The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-03 00:00:00

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ate oe'B hopeS that
and we only hold office
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could do no more graceful act on toe dissolution of
reosrruepcpcerereshssaeopnr perhaps
iwat rievelka sop'
fp ot
ill net ecdo,
narnt do
ftherefore I
administration has been obtained. (Loud cheers.)
of our
tumtlhnioaitnntilktbhootsudY than to do justice to the zeal, ability,
Our
and r cwoourrka gi es ,
nteharrolyu gdho whichne. t
hh
sevpsas t
our successors may be as successful as we have been
—more successful administrators they cannot be ;
and if they want asgood soldiers, they must recruit
them from the same quarters in which we have
bi en so fortunate. (Cheers.) I cannot wisil
better wish than that future governm,nts of India
may roar such soldiers as Sir Archdale Wilson and
his gallant army of Delhi. (Great cheering )
The CHAIRMAN next gave "The Governor-
General of India, the Civil Service, and Mr. Wake
(the hero of Arrah)." He said that everyone
admired the great moral courage and firmness,
under the m-tst trying circumstances, which had
been displayed by Lord Canning, and the manner
in which he had conducted the government of India.
under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty. The
Court of Directors gave him their warmest. confi-
dence, and .he had great pleasure in proposing his
lordship's health. He wished also to allude to the
fact that it was not alone in the military service
of India, that its heroes had been found. In the
civil service, also, many men had distinguished
themselves, and one of those men, he wai happy to
say, was present, namely, Mr.' Wake, whose name
was identified with that heroic defence of Atrah
with which they were all familiar. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. WAKE, who was loudly cheered, rose to re-
turn thanka. for Lord Canning' for the civitservice,
and on his own behaT. He felt proud, he said, to
have his health proposed in the same way as that of
the conqueror of Delhi, a soldier who by hii acts
had not only turned the tide of rebellion in Oude,
bat had no doubt decided for a time the late of
India. (Hear, bear.) He believed it was DOW pretty
generally understood that the tall of Delhi decided
the fate of the Punjaub, and that until Delhi had
fallen Sir John Lavirence trembled for the fate of
his government. Mr. Wake concluded by again
thanking the company for identifying his name
with a festival given in honour of Sir Archdale
Wilson.

The next toast was, The Cimmlnder-in-Chief
in India," whom the chairman described as cautious
in conception, vigorous in action, a miser of the
blood of his soldiers, and a spendthrift of his own.
All honour to such a man ! He trusted he would
return safe to his native country to reap those hon-
ours which a gracious Sovereign and a grateful
country knew so well how t 9 bestow. He gave
them " Sir Cohn Campbell and the gallant army
he commanded." (Great cheering, and general
cries of "Lord Campbell.")
" The memory of the fallen" was then given, and
drunk in solemn silence, and immediately after-
wards the party broke up.
The dinner and wines were supplied by Messrs.
Chater and Co., of the London Tavern.

MAILS AND PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet Pera, Captain T.' Jamieson, Admiralty
Agent Lieut. J. Hay, R.N., arrived at Southamp-
ton yesterday at noon, with the heavy portion of
the Indian mails. Her dates were :—Alexandria,
May 19 ; Malta, May 23 ; Gibraltar, May 28.
The Pera brings in all 195 passengers, several of
whom are from Lticknow, Gwalior, &c. Sir J.
Inglis, with Colonel Little and Colonel the Hon.
Powys, left the Pera at Malta, and arrived in
England by the route through France.
Captain and Mrs. Huxham (48th N. I.) were in
Lucknow the whole time. Captain Huxham was
appointed by Sir H. Lawrence, fort-adjutant of
the Muchee Bawn, during which he had charge of
the State prisoners, in addition to his other duties.
When the fort was given up he had to gag the pri-
soners, and take them to the Residency, having 60
men of her Majesty's 84th Regiment to escort them.
