The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

TRE SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVEN 1 NG , FEBR VARY 1, 1858. with the one we had promised ourselves I We ex pected to march in with colours flying and bands playing, and to be met by a !starving garrison, cry ing with joy ; ladies waving handkerchiefs on all sides, and every expression of happiness . ; but, in stead of that we entered dens disorganized army, remained, like so many sheep, fin the whole of the garrison at their posts, as they always and a few officers and men only at the gate to meet us. The next morning we began to con sider the state of affairs, and to our dismay we found that the scoundrels had not bolted, as we expected, and that we in our turn were besieged. While the greater part of the infantry went ahead it w nd as found impossible to bring o n the heavy guns, a they remained out with a portion of the force till the morning, when a strong party was sent out from the Residency, which took possession of the Old Palace, a long row of palaces and gardens, in eluding buildings known as the Terah_Kotee, the Terah Buk, and the Chuttur Munzil. These build ings extended along the bank of the Goomtee river upon which one side of our position rested, for nearly a quarter of a mile, and the communication being then open our guns were brought up. We were then blocked'off from all communication with Alumbagh and the world in general. We then learnt that the supplies were so numerous that with care the entire united force could hold out till the middle of December ! good news for us, for if we had been then forced to evacuate the place but few would have escaped, with such a number of help less women and children to escort. For some days after we entered the confusion was most frightful ; not an officer or soldier had carried with him any eiothes but those we wore, and not a servant ac companied his master, the cooks of the regiments being allowed to go ; so without clothes, means of . cooking, and the crowded state of the garrison and hcspitals, we were in a sad state of discomfort. I had been chumming with G—, who was then doing duty with the sth Fusileers, and put up with him in their post in aportion of the Palace we had taken pos session of, but after a few days I got posted to the " Brigade Mess Square," and there did duty, W— administering to my wants. I was in great luck, for W— had saved most of his clothes, and he most kindly placed them at my disposal until I was able to procure others at the different auctions of deceased officers' property. I then began to settle down and be pretty comfortable. Before I was in a wretched state ; I had been unable to wash for three days or change myclothes. I had not passed a brush or comb through my hair, and was, in short, feeling very dirty and nasty. In a few days we extended our lines, driving the enemy from square to square out of the Old Palace, the reliev ing force was told !off to different posts and order was established. The Sepoys who had bolted on our entry to the city returned, and the siege recom menced in the most refreshing manner. An attempt was made by Outram to send out our small body of cavalry to Alumbagh, but they wets forced to fall back, finding the roads blockaded, and the enemy so thick about them. We then regularly settled down to the siege, and had to make the best of it. The first operations were to sally out and take some of the enemy's guns which had been annoying the garrison, and blow up se veral houses which had given shelter to the Sepoys and matchlock men, who kept up a most annoying fire from the loopholes. This done, the garrison was much relieved. We also extended our position towards the iron bridge, and also towards the new palace, the Keisah Bagh, threw up fresh betteri , s and strengthened the old position very um:h. The garrison was a very different place from what I ex• pected to find it. From hearing it spoken of as the Residency I expected to find the intrenchments con fined to the house itself, but the position of the ad jacent buildings enabled Sir H. Lawrence to connect them and erect batteries between them. The position extended (the old position) from the entrance gate to the Residency to the church one way, and &mt. the river to buildings running a straight line with Gubbins' and Ommaney's houses. This will give to any one who has been in Lucknow an idea of the space covered by the intrenchments. The buildings on all sides had been so battered and damaged by the enemy's fire that there was little or no cover for our men as they stood to their posts, while the enemy were enabled to hide themselves in the houses all around us, and keep up a conti nual fire of musketry, which did great execution, while their guns poured in round shot day and night, being placed in such dodgy positions that our batteries could net make no impression upon them. The engineers had so little time to run them up that most of them were in a military point of view quite useless, being exposed to the fire of ' guns from positions which they had no power of commanding. The siege then resolved itself into a mere blockade. The round shot and shell rattled in on all sides ; but our firing was a farce compared to theirs. When I say we were simply blockaded, I mean that the enemy's fire was nothing to what it was in the earlier stage. The cannonading was as fierce, but the fire of musketry, which did so much execution, was much reduced in consequence of the destruction of the adjacent houses. Men continued to be knocked over daily. The natives, of whom there were swarms, were killed hourly, for we had nearly a thousand dooly bearers. Our Euporean loss was on the average about three a day. The troops stationed in the new positions were continually under a very hot fire from the neighbouring house, and from round shot from bat teries from the other aide of the river. The enemy had run short of ammunition, but were able to supply themselves with as much of their own making as they pleased, and which did very well for their purpose. Their bullets were mostly com posed of telegraphic wire, which inflicted most hor rid wounds. The confinement also told much on the system, and men with wounds which under ordinary circumstances would have soon healed, were carried off in the most lamentable manner. We ware all placed on half rations on entry, which consisted of sufficient ottah (meal) to make four " chupaties" a day, a little dhal (peas), and six ounces of gun-bullock beef. We had no grog (the relieving force) ; the old had some which soon ran out, and we had to wash down our breakfasts and dinners with copious draughts of the limpid stream. It was fortunately, beautiful water, and I soon for got the gin and water I tippled on the march, for we could get no good beer at Casvnpre e ; but the thing we all missed was tobacco. It is at all times a luxury, but when one has to pass day after day, with nothing to do but 2 or 3 hours' duty day and night, with few books to read, it becomes as neces sary as meat and drink. Necessity is the mother cf invention, and as a substitute for tobacco neem tree leaves were smoked by officers and men, while I imbibed the fume of the leaf of a guava tree which g rew hard by. It was certainly at first rather hi ur a palatable, but after a time I began to think it very pleasant. The soldiers could not do without their bit of smoke, and many made themselves ill with smoking neem tree leaves, which are very strong and pungent. I soon found my . health much af fected by confinemen t. I got thin and weak, and