The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-12 00:00:00

INJURED.

Mr. Henry Brett Ince, barrister-at-law, aged 30.
This gentleman, who is the son of the publisher of
the Law Journal, has sustained a compound frac-
ture of the right wrist, and suffers from cerebral
irritations He appears to have been struck on the
neck, and fer some time after the accident there
was an effusion of blood from the left ear—an un-
favourable symptom, upon which vomiting super-
vened ; but we are glad to learn that the latest
accounts describe Mr. Ince to be progressing as
favourably as can be expected. Ho is lying at a
small alehouse in the village of Attleborough.
Mr. Bryson, of the firm of Robert Bryson and
Co., of Glasgow, aged 60. This gentleman is suf-
fesing from a severe contusion over tile kidneys and
from a general shock of the system. His injuries
are not considered dangerous.
Mr. Dallas, of Glasgow, ago' 58. Tale gentleman
was sitting in the same carriage wi:11 Mr. Richmond,
who was killed. He has had a rib fractured on the
ri▪
ght side,
but his case is not dangerous, and he is
considered to be doig well.
Miss Richmond, aged 17, daughter of the de-
ceased Mr. Richmond This lady bas received
several severe contusions about the faci, and has
someindication of having suffered cerebral mis-
chief. Her distress of mind on learning the fatal
result of the accident to her father was painfully
acute ; but she has since exhibited uncoinnaon for-
tit▪
ude under her accumulated distresses.
These three persons were brought on to Nunea-
ton, where they remain at the Station Hotel.
Mr. Jennings, a leather factor of London, re-
ceived a blow over the eye, and was otherwise
slightlyinjured, but he went on in the :rain of
Mauchester, and is doing well. Two ladies whose
names have not been obtained were also slightly
cut about the head, but both of them proceeded to
their destina'iou after having obtained medical at-
tention.
Lieut. G. E. Cerrance, 76th Regt., was consider-
ably shaken, and has a con' usiou upon the sheulder,
but he was well enough to return to London on
Monday night.
Among the remarkable escapes is that of the
guard of the first hresk van, Wyatt. His van
rolled over three times before it settled in the field,
and afterwards bore the concussion of a first-class
carriage,
which was broken to pieces upon it, some
of the imitates being killed. Wyatt was found
buried under the luggage contained in his van, and
he was so little injured as to be able to return to
Nuneaton yesterday.
Edgar, the conductor of the train, who was in
the second-class break. carriage, sustained a contu-
sion of the leg, and with this case the list of known
casualt'es is closed.
It is stated above that the gatekeeper, on hearing
the express approaching, immediately exhibited his
danger signal. This is quite true, but unfortu-
nately at this point of the railway there is a sharp
curve, and the. red flag was not, observed by the
engine-driver until too late to Blacken his speed
effectually.
The coroner for the district having received in-
formation of the accident, and its fatal result,
caused a jury to be emPannelled yesterday after-
noon at the Bub', Head Inn, Attleborough, for the
purpose of investigating the cause of the catas-
trophe. There are two magistrates
and cue clergy-
man upon the pawl) and all the circumstances of
the case will be fully
inquired into, 011310 at pre-
sent it appears impossible to attribute blame to any
person. The duties of the pry yesterday were con-
fined to viewing and identifying the bodies, and in-
specting the scene of the accident, after wlich the
inquiry was adjourned. While viewing the locale
of the accident, the attention of the jury was called
to the state of. the hedge over which tle. cow
jumped on to the railway, and it was unamneously
pronounced to be a fence capable of resisting any
ordinary amount of pressure, independently.cf the
additional protection afforded by a deep ditch on
the field side.

A BREAK DOWN.—Rampling's equestrian troupe
Vere
performing at Billericay, a few evenings ago, in a tun.
porary circus erected for the occasion (the company Ire=
sent numbering about 600), when the progress of the
entertainment was interrupted by the crash of seats atd
the fall of about two-thirds of the audience. Fortunately,
however, the parties were more frightened than hurt,
the injuries being limited to slight bruiiefii

BOROUGB.

