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January 7, I dig . HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary. ESTABLISHED 1841. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-mall, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. 18 7 the Annual Report of 1853, it appeared that the number of Policies then in force was 3,434, insuring 1,337,5001., and yielding an Income of 55,2071. At the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, held on the 26th November. 1857, it was shown that on the 30th June last—. The number of Policies in force was ...... 6,255 The amount insured was.. ...... • • 2,917,598/. 13s. 10d. The annual Income was •••• •• .. Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by which a Policy of 1,0001. issued in 184 - 2 ou a healthy life is now increased to 1,2601. Profits divided every five years—next division in 1858. The Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781 Policies, assuring 312,8841. Assurances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as moderate rates as the most recent data will allow. Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities riven to assurers. Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables. Policies issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre mium. Active YvOrXing Agents wanted.for vacant places. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on applica- Von to any of the Society's Agents in the country. • C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, STRAND, LONDON (W.C.), ITS JANUARY, 1858. The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST at the rate of 5 per Cent. per annum on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, to 31st Decem ber last, is now in coarse of payment to the Proprietors, on appli cation at this Office, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock. EDMOND S. SY NIES, Chairman. THE, INTERNATIONAL LIFE A.SSUR A.1.! - CE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. - • DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel lag-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.s, Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO TER BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Bloadel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, PALS., and Professor J. Radford Toting. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elllotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit -street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Sktrrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-row. The next Quinquennial - Dlviston of Profits will be declared in May, 1860. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Age 1838 55 1841 48 1841 • 69 1848 60 1411 55 Polley taken Bonus in Sum addition Bonus in Assured. to Sum Cash. Assured. X .s. d. Xs. d. 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 4,009 749 4 0 325 16 0 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 E, 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 Permanent Reduction of Annual Pre mium. oat in X s. d. M 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1835. Two-thirds of the prod is are divided amongst the assured every flue years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair man, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, L on d on, vr.c. DMOND S. SYMES, Ckairman. E APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 'LEA and PEItRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE _ILA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and Invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily nse of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe grtard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blae.kwell, and other oilmen and mer- Chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRI:N" are upon the labe and patent cap of the bottle. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES(, ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ass effected by t) U BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ARA.RICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids tenerally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and Muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit fromsel D v u es and Barry's Reval en t a A rabica Food, and consider it due to your tbe public tc, authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Dectes."—Cura No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable i f i i r t !!,Y front dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, wet eY, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed h Da Ba ' L ,Ig, near Dtn i ~, rFy s excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham of 18 ming Vicarage, l'c ' rteik ' '—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, age. Waltham Cross, Herta, a cure of extreme ner v3.lsness, indigestio n , g a theii ngl, C tre No. 4 8,314. low spirits, and nervous fancies.— poll : a cure of ten yti,itr% dEyll;e7>stin,h Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver bility. Care No. 18 ,216. and the horrors of nervous irrita- Cle tn o dr 3 e l w 17re of constipation, dyspep andOa, nervous irritability. ,Addlity. Cure No. 36,212. C ,210 1 . Dr. Sherland of dropsy apta n Allan of epileptic ft . Cure NO. 42.116 Major Edte of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 35,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vcnualligs, Cure. No. 26,418.. Dr. Har vey of diarrhcea and debility. C ure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq , barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberta, wood . merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, Tatittnowager Countess Partial deathess. Care No. 4 ;,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, Of two years' diarrhoea. Cure Nnoervs2o,u6sl2i.rrit ef Castleatuart, of many years' y, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia 7. — niers, cured n sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopesof recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con ,tlPation, indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered great %leery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured b 3 Du Barry's Food in a very short Buse. ay. R. ars' , d is- Ree ves, 181, Fl ee t- street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight e Perts'a, ner vousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nayusea for Whic h my servant had consulted the advice of many, ha ve b een effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. 1 shall be _ ha ppy to ans wer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlingto n Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, With pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren lered mY life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du ~.arrt"s health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Rees, :eitibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, I 'M general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent eirmalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." tatiq:scrin_ t Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita. ..,_The Vice-Chancellor Sir William !Page Wood granted an injunc .men on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for nultatin "la .._ ,g. u Rarry's Revalenta Arabica Food." .... o eUa rs oly naceed tor all climates, and with lull instructions. In `_ n ui e te_ , lib is 9cl ; 21b 4s tid ; slb lls , 121 b 225. The 121 b car ;4'4 free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and "*. 77, Regent-street. Sind}Lon; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur %Vora to liege t iccady ; also at 60, Gracechurch- S*net 1 3 30.430 and 451, S trand ; 4, Cheapside ; 149, Blshopagate reeNi and 180 1 and 158 Oxford -street . ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, Mr. and Mrs. EiER 'KAN REED (late Miss P. IIORTON) Rill re-appear in Town 25th January, 1858. eiHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-1171DM ENTERTAIN MENT.—More Novelties—Revival of the Burlesque Itallien Opera, received, when first produced, with screams of laughter—New Songs and New Puns—" Hoop de-dooden Do," nightly. —Evening at 8, and on Saturday Morning, commencing at 3. Prices—boxes, 1/. Is.; Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Back, Is. A DELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, .111 Strand.—Great success of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische, aid Grand Fantasia from "II Trovatore," and the New Caledonian Quadrille by Charles Hall. Principal cornet-a-piston, M Boulcourt. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. —R. R. Btaxam., Ma nager. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand. —GRAND CASINO, removed from the Argyll Rooms, with the original Band of Fcrty Performers. Conductor, Mons. Limon's ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. BormcousT ; Leader, enemas HALL. This celebrated band, lately conducted by the much lamented Emile LAURENT, is to be engaged for Private or Public Balls, by applying to R. R. Mariam., Argyll Rooms, Great Wind mill-street. N.B.—The above rooms will be kept open till 2 o'clock, during her Majesty's State "lets to the Opera. Doors open at half past 8. Admission, is. DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne•street, facing the Haymarket. Programme for the Christmas Holidays :—Guenal's APPAREIL lIRANOGRAPHIQUE constantly in motion; LIVING OBJECTS in the large Oxy-Hydrogen Microacope ; Hundreds' of new Ana tomical Models of a most interesting character. Lectures by Dr. KAHN, at 3 o'clock, on the Physiology of Digestion, and at 3, on the Physiology of Rearoduction; and by Dr. SEXTON, at I 'past 1, on "the Air we Breathe ;" at 4, on the Mysteries of the iluman H SIR and BE ARD ; and at 9, on the Wonders of Electricity : all the Lec tures illulitrated by Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving Views of an entirely new character, &c. