The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

FRENCH OFFICIALS IN ALGERIA. The extreme difficulty of administering justice among a barbarous people under the complicated forms of civilised tribunals is curiously illustrated by a trial that has taken up much of the time of the Assize Court at Oran, in Algeria. The fact that no one can rely upon Asiatic races to speak the truth, or, indeed, to tell the same story two days together, is nothing new. False witnesses i are the opprobrium of our courts in India, and false and self-contradictory witnesses seem equally to abound in Algeria. The crime forming the subject of Investigation before the civil court at Oran is a murder that occurred nearly twelve months ago. A dili- gence that left Tlemcen for Oran in September last was followed, by two Arab horsemen. The numbers increased a3 the coach proceeded. Muskets were discharged, at first supposed to be loaded with blank cartridge. It was a mistake—they had been loaded with ball. The driver put his horses to speed, but he was overtaken, and in a brief space three persons out of five were killed. No robbery took place, and the assassins disappeared. One of the murdered persons was a certain Aga Ben Abdullah. He bad incurred the enmity of another Aga, Bel Hadji; and is supposed to have had no friend in Captain Doineau, the chief of the Arab bureau at Tlemcen. When the report of the murder reached the authorities and the public it created great excitement. General Montauban, chief of the district, consulted Doineau. The captain named a certain tribe as likely to have fur- nished the assassins, but the general was of opinion that the real murderers were harboured in Tlemcen. Their deliberations were interrupted by the wife of the murdered man—a woman who has lost four husbands by steel and lead. She accused the Aga Bel Harlji. This man first feigned sickness, then fled to Morocco, but afterwards returned. He was then arrested, together with eighteen Arabs, and, on their information, the authorities laid bands upon Doineau himself. These men allege that D Jneatt had bound them by an oath to take the life of Ben Abdullah. It might be asked why the Arabs, some of them of local importance, one a judge for instance, took the oaths. The explanation is, that Doineau is a man of such imperious temper and brutal manners, that he exercises his power so sternly as to be irresistible. Tne judge and another Arab, who acted as secretary to Doineau, consistently accused him of the crime. But Bel Harji, who is accused by the wife, prevaricated, contradicted himself, was untrustworthy. It came out on the trial that Doineau and Ben Abdullah had disagreed about some plunder which, in the course of business, had been acquired. Thus, certain camels were seized on the ground that they belonged to smuggiers from Morocco. Bel Hadji bought the a ehgaply, s Id them at a higherrate, and divided the profit with Do:nrau, thus defraudiDg the government; thenDoineau is accused of killing people in cold blood, Arabs who came to him unarmed; of confiscating property; of ltyying black mail. His accounts were loosely kept; it is the practice. He possessed 3.8,300 trancs, and would not account for them. Doineau excused himself for the executions, saying that he had acted under orders, a state- ment corroborated by the commanding officer; but the Arabs insin- uate that the country side, it it could speak, would tell a different story. Captain Doineau, in his turn, insinuates that General Montauban had been appropriating money that did not belong to him and that the general bad hinted to a major that he had better supply Doineau with pistols in his cell, as he was compromised. A veraict of guilty on the charge of murder has been returned against the captain. Wherever the truth may lie in this extraordinary business, sufficient facts have leaked out to show that powers, far larger than the authorities seem to have been aware of, are practically reposed in the hands of those who direct the Arab bureaux. They have, evidently, not only the opportunity of making money by irregular practices, out vast powers over life. How far these powers may be necessary in a conquered country is a question that these who are conversant with the facts alone can say. But, however this msy be solved, it has been felt by the civil authorities that something should be done to pre- vent peculation, and the practice of levying black mail and receiving presents.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AT A BULL FIGHT. A grand bull fight was given on Sunday afternoon near Bayonne. A considerable crowd of elegantly dressed women filled at an early hour the vast tribunes. The King of Wurtemburg and suite arrived at a quarter to four. The Empress, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess d'Albe, and by the members of her suite, took her seat in the imperial box at four. On the signal being given by the mayor at St. Esprit, who presided over the proceedings, the performances commenced. Two bulls were killed after the usual struggle, and amidst the applause of the spectators. Just as a third was about to be let loose into the arena, a storm, accompanied by violent rain, broke over the place. A number of spectators placed in the open galleries to the right and left of the mu-icians' box, which was covered in, rushed to the latter in order to outain protection from the storm; but their weight speedily proved too great for the timber work, which gave way, carrying with it several of the spectators. Five individuals were wounded, but only one severely, namely, a Spanish mule-driver; several others were more or less bruised. The Empress, after having ascertained that the wounded men had received every attention, left the imperial box and returned to Biarritz. In consequence of this accident, orders were given by the municipal authorities to close the proceedings. A portion of the public did not at first comprehend the significance of this measure, and evinced loud signs of dissatisfaction, but in the end retired peaceably.