was much pulled down by a sharp attack of dysen tery, which stuck to me till I got to Cavimpore. We all kept up our spirits wonderfully, and Wer e very jolly considering the circumstances under which we were placed, but it was sad to see our companions knocked over by chance shot daily. storied bowie the . upper The brigad e in senare was terminated by a large build ingbeen seized an which we (the officers) lived, a large double our arrival, and we l n la l l ip t battered 'down part of which was pal tly a blown enemy's guns, which had by the sortie made after thrown-up little duels defences ef € bdo duty on the top with doors The and scarcely bullet-proof.logs of wood, party from 70 yards behind us, and • scoundrels were only all day by eachwere kept up the loophole can exceed their cowardice. The ' s. Nothing by Ilardinge's Sikhs and °there f Sikh-squ ( held are ments) had had ono side of it blow r n onl * loyal regie sprung by the enemy, and the ground ni b b ' y being mine !Banded. by the fire from the adjacent buielidnin corn fellows were unable to repair the breach sufficien tly , our tly and the only defence against the entry of the devils ' was a small wall of earth not four feet high, and not once after an unsuccessful assault made after the breach did these villains come on. I have not time to describe the scene inside, and the principal point ----- THE RELIEF OF LUCENOW AND THE BATTLE OF CAWNPORE. We have been favoured with the following letter : " Lucknow Garrison, Oct. 19, 1857, to Dee. 18, at Allahabad. "My dearest Parents,—Little did I think when I last wrote to you that my next letter would be written from this place; but so it is. I have been a prisoner in Lucknow since the 25th of last month, the day on which Gen. Havelock's force reached 'Bailey Guard' (as the Residency is generall y called). I was foolish in coming, as it has turned out, but had it been otherwise the trip would have been a very pleasant one. The idea of relieving Lucknow' seemed to me so glorious that I could not resist the feeling that urged me on, and . when in Cawnpore I wrote to Gen. Havelock saying that, in the event of the services of a civilian being re quired I s h ou ld be glad to accompany him, as I had done before. A. gracious reply settled the matter, an d awa y I c ame. I was not wanted, as Gen. Out ram entered Oude as Chief Commissioner, doing all civilian's work himself, but as I had got leave from G en . elock I settled the matter by starting, at t h e sa me time writing to the Commissioner at Alla habad to tell him of thesarrangement. We started with a force of 3,000 men and 18 guns, and beat off a large force on the first day's march, two miles from the river, and defea ted them so signally that no stand was made by them again until we reached Lucknow itself, when we engaged and defeated the whole force on the 22 d , i n the open field, having marched up in three days. We suffered a great deal from the wet, for it rained incessantly the whole three days. On the 24th we rested at a place called Alumbagh, in front of Lucknow, where we had en camped on the day before. The whole of that day the enemy annoyed us with their artillery, having taken up a position in some thickly-wooded gardens in front. Alumbagh is a large garden enclosed by a thick and high wall, with a very extensive double storied house in the centre. On the 25th the whole of the baggage, wounded, and camp followers were ordered into this place, with a guard of 250 men, and at 9 a.m. we earted. I still chummed with Dr. —, as I think I mentioned to you before. He was then doing duty with the sth Fusiliers, who headed the force. We were divide I into two parties, the sth Fusiliers, Ist Madras Fusiliers, 84th, 64th, and Sikhs, with guns, having with us Generale Outram, Havelock, and Neill ; the Second Brigade consisting of the 78th Highlanders, the 90th, and volunteer cavalry, with a small party of Sikh Irregulars. We were then about three miles from the Residency, as the crow flies, but about six by the road we were to take. The city on the Cawnpore side is skirted by very thickly-wooded gardens, with high walls of mud and long narrow lanes with straggling lines of houses and mud huts, forming excellent covers for the scoundrels, who fight only behind walls. Well, we had to go through at least three miles of this, and had to commence work by taking a battery situated about 1,000 yards up the road at the commencement of the cover. It was close on the road, and could sweep the approach at every discharge of the guns, while three of the batteries were fixed on the left and right, while thousands and thousands of the scoundrels were lurking in the thick sugar cane on all sides. Away we went, and with the guns pro ceeded about 500 yards when we opened with our guns, the troops lying down on the road, where we remained for about 20 minutes 'under a most mur derous fire' (as Gen. Outram styled it in his orders next day). It was, indeed, most fearful, the round shot and grape literally tore the road up, cutting the brave fellows to pieces, while the bullets fell among them like a shower of hail. How I escaped I cannot tell. Why I was spared I know not ; this much I can say, that I never for a moment expected or hoped to see night, the fire was so dreadful. I was as cool and collected as I could wish to be, but completely resigned for the worst, and as I lay on my face between the soldiers I prayed earnestly— not for protection, but for forgiveness of my sins, and for you all, for I never expected to see another day. It is extraordinary how calm one feels on such occasions. lam not particularly courageous ; but, on the contrary, am fond of taking care of myself ; but I do declare that when under fire, whether it is from excitement or what not, I have never felt so much apprehension as I have expe rienced when standing up to swift bowling at cricket. It was here that the Royal Artillery were cut to pieces at their guns by the musketry fire—so hot it was, rendering them perlectly inefficient. We lay then in this fire till we were ordered to get up,' and with a cheer the men rose and charged up the road, driving the devils oat of their strongholds, who carried away their guns, which must have been horse artillery, from the speed with which they re treated. Well, on we went and forced our way through the gardens and lanes, losing men right and left—on—on—through the most intricate places, taking guns here and there, and forcing the canal-bridge, where they stood very steadily, firing grape and canister as the gallant fellows rushed up to the guns. The General had planned his method of approach and carried his map of the city with him, and halts innumerable took place in conse quence, while the roads were picked out and route determined. Away we went, and about 5 p.m. found ourselves opposite the Palace, from the gates of which a very heavy fire was opened, which, how ever, did but little damage, as we found shelter in some buildings. We were ordered on, and again started, and got into shelter after passing in front of the Palace, where from the loopholes the mus ketry poured like rain. " Nov. 16, " I continue my tale. Here we halted for some time ; by awe' I mean the first brigade, for the econd had taken a different route, carrying with them the stores we brought in. The fire from the Palace (known as the Keisah Bagh) was so severe that we had to run double quick in front of it as hard as we could, and a scene of great con f us i on ensued when we halted—guns and infantry mixed up, soldiers wandering in search of their