( From the Daily ISI vas. )

We are no indiscriminate admirers of Lord Ellen-
borough. We are even painfully sensible of his
) defects as a public man—of his impulsivenes, dic-
tatorial disposition, irascibility, and above all, of
his incapacity to act in concert and addiction to the
melodramatic. These faults are the more annoy-
ing, that they almost entirely neutralise the use-
fulness of one who is so richly endowed with pre-
cisely those qualities of the great and true states-
man in which his living rivals are so glaringly de
fective. Lord Ellenborough is capable of great
conceptions. During his brief tenure of the Go ver
nor-Generalship of India he evinced a rare, just,
and delicate tact in discriminating the talents of
men, and selecting those best qualified for the pub-
lic service: Where he gave his confidence he gave
it ent,re—with no half-hearted reserves ; and the
consciousness of being fully trusted inspired those
whom he employed to out-do themselves. His en-
thusiastic impulsiveness endowed him with courage
to act resolutely and promptly. He was a true man,
with faith in his own convictons. He was a genial
man—as warmly loved by his friends as he was
hated by those whom his brusque sincerity made
his enemies. Everything about him had that power
end grace of chivalry so rarely met with in our
timid, censure-fearing, compromising generation.
Differing as we do on vital points of Indian policy
from Lord Ellenberough, we cannot say that we
regret his resianation of executive office ; but he
earries with him our unqualifie6 esteem and kindly
feelings, and we sincerely hope that the debates of
the Legislature may long enjoy the benefit of his
original and far-seeing speculations on public
affairs.
What effect the resignation of Lord Ellenborough
may have on the relative positions of parties in
Par liauaeut it is not for us, who are not, thank God,
in the councils of any of the contending fac'ions, to
say. But it affords else- leagialature an oppor-
tunity of retrieving itself in public estimation.
So long ts Lord Ellenborough remained in offic-,
it was a struggle be weens the Ins and the Outs
whether be or Lerd Canning was to be pronounced
in the right. Dispassionate men, unbiassed by
party considerations, could not give their unquali-
fied approbation to ei:h-r. Td sush, Lord Cau-
eing'sproclamation appeared a lighted torch the own
into a barrel of gunpowder. On the other hand,
there was no doubt that Lord Cauning—who,
though on some occasions he may have shown him-
self less prompt and far-sighted than could be
wished, has passed creditably through a most try-
ing ordeal, and borne the burden and heat of the
day—was entitled to more deference and conside-
ration than was shown him in Lord Ellen borough's
arrogant (the word is a harsh one, but our lan-
guage affords no other so exactly applicable) and
dictatorial despatch. Ad Ito this, that the publi-
cation of the despatch was unfair to Lord Canning,
and calculated to have a dangerous effect on the
native mind in India. We do not mean that Lord
Ellsnborough intended to act unfairly ; but his
impulsive and precipitate nature urged him on to
speak and act in a manner which his own genero-
sity will in a calmer mood teach him to condemn.
The collision between the President of the Board
of Control and the Governor-General roused the
passions of their respective friends, and the oppor-
tunity was too tempting for the journeymen of fac-
tion to abstain from mingling in the fray. Every
device of party combination was set in motion to
ensure a victory for one or other of the two prin-
cipal antagonists, and the fate of either party was
staked upon that of its champion. In the heat of
the party contest the effect which the decision of
the two Houses of Parliament must unavoidably
have on the critical state of affairs in India was
forgotten. With the permanence of our empire
in the East still banging in the balance, our home
parties had no thought but for their own animosi-
ties. The spectacle reminded the beholden of the
Jews fighting among themselves while the batter-
ing- rams of the Romans were bringing down their
walls about their ears. The relative position of
parties had been materially altered by the retire-
ment of Lord Ellenborough ; let us hope that the
pause which will ba required to enable parties to
adopt changed tactics for changed circumstances
may afford time for i eflectlon on the effect which
