The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-27 00:00:00

prER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—EXTRA PERFORMANCES, THURSDAY, 28th, sad SATURDAY, 30th January, 1858. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), Jan, 27, IL TROVATORE. Conductor, Signor Arditi. To conclude with the Festival Divertissement, entitled L'HYMENEE. The State Festival Decorations will be retained. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3e 6d; gallery, 2s. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — By command of Her MAJESTY. In honour of the Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of PRUSSIA, FRIDA Y next, Jan. 29, will be presented Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. During the evening the National Anthem will b et's Vocal sung by Madame Clara Novelle, asfisted by Mr. Benedi Association of 300 voices and the Chorus of Her Majesty's Theatre. Conductor, Mr. Benedict. Admission to the pit (for which a limited number of tickets will be issued los. 6d. Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od. Gallery 3s. Od. Applications for boxeS, orchestra stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEA TR E-R OYA. L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE, in which Mr. Leigh Murray will perform. After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK WRYER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, EIA.YMARSET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven] o'clock. with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE, in which Mr. Buck stone will appear. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr, A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; lown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening) 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First ESee. s. d. Second price. s, d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... -....... 3 01Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 OiPit Gallery R OYAL, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of 11/ MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a now grand e.ornio Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. Tho Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor maek ; Clown Mr. Huliiae; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, less C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled THE LOVES OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Jupiter, Yr. Paul Bedford ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ; Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley ; Venus, Mrs. Billington. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— Triumphant Success of Leigh Hunt's new play : vide the Public Press. THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZEMENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and Woolgar. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LA LLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU ADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Harr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. G•rgeons Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. A Morning Performance on Saturday next, to commence siS half-past 2. In active preparation, a new and original Drama, by West. Laced Marston, Encl., and a powerful Novelty. 3oz.oflee open from 11 to 5 daily. OPAL SURREY THEATRE. LIU Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE, After which, QUEEN MAR ; or Harlequin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Back ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad. bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CEMRVSES„ Russell, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame - "s't''rig4, Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Herushaw, Russell Grover, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano- forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGCSTITS BRAHAM will make his 2d appear ance THIS EVENING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 0 min. aft. o —Even., 15 min. aft. 0 20-MORROW —Morn. 50 min. aft. o—Even., 20 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 27. I IIEEMOMETER, IN THE SPIA.DE. 38—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30.03. WIND, S.S.E. ; light, with fine sunshiny weather:: tit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 1853. A morning contemporary, high in the confi hence of the Premier, announces ex cathedra its certainty that " the Government must, and will propose, on the opening of Parliament, a measure for the punishment of political assassins.' This is a significant intimation, more especially when coupled with the threatening speeches against England on the other side of the Channel, and also the strangely consistent rumours as to diplomatic demands for the expulsion of certain political fugi tives, and the modification of the right of sanctuary in this country ! We cannot believe that Lord PALMERSTON could be so wanting to himself as to surrender for a moment, to any pressure however urgent, the sacred duty of hospitality hitherto freely exercised iu favour of every political refugee, no matter what may be the nature of his opinions, or under what standard he may array himself. Should the Premier be so ill advised as to make the attempt under any dictation, it will not only be the signal for the immediate overthrow of his Government but for his own permanent exclusion from office. He might then, indeed, "bid farewell, a long farewell, to all his greatness." No future act could restore the public confidence, forfeited by the timid concessio n is the time appropriate for any alteration inNthe Nor law. Although of little practi ca l i mportance in itself, it would be ascribed to fear, and be the signal for new demands, mere urgently insisted on, and more difficult to be resisted. " Nolumus loges Anglice mutari." We shall not surrender the smallest portion of our constitu tional rights to any Prince or Potentate on the face of the earth. One of the most cherished of those rights is that of affording sanctuary to every victim ! We shall not condescend to act as the police of any State, or to hand over to the tender mercies of despots, those who have had the misfortune to incur their suspicions, which would practically be to become parties to legalised murder. We demand from all who obtain asylums in the British dominions strict obedience to our laws. If they be guilty of any offence, they will be duly punished. But the question must be decided by a British or mixed jury, and the penalty inflicted by the sentence of a British judge. In no case can they be sent out of tee country, except they have, in the first in stance, been adjudged to undergo a term of penal servitude, and then only to a British penal settle ment, to share the fate of other cowrie" We should far rather receive as guests honest patriots, unfortu nate he who had struggled for a n oble, albeit an causel th a n any despot, aye, though "bore his blushing honours thick upon him." As to the insulting and threatening demands of -venal and restricted journalists, f toadying