The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ARMY IN OUDE. (From the Times' Correspondent.) BRITISH CAMP, NANPARAH, Christmas Day. My last letter brought my narrative of the ope rations and marchings of the column under Lord Clyde down to this day. As the rain ceased, and the tents dried, his lordship seemed to entertain intentions of marching in the afternoon; but Christmas, the ruin to puddings and d i nners , and a thousand little projects for celebrating the great English festival, and, above all, the absence of any very definite or decided good to be gained by marching were all so ably urged by various inte rested persons that the intention was abandoned. Hospitality had a mple exercise. The Carabineers, the Rifles, the 7th Hussars, the Artillery, the Engineers, had their guests and their state banquet. Nor let it be supposed that in this out-of-the-way ca mp at Intha, where no Christmas was ever kept by Europeans before, there was any poor fare or parsimonious menu and garniture. How diffe rent from our first poor Crimean banquets ! Here were mighty barons of beef, great turkeys, which in Galway phrase were " big enough to draw a gig," mutton of grain fed sheep, adipose poultry, game, and fish, without any flavour of tin and rosin, made dishes, poulets aux truffes fricandeaux, rissoles, and all the various triumphs of the French cuisine, somewhat tarnished by na tive practice and tradition, all spread on snowy white tablecloths in well-lighted tents, well-served by numerous hands. Here, too, were beakers of ' ale, Bass and Teanent, from distant Trent and Glasgow, and Dublin and London porter ; moselle, " Simkin," which is Anglo-Indian for champagne, of curious growths and unknown fabricators ; sherry from places far more recondite than Xeres ; rare old port, rather bothered by travelling 20 miles a day, but strong as bottled lions. Then the plum puddings and minced pies, made by heathen hands and black-faced cooks, were objects for the envy of the subtlest artists in all broad England. The Artillery sang Christmas carols, the Rifle band played its best and choicest, and there was rejoicing in the wide expanse of tents till 10 o'clock came, and by degrees voices and lights died out, and Christmas bad passed at Intha. Our enemies, by all accounts, did not pass the day so pleasantly. Bainie Madhoo, with some 4,000 men under dif ferent leaders, was reported to be at Churda some 18 miles in our front. They had fallen back from Nanparah the night before our arrival at Intha, and Bainie Madhoo had succeeded in 'persuading them to come to Nanparah and attack us on our march, but the rain prevented the movement, and the Sepoys and Nujeebs are still posted in gardens and enclosures near the Fort of Burjiddiah, which the Nana is believed to occupy : There is a report that they are badly off for provisions. SUNDAY, DEC. 26. The first bugle sounded at 5.15, and at 6.15 the column was on its way northward to seek the enemy. It was exceedingly raw and cold, a thick fog obscured the face of the country, but we could make out that it was still level and well cultivated, and the hoof and the cannon beat down rising crops of young corn. About ten o'clock the fog cleared away, and soon afterwards we came in sight of a belt of jungle, spread like a green wall across the horizon. Some of our spies returned, and declared the enemy were at Nanparah, a few miles in our front. They had left them the night before full of the determination to fight, stimulated by the idea, perhaps, that we were only 500 British and a lot of Chuina (cobblers) natives. About 11 15 we halted, and, as the enemy were reported to be still several miles ahead, we drew up at Nanparah, and the whole force breakfasted, having started fasting. At 1 o'clock the column reformed and moved on again. A part of the Rifles were sent forward to clear the jungle in skirmish ing order, and the cavalry flankers were called in. Just at this moment two sowars rode in sight in the jungle, surveyed us for a moment, and at once turned their horses and disappeared. There was a little trouble at first in finding the path which led into the recesses of this natural fortress, and, had the enemy chosen to have occupied it, they could have held it, and inflicted great loss on us without much risk to themselves, till we had ascertained their position. The jungle consisted of trees fas tened together by a network of prickly shrubs, long creepers, and branches. Here and there it was broken into knolls, with open spaces of hard soil. The sur face was intersected by watercourses, now dry, in the soft sand of which could be t race d the tracks of wild beasts and the footprints of elephants, proba bly those of Bainie Madhoo, when falling back from Nanparah. This latter place, by the by, we find nearly deserted, and surrounded by the marks of the rebel encampment. A strong fort occupied one angle of the town, which was further protected by mud bastions, on which much labour had been re cently bestowed; and Bainielqafihoo had in vain endeavoured to induce his followers and the Sepoys to dispute our progress here. The jungle was not more than a mile broad, fortunately for our skir mishers. As we were passing through it a knot of our spies started from a bush, and announced that the enemy (two lakhs strong, 20,000 strong), with nine guns in position, and 13 more in the rear, were awaiting our arrival, two or three miles further on. As we emerged from the jungle every eye was strained to distingui.h their vedettes along the level horizon, broken here and there by clumps of trees and a few cottages which peered above the dall fields. Imaginary polks of sowars were resolved by the glass into herds of white cattle, which were very numerous and very wild. Mile after mile was passed, and no sign of the enemy ; the day was waning, the sun was getting low. Sad denly our flankers on th e l e ft h a l t , an d we seen i n their front a moving body, which this time consists of horsemen riding away towards a tope in the dis tance. The lower part of the dark green of the tope is fringed with a white border. A few gleams of light flash from it in the sun. " There they are —we have them at last !" The Commander-in-Chief and his staff rode in advance and examined the enemy, while the column halted. We could not make out their guns, but we could determine that the enemy were not more than 3,000 strong, of which some 800 or 900 were cavalry. Elephants could be seen on the flanks, and camels and carts behind the tope. 'Their position was by no means well chosen. Their proper right was partially co vered by a tope in advance, and on their left was a village unoccupied, but we could not make out their position to the rear, as the trees covered it. It was now 3.15. The Chief at once made his dispositions for the attack. Taking with him the squadron of the Madras Cavalry, he placed the 7th Hussars on our right, under Sir W. Russell ; the Carabineers on our left, under Colonel Bickerstaff, supported by the Ist Punjab Cavalry,which came up fresh and willing after a marc h hat day of 38 miles from Buraech, having done 100 miles in the three previ ?US days. The portion of Horsford's Brigade in two lines, preceded by ski r mi s hers of the Belooch battalion andmo ved on behind the cavalry; herßifleßrigade ajesty's 20th, and the re mainder o f the Beloochees on the left, and five companies of the brigade on the righ t, the heavy guns in the rear, l the gun s in g s front, and Horse Artillery with the Cavalry. At about 1,800 yards the enemy opened fire fr om of their balls came up to ou r line , four guns. None till it was nearly in range. The which advanced rapidly advancing, directed by Cavalry were they Lord Clyde, but as could do nothing ag ainst an dense trees, they were directed to make a wide sweep to the right, round the village. All thi s time the enemy fired briskly, but ineffectually. They actually tried grap e sho at were, however, tailing away fast, t as we afterwa r d s half a mile. Th e y discovered, and the momen t 6 al village, perceiving their line of retr ea t t y turned the endan gered, they dashed off i n two bodies e through was aa field. At this moment Lord Clyde, galloping the lyde, gallopinc, at full speed to overtake au eager young officer y:, hb had gone off with the horse artillery guns , m into brokenund ; his charger, a perfectly safe footed anim al, fell and threw him With great force. moment, his face was bleed' He sat up in a mg ; he tried to move his right arm, it was powerless. Hi s shoulder was dislocated. Fortunately, Mr. M ae _ kinnon was close behind him. In a few moments, assisted by Dr. Gordon, who came up a moment after the accident, he had reduced the dislocation ; but the gallant Chief was much shaken by the fall, though he at once got up and walked towards the front, talking as if nothing had happened. Oar guns were now opening on the enemy; they were pursued by Sir W. Mansfield till darkness came on, but we inflicted no loss. I regret that I shall have to defer my diary of the rest of the day, and of the 27th, when we took the Fort of Mejiddiah, till the next mail. Constant marching is a great enemy to writing. DEC. 29. At , 8 o'clock am. orders were sent round for the re of the corps to Nanparah—the first bugle to sound as, 0 . at l l f o'clock, the force to march a t noon . There ourse, much speculation as to the causes of this chang e in the orde rs i ssue d th e pre vious evening, and the rumours