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Mayor.—A Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the of the City of London, On Thursday, the 10th day of February, 18.59. Resolved unanimously—That a loyal and dutiful address be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, congratu lating her Majesty on the happy event of the birth of a Prince, son of the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, and Heir to the illustrious House of Hohenzollern. Resolved unanimously—That an address of congratulation hpresented to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, on e happy event of the birth of a Prince, son of the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, and Heir to the illustrious House of Hohenzollern. MEREWETHER. EDSTEA-DS AND BEDDING.—The most extensive show in London of Bedsteads in iron, brass, and fancy woods, with the bedding and furniture Complete, fixed for inspection with the price marked lu plain figures, is at DRUCE and CO.'s celebrated now rooms and furniture galleries. Portable iron bedsteads ". 6(1. each ; a 3 feet patent iron bedstead, with good paillasse, mattress, feather bolster and pillow, three blankets, counter tape, and pair of sheets, 5Ss. , complete ; a set of c hi n t z h ang i ngs " 8 . 6 d. Also on view, an unrivalled assemblage of dining- Xoorn, drawing-room, and chamber furniture, the most extra o_rdinary in magnitude and variety ever subMitted to the public. The proprietors being desirous of comparison, have marked 2very article in plaiefigures, for public inspection. Persons f urnishing may here make their own calculations, and avoid the annoyance of delusive estimates, or being importuned to Purchase. A written warranty is given, and references if re quired. Mahogany washstands, with marble tops, 325. ;itch. 100 superior wardrobes to select from. Elegant carpets, t B . Per yard, under the usual price. Down quilts; ss. a each. 5000 vasYchairs always on show. Druce & Co. 68, 69, and 58, Baker -Breet, Portman-square, celebrated for superior French and German Mattresses and seasoned Bedding. Books of bedding sent post-free. P.,._ üBLIC READINGS SOCIETY. Rev.. COMMITTEE. W. H. Brookfield. W. Charles Kent, Esq. Rev, P. D. Maurice. S. C. Hall, Esq it . ev. J. M. Bellew. Wm. Howitt, Esq. ~,- " ev• J. G. Lonsdale. I Geo. Harris, Esq. -Key. Alex. Watson. E. Powell, Esq. Rev. O. F. Owen. &c. &c. The object of this Society is to establish Public Readings Tor the Entertainment and Instruction of the Working Classes. Its plans are to procure Public Halls, School-rooms, and Other convenient places, at a small cost, and to supply Evening Readings from English Literature adapted to interest and amuse a general audience; such as the works of Shakspere, Scott, Goldsmith, Dickens, Macaulay, &c., &c. Some seats Will be reserved for those who can afford to pay for the accom modation at the uniform charge of one shilling, which will De their contribution towards the cost of providing fbr the poor. . With this exception the Rooms will be opened to any Per thanpayment of One Penny ; and no more will be admitted can be comfortably seated. As soon as the room is full, the doors will be dosed. The Readings will begin at Eight O'clock precisely, and close at Half-past Nine. N.l3.—The aid of SubScriptions will be required to defray the expenses of the Society, and those who approve the object are requested to put down their names for some Annual Con tribution, howevemnall. Public Institutions, Clet9,-ymen, and Parish Authorities, Would m uc h promote the objects of the Society, by lending the use of Rooms convenient for the purpose. Competent Readers are invited to give their assistance. Communicatio ns, subscriptions, offers of rooms for the Readings, & C. , are to be addressed to the Acting Secretary, Mr. JouN COLLETT, at our Chambers, 1, Essex-court, Temple, or to EDWARD W. COX, or CHARLES J. PLUMPTRE,I Honorary Secretaries. REAERS. The following Gentlemen ha D ve engaged to read :—Rev. F. _ • ▪ Maurice, Rev. J. M. Bellew, Rev. W. H. Brookfield, Rev. 0 ,.; G. Lonsdale, Rev. A. Watson, Rev. 0. F. Owen ; E. W. u„,. 0 , , c, Esq. Esq. Harris, Esq. • IT. Lawrence, Esq. ; C. J. 'W.',utnptre, ;E. Powell, isq. ,• W. Charles Kent, Esq. ; C. Stockdale, Esq. ; and S. C. Hall, Esq. NOTICE. The Next Reading of the Society will be as follows : Friday, Feb.ll—At the School-room of St. George the Martyr, Theobald's-road. By -the Rev. Alexander Watson; E. W. Cox, Esq. ; and W. Charles Kent, Esq. Admission, One Penny.- Some Reserved Seats, One Shilling. The doors will open at Half-past Seven, and the Reading will Read in be has gin precisely at Eight. No admittance after the g un. *% Schools admitted free of any charge whatever. ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited) for the NAVIGATION of the RIVERS of '""IA. (Under Subsidy from the Indian Government.) Capital—£2so,ooo, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. Nov proposed to be increased to £500,000. TRUSTEE. James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. DIRECTORS. C hairman—Colonel Grimes, Norwood, and Ampthill Lodge, Southampton. John Bourne, Esq., 0, Billiter-street. _Captain F. Vere Cotton, R.N., Alport House, Whitchurch. Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Captain J. C. Hoseason, R.N., Highbeech, Essex. ,ames Kennedy, Esq., late of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy. oir John Spencer Login, Director of the Gude Railway Com pany, Kew. MANAGING DIRECTOR. .John Bourne, Esq. AUDITORS. John Glenny, Esq., Strand. George May, Esq., Gresham House. SOLICITORS. Messrs. H. R. Hill and Son, Throgmorton-street. BAN KERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane. SECRETARY. John Mathewson, Esq. Offices : 9, Billiter-street, London. The Directors give notice that, in consequence of the great rive undiminished demand for Steam Vessels upon the Indian • , rers, and the wide field presenting itself for theit profitable e v in PluYment, they have. resolved to double the capital of the ...orap any. The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the st eamers and barges, consisting of twelve vessels in all, which they forwarded from this country in August last, have now arrived safely in India, and will commence plying upon the l ivers without delay. An equal number of vessels of still greater power is at present in preparation, and will'be sent out as soon as possible. Before embarking in the present undertaking the Directors had not only satisfied themselves of its eminently profitable Uature but they had secured for it the marked co-operation Of the Indian Government, by the acquisition of a subsidy ; and the Government, both by the gift of land for stations, Workshops, and depots, of wood for fuel, and in every other Way, has rendered every possible aid to the present under taking. At the same time the Directors have insured com plete exemption from Government control and interference ; and this is the only Company so distinguished which pos- Sesses any Government support. The Directors have the satisfaction of finding that not only the Reports of the Company's servants in India, but the Whole concurrent testimony of the advises received from that country, through whatever channel, completely confirms the favourable anticipations they long since formed of the profit able character of the present undertaking. It would be irn- Possible, however, within the limits of an advertisement, to capitulate the numerous evidences of this truth which the !rectors are constantly receiving ; and they content them selves, therefore, with giving the following quotation from a . re cent leading article in the "Times," which shows that simi lar information had been reaching that paper through its J adian correspondents. '" From the Times,' Jan. 29, 1859. " It is not only Government but the whole nation that seems remiss. Any day during the last year we might have filled our columns with the complaints of shipbuilders at the de cline of their trade, owing in a great measure to the happy t e rmination of the Russian War. But what do we now hear from India ? They wonder there what our shipbuilders are about. Month at ter month they are expecting the steamers that are to come. The Indian General Steam Navigation Company ceclare this month,' says our correspondent, a dividend o ,l'loo and upwards per cent. Th e H om e Government had been requested to send out six river steamers, and it had sent out only one, which, it said, would be enough.' Next month,' eontinues our informant, 'the Indian Government had to en gage all the freight of six for two trips at a price which would trave bought the new vessels wanted twice over. There is room and work, we are told, for 300 steamers on the Ganges alone, flowing, as it does, through a territory with a popula tion of 350 to the square mile, with an export trade of ..,.