Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-12 00:00:00

would soon be so occupied as to prevent a park

being formed,

The petitioners were in favour of

the inner boulevard. The majority of the council
seemed to prefer the outer boulevard, as it would be

more favourable to sanitary improvements.

repoit at length the discussion which took place on
the subject. The matter ended in the proceedings
of the committee, together with the report of the
borough engineer on the subject being referred back

to committee, with instructions to report to the

council as soon as possible what course the committee
might think advisable to adopt.

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THE LATEST INDIA CAPTURE.

SCARCELY have the nation's thanksgivings for
the suppression of the rebellion in India, been offered
up to that Providence " who ordereth all things
that are in Heaven and earth, " and by whose most
gracious favour our arms have been successful in
overcoming one of the most formidable insurrections
that ever a Government had to encounter, than we
have the gratifying intelligence of a capture, which
will not only rid our Eastern Empire of a deadly
foe to its prosperity, because an inveterate disturber

of its peace, but will at the same time have a moral

influence upon the native population that cannot but be
permanently conducive to its welfare. We have ever

believed that it was the native chiefs as those who
had first instigated, and then aggravated and pro-
longed the rebellion, that ought, if possible, to be
secured and made examples of for the public good.
And one of these—and no insignificant one -has at
length been taken. He is not, it is true, the monster
whose capture would be hailed with so much joy
throughout the length and breadth of this kingdom,
and, we believe, by the great bulk of the empire of
British India also. It is not NANA SAHIB, the brutal
and bloodthirsty perpetrator of outrages on our
countrymen and countrywomen —the cold-blooded and
cowardly torturer and slayer of women and children,
—we only wish it had been. But is is another,
though not, perhaps, quite so atrocious a monster—it
is TANTIA TOPEE, whose bloody. deeds are of suffi-
cient enormity to entitle him to a punishment of no
ordinary severity. " This fortunate blow," says the
account, " was struck on the 7th of April, and was
preceded by two important events—a complete defeat
of the rebels under the RAO and FEROZE SHAH in
the Seronge jungles on the sth of April, and the sur-
render on the 2nd of the same month of the rebels
under the Gwalior Chief, MAUN SINGH." It was, no
doubt, the defeat of this band of rebels which led to
his capture. The sanguinary wretch might, it is
believed, have escaped, and have continued to elude
his pursuers, by taking refuge in the mountain for-

custody

orders for his disposal

THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1859

tresses. But the defeat of almost the last remaining
band of the insurgents and the surrender of the sur-
vivors;- including the Gwalior Chief, MAUN SINGH;
would appear to have reduced the latter to such a
state of despair, that he gave up all as irretrievably
lost; and pointed out, it is understood, where his
rebellious confederate, the detestable TANTIA
TOPEE, would be found, and how he could be secured.
The official telegram thus' stated the important
event : " Rajah MAUN SINGH surrendered to
Major MEADE'S column at Mahoodra, on the 2nd. of
April. The column under Colonel DE SALTS and
Colonel RICH, in combined movement in the Seronge
jungles, have overtaken the rebels of the RAO SAHIB,
FEROZE SH lA, and TANTIA TOPEE, and killed 500.
Neither of the leaders of the rebels known to be
killed, but some native officers, many Vailaitees, one
of the first Bombay Lancers, and some of the Gwa-
liot Body Guard." Another 'telegram thus announced
it, as communicated to Lord ELPHINSTONE,—
" TANTIA TOPEE captured by this detachment:with
MALTN SINGH'S assistance last night. He is now a
prisoner in camp, „awaiting. orders for his dis 7
posal." It is here:officially..stated, that it was with
MAUN SINGH'S assistance the capture Was made ; and
this circumstance confirms the opinion, that all
hope was gone =that there was no chance, or, the
shadow of one, left ; and that, therefore, TANTIA
TOPEE'S continuance at large could do no good; whilst,'
his falling into the hands .of the victors, through
their means, might perchance propitiate their
clemency: No further particulars of the capture
have yet come to hand. He,was, however, in safe

a prisoner in the British camp, awaiting

And then the question would have to be decided