which sp r a ng from those sp ec ulations were exceedingly absurd, a plentiful crop of myths ma y be expected in a week or two raising their foheadsroum other places. The fact is, that the reasons rthretturn from Mejiddiah to Nanparah were simply could hear no thing of the enemy in our direction, that Christie was well up on our left flank and front, and that Nanparah seemed a better point not only for V aidingt be con centrating supplies for commi ssar i at g purposes, but for watching the progress of operation s , i a them by any military movement th a t in re quired. Of the Nana retreat no information could be had, and the only news of the enemy was to the effect that the"Bognm and 3,000 eepoy4 had so ught =mOMU,M=d 3 i n h etained shelter in the Nepaulese territory. story requires confirmation. The Court of Nepaul cannot regard the Begum and her followers as political offenders unless they break the alliance with the British Government. Some of the refugees are certainly not political offenders, but criminals guilty of mutiny, murder, and assassination. It is said that the sepoys were opposed by the Nepaulese Guards, but that after a time they bribed away the opposition. They have only secured an asylum for the moment, as I cannot believe Jung Bahadoor will permit them to remain in the kingdom. The report states that they have been already deprived of their arms. Should it be true, there can be no doubt that such a step was preparatory to their extradition or expulsion. The Begum has fled from the sepoys as much as from RS. Ere we departed from Mejiddiah a wing of the Belooch battalion, 400 strong, and 50 of the Ist Punjab Cavalry, were left to occupy the fort, and complete its demolition, and as they were little pleased at being left behind, they will no doubt work well, and work the coolies too, till the ram parts have been thown into the ditch. The whole of the north-east of Oude, up to Khyreeghur, now seems tolerably secure. The great difficulty is caused by the numerous rivers, of which the enemy know every ford, while to us they are obstacles and impediments worse than baggage or heavy guns. Before Lord Clyde left to day he received a direct communication from the corps on the right of the Chouka. Any ordinary map of Oude will show the course of the latter stream, as well as that of the Gogra or great Surjoo, ere they unite at Beyramghat, but none will exhi bit that of the Gagee or Dhour, which, leaving the Chouka opposite Thindoa, falls into the Gogra be low Easanuggur, and above Mullapoor. In the lower island formed by this stream is the town of Buragaon. Brigadier Troup is now at the right bank of the Chouka, opposite this town, whence he will advance up to Thindoa. He has pushed a small column, under Col. Dennis, 60th Rifles, two guns and one squadron of Cureton's Mooltanee Horse, across the Chouka, which on the 26th was engaged in crossing the Gagee or Dhour, and it would be no less than two days ere they got their baggage across. This column, having passed the river, would clear the Easanuggur Doab towards Khyreghur. Our old enemy Nirput Singh, together with Gholab Singh, with 200 Sepoys and 400 Nujeebs, were on the Gagee on Christmas-day, but they fell back on the jungles of Khyreghur when they heard of Den nis's advance, where it does not seem possible for them to live or us to pursue them. The political agent with the column had made a last appeal to these rebels. He sent them copies of the proclama tion, pointing out that only five days of the amnesty remained, and ordering them to come in with all their followers. The Daorera Rajah has already made his submission. The direction of movements in this district is left to Brigadier Barker, whose head quarters are at Seetapore, subject to the instructions of the Chief of the Staff. In order to strengthen Troup, H.M.'s 93d Highlanders are marching from Seetapore, and have joined him before this date. Our march to-day presented no very interesting features. By taking a short cut our guides actually for once shortened the distance and reduced it to 12 or 14 miles. Lord Clyde is much better to-day. DEC. 30. It is probable that we shall have a night march te-night—a secret expedition —very disagreeable, inasmuch as the postmaster has just told us he must change the hour of post departure on account of " tigers." The postmen won't face them. Lieut.- Colonel Nicholson, of the Royal Engineers, a most deserving officer, has met with a serious accident. His suffering will be deplored by all who knew him, and his absence from active service will be a public loss. I have not heard the full particulars, but I have seen a letter from Sir Hope Grant's force, to whieh poor Nicholson was attached, dated Bulram pore, Dec. 24, in which it is stated that on the pre ceding day, while drawing his ramrod, the gun went off, shattering one hand by the ball, which then went through the other hand and up the arm. Sir Hope is sending him at once to Allahabad. RETURN OF CAPTURED ORDNANCE. BURJIDDIAH, DEC. 26. One 9-pounder brass gun, native make, in park. Two 4-pounder brass guns, native make, in park. One 21-pounder brass gun, native make, in park. One 1-pounder iron gun, native make, destroyed. One 3-pounder brass howitzer, native make, in park. MEJIDDIAH, DEC, 27. Two 6-pounder brass guns, native make, in park. One 18-pounder iron carronade, English make, in park. One 3-pounder brass gun, native make, in park. One 21 pounder brass gun, native make, in park. One 5-inch brass mortar, native make, in park. Total 12 pieces. Two iron wall pieces and one wooden ivtket tube, of native manufacture, destroyed. DEC. 31. I have yet to make up my narrative of the events of the 26th and 27th of December. The escape of the enemy on the first day was wonderfully rapid. It is now known that the Nana was in the neigh bourhood, and some elephants were seen to go off to the left the moment the enemy opened fire. The movement of the cavalry to the right set the rebels in full retreat, and just at that moment, Lord Clyde, disabled by his fall, gave the command to General Mansfield, who went on with the disposable horse and guns. But the day was too far advanced, the enemy too scattered, and covered by dust fields, for sabre or gun to do much. I am persuaded that they were informed of our advance long before the column came to the jungle. They withdrew either five or six guns at the very outset, and part fell back or ran to Bankee, others towards Mejid diah. " Common domestic case," as Sir William Russell calls that aggregated missile, when deli vered at 200 yards had, of course, no effect on men who were nearly a mile ahead. In some in stances the cavalry passed men in thick cates, who fired at them, and whom they could not reach. Gun after gun, however fell into our hands. They are set forth in the return of ordnance appended to my previous letter. At last darkness began to set in, the artillery horses were " pumped out," and orders were given to retire. I saw few bodies of the enemy along the route back ; but just as we approached the village of Burjuddial the Beloo chees on the left fl an k o f the Rifles, close to me, began firing furiously into a cate. Some few of the enemy were discovered and shot down, and for the second time we made prisoners. On returning to camp it was quite dark, not a tent was pitched; the baggage was coming up in darkness and in storms of angry voices. As the night was cold the men made blazing fires of the straw and grass of the houses of the neighbouring hamlet, in which Nana Sahib's followers had long been quartered. At one of those fires, surrounded by Beloochees, Lord Clyde sat with his arm in a sling on a char poy, which had been brought out to feed the flames. Once, as he rose up to give some orders for the dis position of the troops, a tired Beloochee flung him self full length on the crazy bedstead, and was jerked off in a moment by one of his comrades,— " Don't you see, you fool, that you are on the Lord Sahib's charpoy ?" Lord Clyde interposed,--" Let him lie there ; don't interfere with his rest," and took his seat on a billet of wood. The groups round these fires were most picturesque and wonderful in effect and colour. Native soldiers, camp followers, general officers, aides-de-camp, prisoners, subalterns, all circling round holding out their hands to the genial glow, or guarding their faces from the fly in'g embers as the roof of a shed or a fresh bed stead or truss of straw was thrown on the fire. I took particular interest in a " budmash," who, with his arras tied behind his back, joined the social circle of which Sir William Mansfield was the prin. cipal personage. He sat down on his haunches with great coolness, and conversed affably with those around him, his only inconvenience being, he said, from want of food. Indeed, he favoured us with some extracts from his private history. He had been a servant of Ali Nucky Khan, late Prime Minister of Oude, and he fought against us at Lucknow. When the place fell he wandered about from place to place with one rebel band or another till he got tired of being always beaten and went back to Lucknow. There, however, everything was changed. His h ouse was pu ll e d down, his relatives a n d f r i en d s a ll gone . Wh at cou ld h e d o He hea r d t h at Ba i n i e Madhoo would pay and feed men to fight for him ; and so a m on th ago h e l e ft Lucknow and joined Bainie Madhoo, but he was too poor sword and a musket, and as he' could only