MURDEROUS OUTBREAK OF FANATICISM. The following letter, dated the 25th of August, has been received from Algiers: "0.0. Saturday last, about Half-past four in the afternoon, the quarter .of Algiers comprised between Medea-street and Lyle-street was the scene of a most tragic occurrence. "A native, twenty years of age, named Soliman Ben Mohamed, a journeyman, born in the Bouzareah, rushed out of Crane-street, where he resided, and, armed with an iron-shod stick, a perfect and most formidable club, attacked every Israelite, man, woman, and child, whom he met on his way. It was the Sabbath day, and at the hour when Jewish wives and daughters, decked out in their richest attire, stand in front of their houses. At them alone, and the men of their race, Soliman aimed his blows, paying no attention (which is remarkable) to the Spanish or French wives and daughters that inhabit this very populous quarter. Running onwards like a raging madman, he struck with his club a man name David Nouchi, a dealer in cattle, who, receiving a blow on the head, was conveyed to the city hospital, where he shortly after expired. The Arab next wounded six married or single Jewish women more or less severely, of whom one has died this afternoon. Imagine the. terror and confusion resulting from such a scene. The Jews, who witnessed it, cried out I Bou I Bou!' but did not interfere, and let matters take their course. A resolute fellow was wanted to disarm this homicidal madman. Fortunately there was such a courageous individual, a Maltese, who mastered him and handed him over to the police. Soliman was in a state of furious intoxication, from having drunk the unreduced absinthe and smoked kit, the use of which is prohibited by the police regulations."

SUICIDE OF PRINCE GREGORY CHIKA. The Courrier de Paris contains details in reference to the suicide of Prince Gregory Ghika, ex-Hospodar of Moldavia, from which it would appear that he committed the rash act under the influence of wounded feelings, at being charged with embezzlement and forgery. The following documents were iound in his room:— Chateau of Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. "I am the victim of an abominable plot, and cannot live, innocent though I be. The truth will one day appear. I await my enemies before the tribunal of God. (Signed) G. GIIIKA." Ct ateau of Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. "Daarly beloved wife, whom I adore,-Kiss my little angels for me. You know what I have suffered during my reign; and, even when I thought to live happily in the bosom of my family, my enemies followed ime, and jjould not let me have peace. The monsters would make me a iorger and dishonourable! God will some day unravel the vile plot, and the wretches will be unmasked. (Signed) "G. GHIKA." These documents, which are written in a clear and firm hand, on the same sheet of paper, evince great presence of mind and calmness on the part of the prince. A beautiful mosaic pavement belonging to the best period of art, has been disinterred, ac wording to .tht; Messager du Midi, near Nar- bonne. It will find its place ia the museum of that city. lNDIAN TELEGRAPH—The East India Company have consented to the terms demanded by the company for the formation of a tele- graph to India by the Red Sea route, and have agreed to pay £20,000 a j ear, dating from the receipt of the first message, towards defray- ing the expenses of the company until the annual profits amount to six per cent. The consent of the East India Company is, however, made subject to the concurrence of the government. MR. CHISHOLM ANSTEY AND THE REVOLVER.—Seven days ago, Mr. Chisholm Anstey, her Majesty's Attorney-General, was at Macao, upon some professional business, and going out to enjoy a swim before breakfast, took his comprador with him to guard his clothes. Coming to the city, the comprador, who was a native of that neighbourhood, remarked that six fellows, of whose antecedents he had some knowledge, had posted themselves three on each side of a narrow place whicn he and his master must pass. The fact being communicated to her Majesty's law officer, he drew his revolver and walked up to affront the danger. The scoundrels retired precipitately, but with many imprecations upon their countryman, the comprador. But ah, Chung, and Ching, and Wang, and Din, bad you known how rusty and unserviceable that pistol was, you would have come on boldly with your 15 feet spears; the bag of dollars would have been yours. Why so faint-hearted ? That head was worth 500 dollars to you and Yeh. A STRANGE VISITOR.-A live locust, a strange visitant to this part of the world, says the Tyrone Constitution, may now be seen at this office. It was found in a field at Gortru-h, in the neighbour- hood of this town, by a son of Mr. John Houston, ironmonger, on tuesday morning last, the day after the thunderstorm. The young lad seeing it hopping about, and fancying it was a bird, with some difficulty caught it, and brought it to his father, who kindly pre- sented it to us. It is clearly a locust (gryllus migratorius), that destructive insect whose ravages are proverbial—one of those whose approach, from the innumerable myriads that compose their squad- rons, is announced in prophetic language as a day of darkness and of gloominess, and whose desolating march i-i thus described :—"The laud is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a deso- late wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them." This locust is about two and a-half inches long, strong in body, and very active. Has a locust been found in this country before ? THE reigning Empress of Russia, accompanied by her brother, Prince Alexander of Hesse, and by her children, arrived at Ingen- heime on the 28th ult. The Grand Duke of Hesse likewise air.vtd there on the same afternoon, and dined with the imperial party. THE King of the Belgians left Baden-Baden for Switzerland on the 26th ult. Whilst in that country his Majesty will visit his eldtr sister, the Princess Juliana, widow of the Grand Duke Constantino of Russia, who died in 1831. The king intends to return to Belgium about the 20th September.