functionaries, or even of any. government or coalition of !governments, lye shall exclaim with old Honaex— " Non ardor eivium prava jubentiutl " Nec vultus instantis tyranni Meats quatit solid a." We shall turn a deaf ear alike to their threats and blandishments, and still afford shelter and protection to every claimant who can fairly and reasonably claim it at our hands. And we tell those who are now most noisy in their demands that the time may come, as it has been heretofore, when they themselves would be the persons who would bitterly regret any unmanly or cowardly concessions on such a point. It is not very long since we declared that the EMPEB.OE. himself was the last man who should sanction any subversion of the privilege by which he had largely profited, not merely in England, but in Switzerland. Can he have forgotten the noble self-devotion with which the republican authorities unawed by the threats of France, refused to de liver him up ? They were prepared to risk their last man and last shilling in such a cause—not for the man, but for the holy principle. Can he forget how he was treated in England, when, after invading France from her shores, on what was then, at least, little better than a filibustering expedition—after he had been tried by a French tribunal and condemned, and after a long deten tion was again enabled to avail himself of her hospitality ? It was that very protection that rECE SUN 110111T,ON,___WEDNESIDAY EVENING, received a very wholesome lesson on this point. The Hon. Member, it appears, had told some of his friends " that the feeling in favour of the Ballot is dying out." No doubt he spoke the truth in regard to the circle in which he I has chiefly moved of late in Lord PALMERSTON'S Ministry, and perhaps there just in proportion as an approaching Reform Bill makes the Ballot more of a practical question, the feeling in favour of ' the Ballot is dying out. We will not mention names, but if we do not see some of Lord PAL IIERSTON'S supporters do something more than give a silent vote for the Ballot, we and others shall be obliged to suspect that the next step will be to pair off on the question, and the next one to walk out of the house before the division is taken. The good folk of Aylesbury, however, have held a public meeting on the subject, and lest Sir RICHARD should be liable to any mistake, they passed a resolution expressing their satis faction that the QUEEN had referred in her Speech to the subject of Parliamentary Reform, and add that "at the same time this meeting desires to record its conviction that no extension of the Suffrage will be satisfactory unless it be accom panied by the Ballot." The Chairman was instructed to forward copies of the resolution to Sir RICHARD BETHEL', the borough member, and to the county members also. We commend the example of Aylesbury to every borough constitu ency in the kingdom. It is the most efficient way of dealing with Lord PALMERSTON. He is com pelled, as all Ministers are, to look to the safety of his own supporters. If he knew that his ma jority would be dismissed at another election if they did not require the Ballot from him, even he, with some wry faces, and a backstairs' mes sage to the House of Lords, would grant it. Huddersfield, too, has done well. The meeting there was called by 480 requisitionists of standing in the town, and presided over by the Chief Con stable. Mr. ACEROTD, who succeeded in ousting Mr. COBDEN, has, we fear, no other political merit than that of Palmerstonism, which we take leave to tell him will not serve as a political character for ever. Resolutions, in favour of a rate-book suffrage, and the ballot, were enthusiastically carried, and two members demanded for the borough. Lord GODERICH was to be entrusted with the petition. It seems the advanced Liberals of Huddersfield prefer their old aristocratic mem ber to their new manufacturing one. This ad monishes us, at least, that some of the aristocracy are more trustworthy than some wool or cotton lords ; Yorkshire folk are long-headed and honest enough, and they would not leave their own class for a lord without good reason. We welcome Mr. COBDEN too, again, in his old character of Reformer on this occasion. His letter in defence of a suffrage as low as a rate book suffrage, is worthy of his old speeches in the popular cause. He bears the testimony of a long experience both as a master, and *as a speaker at all kinds of public meetings, to the good sense and good feeling of the working men generally. He denies that Socialism has any considerable hold upon them, and says, truly enough, thatif they could influence legislation in that direction they would be amongst the first to suffer by it and to demand its repeal. He shows that where the suffrage is universal, as in Switzerland and Prussia, property is quite as much respected as it is here. He appeals to the impossibility of the multitude playing the part of hypocrites and traitors, al though of course it may be misled as well as the higher classes. His last remark is very just— "lf the working classes had votes they would be quite as conservative in their tendencies, after a little experience, as any other section of the community. They would not separate themselves from other classes, but range themselves under influential leaders, as they do now for there is a fireside jealousy which prompts ~CI , eieta, tzeir Hum a 111 , 11er Mdse MAU their own. It is this tendency which leads the middle classes to prefer to follow a member of the aristocracy to one of their own order." paved his way to his present ele►ation ; and i was from this country that he started on the expe dition that ended in his being successively a deputy of France, and then the President of the Republic, and eventually the Emperor of the French. How, then, could he with any consistency demand, or even wish for, a change I He may take warning by the examples afforded by his immediate predecessors. CHARLES the Tenth had found shelter in England when Count of Anjou. He eventually ascended the French throne, and believing himself to be firmly seated, would gladly have had the privileges abolished of which he was eventually glad to avail himself. Louis PainiPrz had also been a fugitive while a young man. He also ascended the throne of France ; believed himself and his dynasty established, and was urgent for the expulsion of—his successor. Louis NA POLZOIi has also been a fugitive in England ; is now, as he believes, safe, at all events for his own life time. Let, however, the moral sink deeply into his soul. He may be as CHARLES X., or Louis PHILIPPE, when he would deplore having tolerated the onslaught on British rights and public opinion, the value of which he once ear nestly advocated. This will appear from the fol lowing brief extracts. He states, as a fundamen tal law of individual liberty in England, that "No inhabitant of Great Britain (excepting con victs) can be expelled from the United Kingdom. Any infraction of this clause (the Habeas Corpus Act) would be visited with the severest penalties." • • • • • 4 " There is in England no public prosecutor, for the