muster a 3him, but and shield the rebel chief wo u ld not have hanging about the force h e got a mo rse l of f by food, He was an elderly man, o f truculent, coarse fe atures, o a n n e d left no in very lndia amiable fightiable expression. He evidentlyn had no love for us or for the Sepoys. (here is with you now," he said, "for you have beaten all were no n w ot y the people with your Sep oys , and the drusbheeonf thefiri n s g h then beatn aware the Sepoys themselves." As w e grape at us, and in nt y th h supposedof not being heard that the enemy that the enemy fired blank 'd Cartl'l ges, we asked him the reason. " They had, I suppose, blank and • ball cartridges in the ir limbers," said he, and their hands and feet are so swelled with fright they could not tell one from the other." Our tents were pitched late ; our dinner was eaten in the op en b y the light of the stars and of the burning village, and to bed we went, and slept as only men can sleep who have done 30 miles over rough ground on horse or foot. The early part of the morning of the 27th was spent in destroying the enemy's ammunition , bury ing round shot, chain shot, grape, and canister. Some of the pieces were very composite in their various accessories. The tumbril of one was made out of a wine case, addressed "W. Johnstone, Esq./ Shahjehanpore." Another had on the fore wheels " Patent mail axle." A coarse quoin instead of an elevating screw injured the efficacy of the best piece. l Awativao efferto had been mab t 9 find Ql4 Plc position of the runaway enemy. It was ascertained that Churda was evacuated, and for a time no cer tain intelligence could be got of the Nana's move ments, but Bainie Madhoo was reported to have gone to a fort called Mejiddiah, about seven miles to our left, where he would, it was said, make a hard fight of it. It appears that the Nana had for some weeks past resided at the fort of Burjuddiah, which belongs to the Rajah of Churda, and that his followers were in the village close at hand, which we burned on the 26th. A villager whom we ques tioned said he had seen "the Nana Rao" once, that he was a stout man, with pock-marked face, but that when he went to walk in the garden the by standers were driven away, and that it was very difficult to get a sight of him. Early in the morn ing orders were sent round for the march of the force at 10 a.m., and while the tents were being struck I went over to the fort, which is a wall of mud enclosing a large garden of fruit trees, with a well and fountain prettily laid out, and well kept for a native place. In the centre there was an or dinary house, but it was burning, and only the hot ruins remained. It was quite empty when we en tered. The outer walls of the fort were flanked by bastions, but no guns could be discovered. It was a poor position, open to assault on any side, and was wisely abandoned by the enemy. There was a disagreeable feeling in walking about the garden when one reflected that the Nana had been recreating there but a few days before. It is surprising that the natives should shield a monster whose deeds they repudiate with horror. Maun Sing says the Nana is not a Brahmin and has ho religion, or he would not have murdered women and children ; but we have too many examples of the massacre of both to believe that the detestation of such offences can be very deeprooted or ener getic. There is much treachery still to be dreaded. At the very moment when one of our district officers was proposing that rewards should be con ferred on Hushmut Singh and Murdan Singh, two Hindoo chiefs who had rendered us service and were supposed to be faithful, evidence turned up to create suspicions that there were emissaries of those very men in Feroze Shah's camp at the time of his escape and that therefore they were acquainted with his intentions. At ten o'clock the force marched off towards Mejiddiah, where it was now ascertained beyond a doubt that the enemy were in some force. No in formation could be got as to the strength or posi tion of the force. Maun Singh affected not to know it. As we advanced the spies and villagers gave still more perplexing amounts. Some said the place was empty; others that a cavalry force was posted in the jungle at the back of the fort,and that there were a few men inside, but all agreed that whoever was there would fly the moment we ap proached. We passed through a thick jungle without opposition at - 11 o'clock, and advanced over a fine plain till 12, when we came, upon another jungle extending as far. as the eye could reach. It was, however, not very broad, for in half-an-hour we had debouched on a plain, and Burjuddiah was before us. All we saw was a dun-coloured parapet of mud, with three embranired bastions, in the front of a dense forest, whicb; extended interminably on the flanks and hit the rest of the work. Colonel Harness, of the Engineers, proceeded to reconnoitre the place, and found a spot on the right where we could place oar heavy pins. The cavalry, under Sir William Russell, were sent round to the left, where the ground seemed more open, the Carabineers being in support, under Lieutenant-Colonel Bickerstaff. The Commander-in-Chief, who was carried in a dooly with a led horse by his side, suffering from the dislocation and shock of yesterday's fall, but full of mental activity, gave the general direction of the attack to the Chief of the Staff, and remained in front, just 'under fire, the rest of the day. - We. could see the enemy in the bastions watching our motions, but the greater part of our force was screened from their view by a heavy crop r of dall; which stood on a slightly elevated field, just in front of the spot on which our troops and baggage debouched from the jungle. The bit of the place' we could see gave one a disagreeable impression of its strength—a ditch and abattis were visible, and the place might contain 10,000 men, for all we knew. As there was only space for the heavy guns on the right, it was resolved to send our mortars to the left. All this time the enemy had observed 'us in silence. I had gone towards the left, haVing, a fair glass, to see what could be seen, and found myself in front of the fort. I could see a man in purple and fine linen, attended by several natives, going round from bastion to bastion, and encourag ing the men. I could see the artillerymen looking along their pieces, and the Sepoys strutting about very confidently inside the parapets. Presently Sir William Mansfield and a few officers came past, riding to the left to reconnoitre. Bang went a gun from the western bastion, but it was laid too high, and the shot went whistling through the air above our heads, and plunged with a heavy thud into the ground 300 yards behind us. The General went on at a canter; bang went gun number two, and, again, gun number three, is fast as they could load and slew the piece round. The General reconnoitred, and found a place for our mortars on the left near the cavalry, returning under the fire as before—one good shot which passed close and sharp being very near emptying one of the saddles. As the heavy guns were being sent round, the enemy opened on them, and one shot disabled a soldier, and killed and wounded a couple of gun bullocks, but they were soon placed in safe cover; then they opened on the mortars going round to the left, but were less fortunate, though their round shot sadly discomposed some groups of dooly bearers, and one of them had the side of his face shattered by a round shot. But the vivacity of their fire was soon di m i n i s h e d . P ar t o f th e Rifle Brigade, of the Belooch Battalion, and of the 20th Regiment were sent up to the fort in skirmishing order, and, extending th emse l ves , as f ax as th eir numbers would admit, from the open front to the right round into the jungle, got close up to the parapets, and poured a- constant flight of bullets through the embrasures, clearing the parapet of Sepoys, except a •few resolute fellows who kept up their fire very steadily. The heavy guns opened on the right ; the mortars answered on the left. Shell after shell burst inside the place, the round shot tore great clumps of earth off the parapets. I could see that in ten minutes the number of the defenders of the place, never very great, had become much diminished, but some of the enemy remained at their posts with steadiness andjletermination. One man in particular I could see s:Ming a gun by himself. He fired, sponged out, served, rammed home, aimed, for round after round, throwing grape at the Rifles and round shot towards the front, till he suddenly disappeared, and the gun only opened once more. Nearer and nearer crept our riflemen, less and less became the fire of musketry from the parapets and the flashes of the answering guns, while our mor tars and heavy artillery kept up a heavy,monotonous, uniform battering and bursting and pounding inside, outside, and above th e f or t. Ab out 4 the firing had almost ceased. Major Dillon, of the Rifle Brigade, soon afterwards came u p to the Chief of the Staff , to announce that the fort was evacuated, just ex, Colonel Harness, suspecting suchto be the case, had gone with a few men to ascertain if it was so. I went in with the Rifles, who were ordered to ad vance and occupy it, and as we approached the abattis a spatter of musketry was heard, which pro ceeded from the last of the enemy leaving the place and who fired probably on Colonel Harness's little party. This abattis was a thick