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till and from 7 till 10. Illustrated Hand-book,' Sixpence. Programme Ciratis. Dr. Kahn's Nine Lectures and a ,Programme sent post free on the receipt of twelve stamps. THE RHINE AND GERMANY.—The Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rotterdam, to the Rhine and Germany, Is by THE DUTCH REIENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day. • Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Company's London Agent, Mr. JOHN C. J&asoN, 61, Gracechurch street. A LBERT AND TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per cent, per annam, will be In COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 11th January instant. FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE :COMPANY. Established 1909. Incorporated by Royal Charter. PAESIDENT —MS Grace the Duke of ROXBURGIIE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. Solicitor, ALEXANDER DOBIE, Esq., Lancaster-Place. Capital of One Million—accumulating Premium Fund 6C4,000/. Revenue from Life Premiums alone 116,000/, annually increasing. Nine -tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Premiums. All Profit Policies effected during the current year will share in the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger BONUS at every future division of Profits. The Bonus accumulations at last investigation ranged from 25 to 70 per cent, on the Premiums paid. ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. 4, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London. E.C. [ADYRRTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— The family medicine chest that is furnished with these powerful remedies need nothing more. Indigestion, general debility, liver complaint, eruptions, sores, wounds, ulcers, tumours, izo„ are infallibly cured by their use, they recruit the stamina, and infuse tone and vigour to the whole system, the physical powers become light and buoyant, and that greatest of earthly blessings —a sound mind in a soacd body—is the result. Thou sands who have been cured of the above complaints, know this to be literally true.— Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Hollo way's Establishments, 244, Strand, London ; and 80, Maiden-lane, Now York ;by A. Stampa, Constan tinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. [ADVERTISEMENT.] The most inveterate liver com plaints and diarrhcea, which had resisted all Jmedicines for years, yielded to Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, which removes indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. Our old friend the great Indian traveller, Major Edie, writes as follows : " London, 20th March, 1852.- Dear Sir, —Having suffered fearfully for two years from an enlargement of the liver and an inveterate diarrhcea, brought on in India and China, and having tried the advice of the most eminent professional men in China, India, and at home, without any other result than gradual decay, I was on the brink of the grave—unable to lift my arms from perfect exhaustion, when Capt. Wraughton, of the Hon. E. I. Q Service, recommended me to try Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food, and to discard the drugs I was then taking. The result of eatinc, this delicious Food is the perfect restoration of my health within a month; and I take a peculiarpleasure in recommending all sufferers to follow my example. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. I am, &c., W. Eniz, Major, H.M.S., 'Unattached. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; D r. G attiker ; Dr. W urzer ; Dr. Ingrain ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Caste. Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed, Suitably packed with full in. structions. In canisters 1113, 2s. Oct. ; 21b, 4s. ; b, 11s ; 121 b, 22 5. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, on receipt of Post -Office order.—Barry Du Barry, dr Co. 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel. lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barry's Revale n t a Arabica Food. (NO. 20,458) PUBLICATIONS. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. _ . A D EL E. By JULIA KA VANAGH. Author of " Nathaile," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. BENTLEY'S POrULAR NEW SERIES. Now ready, in crown B vo ., 2 s. boards, 3s, cloth, THE CONFESSIONS OF A THUG By CAPTAIN MEADOWS TAYLOR. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. GENERAL JACOB ON THE INDIAN ARMY. Just published, in demy Bvo, with Notes by tha Author, price 2s. 6(1. ' sewed. TRACTS o❑ the NATIVE ARMY of INDIA, ITS ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINE. By Brigadier-General JOHN JACOB, C. 8., &c. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. R EFORM or NO REFORM for the ARMY ? THAT IS THE QUESTION. An INQUIRY into the possibility of improving THE MENTAL CONDITION of our OFFICERS, without detracting from the high qualities which have always distinguished the British Army : being a Commentary upon the Pamphlet entitled " Army Reform," by Major-General Poamoca. Price is.,er per post for 13 stamps. London: Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross, S.W. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition Lc) other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and Steeplechase Season in' England, Ireland, and Scotland from the let of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1855, and Nominations for all the Principal Races this year ; forming one of the most copious • works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Ho. born, London. NEW WORK ON SPERMATORRHCEA. Just published, price 25., by post, free, 2s. 2d. lAN SPERMATORRHCEA, and the PROFESSIONAL FALLACIES and POPULAR DELUSIONS which prevail in relation to its NATURE, CONSEQUENCES, and TREATMENT. BY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. " We never commence the perusal of works on this malady with out preparing ourselves to meet most appalling descriptions of human suff , rings. It was, therefore, a most agreeable surprise to us to find this error (as it appears to us) carefully avoided in this work, and the subject treated in a common sense, and truly practical manner. . . . No medical man should undertake the treatment of Spermatorrhcea without first consulting this work."—Medical Circular, Jan. 13, 1858. London: IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ~.. ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. Second Edition, with Illustrations on Steel, Price One Shilling, Free for eighteen stamps, AN ESSAY on the PHYSIOLOGY and SPECIAL DISEASES OF WOMEN, forming a complete guide to, and Ivith fall instructions for the removal of, the emer gencies of Youth, Womanhood, and Old Age. By Dr. HALL. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "The abject is treated in a c l ear, conc i se, an d prac ti ca l manner, and should be in the hands of all females."—Lancet. " Will form a valuable addition to the domestic household."—Medical Circular. " Every husband ought to present this Essay to his wife, and every mother te her daughter, containing as it does mo.t valuable infor mation that concerns their physical and social happiness."—Meath Journal. London: Direct from the Author, Dr. Hall, I, Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square ; and by order of all booksellers. Sent free by Post, Price Is, (in stamps), 64 p ages , THE EASY SELF-CURE, without MEDI CINE, INCONVENIENCE, or EXPENSE, of constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia), diarrhcca, phlegm, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness and liver complaints, flatulence, distension, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, hysteria, neuralzla, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, erysipelas, eruption of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea, and sleknetr , , low spirits, spasms, cramp., epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, lslo xi to the head, exhaust , on, me'ancholy, groundless fear, indeci sion, wretchedness, by a natural and pleasant means, which saves fifty times its coat , n other remedies. Supported by many respect able persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed .—Mann. Nephews, 39, Cornhill, and through all Booksellers in town and country. EORGE HOBSON calls the attention of the W Public to his Superfine Black Cloth Dress and Frock Coats, 2/. 16s. Od. to Three Guineas. Dress Black Trow•sers, 1/. se. Od. A. choice Selection in Waistcoatings from the first makers in Paris. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable tailor, 57 Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, G ray ' s -i nn - roa d . —The AID of the benevolent is earnestly solicited. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, is Treasurer, by whom donations will be thankfully received : also by the following bankers: Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; }ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smyth, Payne, and Co.; Glynn and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Mas terman and Co.; by Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at the Hospital from Ten till Five. By order, S. S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITIITION.—The Committee of this Institution would earnestly call the attention of the public to the great and extra ordinary exertions which the Society is now making to supply ex posed points on the coast with efficient life-boats, and which will involve an expenditure of more than £3,000: they therefore earnestly APPEAL to the benevolent for ASSISTANCE to enable them to continue, with unabated vigour, their hitherto successful exertions in the cause of humanity. THOMAS PARING, Chairman. Oct. 27, 1857. THOMAS CDAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following additional contributions : The Misses Frends,don..£so 0 0 James Taylor, Esq., a..£l 1 0 S. Poyntz, Esq., 2nd don. 50 0 Admiral Sir Eaton Tra- Lady Jones Parry, don. 50 0 vers, annual • • ...... 11 0 Sir ohn Maxwell, Bart., a 5 0 0 Lord Shelborne, d0n.... 20 0 0 Donations and sOseriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs Willis, Percival, and Co ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; by all the metropolitan and country bankers ; and by Richard Lewis, Secretary, at the office of the Inst , tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ew and improved Edition, enlareed to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work El on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the oblige uons of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACITM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purelybalsamic; Its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and -exual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves II s. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphl aic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the .kin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle. also a saving of I Is. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d an I 11 8. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett Honper. 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; tl. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford •treet ; Ilannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and ]larding, 4, Cheapside ; l'rout and llarsant, 229. Strand ; and all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. 7 - ( - , 2 • le t - - t 3 ft • i ', HUTA. a J- I) _ . t /i f 4 • • 7 kt ( , - ' s • 7. 00450 j t .... , 7 4 ti ; " roolly, „,.1, 4,4 t ~, „ 4,5.p 40 . • - • opposition from the enemy, but they had deserted it, taking their guns with them. We put up in another village that evening, even dirtier than the former ; the roads were ankle deep .in mud and filth, which we had to wade through before We could get to the mud huts where we slept. That evening I dined off a wing of a chicken, and most thoroughly I enjoyed it after our hard day's work. We fired a salute from that place, to warn our people at Lucknow of our approach. We could distinctly he ar , th e fi r i ng at Luc k now , and felt more than eve r anx i ous for the safety o f t h e garr i son . On Wedn es d ay, the 23d, we again set off at the usual time ( seven o'clock), under a cloudy sky ; the sun shone at intervals during the day, and dried our clothes so mew h at and c h eere d o ur spirits. We went on and on with little or nothing further than an occasional search of some suspicious-looking vil lage till about two o'clock, when our reconnoitring party came back with the news that the enemy was in position some short distance in advance. The " halt" was sounded, and lasted till ail the force and baggage were well together, when we again ad vanced. We had not gone far before we saw the enemy in position, their cavalry formed up in two long lines on their right ; then came.masses of in fantry, and skirmishers they had thrown out to their front ; more cavalry on the left and guns every where. We halted again, and the guns were sent to take up their ground on the open plain, and theregi ments ordered off the road to oppose the enemy's infantry and protect our artillery. We were march ing first in the column of sections preparatory to leaving the road for the plain, when a round shdt came ricocheting along the ditch on the left of this read ; then came a second, whizzing close over our heads, which killed a captain in the 90th, and wounded others close behind us ; then another and another, in quick succession. We soon left the road, and deployed into line on the plain, and ad vanced in skirmishing order over a swampy ground, where the men sank deep at every step. We halted for a short time, and the men were ordered to lie down. Poor Haig was just in the act of doing so when a round shot passed through his body. I was close by at the time, heard the h orr id cras h, an d saw him knocked down:Hes wa the first man I had saen killed, and knowing him as I did, and having spoken to him recently, it greatly shocked me. It is extra ordinary though how familiar one gets with scenes like these in time of war. The other regiments were hard at work on our left, opposed to the enemy's right, taking guns and villages. A company of the sth was ordered to take an enclosure on the right of the road, which the enemy had possession of, and where at the commencement of the engagement they had guns in position, which they withdrew on our advance. In this inclosure was a Rajah's pa lace, where they slept that night. After skirmishing for a short distance, the men were again allowed to lie down, as affording a less prominent mark for the enemy's guns. A shell burst close in front of us, killing three and wounding four. I was, as usual; on the right of our line, with the Major, and the dirt was sent spattering about us when it burst. This kind of fighting went on for some hours, until the enemy was driven back from Alumbagh. The. in fantry was drawn up—at least our brigade—in con tiguous columns, and our artillery and cavalry passed by in front of us, receiving cheers from us all for the gallant way is which they had done their duty in the fight. The cavalry only consisted of some 120 volunteer English anda similar number of Affghan Cavalry. We felt sadly the want of cavalry in all our engagements to follow up the enemy with. The most unpleasaut part of our day's business was yet in store for us. The enemy, though driven back, still kept up a harassing and heavy fire - upon us with thei r artillery and musketry, and some gunii were sent down the road to try and silence them. and we were ordered to protect them. On the right of the road was a low marshy ground, oevered with high grass and jungle, with two or the small villages beyond it, occupied by the enemy. From this they opened a heavy fire upon us with musketry and artillery, and annoyed us not a little. Our guns, I suppose from. - not seeing them clearly, seemed to do but little execution. It was getting dark, and we could see nothing but the white smoke from their guns and musketry—:hey had opened another gun upon us, enfilading the road, and their round shot and shell came ploughing up the groend ea all sides, tearing through the trees, and their shells bursting close to us, but providentially doing but little damage. At last it was getting so very hot that Major Simmons moat nua-tack to ask General Neill for orders, and to explain.to him our position. The answer was that we should receive orders almost immediately to leave the place, and take up lodgin g for the night ; CO the Major moved his men in the meantime off the road on to a field on the left, protected from the enemy's gun on the road by a walled enclosure, and from their musketry on the right by a bank. The enemy seem to have noticed this move, for they sent frequent shells near us, one burst a few yards behind me, deer having embedded itself deep in a heap of wire and clay. How ever, at last th e order came, and wo retired into the palace gard en , and provided ourselves and men of the sth with a h andsome lodging in the palace; formerly occupied b y some high native civilian of the King of Oude. It must ha ve b een handsomely f urn i s h e d a t one time, for we found large mirrors, chandeliers, and pictures ; th e other things bad been either carried away or destroyed. Unfortunately, just before the order was given to retire a tremendous rain came down, which former tuesernate, Haig sent us to bed for the third ni et drenched to the skn I and many others, whose g baggage was behind or straying, not bein g able to get a change of clothes. It was melancholy that night, as A. C. and I were sitting down te dinner, to think of the sudden death of our Thursday, the 24th, have a presentiment of . his death, for just before he went into battle he asked a brother officer by his side to fioish a letter, which he had commenced, to his sister. The next shot, the one which killed him. I think, was the enemy shelled us, and sent round shot amonest'es, and o ccasioned a heavy loss. We answered thenl' with our artillery, but they were so well sheltered that 1 doubt whether we did much harm% We couldinfantry and cavalry see their hoveein g about, but they took care to keep out of mus • ket-shot, except on one occasion, when their cavalry attacked our rear_e uard and b ag e a which was some baggage, way down the hill, and cut up some 120 of our men. It was done in a moat infamous', treacherous manner. An o ffi cer in the 9 0th with his men on rear guatd duty, prot e • was when he saw protecting the baggage, some cavalrythem advancing up the road. Supposing to be our own Irregulars, and seeing the No. 12 on their ourco® n he allowed them to come close up instead of firing upon them. Th e c ommandant of the cavalry ad vanced up the • d conversed a little le road, an with the o ffi cer, when all of a sudden some other men rushed by, then fired and t up several upon, co of the rear,. euard ant elm') foilewers. He, seeing the treachery, !mulediately drew his revolver, but all the barrels missed fire? and he then drew his sword, but it was too late, the cowardly traitors