Attorney-General only intervenes in very ex traordinary cases. There is no doubt that many criminals escape justice from the want of sueh a functionary, but, on the other hand, personal liberty incurs less risk of being violated. But it is ' not merely the laws which protect the citizen ; it 1 is the manner in which they are executed ; it is the manner in which the Government exercises its power. In England authority is never influenced by passion ; its proceedings are always moderate, always legal. In England those violations of a citizen's domicile so common in France, under the name of domiciliary visits, are unknown. ID EpolAW the aocrots u. - rn • wa s i n t act. In England the first of all liberties, that of going where you please, is never disturbed, for there no one is asked for pass ports—passports, the oppressive invention of the Committee of Public Safety, which are an embar rassment and an obstacle to the peaceable citizen, but which are utterly powerless against those who wish to deceive the vigilance of authority." ' 1 • * * * " But then the accused would appeal to a power which has never been found wanting iu England when it is invoked for the protection of liberty— I mean public opinion. For it must be admitted, that however good the laws may be, the Govern ment might infringe them, or turn them to its ad vantage, if public opinion were not ever ready to arrest it when it deviates into injustice. In truth, a law or a charter deprived of the general support of opinion would be a mere scrap of paper. But it becomes a sacred ark when the publio interest guarantees all its words, and that to efface but one of them, or not to execute the whole, is for the Government a sentence of death." * * * * * " It suffices for us to note this fact, that in France, where such jealousy is shown of everything which touches equality and national honour, people do not attach themselves so religiously to personal liberty. The tranquillity of the citizen may be disturbed, his domicile may be violated, he may be made to undergo for whole months a preventive imprisonment, personal guarantees may be despised, and a few generous men shall raise their ',voices, but public opinion will remain calm and impassable as long as no political passion is awakened. There lies the greatest reason for the violence of authority ; it can be arbitrary because there is no curb to check it. In England, on the contrary, political passions cease the moment a violation of common right is committed ; and this, because England is a country of legality, and France has not yet become s• ; because England is a country solidly constituted, while France struggles by turns for 40 years between revolutions and counter-revolutions, and the sanctity of principle has yet to be created there." After these unbiassed expressions of deliberate opinion, how can the EMPEROR lend himself to any attempt to set aside or alter matters which ho has so eloquently eulogised. Here and there, as our columns from time to time attest, the boroughs are beginning to move. They should lose no time. The days before Par liament meets are numbered, and it can hardly be long after its meeting before the Premier will launch his Reform proposals. " Stay till then," some may say ; and we do not deny that some thing may be said for doing so. It is easier to criticise the shortcomings of a Government pro posal—and no doubt there will be mar g in enou g h for that kind of criticism—than to dilate with freshness and interest on points with which we are familiar. Still it would be of the greatest service if, prior to the meeting of Parliament—if onl y a few days before, so much the better—good telling meetings could be held to inform the Mini .er would an and his aristocratic Cabinet that the country tolerate no shams. Ministers are like L'a a troublesomeimieprepi SelloYa, they ra i s i nt areent incident to l a e tt f trnege constitutionthem up the steam for any a„ e i na re e d atl b . and progressive that we must get like routine r o o th u e ti r n: t; v l e o s r s k t they best,it. know tohwajiti7ttl.in .. t Cabinets ue,ferta a k l e l ysopimplltical 1 i perhaps their existence, depends u elr P . opularity, y " ,R. l l t ie i li s Lot asked for," is a very convenient ite.pl Reform in any department, eapeciall; Reform, is demanded. It seems even polite to the country, implying as it does that Ministers are the country's servants, and that if it did but speak unequivocally, it would be attended to. Let the country take our Govern ment at its word. The Attorney-General has', as we learn from the Bucks Advertiser and Aylesbury News, just WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, TIIEIiDAY EVENING. The North of Europe steam-packet ship Oscar Capt. Hawkesley, arrived here this afternoon from the West Coast of Africa. She left Fernando Po on the 11th, Bonny on the 15th, Lagos on the 25th, Accra on the 29th, Cape Coast on the 30th, Sierra Leone on Jan. 6, the Gambia on the 12th, and Madeira on the 21st, but did not call at Teneriffe. Her passengers are but three in number. Her cargo contains 200 ounces of gold, 37 bales of cotton, 700 casks of palm oil, 90 tusks of ivory, and a - very large ostrich. The general health of the coast was good, but in the Bights of Benin and Biafra fogs were very prevalent, and the navigation was necessarily dan gerous. The Consul at Fernando Po was about to proceed to the rivers, but was awaiting the arrival of a man of-war to take him there. The George, formerly part of the Niger expedi tion, was towed by the Oscar off Bonny. The former vessel had been attacked by the natives of the Ebo country, but she had not received any material damage. On the arrival of the Sunbeam at Fernando Po an attempt was to be made to relieve the wrecked crew of the Dayspring in the Ebo country. The Triton was at Sierra Leone ; the Hecla was at Lagos; and the Viper was at Madeira. The Propeller left Lagos outwards on the 20th of December, and the Ethiopo on the 22d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The representation of " Hamlet" at this theatre last evening was signalised by a feature of peculiar interest —the appearance of Mrs. Charles Kean in the character of Queen Gertrude. Tk.is part had, on previous occa sions, been filled by Mrs. Ternan ; but, in consequence of the indisposition of that lady, it was undertaken by Mrs. Kean at a few hours' notice, and her admirable impersonation of the guilty mother of the Prince of Denmark enhanced the profound interest inspired by some of the most striking scenes of the tragedy. On Mr. Kean's performance it were quite superfluous to add a word of comment, but the signal support afforded by his accomplished partner is worthy of receiving notice, as tending to render the representation of Shak spere's greatest work at the Princess's the most attrac• tive production of the season. DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL VISITORS. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Ho henzollern Sigmaringen took leave of the Qu een yester day, upon their return to the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived early at the Palace, to pay a visit to the King. The Prince and Princess of Prussia and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg took leave of his Majesty. The King and the Belgian Princes were accompanied to the principal entrance of the Palace by the Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended ly the ladies and gentlemen of the Court. His Majesty, with the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Prince of Hohenzolleran, after taki'ig leave of her Majesty, quitted Buckingham Palace with their suite in three of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards. Lord de Tabley, lord in waiting to the Queen, and Lieut.-Colonel Ponsunby, equerry in waiting to the Prince Consort, attended the King. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Col. Count de Moerk-rke, Dr. Koepel, Btron d'Overchie de Nersche, Captain Burnell, and Lieutenant von Osten were al,o in attendance. The illustrious party proceeded to the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway, and left for 1, o Ter. _ . y • Ad l and Prince a Prince Albert Frederick of P Torir Royal Hi von Schoulenburg, bert of Prussia, attended by Colonel f rs hal von Meyer. Adjutant von Buclde❑brock, Ho,nia C C i p a u tao de 3 n, Lieutenant Highnesses Prince Albert of Prussia, luck, Captain de Cosel, Ciaptail von Maslow, a:nada Itt y: vhoonurß yesterdayi chth of€, Royal Iliekinessei have proceeded to vi it several of tn./ / I f o c t ri ß io u g e . king T h h a e m ir principal ports and towns in EnglAnd. Then* Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prußsl Prince Willia m of Baden, and the Duchess of fihx• Cobairg, rook leave of her Majesty the Queen in the epolivg,,p.o ,*'!,l7! retUrn to the Continent. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA, THE CALCUTTA MAIL. We have received via Trieste files of papers from Calcutta to :he 24th of December, Bom bay to the 29th of December, and Hong Kong to the 16th of December. The Bombay papers do not contain any additional news. We take the following from the Calcutta Eng lishman of tho 24th of December : The last fortniglo has not been fruitful in im portant news, but we send home official reports from various parts cf the country, which show that our forces are taking the ascendant, and that the only formidable resistance now to be expected is in Oude. For the present the subjugation of that little kingdom is postponed. The Commander-in- Chief, it is understood, proceeds to Futtyghur to put down the revolted Nawab and his adherents, open the communication with the upper provinces, and trample out the smouldering fires of insurrec tion in Rohilcund. The country will then b e clear for operations against Lucknow, in which h e will be aided by Jung Bahadoor, at the h ea d o f 10,000 Nepaulese soldiers. The mutineers and rebels have concentrated at Lucknow ; they are preparing for a resolute defence, and, having no favour to expect from their enemy, will probably hold out as long as possible. It is not antici pated by those who know the country that any serious resistance will be made in any other part of Oude, but the forts in which the chiefs and chuckledars have been accustomed to ensconce themselves to resist their own King must be destroyed, and the possession of can non or any arms, except for sporting, must be strictly prohibited, Whether this can be ac complished during the present cold weather very doubtful, and it will not be safe or prudent to keep the British soldiers in the field during another hot and rainy season, and it is therefore by no means improbable that another year will elapse before the British flag flies triumphant over every town and city in our Indian territories. At present, though not, as some of the English papers suppose, besieged in Calcutta, we are cut off from all regular communication with the west ern provinces. Occasionally a stray letter or news paper reaches us, but no more, and until the post is restored to its normal condition the natives will not recover their confidence in the stability of British rule. CAWNPORE. We take the following interesting narrative of events at Cawnpore from letters published in the Calcutta Englishman " CAMP; OAWNPORE, Nov. 30. " We arrived here on the 28th in time to prevent a second massacre ; the Gwalior troops were attack ing the place, and it seems the affair was mis managed. Our positions without the entrenched camp were deserted without fighting on our side. Two of our guns were nearly taken ; the Naval Brigade, being without support, were obliged to leavethem ; the sudden advance of the enemy seems to have frightened our people. Windham, however, drove them off, and took some guns ; the brutes, hearing of his (to them) unexpected arrival, bolted, but about 2,000 are said to be in the city, which we are shelling to-day—this is sad disappointment to us. We expected to get a few comforts on reach ing Cawnpore, and now we cannot get anything ; the rebels have possession of all. One of the mer chants, who brought things down to Cawnpore, has lost all his property, 10,000 rupees' worth. The enemy, it is said, are entrenching themselves close to the city—pluck is it not ? Our position is pre carious, with all the sick, wounded (1,500 ours alone), and ladies and children. The Chief, I be lieve, will wait here for reinforcements, and get the ladies off to Allahabad at once. Ours is an immense camp, th© followers, I may say, innumerable. Our line of march extended eight miles, and the rear guard, since leaving Lucknow, always came up next morning. Since my last to you we have been doing ga e atuP l itelia fn the newspapers. We came back faster than we went from Alumbagh to Cawn pore in two marches ; our last was 30 miles on the 28th, from 7 a.m. to —. I cannot tell you when the rear got in, but we in the advance got in at 7 p.m., and tired and hungry we were, but the Chief ordered the troops to push on, as we could hear heavy firing at Cawnpore, and a message had arrived to say the Gwalior force had suddenly attacked the place. I have been in a hard-fought battle, that much I can say, for the Sepoys defended Secundra, most obstinately to the last, so much so that it was the opinion of all that, though we could take Lucknow, it would be with heavy loss —a loss which cannot easily be replaced, and would have pl ace d us i n the power of the Gwalior force, which, by-the-bye, they must have cal culated on—hence this attack on Cawnpore. Now I will give an account of our doings. On the 12th inst. we reached Alumbagh (i. e. in our up ward journey). Next day (13th) a column went to attack Jellahabad, which we found deserted, and blew up the old fort ; 14th, marched onwards cautiously, ma ki ng a long roun d , so as to avo id their batt er i es, &c. Near Lucknow t h e enemy eppeared—i. e . at a place called Dill Khoosa, four miles distance. Here our fighting com menced. The Artillery came into action first, when the enemy's guns were silenced. Our in fantry and cavalry cleared the ground, but Jack Pandies ran so fast that we did not come up to them. The Dill Khoosa, which is a fine-looking, palace, in