fence of thorns and pointed branches, inside which was a thickset hedge, then the ditch 25 feet deep, 28 feet broad, filled in places with several feet of mud and water, and opposite us the face of the bastion, fully 35 feet high from the bottom of .the ditch. Falling, scrambling, and climbling, we got up through the embrasure—a feat which few of us would have per formed had there been an enemy inside; for it re - quired hands and feet to do it. The first impres sion produced was wonder at the small size of the interior, and at the strength of the place. A small low wall pierced for musketry surrounded son ie houses in the centre, which probably served as the• residence of the Rajah and his followers. The. ground was covered with cooking places, thatched sheds, cooking utensils, and quantities of ammuni tion. There were rockets, blue lights, port fires, cartridges, hammered shot, newly cast brass shell, very well made, moulds for making them, fuses,' heaps of English cartridges, and bags stuffed with percussion caps. The rockets weremost ingeniously providedwith a contrivance, of which our engineers took a note, to prevent the rocket flying back, an occurrence which is too probable not to be guarded against. I recollect poor Sir William Peel saying one day at Lucknow, " If the rascals are half as much frightened as we are at every rocket we fire we will soon clear the place;" and no one wide] :- stood rockets better. A buggy stood under a she 3d —in that shed was a horse. With most remarkable presence of mind an active officer • walked to the place as if he knew all about it, saw that a cot a bination of the two might be effected with advar s tage, harnessed the horse, and put it to the Bugg, y, and drove out of the gate in great glory. Ti ie magazines were well made—the best I ha ve seen in Indi a . G rea t quan titi es o f f oo d were femur. in the s t ore h ouses — r i ce, gra i n, an d atta. Wild gon vraoaulsd retreat. have been e bullocks l as h e d th e i r s id es w ith t h e i r ta il s , an d , chargi ng those who furiously among the invaders, causei 1 had never fled before to take to ignomi ni en a A very splendid y fonn ißdarabhlemfionee indeed, bull, who waa fortunately f as t ened by the nose to a rope, and . seemed rathe r l ow - s iiite din ofo ur old b .consequence of h t death of a cow Which lay at some distance killed by a piece of shell. Bullocks—some tery draught with th e marks on their loins—were also found in the dit c h. I t was evident that the t a foi had been ;for §vwe on e occupied, tuid, that those who told us it was empty were deliberately deceiving us in order to befriend the enemy. A 141 b. mortar limber was found in one place full of ammunition. There was not a dead body inside, and only in one place was there trace of any of the enemy being wounded, but it is scarcely possible for the fire to have left them unscathed. The parapets were injured in places, bits of shell lay over the ground, and the embrasures were scored in every direction by our rifle balls. Probably they carried of their dead and wounded through one of the numerous sallyports which led out into the jungle on the rear. _ The fort of the Mejiddiah is of a pear shape, run ning north and south, about 400 yards long by 350 in breadth across the middle. The stem is hidden in jungle, and. it is the principal gateway. It is sur rounded by a ditch, with an abattis on the south and east up to the stem. The west is quite covered by jungle, hidden in which there is another gateway, protected by a small lunette in advance. Two lu nettes are also in the jungle in the west. There are four or five round towers or bastions along the ram part, pierced for guns. The ditch at the north gate is 28ft. broad and 20ft. deep from the ground, the face of the scarp to the top of the parapet being 37ft. high, the top of parapet seven feet thick, and the exterior fenced by a heavy abattis. In some places there is a double ditch, and the ramparts are perfo rated by sallyports, which run into the outer ditches. In the centre of the fort is a semi-circu lar citadel, or keep, about 150 yards long by 100 yards broad. It is certainly the strongest and best fort we have yet seen in Oude. As it fell dark the Rifles were marched out, and their place was taken by the Beloochees. One of their sentries next morning spied five men walking towards the fort, three of whom were armed. When they were close to the gate he challenged them. The men dropped into the jungle, but, on his threatening to turn out the guard and shoot them down, they came up and surrendered—the Rajah's barber, his steward, and three armed followers, who had been out in the district, and had not heard of the fall of the place. Some grasscutters of the 7th Hussars, who had been missing since the 26th, returned to day, and reported that they had been taken pri soners by a party of the enemy's cavalry •, and the , monshee of Captain Fremantle of the Rifle Bri gade, whe fell into their hands, was permitted to go, after he had been offered a high place in their army if he would join them. On the 28th the engineers were employed in demolishing the fort, which was too good to leave behind us, and our companies were out in all direc tions to ascertain what had become of the enemy. Churda was found to be empty. As the work of de molition was difficult, owing to the absence of coolies, though the enemy's gunpowder was largely used, and 1,4001 b. was available, It was resolved to garrison the place on our departure with a wing of Beloochees and 50 of the Ist Punjab Cavalry till the Coolies ; had levelled the parapet and filled up the ditch. On the 29th the Chief, being quite in the dark as to the locality of the enemy, moved south at noon, and pitched his tents at Nanparah. Our appearance on the plain caused some anxiety to the garrison of Oudo police, who had been left in the place, but they recovered their equanimity on seeing the force de bouch on the plain and show the English camp coloUrs. It was dark before our tents were pitched, On the 30th information was . received that the Nana Sahab, Bainie Madhoe, and some thousands - of Sepoys and desperadoes had collected near Bankee, about 20 miles north of Nanparah. The news was verified about fotir,o'clock in the afternoon, and at six Lord Clyde had . ' 'bade his arrangements for a night march, of which the details and the object must be left for another letter. CAMP AT BANKEE, New Year's-day. The well-conceived secret night march, planned by Lord Clyde and executed yesterday, has caused great consternation among the desperate rebels who still hold out on the verge of Nepaul. The loss of their guns, the suddenness of the attack, the sur prise, have all told on them, and they feel they are now no longer safe wherever they may go, and that the information of our movements which stood them in such good stead while they were "at large is now failing them as our columns occupy mile after mile of the country. It is much to be regretted that we missed Nana Sahib, but we shall not have him yet. We must wait till the bands of the enemy are more thoroughly dispersed. I saw to-day a Sepoy of the 72d Bengal Native Infantry who was with the Nan a's own force yesterday, being one of his armed fol lowers. He said that the first intimation of an ad vance was the sound of the guns opening upon the head of the column. The Nana was in. the wood a couple of miles in the rear. He at once gave orders for flight, had his eight elephants loaded, and made straight off for the Raptee, which he crossed, no doubt, long before our cavalry reached its banks' But, although that particular body of the rebels may not have been warned of our approach, that which defended the entrance into the jungles was no doubt advised of it by their cavalry pickets before we came in sight. Living in a state of constant apprehension, the rebels are ever on the alert, and throw out strong pickets of horse all along their front, which are on the watch night and day, though the cold is said to affect their energy. Indeed, we heard at ono of the villages that a picket galloped past with the news of our advance half an hour before our ad vanced guard made its appearance. Under every tope we saw horse litter, cooking places, and recent signs of the Sowars. In the night we passed one large party on the left, which remained perfectly still. Some of our officers observed the lights in the distance, but they were supposed to proceed from a village, and it is the custom in Oude to plough by torchlight, as the earth is soft, and yields to the plough when moistened by the dew, and no notice was taken of them. Had there been we should have given the alarm to the main body by our firing, and warned them to escape. ' The picket quietly re mained on their ground aftek we passed, but when the guns opened they fled away towards the west, and probably broke up. The sepoys tells us that there are great dissensions among the rebels. Whenever our force 'approaches the recriminations and reproaches of one to the Other are only silenced by the opening of our fire; " Where. will you fly to now ?" they ask. " What a. fine example you set the other day !" It was you who brought me to this; but for your advice I should have been well clad and fed and my fathily 'looked 'after. Now I am hungry and in rags, and no chance of escaping death? For food, however, so far as rice and grain go, they must bpewell off, as the country is teeming both. The new