Colonial.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 495, 1 August 1857, Page 5

Colonial.

INDIA,

The following particulars of the mutinous movement among the native troops in the Madras presidency, referred to elsewhere, are extracted from the ' Delhi Gazette.'

We come now to a very painful subject, but the subject of the mail—the very unpleasant position in which some of the sepoys have placed themselves, and the necessity under which the Governor-General has felt himself to make an example—for the instruction and benefit of the native army—of the late 19th Regiment of Native Infantry.

It was with extreme regret that we read the accounts ot the irregular conduct of the men of the Ist Regiment Madras Native Infantry in refusing to march until carriage was provided for the conveyance of their families so as to enable them to accompany the regiment. The disobedience of orders in this case, we are happy to say, was extremely transcient. The Istmarched without moreadofrom their encampment near Yizianagram on the morning of the 3rd March. It is clear that the regiment was in a curious state for foreign service: the officers mustered on parade on the morning of the affair were the Colonel, three Lieutenants (one beside the. adjutant and the quarter-master), and two ensigns. Not a single Captain ! There was no European medical officer, the Assistant Surgeon detailed for the duty having to join the corps en route somewhere about Rajahmundry.

The next regiment to which we alluded in our last issue, was the 19th Bengal Native Infantry. That regiment has been disbanded, after being marched down to Barrackpore, where, as we shall have immediately occasion to mention, the name of another regiment had been implicated in a distressing occurrence. The 16th arrived at Baraackpore on the 31st of March. Its fate has been decided in Council, and the document announcing the sentence prepared on the 27th. Every military precaution had been taken to invest the ceremony of its execution with impressiveness, and to guard against any consequences from sullenness or terror driven to despair. The bayonets of two Royal Regiments, and the sabres of the Body Guards on the parades of Barraekpore, were calculated to awaken vivid reminiscences of Paget. A troop of Madras Artillery, hardly needed in the immediate vicinity of DumDum, served to swell the stern pageant, and at least to show the soldiery of another and a sister army, in one of whose regiments a dereliction of duty had been manifest, to what lengths the State was prepared to go if necessity should arise to vindicate the independence of the Executive Power. The Viceroy was represented by his guards. The forces were drawn up as usual in three sides of a square. On the right flank were the Body Guard, in the centre H.M. 53rd, the Madras Battery, some heavy guns from Dum-Dum, and H.M. 84th; while the left flank consisted of the 2nd Grenadiers, and 34th N". I. The sentenced corps was then marched from its private parade ground round one flank of the square, into the centre, and halted. General Hearsey read the order for the disbandment, arms were then piled, colours lowered and deposited, and the 19th had ceased to exist. The last symbol of professional life was not suffered to remain, as it were to em

bitter to the extreme, in the eyes of the degraded men, the consequences of their errors —the uniform was not stripped off, but they were required to take off that which they were no longer considered worthy to wear. The operation of paying them occupied two hours. That ended, the men were inarched round one of the flanks of the square. The Body Guard now enveloped them in extended files as they were marched out of Barrackpore to Pultah Ghaut, whence, on board three steamers, they were put across the Hooghly. The ceremonies of the day appear to have closed with an address in Hindostanee to the 34th by General Hearsey ; which, it is said (and can readily be imagined in their nervous and excited state after the spectacle), brought tears to the eyes of the Sepoys.— April 10. It has been our painful task to mention the deaths of General Stalker and Commodore Ethersey by their own hands. Since then the proceedings and evidence of the inquests held on these unfortunate officers have been published by the Bombay journals with the verdict of "temporary insanity." A cry has been raised in some quarters that General Outram drove General Stalker to madness, and Admiral Leeke had the Commodore as his victim. The evidence before the inquest, and the "own correspondence " of the London journals, will show what little ground there was for such inuendos, and reveal the probable origin of the cry. It appears pretty clear to us that a morbid sense of responsibility acting upon nerves weakened by fatigue and protracted excitement, and probably tampered with by narcotics, eventuated in the fatal castastrophe. We have spoken of the 34th and the attack on Lieut. Baugh, its Adjutant, by a Sepoy named Mungul Pandy. This man was kept closely confined, as it was thought that ht was cognizant of the cause of the outhreak and the organisation which led to it, and would be taken off by poison if access to him were allowed. He however made no disclosures, but every precaution on the part of the military authorities showed their sense of the crisis.