tha sayings and doings of Parliament are likely to
have on the minds of the natives of India.
There can be no benefit, and there is much dan-
ger, in raking up at present the old controversies
about the annexation of Oude. That annexation
is a fait accompli. The decision of Lord Dalhousie
has been confirmed after an appeal to the ordeal of
b tale. Oude is permanently incorporated with the
British dominions. The question we have now to
consider is how we are to reconcile our new sub-
jects to our sway. And upon our success in recon-
ciling them to our sway will depend the confirma-
tion of our power over the rest of India. Our vic-
tories have not been won by British valour alone ;
we have had the active and efficient aid of the Sikhs
and of the Nepaulese, and the influence of Scindia's
and Holkar's loyalty. Our authority in Otele is as
yet but imperfectly consolidated. In the neigh-
bouring province of Rohilcund 100,000 men are iu
arms against us. The whole of the Mahratta csun-
try is in a feverish and unsettled s ate. In Rajae-
than and Scinde there are many malcontents ; and
along the frontiers of the latter Russian and Per-
sian emissaries are busily fanning the flames of
discontent. Vindictive acts of retaliation have been
perpeirated by the English which are calculated to
provoke repayment in kind. We are walking
among the embersof a conflagration, which any rash
or heedless tread may expose to the atmosphere and
kindle again into flame. Our course is clear if men
will but purge their mental vision of the mists of
party spirit. We must not conceal from ourselves
one iota of the danger to which we are exposed.
Even at the risk of letting enemies see it at the
same time, we must strip it of every glossy cover-
ing. Having ascertained the full extent of our
peril, we must act promptly, fearlessly, but, as far
as it is possible for human nature, without pas-
sion. We must carefully guard against the im-
pulsive instinct reeklesslyandyuttilessly to trample
down all opposition, which is i
the besetting sin
of our nation. When we punish t. must be to
deter from future crime alone, not to gratify our
vindictive remembrances of the past. A distinc-
tion must be made betw en mutineers and simple
insurgents, between murderers and soldiers who
have encountered us in battle. 'With specific re-
ference to the people of Oude, ample allowance
ought to be made for the po-sibility of men with
like passions and infirmiies to ourselves seeing
things in a different light from what we do. How-
ever imprudent it was in Lord Ellenborough to re-
argue the question of the annexation of Oude at
present, there is profound truth in the practic $1
conclusion at which he arrived. We can only
govern Oude by the exercise of passionless benevo-
lence and impartial justice. Oude must, indeed—
for a time at least—be held with a strong hand, but
it must at the same time be ruled kindly and juetly.
Those who continue in rebellion must be put down
by force of arms ; all who submit must consent to
be disarmed ; and all private fortilices must be dis-
mantled. But the natives must be made to feel
that it is for their advantage that Government acts
with a high hand. From the wealthiest Talookdar
to the poorest villager, they must be ma le to feel
that all their possessions and all their proprietary
rights are sacred in the eyes of the Govern-
ment so long as they obey the law. They must
be made to feel that they are governed, n t in ac-
cordance with the arbitrary will of their rulers,
but in accordance with definite and well known
laws. By this means even the most powerful chiefs
will in time be led to discover that it is more for
their advantage to cultivate and improve their
estates under what may at first appear to them a
stern Government, than to aim at wealth and ag-
I grandisement by the irregular course they have
Ihitherto pursued. If Parliament will have debates
upon Indian policy, let those debates relate, not ti
the merits or demerits of this or that official, but to
such important considerations as we have here at-
tempted to indicate ; and let the decision of the
Legislature be not a partial verdict on the conduct
of any one individual, which may be liable to
perilous misconstruction in India, but an enuncia-
tion of a just, benevolent, and comprehensive
scheme of policy, which may reassure the timid
and reconcile the hostile throughout that region.