year, which opens upon us full of hope, to them presents no prospect but of disgrace, suffering, and death. The last day of grace and amnes ty has passed, but even yet the gates of mercy are not closed, and the prerogative is still free to be exercised as the Viceroy pleases. REGISTRATION OF REAL ESTATE. Besides the luminous arrangement, and the clear and accurate statement which adornedit, the speech of the Solicitor-General on Friday night was dis tinguished from most of those usually heard within the walls of Parliament by the ,abstract and philo sophical nature of the principles on which it was based. We have passed the time when the reforms and improvements which the age requires can be met by obvious and popular remedies. The mere abolition of restrictions and prohibition of abuses no longer satisfy the' spirit of 'the times in which we live. Whatever May be thought of the Parlia mentary eloquence :abuts ti.lfib",ve exact from our statesmen tasks never dreamt.of before, and require them to become the inventors, or at least the expo nents, of doctrines much fitter for the closet, ac cording to ordinary conception, than for the atmos phere of apopular assembly. Look, for insta nce , at the chain of abstraction by which the exact truth with regard to the exercise by the State of the power of conferring_a Parliamentary title is, step by step, elicited and deinonstrated. A great emer gency arises, which startles our Government out of the narrow limits of its mediocrity. A vast mass of the property of Ireland is discovered to lie in the hands of persons whose interest in it. is merely nominal, and whose right really resolves itself into the barren privilege of representing an imaginary surplus over existing, encumbrances, which the estate, when sold, was never destined to yield. It was felt to be absolutely necessary that these pro perties should be sold • and the power of the law was called in to facilitate this salutary transac tion. For the first time the pdrchaser was relieved from the necessity of inquiring into the title and negotiating with the encumbrancers. The State undertook all -this _ herself,- and gave to the pur chaser an absolute assurance that he should receive his estate, as free from all . charges and questions as if he had taken it from the hands of the great purifier of Irish titles, Strongbow himself. Nothllig ; could appear at. first sight more local and temporary than such a) measure ; but in this mass of temporary and fleeting elements there was dis covered something which was not temporary and fleeting —a permanent truth. It was soon ob served that the principle of relieving the purchaser from the investigation of title,. and giving him an indefeasible right, was not necessarily connected with the encumbrance of the estate or the division of the purchase-money among the different claim ants; and then it came to be seen that such a pro cess could be carried on and such a title given just those titles are:found good, it'is as well where no sale was in contemplation as other wise. The result was the proposition to establish a Court with power to - inquire into titles, and when certificate whi c h pur ---haser foL. , e v v e er protects the against all claims prior to the date of his es,.-. v ante. In all 'this there is nothing peculiar to de law either of England or of Ireland. The principles ta,oction, accredit them by a the Imperiat an as capable application the law of the land C° ll4 liwagjudgmeuv of one country as to that of another'. -They are, in fact, universal truths, and maybe considered as the axioms lying at the base of a new science, the pro• blem of which is, without interfering with the sub stantive law, to establish a perfectly clear, simple, and indefeasible-title to land. The truths thus established have proved, as is the nature of new truth, eminently fertile and prolific. It could not fail to be observed that this process of purifying the title, however complete and perfect for the moment, contained in itself no power of self-perpetuation. The stream issued from the fountain, but it was liable to be rendered turbid by the muddy rivulets which emptied themselves into it as it rolled along. The glfts is soon worn off a Parliamentary title ; the purchaser mortgages, grants annuities, makes a marriage settlement, has judgments entered against him, becomes a Crown debtor, makes an ambiguous will, or dies leaving a son of doubtful legitimacy. The stone of Sisyphus has rolled down the hill, and the labour has to be gone through again. Immediately there arise the further questions—Cannot the purity which it has cost so much trouble to attain be retained un soiled ? Cannot the rivulet be guarded from its muddy affluents ? Cannot the title be kept clear from the causes which contaminate it ? One happy thought leads to another. The operation of the Encumbered Estates Court showed the possibility of separating the beneficial ownership of land from the power of disposing of it, and the application of the same principle will secure to us the advantage thus gained. Let people continue as before to exercise the unbounded licence at present possessed of dealing with land in any manner their conve nience or caprice may dictate, but let the land be represented for all future purposes of transfer by persons who appear as the owners of the fee simple, and who claim by direct transfer from the previous owner. Let notice of all dealings with the bene ficial interest of the land be carefully excluded from the register, and the land in the hands of the fiftieth transferee from the man who acquired the Parlia mentary title will be just as easy of sale as in the hands of the first. Thus has the principle of recog nising two species of ownership in land, the one public and notorious and undivided for the pur poses of transfer, the other private and susceptible of every kind of modification for the purposes of beneficial ownership, been established. The Bank of England had already hit upon a somewhat similar device in dealing with the proprietors of stock. The operation really consisted in issuing annuities of a certain amount and of perpetual duration in exchange for ready money, and the contract which the bank made with its annuitants was, that it should not be obliged to pay the annuities to any but themselves and their transferees entitled to the whole interest in the annuity. In the same way the lord of the copyhold, when he admits one tenant instead of another, refuses to take any notice of the interests which the ownership of that tenant may represent or protect, and the same prin ciple has been applied with great success to the registration of ships. It remains to show what protection can be de vised for those whose names and interests do not appear on the register. In the case of stock there is no protection at all, but the measure of the Solicitor-General is more careful of the interests of those beneficially entitled to land. It distin guishes between the disclosure and the protection of an interest, and avoids the first, while it attains the second, by the simple device of entering a caveat or inhibition from transferring on the regis ter, which must be removed before the land can be transferred. To procure this removal will be the business of the seller, and the purchaser will have nothing to do but to suspend the completion of his transfer till no caveats are left. Another equally simple and ingenious protection is founded on the observation that in almost every instance in which stock has been fraudulently sold out by a trustee it has been by a single survivor, and that instances of a joint fraud of this description are almost un known. The protection will therefore consist in negativing the doctrine of survivorship, and requir ing that before the power of transfer is executed the place of the trustee who is dead shall be sup plied., _ _ _ Thni, by a machinery at once simple and effec tive, has been solved the mighty problem how to render the immense property which is locked up in the lands of England available and negotiable for the purposes of commerce, to increase its value by removing all doubt as to the title of the vendor, and to enable its owner to enjoy nearly the same facilities for pledging and selling as are possessed by the proprietor of stock or shares, and all this without diminishing the security or invading the privacy of settlements, mortgages, or other similar transactions. Such a measure will, if passed, be equivalent to a gift of many millions in the shape of increased value of land to the proprietors of the soil of England, and will give an impulse to all improvements that depend on the acquisition of land, which it is hardly possible to over-estimate. We have a good right to feel gratified at the intro duction ix a practical shape of this great improve ment, for the readers of the Times are well aware that many years ago, and while the attention of the most earnest law reformers was directed to a register of deeds—a measure which, at a vast expense, would only have aggravated and stereo typed the defects of the present system—we earnestly advocated instead the assimilation of the transfer of land to the transfer of stock, and ex pressed our belief that, with a few slight modifica tions which the difference of the subject matter required, the same principles were just as applicable to the one as to the other.