compa nions, and the wounded in the doolies carried here and there without any orders. We had been there about half-an-hour when the second brigade joined us, passing in front of the Palace, emerging from a narrow lane close to it ; here they had to pass under the very walls, while the scoundrels on the wall hurled down stones and bricks, and even spat on our fellows, a fierce fire being kept up from the loop holed wall. After a little time order was re-esta bliah6a, and after a fresh examination of the map the column was drawn up and we started aga i n . It was cruel k ; brave troops being expend to siteh unfair fighting. What can men do against loophole(' houses when they have no time to enter a city taking house by h e gauntlet regularly throughl:ll In fact, we ran the the streets. After we passed the knocked down like enem y powithout being able sheep our men being td return the fire of the W m a y , with any effect, we passed on some to MI sudden turning to the left veyihwahheungewgeateeawmaye e o c tas s s id Under a in front, anal through this w e b a d t shower of balls from the houses on a e. Th e Sikhs and the s th Fusiliers got to the front, and kept up a steady fire at the houses f or some time with. the hope of lessening the musketry, but it we e of . Do use ; excited men can seldom fire into loop holes with any certainty, and we had to make the I beat of our way up the stvet, turning sharp round to the right, when we found ourselves in a long wldwstreet, with sheets of fire shooting out from the lenses. On we went, about a quarter of a mile, being repp( red from all sides, when suddenly we found ourselves' opposite to a large gateway, with folding doors, cornplete'y riddled with round shot and musket balls, the entrance to a largo en- closure At the side of thin was a small doprway, half blocked up by a small mud wall, and the Europeans and Sikhs were struggling to net through while the bullets were whistling about them I could not think what was up, and why we should be going in there, but after forcing my way up to the door, and getting my self being and shoulders over th e wall, I found my pulled over by a great unwashed, hairy creature, who set me on my legs, and p atted me on my back, awl to. nay:astonishment I found myself in the long looked-for Bailey Guard. What an entry compared of defence, &c., but Brigadier Inglis's report will give a very good idea of what was going on before we and I fancy you will find General Out ram'siarr report ve very interesting ; the most of us had good shelter except when en actual duty, but no man was certain of his life when moving about the intrenchment. I used to stroll about a good deal, but it was very dangerous. I have from necessity delayed finishing this letter from time to time, and i this is the last day of the mail. Matters continued in this style until letters were received from Sir Colin Campbell, saying he was coming on, and would be with us on the 10th of November. He was at Alumbagh on that date, and then the excitement commenced ; you cannot imagine the joyful state of mind we were all in, to think that we were once again to be free and enjoy the fresh air of heaven undisturbed. E'ir Colin took a long route outside the skirts of the city, taking several days to do it in, while we made arrange ments for meeting his force by undermining the buildings opposite our advanced post. At last he came near. Our mines blew up, our brave fellows rushed on, turned the scoundrels out, took up posts, and met their gallant reliever. The road was open to the camp, and a few privileged ones went to and fro. We were all forced to stick close to our pos ts, while those who visited the camp made our mouths water with tales of how they bad been fed on bread and butter and wholesome fresh grub. My bearer and khitmutgar came in from Alumbagh like good fellows, and I was once more jolly. In the mean time the Gwalior troops were approaching Cawn pore, and it was resolved by Sir Colin to give up the Residency, and, holding Alumbagh, march back to Cawnpore and crush the vermin. The Sikhs, ladies and children, and families, left one evening, and the whole garrison evacuated the in trenchment the next. What an anxious night that was ! We left at 12 o'clock, having withdrawn all our guns from position, so that if the scoundrels had only come on we should have had to fight every inch of our way while retiring ; but the hand of Providence, which had watched the little garrison for so long a time, never left it at the last, and the eye of the wicked was blinded while we marched breathlessly with beating hearts from our post, and, forming into line, walked through the narrow defiles and trenches leading from the ever memorable ' Bailey Guard.' Out we went while the enemy's guns still pounded the old wall, and while the bullets still whistled over the buildings, and, after a six miles' walk in ankle-deep sand, we were halted in a field and told to make ourselves com fortable for the night. Here we were in a pretty plight. Nothing to cover ourselves, while the cold was intense, so we lay down like so many sheep huddled together to keep ourselves warm, and so lay to the morning, when we rose stiff and cold, with a pretty prospect of the chance of finding our servants in a camp of 9,000 men. It was useless, and Colonel M—, W—, and F—, who chummed together, found some good friends in the officers of the military train, who put us up and made us most comfortable till we got our traps the next day. We then commenced our march, ar riving in Cawnpore on the third day, when we found the G walior devils in possession of the city, firing round shot and shell into the intrenchment. We passed over the river without hurt, and in three days commenced our march to Allahabad—i.e., the families, sick and wounded, and Oude civilians. 1 , We marched 24 miles each night—ladies and 1 children and wounded in hackerie', and the officers on foot or horse. It was miserable and so cold, going at the rate of two miles per hour. We at last arrived, and I again found myself safe and sound, without a scratch, though not quite so fat and sleek as I was on leaving. I have not used a tam. since June, and many people did not know me at first. I am a little browned by exposure, but now (Dec. 18) am as jolly and fat as ever." The following is an extract of a letter from an officer of her Majesty's ship Shannon, attached to the Naval Brigade, dated Cawnpore, Dec. 3 : " I am at this moment in bed, having been wounded five days ago by a spent grapeshot in my stomach. I was also hit three times in the leg by bullets, but they only grazed it, taking away a little skin, The Gwalior force attacked us last Friday - , and I was sent out with two guns, which I was or dered to take a-head of our skirmishers, so we got very well pitched into. My guns were heavy 24- pounder siege guns, and when our army retired they left me in solitary grandeur, getting pitched into by everything. The guns had been dragged into posi tion by bullocks, who, when we tried to get them up to the guns again to drag them back, galloped off to Cawnpore. After I had fired off all my ammuni tion, and the sepoys had got within 20 yards of us, I gave the orders to spike the guns, and retired, having bad one man killed and nearly all the men hit. I had been hit three times. We retreated to our skirmishers, who were 100 yards in our rear, and I got some volunteers to come out and try to bring the guns back. When I got up to the guns I was hit, and brought in by a rifleman." The following letter is from a boy of 19 to his