"The cultivation of o ives," says the .4 nnales du Com-
merce Exterieur "and the extraction of oil form one of
the principal branches of industry of the Kabyles, but
their mode of extraction is very imperfect. When the
olives are ripe they beat them down with stick, anr.
spread them in the sun until they are completely
wrinkled ; they then free them from all impurities,
and trample them into a sort of paste ; this paste they
suspend in a vessel in such a way as to cause oil to flow
from it ; afterwards they place the paste in a trenel
mar a rivulet, let water iuto it, and trample it ens% ;
then they 'oil it, and skim off the oil which rises to the
surface. Oil obtained in this way is of very indifferent
quality, but it is believed that the French will shortly
teach the natives improved means of extraction."

A meeting was held last evening in St. James's-
hall, Piccadilly, to hear an address from Mr. Lay-
ard, who had recently returned from India, on the
present aspect of affairs in that country. Viscount
Bury occupied the chair, and among the vast com-
pany that completely filled the room we noticiid the
rollowing me m hers of Parliament :—Messrs. Bight,
M. Gibson, Black, Bruce, Ayrton, Hadfield,
Crawford, Sir E. Perry, Sire J. Graham, Sir E.
Ellice, Hodgson, Magu re, Col. Rawlinson, Wes
tern, Liddell, Plitehard, Stapleton, G. G. Glyn,
Lord J. Hay, E Ball, Lin 'say, Sir A. Elton, Col.
Watkins, Sir J. Logan, J. Wyld, J. B. Smith,
Readlern, Cowan, J. Oeird, Richardson, Gilpin,
Grant, and Duff. Thera were also present Messrs.
Thackeray, Doyle, A. Otway, T. Taylor, R. Ci ib-
den, W. Theob ild, Freeman, Ramsay, C. Lush-
ington, S. H.
.Dickene the Hon. A. Gordon, Sir
A Maenad), Sir D. Macdougal, the Bishop of Llat,-
iiaff, Col. French, and Gen. Wilson.
After a few introductory observations by the
Chairman, Mr. LAYARD proc-eded to address the
meeting. He said that he had been requested by
nany members of Parliament and friends in whose
judgment he hair the greatest trust to speak that
vening on a subject which wes too portentous and
far too set ions to be treated lightly. He should have
hesitated to address himself to such an assembly if
he had not something to say which he believed might
affect Indian affairs. It was his conscientious belief
that the people of England did not know the truth
in regard to the government of India. It had not
been at any time his fate to make things pleasant,
but, without passing reflection upon any one, he
would confine himself to a plain statement of fact=.
Not more than a year ago a wide-spread rebellion
broke out in India, and they heard of their country-
men, countrywomen, and children falling victims to
an indescribable fury on the part of the natives, the
reason assigned being thet we had treated the na-
tives with too muce kindness. Now, he hated figures
and detested averages. He remembered when he re-
turned from the Crimea 1 aid complaints were male
that our countrymen were left without fool, but
the truth soon came to be known, and in this case
also the truth would by-and-by be known. God
forbid that he should ascribe what had occurred in
India to any party, military or civil ; he ascribed it
solely to a system. Almost the first native gentle-
man ho met in India, on being asked the cause of
the reb lion, said, " While the Rigl,sh Govern-
:merit was just and honest Grid gave them prosperity,
but when the G eerrement became unjust and se-
vere God afflicted them with adversity, wh ch gene-
rated discontent and rebellion." He asked the same
question :,f a young native, who said the mutiny
had arisen because the Govetnruent had become
immoral. Tire extent of the re bellion was much
greater than had been represented to the p -ople of
E:igland. The le t rs of Colonel Millman proved
this fact. He was told, rode-d, that s-me of t:,e
native princes had beers faithful to us—such
as Holkar and Scindia ; but hid their troops
been faithful to us ? And what were those
troops ? Not, as in England, the idle portion
of the population, who, by becoming soarers,
cut themselves off from the somumuite,
hut they were men who, atter a cert bin
period of service, looked forward to ret iru
their homes, their farms, and their village.t. The
rise, therefere, was not from any military cause.
If the netives were loyal, as had ben asserted,
why did not the Government dare rai-e a native
regiment to put d iwn the mu my ? He might be
asked what object the Indian Government could
have in deceiving the English public as to the ce use
and extent of the rebellion. To the best of his be-
lief the reason was, that when the :nu my first
broke out the civil servants committed themselves
to the assertion that it was merely a military mu-
tiny, and they afterwards would not rt tract that
assertion ; but there could be no doubt that this
was a far wider movement than that of a military
mu,iny. The greased cartridges [night have afforded
a pretext, but the causes of the outbreak lay much
deeper, and bad been op-rating for years. Two
causes chiefly were assigned for the rebellion by
persons with whom he had conversed at Benares
—viz., the annexation policy and the treatment of
the natives. It was his conviction that the system
of annexation had been the great moving cause of