—Times. DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. On Saturday morning, between the hours of five and six o'clock, a fearful fire broke out on the pre mises belonging to Mr. Walton, wholesale tea dealer, No. 85, High-street ,Whitechppel, and was attended with loss of life to two human beings, and a serious destruction of _valuable property. The fire was discovered by police•officer No. 160 of the H divi sion. A fire escape, under the charge of Conductor Wood, was soon on the spot, when three persons were seen at the second floor window. The con ductor brought these down his escape, then raised his upper ladders to the third floor, where three other parties were getting upon the window sills, for the purpose of j umping into the street. He called to them to remain until he got to them. He then brought them down the ladder to the canvass bag and passed them down in safety. He inquired whether any one else was in the house, and was told that the two female servants were in the back room third floor. He repaired to the third floor front again, entered the room, and reached the door of the apartment ; but the handle of the door was very hot, and whilst he was endeavouring, with the aid of his coat, to turn the lock, the door fell upon him, to some extent sheltering him from the flames. He managed to crawl on his hands and knees to the front window, where the flames had preceded him, and had actually set fire to the top of the machine; was obliged to get out head fore most, nearly stifled with smoke. He next un shipped the short ladder of his escape, by great exertions succeeded in placing it on the roof of the next house, and managed to get to the room where' the unfortunate females were; but it was then in one body of flame. In the course of a few minutes the whole of the interior of the build ing fell with a loud crash. The engines went to work in an admirable manner, but the only good they cquld do was to protect the adjoining houses, the premises in which the misfortune commenced being totally consumed. Search was afterwards made for the missing persons. One was found lying across the other in the cellar. They were placed in shells and removed to the dead-house to await an inquest. Their names were Charlotte Law, aged 33, and Emily Williams, aged 15. The foreman, a person named Watford, rushed through the fire, and made his escape at the front door, but was so badly burnt that he was obliged to be taken to the hospital. The origin of the fire is unknown. THE LAW OF MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.—Another case respecting the validity of a foreign marriage was a few days ago submitted to the Imperial Court of Aix. In 1850 a Jew named Cohen, who was born at Geneva, but whose parents are now domiciled at Marseilles. married at Calcutta wherehe was established in business, a young Frenchwoman named Muret, of the same city, who had sometime lived with him as his mistress. Mademoiselle Muret being a Roman Catholic, the marriage was celebrated in the Ca tholic church of 'the Sacre Ccsur in that city. M. and Madame Cohen had four children, whose births were duly registered at' the French Consulate. Cohen informed his parents of hia marriage, and in 1854 he brought his wife to France to introduce her to them, but they refused to receive her He returned to Calcutta, and on the 18th February, 1856, accidentally fell into a huge boiler filled with boiling syrup, and was so dreadfully scalded that he expired. By his will he left his wife a life interest in all he possessed, and the Supreme Court of Calcutta awarded the property to her. Notwithstanding all these circumstances, Cohen's father in Maylast called on the Civil Tribunal of Marseilles to declare the marriage null and void—first, because it was clandestine, inasmuch as it had not been published in France; and, second, because a Catholic priest cannot legally cele brate the marriage of a Jew and a Christian. The tribunal, however, after hearing lengthened pleadings, decided that by the Code Napoleon a marriage between French people celebrated abroad need not necessarily be published in France, when there was no reason to suppose that the par ties wished to elude the French law, when they had been some time established abroad, and when they had mani festly acted in good faith—all which was the case to this affair. As to the second objection, the Tribunal ruled that even supposing a religious marriage between a Roman Catholic and a Jew was void according to the canon law—a point it was not called on to decide—yet, as by the English law the marriage at Calcutta, by the Boman Catholic priest was admitted, it must be regarded as valjd in a legal point of view in France also. The Tribunal thereLre rejected the ^nd declared th e marr i age val i d. M. Cob.,:_n a)pealed "rturt of Aix against that decision, the coal.l=l A NEW FRENCH MAP OF EUROPE. Public attention has been attracted a good deal to a new map of Europe which for the last few days has been exposed for sale in every part of Paris. It has for its tit►e "Europe en 1860," and is headed with a cross, with this motto, " In hoc signe vinces." It was rumoured on Friday that the whole impres sion was seized; this is not true, as copies may be had at this moment on the Boulevards and Quays. The sale of this map at the present moment seems to produce nearly as much effect as the late pamphlet " Napoleon 111. et l'ltalie." The arrange ment of European States according to this new plan is somewhat is follows : EintorE IN 1860. Victoria 1., Queen of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, India, and Mesopotamia, acquires the Island of Cyprus and the source of the Euphrates, which is the shortest road from the British Islands to the Great Islands. Napoleon 111., Emperor of the French, preserves his pre sent limits. Alexander 11., Emperor of All the Russias and King of Poland, acquires Galicia. Frederick William IV., King of Prussia, cedes to Hol land and Belgium the left bank of the Rhine ; acquires Hanover, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Electoral Hesse, the Principalities of Waldeck, the three Anhalts, the two De Lippes, and part of that of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Francis Joseph T, Emperor of Austria and Egypt, ac quires Egypt, Servia, and Bosnia, and - cedes Galic ia to Rus sia, and the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom to Piedmont. Victor Emmanuel IT., King of Italy, acquires the Lom bardo.Venetian li,ingdora, the duchies of Parma and_Mo dena, and the Legations. Pius IX., of the States of the Church, acquires the two Abruzzi, and cedes the Legations to the kingdom of Italy. Leopold 11., Grand Duke of Tuscany, preserves his limits. Ferdinand 11., King of Naples and Tunis, cedes the two Abruzzi to . the Pope, Sicily to the Duke of Parma, and ac quires the Regency of Tunis. Robert 1., Duke of Parma, King of Sicily, cedes to the kingdom of Italy the Duchies of Parma , Piacenza, and Guastalla, and acquires Sicily. Oscar 1., King of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, ac quires Denmark as far as Schleswig. William 111., King of Holland, acquires the left bank of the Rhine to the Roer and to the latitude of Julier, and cedes to Belgium her possessions to the south of those limits. Leopold 1., King of Belgium to the entire left bank of the Rhine, between Holland, France, and Bavaria, with the exception of Oldenburg Birkenfeld. Tomb of Christ, Jerusalem, free town of Palestine. George V., King of Hanover, King of Constantinople, acquires Roumelia, and cedes Hanover to Prussia. Frederick Francis, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, King o f the Roumans, acquires Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria, and cedes Mecklenburg to Prussia. Daniel 1., Prince of Montenegro, acquires the north of Albania, as far as Scombi to the south. Otho L, King of Greece, acquires the south of Albania as far as - Scombi, and the province of Tricala. Nicholas Frederick Peter, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, preserves his limits. John,,King of Saxony, preserves his limits. Charles, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, cedes Allstadt to Prussia. Louis Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, preserves his limits. Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, preserves his limits. Ernest IL, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, preserves his limits. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, pieserves his limits. Henry XX., Prince of Reuss-Greitz, preserves his limits. Henry XLVII., Princelof Reuss-Schleitz, preserves his limits. . • Frederick Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, preserves his limits. Adolph, Duke of Nassau, preserves his limits. Maximilian 11., King of Bavaria, preserves his limits. William 1., King of Wurtemberg, preserves his limits. William Louis, Grand Duke of Baden, preserves hi' limits. Switzerland.