attacked and soon killed him, howeve r before they could decamp several of them were shot down by our men, when they saw the true state of things , and better precau tions were taken against the recurrence of such a catastrophe. In the evening p a rty was sent out reconnoitring, and + -0 see vifiet a he - r the canal, which we bad to cross the next day was fordable. They effected their object, but were immediately obliged to retreat, owing to the very heavy fire they were ex- I posed to from the enemy. One of our men got his leg carried away by a round shot ; that was the only casualty. We were watching them from the house in the garden all the ti 'ue, and it was a marvel to us that no more got wounded or killed. We buried Haig in the mornin g in the garden, and the Major read the burial service over him. We were roused and called to arms late in the evening, with the impression that we ware going to be attacked ; a few that we fired, but nothing more ; and after an hour or two watching we were allowed to return to quarters, an d prepared for sleep. Orders were given for e w ,, , , uays - rations to be i issued to the troops t efore starting for Lucknow. No I officer was allowed to take any servant, and therefore no baggage, with him—except mounted o ffi cers, who were permitted to take their sy ee , we haTihti ;poor fell" seemed to or grass -cut. On the 25th (Friday), after having had our breakfasts and completed our preparatio ns, we took up our respec tive positions as we were t o advance upon Lucknow. We started then from Alunabagh, morning, and advanced up th e road some distance,'where we halted to protect the about eight t guns, whi c h h a d commenced werehe meninw front reryeot a ll o rdered o e e r en a n t ill o tyn:is Two compani es o f th e sth Ti h e e d r o o w a n d a . , bu and Major w o behind.in the Simmons and I were at the head of fir st t wo companies, mounted, but the fire was s ob s Lot, both artillery and trPeleosugolv'einrg our heads, smashing musketry, from the right and i n f ront, that Simmons's horse reared and plunged in such a manner as to oblige him to dismount. Our position th en was frightful ; the enemy were enfiladieg the ro a d with grape, canister, end up th e groun d, tear ingth rroundoduoucvshhno artillery tb,r branches h e e h sw c arne efaggons, kneeki ng down poor fellows right and left, white the men were frequently wounded by the unseen enemy's sharpshooters on our right, who were firing at them from behind the long grass, besides a yiwshaviasdent on f or some t i me, w h en Gclose by, gave th e or d er , in position, i n a sma ll N il. la t. e the guns." Simmons imm e di a t e ly or d ere d u egs o net t he h or, e anc r l ho g aou u rrg n u ,trriaga Outran', which whotih he the men to rise and advance up the road. About 100 yards further on was a loopholed house inside a walled garden, the wall also loopholed, from which they had kept up a sharp fire of musketry the last day, and this morning. When passing this, volley after volley was poured out, and before we effected our entrance, the o enemy had deserted it, and moved on to meet us at some defence. It was a marvel to me how 1-escaped, as I was on horseback. Unfortunately for tho sth, while they were engaged in searching anti clearing the house and grounds, and P-AICER /7-e -- • • • Fr /74 assisted i n d r i v i ng th em f rom the uppeO.oe fought from room to room, and froM„, • 14. • _ a another, an d we ma d e our way ove4 .: LW -• .‘"*"' killed. It was wretc h ed fighting. In . s m shot io w nf e t6haehtnin i no u gr od wi ne bayonetted na dark, less and than we ;Ord our . f urther picket near th e mosque, from wh i ch they bad been driven leaving the enemy, I am sorry to say, in possession. From this place they kept up a firetpon our picket, and any man exposing himself at the win dws, even though behind the wooden venetian was nearly sure to be shot. Two men in the 90th, who would foolishly expose themselves, were shot cloie by me—one died instantly. I dined and breakfasted in one, at about five o'clock, at my picquet. I was dreadfully hungry, having had nothing to eat all day, and hard work. We were very busy now in the trenches, countermisiingl and mining the enemy, and the sth provided their 'quota of working parties. The seßoys and city people are capital miners, and if not carefully watched would-'do uji an immensity of harm. In their last explosion they 'bl ew up two of our poor fellows, and buried them in the ruins, besides wcunding others. On Sunday, the 116, we retook the mosque, seven men wounded in the affair. As I was waiting with another officer in the picket garden a shell burst ever us, scattering its pieces close by, but providentially doing us no hurt. Such escapes are quite common in garrison. An offioer the other night, while asleep,. had his pillow out in two by a round shot which came in at his window without doing anybody any harm. On Tuesday, the I.Btb,we provided ourselveawithakhan semen. This was quite an event, as before we lived, or rather were starving, on half rations, and since the old man generally manages to get something extra for us, which makes our meals a little more profitable. We want vegetables almost more than anything, and next to that liquor and beer. The enemy is making& bridge of boats. We shell it, and they move and complete it further down without further interruption. Close by here we found rooms full of china and old crockery ; all the crockery was piled up on the floor, and no space left to walleon, so every step you took something was destroyed. We -were frequently disturbed by shells bursting in and near our square, and round shot came tearing through the upper loo k-nut rooms, morning, noon, and night. An absurd report got afloat that Maun Sing, an influential rebel outside, had offered the general safe conduct out of the place, and had consented to the troops carrying their side arms. I think Mr. Mann Sing too sharp a fellow to isend 119 tidiCllloOf masiligo. Thestswer w 414 ofategnitb that when it suited our convenience We should go without asking his help. This man, at the commencement'of the rebellion, behaved very well, and safely escorted come Europeans out of the bands of the rebels, but consi dering himself aggrieved he himself turned a rebel - and fought against us on that - 25th, the day we:entered Lucknow. He is a great landowner in - Oude, and has a kind of army of his own . ; he is very wealthy, .and has a large stock of money in government paper, which I should not be surprised to hear was confiscated. News was brought that all our camp followers- had fled from Alumbagh, as they could get no food there-.- Spies fre quently come in and out with news of the enemy's movements. At the commencement of the siege 5,060 rupees were given to a Sepoy each time he succeeded in taking despatches to Cawnpore. The usual mode of securing the letters is wrapping them up in quills. At first, I believe,' they used to place letters between the soles of their shoes, but that was discovered, and another and safer plan adopted. It is a dangerous calling, that of espionage— If a spy is caught by the enemy, be is either killed or tortured. They are fond of cutting off the nose, ears, or bande of those they cap ture, and seeding them back if their guilt be proved. If there is not sufficient evidence against them they sometimes let them go, sometimes retain them for working in their mines and trenches, so at the best it is an unpleasant and hazardous undertaking. One Sepoy cootriv:d to snake five safe trips to Cawnpore with de•pa'cbee. - -• - On Saturday, the 17th, the enemy sprung another mice in the picket garden, and blew in our gate, and a second at the mosque, bloeving up two unfortunate Rene tries in the Marfra.i Finsihere and one Sikb, besides wounding three or four More Sikhs. One of the latter had both his arms amptvated immediately afterwards, and died eventually. Carter, one of our wounded offic:re, died in hospital to-day of his wounds. --It is melancholy seeing men drop off one by oneslowly but surely ; bad food, e ant of hospital stores and comforts do their work, and you watch men who were at first but slightly wounded waste away inch by inch ender a diet hardly sufficient for a child. - I frequently go up to see the sick officers in hospital. It is a henir task to cheer them up, for se all, sick wed healtby„-suffer-more or lees freiii the same cause, and hate hardly spirit buoy ant enough ourselves to impart any cheerieg influence to others; besides, affairs until lately have borne a very 07 --- -on - y aspect, with no prospect of early re.ief ; but we have very much to be thankful for that a supply of pro visions sufficient for the maintenance of our force was lad in at site commencement by th© foresight of Sir Healy Lawrence. Few other men, I thir k, would h ave acted with the same discreti on andlong-sightednesti; Oa Sunday, Mears, our present commandant,. read the service to the men. We formed but a smailcongregation for, in addition to the killed and wounded, many were absent from head-quarters on picket duty, reducing our numbers to about 120. Received news that the 93d and 231, Queen's, were on the road between Allahabad and Cawnpore, moving to our relief. It is said that some petty rajahs now with the rebels are dishearteced at the news received from Delhi, and are contemplating retiring from the struggle, if they can. Maim Sing is reported to be treating with the general.,. On Thursday, the 223, the enemy made an attack on Alumbagb, some three or so miles from here, where we hit rocie inen and guns, our sick and wounded, and pro visions. They played at long bowls with their artillery. The extent .if our loss was some four elephants