£ 16 ,000,0000, and an internal trade beyond human calculation. I et, with this vast opening before us, there are found men in the prime of life, neither schoolboys nor dotards, who can Waste their time in holding meetings and memorialising" Ga vernment to find them customers for their shipping. Many a time ere this has war ministered to peace, infusing a quicker element into its idle, dreamy soul. To this Mutiny, perhaps, We owe the real opening 'of the Indian 'navigation to British enterprise, and the railways which are certain to follow. But v erbum sat ; we have said enough to start our shipbuilders and shipowners, if they are Englishmen. The Directors have all along felt that neither the vessels Which they have already sent to-India, nor those which they have at present in preparation, could do much to satisfy the great want of Inland Steam Navigation which exists in that eou ntry. But they have also all along felt that t h e only safe Way of entering upon such an undertaking was not to rush into it with sanguine precipitation, but to advance with gra dual and cauti ous steps, and without being dazzled by the large prospect of profits it holds out. The first steps, how ever, having* been successfully taken, the whole of the exist ing Shares in the Company having been allotted, and being at a premium in the market, and the field being so large as to require a large capital to work it in an efficient manner, the Directors are of opinion that the time is come when the capi tal of th e Company may be advantageous l y i ncr eased, and they have, therefore, resolved-to-raise the capital to half a Million sterling without delay. Applications for the new Shares must be forwarded to the Directors, at the offices of the Company, 9, Billiter - street , London, on or before the 28th day of February next ; and existing Shareholders will have a preference in the allotment. A deposit of two shillings per Share to be made on appli- Cation. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Oriental Inland Steam Company ii Gentlemen,—l request that m y ted ou ). will allot to me of the new issue of Shares in this Company; and I hereby wader take to accept the same or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the calls thereon when due, and to sign the Articles of Association when required. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE.; Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Me -. .... _ _ thcine. Vienna. TRIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a Lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the Waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doges, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricorcl, 4, e , adapted for both sexes. 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With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in Spermatorrheea, Impotence, and Sterility, in which cases it is applied without pain or danger, and is frequently successful without the aid of medicine. _ BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, ReZistered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London Ho s p ital Medical Societ;r, trary o r An erroneous impression exists that public announcements on these disorders emanate only from unqualified persons, but as the new Medical Act provides that nonebut registered practitioners shall assume any medical title, those that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished—a point of great importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite. In the new edition of ' Self-Preservation,' facts o f pm _ moun mount u t i o l t a y l l a w r are o b brought hs utfftoerfnegthefrr-o—infacatffseoatptponeasliwnghtotoh in prudencethe prudence of all who are'suffetifl from affections which in yo withoutt h the h e t n o f i e t e m b l a e n m f e o n r t fe and d s t the d ultimate n y o l of naturet h , a o n s those s n o w k se to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. 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POP -4 -4. ,::.-,... , • • - -, P)o - - ,- ..,..,„ ' - -.:4 ,,, • -•,.% ,- ,At. v ...7, k i , .;:.',,.!' A• ' OIT • ' • ..,- ~, .„. •-,...-_-_-_!....,........„.. - ' ''.. PRICE 4 D , STAMPED, SD. to induce them to surrender. The Begums do not come in therefore ; neither the spirited lady who has been the' soul of the rebellion iii Oude, nor the two young ladies who sent word that they were about to favour us with their presence in camp. Deebeel3ux, the - Rajah of Gondah, has sent in vakeels, but as long as the Begum holds out he, like Bainie Madhoo, will not surrender. On the other hand, it is to be noted that there are now in all guide but two or three chiefs who have not made their submission. All the country behind us is ours, and the talookdars having been received in-camp, have gone back to their estates, and ar e aiding our 'newly reinstated authorities in pulling don their own forts, and in establishing the machinery for police and revenue purposes. Deebee Bus and Bainie Madhoo are almost the only exceptions, for old Nurput Singh of Bowes: is not a landed proprietor of any consequence. Of the two former a native chief predicated that they would fight to the last. " Why so ?" he was asked: " Because Bainie Madhoo has said he will never.desert Birjeis Kuddr, and he never breaks his word; and Deebee Brix will fight because he is so fond of it, and' has been fighting all his life." Nurput Singh is a cripple, and he is said to have vowed " that as God had taken some of his members he would give the rest to his country." There is- no doubt but that °fide might be greatly disturbed if those chiefs should succeed in getting to our rear into the settled districts. What they mean by fighting is a troublesome guerilla,con tinual raids, and forays, and flights, the -plunder of those who are -not •their friends, surprises, long marches, feints, outwitting their enemies, a life which has its charms, as it certainly has its eteitement, particularly with the stimulus of Enfield rifles, and shrapnel. This " chase au talookdar" is weary work- for officers and men. It is inglorious and unprofitable, and the scent does 'not lie, so that the truest dogs are at fault. Of course the Government at home and out here find it more weary still. "Why is - it not finished at once ?" is the cry. Simply because wo cannot catch Tantia Topee, or' force the Oude party to fight or submit. " But why don't you' do either ?" Because as yet it is a physical impossibility, particularly when the action of arms is suspended by diplomacy. Just consider where we a r e. Our forces are within sight of Nepaul. The snowy range rises above us, and on-the pent-like slopes of the mountains, towards the dead level of Oude, are forests of untold depths, in which man has never set his foot. In the ravines formed by the course of innumerable torrents are paths known by a few who - are unknown to us, which lead into the dreary solitudes of the mountains between Nepaul and the Terai. Here and there some forts are perched amid beetling preci pices, screened by densest forests. Between us and the spurs of the great range, which rises like some giant wall to shut Hindostan from the outer world, are the plains up to the Terai. Those plains are to us terra incognito. Maim Singh, wire is with us, has collected revenue here at the head of his armies, and Capt. Orr, Capt. Bunbury, and one or two European officers in the King of Oude's service, may know a little of the district, but the more one knows the more he can tell of the difficulty of operating rapidly in a country which is a plain dotted with swamps, destitute of roads, abounding in rivers and forests. See how painfully the Quartermaster-General and his assistants have to pick out their way from the villagers. Every step is to be weighed beforehand. " How deep is the river there ?" " Sometimes up to the neck, at others up to the waist." "Is the bottom soft or hard ?" "It is middling." "Is there no ford ?" " Yes, five koss (i.e.; 10 miles) lower down there is a ford knee-deep." "Could guns get over it ?" " I don't know ; they might stick." " What kind of a road is it to the next village ?" " There are open plains, jeels, or swamps, and streams to cross, then a thick belt of trees, then jungle." "Can guns go through the jungle ?" " The path is narrow, they had better go round." Between Buraech and Intha in one march of 17 miles we skirted a jungle the whole way; we passed over a plain without any cultivation or inhabitants, except enormous herds of small and semi-wild cattle and their few and frightened attend ants. I think there were only two hamlets of four or five houses each to be seen, and around each was 'a small patch of dall field and cultivated ground. The rest was a desert covered with sharp prickly shrubs, or coarse tufted grass, mango topes, tamarind and stinted banyan trees here and there. Beyond these plains lies the belt of forest and jungle at the foot of the hills which is known as (" the forest") the Terai. Of this I shall tell you more when I see it, and it is only too likely we shall have an opportunity of inspect ing a locality which the natives allude to very much as a London pickpocket speaks prospectively of Milbank or ilow-stteet. THE SUICIDE OF A FOREIGNER AT CHELTENHAM. The attempt made upon his own life by Baron de