—The Helvetic Republic preserves its limits. Isabella 11., Queen of Spain and Morocco, acquires Mo rocco. Dom Pedro V., King of Portugal, preserves his limits. Abdul Medjid Khan, Sultan of Asia, cedes all his pos sessions in Europe, and all those on the coast of the Medi terranean. The Crescent returns into Asia Minor, after three centuries of usurpation and disgrace to Christianity. (From the Times.) Frenchmen are skilful in writing history—even the his tory of events which have not happened. They will expa tiate on what would have been the result if victory had not, by a concurrence of the most unforeseen circumstances, de serted their colours andtaken from them the possession of Ca nada, or India, or Egypt. A few years since one imaginative writer published a work called "Napoleon Apocryphe," in which he narrated what the Emperor would have done had he not been overthrown at Leipsic and Waterloo. Among other great events was the conquest of England in the year 1817. An immense fleet issuing from the ports of the Channel and the North Sea conveyed the armies of the Empire to the shores of the Wash. The Emperor com manded in person. A fearful conflict took place at Ipswich; the English retreated ; and then followed the great and de cisive Battle of Cambridge, in which three sons of George 111. were slain; the English lost vast numbers in killed, wounded, and prisoners, all duly stated in the text ; and the House of Hanover ceased to reign. England was annexed to France, and divided into 26 departments, London being situated 311 the " Tamise Inferieure." George 111. was subsequently permitted to retain the Throne of Scotland. The Code Napoleon was translated into English and ren dered imperative on our Courts. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge became academies, the University of Eng land being established in London. English regiments formed part of the Imperial Army. " After a time," says the historian, " England felt herself French, and was con tent." In England, if we do not deal in ideal history, a certain set of crazy people are always busy in interpreting' prophecy, but we have just received from France a publica tion which rivals the boldest effusions of our prophetic press. The author, however, has not sought in apocalyptic lore the key to the future ; his sole inspiration is the power of France. France, chivalrous and unselfish as she is, will in the space of only one year revolutionise the States of Eu rope and Asia, distributing realms and regions among its monarchs, though without advancing her actual frontiers by a single kilometre. The publication we speak of is a map of Europe and the Mediterranean basin, and is entitled " L' Europe en 1860." It represents that " agglomeration of the peoples" which is to be carried out by the arms of France, and of which the march of thePiedmonteseacrosstheTicinoistobethesignal. But fan, be it from the reader to suppose that any . prince or potentate is to suffer from this great popular millennium. France, at once despotic and democratic, with an empire which is Reece, and boasting of launching half a million troops against an enemy—France is able to reconcile the extension of monarchical power with the increase of national independence. Even her enemies gain by the blow which prostrates them, and are vanquished only to find themselves the possessors of richer provinces and more lordly domains than could ever have rewarded victory. We are to suppose a series of campaigns conducted with a rapidity beyond example, and ending in the complete triumph of the French arms. Austria's twice-taken capital is taken for the third time ; Prussia and the Bund are worsted in their endea vours to succour the Imperial house ; and Turkey, with base ingratitude, commits an act of treachery to France, which is punished by a total overthrow. Morocco, in the meantime, is swept from the list of States for some reason that is not clearly shown. As for England, we aro in doubt whether she is intended to be one of the vanquished foes, or the faithful and justly recompensed ally of Napoleon 111. But it does not matter. The victorious potentate distributes rewards to all, and England has, as will be seen, a splendid share of the spoil. - ' • The state of Europe in 1860, or after 23 months at furthest, is to be as follows :—The Queen of Great Britain retains all her territories, and acquires the island of Cyprus and the course of the Euphrates, which, it is observed, is the shortest road from the British Isles to India. We are not allowed, however, to have any port on the Syrian coast, the Gulf of -Alexandretta being the only means of communicating with our new territory. When the phrophecy is fulfilled we shall have to petition our Impe Hal ally for a little strip of territory to the southward ; indeed, Lord Malmesbury may as well take up the affair at once: Happy Austrial She was once told to leave wars to others, and seek by marriage the realms she coveted. Now her fate is still more strange; she gains by defeat and conquers a de pendency by the ruin of an army. In 1860 Francis Joseph's title will be Emperor of Austria and Egypt ; he acquires Egypt, Sonia, and Bosnia, ceding Galicia to Russia, and the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom to Piedmont. Although certainly the semi-barbarous provinces of the Turkish fron tier may not be a possession equal to the plains of the Po, still the gain of Egypt and the status of a great maritime Power must make Austria bless the day when she encoun tered the chivalrous spear of France. As was usual in the days of old, Francis Joseph will be dismissed by the con queror laden with benefits, to tell the world that there never was a more perfect gentle ight than his Majesty Napoleon. the Third, who distributes thrones to the Kings he has van quished, while with the high-mindedness of a Paladin his empire "conserve ses linaites aetuelles." Frederick William IV. cedes to Holland and Belgium the left bank of the .Rhine ' and acquires Holland, Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Electoral Hesse, the Principality of Waldeck, the three of Anhalt, the two of Lippe, and part of that of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. This is circumstantiality in deed. The French armies have made short work of Ger man federation. It will be seen Hanover is gone. Although George the Fifth has carried off Queen Victoria's diamonds in rather an indelicate manner, we Englishmen retain ,enough interest in the ancient family of the Guelphs to be curious to know what becomes of their male representative. Do not be afraid; he is well provided for. George the Fifth becomes King of Constantinople, acquires Roumelia, and cedes Hanover to Prussia. Here is an unexpected honour for us. The Eastern Empire is revived in the per son of an Englishman —an. English Duke. The Saxon Varangians who took service with Alexis after the battle of Hastings will doubtless rise from their graves by the swift flowing Bosphorus, and shout a welcome. We must be brief with the other dispositions of territory. Victor Emmanuel becomes King of Italy, acquires the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, the Duchies of Parma and Modena, and the Legations. The Pope, in return for the Legations, receives the Abruzzi. The King of Naples cedes Sicily, which is given to the Duke of Parma, and re ceives in return—we suppose as a compliment to his humanity—Tunis i Isabella of Spain acquires in the same way Morocco. The Duke of Mecklenburg becomes King of the Roumans, with Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria for his dominions. The King of Greece receives a large accession of territory. It will be seen that Turkey and the Mahomedan States are pretty severely treated. Everybody is indemnified ,at their cost. The map is headed with a Cross, with the motto "In hoc signo Innces ;" so we may be prepared for a policy of "Thorough" as regards un happy Islam. In 1860 Abdul Medjid Khan will take the title of " Sultan of Asia." " He yields all his possessions in Europe and on the shores of the Mediterranean. The. Crescent returns into Asia after three centuries of usurpa tion and shame for Christianity." It may be asked why we have noticed this absurd but elaborate production. We answer, because this map is drawn on the presumption that France can by a war as short and decisive as those concluded by Jena and Fried • land tear to pieces the Treaties which govern Europe, and that the tendency of such speculations is to perpetuate a state of peace almost as anxious and as burdensome as R ar. Material prosperity has, indeed, weakened the aspirations f o r conquest in the mass of the French people, but not in the soldiery, and notoriously not in the Chief of the State. The Austrian occupation of Italy presents an opportunity, for their indulgence, but does not originate them. If ii were not the oppression of Italy, it would be the right to the left bank of the Rhine, or the excesses of liberty in Bel gium, or the political anarchy of Spain, or the wrongs of Vrcuchiwa i gaPt cr l'itu4 or hrwel9p, which would be the pretext for warlike demonstrations. It should be the stern resolve of every Cabinet to intimate that Europe is, already settled, and that the age has gone by when Empires are to be parcelled out by the sword of conquerors. MURDER BY A LUNATIC AT HAN- WELL ASYLUITL On Saturday a most deplorable event, which has taken place at Hanwell County Lunatic Asylum, was investigated by the local bench of magistrates, and subsequently by Mr. Wakley, the coroner. On Thursday morning a man named William Roberts and another man named John Brady were taken out as usual, with about twenty other patients, for the purpose of being employed, under the superin tendence of James Birch, one of the gardeners, in spade husbandry. Roberts, who is 28 years of age, . has been in the asylum 14 years, and having three years ago made a sudden attack upon a fellow patient, he was considered a dangerous lunatic, and was therefore, while at work, kept twenty yards from any other