mother : " Intrenched Camp, Cawnpore, Dec. 2, 1857. " My , :arling Mother,—Thank God I am safe and well, and through Go" mercy I hope to remain so. We have had terrible hard work here fighting the sepoys ; we have been at it five days together. The first day I was on my legs from 4 o'clock in the morning until 6in the evening. We paraded at 4 o'clock, and after standing on parade for an hour or two we marched off 1,500 strong. Nobody knew where we were going to, but I had a dim idea that we should see service that day, and sure enough we did. We marched on cheerily enough for two or three miles, the bands playing now and then in front. Presently there was a halt, the band came to the rear, and the fighting 88th (Connaught Rangers) came to the front. Whereat there were sundry murmurings among the officers of ' ours,' be cause our right—by seniority—of fighting first was thus taken from -us. The word is given to ' Ad vance 1' Bang ! goes a heavy gung, and whiz comes the immense mass of iron over our heads, and I am afraid I must plead guilty to feeling an extraardi nary sort of sinking in my stomach. On we go, some command is given, and the left wing wing of our regiment goes away somewhere (I am in the right wing). Bang! again. This time they have the right range, and the grapeshot tears through the column. The word is given, 'Extend into skirmishing order to the left.' Away we go, rushing on all the time ; we jump over a bank of•earth, and a man falls at my side. I think, 'Oh, he only tripped up.' I turn, and see the red blood gushing out on to the earth. And now the bullets come round us fast and thick. My spirit flask has the top grazed by a bullet. lam lost in as'onishment that lam not hit. I see thou sands of red-coated sepoys firing at us, and I get into a rage, and shout 'Come along, my boys, remem ber Cawnpore !' but in a feeble voice, trying to fancy myself brave, but fail totally in the attempt. We come to a stop at length, and thank goodness for it, for lam terribly blown. Here they rally the men, and get them together preparatory to tak ing three guns in front. A cheer, a long long heave of my breath, a clenching of my hands and teeth, and away Igo once more into the bullets. ' The guns are ours, hurrah !' "Three days more something like this ; I will not bother you with the fourth day. The last part we had been skirmishing all day, and towards six o'clock the blackguards made a rush, some 4.000 or 5,000 of them, to the bridg,o, which I was defend ing. Then came a fight between 1,500 tired Eng lishmen and 5 , 000 or more of fresh Sepoys, for these were the reserve. There are some 20,000 of them here. Please Goodness, I hope never to see such a hail , ,torm of bullets again. I saw men fall on every side of me ; splinters hit me, pieces of earth from bullets, &c., and there we were obliged lone' as possible ;' the ` kee p in g ' consisted in to stay. Our orders wcro 'to keep the bridge as standing still while a h urricane of balls passed through us. I must own he re that I lost my pre- Coli n C Bence of mind ; I said the Lord's Pr a y er, and thought I sho u ld never see you , darling, and all my d ear frien cl° again ; but God (thanks to him for it) has hitherto preserved. We after some time reteE atecl into the f ort, and defended It until relieved by Si r amplsell. " I bard bis cuit on the g roun d every n i g ht. I have and rum to li ve on . I neve r am able to sleep m ore t h an thxee hours at a stretch, but I have a capital appetite, good health, and I say my prayers every night that I may be allowed to see you again, and I am very happy and comfortable, so do not worry about me, darling." SIB COLIN CAMPBELL'S OPERATIONS. (From the Daily News.) Certainly the operations of Sir Colin Campbell, i❑ snatching the women and children of Lucknow from death, in rescuing General Windham from defeat, and at the same time in destroying the Gwalior Contingent, are most masterly. The des patches published on Saturday admirably describe the General's plan, and the mode in which it was executed. It may be well, however, to set forth the salient points in the description, that the public may recognise the infinite importance of a know ledge of military principles, and of skill in their application. We pass by for the present the exploits of Gene ral Windham. It is sufficient to say, that having deemed it necessary to retreat after his victory of the 26th, he found himself on the 27th attacked by the enemy with an overwhelming force of artillery. He was threatened, as he declares, on all sides— very seriously attaked in front and flank, and the same night retreated into the fort, losing a great part of his baggage. Cn the 28th the battle was renewed, but with no better success. General Windham was more closely pressed. His last line of entrenchments was attacked, and the bridge of boats, by which the Lucknow women and children were to °nape, was seriously threatened. That same night, however, Sir Colin Campbell arrived. Preceding his own column some two or three hours, he reached the entrenchments of General Windham dusk, "where," he says, " I learnt the true state of affairs. The retreat of the previous day had ben effected with the loss of a certain amount of camp equipage, and shortly after my arrival was reported to me that Brigadier Carthew had re treated from a very important post. All this ap peared disastrous enough, and the next day (che 29th) the city of Cawnpore was found in possession of the enemy at all points." To this pass had mat ters been brought by General Windham. Before proceeding further, let us describe the scene of action. The town of Cawnpore lies on the right or west bank of the Ganges, about 130 miles north-west of Allahabad. The town does not come quite down to the river. In order to reach the Ganges, a sandy plain of some two miles, covered with officers' bungalows with their compounds, or inclosures, must be traversed. These are the can tonments, and stretch several miles along the water-side. The river itself is crossed by a bridge of boats ; and over it is the only road to Lucknow. In this plait' of the cantonments there were en trenchments and a fortfor the purpose of protecting the bridge. It was in order to occupy these and to " preserve this bridge and the communications with Sir Colin Campbell" that General Windham was posted at Cawnpore. His post was, therefore, of vital importance. How he maintained it we need not now inquire. Through the cantonments there is a road. Some few miles south-east of Cawnpore this road joins the Grand Trunk Road—which, passing through that city, unites Delhi, Allahabad, and Calcutta—and northward of this junction, but before reaching Cawnpore, is the entrenchment where the late Sir Hugh Wheeler was besieged. This Grand Trunk Road, it should be observed, was the line of retreat for the rescued garrison of Lucknow, and for Sir Colin Campbell himself. Its safety was therefore vital. Now, at dusk on the 28th November, Sir Corn crossed the river, and took the command of General Windham's troops. On the 29th effectual means were taken to protect the bridge. Tllsame even ing the crossing began ; but it was not till the even ing of the 30th that the last cart had passed. The whole British force being now on the Cawnpore side of the Ganges, its position was this :—The British camp was in the form of a half circle. It stretched from some old Dragoon lines lying some where near the Ganges and the Fort southwestward, across the Grand Trunk Road, and round the pod timi occupied by Sir Hugh Wheeler. In short, Sir Colin's right