The 'Englishman' in a postscript gives an account of the execution of Mungul Pandy on the Bth. The gallows was in the centre of the parade ground at Barrackpore : there had been some difficulty about a hangman, and two domes and two mehters were obliged to be obtained from Calcutta, whence they were brought in a Break belonging to Messrs. Cook and Co. The troops were drawn up in three sides of a square. On one side were drawn up the 2nd, the 34th, the 43rd and the 70th, in separate squares. They were < faced by H. M. 53rd and the Body Guard in line: and on the third side were H.M. 84th in line flanked by two light horse batteries. General Hearsey addressed the 34th in a few words, alluding in particular to the articles of war which all had sworn to obey. " The man appeared to be quite exhausted and made no attempt to address the troops around. He had previously stated that he bore no ill will against either of the parties whom he had injured but revealed nothing to implicate any of his comrades. At a given signal the platform was withdrawn, and almost without a struggle the misguided man was launched into eternity." The troops were then marched off the ground.

' TOWN OS CHEISTCHUECH. Place at which claims will be received The Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch. ■/ Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate/ Place where list of claims will be posted The Government Offices, Christchurch. g " Eevising Officer The Eesident Magistrate. /' Eetuming Officer ... Mr. T. S. Duncan. Polling place .• The Provincial Council Chamber. TOWN OF LYTTEI-TO2J.. Place at which claims will be received The Eesident Magistrate's Court. Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. Place where list of claims will be posted The Court House. Eevising Officer - ... The Eesident Magistrate. Eeturning Officer ... Mr. E. Latter. Polling place ... The Court House. KAIAPOI DISTRICT. Place at which claims will be received Mr. Black's Store, Kaiapoi. • Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. ' Place where list of claims will be posted. The Court House, Kaiapoi. Eevising Officer The Eesident Magistrate. i Eeturning Officer Mr. W. C. Beswick, J.P. Polling place ... The Court House. AVON DISTEICT. /Sawyers' Arms Hotel, Papanui. Places at which claims will be received j Plough Inn, Eiccarton. (.Council Chamber, Christchurch. Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. Place where list of claims will be posted. Woodford's Mill. Eevising Officer The Eesident Magistrate. Eeturning Officer Mr. T. Bowley. t, ... , C School-room, Papanui. Pollmgplaces ( Mr. Gregg's Barn, Eiccarton. . THE HEATHCOTE DISTEICT. • \\ C Christchurch Quay. I Places at which claims will be received ■] Mr. Archer's house, Lower Lincoln Eoad. " y (.The Council Chamber, Christchurch. |/ ■■ p er son appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. : V; Place where list of claims will be posted Christchurch Quay. ' ,'\ Eevising Officer Mr. Eichard Hai-man. ?<. Eeturning Officer Mr. H. A. Scott. t, 1V , C Christchurch Quay. rolling places ( Mr. Archer's house, Lower Lincoln Eoad. THE AKAEOA DISTEICT. ("Court House, Akaroa. Places at which claims will be received ■< Mr. Tuson's house, Okain's Bay. ~ (.The School-house, Pigeon Bay. Person appointed to make up the list of claims, The Eesident Magistrate, Akaroa. Place where list of claims will be posted The Court House, Akaroa. | Eevising Officer The Eesident Magistrate 3 Akaroa. ". Eeturning Officer Ditto ditto ditto. f Mr. Tuson's house, Okain's Bay. Polling places •< The School-house, Pigeon Bay. C Court House, Akaroa. THE POET YICTOEIA DISTEICT. ("Mr. Ehodes's house, Purau. Places at which claims will be received ■< Mr. Blatchford's School-house, Governor's Bay. (.The Court House, Lyttelton. '^_ Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. -'' Place where list of claims will be posted... ... "Mr. F. N. Campbell's house. Eevising Officer The Eesident Magistrate. Eeturning Officer Mr. F. N.Campbell. ("Mr. Ehodes's house, Pm-au. Polling places < Mr. Blatchford's house, Governor's Bay. , (.The Court House, Lyttelton. THE ASHLEY DISTEICT. f Teviot-dale Station. Places at which claims will be received ■< Mr. Torlesse's house, Eangiora. (.The Court House, Kaiapoi. "V Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate. 1 Place where list of claims will be posted Mr. Torlesse's house, Eangiora. ' Eevising Officer... , Mr. C. Torlesse, J.P. Eetuming Officer Mr. C. Torlesse, J.P. Polling places .. f The Woolshed, Teviot-dale. ° v \ Mr. Torlesse's house, Eangiora. BAKAIA DISTEICT. !Mr. Eoss's Station. Mr. E. Chapman's Station on the Eakaia. Mr. Paiiby's Public-house, on the Waikirikiri. Person appointed to make up the list of claims Mr. Eoss. Place where list of claims will be posted Mr. Eoss's Station. Eevising Officer ... Mr. Eoss. Eeturning Officer Mr. Eoss. Polling places Mr. Eoss's and Mr. Chapman's Stations. - TIMAETX DISTEICT. ("The Eesident Magistrate's Office, Timaru. Places at which claims will be received j Mr. Mac Donald's Station, Talbot Forest. _ .' (.The Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch. Person appointed to make up the list of claims The Eesident Magistrate, Timaru Place where list of claims will be posted The Eesident Magistrate's Office, Timaru Eevising Officer ? The Eesident Magistrate. Eeturning Officer The Eesident Magistrate. Polling place Mr. Macdonald's Station, Talbot Forest. By his Honor's command, EICHAED PACKEE, n . „ „ . , „„ Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary s Office, Christchurch, July 29th, 1857.