inmate. On Thursday morning - Brady happened to be next to Robert, who was working a large iron pronged fork. Suddenly hear ing a noise, Birch, the gardener, on turning round , saw poor Brady on the ground, and Roberts bela bouring him about the head with the iron pronged fork with all his might. On assistance going to the spot Brady's head and face were found covered, with blood, and one of his eyes laid out of its socket upon his cheek. Roberts was immedi ately secured, and Mr. Begby, the medical officer sent for, who had Brady removed to the lair' mary and put into a warm bath, but he was found to be dead. On taking the accused to his room , Birch said to him, " William, are you not sorry that you have committed such a rash act oil a brother patient ? " to which he replied, " I meant to kill some one." The magistrates felt it their duty to commit the accused to Newgate for trial ou the charge of murder, but as the coroner was about to sit, directed that his removal should not take, place till the inquest had been held. Before the jury Mr. Begby, the surgeon, proved that the juries were the cause of death, and that the accused, was an epileptic patient, who became exceedinglY violent before his fits and that he was not respell sible for his acts. lie added that if there was an increase of the medical staff, each patient might be inspected every morning before going to work. The, coroner, in summing up, expressed his conviction, that it would be useless to put the county to the expense of sending the irresponsible being thejurY had had before them for trial, as no jury in the world could convict him on the capital charge of wilful murder. The jury concurred with the coro ner, and returned a verdict of misadventuxe, at taching thereto the following :—" The jury sitting on the inquest on John Brady would earnestly recommend that no patient who has committed any serious assault on any person should never afters while kept in the asylum, be entrusted with all tool or instrument with which he could inflict any serious injury on any other patient, or upon all officer." The jury also recommend that the meal', cal staff of the asylum shall be strengthened, in order that the patients may be subjected to a more frequent medical inspection.” Notwithstandinq this verdict, the accused was subsequently removel to Newgate on the magistrate's warrant. COUNRTY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—FEB. 11. • The wheat trade is dull, to-day. Millers are looking for lower prices, and the farmers refuse to give way. To effect sales a slight decline had to be submitted to. Wheat, white 40s to 45s Peas, Partridge „us to 46 0 red 32s to 41s White 41s to 43 9 Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 48 5 Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 44a to 46 3 Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick ....38a to 405 Malt 70s to 73s Harrow Ticks 38s to 423 Chevalier 72s to 73s Mazagan 36a to 3 93 Oats 26s to 35s NOTTINGHAM—FEB. 12. t At the opening of the market supplies were good, lint oil of condition, and millers seemed indisposed to purchat In some instances the best selected samples of wheat decline" Is per qr. Other articles much about the same. White wheat, new, 45s to 51s Barley, grinding.. 27s to 3 04 Red do. 4os to 43s Oats, old, .. —s to --5 Old white 44s to 49s New do 28s to 3 04 Red do. 38s to 42s Beans.. 48s to 505 Barley, malting.— I 38s to 44s Peas ... —s to - --4 Super. flour, 33s to 36s ; fine, 30s to 33s per 20 stone.. NORWICH—FEB. 12. ' The supply of wheat at our market was tolerable, and the currencies of last week were generally realised. Wheat .3Bs to 42s Oats.. 22s to 26s I White do —s to 46s Beans, new —s to - --9 Barley - ... ..32s to 36s I Ditto, old .38s to 41s Flour, 26s 6d to —s per sack from the miller. • LEICESTER—FEB. 12. There was a fair quantity of wheat on offer, and prie o for all descriptions gere way fully is per qr. Barley 4 fair demand, and about the same as last week. Beans wer e fully as dear. Oats a slow sale. Wheat ...40s to 42s Oats.... 2Bs to SA White .44s to 48s Beans 50s to 62$ Barley .34s to 36s Peas .... .--s to - - O Fine flour, 31s J Seconds, 29s I Thirds, 27s per sack. - LIVERPOOL—FEB. 11. j , We had only a small attendance of millers and dealers al our corn exchange this morning, and the business dons in wheat and flour was quite on a restricted scale ; holders, however, showing no anxiety to press sales, there is no quot able alteration to make in prices. Indian corn dull of sale, at previous rates. Oats and oatmeal steady. Egyptian beans are held at full prices, but meet a slow sale. re° and barley unaltered. WAKEFIEtIi.L-tEj3. 11. Sellers of fine samples of "wheat - held for former price! but millers were unwilling to give them, and the farmed were were unwilling to make any conces s i on . B ar l ey an d beaw' were is higher. Averages for the week Wheat 5,181 qrs., at 41s B,td 8ar1ey.........1,629 „ 343 91d Oats 222 „ 24s lld Rye .."-. , f Beans 7l „ 43s 8M Peas EXETER—FEB. 11. An average attendance. Many of the samples were ou t of condition, and no improvement in prices. Wheat, white.. 5s 2d to 5s 3d Barley.. 4s Od to 48 31 I Ditto red... .5s Od to 5s ld Oats 2s 9d to o Flour, fine, 29s to 30s; seconds . 27s to 28s per sack. CATTLE—The market was poorly supplied with stock' The attendance of farmers small. Pork carcases a tole', able supply. Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Pork carcases, do 786 d to 8s 3d Lambs, per lb. Od. to Od ....Rough fat, Ewes, per lb .... 6d to ocl_, Wethers, d0......qa to u. Fat calves, d0....61d to 74 44d per lb. DIJBLIN—FEn. 11. At tho market this morning there was a moderate OP; ply of wheat, for which the .trade. was rather active, 7 last week's extreme currencies. Barley in fair supply, a ll all superior qualities realised late prices. Oats a good will' ply, with no change in value. In Indian corn there we t° limited transactions. s. d. s. d. s . d. 8. el' a 0 Wheat, white.. 22 6t025 6 Do., new .116 to J ,, . Do., red 2l 6t023 0 Bere .. . lO otol2 ; Do., new Barley -11 otol7 0 Oatmeal l2 6to 1% Oats 11 otol3 0 Bakers' flour .. 13 oto ~ 0 Do., black lO 6to 11 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto 3v BRISTOL SUGAR—FEB. 11. The market has been very dull this week, and we 9 1 . 9 without transactions to re p or t i n any description of 11 ' • sugar. The refined market is also quiet, and to effect sal e _ . t of importance low er p r i ces wou ld h ave to b e su b m itted 1 !„ Rum steady, but busi ness i s c he c k e d b y th e i ncrease d view of holders, who are asking higher prices. [Anynnusnmnicr.]—Hollewats Pills and Ointment.--" Lowness of Spirits, Hyp oc h on riaism, Insanity. —TI IO formidable diseases are usually caused by a disordered coati dition of one or more of the digestive organs, and to ° deplorably commence at the meridian of life. The distress' ing symptoms need no enumeration : they are known,, T s , some degree to the wisest and best of mankind, as wall the weakest. Whenever the 'liver, stomach, and kidlle , are roused, the morbid feelings' and ideas vanish; to effe c t . this happy result nothing more is needed than friction ove e those organs with Holloway's ointment, whilst his pills a r likewise - taken. The change of ' thought is immedia te ; happy, and lasting. • Those whom these medicines las / cured confess that their influence over the mind is magi BIRTHS. BUTLER.—on the 11th inst., at Bayswater, Mrs. J• 11. Butler, of Ashford, of a daughter. CRAFTER. : -011, the 11th inst., at 10, Doughty-street, the wife of George Crafter, Esq., of a ion. - 0 ik LE MitCHANT,- , 011 the 11th inst., at Dawlish, the of the Rev. R. Le Marchant, of a son. RAVENHILL.—On the 11th inst., at Clapham-common, th e wife of Richard Ravenhill. Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES - 111'NEILL--Asmny.—On the 10th inst., at St. Michael Chester-square, Captain M'Neill, second son of Edrat lo , o Alexander M'Neill, Esq., of Cushinnun,—lreland, Nannette, the eldest da ng ht er o f Sir Francis Dugd ,4° Astley, Bart. PARK—RIEKIE.—On the 19th Nov. last, at Christ Churc h ' St. Kilda, near Melbourne, Adam Steele Park, .. Manager Colonial Bank o f A us tr a lasia, Ballarat, to No r garet, eldest d aug ht er o f M rs . Ri e ki e , late of Old-stree t / Finsbury. DEATHS. BARFOOT.—On the 11th inst., at Ealing, Middlesex, 110 4 Barfoot, Esq., aged 78. CLEWETT.—On the 10th inst., at 5, Adelaide-street. Strand , Miss Charlotte Clewitt, aged 64. MARSHAM.—On the 10th inst., at Sculthorpe Rector9l Norfolk, the Rev. Edward Marsham, aged 71. MDSKETT.—On. the 10th inst. in the "Upper Close, Norwiel l ,,' Mr. James Muskat, late of Newton Flotman, Norfol" aged 85. it S 0 TT.—On the 10th inst., at 68, Eaton-square, John _,Se ° ,„ (Captain Scots Fusilier Guards), second son of Sir Scott, Bart., of Ancrum. WO OD.—On the Bth inst., at Street House, near Glaston bury, suddenly, Charles Wood, jun., Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity ° MititUotioa, Monday, Febniary 14, 1859). Wedno sq. Thurs, ba Friday !qua REA IV. Raq • , • Th e will b Readir Mn Seats, 011' f : Chai n , An J ohn Captah Captain r , art James "ames Sir Joh Ou( T_FIE StIN, LONDON,' MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 18W. Corr „ dii Cott Temp] Tnead James A (14 cation Warde The terms the di' Call raontl Per ec Oared Ge n 1 2!,.‘v II take t allott, the .A. 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