The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

GEAERAL NEILL.

The rebellion has claimed another victim, and
General Neill, who during his short career in Ben-
gal en !eared himself to the heart of every European
in India has fallen. When the intelligtnee of his
death reached Calcutta every one felt as if lie had
to=t a personal friend, and his death cast no little
gloom upon she intelligence of the relief of Luck-
now that otherwiwe would have caused universal
rejoicing. The public were hardly prepared for
the death of General Neill. His career bad been
so brilliant, his daring so conspicuous, and his
escapes so numerous, that it was believed that
he would not only survive to see order once again
restored to India, but to receive those honours
which his conduct so richly merited, and of which
noteven official formalism could deprive him. His
great powers of endurance, strength of constitution,
and personal appearance—for ho was scarcely past
the vigour of manhood—tended to increase this
belief in his invincibility, and therefore the intelli-
gence of his death was the more sudden and found
us the more unprepared. We did not judge of
Gen. Neill as we do of other men. To him was
never imputed vacillation nor infirmity of purpose.
From his first coming among us, from his departure
for the Upper Provinces to his death at Lucknow,
it was felt that an officer had appeared who, if he
had been spared, would havi rise" to the highest
eminence. Difficulty and danger served but to
call out all his abilities and to awake all his energies.
And yet with all this vigour of purpose and energy
of will General Neill was a true soldier. His
power over the men ender his command was im-
mense, and was equalled only by his care and at-
tention to their wants. It was his maxim that no
man was, emphatically, a soldier, who unnecessarily
harassed or exposed the troops under his command.
And thus, with but very inadequate means, and
opposed to forces more than twice as numerous as
his own, Gen. Neill was able to achieve great re-
sults with comparatively small loss of life on his
part. And the daring that he exhibited did not
arise from want of thought or that stupidity which
does not fear because it does not foresee danger,
but was the result of calm calculation. He knew
well the nature of the rebels with whom he had to
deal ; that they were accustomed to dissimulation,
and to the maintenance of a bold front with a cra-
ven heart. Thus he chose rather to confound them
with gallant daring and straightforwardness of
purpose than to induce them to assume a specious
appearance of amity by diplomacy. He appeared
during the time he served in Bengal to be one of
the Europeaas, and not one from them. He never
used the power which he knew so well how to
wield to show how far he was above public opinion
and how he could run counter to the wishes of a
whole community, merely for the purpose of grati-
fying his vanity or his own selfish ends. There was
nothing of assumption or vanity in Gen. Neill, and
the public whom he served so well, and at Allahabad
in the burning of Kydgunge, at Cawupore—in that
room which still bears witness to the massacre of
our countrymen—and at Lucknow, he has so well
revenged even at the sacrifice of his own life, will
do him his honour.-1 riend of India.

EXTRAORDINARY SeINE IN A CHUROIL—On All
Saint's-day a most extraordinary circumstanceintothe
took
plane at Rhos-y-ruedre church. It was known
nighbourhoud that the Rev. R. W.
he Mo2rgBath nlt.
Morgan, of
Tregynnon, had come to Plas Madoo on John
Edwards, Sunday Mr. Morgan was the guest of the Rev.
Edwards, M.A. , incumbent of Rhos-y-medre, and, in
company with his family, attended public worship in
the parish church. It was sacrament Sunday, and the
congregation more numerous than usual. The rubric
of the church requires that when a clergyman communi-
cates the consecrated elements should be delivered to
him before other communicants. On the Rev. Mr.
Morgan presenting himself and kneeling at the table,
the con emitted bread was duly administered to him by
the incumbent, the Rev. J. Edwards. The admiuistra
tion of the cup representing the blood of the Saviour
should have followed, but, to the inexpressible amaze-
ment of the congregation, it was withheld and refused
Mr. Morgan by 'the assistant minister, the Rev.
D. It. Davies, the stipendiary curate of the
district. Mr. Morgan continued to kneel for several
minutes at the altar, then rose, and, without speakingn:
word, retired to the incumbent's pew. The pain
be beatter
distress of the congregation at this scene may
'es being
conceived than than described. On Mr-.
quested by the vicar, in the vestry, itiptahVel
communicating a clergyman ()lied,
"Because I do not
Mr. Morgan, to assign his reasons for
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from its communion, he replied,
think
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authority and the powers
re on
cant occasion he declined to be
treat given by a gentleman of large
of
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the
high
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inoveens
present at a !the
neighbourhood to the children of the
property in
alleging `that he could not sanction
schools,
any communication between the chil-
dvwraiertnhi"ohBfigthe Church and the children of Dissenters' here-
ties, and schismatics, who were out of the pale ofealva-
tion."...s-aarnarVOß Etna