The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

NANA SAHIB.

The Bombay Gazette has the following, relative
to the antecedents of the scoundrel Nana Sahib :
" Tee lionkan Brahmins, we learn,. are loud in
their execration of their confrere Nana Sahib; and
well they may, for a greater mon,ter of wickedness
has seldom trodden the face of this fallen world.
He was born, it appears, in the village of Yen, iu
,the ttlooka of Natarepoor, near the roots of the
mountain of Malheran. flis father was a begging
Bhatta, who went to Bithoor in the hope of occasion-
ally ;haring in the charity of the ex-Pesh wall, of
whose gottra, or clan, he was a member. The
Peslavah set his eyes upon his boy Nana, and made
him, with others, an adopted sou, tbat he might join
iu the funeral and other shaddras, intended t 3 miti-
gate the Posh wah's sufferings or promote his well-
being either in his new birth in this world, or in his
ethereal abode above the skies. Nana's elevation was
too 'Ruch for him to bear, and a; an early age he gra-
duated in the sch 00l of debaucheryand licentiousness
Whtt a proficient ire has become in the practice of
evil all India now knows. However he way end
his days, ho may depend upon being elevated o the
gibbet of eternal infamy. Query—Will any Brah-
min be found base enough to perform his shraddh?
To the above
it may be added tliet to an ordi-
nary observer Nana Sahib would hew) seemed one
itoyif the
ihea least
atiirsocc
iatlilleei
atrocities
ho
t aoy
unhaaatsiivvbeteaoe onf ftgt
ysokuotnfa. isrty3Hts o. perpetrateeHapep
sepaorekde
our language, and affected European refinement.
At Bitboor he lived in a style of crstly profusion,
ili et of boats
and stories are told of magnificent revels held by
him on the Ganges, with a
gaily orna-
mented, and freighted with musicians, etc. During
his visit to Calcutta, ho was a gr,at patron of the
jewellers, and it was not unipmal with him to turn
round to whoever happened to be
in his company
and say, "Now, take whatever yuu like best in the
shop : I'll pay for it:" The man is a standing de-
monstration thal-, however we m'iy
gild over the
vices and antipathies of Orient 114, we cannot in one
generation eradicate theme
We may teach the na-
tives of this ciliary to read English, and make
them acquainted wi
11 the works of some of the
best authors in our language ; but, notwithstand-
ing this, it should always be borne in mind that the
old leaven remains, and will remain as long as the
social system of the country remains unchanged,
and that syween we are not strong enough to upset.
—Phcertix, Aug. 29.

INDIAN MUTINY bELIEF COMMITTEE.

Tile following.de eh holt-Iher Majoity's Charge
d'Affaires at Hamburg Iris been trxusmitted by tits
Earl of Clarendon to the Lord Mayor :
" Hamburg, Oct. 17, 1857.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your lordship'e despatch, No. 13, of the 29th
of September, the content4of which I communicated to
some of the leading members of the committee here for
the relief of sufferers by the Indian mu iny, and with
which approval of their efforts they were highly plea3ed,
and I have now to state that the subscriptiou4 towards
the fund have nearly reached the sum of 1,0001.
" In addition to these donations contributed from all
classes of the Hamburg commnnity, I am informed by
Syndic Mereb that the Senate have instructed Mr.
Rusher, their Minister resident at the Court of St.
James's, to pay the sum of 5001 to the Lord Mayor of
London, as the contribution of the Government of 11am
burg towards the Indian fund.
and, in conversing with
and wealthy Hamburg
" The committee announce the clime of the subscrip-
Mereh, and Godeffroy,
s
t
wishing to afford to the
tstmiohOeu lrycSe
taonaufttte9htd,
he
etm3olmei asmtos oiler fst
ithihnsai f
iumterhonoe,ntiyietarhl:
had
only announced that
subscriptions would b
ortunity of testifyicg
e. received, but that they had ab-
promote civilisation
and well-regulated government in India of the people of
have so long and so
they►
have
and mutual
istntbahoiaiirtesittlyamfurtopsma t
of
ty solicitingttuihuferogre f
ft
ahoure
efforts
pt p.
nnwecitthed wbyhotmiest
closetG r e a l y
beenß r i ta icoo,
interest.—l have the honour to be, your obedient ser-
vant,
(signed) " G. LLOYD HODGES.
" The Earl of Clarendon."

Among the recent contributions to this fund
therersre a few that are of a kind to render suitable
a special notice. The officers and crews of 19 of her
service by contributing ety'ssltrhaviteinr a noble exampl4 to the
the Rum of 4791. 18s. 2d.
The East and West Indian and the St. Katherine
Dock Companies have presented liberal donitions,
and some of the most eminent shipbuilders and
Smith, Somes, and Wigram, having each
shipowners are adopting the same course—Messrs.
100 guineas to tke fund.
cGorietetrni but e d

Great sensation was caused at Charleroi,. in Belgium,
on Tuesday by the mino.uncement that an old man,
Piallther-in-law.. On going to the
of qrllY, had been murdered by
local authorities found him lying dead
with not fewer than 12 stabs in hi.'
andife
feet had been bound with a cord,
namedhitntiiasanpswthroat.ol
ufro.Bol oneiafad,
nbietdilrhinn
ds
in order to facilitate the crime. Several knives, all
stained with blood, were on the floor, and the furniture
was also splashed wi blood. As everything indicated
they were arrested and lodged in gaol.
that the crime had been clnunitted by the wife and
It appears that-iaw they had long been in the habit of ill-
treating the old man ; but their reason for the murder is
not yet known.