Chastellain, at the Eight Bells, Commercial Hotel, on Thursday last, the particulars of which have already appeared in The Sun, has terminated fatally, and an inquest has been held on the body. The evidence then taken corroborates in every par ticular the account previously given of the melan choly event. Deceased shot himself in the chest with a pistol while lying in bed. • Mr. Peter Skeolan, photographic artist, stated that deceased had made proposals to him for the hand of his daughter, but on account of his (the Baron's) affairs being in an unsettled state he re fused his consent, and ultimately forbade any inti macy whatever, although he admitted he had allowed the deceased and his daughter to corres pond with each other. Deceased had before at tempted suicide by poison. Mr. Peter Paul Skeolan, jun., said he saw the deceased after he shot himself, and asked him the reason he did it. He replied because he had no position and could not live as a gentleman. Letters written by the deceased before he shot himself were produced and read. They were as follows : "MISS MARY JANE SlCEOLAN,—Circumstances are such, dearest Mary Jane, that I cannot open quite my heart as I could wish. You may perhaps, take several things as reproach, but I will not have the slightest reproach to make to you. All that I have to say is, that I have loved you immensely. lam unfortunate, Mary, but don't forget me or my memory. I have weeped tears of blood for you. I will watch over you ; I will protect you against every wave. I shall give you great pain, but for give me. I had a beautiful dream : I did pray to God, and ask him to help me, and not to forsake me. I had a vision. I saw our blessed Virgin, with the Holy Child Jesus in her arms. He said to me, ' Thou halt suffered enough, come to me.' I said, How can I come without committing a crime ?' He said, 'lf thou wilt conic and art anxious to come to me, you know the way, thy sins are forgiven thee.' And I said, ' I shall do so.' In those hoops when you have nothing to pre-occupy you, think of me, dearest angel. If it is true that our soul has the power to appear to those most beloved on earth I shall do so to you ; do not be frightened, and I shall see you as a friend.—PHlLlßEnt DE CIIASTELLAIN." " DEAREST MARY JANE,—Please to do as I wish. Take my watch and make use of it. It is not for a lady I know ; but you may have it as remembrance of a friend, and also my rings. One is the wedding-ring of my father dear; another has the images' of my armoury; keep them in honour as I did, and do not allow them to be in the possession of Jews. The other—the blue one—darling, it is for you; keep it on your hand till you die; and so all the other things you may find. Take them as relics, I respect them; they are sweet remembrances of friends I have lost. Keep them in your own hand, and in no other. Have the kindness to get your father to write to old Bent, 86, Bloomsbury, Manchester, to tell him to send my papers , back to my mother to Baden-Baden so that she may bo able to give those titles we have from Piedmont's King in 1662 back to Victor Emmanuel. Your father must insist on Bent. Tam the last of the name, and so my mother is expected to give:back to the King what is the King's" After a very lengthened inquiry, the jury re turned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The deceased had formerly been employed as secretary to Mr. Parish on an embassy from the Court of Naples to France. The news of his melancholy death was transmitted to Meyer and Co., bankers, Baden-Baden, who gave instructions for his funeral and the payment of all expenses incidental thereto. It is reported that the Peruvian Government propose to contract in this country a new loan of £10,000,000 redeemable within five years, the whole of the guano revenue being mortgaged for its repayment. The lipids tion of the existing foreign debt of Peru, £5,400,000, is said to form part of the scheme, and it is supposed that the pre sent stockholders will have th e option G. exchanging their securities for bonds in the new loan, or 'of receiving pay ment on terms to be hereafter adjusted. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday afternoon, the 10th instant--viz., the Queen of England, 1,256‘t0n5, to sail from Liverpool for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l5 19s. 3d. per statute aduit, and the Bride, 565 tons, to sail from Plymouth for Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, at £l4 9s. sd.—the former vessel to be ready for the reception of passengers on such days as may be appointed between the 21st and 28th of March, and the latter any day between the 7th and 14th. The Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive, on Monday next, the 14th inst., tenders for the supply of beds and bolsters, either of cotton, flock, cork, or other approved material, for the use of emigrants embarking in Government emigrant ships from the three ports, Liverpool, Plymouth, or Southamp ton, or each port separately, or two together. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC-. 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Telescopes 3/ inches long, by which a pern son may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles' anda object at 12 to 14 miles' distance; and with an .t and astro nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn' a m b e i fin v ra e g s, can be the double stars are distinctly seen. ilit L hg e e tt p e o r7 er P n s a: w te a l n il y t d .. . - p c o a c n ket be G s las ee s n , had of larger and all sizes, with increa All s are secured by her Majesty's Royal A valuable, The Royal Exhibition, 1851. e c ed i.i n r a s s ip and a r a c t c t l h e a r e Opera aty ee n invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket the size of a walnu t : I , G by ria v: i_in a h a lf nide distant. They an swer and known one and every purpose on houses. Country' S CenerY to sportsmen, gentlemen, game four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, gt our , s t s . Price 30 s.—Specta.cle Lenses of the deer-stalking, t test transPare' rwel'• The great advantage derived g e :, this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserve d and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation ca n see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the.world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statingtheirage. Deafness.--New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-inventad instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re • moved, and it affords -all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe — opposite the York Hotel, W. • • S PAPER - , r 4 rSI F-4 •Air'; ll owke,„s/ teura S AYOUB.. SUSP ECM) MURDEP AT DARLINGTON On Monday afternoon a yoting woman, named Elizabeth Hall, about 24 years of age, died at the house of her uncle, in Whessoe-street, Dar lington,-and the testa of a post mortem examina tion, together with the contents of several letters which have been found, led to the belief that her death has been caused by internal violenCe; or the administration of poisonous drugs, for the purptse of precuring abortion. An inquest was held on Wednesday, at Darling ton,- befOre W. Trotter, Esq., coroner, and trom the evidence it appears that the parents of the deceased reside at Winlatou, near Newcastle, and that so far back as October suspicions were rife in the village of an improper intimacy between the unfortunate girl and Gloster Smith, a married man, who is national schoolmaster and organist at Winlaton. Subsequent circumstances tended to confirm this conviction, and the parents of the girl charged her with being enceinte but she indienatitly denied . that such was the case, and attempted to leave her home. in order to break off the connection—the girl's mind being constantly excited—the _parents inchiced her to go and stay a f ew weeks at Darling. ton with an aunt. This was on the sth of la.st month, and since that time she has made three visits to New castle, twice without her parents' knowledge. On the last occasion of her returning from there, a fort night last Monday, she complained of fatigue, and next day became seriously ill. Up to Sunday she persisted in not having a doctor,but on that day Dr. Fothergill was called in, and he was given to under stand she-had had a miscarriage. Notwithstanding his efforts to rally her she died on Monday last. The day previously a sealed packet of letters was found in a work-box, on which was written in pencil, " These are only to be read by one person in the world ppm. my death." Only one of the letters bears a signature, that being " Gr. Sth.," but the jury thought the others were in th e same hand writing, although disguised. One letter particu larly, which can be distinctly traced to Smith, says, " It is utterly impossible for me to go with you to night, but don't fail in going yourself. . • . Do implicitly as he tells you, and then all will go right. . . . I have no tin by me to-day, but whatever it costs you at R— I will pay you. again." Th• other letters tend to prove the 'sus picions long entertained of an improper connection existing between the deceased and Smith. It was in consequence of the contents of these letters that the post nzortenz examination was made, and Dr. Fothergill stated at the inquest that he was firmly of opinion death had been caused by internal vio lence. He had found mortification, which could not be accounted for in any other way than by the introduction of instruments. He thought medi cines could not have produced the appearances he saw, but, at the suggestion of the coroner, in order to exhaust every other possible cause of death, he proposed to inspect the stomach. The inquisition was adjourned for a week. The schoolmaster was arrested on Wednesday, and was brought in custody to Darlington the next day. He was remanded by tho magistratiS. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1859. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT, at 8, and TO-MORROW at 3 and 8. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R. H. THE PRINCE CONSORT. 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MLA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, "Cruiser," will be exhibited, as tamed by . Mr. Rarey.— " Black Eagle," the horse of beauty.—The educated mules, " Pete " and "Barney." The Comic Pantomime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, represented in the circle at each performance. Pit, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, Is.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. DINNER of the FRIENDS of the BALLOT.— A PUBLIC DINNER of the Friends of the Ballot will be held at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, Lon don, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1859, at half-past 6 p.m. The Hon. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, M.P., will preside. 3140r-Gen. Thompson, M.P. A. W. Young, Esq. , M.P. Sir Chas. Napier, M.P. • I John Locke, Esq., M.P. Wm. Roupell, Esq., M.P. It. P. Collier, Esq., M.P. Sir Rd. Bethel', M.P. Guildford Onslow, Esq., M.P, Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P. Sir J. S. Lillie, G.C.B. Sir Thos. E. 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We have marched 19 miles a-day for 19 days, and we are now in hopes of bringing the enemy to an action, for he is surrounded from Gorruckpore to Rohilcund by an arc whose chord is the Terai. The Begum is at Nanparah with 12 or 14 guns and 8,000 men, of whom 2,000 are cavalry. To-day we marched about 12 miles from Secrora, and we hear that some of the enemy are at Buraech, which they plundered the night before last. The great event is the irruption of Feroze Shah across the Ganges and the Jumna. Of this full particulars will doubtless havereached England from Calcutta and Bombay. CAMP BURAECH, Dec. 17. The column marched at 630 a.m. The sky, which was so overcast with clouds that we could not see the Snowy Range, darkened as the morning advanced, and the signs and tokens of the long-expected Christmas rains became 'unmistakeably manifest. Whether it was owing to the gloomy murky effects of such influences that the country appeared uninteresting, I cannot say, but it certainly struck me that the land as we approached Buraech was barren and uncultivated, more like " the blasted heath" at Forres than the rich plains covered with cornfields and groves through which we have been marching now for nearly a month. There were no villages on the road, which was a mere cart-wheel track but little used. The trees were scanty till we arrived close to Buraech, which stands shrouded completely by dense topes. Before we approached our camping ground the clouds fell, and the rain poured down, to the evident discomfiture of the - natives. It is' strange that people exposed to such heavy falls of rain as the inhabitants of India should not prepare clothing better adapted to protect them. I could scarcely resist a smile at the appearance of Maim Sing as he rode ahead of us in a gay tiara or high cap of gold and silver brocade, kid gloves, a thin dressing gown, tight pantaloons, cotton socks, and slippers. His brother, Rugber Sing, magnificent in the richest shawls and stuffs, is one whose appearance does not excite mirth; it is easy to resist the inclination to laugh at a man whose deeds are of the most atrocious character, if the testimony of living and dead are to be credited. He is a Torquemada in the art of torturing, and he has outdone all that Colonel Sleeman records of him. In spite of his height, delicate hands and feet, and splendid attire, Rug ber Singh has a repulsive look, for in his face there is a mingled expression of the sl ness, cunning, and cruelty which are but too well evinced in his acts. The Rajah's general is a fine fat Hindoo, whose aspect does not justify one in supposing that if hostile he would be a very formid able strategical antagonist to Lord Clyde. He was well mounted, and I said something to that effect to the officer beside him, who translated the phrase to the General. He immediately salaamed, and said, "If the Sahib likes the horse, will he honour me by accepting it ?"—a jacon de parler which he would have been disgusted to have found carried out literally and seriously. The camp was marked on a large plain (close to the Serjoo, on the outskirts of the town of Buraech), whereon stand the ruins of our old can tonments. A wing of an Oude regiment of cavalry and some companies of Oude infantry were stationed here at the time of the mutiny, and it is believed that two officers were murdered in escaping from this neighbourhood. The "lines," as the barracks are called in India, have been dis mantled, and the officers' bungalows are demolished. While we were sheltering ourselves from the rain under some fine trees and waiting for the tents to be pitched, a small force of police cavalry advanced towards the town. Capt. Steele, 1 the Deputy-Commissioner, who had gone on alone, had just returned, and had stated that ho had seen some sowars in one cf the streets About an hour afterwards, and a few minutes ago, the officer in charge of the detachment (Lieu tenant Tweedie), with a few of his men, passed up the avenue of our camp with a number of prisoners —perhaps twenty in all—towards the tent of the Commissioner, Major Barrow. The men's swords and lances were stained with blood, and on going into the camp street I learnt that a little engagement had taken place close at hand while we were breakfasting under a tree. On the detachment of cavalry of which I have spoken above getting to the town, some of the ' few inhabitants left there came running out to tell them that there were " budmashes" in the place. The sowars at once galloped into the choke, or principal street, which is very narrow and tortuous. Before them were a number of men armed with swords, bucklers, and matchlocks, running towards the river. The street was so crooked it was impossible for two horsemen to charge or to ride abreast, but the leading sower, seeing one of the fugitives turn into a small walled enclosure, leaped his horse over the wall and came upon the fellow, who, though cut through the shoulder by the soldier as his horse lighted on the ground, returned a fierce stroke, which laid the horse's neck and shoulder open, and he was only brought to the ground by a tremendous sword cut which cut him through the face to the collar bone. Pressing on as fast as the ground would permit, the cavalry came upon the rear of the fugitives just as they emerged on the plain at the other side of the town. A body of sowers, in full flight, were seen in the distance, out of reach of pursuit, but the police charged the foot men, most of whom were armed with only tulwar or sabre, for - they had thrown their matchlocks in the river as they crossed, killed 8 on the spot, and captured the 18 or 20 who have just been brought in. Some among them were mere boys, and were at once set free by Major Barrow's orders. The others, with their arms tied behind their backs looked miserable enough. They are now under examination in the Commissioner's tent. One is a sepoy of the 17th Native Infantry—the regi ment which murdered so many officers of the 22d Native Infantry on their way from Fyzabad—a tall, fine-looking fellow, who was taken with his musket in his hand warm from a recent discharge, and who will, probably be executed in consequence this afternoon. Another fellow, who re sisted with determination, and did not surrender till he was surrounded by horsemen, said he was a lumberdar, or head man of a neighbouring village. When the cavalry were returning, they found the fellow who had been cut down walking up and down the enclosure, flourishing his sword, and challenging them to come. He was covered with blood from his wounds. Lieutenant Tweedie took a carbine from one of the 7th Hussars, who happened to be near the place, and shot the desperado through the head. Mann Singh, who was anxious to get out of the wet, and did not know the column had halted, rode considerably past the ....