the present mutiny in India. He was told that
the Government did not recognise annexation as a
fixed policy, and a perdon of its system ; but he
denied that assertion. When Sir Richard Hamil-
ton placed Holkar, who was a minor, on the throne
he was reprimanded for doing so, as it prevented
the Indian Government from pursuing a course of
annexation which it had laid down to itself. Be-
tweet, the years 1851 and 1856 Lord Dalhousie
annexed no less, a population than 10,558,943, and
an area consisting of 146,000 square miles These
figures were according to a return made to Parlia-
ment ; but it was a fallacious return, as it did not
contain the assigned districts, such as Hyderabad,
&Attire, and others. He could safely state that
L ire Dalhousie had annexed territories containing
15,000,000 of inhabitants to our dominions in
India. One of the most important of these annexa-
tions, and one from which they had most bitterly
suffered, was that of Oude. (Cheers.) He need
hardly call the attention of the meeting to the well
known despatch of Sir James Outram,. in which
en account was given of his interview with the
King of Oude, when that Sovereign,
raitftiserharlululedifnogr
to the fidelity of his family
laced his crown lion his kn es
many generation., P . ice
of that he litd no mo.e h pe in the jus ice
of England after having been t Id tit,t a treaty
which had existed for 20 years, and which he cen-
seiered to be geed, lawful, and binding, was no
itinger binding, because it had hern disapt roved by
the Cou t of Directors. He would not dwell upon
the fact of dispissessing the landed proprietors of
Oude, but this he would say, that nations never
committed great crimes without Illiterately suffer-
ing from them, and Oude might lie to India, what
Poland and Hungary had been and were to Russia.
The hon. gentlemau then adverted to the noneile-
servance of treaties by the Indian Government with
the native Princes. particularly ins. arcing the case
of the Nizun and of Nagore. A mei ive Pr nce once
said to him—" Is there one way or two ways of
reading a treaty You make it only one way, and
that is your own." Li regard to the system of an-
nexation, one onjeetlou was, our territories would
be so extended by it that we should not be able to
govern them. Prince Metternich 0,,c-t observed
that we had not the material power to do :t. How
were they to govern 180 millions of people that
were now under their sway ? Ano her evil result of
annexation was that they were obliged to employ
military men in the civil service, ant thus leave
the regiments with iut officers. Anet'ier grievance
of which the natives had to coinnl in was the ap-
pointment of the t iminission of Ern ens, as it was
called—a sort of inquisition into the tiles of men
to their property. If ihe parties could not show a
title for 100 ye r s the property was taken from them
altogether. Nu country in he world would olerate
such a system. The. parties were told they had a
right of appeal, but how could those unhappy men
go to Bombay to enforce that right 1 It was a ,
mockery. In this case the Indian Government had
gone against the very principle of the law, which
said that no man should he a judge in his own
cause. Why not appoint an Indian commission to
investigate these titles ? He remembered hearing
a young man state that he ought to have pro-
motion because he had been the means of get-
ting 80,0001. for the Government by means of these
inquiries into titles. It might be said that it was
only the great barons who suffered, but that was
not true. The peasantry and all those who lived
by the expenditure of the owners of these proper t;es
equally suffered. Mr. Layard then pointed out the
great abuss that existed in the sys.em of police
pursued in India, and read extracts from petitions
presented to Parliament, in which cases of torture
practised to extort evidence were set forth. Al-
though these facts were notorious, yet there were
persons bard enough to deny them. He remem-
bered an hon. gentleman getting up in Parliament
and saying that there was DO torture in India. He
had not met a man in India who had riot told him
that the practice of torture had incr, ased within the
last 20 years. After alluding to the imperfect mans
ner in which evidence is taken in civil and criminal
cases, and poin ing out the evil effects of the 13.7
tern of centralisation which is so rigidly enf
hewn
he arrived at the conclusion that justice
to the poor of note. The system of At Nino
of th, Zemindars fiir the purpose of no
venue was fraught with mii.ehief: 31r. iv"
nook on that subject was worthy ofcareful perusal.
destroy the native
The result of the system was toy
cause ef the out
gentry of India. The gr
natiTes
6t
there w
Englisha
n breakosy wmapsaothuyr—trneaotm.ridienidtnoefss the
between
and the natives. twereraes
ptrrouteeettehdat
butin Theatgrweaats
cities the inhabitants
not the taroin the provinces. Everywhere in In-
diaperfect fear and dread of the Euro-
pean. not believe that the nativee were
ungrateful.He had seen the portraits of Moutit-
stuart Elphinstone in the Deccan, of Sir 0.. Napier
in Scinde, and of Mr. Gubbins in Benares, in many
of the houses of the natives. He regretted that a