which the rebels were, was finely bat tered by our guns. Next the enemy made a stand in the Martiniere School ; their round shot here killed a good number of our men, Many a round shot and bullet passed over my head. It was a mercy to us the brutes had no shells, as their practice was good. We fired at the School, in which we cou ld see th e Jacks scudding a l ong ; it is greatly i n j ure d ; daylight let in man y p l aces . Here some guns were taken by us, but, as usual, our infantry and cavalry could not come up to charge the brutes, but kept up a running fire at them, and deadful potting from behind walls, &c. By 4 p.m. the school was clear, but the enemy oc cupied a village close by till near dark, when we took the place at the point of the bayonet, and set fire to it. The next day we occupied our ground, and had skirmishes with the enemy ; we were a couple of miles from the Residency, and all day de ayed to throw dust in their eyes. The Chief determined on making a round aga i n t o g et at it. Had we gone straight me, we wou ld h a ve found them well prepared to meet us. Next day we started on our grand excursion ; I cannot forget the caution and silenc e of that day ; the canal was crossed without opposition (it was our great sticking point in the straight course). On the Lucknow side the enem y were seen moving on as we advanced. All went on we ll t ill we re ached Secundra, about a mile fro m t h e Res id ency . It is another palace building With strong puc k e wa lls, and here the cepoys fought better than ever they did in their lives, but of course the brutes knew they were behind strong walls, an d h a d no mea ns of escape, as there was o n l y one gate, an d th a t towards us. Our guns fir e d b oa - , making breaches, and trying to silence thre e guns which were doing us great mischief with round shot. Had they had shells our loss would have been double. The infan try were all lying down and I.iti g —a constant blaze on both sides was kept UP. When breaches were made, our men went in with cheers, and Jack Sepoys were slaughtered whole sa l e —in two places they lay five feet high ; som e escape d b y mea ns of a rope ladder ; 1,7 0 0 and odd were coun ted of their dead, and burned in this place. O ur loss was 450 killed and wounded. Poor Capt. H ar dy was killed, Lieut. Ford wounded, and th ree gunne rs killed, and two mortally wounded ; fighting did not cease till dark. About 5 p.m. anoth er large building was taken ; Peel's brigade bre ac hed the place. Captain Peel got a gun up to 10 feet of the wall, but suffered greatly ; he offered the Victoria Cross t o his 'pen if they brought the gun up. Sikhs and jANTIA`RY 27, 1858 Highlanders charged with great cheering, but the Sepoys this time bolted. "DEC. 1. —The Gwalior troops opened fire on us this morning. They having got the range of our camp, created great confusion. Our troops are now attacking them. The Royal Artillery has not been ordered out, but to be ready. The city is catching it ; Peel is firing rockets and shell into the place. To continue the journal of events. On the 17th, tho greater part of the day, the artillery were driving away the enemy ; in the afternoon the mess-house, which is a strong place, and in which the Jacks were, was taken by us without much loss. The, Sepoys were chased into Lucknow, and the road to the Residency opened. Havelock attacked from the rear. When it was known that the Residency people were re lieved and the ladies all right, three cheers were given by the men. The 18th, 19th, and 20th we were employed shelling the Pal '.(.le of Lucknow ; a deal of musketry firing was also taking place all around ; whenever there was a cover the Sepoys potted away from one of their guns, firing round shot, proving ♦ery troublesome, and we could not silence it—it lay in a hollow on the ground without its carriage, behind a number of mud walls. 21st and 22d, removing the ladies, sick, and wounded to Dill Khoosa, and retired at dusk on the 22d silently (and were not interrupted) to Dill Khoosa. 24th, marched to klumbagh, saw no enemy. 0 utram's force came up on the 25th, and is to be left there. Have lock died of dysentry, and was buried at Alumbagh. 26th, halted; it is said we have more than 1,500 sick and wounded to carry. 27th, marched to Bunnee, 14 miles ; passed over the whole ground. 28th, forced march of 30 miles to Cawnpore ; the chief pushed on with artillery and cavalry. Ido not know how far it is true, but some say had we not arrived Cawnpore would have gone ; the bridge of boats certainly broke that night, and all communication would have been stopped." A letter from one who was with the army at Lucknow, dated Cawnpore, Dec. 2, mentions that they were engaged with the enemy day and night from the 13th to the 23d ult. Another letter, dated the 4th of December, says : " Since the 27th ult. we have been in a state of close siege ; and under an almost uninterrupted fire of shot, shell, shrapnel, grape, jezail, balls and bullets. A foolish mistake was made in attacking the enemy on the 26th, before we were prepaied for active hostilities, and a much more foolish and fatal error the day after in taking up the straggling camp at Chickendee into the city on its rear, and a dense cover bet Ween us and the enemy, which enabled them to advance and take up all the covers round our establishment, and pin us in so that to this moment we have been unable to drive them back ; their movements gave the enemy double the advantage they had achieved by their own desperate efforts. •` Our loss in officers and men has been great. In one charge, to take a couple of the enemy's big guns on the 27th, her Majesty's 64th Regiment lost their Colonel (General Wilson), Major Stirling, Captains McCrea, Morphy, and Macpherson, and an attached officer, Mr. Gibbon, besides 70 men, and all because, instead of being supported after the charge was made, a retreat was ordered. . . . The Commander-in-Chief arrived on the even ing of the 20th, since which we have felt more con fidence and security." " CAWNPORE, Dec. 7.