • 11311 14>
12 „ compound iratercst, payable 11-I°l3. /AO
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Compensation
Councillors, a from. individual, . ".1:a.-
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prised in Mayors, Aldermen, Towel 24:4,..,-,
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people,t whichakeoo,-
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assettu.ti:3o:e t
Stephenson, who declared being
h the ease oteg
such was
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Mr. Thomas Ro 1 w andson came forwal
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against the Pike originally. ' ').l 8-b 0
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through you, to ourworthy M andel'
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Council.—Yours respectfully 'WU nog,o7'.
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