was a low vulg.
Eeglisle It
giver) in his hot at Oaevrip+
a minute or two, but he Lever joined thecompany.
English education in India was very incomplete.
A chief at Benares told him that among the prir•
cipal books were Hume's Essays—those on tita
being left out, but-there was a perfect
copy in the library. Another great disturbing
,asbuertthede
cause was our interference with the customs and
e
pswtaurnohrnesleaiaedsrtgmsaateetrenhdshleleeeoyts
missionaries
marriage
onnaatr
iiovefes
widows.sw, se ur
ec such
t aos thelb te
ho laeadnwsbuoe
censured,
dnadoPtion s
he
willinga declareddinlihrtaehyt
otanbhoeolifit hadhg
those
eeevimze reans heardatnhyidmdoii
sionary labourer assigned by any native as a cause
ir
of the outrage ;on the contrary, they always -
" We respect their motives—they are good men,
and as long as Government do s not support them
(Cheers.) Dr. Duff, who was at the head of the
Scotch mission at Calceqe •••• oele spa,„„is
one thing—don t let the asoverneeee. br,_
Kith us." The last cause of discontent 'was L rd
Delhousie's procedure in regard to converting the
5 per cent, loan into a 4 per cent. lone The na-
tives said to Lord Dalhousie, " You have ruined
our faith in your credit, and you are now ruining
our filth in your justice." Ile ralmitted that the
East India Company bad done well. Their 'ar-
rang--ments were good, but the Government of the
East India, Comp my bad not made a prosperous or
happy people. The faith of the natives in us had
broken down. It no longer existed. Lord Dal-
housie was accused of having been the chief cause of
this. Certainly the principles of gevernment upon
which he acted—whether he or the country were
responsible he cared not to irqu re—but the an-
nexation of Oude and the confiscation of the estates
of the people had been the cause of the rebellion in
India. When he asked any natives a question in
which the name of Lord Dalhousie occurred, they
held up their hands and said, " For God's sake
don't speak of him." When that nobleman left the
slime of India there were no addresses of congratu-
lation presented to him. • When Lord CanninE, as-
sumed the government of India everything
seemed to be in a perfect stage of quietude, .but
lie had scarcely taken upon him the reels of govern-
ment before the whole thing was blown up. He
was surrounded ley a weak 'Council. We had no
able men—giants in their days. It was unfair to
say that L _eel Canning was thwarted at Calcutta.
lie was not. The people saw imminent danger,
end every man offered himself, volunteered to sac-
rifice life and property' to serve the Governmoute _
hut their offer was refused ; but he could not have
known the extant of the danger, and under the
circumstances L Ord Canning did not deserve the
blame that had been cast upon him. Cheers.) A.
great deal had been said about Mr. Colvin's pro-
clametien, but Sir Henry Lawrence had issued a
p oclamati.o even more merciful than that of Mr.
Colvin. He did not wish to deny or palliate the
atrocities that had been committed in India. God
knew they were horrible enough, but they were
taunted for wishing that the truth should not be
spoken, and because they felt that if those horrors
really had existed it would be Chri'tian charity to
throw over them the veil. (Cheers.) With respect
to the elhged cases of mutilation, after the most
vigilant rove. tigation, he had not been able to find
out one authenticated case. (Cheers.) Is India it
was a greet rising of the p, ople, and he believed
teat they meant to exterminaes man, woman, and
oh ld, but they did not mean to insult or mutilate.
What said Mr. Russell in the Times? He stated
th.t there were 500 native Christians in Lucknow
that were not molested. After alluding to the
strong feeling which was excited in this country by
the first intelligence of thejhorrors perpetrated by
the ,-epoys, and the loud calls for vengeance, the
hon. genternan said that, when standing over the
well at Cawnpore one feeling more bitter than all
the rest that rose in his mind was that we might
possibly by our acts justify that deed of hell.
(Cheers.) He appealed to the members of Parlia-
ment who were then present, as they would soon
have to vote upon a certain question, not to set
their faces against all justice. (Cheers.) He
appealed to the people to raise their voice
against this thirst of blood. (Cheers.) He would
not spare the guilty ; punish them, but spare
the innocent. He did not wish to allude to the
stihj eta of the day. He would not touch upon
party contentions. " For God's sake let us
forget party when an empire is at stake." (Cheers.)
He would not ask whether it was prudent or wise
to publish a certain document, but this he would
say, that whoever was at the head of the govern-
ment of India ought to be guided by the two prin-
ciples laid down in the concluding paragraph of
that despatch, which ought to be written in cha-
ract-rs of gold, and put up in every public place in
India. (Cheers.) We shell conquer India again.
Our skill and science and the indomitable courage
of our troops will do it ; but when we have mon:-
quered it, what shall we do with it ? There is no
doubt as to the course we should pursue. What-
ever may be the result, it is our duty to pursue it.
It is all very well to see the statesmen of a great
nation quarrelling for party purposes when they
are about to lest a vast empire. You may have a
council, and must have a council which shall con-
trol your Indian Government at home, but India
i,self must be governed in India. (Cheers.) You
must open your council not only to an European, .
but tt an Indian element. You have already done
it on a small scale in Ceylon. There you have a
population raised from 700,000 to 4,000,000. You
have planters raised from six to 600 ; you have a
council founded upon liberal and civilised prin-
ciples, where Indians, even Buddhists, and almost
native hale-castes, are represented. The experi-
ment has b-en most successtuL That experiment
you must try in Indi I. If you do, and if you lose
India, it wilt be no dishonour and no disgrace to
you that future history should say that yeti made
the people of I dia civilised, prosperous, and
happy, and, if it cau.bs effected by our example,
let me add Christian. (Great cheering.)
A vote of thanks to Mr. Layarel was then pro-
pos ad by Lord BURY, seconded by Sir E. PERRY,
and earl ied by ecelamation. •