-..... --- ~ ... town, and had got near to a village called Bahadoor-gunge, when one of the country people advised him not to go on, as the village was full of the Begum's people. The Rajah, who had only four or five matchlockmen with him, heard the voices of many people inside the bamboo fence wind the fort and village, and he rode back to camp with the in formation. The enemy were evidently preparing for a start, and most probably joined the main body at Nanparah, where Baime Madhoo and some other chiefs are said to have 7,000 or 8,000 men assembled. The Begun is at Enchwa, a fort in a dense jungle (nearly duo west of Bankee) be tween the Gogra and Servo. Our next movement will be to Nanparah, and, as the rebels there and at Enchwa will probably attempt to cross the Gogra and escape . southwards to the Ganges with the intention of getting into Central India, the Commander-in-Chief has directed Brigadiers Barker and Troup to occupy a post of observation at Darova in the doab between the Gogra and the Chouka, from which any movement of the kind can be at once frustrated. Purnell's column is moving up from Byram-ghat, leaving a force to garrison Newab-gong. Christie's detachment is one march behind us. Rowcroft is guarding the Gorruck pore frontier close under the Nepaulese hills, and watches the Raptee, so as to prevent the enemy doubling round, and getting down into the Azimghur territory. Sir Hope Grant must be by this time near to Burhampore, the Rajah of which place has been menaced by the rebels for his active support of the British authority, and it is probable that ho will fall in with the force under Hendee gosseirt, his old 'antagonist, who by our last accounts had posted his men across the road leading from Secrora to Burhampore. The distance marched to-day was about eleven miles. The rain is clearing off, but the ground is unpleasant for cavalry and baggage animals, DEC. 18. My last letter, dated this day, was sent to Lucluaow by the special commissioner's_da runner this evening, and ought to reach in-24 hours, Ea, as to be in. time for the Calcutta 'Steamer of the 23d of December. The negotiations which are in progress are conducted as secretly as possible, but enough leak-s out in camp to swell into rivers of rumour and absurd report. The, people of the town are returning to their houses, often to find, them gutted and empty: l'hurdered by friends and foes, their lot is hard. Yesterday I rode through the greater part of Buraech. On every tenement is stamped decay. Outside the town the groven are so dense that all one can see above and through the trees is a mound crowned -with masses of ruinous brickwork and the fragments of a fart and mosque, beyond which there rise a few small cupolas of Hindoo and Mahomedan temples. The trees, mostly rich and - umbrae-eons tamarinds, are planted also in the thoroughfares of town and in the large open spaces devoted to bones, broken crockery, pariah 'dogs, smashed water-jars and cooking utensils, bricks, and such things as one usually sees in the places where rubbish is shot in Oriental cities. The choke, or principal street, where the bazaar is hold under the circumstances, half the sheds shut, the shops closed, and only the lowest sort of traffic going on, looked very miserable, but it must have been mean enough at the- best. It is narrow and dirty ; the houses are one story high, of mud and brick, with the squalid exception of ricketty two-storied edifices, of which, be it observed, the upper parts- are all pierced with recent loopholes. Vain attempts have been Ladle to conceal those hostile indications by filling the apertures with mud and plastering them over. The shops are open in front, win dowless and doorless, like those of Turkey; but there was nothing to buy, except odd sweetmeats, sugar, atta, gram, tobacco, and ill-conditioned vegetables, which the pro prietors sold with fear and trenibling to Oudo police camp followers and fierce Beloochecs, whose notions as to the course of trade very probably affected the market prices materially. For one house inhabited ten were empty: all the larger buildings Were going faSt to ruin —shrines, temples, mosques, serais, the brick walls of gardens, and public offices, and the residences of the gentry; and yet I am told that 15 years ago this was one of the finest towns in Oude, and that it was surrounded by fields of the finest crops, so that it was described as one magnificent garden. Its decay dates from the period when the Kings of Oude, abandoning the policy of Sadut Ali Khan, began to let out the Crown lands to the talookdars—in our hands its descent has been precipitate. The general impression left by the place is that you are wandering through the suburbs of a great town, which you seem never to reach, and that the inhabitants are all gone in to market. The most nume rous and flourishing, as they certainly were the only gay and active, population of the city were apes and monkeys. They live in high esteem among the citizens, and treat pariahs and Europeans with profound and contemptuous indifference, till they become aware of the general propen sity of the latter to shy bricks at them. It is curious to - watch an old patriarchal baboon when he learns, for the first time in his life, that he is exposed to personal outrage ; projectile No. 1, which goes near him, he affects to believe the result of some extraordinary accident, and continues his examination of his person, or that of a friend's, with as much dignity as the avocation will permit him to exhibit. At the second brick or paving -stone, however, his faith in the doctrine of probability is shaken; he rouses himself, stands up, and makes a menacing face at the aggressor ; but as the plan of attack developes itself, and brick No. 3 flies past, followed by 4 and 5, with a chatter of rage he bounds up a tamarind tree, shakes the branches, .puts on the most hideous grimaces, and really behaves very much as a noble savage would do in the came trying position. They are now busy eating tamarinds. The roads are full of them. They are on the tops of walls and houses, and in the groves, and round the convoy, and by the tanks, always in the best places, never shaggy or ragged, and universally respected by their fellow-inhabitants. Buraech is famous and happy in the possession of the tomb of a Mussulman saint, who, like most of his profession, was a great man of war and delighted in bloodshed. Synd Salar was nephew of Mahomed of Ghuznee, and about 800 years age he waged a fierce war against the Hindoos, and was slain in battle at Buraech. I met hundreds of our camp follow( r 4, Hindoos as well as Mussulmans, coining back from his s'irine with garlands of yellow flowers round their necks. He has the good fortune to be in great esteem with both sects. The Mahomedans worship him because he killed many thousands of Hindoos hundreds of years ago and died for the faith ; the Hindoos worship him because they think he must have had great influence with Shiva to be permitted to slay so many of their co-religionists; and the Mussulman fakirs highly approve the logic of both dialectics. The tomb is a simple brick and stone shrine in a dark little mosque, but it is surrounded by the tombs of holy men, each in separate mosques, who have died while in attendance at his shrine. In the city itself, off the main road, there is another very large establishment of fakirs which I visited. It is surrounded by a high wall, which encloses eight or nine acres of ground thickly wooded. The entrances are by handsome arched gates, with pillars Moorish fashion, but wall and gates are going to rain. In side are numerons small mosques and shrines, and a lone low building with porticos open at the sides and supported on columns. All the buildings are full of devotees at their prayers, who look with unfriendly eyes at the stranger. But they are not discourteous. They point out the tombs of the best saints, and take him to the ground tank built by the piety of a Shah-fakir—a magnificent work rapidly disappearing. I suppose it cannot be less than 200 yards long by 100 yards broad ; its depth from the top of the bank to the surface of the water is about 50 feet. The banks are supported by walls of masonry or brick, which are broken and falling into the tank, and the descent to the water is effected by broad flights of steps, which are equally dilapidated. There is a well of pure water also in the gar den, which is much prized. It must be 80 or 90 feet deep, and the water is reached by flights of steps from the surface of the ground down to the level of the well. When we entered the town a number of matchlocks, muskets, spears, and swords were found in the temples. The police seized them, but the fakirs made a great outcry, appealed to the proclamation, declared it was necessary for their religion to have arms, and gave them up with a very bad grace. Hence the ill-favoured expression of the devout. As there was reason to believe that some fanatics were lurking about the place, the general orders last night contained the fol lowing !prohibition :—" The Commander-in-Chief regrets to be obliged to prohibit officers and others from going be yond the line of pickets." Three horses of sowers and c•me arms were found in a thicket