The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, r LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1858

LATEST INTETLIGENCE.

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BOMBARDMENT 017 JEDDAH.

OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
The following telegram liras been received at the
Foreign-office from Consul-General Green :

" ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 13, 1858.

" Her Majesty's ship Cyclops arrived at Suez from
Jeddah last night. I have received the following
telegraph from Captain Pull#m :--
" The Cyclops arrived at Jeddah 23d of July.
"Hamik Pasha at Mecca. Satisfaction demanded,
and letter sent to Kaimakam,. under flying seal, say-
ing if no satisfactory answer received in thirty-six
hours shall proceed to extre'.nities.

"On the morning of the 25th, 20 hours (? 40)
having intervened from time of sending despatch,
and no reply, commenced bombarding on the town
at intervals.

" Fourteen or fifteen bungalows burnt and de-
stroyed.

" 1.1 A.M.—Letter received from Pacha not sat's=
factory. Resumed operations, and continued occa-
sionally until evening of the 26th, both from boats
and ships, with shot, shell, and rockets.
" 27th.— Troops arrived, 507 Bashi-Bazouks ;
time given to land.

" 28th.—Gassa (Pasha ?) arrived; comes onboard
next day ; can come to no tiatisfattory arrangemints
cannot execute murderers, but has them confined,
station (stating ?) that has not the power of life and
death.
Time extended to allovrpilgrims to embark.
"30th.—" Lady Canning" leaves for Yembo with
Moorish Princes.

Depositions of murderers sent off, and proved
guilty by their own local Courts. Their execution
insisted upon on morning of the 2nd instant, and
not complied with by the evening of the 4th.

" Commenced bombarding again on the morning
of the sth.

" Before a reply is received, the Yabari steamer
arrived with troops, 480 Egyptians.
" Ismail Passain [Pasha ?] commands, with power
to satisfy the just demands of England and France.
"On the morning of the Gth, eleven murderers
executed [in] sight of the town and shipping in port,
and four more culprits to be sent to Constantinople.
" The Cyclops lefi; Jeddah on morning of the 7th
instant, and has brought up a messenger from the
Pasha, with despatches for Constantinople.
"Mr. Vice-Consul Calvert has my despatches for
the Admiralty, and leaves immediately.
(Signed)
" Malta, August 18, 1858, 6'50 a.m.
(Signed)

" GREEN.

" MONTAGUE STOPFORD,

THE OVERLAND MAIL

We have received our usual letters and papers in
anticipation of the Bombay Overland Mail. We
have dates by this arrival from the 3d to the 19th
July, inclusive. The following is the summary of
the Bombay Gazette :
" Unlike former occasions, we have not now to
record any great action as having distinguished our
army in the task of suppressing the sepoy insurrec-
tion. After the signal defeat achieved over 16,000
followers of the Begum at Nawabgunge on the 13th
of last month, by Sir Hope Grant, followed up as it
was by one or two efforts in the same spirit, the
disturbers of the peace of the country have not
been found congregated anywhere in very great
numbers. Their game now is to scatter themselves
in all directions in burning and pillaging parties
of from 100 to 2,000 or 3,000 each, harassing our
troops when they think they can do so with im-
punity, and keeping up a reign of terror among the
miserable villagers whom they plunder. Strong-
holds now they have none, and unless their diferent
leaders combine their forces, with the determination
of striking what they may insanely regard as a de-
cisive blow at British supremacy, the probability is
that for many months, if not for years to come, we
shall have little to record of the great Indian
Mutiny but a series of guerilla conflicts, which will
bring ample annoyance and fatigue to our
soldiers, but very little glory. Although the
rebels cannot be coaxed by any means to
meet our army in " battle array," they continue to
keep large districts of the North-west in a state of
uneasiness and alarm. In the Benares division espe-
cially, great complaints are made by the European
residents and well-disposed natives, that they are
subject to constant incursions from gangs of
marauders. Outrages which never would have
been attempted but for the absence of an
efficient English force, have been perpetrated in
Bikrum in Patna, Janina in Behar, and Rug-
hoonathpore in Sarun, and various houses burnt
and spoiled. In some places the gaols have been
attacked, and the prisoners released to swell the
ranks of these banditti. The natives who refuse to
yield to their demands for food and money are dread-
fully mutilated and otherwise ill-treated, and the
same fate awaits all who are supposed to be friendly
to the British. All the letters that reach us from
the smaller towns on both sides of the Ganges
teem with narratives of this kind. Even the imme-
diate vicinity of considerable towns, like Buxar,
in the district of Shahabad, is not safe from
these scoundrels, as we learn that two villages
within ten miles of that place were plundered and
then burnt at the end of last month by a body of
250 sepoys and their followers. Of course the re-
storation of a better state of things is only a question
of time, and we presume that the Government are
directing all their energies to put an end to the
anarchy that reigns in so many districts. It is im-
possible for a regular army to cope with hordes of
scoundrels who fly off with the rapidity of lightning
at the apparition of a few British officers ; and there-
fore it has been determined to augment considerably
the mounted police force, who will be more likely to