and a.few Sikhs which t , eir cavalry managed to cut off while out Imaging. We, on the other hand, could do nothing but hold our own. Young Birch, brother to my friend, got- wounded on the way_here.. _lle was in the Volunteer Cavalry, his own regiment—cavalry—having mutinied. On MenOay, Oct. 26, we really did hear cheering news, to the effect that -Col. Grant, of the 9th Lancers, with one Delhi column, was on his way down here to relieve us—that he wasurgeetly recalled by express from Agra, to assi,t in drivreg off a large body of the enemy threate e ino an attack on the place—that be made a forced march of 27 miles back to Agra, and while the force was breakfasting the alarm was spread that they were attacked—that be gave them a tremendous drubbing, and cut up a great many of the enemy—that troops were las . . gathering at Cawnpore—and that 400 men, with a convoy of provisions, had arrived at Alumbagh. Ort'Wednesday, the 28th October, we received news that Grant had again defeated the rebels at Mynpoorie and Meerutkiserai, and that his Delhi column bad ar rived at Cawnpore. This force consisted of a wing of her Mejesty's 52d, 250 of 9th Lancers, two troops of Horse Artillery, two regiments of Puejaub Infantry, and two Priejaub Cavalry. In speaking to S--, of the Madras Fueil ens, a day or two ago, I found out that he knew you all. Major Renaud of the same regi ment he spoke about; be seems to have been a fine, gallant fellow, and is universally well spoken of. On Saturday, October 31, I found, much to my grief, teat my only flannel shirt was getting into holes, and I fold none to replace it ; luckily I managed to buy, from a friend in the e Itrenchinents, some old linen ones for two rupees each, and some socks for about the same price—very, very cheap, much below the market price. I never could have believed I could have worn the same suit of clothes so long. It is not comfortable, as you may imagine. When my shirt is washed I only wear my coat, and vice versos ; before I got a second pair of trowsers I had to remain in bed for the morning. I.resterdty (Monday, 2d November), I had another narrow escape of being shot. I was behind a Venetian doA. in a turret, with Capt. Grant, of Madras Fusiliers, shooting at the rebels on the top of a sandbagged, loop hooled house, from which they were keeping up a hot fire on our picket. While we were firing they sent in several bullets, stinging us with the splinters from the door. Grant had only just picked out some splinters from my neck, and was en the point of taking a shot, when he threw down his rifle, and said, "I'm shot I" I took him down stairs, and laid him down till the doctor came, who dressed his wound and extracted the bullet. I fear from what the doctors say the wound is serious, but it is early to judge. I shall go in the even ing to see him, poor fellow. Nov. ugh t 4.— my 4.— 1 have little more to tell yea now, h aving diary down to this date. Grant , lam h appy to say, is doing well as yet, and I am in hopes his wound fear e e e d e . rel o Ac e o t d re e m m of t sig d n t a he signals ro b C o mmandant at Alumbagh. The whole relieving forc e h is a n s o h t ee so e b e a st d a two wia salvoes he t o us of t guns. There i s e xpected to arrive at Alumbagh to-day. Its arr i va l is to be an signalled balsished was at between first G W are hatalne sound rumours —but only rumours—about th e i r an d our plan of opera tion and co-operation i n entering the city. In a few days—before the we e k is over —we hope we shall be d music that by relieved from our uncomfortable po s ition. If lam spared you shall hear full accounts of theseeond relief of Luck now. The enemy made another attack on the picket garden, but were soon driven back by our fire, without any loss on our side. Two of our men while digging in the trenches this morning in the garden, werei_it im bared, mortally wounded. Since we arrived here I believe we have lost upwards of 300, and our force is now reduced to something like 1,800 effective men. On the 30th L'Estrange, another captain of toe sth, died of his wounds ; only two are remaining in hospital now of the officers who were there. Nov. 6.—Nothing has occurred in the last two days worth relating. The enemy made one of their night attacks the night before last, but we are so accustomed to them now that it failed to disturb us farther than just arrest the sleep of some, but not of me. I still retain my sleeping powers. Vire are getting quite accustomed to this kind of life, and were it not for fear of our provisions falling short should not vex ourselves about the delay of the reinforcements. There will be a severe fight when they come in, and a difficult job we shall have to drivetheenemy out entirely from the city, for they are legion, and the paucity or great in feriority of our numbers will oblige the greatest caution in advancing and guarding against the second force being hemmed in and besieged as ours, the first, is. The engineers are busy day and night, mining and trenching and getting batteries ready for our heavy siege ring, which are to batter and shell the Kass B a gb, or yew palace of the present King, when the time for 00; operation with the relieving trust, on the reorganisation of our array, ut , an d terest will not be overlooked ;it would ,u_zy .a 80 force arrives. I ma t our in. bat a poor return for the heroic fort n it . Fre many of our officers in this t inf n or r • d tu in or:ZUZippil . tting have not shown ourselves boo The mornings now are ness or Apathy thel walked, and felt inclined to run cold. myselfwarm, for a long tine. getting bitterly to get this n2orning, of the fresh English mornings at it reminds one it down, and our worst en: ' b. e nd of autumn, and is very enjoyable atter the r fa ii ikeswesenot *cause us of inert LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1858. THE LEAGUER OF LUCKNOW-HAVE LOCK'S LAST MARCE. The following is the letter of a young subaltern officer in the East India Company's service, who served on the staff of one of her Majesty's regiments ; engaged, under Sir H. Havelock, in the first at tempted relief of Lucknow, and was subsequently detained in the Residency until Sir Colin Camp bell joined the garrison : LUCKNOW, Ocr. 21. I am afraid, before you can possibly receive this letter, you will have suffered much painful anxiety on my behalf, the more so as, in addition to my not having been able to write by the last three mails, the news which you must have received from India can have been but gloomy and sad. lam writing now, not because I see any chance for some time to comelof despatching my letter, but so that I may be in readiness in case of unforeseen opportu nity occurring. This is the first day since our arrival here that I have had pen, ink, and paper at my disposal, or I should have begun long ago to give you an account of our doings since I last wrote you from Cawnpore, previous to our crossing the river, en rout. to the relief of our besieged friends in Lucknow. You will have received official intel ligence that our object was effected, how it was effected, and at what a tremendous loss to our brave fellows. Thank God, I escaped unhurt through the whole fighting, and am now in the enjoyment of as good health as ever. At present I will only give you an outline of our doings since wo left Cawnpore on the 19th September. On Saturday, the 19th, we left Cawnpore, with the idea that no time was to be lost in reaching Lucknow, lest we should be too late to relieve our unfortunate countrymen. We were roused from our sleep in barracks about 2.30 by the reveillee, and were soon all dressed and ready for a start. We marched to the bridge of boats, built some two miles off, for the purpose of crossing, by our engi neers, and there met the other regiments composing the Oude field force. The passage with the artillery and cavalry took some hours, and the sun was well up and hot before we had formed up on the other side. The enemy were firing at us with their guns the whole time, but with, little. damage, and did not succeed for a moment in hindering our cross ing. The sth Fusiliers, Madras Fusiliers, and 84th Foot, with Major Eyre's battery, formed the Ist brigade, commanded by Brigadier-Gene ral Neill. When the whole force, numbering 2,500, had crossed and taken up their position, a few companies were sent out from the differ ent regiments to skirmish over a large tract of hilly ground, where the enemy was ; the re mainder of the sth was drawn up in line, in re serve. The enemy was playing upon us with a heavy gun from a battery exactly opposite us, not more than 600 or 700 yards distant, I should say. I WAS on horseback, with Major Simmons, standing to the right of the line, when the first round shot came over our beads with a tremendous hiss. They were allowed to fire four rounds at us, when they were getting so uncom fortably close that we •rdered our men to lie down, drew up our guns, and silenced their battery ; un luckily, before we could get up to take their gun, they had harnessed the horses and absconded with it. We advaticed after a time in support of the skirmishers, who were driving the enemy from their sandhills. After a couple of hours' fighting the halt was sounded, and we lay in a burning sand on a plain without any shelter for some time before the few tents for the men came up. I left Cawnpore feeling very unwell, having had an at tack of fever while there, owing, I think, to expo sure to the sun on the march from Allahabad, while protecting, or rather looking after the bag gage, and I felt so weak that I was doubtful at ono time whether I should be able to go on ; how ever, it was better I did go, as it turned out, for the excitement did me great