close to the town, and brought in by a police patrol. As shooting was thus closed, and the river yielded no fish in its flooded state, sportsmen were rather disconsolate, except the happy few who hit on the expe dient of running a drag between the outline and inline pickets for the hounds of Major Frazer, of the 7th Hussars. The Indian fox gives little sport ; he is small and scant of breath ; but a good jackal is by no means to be despised by the hardest rider or the stanchest dogs. Ho often runs well, and long and strong, is cunning as the oldest denizen of Aylesbury-vale, and dies game to the last—a very high character for a jackal . Spies aro going out and coming in continually to-day. Two of the Begums have sent in to say they are ready to come in and submit ; but the fair ladies have not yet made up their minds. It is supposed that the household of the Nana, of the late Peishwa, of Bala Rao, of the Begum, and of the Lucknow ladies, who are collected in front of us, con tain 230 or 240 women, who are all, no doubt, very anxious to get back to comfortable quarters. Tho Nana is said to be particularly desirous of securing the safety of his women and children. No doubt—he remembers Cawnpore. Colonel Christie's small column will be in camp to-mor row, consisting of part of her Majesty's 80th, the Kumaon Battalion, and detachments of her Majesty's 53d and 79th Regiments, under Captain Cox, 53d Regiment. When they arrive the following changes will take effect :- 1. Brigadier R. Jones to command Cavalry Brigade, consisting of her Majesty's Carabineers, 7th Hussars, de tachment of 6th Madras Cavalry, Hodson's Horse, to which the F troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, and the 3d troop of the Ist Brigade of Bengal Horse Artillery are attached . 2. Brigadier Horsford to command her Majesty's 20th (Head Quarters), her Majesty's 80th Regiment, 2d Batta lion Rifle Brigade, Kumaon Battalion, Ist Belooch Batta lion, sth Punjab Rifles. 3. Police infantry and cavalry to continueunder orders of Chief of Police, Major Bruce, C.B. The Kumaon Battalion are very smart-looking fellows, of the Ghoorka type in face and figure. They are dressed like our riflemen in dark green, but have a distinguishing band of red tartan on their caps. The Beloochees wear green tonics with red facings, and chest stripes, turbans, and dark green trousers. They are armed with the old regulation musket. The Punjab Rifles are armed with the old rifle— a most efficient weapon, though it may readily be con ceded it is not equal to the Enfield when the bullets fit and the bore is uniform. P.S.—A very heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by tor rents of rain and hail, raged over the camp for nearly two hours this morning. The country is covered with sheets of water in various places, and the Serjoo is much swollen. The troops halt to-day, but if any certain information can be obtained of the position of the enemy, cavalry and ar tillery will be despatched against them. It is said that about 1,800 to 2,000 Sepoys are at Boundee, a place on the Gogra, to the south-west of Buraech, and distant from it about 18 miles. The Serjoo, however, divides us. A larger assemblage of rebels is reported at Nanparah, 20 miles north of Buraech, but it is probable that no movement will take place against them till the various columns south of the Gogra are warned of our advance, for, if they were hard pressed from this side, the rebels could double round or escape into the Terai. Few Sepoys are coming in here, but it is hoped that our clemency yesterday towards the men found with arms in their hands will produce its effect when prisoners who have been liberated return to their homes. Every native declares the Sepoys cannot bring themselves to believe in our promises —they say that " ac cording to the articles of war" they are guilty of offences of which the punishment is death, and that the British Go vernment always inflicts the penalties of the law when offences against it has been clearly established. TUESDAY, Dec. 21. This morning, -a column, consisting of four guns, 200 police cavalry, 50 Carabineers under Captain Batty, sth Punjab Rifles, three companies of her Majesty's 20th Re giment, a win; of her Majesty's 80th Regiment, in all 599 British and 1,255 natives, moved out under the command of Colonel Christie, who was directed to proceed to Oorahae and Mass in the doab between the Gogra and the Serjoo, on our left, and to advance thence towards Nanparah. The force took 14 days' provisions with them, which is quite necessary in the district. Buraech is very thinly inhabited. and the upper part is altogether woodlands, pasture, and swamp. Hindoos will not part with their cattle, or do so unwillingly, for purposes of food. Captain Massy, her Majesty's 61st Regiment, the Political Agent in charge of the column, is directed to demolish forts on his way, and to settle the country as far as practicable. The Chief Commissioner, Mr. Montgomery, has instituted weekly returns of the statements sent every Saturday by the Government officers to L,ucknow, showing the progress of operations for the disarmament and the demolition of forts in Oude. In that circulated for the week ending December 16th he states that he has brought especially to the notice of Government the exertions of Assistant-Com missioner King in the Mullaon district, and remarks that the district of Oonao shows well in the return, though in a less degree than those of Seetapore, Sultanpore, and Selene. Let us look at the return and see what has been done : in Mullaon there were 16 forts demolished in the week ; in tueknow 10, Durriabad 4, Oonao 13, Sultanpore 4, Salone 4. There are undergoing demolition in Lucknow 14, in Durriabad 2, in Oonao 6, in Fyzabad 4, in Sultanpore 4' in Selene 21; total demolished, 51; in course.of demolition, 90. Total demolished up to the previous week 277, or 328 in all; total under demolition in the previous week, 133 or 223. But the returns of the disarmament are astounding. In seven out of the 11-districts 'of Oude there were collected in the week ending the 11th of December, 6,799 !firearms, 15 cannon, 21,627 swords, 1,052 spears, 4,110 bows, 641 daggers, 1,998 shields, 391 miscellaneous weapons, making up the total since the Ist of November, 23,250 muskets, 73,417 swords, 4;532 spears, 10,528 bows, 3,228 daggers, 6,900 shields,, 94,499 weapons of other sorts • total 316,379 t • , And yet we know numbers of canno n an d- arms are hidden from us. Slowly and.surely we are getting at them, how ever, by certain processes of bribery and intimidation known to Indian officials. Amathie :has yielded up some 24 or 25 guns to careful exploitation. The other day-an IS-pounder howitzer and a 24-pounder gun, which had been pointed on the bank where I was so innocently washing my boots, the day we rushed up to the Bey - ram-ghat, were found in the sands at Bitowlee. I suppo.se they had neither shot nor shell, or they would have given us a taste of their quality. There have been, I believe, no iron guns'ever cast in India, and the natives cannot cast round shot or shell. Their balls are of hammered iron, and their shells of brass. At this very place, inside the Terai, where Bala Rao, Nana Sahib's brother,- lived so long, there is a series of - large shecli; with. bellows, forges, moulds, and furnaces for cast ing_ guns, as well as curious appliances for casting bullets and grape shot. Near these sheds were some fragments of a thick iron 24-pounder, with an inscription engraved on the breech, to the effect that it belonged to some " Shah Bahadoor," King of the world. It was curious to inquire how it came there, and what use those fragments were in tended for. It is said the Portuguese made manyiron guns for the Indian rajahs and nawabs in times gone by, and this might have been one of them, though it is hard to say for wh.at purpose the fragments had been so recently collected. In daggers and swords the natives are very skilful and learned, and they will pay any price for a well-known and approved blade. Their matchlocks are well made of ham mered iron, andcan be had for 30s. or£2 new; and in perfect order. The passion of the people of Oude for arms is. almost a mania, but it had its origin in the insecurity of life and property and the disorders of Government as much as in the martial spirit of the population, though the latter was, no doubt, kept alive by our Bengal army, and the tontinwai tumults of the States. I think- that those who advocate the employment of a disarmed police, or of batoned con stables, after the manner of the metropolis, know little of Oude, though they have lived all their lives in Calcutta, or even in Bengal. The sepoys who come in are often with out arms. They declare that their comrades have taken them, but unless their excuses are satisfactory the civil officer withholds their pass for a day or two, till the men make an effort to ,produce them. The lumbordars or vil• lage headmen are the leversby which the civil officers gene rally lift the covers of secret hoards of arms. The nights and mornings are cold and rather