—From the rough sketch I sent you you will have seen that from the in formation I had gleaned I expected we would be attacked simultaneously from two, if not from three sides—by the Nana and his brother Bhola Sahib, via Shevrajpore and Shewlee ; by Koor Singh, with a portion of the Gwalior and other troops from Calpee, via Akbarpore, Runnea, and Raipore ; and possibly by another column of the same force, via Gholumpore, Sahr, and Sirsoul. " On the morning of the 26th ult. General Windham advanced from his camp near a place called Dhubohlee, close to the canal, having heard that the enemy was moving on him from Runea, and met the advanced column at Bhowsee, near Pandua Nuddee, where a very severe conflict took place, which resulted in the repulse of the enemy, with great loss to them of men as well as of two howitzers and a brass gun (9-pounder). After following up the enemy for some distance, their Sowars turned round to charge, when a detach ment of H.M. 34th Regiment immediately formed square, received the charge, and then poured in a murderous fire that rolled over each horse and rider, only one of the latter escaping out of some sixty. Du rins,4hiLqineeitYiTgw r i l EE men over a well, received a mortal wound from a bullet and fell into the well, from which his men failed to recover his body. Our troops fell back towards evening, and pitched their camp in the Jerre° Plain, with a thick cover of trees and brushwood to the S.W. (the direction the enemy had retired in, and might at any moment be expected sud denly to open fire from), and a brick-kiln on the N.E., with the city to retreat through in case of need. This unguardedly-taken and dangerous position conducted to the disasters of the following day. Early in the morning D. and I rode out to this camp, and in conversation with some of the officers of H.M. 88th Foot, suggested that abetter position would be attained by moving the camp to the old ground just behind the canal, so as to have au open plain, with the canal for a barrier in front, and an open plain likewise to the rear. Our suggestion was at the time received with smiles, but in the evening, when we again met some of the said officers at the Hospital in intrenchments, they recalled our remarks of the morning to mind, and said they had thought of us. No sooner had we returned to cantonments than we heard the sounds of fight, the enemy having opened from the above mentioned cover to the s outh-west of our camp. I do not believe any one can accurately describe the fight and retreat of this forenoon. All I have been able to learn is that some officer informed the Gene ral that these intrenchments had been attacked and nearly taken by a body of the enemy. A retreat was ordered, her Majesty's 34th Foot being directed to fall behind the brick-kiln. Neither officers nor men knew where to find it 1 The news flew rapidly about the canton ments and city that oue force was worsted and on the retreat, and an overwhelming rush was made into the inner intrenchments, as resistless as the volume of water at the Falls of Niagara. Soldiers and Jacks, Europeans and natives, men, women, and children, camels, horses, and oxen poured in, in countless numbers, from 2 p.m. By nightfall the intrenched camp, with its motley assemblage of men and beasts, baggage, luggage, and 10,000 nondescript encumbrances, rivalled the chaos that existed before the fiat of creation went forth. As a. matter of course, the entire of -our advanced camp, with the exception, I believe, of a portion of H.M. 82d Regiment, fell into the hands of the enemy ! Early the next morning, the 28th, the enemy (up to this time consisting of the Gwalior and other troops from Calpee, but now joined by the Nana Sahib, from Sewrajpore and his brother the Bhola Sahib from Sewlee, with their respective forces and guns, numbering with the Calpee troops, some 21,000 men and 56 guns), commenced advancing under the admirable covers they found in the yet unde molished and half-destroyed bungalows and public buildings, until they formed a complete cordon around us, resting their right flank on the city and their left on the burial ground to the east of Kirk and Co.'s premises, and verging on the river. From their left and centre they opened a murderous and well supported fire of heavy and light guns, and kept closing on us under such fire, *and the protection of the covers I have mentioned, until our °nt.'s() .ts were gradually driven in to within a few hundred yards of our own batteries. The Assembly Rooms, with all they contained, consisting of 11,000 rounds of Enfield cartridges, the mess plate of some four Queen's corps, paymasters' chests and baggage un told of, officers and men, fell into the hands of the Philistines, who dislodged our men, but whom we could not in return dislodge, though not more, certainly, than 400 yards from our batteries. Between the Assembly Rooms and church (which they also occupied) the enemy placed severalguus in position, that worried us for several successive days. During th e afternoon the 64th Queen's immortalised themselves. Captain Wright, with some 30 men, held the Baptist Chapel on the road that leads to Kirk and Co.'s premises, and the old burial ground adjoining Duhan's Hotel. He saw the enemy pressing on his outpost, and placing his few men in skirmishing order, opened fire on them. While thus engaged ; a detachment of this corps, sent by the General to capture four guns that were in position beyond Kirk and Co.'s pre mises, on the turn of the road leading to Permit's Ghat, and doing dreadful mischief, came in sight, consisting of about 200 or 250 men, commanded by Colonel W ilson. Captain McCrea shouted to Wright to go forward as an advanced guard which he instantly did, pushing on until he reached the raised platform on the north of Kirk's bun galow, whence he distinctly saw the four guns in position, and played on them with his rifles. Colonel Wilson's small force advanced by the road, and as they rounded the turning came full on these guns, which immediately opened on them with heavy pours of musketry from the infantry supporting them, and numbering certainly not less than 2,500. With one terrific shout our brave fellows flung themselves on the guns, and three out of four were spiked in the twinkling of an eye, two by Captain McCrea, who, while en deavouring to spike a third, was cut down by the tulwars of the Golundazes. No support being sent to this gallant and small band of heroes, it could not long hold the guns thus bravely and daringly captured 1 Colonel Wilson was mortally wounded by a rifle bullet through the left breast ; he was brought into camp by some of his men and died within 20 minutes. Captains McCrea and Morphy were cut down at the guns. Major Stirling was shot. Captain McKinnon and Lieut. Gordon (attached) were left on the field wounded. The former is said, and is believed, to have been hanged by the villains on the gallows on which we used to execute the rebels, and the latter to have been bound hands and feet to a cartwheel, and while thus helpless progged with bayonets, and otherwise ignominiously treated. Among the men the slaughter was fearful, and many a poor wounded fellow was left to the tender mercies of the Pandies, their being no bearers in attendance to carry the doolies to the front I The handful that did escape came in sad and sorrowful ! Though, through the indomitable valour and brill-dog pluck of Britons, we that day re-isted the enemy so as to keep him at ba y - .400 yarns £Lum our ramparts, auct though our Rifles and blue-jackets did take thre 18-pounders and two mortars, yet without a doubt the enemy bad the best of it in every way. I can assure you our intrenchment sheltered many a heart that pulsated with gloomy forebodings, until, towards evening, his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief was seen to be approaching with bis personal Staff. " The enemy opened at about 6.45 a.m. of the 29th, with a heavy crossfire from each flank, as well as from the centre, of shot, shell, grape, ca nister, &x., which was cordially returned from our intrenchments, and the firing coutinued,incessantly the entire day. About 10 a.m., the Commander- in-Chief's