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA. —«— We have received our advices in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are:—Calcutta, July 28; Bombay, July 30; Hongkong, July 10. The following is the summary of 'the Bombay Times of July 30:— During the Lst fortnight the career of rebellion has remained un- checked throughout India, except at Futtebpore, where the muti- neers under Nana Saheb have been thrice defeated by the British troops. On the morning of the 17th instant, General Havelock, who left Allahabad with about 2,000 Europeans, consisting of the 64th Regiment, 78th Highlanders, Madras Fusiliers, and a company of Royal Artillery, attacked and totally defeated the insurgents, captur- ing eleven guns, and scattering their forces in utter confusion in the direction of Cawnpore. By two harassing marches he had joined Major Renaud's advanced column three hours before daylight, and arrived about 8 o'clock four miles from Futtehpore, where he encamped. The enemy advanced out of Futtehpore, and opened fire upon a reconnaissance under Colonel Tytler. General Havelock marched with eight guns in the centre under Captain Maude, Royal Artillery, forming the whole of the infantry in quarter distance column in support. Captain Maude's fire electrified the enemy, who abandoned gun after gun, and were then driven by our skirmishers and columns through garden enclosures, and the streets of Futtehpore, in complete confusion. This splendid victory was gained without a single casualty on the side of the British, not a man being touched by the fire of the enemy. The enemy's strength was said to have been two regiments of cavalry, three of infantry, and eleven guns, which were all captured. Afrer this battle General Havelock continued his victorious progress towards Cawnpore, which he re-occupied, after having beaten the enemy three times, and capturing twenty-six guns. Nana Saheb, the rebel leader, had fled to Bithoor, which is about eight or ten miles distant from Cawnpore, and we have no doubt that General Havelock would follow the treacherous Mahratta up to that place, THE MASSACRE AT CAWNPORE. These glorious successes are dimmed by a frightful tragedy which has occurred at Cawnpore, where Sir Hugh Wheeler and a small band of Europeans had long held out against fearful odds. It ap- pears from the conflicting reports published regarding this melancholy catastrophe, that after Sir Hugh Wheeler was killed the force at Cawnpore accepted the offer of safety made by Nana Saheb and the mutineers. The treacherous miscreant, however, whose hands were already stained with the blood of the luckless fugitives from Futty- gtiur, opened fire on the boats in which the party were allowed to enter, and destroyed them all. Other accounts state that the wives and children of the officers and soldiers, consisting of 240 persons, were taken into Cawnpore, and sold by public auction, when, after being treated with the higaest indignities, they were barbarously slaughtered by the inhabitants. There i3, notwithstanding^ faint hope that sonje few have escaped the general massacre, as ft is said that Nana Saheb ha3 more than a hundred European pris<>\ers in his hands, whom he intends to hold as hostages. These are probably the remains of General Wheeler's force at Uawnpom. Such ktroci- ties as those committed by Nana Saheb are almost uSfparalleltd in the history of the world, but we hope the punishment tof-his crit. es will not be long delorred, LUCKNOW STILL HOLDS OUT. Lucknow still held out at the date of the latest advices, but its heroic defender, the brave and noble-minded Sir Henry Lawrence, is no more. The intelligence of the death t f this gallant officer has reached Bombay from Lucknow, and has caused universal regret, as the event is truly regarded as a national loss in the present crisis. He was wounded in a sortie against the enemy on the 2nd of July, and died oflockjaw on the 4th. The garrison, nothing daunted by the death of their intrepid leader, continued to bold out against the hordes of mutineers who surrounded them, and it is expected that they will maintain their ground until relieved by General Havelock. Major Banks had assumed the command of the garrison, which continued in the highest spirits. THE SIECE OF DELHI. The capture of Delhi has not yet been accomplished, and seems to be as far off as ever. The enemy made several sorties and attacked the British forces, but were always repulsed with heavy loss. On the 9th, the mutineers assailed our right rear in force, but were driven bajk into the city, leaving 1,000 dead on the field. Several other attempts were made to turn the British position, but failed. Sir Henry Barnard, C.B., Commander of the Forces, died in the British camp before Delhi on the 5th of July, of cholera. He has been succeeded in the command by General Reed, who acted with so much decision and judgment in the Punjaub on the first outbreak of the mutiny. The latest intelligence from Delhi is to the 14th instant, when everything remained in the same state as heretofore. An officer in the camp, writing on that date, says:- We are doing nothing here towards taking Delhi, and are merely defending ourselves against sorties of the enemy. We have parts of five European regiments, but can muster only2,000 Europeans for any effective attack, large detachments from each regiment having been left to protect Jullunder, Loodianab, Dugshaie, Subathoo, Kussowlie, Umballa, Meerut, and Phillour. In fact, small detachments only of each regiment have joined us. The enemy are far superior to us in artillery." This shows the necessity for the prompt despatch of large reinforcements from England, and we fear that nothing can be done to stem the tide of sedition until the arrival of fresh troops in this country. PROCLAMATION OF THE REBELS AT DELHI. To all Hindoos and Mussulmans, Citizens and Servants of Hindostan, the Officers of ihe Army at Delhi and Meerut send Greeting. It is well known that in these days all the English have entertained these evil desigrs-first, to destroy the religion of the whole Hindos- tani army, and then to make the people Christians by compulsion. Therefore we, solely