THE MANIPUR MASSACRE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 125, 28 May 1891, Page 4

THE MANIPUR MASSACRE.

ilflk*^ m&y «11 be oblfttnta «l iifferehl mtcbjnei, , wh)fo one of tb« lattit supplies yo« 1 rith yoar photograph, f/aesM all in five •♦eondsj and at another, a Prsnoh patent, one otn got a «laM of wine or water, , or a cup I of tei or coffee. Others again are us«d in j oonm otion with ; tarnstilss, lung „ testing apparatus, "Iry yoar streagtblf naobinea and devices for ascertaining one's height and girth of ohent, < ' The future ot the " penny in the slot " machine looked cheerful until the other day j when it reoeived a temporary check. A small boy dieoovered that by fixing a penny to a piece of string and alternately dropping it into a maohina whioh yielded " packets of sweets; and drawing it ont again the BDflnding power of that penny was largely increased, in faot unlimited as long as the Btring held, and he accordingly emptied the machine. The indignant lessee or owner ot the machine broaght him before a magistrate,' but was informed that the instructions on the maohine did, not qo far enough to warrant the enlpril being oonvioied of stealing, hi nothing was said abovii leaving the miobine. This dseision will probably have the fflecVbf making tbe owners of euoh maohiitfel invent some mea.ns. of detaining any Mquy/whieh. ,pnoe goes into the ilet, 'and thus prevent a repelition otmth a Iribk. ( <

V: cPer*aiFra*>l«COvMa^)i n ";,\ Simla, April 13. Captain Botteane f who, -with Mr grimwood, Lleuteriß«t(Jttrd6n.i Captain Butoher, and other ofßoere, made "good his escape from Manipur. and f reaob.ed Lakbipur on March 31, h&stnade jiMVeport to the Indian Government,©, n'thd '.subject of recent eventa at Manipur u jll^ de^pripUon of tho ooourrenoea before, atsid abortive Durbar summon e^^y Mr.QjgintQD'pnlyob'nfirma tho previous narratiyt, When the siege on the Btitfsh Keßia6noy began the Maninurs r asinngd the loopholed wallß of the palace, • which wsr£aV6ht 60yds from the Residenoy, and separated from it by an unfordable moat \Ab 8 o'olook on the evening of Maroh 24, Mr Quinton sent a letter to the Regent, proposiof ;termfl whioh he would grant. A reply was soon afterward received, in whioh tbe Regent said the only terms which he would grant were the unconditional Burren. 4er of the whole British forbe. Colonel Quinton, however,' observed that the Resi« denoy would not be tenable if tbe guns opened fire on it, -aid he, discussed the question of the abandonment of the place with Mr Grimwood.' The Resident' and Lientenant Simpiion' after a j time went, .out and spoke with the enemy. He came baok and reported that the Jubraj' Would confer with 'Mr Quinton! if ' the latter would oom'a to the gateway of the