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THH
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)
The de ,ths in London, which were 1,221 in the
first a eek of April, have in subsequent weeks un-
dergone a gradual reduction, and in the first week
of May the number was 1,056. The period be-
t seen the cold of winter and the heat of summer is
that which is most favourable to the health of the
London population, and under ordinary conditions
the mortality may be expected to fall till the
middle of June. In the tett years 1848.57 the
average number of deaths in the weeks correspond-
* with last week was 1,055, but as the deaths in
t,e present return occurred in an increased 'popu-
lation, they should be compared with the average,
after the latter is raised proportionally to the in-
crease—a correction whico will make it 1,161.
Hence it aprears that the public health was so far
in a sAt'sfactory condition that 105 persons sur-
vived who would have died if the average rate of
mortality at the beginning of May had prevai'ed.
Diseases of the zymotic character produced last
week 242 deaths. Whooping-cough continues to
be the most fatal disease in this class, though it in-
di _ta. es a tendency to decrease. It was fat.). in 63
cases, measles in 45, scarlatina in 30, typhus (with
common fever) in 30, diarrhoea in 9, small-pox in
3, a,4u-t in 1. Two deaths resulted from cholera, a
child having died from it, after three days' illness,
iu Poplar, and a woman 64 years of age in Maroa,,a.,..
street, Golden-square, after a brief
hours. Five fatal cases of diphtheria afie,r(7ll`tuow"Lit
one of these, which occurred in gile-o___!_f effluvia
is supposed to havo been the consregr
d been pumped
;rom sewers into which gas
eatlackney-road sub-
for a considerable time int
had previously lived, but
district, where the family
Another child in this
the
from which they had been recently advised by their
medical attendant to remove.
Lardy had died of same, complaint before theare now ill.
r oval,licensedA
565 yearn old, died last week
from wuich he had tuffered for
six nonagenarians are in-
-30 years.
I:hereturn.
List this .
froLielt eiw:l,l3ai r:ttih
aescb:'airths of BGB boys and 820 girls,
eluded ths of •
in:i-11,688 children, were registere.l in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1848-
57 ,he average number was 1,629.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'832 in.
highest
thee st 30.26in.n Friday.
week was 45.6 deg.,
Tile mean daily reading was above 3.)in. on the last
3 dap. The lowest barometrical re tding w,,e 29.02
The
eo on 3Se tat
na day,
a
temperature
udtilc
whit', is 5.8 dee'
belly the av, rage of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
Toe mean daily temperature was belcw the average
throughout the week ; on four days the extent of
depression was from 6 deg. to 8 deg. A north or
north-east wind blew every day. The highest point
attained by the thermometer in the shade was
63.4 deg. on Wednesday ; the lowest was 32.1 deg.
on Friday. The range in the week was therefore
31..3 deg. The mean daily range was 22.2 deg.
The difference between the mean dew point tem-
per +tura and air temperature :was 7.3 deg. The
mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
531 deg. The rain measured was 0.211 n., which
fell chiefly on Sunday (the 2d inst.), when there
were also showers of hail.

