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were to be murdepd and boiled down for thei ^ fat . Such a notion , it will be imagined , would scareeiy have gained ground for one moment . But so it was , Universal was the belief , and universal the pa ^ many of the hill-men who were employed to carry the ladies' letters , andin various domestic ofi ^ ces , ran away altog return . Many other instances might be given if our space would permit
Their religious fears having been excited , the sepoys began to look around them , and at once saw the fatal and irretrievable mistake we had committed . Our provinces were almost entirely denuded of European troops . Allabahad , Cawnpore , Bareilly , and a great mmaber of our ^ m ^ important stations were totally unprotected , or nearly so ; while throughout the wdiole province of Oudh there was only one English battery . The sepoy saw this . He began to correspond , and to this first step soon
succeeded conspiracy . The English residents , living in the midst of a turbulent and excited population , were unable to hide completely their natural alarm at the prospect of the advent of a crisis wdiichw ^ the signal of a violent and bloody death . With all these evidencesof weakness before him , the native ; soldier resolved to try his strength against ours ; and the scenes of bloodshed and cruelty which have signalized the rebellion , show how terribly they , at the first onset , succeeded in their nefarious design .
Mr . Gubbins ' s narrative of the events which ^ characterized the siege and relief of Luckno wis exceedingly dramatic and interesting . We read here of the first mutterings of the storm—the despairing efforts of the authorities and the inhabitants to avert it—the outbreak , and the heroic and to some extent successful defence—the anxiety for the coming of relief and the frantic joy at its arrival . Mr . Gubbins ' s house was in one of the portions of
An UnUeheaiised Effect . —Walls , the prompter , who was useful on the stage , happened at Edinburgh to play the Duke in the tragedy of " Othello , " having previously given directions to the girl of all work who attended on the wardrobe , to bring him a gill of the best whiskey , Not wishing to go out , as the evening was wet , the girl employed a little boy who was standing about , to execute the commission , and the little fellow ( no person being present to stop him ) without considering the impropriety of such an act , coolly walked on to the stage and delivered his message— 'the state of affairs at this ridiculous juncture being exactly as follows : —The senate was assembled , and the speaker
was—Jhubcmtio . —So did I yours . Good your grace , pardon me , Neither my place , nor aught 1 heard of business , JIath raised me from my bed ; nor doth this general care Take hold of me ; for my particular grief Is of so floodgate and overbearing nature That itcn « luts and swaUowa other sorrows , And is still itself .
Duke . — "Why , what's the matter ? Here the little bog waUced on to the stage , with a pewter gill-stottp , and thus delivertd himself : — "It ' s jist the whusky , Mr . Walls , ancl I couldna get any at fourpence , so yer aw ' n the landlord a penny ; and he says it ' s time you was payin what ' s cloon i * the book . ''—Behind the Scenes ; by Peter Paterson .
the city most exposed to the enemy ' s fire , its defences had been raised by his own hands and those of his attendants , and the attack upon it formed a prominent feature of the siege . Being to , a certain extent a personal narrative therefore , it excites more intense interest , although the admirable manner in which all the events are told , casts a charm over every pagewhether it be personal or otherwise . We ' recommend Mr . Gaibbins ' s book , as w e have said , as the best Indian book ofthe season .
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Ee¥Iews ; 0f: Hew Bg0k&
were to be murdepd and boiled down for thei ^ fat . Such a notion , it will be imagined , would scareeiy have gained ground for one moment . But so it was , Universal was the belief , and universal the pa ^ many of the hill-men who were employed to carry the ladies' letters , andin various domestic ofi ^ ces , ran away altog return . Many other instances might be given if our space would permit
Their religious fears having been excited , the sepoys began to look around them , and at once saw the fatal and irretrievable mistake we had committed . Our provinces were almost entirely denuded of European troops . Allabahad , Cawnpore , Bareilly , and a great mmaber of our ^ m ^ important stations were totally unprotected , or nearly so ; while throughout the wdiole province of Oudh there was only one English battery . The sepoy saw this . He began to correspond , and to this first step soon
succeeded conspiracy . The English residents , living in the midst of a turbulent and excited population , were unable to hide completely their natural alarm at the prospect of the advent of a crisis wdiichw ^ the signal of a violent and bloody death . With all these evidencesof weakness before him , the native ; soldier resolved to try his strength against ours ; and the scenes of bloodshed and cruelty which have signalized the rebellion , show how terribly they , at the first onset , succeeded in their nefarious design .
Mr . Gubbins ' s narrative of the events which ^ characterized the siege and relief of Luckno wis exceedingly dramatic and interesting . We read here of the first mutterings of the storm—the despairing efforts of the authorities and the inhabitants to avert it—the outbreak , and the heroic and to some extent successful defence—the anxiety for the coming of relief and the frantic joy at its arrival . Mr . Gubbins ' s house was in one of the portions of
An UnUeheaiised Effect . —Walls , the prompter , who was useful on the stage , happened at Edinburgh to play the Duke in the tragedy of " Othello , " having previously given directions to the girl of all work who attended on the wardrobe , to bring him a gill of the best whiskey , Not wishing to go out , as the evening was wet , the girl employed a little boy who was standing about , to execute the commission , and the little fellow ( no person being present to stop him ) without considering the impropriety of such an act , coolly walked on to the stage and delivered his message— 'the state of affairs at this ridiculous juncture being exactly as follows : —The senate was assembled , and the speaker
was—Jhubcmtio . —So did I yours . Good your grace , pardon me , Neither my place , nor aught 1 heard of business , JIath raised me from my bed ; nor doth this general care Take hold of me ; for my particular grief Is of so floodgate and overbearing nature That itcn « luts and swaUowa other sorrows , And is still itself .
Duke . — "Why , what's the matter ? Here the little bog waUced on to the stage , with a pewter gill-stottp , and thus delivertd himself : — "It ' s jist the whusky , Mr . Walls , ancl I couldna get any at fourpence , so yer aw ' n the landlord a penny ; and he says it ' s time you was payin what ' s cloon i * the book . ''—Behind the Scenes ; by Peter Paterson .
the city most exposed to the enemy ' s fire , its defences had been raised by his own hands and those of his attendants , and the attack upon it formed a prominent feature of the siege . Being to , a certain extent a personal narrative therefore , it excites more intense interest , although the admirable manner in which all the events are told , casts a charm over every pagewhether it be personal or otherwise . We ' recommend Mr . Gaibbins ' s book , as w e have said , as the best Indian book ofthe season .