The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing l'epresentations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DAY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : Tutesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA : Violetta, Piccolo mini ; - Alfredo, Giuglini. Thurs d a y, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azueena, Sannier ; Manrico, Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO Marie, • Piccolomini. Last Scen e o f I M ARTIRI, comprising Cie celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Ging! lini. Prices :—Pit Stalls , 12e 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. The Box-office will be opened of Thursday, March 11. Places i g n the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish, stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the commencement of the Summer Season. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new eersie Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclereq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be p re s e nted the historical play of LOUIS XL Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean. After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, Tho Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Rate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor snack ; Clown, Mr. Hnline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T ARA TRE-ROYA L, DRIIRY-LA.NE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), March 6, CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Els. worthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. COMMIZICe at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MCRE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B. Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS ro CONQUER. Miss Woolgar and Mr. Toole. To be followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. Nan, Miss Woolgar; Tom Dibbles, Mr. J. L. Toole. After which, the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs. Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. lox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING,wiII be performed the play of LUCREIIA BORGIA. After which, MY WIFE'S OUT. To conclude with THE SAILOR OF FRANCE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. log company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S:lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, tile., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunel', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jongtnans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, lie., until twelve o'clock. Mr. A.IIGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN Ornoz, Winos 6. THERIKOMMTWR, IN THE SALMI. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this day at noon. BAROWITIEB, down to 28.98, now up to 29.03. WIND, variable, from W.N.W. to N.W. ; very fresh and squally, with snow, rain, and sunshiny weather. It rained heavily in the the night, and was very stormy. rfe l f 4C : ) ( 14 le: • _ 4 Amis\int , (, c-*) • LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1858. every gentleman who has a regard for our Con e stitution or the happiness of posterity." He allowed, as officers depend " for their preferment as well as for the continuance of their com mission on the arbitrary will of the Crown, or of the Prime Minister, or of the General in command, that they may be influenced by thit General or Minister, to acquit or condemn not according to justice, but - according to his will or pleasure." But he contends that the oath of secrecy will not obviate this danger. "We know how little an oath is regarded by mankind. Officers, therefore, will still be afraid of their vote becoming known to the Crown. They will continue, therefore, to be under the same influence as they now are. Nay, more so I For ministers and generals, ' under tie old system of open voting, would not risk the imputation of having dismissed or dis appointed an officer who voted contrary to their direction." Then, like modern opponents of the Ballot, he argues, in the teeth of his former ad missions, and asserts, " that no officer of the army would be afraid of doing justice lest he should incur the displeasure of another officer." But, and surely the most ad captandum argument of all to the House of Commons Should any court-martial be guilty of a breach of the privi leges of the House, how could they detect and punish the offending officers ?" Such is a very condensed summary of JOHN MORTON ESQUIRE'S arguments for leaving dependent officers and their superiors to the restraints of their own sense of justice and honour, and to the check of public opinion. Him answering (as the patriarch of poetry would say), the father of the great orator replied—" That so different was the nature of civil law and its methods of procedure from military law, that no argument from one to the other would hold. This fact disposed of the only danger suggested by MORTON. Even the House of Com mons, when it had heard counsel on a case, closed its doors while it consulted. The common law judges ought to be, and now were, rendered as independent as possible. If the secresy were an evil, it was yet impossible to avoid every inconve nience, and the least must be chosen. Now it was impossible in the nature of things to make the judges in a court-martial independent of the Commander-in-Chief ; and no way could he think of (to avoid the undue influence of the Comman der••in-Chief) but by preventing its being known how every particular member voted." Now, we may surely ask Lord JOHN RUSSELL whether tenant farmers, mortgagors, creditors, dec., are not to the full as dependant as military officers, and whether he, with all his purity of election of bills, has been able to touch even the offence of " undue influence t" He will find that his wis dom in no way transcends that of his great poli tical ancestor ; unless, indeed, his wisdom really be the cunning rather, which desires to keep the undue landlord influence while he seems to aim at repressing it. Mr. Fox did not believe, and experience has confirmed his views, that officers could be regard less of their oaths, and considered the danger to the service, of publicity, by generating animosities between officers who should act together, would be most detrimental to the service. As detrimental, we may add, as political animosities often are, under open voting, between neighbours. A judge, he observed, rarely came in contact again, after delivering judgment, with the parties who might be offended with his decision. But officers neces sarily did so, and though an offended officer " might not seem to show any resentment against him on that account, he might pick a quarrel with him on some other account, and might put an end to his life in a duel, without its being possible ever for a court-martial to determine that the duel proceeded from a secret resentment of what the deceased had done at a court-martial." Substitute offended landlord for offended officer ; for picking a quarrel, some flimsy pretext about bad farming ; or, very frequently an unce remonious notice to quit ; and the loss of a farm and all the capital sunk in