good, and, ex cept for my weakness, I felt quite convalescent and jolly. The first day and night I lived in a dhoolie, a light palanquin for carrying the sick and wounded. Tue next day, Sunday, the 20th, was a halt. Our volunteer cavalry went out reconnoitring, and came across the enemy's camp, and got fired upon. Nona of us were allowed to take tents with us (a few were provided for the men, and only one for all the nTeers of each regiment). On Sunday night the rain came down 1, 111,1110, pud. ov o.. auaped the ground that I awoke in a regular puddle, and slept in one, well too, till the morning. At seven o'clock, Monday morning, the 21st, we commenced our march on the Lucknow road. We could not have gone a mile when the enemy opened a heavy artillery fire upon us. The guns—Eyre's battery—which we were protecting were immedi ately of dered to the front, and two companies of the sth, thrown out in skirmishing order, protected the guns right and left of the road on an open plain. The rain was pouring down continuously, and our men were lying down in a regular swamp. Simmons, the major, Haig, the adjutant, and my self, were all together, on the left, and the only mounted officers. The major sent me several times across the road with orders to the officer command ing the right party. This was not a very safe duty, as had to pass our artillery, and the guns of the enemy werelprincipally directed against ours, but I was mercifully preserved from all danger. The major always employed me as a kind of aide-de camp. Not having a company to command, and being mounted, it was the best way of making me of any service. While the battle was going on between the guns on the right, the other regiments and guns were busily employed on the left. The enemy had guns posted in villages on the left, and opened an enfilading fire upon our troops as they advanced in line and column. The slope of heavy ground on which the enemy had taken up position it was our business to dispossess them of, so skirmishe rs were th rown ou t, an d a good brisk fire ensued. In the meantime our skirmishers, by ad vancing up the gentle slope, outflanked the batteries which were firing upon our right down the road. This manoeuvre —more, I think, than our firing--caused them to horse their guns and take them away. Our practice, however good it might have been with round shot, could not have done much harm to the enemy, from the nature of the defences th e y h a d ra i se d i n f ron t o f th e i r batteries. With shelling it was different, but we could not guess even at their lose, they take great pains to remove their dead and wounded. Some few headless trunks and others terribly shattered by round shot we passed on the road ; these were probably left behind in the hurry of retreat. We were rather amused at one time during the fight by a little coincidence which occurred on our right. A large body of the enemy's cavalry were threatening us, and looked as if they intended to descend on our guns and a small handful of irregular cavalry substituted by them. Eyre turned one of his 8-inch howitzer; and sent a couple of shells right into the middle of them, and took them quite by surprise, for immediately upon the shell burst ing they commenced a m os t p rec ipit a t e re t rea t, amidst roars of laughter from our men. When the enemy's fire ()eased we advanced up the road, and found their batteries empty; they had built a strong breast-work across the road, which took us some time to level, to enable our guns to pass. They were flanked on their right by a small clump of houses, but o n the left by a l ong , l ow, l oop h oled mud wall. Their position was capitally chosen, and fairly con tested, but they cannot wait for the British bayonet, and as they see our line steadily advan c i ng , ,they as steadily and surely retreat. We went on that day marching till dark, the rain continuing to pour down in torrents, and got shelter in a very dirty gunj, two long rows of low buildings —a kind of market-place, in fact—which had been vacated by the natives. Our cavalry pursued the enemy almost up to this place, and cut up a good many. This battle was fought at a place called Mangiwarra, a small insignificant place, about two miles from the bridge. On the road, further on, we found a few cartloads of the enemy's grain, a few tents and camels. We took some of their guns, but not all ; their horse batteries they managed to take away with them. The first thing after seeing all the men and ourselves housed was to inquire for our kitmat gars, with a view to get some dinner ; but what was our dismay to hear them say that all our provisions were behind in the mess-cart, and that orders had been given to admit no carts within the gunj. w e immediately sent out foragers, but with no suc cess, and we had the pleasant prospect of going without anything to eat, having only taken a light breakfast before we started, and feeling ravenous. Had it not been for Captain L—'s corned beef I don't know what we should have done. • On Tuesday, the 22d, we commenced our march in a pouring rain, with our wet clothes on. All my coolies, carrying our luggage, had run away during the night, and I could not by any means get any more. The general told us before leaving Cawn pore to bring as little as we could, as we should be back again in fifteen days. We marched the whole of that day in an incessant and drenching rain, saw nothing of the enemy, and merely took a few pri soners. We passed a very strongly fortified posi tion on the road, where we expected to meet with [PRICE 4P. STAMPED .59.] ' was no longer safe to expose ourselves at the windows, and those parts of the wall which the round shot pene trated as it would brown paper. In the middle of the day our wounded were sent into the entrenchments ; but, owing to some unhappy mistake, the guide mistook the road, and a great many of them got into the enemy's quarters, and were attacked. Our eseert was insuffi cient, and only a few of the wounded who were able to walk were saved ; the remainder were barbarously murdered, and burnt in their dhoolies. To this day our half-burnt dhooltes are lying in that same place where the cowardly attack and slaughter was made—proofs of the unprincipled cruelty of our ravage enemy. We have not been able to drive them from that place yet, and their riflemen hold the surrounding loopholed walls. The incessant firing went on till dark, when it relaxed a little. The men and ourselves had had to eat all day ; this was oar xecoed day's hard work and starvation. Towards evening we all got so ravenous that we turned butchers for once, slaughtered one o f t h e enemy ' s b u ll oc k s l e f t behind in the garden, cooked (boiled) and ate it on the spot. I had lost my knife, fork, and spoon with the saddle, and had only my pocket knife as a substitute. I never remember having enjoyed a dinner more. Our individual shares were very small, owing to the numbers we had to divide it amongst, but still sufficient to stop our cravings for a time. there were some heavy guile of ours outside our enclosure, escorted by some of the 90th and the sth, over which the enemy had been keep ins: a very watchful eye and hot fire, wounding and killing several artillerymen and others. The enemy's cavalry matte a show at a charging, but it never came to the ;scratch. These guns we had to escort into the entrenchments, and great anxiety was entertained as to the success of our plan. At three o'clock in the morn ing (it was quite dark) we sallied out, the men having received orders previously to take off .their. white cap covers, and crept allently -along into the 'dityl-under the very loopholed walli:where the day before such a heavy and murderous fire was kept upon us. By God's bless ing we got safely in, with' hardly any loge, only one subaltern in the artillery having been killed. The day dawned (the 27th) just as we got inside, and, leaving the guns in a safe place, we went on to clear the squares and housea of the sepoys. Most of the city is built in squares, with tanks and gardens in the centre ; the rooms facing inwards. We had entered a part of the old palace (every king has a new palace), and Adair and I eat down on the dwarf wall surrounding the tank, when we both, stung by a bullet, suddenly jumped up and exclaimed, " I am hit." I soon found out I was not hurt, and saw that the bullet had passed through my boot below my knee, just grazing the front bone of my leg, and, unfortunately for Adair, 'passed through bis foot, smashing the bone severely. We were sitting side by side. It was a most providential escape for roe, half an inch more would have broken my leg, and I might have been a cripple for life. I was wearing at the time knee riding-boots, and the bullet passed through one of the creases, just slightly stinging me. I cannot feel too thankful for this mercy ; it is a dreadful idea to be a cripple for life, and I have been spared, doubtless, much discomfort and suffering. Toe hospitals here are miserable—stores deficient, no _ _ food for sick men, no clothing ; and the consequence is that many poor fellows, who would probably recover with proper treatment and nutritious food, die off from sheer filth and starvation. Very few amputation cases have recovered. You will be ehocked at the bill of mortality within the trenches at Lucknow when you receive it. I am afraid to say how many, in easel should rx tgeerate, but I know it is something tremendous. The 5 h, out of 13 officers, lost two killed, two died of wounds, and three wounded ; one of the latter, though not seriously wounded, is now dyinc, the doctors ray for want of proper nourishment. It i 4 a sad state of things, and you may imagine with what anxiety we are looking fur reinforcements. Our provisions will only last till the let of December, and we are, and have been for some time, on belt rations. Grog was *topped a day or two after we came in. Everything was selling for most exorbitant prince, 164. for a pound of sugar, 1/. 