For this, and for the efficient manner in which he
performed thee duties of fort adjutant, he was
thanked by Sir H. Lawrence, and was then ap-
pointed to do captain's duty during the siege, and
was posted to the Cawnpore Bat'ery. He accom-
panied two sortie parties, and on Gen. Outratu's
arrival volunteered with some other officers to go
out to take some guns, on which occasion this
gal-
lant officer was wounded, after which, when lead-
ing some men through high jung'e grass, he fell
down a wed, and whilst scrambling out of it w.as
wounded in his right thigh, but managed to rea•th
the iutrenehmen.s where he was picked up, having
fainted from loss of blood. This officer did his duty
in Lucknow until it was relieved by Sir Colin
Campbell.
Captain Thompson, 10th Native Infantry, pre-
viously to the mutiny was on staff employ, and in
command of the let Oude Irregular Infantry. His
own regiment mutinied, after continuing loyal for
some time, and their officers, 14 in number, were
murdered by men of other regiments, and some by
order of the Nana while on their way down the
Gaege4. The Oude regiment which lie commanded
mutinied on the Bth June, at Pershadderpoar, the
officers and other Eurodeans remaining among the
natives f0r124 hours, when the ladies and all passed
through the centre of the regiment without being
molested by them. Soon after they met with
a rajah (Huneewurt Sing), who protected them,
and treated them w;th great kindness f r 10
days, and when the road.was open to Al'ahabad
escorted them in safety to the banks of the
Ganges opposite that fort, and, after placing
them in safety, refused any recompense, although
he had saved government treasure to the amount
of 9001., saying, that it should not be said he had
been paid for what he had done. It was sufficient
that he had kept his word like a Rajpoot chief, and
now he was free to fight with us or against us. It
is scarcely necessary to say that he adopted the
latter course. Captain Thomps )n then joined the
Volunte r Cavalry as a private, and was present
in every action fought by Havelock and Outrun,
including a two mouths' siege in Lucknow, and
was in Alurnlyigh during the whole four months
that the enemy were held in check by Gen. Out-
rain, and was present at the last siege of Lucknow
by Sir C. Campbell. At this time this gallant
officer had succeeded to the command cf the Vo-
lunteer Cava,try, in wh- ,se ranks he had fought 14
battles, and only left in consequence of lo=s of
health. The services of this firm and gallant lit-
tle band are so well known, that it seems to a
looker-on an unaccountable omission that each
individual compasing it bay not received a hen's
reward, as without any doubt a hero each of them
proved himself to be, and so will be considered
by l.is countrymen.
Mre Hawkins and three children.—This lady,
widow of Captain Hawkins, Bengal Artillery,
had a most wonderful escape from Gwalior, being
left two days after the rest. of the ladir's had
escaped, on account of her husband's illue ,s. Be
was brutally murdered before her eyes, and the
rebels loaded their guns to kill her and her chil-
dren, when they were diverted from their purpose
by the look and entreaties of her eldest child.
Mrs. Hawkins applied for help to a wife of one of
the officers in the rajah's service in Gwalior, who
sent her a bullock cart to travel in. She then
got a few of the cavalry to assist her in her escape,
and in five days she reached Agra. Oil the road
she was several times molested by the rebels,
who with drawn swords ordered her and her
children out of the cart, threatening their lives
each time. When half way between Gwalior and
Agra, the Dolopore Rajah gave her some of his
armed soldiers, who accompanied and protected
her during the remainder of her sad and perilous
journey. Her friend Mrs, Steward was killed by
her side laefore leaving Gwalior.
Captain and Mrs. Peile and child, 38th Bengal
Light Infantry. This officer and his lady and child
had perhaps the narrowest escape from Delhi of any
one who have succeeded in getting away from the
mutineers. What they went through ere they
reached Kurnaul can scarcely be described in suffi-
ciently distressing colours. Mrs. P. has written,
from her own knowledge, an account of their hair-
breadth 'scapes, and it is to be hoped she will give
her fellow-countrymen and women the opportunity
of seeing her truthful and graphic description.
