Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

given rise 70 general ppre4<o1oz n iounaen OF III
Iounded that compulsory meS2s sfe % employee 70
procure conversion 70 Cnrl9en,J, nd hat Inc state
nea declared ltse1 the actin ~ Inc mlsslonares
Mnat some o. these measures Mers ful appear rom
debate which took place IN tne nose y LORDS may 20
/ iooS. -. (.
Lorq monteagie gresenteo Peiton ron seseIa, mn
uoo q Dengaa, a 1850, io so ie
peal q tne act NO. ~ Of ioov g oounch
OF lnals 9a o. certain reguienens s saoeIeu 70 inter-
ere Win NE py t4e FL oo u eaeir ahcien
rehgaon ana cnstoma ms e snarAeu .nat ny
ancient ninooo 1eN = VAS y tbSe - e Person en-
Tilted % ancestral PrePoty ~ ect 70 rehglous
trust-to certain opeexv Fl glous cnaracter
II he lost caste, ef 4uz4 - 20 Wnlch ne De-
lonGed, ~ beea44 tnose rengious
trusts ana t1s1 - OF noiuihg an
estate ne heu dnnsrated noe seg put SUBJECT to
those religipne truets II 'nse was introduced
into an act Tor tne REenpe q 81 oVluinS tnat no
n,uuov cnene1ns ns q ~ oy any
" - ~ :, - - - - e ~ se'
ne wouia nave neen aiS ~ ige was inlro-
duced as clause N Dht % yn1eh = a4 no relation II
Twas in po instance enfofdG1
That ordinance g<nank md Almost unknown
1&f5f - Sr = Ihjo(kFss ughtsnciden-
q s. IS : "a sio1n That body
81 sl2 {f71S {k6 z5sS<S ~ & anr3ied
enly to the province Of BENGAL n Ind;a Int
with amendments and mod;fcatone J. amds others a
sa.; sa - ~, -; :a,D1 aous ..s oe.s q
the convert should gain nobinv At tbs cost
and inurv of other narties Bnttb fan tbronrb for
wont ~ ooneration nn The mort ~ Az Et IL; c. -
nanv But the act of 1850 ted and axtndad n
tbo whole of India tbs oct of 1s2s 30 AZ.
arcon,;ons ;tat;ons and aS .h any u
mission nronosad in 1945 Lord N,ntoorla nrooooaad
~ no;nt ont the nract;col inustica If b 1o d
the da noars and n;ecbiefs which 1uond snr;r frt
,vorn;ng tba covernroont aqainst tbo olpr - If .
legisation which should alarm the resious nreiudces
of the pespe saving "a wise neutrality w.s the dnty
of the authorities not onv ON the oronnd bt
with view To further onr RELIGIONS objects ),
Lord Eenboropob who had been (,oyernor, eneral Of
India foowad on the same side and toId Tho noblo
onlv the first Indication of an Intention ON the hart of
the Government tn Interfere with their roll oion n with
such laws as were connected with their religion and
tbat II uould certainv andannar tbo Rrtisb domon in
India If sucb should he nersisted in IT, said
tbo be in which the act would ha called Ito
ration would ba varv few indaad bacausa tba nIber
converts to Cbristiantv wa at the
nrosant t;me On small ADDING. =
f'u11,.e -
ne lecoleceeu asnns IN Inaa Wnt4er, IN
Iob iipr; sh Cb bh :; Ts any
pot an,nIpT IN tbe nsrfon f sh dti - III; H; ~ AZ ou M
vertad IN Cbr;stian;t2 Tho onoar ubiob bo rooood
that they had not got enough of them This too in Calcutta
where it would have been thought that conyersion would
have been most While in Alahabad he lad the
honor of being waited upon by American missionary and
upon asking him they made any converts ne in
formed tnat never dd except Wnen tney had some once
:" pes'o" uPon enen'
Lord Granvle on behalf OF the Ministry, replied in
few formal and non-oommittal phrases, showing that
he knew little and cared less about the subject and
the petition was then referred to committee and heard
| OF no more.
Supposlng the Hndoos to really believe that 1T was
ol tne uoVernmeht 70 enforce law o1 TINS
Aihu, we CAN easly imagine the alarm IL Woulo awaken
even though the occasions for the exercise of might
pe very rare indeed 1t would operate very great
change vital point of their poify and legislation;
and they would readily interpret ss the expression of
fixed purnose sooner or later n braa mn the whole
institution of caste to which the has
zeaoslv urond on account of ;ts nchr;san eboractr
1I,,9 - So W VI ies cnaracter.
mneener II DC possible lor lne british government 70
p9 p " y .ion nas oeenfn iorce In iHaia irom .
perou long anterior 10 the ysl Alexander we cannot
say; but 1t IS very certain that cannot be done except
through the aid of very mug greater force than Eng
land ever has maintained ia Villa probably greater
than she can maintain n s
t)cif fbiavs tSe also Like caleplat al IN eon
firm the impression that the mean to assaiI
the Hindoo religion law has he's nassed nermit tinr
Hindoo widoy ~ ,oo,rr aro;, n - 7rbiab no,b;n9 .
80, - -. tr: a. IL So So - -, - -.
t;one If tbe H;ndoo rn;nd Whan l p,; st hl :
~ - 1 Iinuvo ilhu. "hen fie mu'ihy hrss oroAe
oue an Engnsn coionei Oh nanyA regiment confessed
tnst ne haa been In the habit ~ circulating tracts
among his men and OF preaching them with view of
converting them to Christianity We have also been
informed that the wives and daupers of the English
officers have in manv cases brosbt their nauenee to
hear unon the soldiers ~ tba 90 J and Tho
n all tbasoooaos = ~ - ~ II; l. a. - 4o tL
- - - - "a ;S;:5sl o -, 80 ~ w ~ ~ : n o ~ l r. - - % =.
P " ihon 'ne pupip oihoe,, VI oe iiaue W
tnat tnese enaeaVorsF 20 make MN apanoon
the alt OF his fathers are the efons OF pure zeal and
not the discharge of an official dut
Measures have been taken to dabuse the Hindoos of
these Impressions Col Wheeler has been deprived of
the command of his regiment andtbe Governor General
has issued the followino nrociamaton.
m. I9 e = ;, - o
The Governor General India has warned the
army of Bengal that the by witch the men of certain
regiments have been led to suspect hat offence their re
gon or to their caste is medted by the Government
VI IN rhula q are mahcious ialsenoods-
IT,; no t uenerai ~ councn ias learnt tnat tn sus-
pm;ndad nnan -. 81, - :; ~ s So y ~ uiss Il, uu ~ ~, w
of the neonle. ~ aD-0ns 0'n'i O-A'e'S
He knows that endsavors are na 70 narsuade Hindoos
and Mussumans soldiers and civil biects that their re
gon threatened secretly as well al openly by the acts of
the Government and that Government is seeking
S sona Smu
tales.
once more then the Governor Gneral in council warns
The ove5nmsnt Of Ind b ;1, tsafd ih rI
gious feelings of all its subjects with careful respect The
General in council has deared that it will never
phaticay proclams that the oysnent Of India enter
aips desire interfere with their religion CASTE and
mas peen OF wiz pe done oy the 70