on account of our religion, have combined with the people, and have not spared alive one infidel, and have re-estab- lished the Delhi dynasty on these terms, and thus act in obedience to orders and receive double pay. Hundreds of guns and a large amount of treasure have fallen into our hands; therefore, it is fitting that whoever of the soldiers and people dislike turning Christians, should unite with one heart and act courageously, not leaving the seed of these infiaels rem lining. For any quantity of supplies delivered to the army the owners are to take the receipt of the officers; and they will receive double payment from the Imperial Government. Whoever shall in these times ex- hibit cowardice, or credulously believe the promises of those impostors the English, shall very shortly be put to shame for such a deed; and, rubbing the hands of sorrow, shall receive for their fidelity the reward the ruler of Lucknow got. It is further necessary that all Hindoos and Mussulmans unite in this struggle, and, follow- ing the instructions of some respectable people, keep themselves secure, so that good order may be maintained, trie poorer classes kept contented, and they themselves be exalted to rank and dignity; also, that all, so far as it is possible, copy this proclamation, and despatch it everywhere, that all true Hindoos and Mussulmans may be alive and watchful, and fix it in some conspicuous place (but prudently to avoid detection), and strike a blow with a sword before giving circulation to it. Tne first pay of the soldiers of Delhi will oe 30r. per month for a trooper, and lOr. for a foot-man. Nearly 100,000 men are ready, and there are thirteen flags of the English regiments and about fourteen standards from different parts now raised aloft for our religion, for God, and the conqueror, and it is tne intention of Cawnpore to root out this seed of the Devil. This is what we of the army here wish. THE CRISIS AT AGRA. At Agra matters have approached a crisis. The close neigh- bourhood of the Neemuch and Nusseerabad mutineers, who encamped about twenty miles from the city, compelled the European residents to abandon the cantonments and take refuge ia the fort. The garrison consisted of the 3rd Bengal Euro- peans and a batiery of artillery, besides which a corps of volun- teers, about five hundred strong, was raised from among the Christian population. The rebels having approached the city, with the evident object of plundering the cantonments, the troops in the fort inarched out to attack them on the 5th of July, when a battle ensued, in which the British suffered considerable loss. Our troops, who had no cavalry to support them, after having beaten the enemy, were obliged to retire into the fort, in consequence of their supply of ammunition having failed through the explosion of the tumbrils. There were 49 Euro- peans killed and 92 wounded in this affair, out of a total force of about five hundred men engaged. The mutineers, after the battle, destroyed nearly all the houses in the cantonment, in which they were assisted by the budmashes of the city, and the prisoners liberated from the gaol. The European inhabitants, however, had previously taken refuge in the fort, which prevented a general massacre from taking place, the only people killed outside being Major Jacob, formerly in Scindiah's service, and Mr. Hubbard, of the Agra College. Captain D'Oyly, of the Bengal Artillery, was mortally wounded in the action on the 5th instant, and six gentlemen belong- ing to the militia were also killed, one of whom was Monsieur Jourdan, the celebrated equestrian performer. MHOW AND INDORE. The details of the mutiny at Mhow and ludore, and the massacre at the latter place, where about forty Europeans were cruelly mur- dered, have been received since our last summary. Bloodshed might have been prevented if precautions had been taken earlier, as at Saugor and Nagpore; but Colonel Piatt, commanding the station, had implicit confidence in the fidelity of his men, and believed them to be .quite staunch to the last moment. So infatuated was he in this belief, that he actually left the forG" for the purpose of haranguing the men of the 23rd N. I, but paid with his life the penalty of his blindness. Major Harris, commanding the 1st Light Cavalry, and Captain Fagan Adjutant of the 23rd Native Infantry, were also murdered, but the rest of the officers and ladies took refuge in a fortified square, which was held by Captain Hungerford's battery of Europeans. At Indore, the Residency was attacked by Holkar's disaffected troops, joined by the rabble of the city, but Colonel Durand, the Resident, and the rest of the officers of his suite, succeeded in making their escape, protected by some faithful companies of the Bheel Corps. Many Europeans were butchered in the city, and among them was Mr. Russ M'Mnhon, a civil engineer, who took a contract for several public works under the Maharajah of Indore. Holkar's mutinous troops, joined by the disaffected regiments from Mhow, after looting the treasury, pro- ceeded on to Gwalior, and will doubtless endeavour to make their way to Delhi. Holkar has remained firm in his adherence to the Briiish government, and has not been prevailed on to join the general insurrection. The Bombay movable column, under the command of Brigadier Stuart, is advancing towards Indore, so that we may soon hear of the restoration of tranquillity in Central India AFFAIRS AT SEALKOTE. On the 9th July, the troops at Sealkote, in the Punjaub, consisting of a wing of the 9th Light Cavalry, and the 46th Native Infantry, broke out into open mutiny, and after murdering several persons, and doing all the injury in their power, in the destruction of houses and property, &c., left the station in a body for the eastward, taking with them carriages, buggies, &c. The persons ascertained to have been killed are the following: Captain Bishop, of the 46th Native Infantry Dr. Graham, superintending surgeon; Dr. Graham, medical storekeeper; Rev. Mr. Hunter, wife and child. Brigadier Brind has also been wounded. All the others appear to be safe Brind has also been wounded. All the others appear to be safe in the fort, including the