rested on the right, his front and left covered the Grand Trunk Road, which, as has been observed, was his only line of retreat. So he stood the 2d of December. On the 3d, " the con voy, which had given me," says the noble-hearted old soldier, " so much anxiety, including the fami lies and half the wounded, was finally depatched," and on the evening of the sth every arrangement had been made for a general attack on the enemy the next morning. Now it should be observed that the city of Cawn pore lay in front of the British camp. There is a canal which runs east and west towards the Ganges, the larger portion of the city being on its northern side, the small er p ortion bein g onits southern side. As ir early Colin as the 28th—the very ev en i ng on w hi c h Sir a rrived from Lucknow—the m u ti neer s had been driven out of that part of the city which lay nearest the British entrenchments. And Brigadier Greathed had about the same time oc cupied the General Gung, an old bazaar of very considerable extent, which, as the despatch says, "lay a long the canal in front of the line occupied by the British camp." Thus it appears that the ornwofeeassl Delhi maAerindinetdsef n the th e c the enem y were on the north side of the canal ; whilst rs the British lay on the south side of the canal, hav ing at the same time one advanced post , Gene ral Gung, on the canal itself. On the Gth December, the morning of the attack, the enemy amounted to 25,000 men, and 30 guns. There is no estimate of the British force, but it calculation. These 25,000 had assembled Of the British art er i i ll t e h r e y j it ura is u iz could not in all probability exceed 7,000 or 8,000 p a rs eds distance l e n to men. fforormni any y ious quarters. The Gwalior men had come morning . of the The 6t bmyCtahlepereo,aodf which cawn joining Cawnpore on tl t i l e at no ff r o th m . N ana Sahib's people had come southward from robot camp was about two miles from Cawnpore on the Calpee Bithoor down the m it G y orn an were thus posted : the mutineers The rebels' right —f s , cn • ig the British left — stretched some way beyond the I ang e formed by the Grand Trunk Road and the Canal. We have already said that the eanal runs through the city east and west towards the Ganges, whilst the Grand Trunk Road runs north-west and parallel to that river. The canal and the road would therefore form an angle. The British might advance along the road, but would be obliged to cross the canal before closing with the enemy. There were only two biidges for this purpose. Such was the enemy's right.—Hie centre was in the city of Cawnpore. He occupied the houses and bazaars which over hung the canal. The ' city is full of narrow lanes— so narrow that in one of them we nearly lest one of our guns—and the principal streets were carefully barricaded. This centre of the enemy was exactly opposite to the bazaar called the General Gung— the advanced Positi • • on occupied by Brigadier Great hed. This position of the centre, strong as it seems, proved his weakness, for itappears that ,between his centre and his • right there was the wall of the town, which separated one portion of his position from the other so completely that in case of emergency he had no means of transferring troops from his left to hi s right. Such, then, was his cen tre.---His left occupied what is called the old can tonment. This is,no doubt, that portion of the ground which lies between the city and the Ganges. In its rear, about one mile and a half in a direct lino from the British intrenchrnents, was the Suba dier's Tank. This formed tho strength of this part of his position. In front of this the Baptist chapel stood ; and 11 're it was where Brigadier Wil-on lost his life in a gallant but too daring charge. Such was his left. —_Thus U 8 the whole line of the enemy ex tended from the Ganges through the city of Cawn pore and along the canal westward of the city wall, which is perpendicular to the canal. It should be observes', moreover, that the camp of the enemy lay two miles in rear of his right, and covered the Calpee road ; ; above all, it is to he remarked that the Calpee road was the line of retrest of the re bels. In short, as Sir Colin Campbell says, the canal, along which were placed the enemy's centre and right, was the main feature of his position ; and the canal could only. be passed in the latter I NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. A COTTON SP direction by two bridges. BURNIN Now, what was Sir Colin to do I If he attacked the enemy's left with his right he would have to encounter the whole 25,000—he would have to un cover his own line of retreat—he would have to fight with his back to the Ganges—and would as sure the enemy a safe retreat, even if they were de feated. If he attacked the centre he would have to cross the canal, and engage in a terrible conflict in narrow streets, with death looking out from every window. The only comae left was to attack their right with his left. In so doing his military genitis discerned advantage of which he did not neglect to avail himself. He saw that the enemy's right was practically cut off from his centre and left. "The wall of the town," he says, "which gave cover to my attacking columns on my right was an effec tive obstacle to the movement of any portion of the enemy's troops from his left to his light. It appeared to me, therefore," be addS, " that if his (the enemy's) right was vigorously attacked, it would be driven from its position without assistance coining from other parts of the line." In short the right of the enemy would be assailed by the whole British force ; it would be overpowered before it could be reinforced ; the mutineers in the town would be taken in rear, the enemy's left would be cut off from the rest of the army ; and last, but not least, Sir Colin would obtain possession of the enemy's camp and hurry them on to a disastrous retreat, with the probable loss of all their camp equipage. His anticipations were fully realised. At 9 o'clock on the morning of the 6th a heavy bombardment was opened from the British entrenchment near the Ganges, east of Cawrpore, so as to induce the enemy to believe that be was to be attacked in that quarter. With characteristic prudence the baggage was driven down to the river side to avoid the slightest risk of accident. Brigadier Greathed's three regiments were reinforced by the 64th, and ha was desired to occupy the General Gung—the Bazaar on the canal, opposite the enemy's centre, as he had done for some days. The rest of the British force—consisting of an artillery brigade, including Capt. Peel's heavy guns, cavalry brigade under Hope Grant, and three weak infantry brigades under the Hon. A. Hope, Walpole, and Inglis, of Lucknow_were drawn up iu contiguous columns in the plain of the cantonments, and effectually masked from the observation of the enemy. On the morning of the 6th Dec., soon after 11, all was ready. The infantry then deployed in parallel lines fronting the canal. Hope was in advance in one line, Inglis of LuCknow was behind in the second. The cavalry and horse artillery were sent to cross the canal by the bridge a mile and a half to the westward, and to threaten the enemy's rear. Immediately to the left of Briga dier Greethed, who was posted in the General Gung Bazaar, was another bridge across the canal. This was crossed by Brigadier Walpole, aided by Capt. Smith's guns. Keeping along the city wall ho drove the enemy from some brick kilns. The Sikhs and the 53d did the same on the lef r. The wholeline advanced. The daring Peel