force commenced crossing, and during the day A.M. 53cl arid 93d, the 2d Punjab In fantry, Horse Battery of six guns, Foot Artillery, with five guns, the 9th Lancers, Hodson'e Horse, Peel Battery of two 24-pounders, and an 8-inch ho witzer, came across. In the evening a detachment of the Madras Fusiliers and the sth Punjab Cavalry, with some of the lathes, children, and sick from Lucknow, came over. During the night a con tinued file fire was kept up between our and the enemy's outposts. At 7 a.m. of the 30th, the enemy's batteries again opened on us from the same positions as the day before, and a new one to their left flank which teazed us greatly, playing on the General Hospital, and the tents and quarters of the Commissariat. The former was hit by several round shot. We replied in right good earnest, silencing the enemy's guns at times, but only for a while, since, shifting position, they invariably opened on us again. During the day the residue of the troops and refugees from Lucknow crossed over, and during the night the major portion of the enormous baggage camp. On the Ist of December we received reinforcements from Allahabad. By 10 a.m. the enemy's batteries opened fire and ours returned it. H.M. 93d Highlanders captured one and spiked two guns, which latter they were unable to bring in. About 10 p.m. the enemy attacking the outposts of her Majesty's 93d and 1 53 d, and were repulsed with great loss, and the file firing on both sides lasted uearly all night. At 6 a.m. of the 2d the enemy's batteries opened again, and we respoeded,but the former were very soon quieted by 5 small mortars we got in position at the Gunga Battery, under the direction of Capt. afternoon an outer camp was formed, and the telegraphic communication with Futtehpore and Allahabad resumed. From this day to yesterday the enemy's fire slackeued considerably, and al most ceased—occasional shells and round shot coming iu at long and irregular intervals. To wards nightfall the ladies, children, and about 400 sick and wounded, left for Allahabad, with a good escort. On the 4th the enemy sent a fire-boat to destroy our bridge, but the set of the current turned it towards shore, and no mischief happened. At 9.10 a.m. on the 6th the enemy fired one shell, and then ceased. Just one hour after, every battery and gun from our entrenchment and the outer camp, as also the guns that had been sent out in diffe • rent directions to bear on the enemy, opened fire simultaneously, and played briskly the livelong long day. The foe replied feebly enough, and seemed paralysed. I have heard that several of their outposts were closely engaged with ours during the day, but I have not been able to ob tain particulars. Shortly after 10 p.m. the enemy's extreme left flank advanced ois our out posts, and opened a murderous fire of ginjalls, rifles and grape, which our fellows replied to co n amore for nearly two hours, and as briskly as they could load aid 'fire. This was evidently an attempt to get possession of the bridge of boats, in which the rascals were thwarted. To day not a shot has been fired, but the enemy has retreated ; the arch fiend, the Nanaa, with his bloodhounds, to Bithoor, via Sewrajpore, and the Gwalior force to the Calpee, where they have a strong entrenched camp, with a large supply of ammunition and russut, and where it is said strong reinforcements await them. His Excellency is in sharp pursuit after the latter body, and the general impression is he will over take and cut them off. I think this Will not be the case, and I fear if the Commander-in- Chief should go too far in pursuit, a large body of the rebels will double between his force and us, and possibly occasion greater g/rief than the heavy loss we have but now undergone. The disadvan tage under which we have laboured is the utter ignorance of the surrounding country, and the innumerable covers every inch, and each one of which respectively are too well known to our Cue mies, and right nvh have they advantaged by it, as will appear too patently to be gainsaid when a faithful account of our 11 days' close siege and a true statement of our casualties is published. That our officers and men of all arms of the service have individually and collectively fully maintained the character of British soldiers by the most deter + mined pluck and self-sacrifice, is beyond the possi bdity 01 being canvassed. None but those who have been personally present at siege the second of Cawn pore, can rightly estimate the amount of daring and valour shown, for they have vividly and momently for 11 long days and nights witnessed it. You and others will read in cold print what we have expe rienced. Yet there is one point on which our offi oers and men have, methinks, sadly erred, and it is in an overweening degree of self-reliance and con temptuous undervaluation of the enemy, who have indubitably shown us that they are by no means so contemptible or despicable as they have been as. sumed to be. This error would have been fatal to us, judging from antecedents, had not his Excellency come to our aid just at the moment he did. We were in a sad dilemma, what ever may now be asserted to the country, and with the enemy surrounding us on all sides within 400 to 600 yards of our defences, in very strong force, gathering acces4ions dady much more rapidly than we could knock them over, and with no lack of artillery or men to serve their guns right well, I fear we should have been driven to extremities its 48 hours. "Not a building has been spared this time. "10 have just returned from the en trenehiteipts, where I heard that the Coinnutiid er in -Chief pursued the fugitives 14 mites down the Calpee-read, and therepite4d his camp. What his further movement s lgo . iikoly to be, no one Ri4,1,4 able to say. Our force has made sad havoc of the flying enemy, capturing 16 guns and 26 carts of ammunition. A great portion of the camp and baggage we lost on the 27th ultimo is said to be recovered in, statu quo, as we left it ; but nothing is said of the ammunition we abandoned. " Of Sir J. Outrams's position and movements we have no certain information. A rumour came in three days ago, that the small detachment at Bunnee-bridge, consisting of the Sappers and 27th Madras N. 1., had been cut off, and that the force at the Allumbagh was surrounded and besieged. It is difficult to pronounce an opinion of this report, for it may be true, and yet I incline to think it one of the not uncommon canards' set afloat by the idle and timorous, since I cannot trace it to any thing like an authentic source. General Showers' column has not yet made its appearance, although on the Ist it was reported to have arrived in our immediate vicinity, and was yesterday affirmed to have been attacking the left flank of the enemy► from the direction of Newabgunge. " Our accounts to-day from Allahabad show that the good folks there do not entertain any very strong feeling of security, and it is not impossible they may receive a visit from portions of the Cal pee horde, since it has been recruiting extensively during the bygone week. " Dec. 9.