families of the drummers; and of the ladies and children who escaped, several were escorted to the fort by Sepoys who remained faithful, or by Sowars, who, after leaving them, returned to .the rest of the mutineers. Dr. and Mrs. Butler, who were at first supposed to have been killed, have since arrived at the fort of Sealkote with their family, also Mr. and Mrs. Saunders and their children, and twenty- one sick Europeans belonging to H. M.'s 52nd Foot. The Sealkote mutineers, who took the route towards Ddhi, managed to cross the Ravee at a ford. near Trimmoo Puttun, early on the 12th inst. They were attacked by Brigadier General Nicholson, at noon, and after a brief struggle, driven back across the river, leaving a quantity of their baggage and plunder in our hands. Their casualties are esti- mated at two hundred in killed and wounded, and our loss at six men killed and twenty-five wounded. CENERAL ASPECT OF AFFAIRS. From Hyderabad (Deccan), the capital of the Nizam's dominions, we learn that a serious rising occurred in that city on the 18th July. About four thousand budmashes, led by three hundred Rohillas, marched upon the Residency to demand the release of the Jemadar of the 1st Nizam's Cavalry who had been caught and delivered over to the Resident by Salar Jung. Major Davidson acted with much decision, and opened fire upon the rabble from several guns, which caused them to disperse. Several of the Rohillas and others were killed, and many of them made prisoners by the Nizam's mercenaries. The leader of the Rohillas, who was mortally wounded, was afterwards captured. The city has since remained quiet. A plot was discovered on the 30th June last to create an insurrection at Nagpore, but through the precautions taken by the authorities, it proved unsuccessful, and the conspirators were brought to justice. Three native officers, who were convicted of mutiny, were hanged by sentence of court martial. No disturbance has since taken place, and the province is perfectly tranquil. The mutiny at Saugor, to which we alluded in our last summary, has been unattended wiLh bloodshed, the Europeans having secured themselves in the fort before the outbreak occurred. Part of the mutinous regiments also remained faithful, and aided in repelling the assaults of their evil-disposed co iirades. In the massacre at Jhansi, on the 8th June, most of the European residents perished, the local Mahomedan authorities having, with the aid of the mutinous sepoys, massacred them with the usual atrocities. There were fifty-five of them in all, including the ladies and children, who were all ruthlessly murdered. The Punjaub still remains tranquil, which is due to the wise management and prudent foresight of Sir John Lawrence, the Chief Commissioner, who has acted with consummate wisdom throughout theoe troublous times. The organisation of Sikh levies, both of horse and foot, is progressing favourably throughout the country, and General Van Corlandt's force is doing good service on the irontiers of Rajpootana, Throughout the north-western provinces ana Upper Bengal, murder, rapine, and spoliation are the order of the day. We are constantly sickened by the recital of tales of wholesale slaughter, in which unoffending women and children have not been spared by the fiendish monsters who sought their lives. Those who are fortunate enough to escape have, of course, been utterly ruined; while many of the weaker sex are, perhaps, deprived of their natural protectors, and must, therefore, be objects of pity and commisera- tion, This feeling has shown itself throughout the more favoured provinces of India, which have been exempt from the fearful calami- ties which have laid waste this fair land, and efforts are accordingly made to relieve the immediate wants of the unfortunate sufferers. Subscription lists have been opened in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Scinde, and the Punjaub, and contributions to the relief fund are rapidly accumulating- GLEANINGS FROM INDIAN LETTERS. At Cawnpore," writes an officer, "our poor, miserable, half- starved countrymen were conducted faithfully enough to the boats -officers, men, women, and children-and pushed off into the stream in full confidence in the good faith of these devils but they had scarcely done so when, on a signal given by the Nena himself, guns were opened upon them from the bank, and out of the forty boats they embarked in some were sunk, others set on fire, and the rest pushed over to the Oude side, where cavalry in waiting for them, in their eagerness to slay the Caffres (infidels), rode their horses' belly deep into the river to meet the boats and cut and hack at our unhappy countrymen and women, who vainly tried to escape. One boat, however, actually did manage to run the terrible gauntlet suc- cessfully, and got ten miles down the river, but they were pursued, overtaken, captured, and brought back in triumph to the barracks, where the men were all shot, and the women reserved for a worse fate. "I cannot help telling you a most sad story of the massacre of poor Mr. Hunter (the missionary at Sealkote), his wife, and little child. They were aroused early on the morning of the outbreak, got into their carriage, and had got half-way to the foi t, when they were attacked by a gaol-keeper, and also a confidential servant, who used to carry Mr. Hunter's little boy about. The gaol-keeper shot Mr. Hunter through the head he also wounded poor Mrs. Hunter, but not killing her, the wretch of a confidential servant went round and killed her with his sword, also her little one, who was asleep iolded up in her arms, and was thus found afterwards. It makes me shiver to think of it. May God soon have mercy upon us, for we are indeed brought very low. "It is all true about poor Frank Gordon. He, Alick Skene, his wife, and a few Peons managed to get into a small round tower when the disturbance began; the children and all the rest were in other parts of the for t-al Loge flier 60. Gordon had a regular battery of guns, also revolvers; and he and Skene picked off the rebels as fast as they could fire, Mrs. Skene loading for them. The Peons say they never missed once, and before it was all