Mrs. Catania, widow of the late Mr. G. Catania,
Oude service, escaped from the Lucknow garrison,
losing all she possessed.
Mrs. Stroyan and child, daughter of the above-
named lady, and widow of the late assistant-com-
missioner,- who was murdered only a few months
after their marriage, had a most miraculous escape
from Sultanpore to Calcutta, losing her all.
Mrs. Gilbert and child, wife of Lieut. Gilbert,
Gwalior Contingent, ecaped very narrowly from
Gwalior, and lost during the mutiny all her pro-
peThe rty.
re are many other cases onboard which would
excite sympathy, but we give these as being most
prominent, and we do it that our countrymen may
admire, as we know they sympathise witb, the sor-
rows, the sufferings, the losses, both domestic and
pecuniary, of those fellow-countrymen arid women
who have passed through the ordeal of the late
"miseries of the mutiny."

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ta k saysen mes that
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SECRETARY C.ASS TO TIOAD rtAript., . .
-' The most interesting, paper arnong tbein.is a note to
reLnocredbaNd abpaipepre.deadt.ed
lieM now
w4ttrba,ns
he alluded to the stateuients tbe.ls, anpeeriAl in the
public kernel., that, a merchant ves,el of the United
'States, the S. B. Borden, bad bled sit and, boatc'ied
i nt
o haisacerl ettatienr,ibPefet".h' the
r:
by a Itzitish vessel tf war, the Styx, 'oT the 'coast of
Cuba, and had informed him that be hid' received no
miai.ttwedLitcohhisSlcirdetiabiyp
be. disaiiowed, and such •
a copy of a let:er from the collector of the customs at
official inforniation upon the subject„ and. therefore et.Aild
' say nt thing as to the truth of the_ reportLbut tbat he
Savannah enclosing a stateniett' of:-the captafiCof :the
N. B. Borden, by which it appeare that ad-urjestitlAble
sot of viLlence hai been committal' agginist a merchant
vessel of the United. State!, to which the 'attention of
li-e. Majesty's Government is requested,.in the confident; •
measures adopted as are c illedlerr by tke•circomatnaeces,' )
and as will tend to ,p'reveet the recurrence of si 'war_ , ,
exp. ctation that the act will
proceedings hereafter.
. ..
LORD NAPIER'S REPLY TO SECRETARY CASS.
Lord Napier replies, May 16, that-he had .tG- honour -I-
to receive Secretary Case's letter conveying an "acc&unt
of Ills circumstances which are alleged to haveTattended
the boarding of the American vessel N. B. Borden by
her Majesty's steamer S7yz., He sayshe has trmismitted _
•` '' ' her M • ' -
- evi,s of General CASs's catninnetcatton to ejeety a
government and to the ,Cinumander-in CJitT of her
Maj4ety',.i forces on the Wesi Fella 411titi.
LETTER FROM SECRETARY CASS' 7raTT)ll3 AMERICAN
MINISTER IN LONDON.
General Case writes to Mr. Del!as,. May 12 : ' - -
Sir, —The accompanying papers, copies ef the originals
which have just been received, will melte known to you '
that another outrage 11/14 been
,cominitiejV ,against the
rights of the United State, by a British armed vessel,
Which elite for th'e immediate attention 'of 'the British
.Government. , -, .
. .
4.
I am perisuaded thatlf:: the frincuriencp tnok-plice as
are thus (toted, the-eonduet'of the',l3rifliki)cfficers wilt'. -- -
be disavowed and gendenAtt. ' •!.. r
, - .