leads over the canal bridge with a heavy gun, accompanied by H.annaford, a soldier of the 53d. His other guns follow ; and Sir Colin exclaims in amazement, "on this occasion there was the sight beheld of 24-pounder guns advancing with the firet liue of skirmishers." The whole tr )ops are over the canal. The two parallel red lines are again visible. The enemy are driven back at all points. His camp, two miles in rear, and covering his lino of retreat, is reachel and taken at 1 o'clock /9 1 in the afternoon, and his rout is complete along the +Lo and 24U Calpee road. So fared the Gwalior right. In a word, his line has been cut in two. He has been a wives and children of ` r attacked in detail and has lost the day. ~a Regiment, who arrived at But now not a moment was to be thrown away. - a rew days ago from Gibraltar, eml For 14 miles along the Calpee road the ene m y is the Irish team packet for Dublin. The Fairy yacht, Master Commar h o tly pursued with cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Welch, arrived at Sheerness, tee Sir Colin Campbell believes that not one single gun the Thames, having a north-se or cart of ammunition which had been on the right ilespatch-s for the Cur acoa of the enemy's position escaped. But the victory The latter proceeded fro was not yet complete. Tile left of the enem y w::s A.. e din ed i t ral o A 's ooffice, and r' ' e it still untouched. Accordingly, as the Comm ander- Admiralty ord r e p r in-Chief passed the enemy's camp, he left General trday, and ' Mansfield, his chief of the staff, with a detachment Fairy r. ter to secure the captured.camp and to take the pesiti.n The so of the Subadar's Tank, which, as we have already Asmi" described, stood in rear of the enemy's left. By Y r. skilful tactics he accomplished his task, and the same evening saw the Gwalior left in full retreat westward. The centre finding themselves taken in rear and their camp captured, seem to have aban doned the town. Such was the battle of Cawnpore. Two days after, Hope Grant completed the de ‘struction of the enemy at Serai-Ghat. To euloglse such exploits is idle. The mere facts of this skilful achievement are enough. Sir Colin C tmpbell and General Mansfield are soldiers of the true stamp. Orders have been issued from .the War-office to Maj ,r-General Slade, Commandant of she Colches ter camp, to hold in readiness the following officers and men to join their respective regiments in India —43 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist Regiment of Foot ; 28 of the 44th, under the corn mand of Lieut. Acklom ; 36 men of all ranks of the 3d battalion of the 60th Rifles ; and 60 non-com mission.d officers and men of 66th, under Ensign Westropp. In all, 167 men and two officers, making a total f upwards of 700 Mein and officers who, from that camp, have joined their regiments on service in India. The above troops are expected to march to-morrow. Their destination will be Madras, and *hey will be despatched by over land route. Quite a revival has taken place in the number of recruits enlisted within the last fortnight —the majority of those attested being for the Rifle Brigade. The temporary camp at Clacton has been broken up for the winter, and Languard Fort, near Harwich, is uow used as a station for the instruc tion of the men in musketry. The following officers have joined their respec tive Indian depots at Chatham garrison :—Col. R. N. Phillips, commanding the 2d Battalion ; Major H. D. Ellis, Ist Battalion ; Capt. A. Wright, to command the depot of the 81st ; and Lieut. G. F. Webster, 19th. Since the reduction of the standard to 5 ft. 3 in. for recruits for those regiments &living in and 5 ft. 4 in. for other infantry regiments, nearly 100 recruits have arrived at Chatham for the pur pose of joining the various Indian depots at that garrison. The number of recruits arrived at Ch,thatn, which had fallen off considerably during the past few weeks, is now on the increase, and it is expected that the average number who will join at Chatham for several weeks to come will be upwards of 200 per week. Notwithstanding the large draughts constantly leaving to reinforce the rk-gi merits in India the garrison at Chatham is still very Strong, there being upwards of 2,000 non-commis sioned officers and men of regiments of the line. The number of reinforcements now waiting at Chat ham for embarkation is nearly 1,000 officers and men. The late Brigadier-General Wilson, K. H. , who was killed at the head of the 64 h Regt. in charg img the guns at Cawnpore, had been nearly half a cen.'ui yin active service. His first commission as ensign bore date Oct. 31, 1809. He commanded the 64th with Havelock's movable column at. the defeat of the reb Is at Ootiao and Buseerut Gunge, and commanded the force which attacked and routed a party of iebels at Bitboor on the 18th Oct. last. On Nov. 28, atter charging the guns with his regiment, and spiking two of them, he found himself over whelmed by numbers, and compelled to retire to wards the iiitrenched camp. He bad most gallantly gut some of the men together behind a bou-e, where he made a stand for some lime. Here he was mor tally wounded. Capt. Bowlby ace three men of the 64th then carried him back into the intrenchnaents, distant about a mile, under a heavy fire of grape. Ho was sensible, thanked Capt. Bowlby for stand ing by him, and requested him to write to his wife and say that he had died in discharge of his duty. He was buried in the ruins of the church at Cawn- pore. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Royal mail packet Pera is ordered to embark on the 3d inst., at Southampton, the fol lowing detachments for Alexandiia, on their way to Madras overland :—From C , lch-ster--43 met, of the Ist battalion of Ist Foot ' • Lieut. G. E. Ack lom and 28 men of the 44 th ; 3 6 men of the 3d bat talion of 60th Rifles ; Eesign R. G. Westropp and 6U men of the 66th. Frem Abrdeen—rLieut. H. Jameson and 9 men of the 74th. From Fermoy -17 men of the 68th ' • and 34 of th e 69th. From Chatham—Lieut. S. T. Sargent of the 43d. The whole under the command of a field officer. The same company's mail ship Ripon is ordered to embark on the 10th inst. the following officers and men for the same route and d estination :—Lieut.- Col. K. D. MiKenzie, Capts. E. C. B. Elphinstone, and W. E. Newall, Lieut. R. B. M`Ewen, Ensign A. Eddington and D. B. H. Johnstone, and 24U men of the 92d Foot. Yesterday morning the wives and children of the soldiers of the 92d Regiment, who arrived at Ports mouth a few days ago from Gibraltar, embarked in the Irish steam packet for Dublin. The Fairy yacht, Master Commander David N. Welch, arrived at Sheerness, on Saturday from the Thames, having a north-sea pilot on board and despatches for the Curacoa, Capt. T. H. Mason ; the latter proceeded from the Fairy to the Port Admiral's office, and there received orders to pio ceed to Ant werp immediately to act as directed by Admiralty orders. The Curacoa got up steam yes t-rday, and left Sheerness at 11.15 a.m. The Fairy returned to the river Thames on Saturday. The screw steam-gun vessel Alacrity, Commander Armine wodehouse, arrived at Sheerness late on Friday evening last from Devonport, coaled from the coal depot, and left cn the following day for Gravesend. The Osborne paddle-wheel steam-yacht, Master Commander, G. H. K. Bower, co m pl e t e d h er coal ing at Sheerness on Saturday, , and proceeded for the riv r Thames. The Valorous steam-frigate, Capt. W. C. Ald ham, completed her coaling at Sheerness, and has left for the liver Thames. The Majestic, 80 guns, screw steam-ship is ordered to be taken into the fi ting basin at Sheer ness for immediate service. The Royal Geolge, 102, is completely rigged in No. 3 dip dock at Sheerness, and is to be put out of dry dock this day. Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lushington, K, C. 8., who it w ill be recollected commanded the naval brigade in the Crimea until he obt tiued flag rank, was on Saturday appointed to the command of the Bra zilian station in the place of Vice-Admiral Wallis. • Mr. A. W. L. Browne has been appointed mate f otthe Racoon. 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It is expected that she will take out between 200 and 300 troops, who will proceed overland to India. Capt. So 3 commanded the Oriental in 1840, when she con veyed the first overknd Indian mail from Seuth atnpton to Alexandria soon after the practicability of the Red Sea route was demonstrated by Lieut. Waghorn. Capt. Soy was buried on Saturday in Southampton Cemetery, and followed to the grave by the officers, engineers, and crew of the Pera. He was a most careful and ~uccessful commander. His anxiety for the safety of his ship while at sea was unceasing, and passengers who yoyaged with him had the most unbounded confidence in his skill and watchfulness. Although Capt. Soy came home on his last trip in almost a dying state, nothing cluld. prevent him interfering so as to ensure the safe navigation of the Pera and the comfort of the passengers. Had he stuck to his old and compara tively small ship 'wins, he would probably have lived a few years longer. The Pera is larger by nearly 1,000 tons than the Indus, and it is past question that these monster steamers increase the wear and tear of both the mind and body of a cum matelot.. Cap % S iy was 55 years old when he died. The Ripon, Capt. Powell, will leave Southampton for Alexandria on the 11th, and will thus be the pioneer ship of a weekly steam communication be tween Southampton and India. Eighteen years ago steam-packeta communication was first established between Eu4and. and Ltd a via Egypt. lc, was then a monthly communication, and was fortnightly a few years ago. The L-tipou, it is expected, will take out upwards of 200 troops to proceed overland to India. The Malabar, a new steamer, is expected sitottly at Southampton to be placed on the Penin sular line. She wilt be commanded by Capt. Brad ,.haw. Very soon, the Peninsular and Oriental Company will have 32 steamers in the India and China seas. THE ELECTION Fort REIGATE.—It was expected by Mr. Martin, the returning officer for the borough, that the writ for the election would have been sent down on Saturday, fourteen days, the period requir,d by law, having elapsed since the offic.al not:►6t: l 4ton of the vaca,cy appeared in the Gazette, but it did not arrive, and it can at now be received befire this (M. n lay) to 'fling. The nomination will taks on F r id a y. Under the arrAngernents we described la.t week as adopted by Messrs. W•lkineon, Walters, and Doulion for a:“(1 to ping the trued 01 th, electors, and abating the dangerou- xcess of liberal candidates, a ballot had been t:tken in the following manner : three cards, on which wk re written the names of the Liberal ca.odidAes, were enclosed in an envelope and addressed to every elector, with a request that he •.voull return the name Lf !be gentleman to whom he wished to give hie support. The arrds were all counted up on Thursday in the presence or the candidates, and it was found that Mr. Doulton had the great :r number of supporters ; it was conse (prowl), arranged that Ili, should stand as the liberal candniate, and that the 0, her two gentlemen should rater There are now three ca.itlidetes in the field— Mr. Doultor, who represents .the lib ral interest, and Sir H, R.Awlit.;son and Mr. Monson, who come forward as liberal cobservatives, and the contest is expected to be a very close one. RETURN TO FOIL THIE.—The Preston Oh,roniele of satur4ay :_.‘ W t , are g!ad to learn rha. Me-see. Horrockses, Miller, and Co., who ha ve lare,l been working four days a week, have given tostructiotH for the whole of their mills to commence running full time next Mi n ;l a y. Considetvg that this concern employs above 3,000 bands, the change will be an acceptable one f or All classes." -; , "NNE. CH. IRGIRD WITh S MILL. ly in Noveutber last the cotton-spinning mill of Mr. G. Thwaites, at Euxten, ntar Chorley, was wholly destroyed by fire. There were suspicious circumstances attending the fire, which caused in quiries to be instituted as to its cause, but leading to no result at the time. The mill was insured in the Manchester office for the sum of 2,6701. It now appears that a person named James Heiden, a car der, in the employ of Mr. Thwaites, has made a statement to the effect that his master instigated him to set fire to the mill, and that- he was to receive 1001. for the deed. On Wednesday last Mr. Thwaites and Holtleu were both apprehended and lodged in the lick-up at - Chorley on the above charge. On Thursday morning they were brought before Mr. Augustus W. Smethurst, and remanded to Saturday, when they were again brought up. Henderson, policeman, who apprehended Hol-, den, stated that he admitted having set the mill on fire by Mr. Thwaites's desire. Holden said—There was nobody in the office when Mr. Thwaites told me to set it on fire. He said, " Well, Jemmy, I am losing money ; this place is doing me no good. Could you burn it down ? There has been many a mill burnt down be fore, and if you will do it, and let nobody know, I will give you 1001." I could not help from telling, for I had been so very uneasy, and it has put" our folk so much out of the way. I have been away drinking. I told my father what I had done a week or two ago. I got some oil and cotton, and wetted the cotton with oil, and put it among the bobbins in the card-room, struck a match, and set fire to it. I went into- the mill through a window. Mr. Tewaitis courted one of my sist-rs ; he is a married man, and his mistress was so put out of the way about it that toy sister was turned away from the mill. I have worked for Mr. Thwaites ever since the fire, at 12s. a week. Mr. Thwaites has given me about 61., at V. and 21. a time, as wages. I have been watching the place. I have nut asked him for 100/. ; 1 have asked him for a trifle, and he has said that he bad not got it. Ido not wish to say any more about it. I have done it. Nobody had ever seen or known anything until I had told of it myself. Both the prisoners were committed for trial. Country Markets. LEICESTER-JAN. 30. At our corn market wheat sold at a reduction of is per qr. Barley is advance. Oats and beans firm at last day's currencies. But few peas, and is dearer. GRANTHAM-JAN. 30. Wheat in large supply, and 2s per qr. lower. Malting barley fully as dear ; grinding is dearer. Oats scarce, at last week's rates ; beans unchanged. NOTTINGHAM-JAN. 30. Wheat in better condition to-day, and the market ruled dull, at a decline of is to 2s per qr. ; good white samples making 58s. Barley on fair offer, and is lower. In oats and beans sto alteration. NORWICH-JAN. 30. There was a fair supply of wheat to•day, best samples nearly supporting last week's rates, and inferior is lower. A less supply of barley. Flour a dull sale at 32s per sack from the miller. _ White wheat, 508 to 548 ; red, 41s to 48s ; barley, 39s to 428. ; flour, 328 to —s per sack; beans, 42s to 44i; peas, 44s to 435. DA.LKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JAN. 28. Qra. Best. Current. Iralaio , 670 Wheat 50s Od 4OB 2id 26, 01 Jl7l Oats 27s Gd 22s 4id l9, Od 938 Barley 32s 6d 26s 9d 74 Peas & beans 398 0d... 36s 8d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JAN. 29. WHEAT. BARLEY I OATS. I BRAINS. First .. 