Yesterday the court-martial appointed to try
Lieutenant George William Vansittart Yule, Royal
Engineers, at Chatham, was occupied in hearing
evidence in support of the last..charge preferred
against tlea prisoner—that of scandalous conduct,
unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentle-
man, in having falsely stated that he was out all
day on the sth of September, and theref ,re could
not answer an official letter addressed to him by
order of colonel Sandham. The let er from
Colonel Sandham was provedtohavebeen del ; vered
at the prisoner's quarters on the in.er; ing of the
sth of September, with directions to the servant to
give it immediately to Lieutenant Yule. The letter
was taken to the prisoner, who was asleep in b, d,
the servant waking him and informing him that it
was "On Service." Pr saner. ;however, took no
notice of the letter, which was then laid on a table.
On that day the prisoner did not leave his bed till
five o'clock in the afternoon. He afterwards told
the colonel that he bad not seen the letter adds essed
to him, which was his reason for allowing
it to remain unanswered, and he further stated
that he was not at home when the letter
arrived. Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds, the Deputy
Judge-Advocate, then informed tile Court that
evidence for the prosecution was closed. Tne pri-
soner, when called upon for his defence, prayed the
Court to allow him time to prepare Its defence,
which request the President at once grante!, giving
the prisoner until Tuesday morning for that purpose.
The Inspector General of Mu ketry ruction,
Col. C. C. Hay, has arrived at Chatham, from the
School of Musketry at Hy the, f.r he purpose ( f
inquirinfr_44o 1/20progre,s of the oflicerB d tr,op4
stationed at that garrison in she theory and pran-
tice of the Enfield rifle. The number of troops daily
undergoing instruction in the use of the Minis, rifle
at Chatham is upwards of 300, and a second-class
instructor from Ilythe has been attached to each
battalion in order to haeten the instruetions of the
officers and men who are about to proceed to India.
The following officers, under orders to proceed
to India, have joined heir depots at Chatham :
Captain J. M. Lyle, 29th Regiment, and Eteign
W. Walsely, 84th Regiment. Leave of absence,
previous to their embarkation, has bee'n granted to
Lieut. R. D. Knight and Lieut. R. H. Lewis, 94th
Regiment.
The monster cannon which was put through a
se' ies of preliminary trials on Monday at Woolwich
was examined yesterday preparatory to a cOnt'nue-
tion of experiments. From the appearance of the
see,ment constituting the breech it was deemed
prudent to order the protraction of the proofs
beyond the day originally fixed—Monday next.
Although care had bean taken to fill in with saw-
dust the vacuum left in the chamber by the pro-
gressive variation of the charge, a rent was disco-
vered in the metal, and a committee consisting of
Mr. Mallett, the founder, and some of the ocficiala
of the Royal Arsenal, has been appointed to exa-
mine into the nature of the defect. Four only of
the seven shells firA. on Monday have beee found ;
the remaining three, it is supposed,; are too deeply
sunk in the earth to be easily recovered. The depth
of the third shot, charged with 3011. of powder,
has been ascertained to be 16 feet.

The Hannibal, 91, screw, will haul out of the
steam basin dock at Portsmouth to-day, and have
her masts taken out of her to undergo a thorough
survey._ _

The Urgent, 6, screw troop friga+e, Commtnder
John W. D. M'Donald, went out of the steam
basin at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, and
attended by the Echo, steam tug, Mr. Harding
in command, proceeded to the measured mile et
Stokes Bay, first taking a turn round the Nat)
Light to warm her engines, and to correct a little
priming which was visible. This difficulty havin2
been overcome, she made her first run with
the tide, and performed the distance in 4 minutes
19 seconds. She returned against the title, doing
the distance in 5 minutes 20 seconds. She took
other two runs with the like results, and as a mean
of the whole she gives a most satisfactory averaged
speed of 12 full knots au hour. Her engines are of
400 nominal horse power, and worked like a lathe.
The average of her revolutions were G 9, barometer
24, and steam pressurs say 13 lh. She has accom-
plished a knot an hour more than was expected of
her, and she may be pronounced a most healthy
and efficient troop frigate. In coming into the
harbour her gallant commander ordered the star-
board cutter to be manned and lowered, which was
dome by every hand or stranger, and in a In
seconds, thus proving its simplicity and value. The
Urgent has moored a!ongside the Victorious hulk,
where she will comple,e for sea.
The freightship Oscar was yeaterd ty taken up by
Government for the conveyance of military stores
from Woolwich Arsenal to Cape Coast Castle ; and
the Lady Macdonald, for Hong Kong ; the De-.
' pendent, for Bahamas ; the Lobilia, for Sydney ;
the Sir (1 Seymour, for Bermuda • the Indian
Queen, fur Barbadoes ; the British Lion, for Cal-
cutta.

The transport Lab3lla Blythe is expected at
Woolwich Arsenal to-morrow t prepare for the
embarkation of troops for India.

Mr. Richards, pilot, who landed at 'PlynaoWh
yesterday (Friday) moming,•rephrts that the screw
steam transport, Prince Albert, Commander Watts,
which left Spithead the previous evening with the
72d Highlanders, a battering train, &c., for Bom-
bay, experienced a fine pass %go down Ohaunil, and
was all well at eight in the morning, with every
prospect of a successful voyage. On Thursday
afternoon a lams steamship, with two funnels, was
observed off Plymouth, going up Channel with a
disabled sailing ship in P-Av. •
A. new species of tali; pump, invented by Mr.
W. Roberta, of Millvall, has ju..t been subjec'ed to
a series of experiments by the authorities of Wo .1-
wich Arsenal on board the flagship Fisga,rd. The
result is that the committee have recommended that
the pump mid be introduced into the navy. The
simplicity fits construction and the facility with
which it can be moved from Oho) to place are among
its chief recommendations, while its admirable
working qualities were proved by the fact thht it
pumped 800 gallons of water over the decks of the
Fisgard in 7 min. 45 sec., or 1031 galons per
minute.