~ -,- -
I beg you wdrild c JiihiiieiCite: iO,ltoia•rlitelnXsehnty
the earnest- desire- of the riesidarit'..,thae'llite liractide,
which seems to' beoimitai;Atiot*lirerittexico tetagr,ing► and
searching, American YeSaels„shon Id ha chgrviatv!Ltad ; and .
that the most peremptory orderi.for that plirpa,eli.Cliotilii. .
be given'and enforced.. Sentra tiotiaaniaicsiled for by
important consideratiOns, which., wilt readily occur to- -
you. - • . ; . • , ; '
While this Government is determined to 112 W all
proper exertions for the suppression of 'the slave
trade, it. is not . less desirous that the just imtnn-
bities ot ♦essels of the United States upbn the• 'ocean
should be preserved. ' Whatever tray' have been' the -
true objects of the voyage of the Cortes, if she had
papers stating her American character, she , wale alibi ot
to neither search nor capture by the British cruisers. I
do not doubt that the fats reported will be fully inves-
tigated by order of the British government, ank.proper
measures taken. to prevent the recurrence of a similar act
hereafter. I call your attention also to rise circa/nu:anew;
reported by the consul general at Havannhh, showing
the existence of a kind of police system by which ,Ameri-
can vessel, in that' port are watched and interfered with, •
and have to request that you bring thirinatter to the
attention of the Earl of Maltnesbury, with a-
view to the
correction of the evil. - ' i! • •k: T.
, -
'loth.. ultimo,

SECRETARY CASS TO SECRETARY TOUCEY.
General Cass in a letter to Secretary ToneV. Mai' 13,
communicates the statement of the Consul General at
Ravenna re'ative to the aggressive' outrages recently
committed against a vessel of the United States. Re
adds that he is firmly persuaded that the Brieislrgoe4ll-
meat will not juitily these acts, and that it is peasihle
the proceedings in this case may not have been.of the
flagrant character presented. Still the subject calls for
the immediate attention of. the 'government, and me,.
D has has been instruc•ed to bring it to the consideratiOn
of the British government, with a view to stiCh action as
the circurnstairces demand. Outrages RAF°
against American vessels, if longer continued, cannot
fail to lead to most unpleasant consequences* It
appears that several British armed vessers are cruis-
isg on the coast of Cuba, and that our merchant vessels
are expmed to vexatious interruption by their interfer-
ence. It is proper, therefore, a vesselerdep.ulel,be de-
spatched with instructions to render -pionept protection
to all American vessel, that may need it. 'The forcible
ssarch by cruisers. of that power on the high seas 'cannot
be tolerated.
REPLY OF SECRETARY TObCEY. , •
The Secretary
_of the Navy wrote to the President on
the 10th of May, that the United States steamer Fulton, -
Captain Meng, had been ordered to cruise actively on
the northern coast of Cuba, and take such measures as
may be deemed necessary to protect all vessels of the
United States on the high seasfrom search or detention
Prowvessels of war of any other nation. Orders have
been given for the preparation of the razes Savannah
and brig D. Iphin to join the home squadron for the pur-
poy,e of cruising in the neighbourhood ut Cuba, and that
the ett am frigate Wabash new fitting out in New York
as the flag-chip of the Mediterranean squadron, has been
directed to show her flag in those waters and protect at
all times the persons and property of American citizens.
SECRETARY CASS TO MINISTER DALLAS,
Secre'ary Case, writing to Mr. May 18, in-
forms him that various statements have been made in
the public papers, showing that there are cases of forcible
detentions and searches of American vessels by British
armed ships of war, in the Gulf of Alexia) and adjoining
seas. In every case where these reports have come to
the knowledge of the state department, application has
been made immediately to the proper: collector to pro.
cure from the captain of the vessel a particular aocount
of the outrage, with a view to make it the subject ef a
reclamation upon the British Governmint. Answers to
80100 of these publications have beeii received; 1118 j
copies of them, agreeale!e to the annexed list, are here-
with transmitted for your int, rmstion,.•as as for
your prompt action. You shall be kept advised 'of these
assaults on our national rights.
In aldition to those aggreseions on the high seas and
indefensible acts of violence against several of our mer-
chant vessels, said to be 11 in number, a forcible entry
and ex ranination has been committed by a British armed
steamer in the harbour of Sagua la Grande, in the island
of Cuba. No authentic report has reached the depart-'
relent, with the exception of a letter from our cuminl
general at Havannah, and of which a copy is transmitted.