16s. for a bottle of brandy, 5 for a cheroot but even those luxuries are not to be had now (Oct. 21) for love or money, the stock in band is gone, and ive are eo closely besieged that -it is with the greatest cliffs= - • culty we-can get a native to venture into the bazaar ; heavy bribes can alone do it. Fancy a halfpenny clay pipe selling for several• rupees ; an old flannel shirt for 41., an old mornion coat (orieinal value 2./.)-fer W., and other articles of clothing fetching the same tretneutlous prices. For food we were very badly off for a time, and got up from our meals almost as hungry as we sat down, and a little piece of tough artillery bullock, some rice and heavy oatmeal cake composing our dinner. We have since fared b‘Ater. We procured a lihansamah, a head-cook, and he managed to get up the butcher's per quisite,: occasionally, tail, liver, hump, and feet. We have to pay high for these, but we can get so little that our individual messing will not, I fancy, cost us very much monthly, ant there is no liquer of any kind. By artillery bullocks 4 mean the gun-bullocks, fine muscular tough old fellows, who have been providing meat fur our tables since our siege commence - I. Our jaws tire in masticating the sinewy morels. Vegetables of any kind cannot be got at any price, and, consequently, scurvy is breaking out among The old p,arri*on. AIONDAY, Nov. 2.—1 resume ray narrative. Several aepoys were killed that day (the 27th ult.) in the diffe rent gardens and enclosures and houses. We bad two officers wounded, Carter and Adair. Carter died cf his wounds a week or two afterward,. Partridge, who had been in Locknow daring the whole siege, came down to see rue: I was quite delighted to see an obi face again. 1 returned with h ea to the entrenchments, and went to see my oil Delhi friend, Macfarlane; he had been wounded twice during the siege, and was only just recovering from a severe wound in his head. I met several other fellows I knew, almost all wounded, of the 48th, and made Aitkin'e acquaintance, of the 13th ' Native Infantry * *he bad escaped unhurt, and was one of the very few who del. Oa Monday, the 28th, a party went out to attack some of the enemy's guns, which were annoying the garrison, but owing to mistnanagement they, atter hay ing spiked one or two, were obliged to retreat from the enemy, who swarmed out of their hoo-ea and from be- hind their walls and retook them. They were mostly our own guns. We lost some 12 men tided and wounded, ie un s c o le n d. I was at the top of a house watching th em , with others, keeping up a fire at the sep >ys during the attack. They brought a gun or two to bear upon ty, but did no further harm than knocking a few bricks and some mortar about we In the evening I went up to the camp to re lieve Mason from picket duty, and to guard some guns. Officers of the sth were so scarce that Simmons asked me to share the duty. Teat night arid the nex: I bad to sleep on the road near the guns, and very hard I found the ground, particularly as I had no bed to lie upon. The next morning a large party, consisting of come men of the 84th, 64th, and sth, went out before light to take some morn guns, and succeeded in blowing up some and one 32-pounder. I was standing by my guns, and saw Major Simmons brought in dead. He had been shot through the head and killed on the spot. I attended his funeral that evening. A few days before only I heard him read the burial service over poor Haig, and the next time I heard it read was over himself. That day I breakfasted with Fred. Birch and dined with Mac farlane, and gave my ration to the men of my picket, who were delighted with it, I fancy. - On Wednesday, the 30tb, I was relieved from picket and returned to head-quarters of the regiment. I break fasted again at Birch's and took a sleep at Macfarlane's, on his mattress. How I enjoyed it—the only comfort• able sleep I bad bail for days. At night there was great firing on all sides, and all the men were called to arms, but it ended in nothing. On Thursday, Oct. 1, a party of the Stb, with some 400 men from home other regiments, went out in the direction of the Cawnpore-road, to blow up some houses frequented by the Jacks. They killed a lot of eepoys ie one place and another ; Scott, the then commanding officer, and myself, and his staff, remaining behind at headquarters. A reward of 10,000 rupees was offered to this party if they succeeded in taking the enemy's guns in a certain battery. All the batteries are named. We have the Cawnpore, Redan, Malakoff, and others. The next day the guns were taken and blown up with several houses. It is no good spiking gaps and leaving them behind, for the enemy soon return and either work effectual plan is to blow them the out oththe e s r p s i i k d e c. or T tu b r e n c t n h l e y gun over, and make a vent on up, and thoroughly destroy them. It seems a pity to destroy our good guns, but it was unavoidable. oc curreding Noth s and charged the mine in one of our picket garden , Monday particular tb furtheretb whentn occasional onneaml enemy alarms spran g on A dr f o e v w e them ts back, without even using the breach made in the wall, but our seemed to have the desired effect, and when a few of them fell the remainder thought it more prudent to re b a nl y e o n n e s t o . treat. Another officer, Johnson, of the sth, died this day from his wounds. Oa Tuesday, the 6th, there was another mine sprung defiance and everywhere, l and as you w by the enemy at a mosque near our quarter, and a s imultaneous and persevering attack upon us made from many beqaurdarttberesm. yellingT h e enemy out the only officer at the time at the headquarters (Scott had gone away for a few minutes), and ei ac compan a guard of 20 men ordered o u t t o ass i st in repelling the attack. I had a hous e t o k eep, or rather h a good thesestory g of a house, on a lev e l w ith the garden. lows were swar m i ng and men at the iron -barred Aytieullidinogw 8, horrib w ly. I stationed eetcmfel lows concealing r m uch as possible, and kept others right and left of some small doo rs t h rough which I expected the enemy would try to effect an entrance. We shot several men as they c amerushir g into the garden with drawn swords, muskets, and matchlocks, hallooing out, " Maro, maro ! chelo, chelo !" ("kill, kill ! come along !") They gave me very much the idea of men intoxicated with bhang, for they seemed to come on without any definite design rushed madly about apparently unconscious where they werego ing to. They came within a few yards of us, and so excited were my men that they missed many even at that dis tance. Some Sikhs who were in the house with me were much cooler and morecollected, and did not throw away their fire near so much. After some time the enemy managed to get into the rooms above us, and before our men in another part of the garden, and in an exposed position, were aware of it, opened a fire upon them, wounding many men. Scott, who had joined another party of his men, was wounded, and had gone to the hospital. Now, therefore, I withdrew my men, .havansvg fire; seen that my part of the garden wag aearia, then getting into order again, the other regiments came up and passed us, and thus we lost our original position in the field. A little higher up the road another road crossed us diagonally : we turned down to the right, and were opposed by a tremendous fire of musketry from its further end, where the enemy was swarming. The Major gave the order : "Fire two volleys by sections into the middle of- them ;" but before we had time to see the effect produced, we were ordered to retreat into ti garden on our left (this place was called the Char Bagh foe g ardens). --- ardens). I rode up--- 7 4 was then a little behind the IVlajor—and repeated the order to 'him, and just twined my horse's head towards the garden, when a round shot came and knocked the poor brute over and killed three men close by me. I had not time to remove anything off his back, the enemy was too close and the fire too heavy, and though several men came up and volunteered to fetch me my saddle, I could not allow them to risk their lives. As we entered the garden the ; enemy's artillery opened upon us from the left extremity of this cross-road with grape and shell, and so well did they pitch their shells that they burst immediately over the gate we entered by killing and wouading many. We marched through the garden, clearing it as we went along, and then skirmished along that side commanding the canal and a view of its opposite aide. It seas dan gerous to show your head over the wall, and our riflemen had to take advantage of any little piece of cover, to enable them to take steady aim. We worked on our way gradually, and came out a little on this, i. e., the Alumbagh, side of the canal bridge, and had the testis_ faction of seeing some heavy guns of the enemy cap tured. They had built up very strong batteries protect ing the bridge, and of. such solidity were their bream works that'our artillery could have made but, little pression on them, our only-resource was to charge them at the point of the bayonet. This was gallantly done by the Madras Fusiliers. The 90th—a regiment in the second brigade—charged and .captured the gun at the left extremity of the cross-roads whioh sheltered as. We halted to take breath and get into order again at the bridge, for about a quarter of an hour, when we again advanced, turning to the right, and kept along the