hazy, and the camp fol lowers lying out on the wet grass suffer considerably. Coughs and colds are common, for the change of tempera ture between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. is very great, particularly when the sun is bright. CAMP, INTHA, BURAECH DISTRICT, DEC. 23. After a halt of five days at Buraech, the Commander-in- Chief, with a small column, marched 17 miles this forenoon toWards Nanparah, and pitched his tents at the hamlet from which I date my letter. Between Buraech and Intha there lies a great jungle through which ;there is no road. The main road to Nanparah is on the right of the jungle, but there is another which skirts the jungle on the left, leas used and known, and along the latter lay . our route, as there were some hopes entertained that we might by following it come upon a body of rebels who were said to be encamped to the south-west of Nanparah. The spies who came in yesterday reported that the enemy had all left the last named place, and had moved to a mud-fort more north and west, where they declared they would make a final stand ere they fled to the dreaded Terai, from which they are now separated by only a few miles of forest. As there will, no doubt, be some carping in the press here, and possibly at home, at the delay which took place at Buraech, it may be as well to explain that there were political reasons for it. Vakeels have come in. First there are two of the Begums willing to surrender. Next Mummoo Khan makes over tures. Nay, the Begum herself and Birjeis Kuddr despatch letters and emissaries to the Civil Commissioner, Major Barrow. Old Hunwunt; Singh sets off to use his per suasive powers with his obstinate and gallant kinsman Bainie Madhoo, and is sanguine of securing his submission. Major Barrow believes that if the chiefs are not pressed, and if the Commander-in-Chief halts while delicate mani pulation and subtle diplomacy are at work, there is a great probability that they will come in and lay down their arms, but if they are not allowed time to consider our propositions they will fly where we cannot follow them, and cause trouble, annoyance, and expenditure. Mann ingh thinks they will cone in too. The Commander-in-Chief is anxious to press on the moment bis columns are up. He insists that Bainie Madhoo's followers must lay down their arms in camp, and that a similar condition shall be attached to the submission of all the other chiefs. But then there are the express promises and the spirit and provisions of the pro clamation to be considered and respected ; Vakeels or Karindas—emissaries paid and unpaid—the solicitudes and offices of friendship, all are busy. Only some 25 miles lie between us and our enemy, who are so friendly in words and send us such pleasant messages. All this time there is ono further off whose name is seldom mentioned except with bated breath and eager looks,—oue of whom there are more thoughts than words. The Nana is in the jungle fort of Churda, living with the Rajah of the place, which lies some eight or nine miles north of Nanparah. To secure him is now actually the great object avowed by most people except the authorities. , But he must not be startled from his lair—there must be no precipitate hasty move to frighten the cowardly, sanguinary heart of Bithoor, till the toils are around him. And it will be difficult indeed to set them surely, for he is amid the jungles, where his nature must be at home, and his capture will be effected probably by treachery and stratagem rather than by force. Already he is roused and away. Since I wrote the few lines above, we hear that the Nana has moved from Churda to the north-west, in denser jungle still. We shall see. There is £15,000 set on his person,—if it were on his dead body, Nana Sahib's head might soon be in our camp. We can not secure the death even of the Nana by an offer for him "dead or alive," though it is true we paid the Rajah of Powayne the reward offered for the capture of the Moulvie on account of the production of his dead body only. There are, however, other means on which we may rely with more confidence—the treachery and avarice of his own friends. Already active brains are at work, and the spiders are spin ning their threads. Again we shall see the result. When we were at Fyzabad Major Bruce, the chief of police in Oude, made inquiries at Ajoodhia respecting the religious instructor of the Buraech aristocracy when they visited the shrines of the Holy City. A fakir of eminence was named to him as the counsellor and adviser of the Rajah of Churda and of other northern chiefs. Major Bruce sent for the fakir, and found him finely susceptible to the promptings of self-interest ; so that he not only readily agreed to use his influence with the Rajah of Churda to deliver the Nana into our hands, but offered to send his nephew, a priest of the same temple, along with Major Bruce as an agent who might go to the Rajah with more weight and address than an ordinary messenger. The chief of police had already endeavoured to communicate with the Rajah through other channels, and he was well pleased to find that the latter, as far as outward appearances went, was quite ready to betray the Nana, if he was allowed to keep as many guns as Maim Singh, as many armed followers as Maim Singh, and his fort, like Mann Singh. Now, it is not very easy to see what this equation with Maun Singli can have to do with the Rajah of Churda, but the explanation is easy. Tho latter chief, of whom probably no one in the world, except some obsolete old East Indian, ever heard before, is an old rival of Maim Singh, and he wishes now by our means to obtain as much power as the wily Rajah of Fyzabad, against whose ability and influence he has, no doubt, been ong struggling in vain. As Maim Singh's fort will soon be dismantled, his guns destroyed, and his armed followers limited to a certain number, there was no objection to promising the Rajah of Churda that he should have the same privileges as his great rival, but whether he will not consider us guilty of keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope remains to be seen. A strong letter has, at all events, been addressed to him, assuring him that if he captures the Nana he will not only receive all he asks, but secure the favour and rewards of the British Government. That letter pro bably arrives at Churda to-day, and at the same time the priest from Fyzabad will present himself before the Rajah to enforce from another quarter the representations and arguments of the authorities. As to the means of the Rajah to seize upon the Nana we imow nothing. The latter is at a remote fort in the Churda territory ; access to him on the part of our spies is all but impossible. Accounts as to his strength are different, but he is believed to have an escort of 300 or4oo well-mounted cavalry, and two Horse Artillery guns. As he has never fought, it does not much matter how many men he has, but the Nana rides fast, and has taken care to have the best horses injthe country ; his escort know the passes; in fact, there is no chance of surprising one whose every instinct is sharpened by the over present fear of well-deserved death; who is on his guard night and day, who knows every movement in our camp, and the route of every column. There is no doubt on my part that while the Begum and her party are negotiating with us, they and the Nana are also endeavouring to induce the Ne paulese Government to give them an asylum. The atti tude of Jung Bahadoor, as exhibited on one occasion recently, proves that he is alive to the duties of an ally on such occasions. It has been reported to us that a body of 400 sepoys endeavoured to get into Nepaul by one of the passes near the Gorru4pore frontier. The troops or police of the Nepaulese Government, which must have been collected in considerable numbers, opposed their passage, and a fight took place, in which the Sepoys were beaten and compelled to retire with loss. It is to bo re gretted that the post of Neapaulose Agent or Minister, owing apparently to the indecision in selection and tho dis inclination to fill up appointments of the more important kind, which are charged with too much appearance of jus tice against Lord Canning, is still vacant. The presence of an able British officer at Kutmandoo is now much required, but, according to the latest information I have received, the vacancy created by the refusal of Jung Bahadoor to allow Col. Ramsay to continue at the King's Court still exists. From the foregoing it will appear that there were mil itar y reasons why the Commander-in-Chief should halt for a day or two at Buraech, but that the causes for the longer dela y ware for the most part civil or political. It was hoped that the Begum would come in with her son ; that Bainie Ma dhoo and Mummoo Khan, and other leaders, with all their followers, would make their submission and lay down their arms, and that possibly the Nana might be delivered into our hands if an advance was suspended for two or three days longer. As yet all these hopes have proved as delusive as our negotiations have been