50s Od 35s 01 29s Od 1 403 Od Second 4os 7d 1 28s 10d / 24s '2d 137 4d Third 3 ls 0 ( 1 1 24s Od 1 19 3 6d 1 343 61 Total quantity of wheat in plarket, 867 qrs., 753 sold OP barley „ 766 qrs., 747 sold oats ~ 578 qrs., 544 sold ~ ~ beans li2 qrs., 164 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 0 7 10-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 810 2-12 tbs Oats, ... 14 4 2 11.12ths 1 Beans, .....11. 17 4 11-120 0 ABERDEEN= —JAN. 29. Potato oats 193 Odto 20s Od 1401bs per bushel Common oats lBs Od t o 18 s 6d Bere 23 s Od to 25s Od 1531bs Barley .... . 23s Od to 25 s Od Wheat, red (spring)3o s Od to 33s Od white 2 Bs Od t o 44 s Od 621bs Oatmeal l ss Od to L's Od per boll. 1 „ Flour ......... . 3Bs Od to 39s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb sd to 8d Butter, p lb. s—dtois 0 3 mutton, per lb sd t o 8d I Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to 03 9i Lamb, do., Os 5d to Ok 8d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6 , 1 Veal, per lb .. 5d to Os 8 . I Chick ens ,d o .2 s Od.t o I, 6 1 Pork, perib...Os Oct to Os Od Ducks, do., is 6d to 2 , - . o ,j Salmon, p er lb Os Od 1 Ducklings,do2 B Od t o 2s 6' Grouse, per brace..,...os to Os Tu r k e y s , eac h O s Od to O A 01 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s Od Potatoes, pr pock, —d to I°l Rabbits, each 7d to Bd. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....86s to 100' —d to i 2 a Eggs, wholesale price, p er dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 1s 841 Oatmeal Os Od to is 7d „ dust, ..... Os to Os loa Beremeal ....Os Od to is Cd , per lb 2d to 20 Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, _ _ Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 4-lb. 10af...6d. I 2-lb. 10af...3d. DUBLIN, JAN. 29. We have again to report an extremely depressed market_ to-day. Wheat was Oct lower than on Tuesday, and oa t ; and barley, except of the best qualities, scarcely support e d that day's currencies. Indian corn held more firmly, a e an advance of Gd to is was realised on merely retail tranr actions. White wheat, 27s Od to 28s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od 2 ?, ° 6d, ditto new, —s Od; barley, ma lti ng, 14 s to 19s Od; log, —s to —s ; oats, old, 11s Od to 14s; , ditto, new, Od to —l3 01; oatmeal,l4s to 15s Od; here, new, 14s to t a r, Od ; rapese , d, 23s Od to 25 s Od per b rl ; bakers' flour, 141 Od to 203 Od per owt ; I n di an corn, 31s 01 to 333 Od Pe`: 480 lbs. DEATH FllO5l StIFFOCATIoN. —An engineer belonging to the screw- s learner Gannet, C a pt a i n R a i nes , o f Hui' lying alongside the American ship Great Republic, is the Victoria r•.-clis, lost hi s lif e on T ues d a y n i g ht los s through suff oca ti on, h av i ng incautiously taken a b oo k.t of burning coals into his berth and gone to Ele e P i ; Another engine er , w h o s l ept i n the same berth, nei i t shared a s i m il ar f ate. He was quite insensible, an d was nearly nine hours before be was restored. A.DVI trititibittta. 1— SIGHT AND FrE/RIN. 511101,0 1,1 e 1 • POWERFUL TELESCOPES-- OPERA, RACE, AND PINS" m %USW. —S. and B. Solomontr, opticians, 39, Alberar l . street., Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel; a y By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable anu..,4 traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brimr„ Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspec t a s - Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes p° l l, — ,s, such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half 10 4, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's ra° °-- i Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telesel i can be seen a pers on ' s coun t enance three-and-a-half 10_,t.1 distant and an object f rom 16 to 20 miles. FO7 the rr, - g coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with incres7, powers accordingly. Th e R oya l E x hi bition, 1851. —AI tot able, newly-invented, v er y sma ll , powerful, W a i stcoa t-Poc j Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen known ono and a-half mile distant. They answer ever/ P o i pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Co Asy scenery and ships are clea r ly seen a t 12 t o 14 miles .c "—fp are invaluable for shooting , deer-stalking, yachting to ' , sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, an d tour i sts. °l, it, el Camp, Perspective, a nd R ace - course flasses, with won." t o powers. - Invaluable preser v i ng Spectacle Lenses °L ic ett greatest transparent powe r Th e great advantage aeThre• from this invention is, that vision impaired become° i k Asi served and strengthen e d an d , ery aged persons are es s o to employ their sight at the most minute occupation- 00 ,4 with those lenses of a much less magnify ing power they do not require the freque n t c h ange s to th e gerous effects of further powerful assistance. r i ",j. can be suited at the moo , remote part of the world 137 1 7.4 ins one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, _T o g stating the distance from the eye they can read smaill: with it, and those who have not made use of spectate' p p Vibrator, an extraordivarLy powerful, small, newly-inve Deafness. — New Discovery.—The 0111: 1... „A statinginstrument t he i r f a o g r deatness, entirely different from all et surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prole aby can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sig, il4 .l not perceptible. It en a bl es d ea f persons to hear distino,ll;6( churchatoi at public asse m bl ie , ; th e unpleasant seneaticord, singing noises in the e ars i s en ti re ' v removed, an d it su„, all the assistanc e th a t poss ibl y could be desired.- 39 ,, . Am raarle-street, Piccadilly.—Opposite the York hotel, BIRTHS. t he BUTLER—On the 29th ult. ' , at 26, Brompton-squi"' wife of Thomas Butler, Esq., of a daughter. CHILD—On the 29th ult., at 1, Regent- pla c e , Mrs. Win. Child, of a son . f ob HEIDEMAN—On the 29th lilt., at 66, Inverness - t er .,„ d 4 Kensington-garde ns , tho wife of W. F. Heideman , ' l. of a son. LOPES—On the 29th u lt. , a t M ar i s t ow, near 1 3 11 03°Titlit Lady Lopes, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. A i r DUTTON — COUSENS----On the 28ch nit., at St. in'p . 'icbo' D bo u t t t' t o o , u, Kensington, ()hallos Morgan only son of ",,,nr icon, to Mary Emma, eldest daughter of R. T. C °ll Eiq., of Burntwood Lodge, Wandsworth ,700, Esq., of Hyde-park-gate south. • DHS. COLSON—On the 29th uIt., EAT oisplo4l°. at Larkhall.lane, •••••- - Richard Colson, Esq., aged 87. r tlif GOLDSWORTHY —On tho 25th ult., John H. Golds vi° Esq., of Stepney, aged 75. odd , GOODDAY—On the 27th ult., the Rev. Win. : rector of Stantunr-cum-Falmer, Sussex, aged u"' 007 HOWARD—On the 2 - ,th ult., at Greenwich, Michael Howard, Esq., aged 71. liali* MUNRO —At Muirtown House, Inverness, GeDera l of Teaninich, aged 80. g UNWIN—On the Nth ult., Mr. William Sok , Un of Loniliard-road, Battersea, aged t 3. „,„ 8, g. WAKEFIELD—On the 28th ult., at his residen ce' residen ce' '— tigny-place, Bath-street, City-road, St. Luk eit Wakefield, aged 69. - . — L'` y 0 LONDON : Printed and Published by MUIWO of No, 112, Strand, Print ar , a t Th e Sun 03 ' — co 'ull 1 if 11'x, Strand, in the Precinct, of the Savoy. in tba of Middle B ex, Monday, February 1, 1858. I L 1 V