pslaoei TfaeOommisaioner accordingly went after some time, / aoo^ih^anied by. ) Colonel Bkene^.Mft Grimwood, Lieutenant Simpson and Mr-.lfcseiriKj Wiih'them went also a bugler, who carried the ohairß required for tbe oonfersooe whioh it was snpposed wvs to be held 'at' the ''jpalaee gateway. This : bugler, ho«6T«r(f was, (speedily, ordered btjolg by the Manipnrs, as he was armed with a rifle, At half-past 10 the Maoipurs shouted out to the people* itf the Residency tbat Mr Qainton, would not return, and they then opened fire again. Our men, says ..the writer (Captain Boileau), replied freely. , At midnight Lieu is. Gurdon and Woods, Captain Woods and Mr Grimwood were staodiog upon the Residency steps t aroopg the. Sepoy a. and shells wer« barstiug in the oompound. . . Captain Boilean consulted his; brother offloers as to what should bedoni, Be said that he would- go with the majority. Ultimately it was deoMed to eyacuate the Residency, and a retreat wa« •fftokd in gobd order. The fugitives made tbetf fay horoei the hills, and finally Met j CspMin'Oowley'u detaohnenl, with .which they prooeeded to Lakhipur. , Oaplain JBoil«aq M>j°ks that the Jubrsj is alolerKXleioTaath^^fpi^d. TLe British offlosrs state ttiat no ertwliy whatever was practised :by our, aneq, nor indeed was such a thing possible. One of the telegraph offloers reports, taring seen the headless corpses of Mr Melville and lit O'Brien lying onufjoad 24 miles frqm Manipur. 2n«,'3Kfe««"Rang<Jbn- correspondent Jsaya, trußtWSrthy ''details of the deaths at m Quinton and other British officers with him have been brought to Tardu from Manipur. j These' tuiioitanate /gentlemen were put to death under circumstances ot the most re* voltin g barbarity ; Af ser Mr Quintoa's o»p. ture^vhe and two British officers and the buglfijrfwein taken before the Regent, who orwfeu'irfeia'tci be rnade brer! to the Kukt levies, Wbe killed. Mr Quinton was killed with* ktiiVei, his head 'beiDg out off and hli body haoked to pieoesi' lus limbe tfm fchea thro.wa out^de the walls to he devoured by. pftrUh; dogs;. The two offloers, whose names aie not given, and the bugler, Wen- sp4a ! r<&' by • the iKukls,..'and' theW IWdi* af t*rw«ds rr»utilatod, .and alw thrown to the pariah dogs,. Mi Grimwood, tb&poUtical , agent . and twe .other officers wfoiriMMp^^vleie^hoi' b^arder l^! 1 LintaßutgUV/lTthe' 1 'Minister; i and , tbeir bodies were cut to pieoes and;. treated a,s wars those of Mr Quinton and his oonv panions. ' The bodies of two British officers, WOO WWfl killed during the fighting, Wer« alto out to pieces, and thrown outside tbjo city, pnly/Tague reports of these atrooities had previously reaohed Tamur through a native WUT|W.i;Jjargft rewards have been ofEered for tne capture' of the Regent and the otherj |eade.rs, . .including the Senapati, whose fate appears to be uncertain, Fifty released prisoner^ and fugitives were arrested on ''tfiiday at Kuzami, a frontier post'near Kohima, and among them (says the Time* 1 correspondent at Caloutta) was a native .trainer named Tausah Doss, who affimea Hhat 'he Had seen the mutilated bodies of the British offloers with their heads and feet out off. It will be remembered that \&6 Bengalee head dl'erk's report Bald that » the" ' offidera were killed in potion, and therefore there is room to hope they were not murdered in cold blood, but were killed while jti!l resisting at or immediately after their seizure, and that the mutilation was effectmhe? death. Tbi« ia the view, taken by tbe Indian Government, and on tbe whole it k more probable, The event has caused a deep "dl rfonow and ' indignation thrfiniu ut !ndia| sspeoially in the provinoe of Aieam, where the viotims were. well known, and where it was universally believed that no victewe' woald be effered to them, Natives, ae*WlU f a|i Europeans, are calling for prompt retribution 1 , and whatever may be tbe fate of Manipur itself, there can be no doubt tbat «n>cUY£puDJwbment will be meted out to the ♦moheroua Jubtaj. , JSia story that , he has executed ths.Sena'pa'tl.is almost oertainy false, is all' probabilities point to the fact tbat the laitor fell in an unsuooeßsfnl attack on the mud fort at Alaungtaang, near Thobai, whioh Lieutenant Grant so gallantly defended. ' " - ■ . „

Irieutenen) Grant appears to have sap« ported' nil force with the corn he captured in the Thobel fort. His ammunition was almost exhausted. Tbe columns are now rapid'y oonfenixsting at Koriima, Bilohar, and Tamu, and although the Manipuris are said to be fortifying theospital, it is not likely that they will offer any. resist anoe, The difficulties of the' road transport will be the only rirloas-' obstacles, and tbese so far as the Oo«ha» oolumu , isi oonoerned, are ap con* siderable tbat it is understood that the route wac not je)eoted wilhdbt opposiUdrl on the pact of eojaroompflkent; atithdrities. f- ' . '