—My letter of the 7th inst. (the only one up to that date I could manage to write com posedly) will have given you full intelligence of what transpired here from our first attack on the enemy on the 26th ultimo to their incontinent re treat on Sunday night and Monday morning, in two divisions, one under the Nana Sahib, towards Bithoor, the other under Koor Sing, [towards Calpee. Beyond recovering a major portion of the camp and baggage we lost on the 27th, on the Jewee Plain, capturing 19 guns, 26 carts of ammunition, a quantity of grain, land an immense herd of cattle, and taking some 15 pri soners I cannot ascertain we have done much damage to the mutineers who have ef f ected a can tong and clean esuape. This morning I learn that those who fled to Bithoor and Calpee have, re spectively recrossed the Ganges and Jumna. At Calpee, it is said, the enemy have a strongly entrenched cam, well suppliod with ammunition and russut. His Excellency is in camp on the. Jewee Plain, in front of the city. Brigadier Grant, with one column, is after the Bithoor fugitives, anc two columns have gone out on the Delhi road. The place is of necessity com pletely unsettled, the native city is in a state of the utmost confusion, and is reported to have suf fered greatly at the hands of the enemy on this oc casion, though it escaped with impunity on the last. It will, I apprehend, be very many days ere the natives return to their avocations, and business is resumed. " Dec. 10.—I hasten to lot you know that news has just come in that Brigadier Grant's column, that went from the Commander-in -Chiefs camp the night before last, attacked the rebels at Bithoor yesterday, committed great slaughter among them, captured the entire of the staff of the Nana, and took all the guns, ammunition, provisions, money, and property of every description that. had been removed to Bithoor. It is saiai many of the scoundrels have fled in terror into Oude. Yesterday some of Sir J. Outram's trea sure and camp came in, and he is said to be fol lowing with his force. May be come across these scoundrelly fugitives l A Havildar of the rebel force was executed last evening who stated, when examined, that the Nana was not here during any portion of the time we were besieged, but re mained at Bithoor--that his brother, the Bhalah Sahib, reached Calpee on the 18th ult., and was honoured with a salute of 21 guns on his arrival —that he crossed his force there on the 21st u Chief, with Surdial Pandy as General-in-Chief, and Tothea Topah second in cocumand—that the rebel force consisted of little more than half of the Gwalior Contingent, some of Scindia's, Lloyd's own loyals from Dinapore, a large body of miscellaneous troops from Furrackabad, fonr regiments sent by the Nana, a number of men from Oude, and 42 guns from Calpee, besides some sent by the Nana ; that the Rajah of Ghopalpore (in the Kutchwar. ghur di§triet), and the Zemindar of Tongrah, with their men, were with the rebels ; and their trea sure consisted of Rs. 5 56012-10 c -x..+lor pre caiculated, I should Bay, to define the balance with such nicety. " DEC. I.—We had no post from Calcutta yes terday, and we have had none to-day, even from Allahabad. The cause, of course, we do not know. Communication by telegraph continues uninter rupted, but the instrument is steadily monopolised for service messages. We hear this morning that General Dupuis and his staff will leave to-morrow, by dawk, for Calcutta, it being decided that the head-quartz rs of the Artillery are to be established there. His Excellency the Commander-in -Chief will march with a strong force for Furraokabad to-mor row. A proper move in the rightatdejdoiri ineracintpigoortn,daistaitriionnceetosi.ft is vitally essent i a l we should open the road with the grain a m i n o utmost o p m ra c ß t i a c r a e b i y s a p l e i d e d , for h other I saw a l e tt er this morning from an o ffi cer of H.M.'s 78th Highlanders, sta e ting Sir J. Outram.umbagh imme did not pu rpose to vacate th Al diately, as th e enemy were gatherin g roun d hi s positio n , an d evidenced a re decided incli na ti on to give him a meeting on the open field, which is all he wants, and then our fellows will road the scoundrels a lesson." CHINA. Nothing has yet been done beyond the drawing the blockade closer round Canton. THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE QUEEN . OF DUDE. We take the following details from the Courier of Paris of yesterday : " Her Majesty the Queen of Oude died at one o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday. "She suffered much during the whole of that morning. Her Majesty was in fact attacked with a very dangerous affection and a serious internal malady. She was advised to come to Paris, the climate of France being much more favourable, and the di sease w ith which she was afflicted being t•ician s . such as cou ld b e very ably treated by our phy " Already the Queen had received the advice of a woman of considerable ability, Madame Lecharrier, the principal mid-wife (sago femme) of the hospice de la Maternite, who is called upon for her ad.eice in special and peculiar cases. "After her Dr. Cabanas was admitted to the presence of her Majesty, and he considered her situation so serious as to require a consultation with the principal medical celebrities, "During the most minute investigation, and the mo s t scrupu l ous calculations which they were obliged to ma k e, neither the midwife nor the physician were allowed to see the features of the Queen, her Majesty keeping her face constantly veiled. " The Hotel Lsfitte was besieged by a cloud of curious and interested persons—modellers, photo graphers, newsmougers, whose many efforts to see the Queen and the ladies of her suite were wholly unsuccessful. The artist of the illustrated London. News was not more fortunate than others. " The Queen died iu a few hours after the con sultation, in which M. Rayer, the chief physician of the Emperor Napoleon, took p ar t . " Her Majesty departed. with the most perfect resignation. Her face was expressive of extra ordinary placidity —so, at least, said the only individual who had seen her features. The Queen of Oude was 53 years of age. "It is imp oss ibl e to give any idea of the outbursts of lamentation, cif the cries and the sobbing which proceeded from the persons in the suite of her late Majesty. The women especially wrung their arms and hands, kneeling by turns around th e b e d o f th e deceased and utt er i ng the most heart-rending cries. The spectators all were much affected at this sor rowful scene,.so little in harmony with our man nt.rs and our customs, which are not quite so ex pansive. "Couriers and tele g raphic messages were imme diately dispatched to England, and we are expect ing here every moment General Mirza, the son of her late Majesty. "Madame Papp, th© mistress of the Hotel Lafitte, is the only person who had seen the Queen in one of her most painful moments. She had ple.e.,d her head upon the pillow atter having appld mustard poultices t o th e sufferer. She thou ie ght that the Queen was sleeping up to the time of the. colurgeneement of her ag on y. . _