succeed in putting salt upon the tails of Nana Sahib's

greyhounds. -
" We have already suggested the possibility of the
rebel leaders joining their forces fel the purpose of

making a last effort to retrieve their cause. Should

this be resolved upon, in all probability the scene of
operations will be Oude, which is the greatest and
will be the last refuge of disaffection.

"It is not known how many thousands of the
Gwalior fugitives no ;r hold together, for although
several expeditions hive been sent after them, they
have, up to the latest advices, succeeded in eluding a
repetition of the drubbing Brigadier General Napier
gave them on the 19th June. They appear to have

halted some days at Lalsont, a town about forty-
three miles from Jeypore, and to have afterwards
proceeded to Dowlutpoor, in the direction of Chik-

soo, where they.were halted up to 9 p.m, .of the sth
instant, still wavering and uncertain as to the route

they should take. General Roberts's column from
Nusseerabad had advanced on the 4th instant as far

as Bharoti Baoree, eight miles from Jeypore, when
information reached that city of the departure of
the rebels from Lalsont for Dowlutpoor: Con-

sequently, the General, instead of proceeding to
the capital, marched on to Sanganeer, six miles
to the south of Jeypore, where he halted on the
sth so as to refresh his men and cattle. The Be-
looch Horse, under the command of Captain Macau-
lay, had been sent on to Chiksoo for the purpose of
reconnoitring, but up to 10 a.m. of the sth had seen
nothing of the enemy. The Cavalry portion of the
force consists (Regular and Irregular) of 150
Hussars, 120 Lancers, 50 Guzerat Horse, and 400
Belooch Horse. The column was to march on the

morning of the Gth from Sanganee to Waktob.
From one day to another, therefore, we may ex-
pect to hear of a "'brush," unless, as usual
lately, the enemy contrives to rely upon his
heels to save his head. Tantia Topee is said to
be at the head of the insurrectionary troops. The
Kotah rebels, who went to Gwalior for the purpose
of asseisting
their insurgent brethren, and who there
fewacl ;gambit% rime shah they lArpiued

returned greatly reduced in numbers, and, as might
be expected, in spirits.
" The latest intelligence from Gwalior is that the
ex-Rajah of Shahgurh, who had fraternised with the
rebels, had given himself up to Mr. Thornton, super-
intendent of that district. The Maharajah of Gwa-
lior has been reinstated in his dignities, and he
reposes the most implicit confidene?. in his army,
although at one time a portion of it gave indications
of a design to bolt' from allegiance to him.

" The health of the British army continues, on
the whole, favourable, considering the arduous
duties which it has had to go through. The great
enemy has not been the rebel force, but the climate
the deaths from sun-stroke among officers and men
having been unfortunately very numerous. Great
complaints are made by the soldiers in consequence
of a reduction of their daily ration of beer from a
quart to one pint, a deprivation for which some sad
bungler in the War Department at home has, we
suppose, to be thanked.
"Of the Commander -in - chief we hear but
little, but it is understood that he retains hi
health, v
and is quite prepared to resume the cam-
pagnlhen the cold season sets in. Sir H. Rose,
the victor of Gwalior, is nearly exhausted, it is said,
by-the exertious he has lately gone through. He
returns to the command of the Poona diN;sion of the
army, which will not make a severe demand upon
his energie3. The citizens of Bombay purpose en-
tertaining him at a public dinner, should he Ibe well
enough to receive such an ovation.