such district for the Provincial Council, and to make provision tor the registration and revision of lists of all persons qualified to vote at the elections to be holden within such districts: And whereas the then Governor of New Zealand did accordingly, by a proclamation bearing date the sth day of March, 1853, constitute certain districts for the election of the Superintendent and members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, and did appoint and declare the number of members to serve in the Provincial Council for each of the several districts; and did further make certain provisions for the registration and revision of the lists of persons qualified to vote as aforesaid: And whereas, by an ordinance .. of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said province, entituled " The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance, Session 111., No. 1." certain provisions of the said proclamation were repealed, and certain other provisions were enacted in lieu thereof: And whereas it is expedient that the said Ordinance should be repealed, and that the provisions of the said proclamation should be further amended ;

Be it there/ore enacted, by the Superindendent of the Province of Canterbury, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows :—

1. The said recited ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council is hereby repealed.

2. The provisions made in the said proclamation by the Governor of New I Zealand, under the authority of the said recited act of the Imperial Parliament, in respect to the number and extent of the said districts, the number of members of the Provincial Council to be elected for each district, and the registration and revision of the lists of persons qualified to vote at such elections, so far as the said provisions are repugnant to or would interfere with the operation of this ordinance, 'shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, void and of no effect. 3. The Province of Canterbury, for the election of Superintendent and members of the Provincial Council thereof, shall be divided into ten districts, to be named as follows:— 1. The town of Christchurch. 2. The town of Lyttelton. 3. The Kaiapoi district. 4- The Avon district. 5. The Heathcote district. 6. The Port Victoria district. 7. The Akaroa district. I 8. The Ashley district. 9. The Rakaia district. 10. The Timaru district. And the boundaries of the said districts shall be those particularly set forth and described in the schedule hereunto annexed. 4. The Provincial Council shall consist of twenty-six members, and the number of members to be elected for each of the said several districts shall be as follows:— 1. For the town of Christchurch, four members. 2. For the town of Lyttelton, four members. 3. For the Kaiapoi district, two members. 4. For the Avon district, four members. 5. For the Heathcote district, four members. 6. For the Port Victoria district, two members. 7. For the Akaroa district, three members. 8. For the Ashley district, one member. 9. For the 'Rakaia district, one member. 10. For the Timaru district, one member. The Superintendent shall, immediately upon the coming into operation of this Ordinance, and from time thereafter as occasion may require, appoint some fit peri son to be the Returning-officer within each of the districts hereby constituted. 6. The Superintendent shall, immediately upon the coming' into operation of this Ordinance, publicly notify in the Government Gazette of the province the place or places at which all persons claiming a right to vote for the election of the Superintendent or of the members of the Provincial Council, shall deliver their claims, or cause the same to be delivered; and may from time to time, as occasion may require, by a similar notification, alter such place or places and appoint other or additional places for the same purpose. And shall in such notice appoint some day, being not later than thirty days after the date thereof, upon or before which all claims to vote, shall be delivered as aforesaid. And the list of

claims shall be made up and published as provided by the said recited proclamation, within thirty days after such day so notified : Provided thai the Superintendent may, if he shall think fit, appoint some person to act instead of the Resident Magistrate in making up and publishing such lists. And in every succeeding year after the Electoral Roll shall have been so prepared, applications of persons claiming to vote shall be sent in and published, and such Electoral Bolls shall be made up. at the times severally appointed in the said recited proclamation. 7. There shall be 'a Revising Officer for each district, who shall be appointed by the Superintendent, and shall perform all the duties and eserciss all the powers relating to the revision of the lists of claims and Electoral Rolls, and to the hearing and determining of objections, and appointing the time and place for such hearing, and tOi the preparation of the Electoral Rolls, which by the said recited proclamation are: directed to be or exercised by the Resident Magistrate, or by the Justices; of the Peace within such district in a special; meeting assembled; anything in the said recited proclamation to the contrary notwithstanding : and the said Revising Officer is hereby empowered to take evidence upon oath.