abortive. Hunted to the verge of the Terai, beaten on all sides, the Begum still boldly demands fixed terms for herself and her son, while Bainie Madhoo declares he will adhere to the young Kin g as long as the latter desires him to hold out. These people will not trust our promises unless they are specific. To ca ll on them to "throw themselves on the mercy and clemency of the Government of India" is to use a set of phrases which to their minds conveys no ideas—for to the Oriental an ap peal of the sort has no answer in head or heart. It just means as much as myfriend Mann Sing.'s general did when he made me a present of the horse - which I admired. And so the Begum stands out. "Name the sum I am to receive for the maintenance of myself and nay son," says this reso lute lady, " I want you to write down how many rupees a-year I am to got, for what is the use of living if we axe to be in beggary, and you have taken from us the • whole kingdom of Oude ?" But neither Lord Clyde nor • Major Barrow can accede to the proposal. They are not authorised by the Government to fix any sum as a pension for the rebellious family, while by the direction of the Go vernment they are almost constrained to make vague offers DIPLOMATIC LETTER BY COUNT CA YOUR. The following circular has been addressed by Count Cavour to the diplomatic agents of the Sar dinian Government at foreign courts : TURIN, FEB. 4. The Government of tho King has asked the sanction of Parliament to the contracting a loan of 50,000,000 lire, de signed to meet the exigency of events that might come to pass in Italy, and the nature and extent of which it is yet impossible to foresee. As this measure, which prudence has suggested to us, may give rise to unjust comments, I have thought fit clearly to represent to you the idea that has dictated it, in order to enable you to rectify any inaccuracies of juctgment on the part of politicians and of the organs of public opinion in the country where you reside. Three years will soon have ex pired since the King's Government, while calling the atten tion of Europe, by the organ of its plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Paris, to the grievous state of Italy, protested against the extension of Austrian influence in the Peninsula beyond the stipulations of the treaties, and announced that, if a check were not put to it, the result might be serious dangers for the peace and tranquillity of the world. The representations of Sardinia were favourably received by France and England, and were reproduced in some sort in a solemn manner in the con g ress itself. Italy then con ceived hopes, and men's minds seemed to calm down. But the hopes to which this manifestation of interest on the part of the Western Powers gave birth have little by little b'een dissipated. The state of Italy has undergone no modification. The preponderating influence which Austria there exercises be yond the limits that treaties have assigned to her, and which constitutes a perpetual menace to Sardinia, has rather augmented than diminished. On the other hand, the different states of the Peninsula have persisted in a system of government the result of which could but be the discontenting of the population and a pro vocation to disorder. Notwithstanding that the dangers wherewith Sardinia was menaced in consequence of such a state of things had become more serious and more imminent, the conduct of the King's government has always been regulated by a spirit of propriety and reserve which men of good faith cannot refuse to recognise. If his Majesty's government proudly repelled the preten sions of Austria, which demanded modifications in the in stitutions of the country, it did not assume a hostile atti tude towards her, when the cabinet of Vienna thought proper to seize a protext, judged futile by almost all the statesmen of Europe, to break off with éclat diplomatic re lations with Sardinia. Sardinia limited her course of action to reminding, from time to time, those governments with which she entertains friendly relations, of the sad predictions which facts daily verified, and to invoking their solicitude for the condition of the peninsula. She has never concealed the apprehensions and the sym • pathy inspired in her by the state of the greater part of the Italian provinces. But when she has deemed it her duty to manifest them publicly, she has done it with as much moderation as propriety. By her example, by her conduct in the last war and in the congress of Paris, by the mani festation of her interest and commiseration towards the Italian populations, Sardinia has striven to bring back hope, patience, and calm in the midst of despair, impatience, and agitation. She has abstained, with the greatest care, from playing a part in any degree irritating, and if public right has been infringed, it is certainly not Sardinia that can be accused of the least infraction of existing treaties. This spirit of moderation, of which all the acts of the king's government have hitherto borne the stamp, has been appreciated by all impartial men and by public opinion in Europe. But now the extraordinary military measures which the Cabinet of Vienna has just taken, and which are evidently directed against Sardinia, whose armaments are relatively very weak, force the king's government, without abandon ing that reserve, to prepare itself against a danger which may become imminent. Those measures aro known to Europe. I think it right, nevertheless, rapidly to recapitu late them. In the first days of January, before the king had pro nounced the opening speech of the new legislative session, the Vienna Cabinet announced in its official journal the sending of a corps d' armee of 30,000 men into Italy. This corps, added to three others which are established there in a permanent manner, would increase the strength of the Aus trian army to an extent very disproportionate with whit the maintenance of order and . of intornal tranquillity could require. At the same time that those troops were sent into Lom bardy and Venetia with extraordinary rapidity, frontier battalions, which leave their country only in case of war, were known to arrive. The garrisons of Bologna and An cona were reinforced. But, what is most serious, Austria concentrated considerable forces on our frontier; she col lected between the Adda and the Ticino, and especially between Cremona and Piacenza, and Pavia, a real corps of operations,. which certainly could not be destined to main tain order in these towns, which are of quite secondary importance. For some days the banks of the Ticino presented the ap pearance of a country in which war is about to break out. The villages were occupied by detached corps —every where quarters were prepared and measures were taken to form stores. Vedettes were placed even the bridge of Buf falora, which marks the limits of the two countries. I say nothing of the menacing discourse held publicly at Milan and in other towns by the greater part of the Austrian offi cers, without excepting those of eminent rank, for I know that one must not always render Governments responsible for the language of their agents. But I think it necessary to call attention to the reception given at Venice to the troops coming from Vienna, and to the ostentation with which vast preparations have been made at Piacenza by occupying forts which were constructed in defiance o treaties, and which the Austrians have ap peared to neglect for some time past. In presence of arrangements so menacing to us, the coun try has been much agitated. Confiding in the patriotism of the King and of his Government, it remains calm; but it demands that thought should be given to putting it in a position to confront the eventualities, of which such a dis play of forces on the part of Austria may be taken as a fore runner. It is to this end that the ministry resolved to summon into Piedmont the garrisons established in Sardinia and beyond the Alps, and has asked the chambers for authority to contract a loan. This laSt request, which I expect will be adopted, while proving to the nation that the Government has the con sciousness of what the security and honour of the country impose upon it, will maintain tranquillity in the public mind, and will permit us calmly to await future even - tualities. I hope you will have no difficulty in convincing the poli tical persons with whom you are in relation that the measure above indicated has an exclusively defensive object—far from containing a menace for the tranquillity of Europe, it will have for result to calm the agitation in Italy and to reassure men's minds by giving birth to the feeling of confi dence that Piedmont, strong i n her g ood ri g ht, and aided b y the allies which the justice of her cause can alone procure her, is ready to combat every element of disorder in the easily Omar One canl o others state prices cley a I were ithout entire Flour Ls are Ld out ;hase. wheat Pali" le, at to 25$ to 47s to 50s ors at don° heat, f last each D - 26s ).---s -) 410 rices own• )MIl• nira• AVII• cted d a$ and and full thly 3ok, no, ore ted rO - of ret the lilt le-