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The Week,
THE WEEK ,
The intelligence from India since our last has been of little importance , though it appears generally admitted that the snake of mutiny is not killed , only scotched ; and much will remain to be done before the hydra-headed monster is thoroughly overcome , and our " braves " can be allowed repose , or a visit to their native land . The victories of Sir Colin Campbell and the other generals engaged are most important ; but quiet cannot be restored until the British army in India is greatly reinforced . A most thrilling despatch , descriptive of the siege of Lucknow , has been received from the pen of Colonel Inglis , and stamps it as one of the most extraordinary incidents in modern warfare . Surrounded by an
enormous circle of armed savages , who brought military education to the aid of revenge ; cut off from all communication with their fellow-countrymen , not knowing whether they were simply staving off death , or whether they were defending themselves until succour should come , and pressed on all sides by the most unrelenting hostility , the glorious little garrison held out . The soldiers fought like heroes , the civilians rivalled their efforts , and the women , regardless of their own snfferings , consoled , nursed , helped all . And especially be it remembered , that they were not all British . There were men of two native regiments among them ; and these men stood as firm , worked as hard , and fought as bravely as their Christian comrades . Neither the threats nor seductions of their
fellowbelievers had any avan ; these men were true to their salt —alike determined to stand or fall with their fellow-soldiers . It is generally believed that the temporary defeat of General Windham arose from his being too precipitate and undervaluing the strength of his opponents . The death of Sir Henry Havelock is regarded as a national loss ; and a peerage is talked of for his widow , with remainder to his son . Not the least of gratifying events connected with the late struggle for the relief of Lucknow , is the conferring the Victoria medal on Lieutenant Havelock for his distinguished bravery in the field .
An attempt of an unusually atrocious chai-acter was made on the 14 th upon the life of the Emperor of the French . Three detonating shells or grenades were hurled at his carriage by some miscreants , said to be Italians , and the abominable crime was rendered more hideous by the fact that the Empress was with her husband , and was equally liable with him to being killed or mutilated . The assassins failed in their object , but wounds were inflicted upon fifty or sixty persons
surrounding the imperial carriage , some it is feared fatally . The Emperor was undaunted , andhis reception at the Opera , which he was about to enter when the attempt at assassination was made , was most enthusiastic . On the following day the Emperor and Empress rode almost unattended through the Boulevards , and were everywhere loudly cheered . In Spain there has been a change of ministry , an event which takes place as regularly and with almost equal celerity as a trick in a pantomime .
In America , the arrest of Gen . Walker appears to have given rise to some embarrassment ; the government not knowing how to act , apparently not wishing to interfere with the Filibusters , whoso presence in the capital appears as dangerous as when they are engaged in endeavouring to find a country for themselves by wresting it from others . Kansas and Utah too , are giving every promise of keeping the Union in hot water for sometime to come .
There has been little of domestic interest during the past week ; and the only thing talked of is the approaching marriage of the Princess lloyal with our distinguished Bro . Prince Frederick William of Prussia . In the Chapel ttoyal all the preparations are approaching completion . The cawed oak galleries on either side are quite finished , and their effect is such a decided improvement on the old high Bleeping pews which formerly disfigured the Chapel Boyal that it is a matter
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week,
THE WEEK ,
The intelligence from India since our last has been of little importance , though it appears generally admitted that the snake of mutiny is not killed , only scotched ; and much will remain to be done before the hydra-headed monster is thoroughly overcome , and our " braves " can be allowed repose , or a visit to their native land . The victories of Sir Colin Campbell and the other generals engaged are most important ; but quiet cannot be restored until the British army in India is greatly reinforced . A most thrilling despatch , descriptive of the siege of Lucknow , has been received from the pen of Colonel Inglis , and stamps it as one of the most extraordinary incidents in modern warfare . Surrounded by an
enormous circle of armed savages , who brought military education to the aid of revenge ; cut off from all communication with their fellow-countrymen , not knowing whether they were simply staving off death , or whether they were defending themselves until succour should come , and pressed on all sides by the most unrelenting hostility , the glorious little garrison held out . The soldiers fought like heroes , the civilians rivalled their efforts , and the women , regardless of their own snfferings , consoled , nursed , helped all . And especially be it remembered , that they were not all British . There were men of two native regiments among them ; and these men stood as firm , worked as hard , and fought as bravely as their Christian comrades . Neither the threats nor seductions of their
fellowbelievers had any avan ; these men were true to their salt —alike determined to stand or fall with their fellow-soldiers . It is generally believed that the temporary defeat of General Windham arose from his being too precipitate and undervaluing the strength of his opponents . The death of Sir Henry Havelock is regarded as a national loss ; and a peerage is talked of for his widow , with remainder to his son . Not the least of gratifying events connected with the late struggle for the relief of Lucknow , is the conferring the Victoria medal on Lieutenant Havelock for his distinguished bravery in the field .
An attempt of an unusually atrocious chai-acter was made on the 14 th upon the life of the Emperor of the French . Three detonating shells or grenades were hurled at his carriage by some miscreants , said to be Italians , and the abominable crime was rendered more hideous by the fact that the Empress was with her husband , and was equally liable with him to being killed or mutilated . The assassins failed in their object , but wounds were inflicted upon fifty or sixty persons
surrounding the imperial carriage , some it is feared fatally . The Emperor was undaunted , andhis reception at the Opera , which he was about to enter when the attempt at assassination was made , was most enthusiastic . On the following day the Emperor and Empress rode almost unattended through the Boulevards , and were everywhere loudly cheered . In Spain there has been a change of ministry , an event which takes place as regularly and with almost equal celerity as a trick in a pantomime .
In America , the arrest of Gen . Walker appears to have given rise to some embarrassment ; the government not knowing how to act , apparently not wishing to interfere with the Filibusters , whoso presence in the capital appears as dangerous as when they are engaged in endeavouring to find a country for themselves by wresting it from others . Kansas and Utah too , are giving every promise of keeping the Union in hot water for sometime to come .
There has been little of domestic interest during the past week ; and the only thing talked of is the approaching marriage of the Princess lloyal with our distinguished Bro . Prince Frederick William of Prussia . In the Chapel ttoyal all the preparations are approaching completion . The cawed oak galleries on either side are quite finished , and their effect is such a decided improvement on the old high Bleeping pews which formerly disfigured the Chapel Boyal that it is a matter