" Having said this much about the British Gene-
rals, we wish we could speak with the same precise-
ness of the arch-rebel Nana's whereabouts. Many
rumours have been afloat during the last fortnight, to
the effect that he bad been delivered up to the Go-
vernment, but without foundation. He is believed
to be still in Oude. Our excellent Lucknow correspon-
dent thinks it not improbable that he has lately made
one of the conclave at Fort Boundee, presided over
by the Begum, who, it seems, soundly lectured her
troops for allowing themselves to be beaten at
Gwalior, telling them that an army of women would.
have stood their ground better. The Begum still
sends troops ,against Maun Sing at Fyzabad, as re-
inforcements into Gorruckpore, and as aids to the
Nazim and Beni Madhoo in Southern Oude. The
latter zeminEr *continues to disturb the country east
of the Lucknow and Cawnpore road, while the
detachments of the Nazim occasionally find
work for the British force at Soroan, scarcely a
score miles north of Allahabad. The Shah-
zadab, Feroze Shah, meanwhile disturbs with
a gathering the south-west corner of the province.
" Troops continue to pour into the country, and
confidence is generally restored everywhere among
the European residents, as to the result of the opera-
tions going on and in prospect for extinguishing the
embers of the insurrection.
" The Punjaub, under the administration of Sir
John Lawrence, is reported to be tranquil through-
out its length and breadth.

" Bombay is also quiet. The annual Mussulnian
festival which comes off on the 22d inst. has been,
by some old women in pantaloons, looked forward to
with fear and trembling, as a likely occasion for a
rising among the natives ; but rational people do not
alarm themselves about such a contingency, although
of course the authorities are prepared for anything
that may turn up.
" Lord Elphinstone is ruralising at Dapooree."

making by a population so obtuse to new impressions,
and so firm and resolute in the retention of convic-
tions they have once accepted. Following in the
path the Emperor had taken from l'Orient to Vannes,
I wished to precede him on his road from Vannes to
Napoleonville to-day, and from that place to St.
Brienne to-morrow. This design was difficult to
be carried into effect, for so many persons had come
from all parts of the province to Vannes to see the
Emperor, that for two days, this and the next,
there was, so far as regards the public diligences, no
stirring out of Vannes. All places, in all directions,
had been engaged. Every public conveyance was
filled for the next three or four days, and claimants
for vacant places Were hourly besieging the different
offices. Horses, even of the wont description, were
in demand ; and it was with some difficulty and, of
course, at a higher rate than ordinary, that I could
persuade a postmaster to hire a single horse and an
antiquated little gig for the day, with a solemn pro-
mise I should not attempt to bring either beyond
Napoleonville, but seek out some other way, no
matter what, to get beyond it on the following