banks of the canal. We worked our way along slowly, clearing the neighbouring villages as well as our time would admit ; this we did but imperfectly, ovine to our want of troops and time. The halts too were frequent to enable us to keep together. In one small village we passed through we found anine-pounder brass gun, limber and ammunition complete, the horses standing by ready harnessed, which the enemy had left behind, being, I suppose, too hard pressed by us to take off. While we stopped here I amused myself by catch ing pigeons. After some time we emerged into the open, and of a sudden the order was given to the sth " to charge the gun." It was up the road I knew, but where abouts exactly I did not see. However, away we went, done up as we were by several hours' hard work in the grilling sun—our pace, as you may imagine, not very rapid—until we sighted the gun (a long tease native made ore), mounted on a carriage, and deserted. At the corner of the road was a group of cavalry, supposed to be protecting their gun, looking in astonishment our boldness ; but they hardly waited for a vo ley when they boite , ,and we saw nothing more of them. A. scat tered fire was still kept up at us by the enemy, who were occupying the street on our left, and if I recollect right, a gun also opened upon us. Here we halted and got under shelter, till the other regiments came up, when the houses right and left of the street were broken ante and many men shot and bayonetted. %Ye captured the regimental colours—very Pretty ones and well embroi dered—of the 6th Oude Irregular Infantry. The rebels 1 ad on most occasions fonght against us under our Own colours, which they plundered at the time of the mutiny. I was sorry to see my friend W— limping about here, and found he had been wounded in two places. \Ve found a g Had deal of sugar cane, which we peeled and ate, and most refreshing it was to us. The last charge, we all felt at every step we took as if we could not take another to save our lives, but we went tumbling on with our ii.ouths open, as dry as bones. Tois, you must remember, was a cloudless day in September, the hottest and certainly most depressing month iuAbe year, and just at the breaking up of the rains ; do.l - after the last tyro or tbree days' ,nolmsant rain the exhalation from the ground was very heavy, and rendered it doubly oppres sive. On wo went again, and our neat halt was in fell sight of the splendid palace of Lucknow, the mosques, and other fine buildings. On the road we passed ties cavalry stables, where hundreds of horses were picketed. I got permission to provide myself with one to replace my own killed : so, with Creagb, of the sth, I left the cslumn for a time, and went and selected one. It was a fine strong artillery bores, but unfortunately without a bridle, so of no present use to me. We saw some dismantled heavy guns lying about there, and a company of ours sent there to survey and clear the place of the enemy, if there hap pened to he any, reported that there was a quantity of treasure lying in different places ; but such was our headlong speed that guns, horses, and treasure were all left behind, for the subsequent use of the enemy. This halting-place was a very danger 3tlS one, the shelter very insufficient; and we remained exposed to heavy artillery and musketry fire. The round shot came in numbera, smashing through the walls close by us, and the frequent crack of the musket from loop-holed walls and windows of houses close by, and the whirr of the bullet, t ii us too plainly that our position was not very tenable. To our right there was a large house supposed to be occupied by the enemy. We were ordered to take it • and hold it. To get to it, it was necessary to cross a small open space. This we did one by one at the double, every man as he doubled feeling the dang'er to which he was exposed. Toe bullets fr do a house opposite—the old mess-house of her Majesty's 321—e hizzeil over and about us by hundreds, and it regularly running tin gauntlet through a hailstorm of bullets. Several men and horses were killed and wounded here, but there was no hesitation MI our side, and the brave fellsws filled through this as willingly as if they had been in their then hungry state going to a sumptuous banquet. We took the house of course as ordered, and immediately sent out skirmishing parties right, left, and front, to keep off the enemy. The house was situate in the middle of a garden, and at the end of which on one side was a canal over which the enemy was firing. About three o'clock, I suppose it must have been (my watch's mainspring was broken, worn out, and so rendered useless), we left this place, and after charging another on under an immensely heavy cross-fire across a small bridge, where again we sustained a heavy / 108m, we found our elves between rows of houses with loopholed walls, being quietly picked off by unseen hands. Here several gallant fellows were killed and wounded, and it was melancholy work seeing the piece strewn with the dead and dying, wiih no visible enemy to make answerable for our Ips. This street and house fighting went on till dusk, and it would be tedious to narrate all that occurred. At one place, in particular, just as we turned a corner into an open square, surrounded by high walls, where the artillery were drawn up, and the 84th was in the act of passing through an archway in column (we were close behind them), a murderous Ire was opened from these loop holed houses on our men, and poor Thigadier•General Neill was shot dead off his horse. The men seemed seized with a fit of fury for the time ; they left their ranks and fire) a volley against those walls wits the forlorn hope that some stray bullet might enter the loop-holes and kill the cowards sheltered behind. When order was restored, we commenced passing through. It was a horrid business, and it was getting dark, which made it worse. You could see the fi ',sties from the loop-holes just over your heads as you moved on an d felt powerless, for we were unable to stop their firing or drive them from their stronghold. It was quite dark before our work was over, and we slept that night without food or drink (except the rations of grog and I rum), or covering of any kind in the road leading into the garrison. We gave and received three cheers from the people inside, and that was the only proof that night we had of each other's existence. It was a terrible day altogether, and one I shall not easily forget. We slept well after our fatigues. We lost that day 600 odd men killed and wounded, and 48 officers—no small proportion out of a force of 2,400, a loss in proportion equal to that sustained in the Battle of Waterloo. An unfortunate accident occurred in the road that evening. Some faithful sepoys of the 13th, who had been fighting in the trenches nearly all the siege with our people, were sent out with a European officer to assist in some work further down the road. Some two or three of them, in threading their way through the laby rinth of gun-carriages, bullocks, and men, got separated from their officer, and the alarm was instantly raised that some of the enemy's Sepoys were in our line, and the order was given by the brigadier to stop them: how ever, they unsuspectingly went on, when the order to shoot or bayonet them was passed. Three of these poor fellows were instantly shot and bayoneted—one man I saw with no less than three bayonet wounds and one sword cut on the upper part of his body. The officer, hearing some confusion, instantly returned, and saw the unhappy mistake. It was a sickening sight. I saw the man who was the worst wounded some days a fterwards in the hospital, and was glad to find he was doing well, and in a fair way to recovery. It was impruden In d the excited state of our troops, and at night, too, to send the Sepoys into our neighbourhood, when 4 was well known that we were surrounded on all si des by the enemy, who at that time were firing upon our outpickets and sentries. All that night there was only a wall be tween us and the rebels, and we did not fee l safe a g ainst a sudden attack. On Saturday morning, the 26th, we were ordereil t o o u ld t again, and had to retrace our steps t o the h you we took yesterday afternoon, near which our artil lery and baggage, with some of the 90th, had o been left. There were some places we had to pass much exposed to the enemy's fire, and which it was necessary to double over, to get as quickly as possible throu g h the shower of bullets. We had to ford a canal up to eur middle in the water, and afforded a nice mark to the enemy's riflemen during this tedious operation. Several men were wounded before we reached the house, when we sent out some men to reinforce the 90th, and held the house the whole of the day. The ene my bad brought two heavy guns to bear upon the house from opposite directions, and as we came smashing k . were sitting inside ,24 andl B l v b e . rn shot ine walla, knocking O but enviabl e. B ullets, too,mcaamtuegwhoiuzr. position h anythingte zing about from all sides, and we had Plenty to do from the house to keep down th e enemy's fire from neigh bouring mosques and houses. One of their guns was near the palace, not more than 700 or 800 yards off ; we saw the men Sponging it and loading, .so knew when it MARRIAGE of the PRINCESS ROYAL.— The Nobility and gentry are .;espectittlly Informed that BENJAMIN EDGINGTON has provided for the approaching Royal ra tin.The_ Marquees, Tents, &c., with boarded floors and decorations; Flags with In , : r Flags anu all nations always ready. Address Benjamin Edgington, Marquee, Tent and Rick Cloth Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, Southwark.—West-end louse, 32, Charing-cross.