LORD ELLINISORODOVI SIORIT DZSPITOK AND TIE
XINGDON OP ODDS—Read NORTON'S RESBLLION IN
INDIA, prig* IV. sloth, giving details in justification of
the 91b, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th paragraphs.—
Richardson, Brothers, 23, Cornhill, B.C.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini.
q IL TROVATORE.
TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, May 13 (Extra Night), will
be repeated Verdi's opera,
IL TROVATORE,

Leonora, Madlle. Titiens ; Azncena, Madame Alboni (her
gd appearance this season) ; Manrico, Signor Giuglini ;
rando, Signor Vialetti ; and Ii Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi-
ghieri.
To conclude with the new Ballet,
FLEUR DES CHAMPS.

The principal parts by Madlles. PocchincAnnetta, and M.
Durand.

The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock.

A limited number of Boxes hays been secured to the public.
Price 21i and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box
Office, at the Theatre.

ji Elt MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
DON GIOTANNI.
FRIDAY, May 14 (Extra Night), will be repeated Mozart'•
,akaf d'oeuvre,

DON GIOVANNI.
Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle.
Ortolani ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig-
nor Beneventano (his first appearance this season); Leporello,
Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; II Comcnenda-
tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Ginglini.
To increase the effect of the majestic finals of the let act,
including the chorus, " Viva la, liberta," all the principal
artistes of the estab:ishment have consented to lend their

assistance.
In addition to the music restored last year, Madlle. Titiens
will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone,"
hitherto omitted.
Conductor, Signor Bonetti.
Te conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by SI
Massot, entitled
FLEUR, DES CHAMPS.
The principal parts by Madlles. Pocehini, Annetta," and
M. Durand.
A limited number of boxes have been reserved to the pub-
ic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the
Box-office at the Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO
AND PROSERPINE.
Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. B. d. Second price. a. d.
31Preis 80xe5...... 1.... 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit
Gallery

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATE
CHARMS.
After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new farce, entitle,' SAMUEL, IN
SEARCH OF HIMSELF.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the sixth
time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY
MANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandle
Dinmont, Mr, B. Webster.

To conclude with YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. John
Strong, Mr. Keeley._ . _

Commence at Seven.

STRAND THE A.T RE. —Lesiee and Directress',
Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be
presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs.
Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meag,reson, Misses M.
Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs Selby.
After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or,
The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D.avolo, Miss Swan-
borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young.
Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE
SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M.
Ternan.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road..
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing.company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, do., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs.
Badzey, Miss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti,
Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. ,Jones, J. Barker,
W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey,
Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ;
Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackaey.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ;
Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Suppors, dm, until twelve o'clock.

Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAIIAM will appear every Evening.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 12.
THIBSIOXIITER, IN THIS &UDR.
62—highest since noon yesterday.
4t--lowest this morning and during the night,
54—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.79.
WIND. North-Westerly ; light, with dull weather. It
rained heavily in the night, and again this morning about
eight o'clock-