over they killed 37, besides many wounded. The rebels, after butchering all in the fort, brought ladders against the tower, and commenced, swarming up. Frank Gordon was shot through the forehead and killed at once. Skene then saw it was no use going on any more, so he kissed his wife, shot her, and then himself." The following little extract is dated Benares, July 15 :—" We are all well; not a man sick of the regiment (78th Highlanders). The natives (some of them at least) have made endeavours to poison the milk they bring round for sale but our old friends come from too far north for them, and make them first drink a cup of it themselves." "An officer and his wife were tied to trees, their children were tortured to death before them, and portions of their flesh crammed down the parents' throats, the wife then ravished before her husband -he mutilated in a manner too horrible to relate-then both were burnt too death. Two young ladies named —— (very pretty), were seized at Delhi, stripped naked, tied on a cart, taken to the liazaar, and there violated. Luckily for them they soon died from the effects of the brutal treatment they received." A gentleman belonging to Liverpool, writing on the 23rd of July, from Serampore, near Calcutta, to a merchant there, says:—"The day before yesterday a number of ladies arrived from up country, having escaped from different- revolted stations. One of them had no ears or nose, the devils at Allahabad having cut them off." f CHINA. We take the following from the Overland China Mail of the 10th July The great event of the fortnight has been tne arrival, on the 2nd instant, of the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, C.B. and P.C., her Majesty's Ambassador Ex traoruinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China, in the screw steam frigate Suannon. Lord Elgin, in company with his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, will visit the northern ports of China and Japan, taking a look at Chusan and Formosa on their way—some say their real destination is the Gulf of Pichi-li, and even Peking. Several screw steamers will accompany them. Military operations in the vicinity of Canton, since our last report, have been insignificant, and amount only to the capture of two or three armed junks and snake boats. The gunboat Haughty has arrived from the River, having on board eight wounded men of H.M.S. Esk, the boats of which vessel had had an engagement with pirates in one of the creeks in the immediate vicinity of Second Bar. Two of our poor lellows were killed, and three mortally and five severely wounded. One pirate-junk only was taken. From Amoy we hear that fears of local disturbances had died away, and that business was consequently on the increase. From Ningpo we learn that the quarrel betwixt the Cantonese and Portuguese has at length reached a climax, and that a severe struggle has taken place, in which the latter were defeated. On the 25th June, a large fleet of Canton east-coast junks from Fuhchau made their appear- ance in the river, and took, possession of all the Portuguese lorchas in port without much resistance, the crews escaping OIl shore. The Cantonese, led on by some foreigners, closely followed, and after sjme fighting, totally routed the Portuguese, but not until about twenty had been killed. The luss of the victors was by no means small, and amongst those slain were an Englishman and a French- man. Every place occupied by Portuguese was plundered; and Marques, their consul, escaped by concealing himself in the Roman Catholic chapel.

Scientific. NEW SAFETY RAILWAY BRAKE.-A model of a recently-invented "selt-acting railway brake," which is peculiarly adapted for express trains, and calculated to diminish greatly the danger which now attends travelling at high velocities, is now on view at the Institute of Civil Engineers, in Great George-street, Westminster. The inventor is M. Guerin, a French engineer, and the brake, which has been recommended by the French government to all the railway companies, is already in use on the Orleans, Northern, Western and Bourbonnais lines. NEW USE OF TOBACCO.- Dr. Stephenson (an American physician) calls the attention of the profession to the treatment of erysipelas by tobacco, and asserts that this agent is the most reliable one for sub- duing erysipelatous inflammations. He covers the inflamed surface with wet tobacco leaves, which are left on until much nausea is pro- duced. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. -Lord Brougham has consented to preside, and to deliver the inaugural address, at the formation of an association which is about to be established for the purpose of bringing together the supporters of the various efforts which are now being made for social improvement, and to elucidate by discussion the connection between each, and the mutual assistance they may render each other. The new movement will partake to some extent of the character of the Educational Conference, recently held in London, over which the Prince Consort presided, various branches of local science being referred to "sections" or "departments," conducted by gentlemen who have paid attention to the subjects. The inaugural meeting will be held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, on Monday, October 12tb, when Lord Brougham will deliver the introductory address. The meeting will then be divided into five departments, in each of which papers will be res.d, and discussions taken, on the following subjecls :-1. Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. 2. Educa- tion. 3. Punishment and Reformation. 4. Public Health. 5. Social Econonnr. THE TOAD.—A proof of the well-known fact in natural history, that a toad contiues to live, although deprived of food, light, and air, was witnessed at Kinnahaird, in Rosssoire, last week. One of Mr. Ross's sons, on the 12th of August, 1856, placed a live toad in a box about four inches square, and buried it a foot and a half under ground. On the 12th of August, this year, the box was dug up, and, on removing the lid, the toad was found to be alive, and apparently in excellent health, and walked off as if nothing unusual had happened.