Proper measures have been taken to procure all the
necessary information which will be forwarded you. •
When all the laity have been ascertained, proper re-
pre s oitatione will be made without d.-lay to the Govern-
ment of her Catholic Majesty against this search of
American vessels by the naval forces of another power, -
within the territorial jurisdiction of Spain. Tbe-06" •
verement of the United States is satiafi'ed that the Go-
vernment of that country will adopt t ffieient.measures
to protect their vessels rasJrting to Seauish ports from ;
lawless vielenee. Such protection they are entitled to ;
and if it is not secured el,exliere i: must be found its
the power of our own country.
Secretary Casa says he is not inform° I whether any
inj ,ry was sustained in consequence of the proceedings
those yeeiel4. If tht•re tetra. it is expected it
aid be made good by the Spanish Government, or: by
interns of its isve-poeition with the government of Great
Britain. - -
Tne;e flagrant violations of the right of the United,
States, he adds, have excited deep feeling through the
country, and have attracted the attention of both houses
of Congress. Their continuance cannot fed to produce
the most serious effect upon the relatronsof
thatthe two
e
countries. The President confidently believes
British naval offictre, in the adoption of these high-
ha ded measures, have acted without the authority, and
have misteken the views of their Geri/eminent. But it is
not less due to the United States that theft conduct
shall be disavow. d, and peremptory orders issued to
prevent the recurrence of similar proceedings, You will
communicate to Earl Malmesbury the reasonable expec-
tation of the President that this subject shall receive the
immediate attention of her M,jesty's Government, and
that the officers who have been guilty of these outrages
sbrel be held propetly responsible Ler their conduct, and
thet where pecuniary interests have bean sustained the
interested parties shall receive courpeneation. You will
kvite the partcular attention of Lord Mahnesbury to the
occurrence at Segue La Grande, and to the just expos-,
tation of the United States that the measure of redress
adopted by the British Government upon this case s ill
be such as to mark .with its displeasure
the conduct of
the officer whose proceedings have given serious Cause
ioftoeffi
fneeirrec to
a fri
eendly power, and to prevent similar
u
c e hereafter.

Accounts from Athens state that an insurrection
aellaonfd iva
col;
ptheeehle6,the.n
dTthbee
mbraoltoetiotuent
oindetmheanldslathned
roefe
enjoyment of privileges similar to those which have been
granted to the Island of Samos. ,
g " ROME AND HER RULERS.' —All nations have
their presrib the eddupraetriiz,
of whichthtir theexyistenaneaey not
however ,
like
that of individuals, may be hidden from human
eyes :—they arise, flourish, decline, and pass away,
leaving but a memory more or less important in the re-
cords of the world's history. How many of these have
passed away since Romulus raised his castle on the Pala-
tine hilt—the first germ of that city which was destined
to link together, in a chain of gorgeous architecture, the
even hills upon which Rome now stands I How many
periods—not, indeed, of one existence, but, in truth, of
various—has she gone through—a metempsychosis, as it
were, in which, however, the same spirit tan still be re-
cognised as animating her—a spirit that dominates, or
struggles ever to dominate, over the world,
whether
that domination be material or moral—the
rule of the
sword or the rule of the cross. And there she is still—
a beauty and a mystery—with the reocrds of her kings,
her consuls, her emperors, and her pontiffs ; all co.
existent, from the early tomb to the modern sarco-
phagus—from the pagan temple to the Christian lane
whose dome towers in lofty pre-eminence
surrounding object. One does
ntw eede over
ra every
tbe
re-
verence which all mankind accords her—the love which
her own children, whether they be such politically
spiritually,
willingly render her—

" Gran Latisa
Cilia di cui quanto it sol aureo gira
Ne altera piu, no pill onois.ta mira."
One can scarce blame the pride which has found its
expression in the phrase of the Eternal' for that
city which, in full grown maturity near two thousand
yeirs ago, is still beautiful and enduring, replete with
the accumulated treaqurcE of art and of civilisation.
—The Dublin University Magazine.