8. And whereas it is directed in the said proclamation that any person objecting to any other person as not entitled to have his; name on the Electoral Roll shall, ten days at least before the day appointed for the, formation of the Electoral Roll, cause notice; in writing of such objection and of the ground thereof to be given to the Resident Magistrate or other person acting for the district, and also to the person objected to ; Be it enacted, that such notice may be given by delivering the same to the wife, or servant, or to some adult inmate of the family of such person, at his usual place of of abode, and explaining the purport thereof to such wife, servant, or inmate; or by leaving the same at the last known place of abode of such person within the province ; or in case any person other than the elector claiming to be registered shall have put in the claim, then such notice may be served on such person in the manner above described. 9. This ordinance shall come into operation on the day on which it shall receive the Governor's assent. 10. This ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as the "Provincial Council Extension Ordinance," Sess. VIII., No. 8. SCHEDULE. . BOUNDARIES OF ELECTOKAT, BISTHICTS. 1. The town of Christchurch district comprises the site of the town of Christchurch, together with all the adjacent reserves lying between the said town and rural sections fronting upon such reserves. 2. The town of Lyttelton district comprises the site of the town of Lyttelton, including the town reserve. 3. The Kaiapoi district comprises' all that portion of the Province of Canterbury bounded on the north by the south bank of the river Ashley ; on the south by the south bank of the river Courtenay or Waimakariri, and a line drawn from trig pole c 19 on the south bank of that river to trig pole c 27, on the sea coast; and on the west by a line drawn due north and south through trig pole c 29, on the south bank of the said river Courtenay. 4. The Avon district comprises all that portion of the province bounded on the north by the south boundary of the Kaiapoi district; on the east by the sea coast, on the west by a line drawn due north and south through trig pole c 29 on the south bank of the river Courtenay; and on the south by the north bank of the river Avon from its mouth to the point where it meets the boundary of the town of Christchurch district, the boundary of that district as far as the southeast corner of rural section No. 10 ; by the south boundary of section No. 10, the south-east boundary of section No. 145, till it is crossed by a creek running easterly into the river "Heathcote, thence along that creek till it meets a line in continuation of the south-eastern boundary line of section 180, following along that line to the south-east corner of section No. 180, the south boundaries of sections Nos. 180, 211, 240, 337, and 234, and the north side of the road on the south boundaries of those sections continued to the point where that road first meets a branch of the river Heathcote, and a straight line drawn from that point due west, until it meets the west boundary of the district. 5. The Heathcote district comprises all that portion of the province, bounded on the north by the Avon distict, and the town of Christchurch district; on the west by a line drawn due north and south through the trig pole c 29 before mentioned ; on the south by the ridge of hills from the Flagstaff on

Mount Pleasant to the highest of the peaks called Cooper's Knobs, and by a straight line drawn from the last mentioned peak to the point where the river Halsewell meets Lake Ellesmere, and by the north shore of that lake till it is met by the west boundary of the district; and on the east by a straight line from the Flagstaff on Mount Pleasant to the point where the Ferry Road crosses the River Heathcote at the old Ferry, and the shore and the estuary to its mouth.

6. The Akaroa district comprises all that portion of the province included within the sea coast and a line drawn from a point on the sea coast, half way between the westernmost head of Pigeon Bay and the easternmost head of Port Albert (or Levy) southerly to the head of the Little River, and thence along that river and Lake Forsythe to the sea coast.

7. The Port Victoria district comprises all that portion of the province included bars tween the coasts of the sea, Lake Forsythe and Lake Ellesmere, the Akaroa district and the western boundary of the Kaituna run No. 30, passing through trig, pole 7. l, and the Heathcote district, exclusive of the town of Lyttelton district.

8. The Ashley district comprises all that portion of the province lying north of the south bank of the river Waimakariri and of a line drawn due west from the source of the river to the west coast, not including the Kaiapoi district.

9. The Rakaia district comprises all that portion of the province bounded on the north by the Ashley district; on the east by the Avon, Heathcote, and Port Victoria districts, and the sea coast; on the west by the sea coast; and on the south by the north bank of the southernmost branch of the river Ashburton, and a line drawn due west from the source of that branch to the sea coast.

10. The Timaru district comprises all that part of the province lying south and southwest of the Rakaia district.