Mr. Archibald John Stephens is appointed Recorder of Winchester in the room of Mr. G. A. Arney.

iBpitome of K ete, jFateign & Bamcsrttc. --+- The amount realised for the Duugias Jerrold fund, after paying all expenses, is £ 2,000. The Jewish population of France has, since 1808, actually doubled, and cannot amount now to less than 100,000 souls. The Jewish population of Paris, which, in 1808, amounted to 2,755, counts now 8,000 souls. It appears that on the lines of the United States the number of telegraphic messages transmitted in 1853 exceeded 11,000,000. A terrible misfortune has happened at Nordmore, in Norway. About thirty youths of both sexes were oil their way to the priest's house for examination and instruction previous to their solemn con- firmation. They were in three boats. A storm arose, the little flotilla was overwhelmed, and every soul perished The French Tribunal of Commerce has decided that Thurneyssen, father and son, are liable to the full extent for the debts of their sou and brother-in-law, who absconded two or three months ago. The British Association next year will meet at Leeds. A return has been printed showing the means by which the rights of English authors are secured in the colonies. This is chiefly done by imposing an ad valorem duty of 15, 20, and 25 per cent. on the importation of foreign reprints of books first published in the United Kingdom. The Times says: — Between conflicting schemes there seems a probability that the Indian telegraph, which ought to be completed in six months, will either fail altogether, or be delayed until the greatest need for it is passed.. It has now been definitely arranged that the honour of the freedom of Glasgow will be conferred on Dr. Livingston on Wednesday, 16th September. We (South Eastern Gazette) understand that a sum of 300 guineas has bsen subscribed by the Lees Court tenantry, for a portrait of Lord Sondes, painted by Mr. Grant, which it is intended to present to his lordship as an heirloom.. The government (says the Birmingham Journal) intend to present to the King of Siam a pretty hydraulic press, of great power, intended for the compression of cotton; and a complete set of coining machines with dies complete. A dinner, to celebrate Mr. Bright's return, has been held at Bir- mingham. Notwithstanding the laudable exertions of the Royal Flax Im- provement Society, it appears that flux cultivation does not make the anticipated progress in Ireland. The annual trip of members of institutions connected with the Lancashire and Cheshire Instiiu-ional Association took place on Saturdav afternoon, the place visited being Alderl-y-park, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley, President of the Board of Trade. A subscription has already been opened in the Stock Exchange for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny. Major-General Sir Hugh Rose, K. C. B., left, a few days ago, to assume his command in India, proceeding direct overland to Suez, and thence to Calcutta. Major-General Sir W. Reid, the governor and commander-in- chief at Malta, who has been on leave of absence, will leave to resume his drifts on the 20th instant. We (Sussex Express) understand that Mr. Banister, civil engineer, of Ship-street, Brighton, is looking over the country for the purpose of ascertaining the best and most convenient line of railway for the accommodation of the whole district of West Sussex, in connection with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company. The Chairman of the East India Company has, unsolicited, for- warded to the Lord Mayor, in the name of the Court of Directors, a Ciidetship for his nephew, John Finnis, son of the Lite Colonel Finnis, who was murdered at Meerut at the commendement of the present outbreak in India. The will of the late G. F. Muntz has just, been proved, the per- sonal estate having been sworn under £ 600,000. Mr. Cobden is spoken of as the new candidate for Oldham. Lord Melgund is likely to be the (unpaid) chairman of the Scot- tish Lunacy Commission. In the year ending 15th May, 1857, there was imported into Leith a total of 732,095 quarters of grain, of which 324,054 quarters were wheat, and 279,716 were barley. # The Aberdeen Herald regrets very much to say that the potato disease has already made sad havoc in this quarter. In some very fine gardens there is not a healthy stem to be found, while an untouched field is a rarity. Buxton is now crowded with visitors attracted by its famous mineral waters and its picturesque situation and neighbourhood. The Middlesex Election will take place on Thursday. The only candidate at present is Mr. Byng, M.P. for Tavistock. Mr. John Bell's statue of "The Maid of Saragossa," and the same artist's group for the Wellington Memorial, have been placed in the Sculpture Room of the Department of Science and Art, at Old Brompton. The legislature of the Isle of Man has passed a bill which closes public-houses entirely on Sunday, and compels them to close at an early hour on Saturday night. The Marquis of Westminster, it is stated, has leased the Grosvenor Canal and the large Pimlico Basin to the railway companies south of the Thames for a branch line and central station for all London. Whatever, says the Athenaeum,, be said concerning the morals or policy of completion of the Louvre,-few will deny that the effect of the entire palace, as it now stands, is truly regal and sumptuous,- the new portion, it may be recollected, being the most florid and ornate part of the structure. The Frankfort Philanthropic Congress will open on the 14th of September, in the great hall of the Romer,—so well known as the meeting place of the German Parliament in 1848,-the use of which has been granted by the local government. The Congress will last about seven days. On the island of Gotland, in the Baltic, which seems to be an in- exhaustible mine of ancient coins, more than seventy silver coins of the greatest numismatic value, together with sixteen fragments of very old buckles, have recently been discovered under a large stone, near Oeja. Mr. Wright, a solicitor in London, suddenly dropped down dead as he was taking exercise in St. James's Park. