Christian herald and signs of our times . his reign and someof his subjects, losing patience, broke out in in-surrection and deposed him. He appealed tothe English to help him regain his throne. W. Quinton, the Chief Commissioner of As-sam, who was the nearest English official, tohim, promptly set out to his assistance with aforce of 470 native Goorkha soldiers command-ed by English officers. His first step on arriv-ing in Manipur territory was to form a campand summon all the native chiefs to a Durbaror conference to discuss the situation and, ifpossible, to arrange for a peaceable rest
Christian herald and signs of our times . his reign and someof his subjects, losing patience, broke out in in-surrection and deposed him. He appealed tothe English to help him regain his throne. W. Quinton, the Chief Commissioner of As-sam, who was the nearest English official, tohim, promptly set out to his assistance with aforce of 470 native Goorkha soldiers command-ed by English officers. His first step on arriv-ing in Manipur territory was to form a campand summon all the native chiefs to a Durbaror conference to discuss the situation and, ifpossible, to arrange for a peaceable restorationof the Maharajah to his throne. The insurgentshowever, apprehending hostilities made a nightattack on the camp. The Goorkhas defendedthemselves bravely, but their ammunition wassoon exhausted and they were ruthlessly put todeath. The Commissioner and the Englishofficers were also killed and their bodiesthrown to the dogs. The insurgents thenmarched to attack another force which was April 1891. CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OUR 253 hastening to thesupport of theC o m m issionerunder Theymet the force atThobal, whereLieut. Grant hadentrenched him-self in an oldmud fort. Therea desperate fightensued in whichthe insurgents,though outnum-b e r i n g troopsnearly twenty toone, were utter-ly routed andtheir leaderkilled. The State ofManipore, whichwill now proba-bly be annexedto British India,contains about250,000 inhabi-tants. It is athriving prov-ince, the peoplebeing noted fortheir skill asweavers, sadd-lers and metalworkers. Theyalso breed a fa-mous kind of ponies which command high prices in themarkets of India. The accompanying illustra-tion,which represents three types of Manipuris,is taken from a photograph secured by a presscorrespondent. R O MA. A NEW SERIAL STORY, Written expressly /or The. Christian Herald Br JENNIE FOWLER WILLING. Author of Diamond Dust, Chaff and Wheat. From Fifteento Twenty-five, The Potential Woman, &c.
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