morning.
I refer to this incident as a fact demonstrative of
the eagerness of the people, and the numbers that
came from all parts of the province to see and mani-
fest their respect for theymperor.
In proceeding along the road one of the fresh
objects that attracted my attention in a little village,
which (like all others) was decorated for the occa-
sion with flags and wreaths of flowers, was a new
signboard to a small cabaret, where the endeavour
was made to attract customers by the promise in
large letters that there they might have the advan-
tage of drinking old wine with a new name, for it
was called " Yin a la Prince Imperial."
Outside of this village, and close to another
triumphal arch, composed of laurels and flowers, was
drawn up the finest body of peasant cavalry I had
seen. There were at least forty peasant farmers
mounted, of all ages, from 70 to 25, and all dressed
in a manner that would have made them looked at,
even in the Strand, at its very busiest hour. A de-
scription of their standard-bearer will be sufficient.
He was a dark-complexioned man of middle age,
sage, grave, and severe-looking, with long Lint hair
falling down upon his shoulders, and reaching
behind nearly to -the middle of his back. On his
head was a broad hat extending out to a marvellous
extent on all sides, and composed of the very finest
beaver—he wore a wide black frockcoat, the sleeves
reaching within an inch of the wrist, so as to dis-
close a very white shirt his belt was composed of
white leather, and his trousers were as wide; and
about three inches shorter than those of a sailor.
This strange group was plainly composed of de-
legates from a rural commune, and were all thus
early on the road to greet the Emperor, as the dis-
tance from Napoleonville was too great for them to
go there and return on the same day.
After passing this outre-looking group, another
equally curious spectacle presented itself—a vast
number of garden carts, driven and filled by none
but women. These, with white caps on their heads, all
the same size, and the shape of a sugar loaf, were at a
very short distance from other groups—it might be
said groups upon groups—of women with caps, that
hung with long flapping ends over their shoulders
and down to the middle of the arm. Whole families
of women, from the oldest to the youngest, were
thus seen walking together.
The next place I came to was, as I understood
from the driver, called "Pont de Louis ;" and here
I saw what I had never before remarked in any
other district, and is in itself a proof of the care
taken of women in Brittany ; for here, when there
was a large crowd close to a triumphal arch, all the
men, without a single exception, were on one side of
the road, and all the women on the other. So
rigidly is this distinction between the sexes main-
tained, that I saw no instance in which the boys, not
even the youngest, were with their mothers or
sisters, or a little girl in coinv..7 with bet r.ther
or brothers. Thus they were all travelling apart
from each other ; and the effect produced was in
many parts of the road, where thirty, forty, or fifty
women were seen walking along, to give them, with
their white, stange, long-flapped caps, the appearance
of a religious procession.
The best proof that this was a holiday was to see all
the women that were clustered together on the road ;
for when women are so abroad, one may feel quite
sure that their families are enjoying a holiday out of
doors, and here there was a holiday ; for the pious
and pure-minded Bretons hold in utter abhorrence
those democratic infidels who are struggling to de-
stroy all family ties. The good Bretons, therefore,
regard as a most fitting object for their respect the
ruler who has rendered nugatory the pernicious de-
signs of socialists .and communists. Napoleon 111
is, in their estimation, their shield and their defence
against those public disturbers, and hence their devo-
tion and their loyalty to him.
At Grand Champ there was another triumphal arch,
with the words, "Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera-
trice ! " inscribed upon it. Attached to this, as if
they were guarding it, was a very numerousgroup of
agricultural horsemen, with their tricolor flags, and
in the hat of each a tricolor cockade. All these
were dressed in black, and all had leather belts
around their waists.
A short distance from Grand Champ there was a

little army collected—agricultural horsemen, women

in garden-carts, hussars in uniform, with the horses
by their side, as if ready to mount in a moment ; and
here presented itself a scene which I had not pre-
viously an opportunity of remarking, and that was
the friendly and cordial relations existing between
the people and the soldiers. The fact, however, is
easily accounted for. The army is, to a man,
devoted to the Emperor—so are the people of Brit-

tany. A common feeling and the same wishes ani-
mate both, and both are ready to shed their blood in
defence of the Imperial dynasty. An illustration of

this feeling was afforded on a plain called Bignan,
where there was a triumphal arch, with these signi-
ficant words—" Vive rEmpereur ! Vive
trice pour un long temps ! Vive l'Empire Francaise,
toujours !"
At this place—Bignan, a long, straggling village—
there were some hundreds of women gathered toge-
ther, and all having the same curious costume, the
long-flapped caps, and their dresses composed of
black and red, black and white, black and green ;
black and pink, &c.---the sleeves and dress being in-
variably composed of black, and the body and front
shaped like a high, long apron of some glaring
colour ; :whilst the men were so numerous, and
having large tri-color rosettes in their hats, and
flaunting bouquets of tri-colored ribands on their
breasts, they had the appearance of an enormous
detachment of recruits. Here the crowd of farmer-
cavalry became so great, that it was with difficulty
one was able to make way through them. There
were, I suppose, from three to four hundred horse-
men gathered on this single spot, and from looking
closely at them I perceived that not one used a
saddle in riding.

After passing Bignan the country extends to a
vast distance on all sides in flat plains of barren
landes, covered with purple furze ; and here it was
very interesting to observe groups converging from
all quarters of the horizon towards whatever spots
triumphal arches had been erected. These groups
appeared from the different distances at which they
could be seen to be composed of persons of all sizes
—the most distant as little fairy women in pink,
and the men as white moving specks in the land-
scape, others grown to the size of infants, others, who
were nearer, seeming to be little boys and girls, and
those approaching to the road, their natural size.
The manner in which the landes were occupied

showed that the whole population was in movement,
and that for two miles, at least, on each side of the
road through which the Emperor passed, it is pro-
bable he was greeted by all who were capable of
stirring or being brought out of doors.

And whilst the landes were thus sending forth
their scattered population upon the roads were to be
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