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel and his newly-married bride are staying at Bude Haven, Cornwall. The Duke of Northumberland and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., are sojourning at the same place. A telegraphic despatch has been received from Magdeburg (Prussia), announcing that a considerable portion of that town has been destroyed by fire. The railway bridge and the military store- houses have fallen, it is said, a prey to the flames. An extra week has been added to the school holydays at Win- chester College, on account of the birth of the Princess Beatrice. Last week his Grace the Duke of Devonshire paid a visit to the Rev. P. Bronte, as a proof of his grace's estimation of the vener- able incumbent, and of the departed worth and genius of his talented children. Accounts from Dresden state that the commission charged with the drawing up of a civil code fot Saxony and other states of Central Germany has resumed its sittings. The Kght Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., has left town for Scotland, for the purpose of inspecting the various works which arebeingcarriedonunderhisdepartment. Lord Hubert de Burgh, after a temporary leave of absence, has returned to Turin to resume his diplomatic duties. The Earl Fitzhardinge continues in the same hopeless condition, his lordóhip's medical attendants giving no hopes of his ultimate recovery. Lord Panmure will leave town for a few weeks for Invermarl, his lordship's shooting box in Scotland. Sir Robert Hamilton, of the Bengal Civil Service, and late Com- missibner of the Agra district, has lett overland for Calcutta. If," writes one of the most honourable and intelligent men among the Liverpool merchants, in a letter to the Times, "you could sweep the Liverpool Stock Exchange from the face of the earth, you would indeed be a public benefactor." The Boersenhalle announces that an exhibition of Scandinavian industry will take place at Christiania in 1858 or 1859. It is stated that the Credit Mobilier of Paris has entered into negotiations with the government of Holland relative to undertaking the construction of railways in that country. During last week, the Londonderry steamers took to Clyde up- wards of 1,200 reapers; and an equil number has crossed from Ire land in the Belfast boats. In the course of the previous week as many were carried over in the latter vessels, making an aggregate of nearly 4,000 persons. The suspension of payment by the firm of Messrs. Bruford and Dyer, African merchants, of Bristol, has been announced. The liabili- ties are stated at £ 100,000. The opening of the Caen Canal was inaugurated on Sunday with great rejoicings. The municipal council had voted a sum of 10,005 francs towards the expense of the. fete. The first sod of the South Durham and Lancashire line was cut on Tuesday at Kirkby Steven, in Westmoreland, with the usual festive auxiliaries. The railway thus commenced will complete the connection between the east and west coast, across Durham, West- moreland, and Lancashire. The subscriptions sent from various parts of Switzerland for the families of the persons who lost their lives at the tunnel of Hauenstein amount to upwards of 60,000 francs. During the late London wool sales 82,394 bales have been dis- posed of, viz., 18,083 Sydney, 29,483 Port Philip and Portland Bay, 6,135 Van Dieman's Land, 7,685 South Australian, 5,290 New Zealand, 1,177 Swan River, 12,452 Cape, and the rest foreign. Great improvements are being made at Holyroud Palace. The potato disease has again made its appearance within the past week in various parts of the counties of Banff, Moray, and Aberdeen, and has since it became observable made rapid progress. The herring fishery all along the east coast of Scotland and at Wick is as yet much under the average of the last seven years, and fears are now entertained that the take will be a short one. A correspondent of the Brussels Independance states that there have been six successful ascents of Mont iilanc this year. Chamouni is crowded with tourists.. An international conference on the subject of telegraphs is to be held in a short time at Berne,lin order to establish a uniform, commu- nication between the Austro-German telegraphic union and the States which signed the telegraphic convention of Pans. The Australian assembly have resolved to abolish the public grant for the support of religion. Welton's offer for the establishment of a line of steamers between Sydney and Panama has been accepted by the government of New South Wales. The sum of 20,000 rupees has been forwarded by the Lord Mayor to the Governor-General, as a first instalment resulting from the meet- ing at the Mansion-house for the relief of our suffering countrymen in India. The Monitore Toscano gives a full description of the Pope's entry into Florence on the 18th inst. One hundred and one guns were fired on the occasion, and his Holiness rode in the Grand Duke s state carriage, who sat on his left hand. Mrs. Cunningham of New York has been consigned to the Tombs prison amid greaUexcitement. General Walker is collecting a fund to enable him to form another expedition to Nicaragua. The steam-ship, Tennessee, had arrived at New York with 260 deserters from Walker's army. French journals state that Signor Lablache's health is so mucli restored that he has absolutely verbally accepted an engagement to sing at the Italian Opera at Paris tds winter.