improvements, with the expense of transferring, perhaps selling off stock— the loss perhaps of his own bread and that of his family, for the loss of life in a duel—and Mr. Fox has unquestionably mirrored the influences under which not unfrequently half the votes of a county are given. We hope Lord J. Russann will ponder over the lesson of this old debate. It is time for him to concede frankly the wish of the people. He had better be quick. The Ballot is most cer tainly only a question of time. The statesman who first frankly offers it to the people will be the last whom they will forget. Even should he stimulate the Danny Ministry to adopt it, he would have the credit of it. We strongly advise him to try another letter—say to Mr. BERKELEY, who will be only too happy to hear from him. Re alone at present stops the way. He cannot do it for long : had he not better stand aside, or, still better, lead the grand Reform movement of the day. Of one thing we can assure him, that no Reform Bill he can proffer will be worth much more than a DE.RBY-DISRAELI Reform Bill, without the Ballot. Indeed, we know no reason why Lord DERBY should not give us quits as good a Reform Bill as Lord JOHN'S last ; and if his Lordship does but add the Ballot, Lord J. Russzur, and all the BM/PONDS, ELLIOTS, and GREYS may bid adieu to office for many a long year. The Ballot is the grand test of difference between the men who can trust the people, who mean to govern so that they can do it, and the men who, like Lord PALMERS TON, clutch every appointment and every honour for a selfish aristocracy. and, Lord PALMERSTON was once so justly solicitous. But now, at the dictation of a Foreign Power, or still worse, in servile anticipation of its desires, nous c ha e g principles n stoutt la we have compl e t e ly a b an d one d h e s e oProudly and st renuous l y asser t e d t n In the olden time ! So far as the Foreign-office is concerned, every Englishman is deemed guilty until he has proved himself to be innocent. Nay more, he must, like C2ESAR'S wife, show him self to be " above suspicion." He must procure unequivocal recommendations from a magistrate or banker, before he can obtain per mission even to set his foot on the soil of La Belle Franca ! Should his parent, brother, wife, or child, be languishing at the point of death, and he be anxious to take a last farewell—he must seek out some friendly householder, known to the magistrate, who can testify to his respectability and good conduct. It may not even be sufficient to show satisfactory reasons for leaving that he has obtained employment in France, which may be lost unless he can at once enter on its duties ; or, that a vessel in which he was deeply interested had been stranded, or otherwise imperilled, on the French coast, and that his presence during the early part of the emergency may be of vital consequence to his future prospects in life. Some magistrates, to their honour be it said, take the trouble of patiently investigating such claims, and, if well founded, supplying the necessary document. But the great majority refuse to do so, unless ac quainted witk the person, or, at all events, having a certificate from some person well known to the magistrate. Even then there must be considerable delay and expense in addition to the 6s. required at the Foreign-office. The would-be traveller must probably spend a day before he can obtain the magisterial recommendation, and that must be lodged twenty-four hours before the vain able document can be issued. There is thus on an average two days' time lost to every tra veller, in addition to that which may be expended in travelling to London, or in corresponding with the Foreign Secretary. Surely it is not our duty to act as police for France, or to refuse the necessary facilities to any British subject. When a person can show that he owes allegiance to Queen VICTORIA he should be entitled to the privileges belonging to that character, although he might not be willing to produce testimonials of respecta bility, or to subject his private affairs to a strin gent and inquisitorial scrutiny. But having thus shown the vexatious inquiry, and, we may add, insults of the present course, we may inquire what possible security can it afford either to the EMPEROR, or the French nation ? We should rather say, that although it might frequently prove troublesome to bona fide and harmless travellers, it would not in the slightest degree avert the designs of conspirators, or supply better information to the police. Any man, or body of men, engaged in a desperate enterprise will have no difficulty in pro curing everything en regte, so as to satisfy, and possibly mislead the police, who, relying on inadequate precautions, will relax the caution that might otherwise be exercised. Any supposed protection always defeats its object. Men should trust to themselves, and not lean on what almost invariably turns out to be " broken reeds." It was the attempt for which Oitsua, PIERRI, and RIIDIO are now lying under sentence o f death that led to the additional stringency now enforced. In consequence of that conspiracy Great Britain is designated as a lair of assassins, and Englishmen are supposed to be friendly to political murder. It was asked why we did not ferret out the secret plottings of these men. We may, however, reply, more Hibernico, by inquiring, why were the French Police so remiss in the execution of their duty ? The parties inculcated were well known. Information had previously been given of the contemplated crime. If the passport system was worth a single farthing, the parties would have been seized long before the time when the crime was about to be perpetrated. We venture to as3ert that if a similar hint were given to our own detec tives, the secret would be ferretted out, and the effort prevented. Even the infernal machines were duly passed through the French Customhouses without the slightest steps being taken to prevent their deadly operation. If the EMPEROR desires to ward off such attacks, let him rely rather on his moderation, clemency, and justice, on the love and loyalty of his subjects, merited by judicious government and gentle rule—than on repressive measures or stringent passport regulations,which, although powerful for evil, are totally ineffective for good. If Lord Joule RUSSELL will inquire of the Par liamentary Session of the year 1749, he will learn something for his advantage. He will find in that year a debate on the Mutiny Bill, and spe cially he will find a discussion on the subject of open and secret voting in Courts-martial. The advocates of electoral independence have often, and naturally, referred to the practice of the army. No Englishmen claim to be more thoroughly English, more above all suspicion of cowardice in the field or out of it, and more sensitive to the slightest suspicion of their honour—in a word, to be gentlemen of better breeding, than the officers Mr. Disr ae li, as l ea d er o f t h e Mi n i sterial party in the of our United Service. These high merits are House of C ommons , h as i ssued a circular to the Conger 'Wive Members soliciting their attendance on the 12,h freely conceded to them. Our officers are a part instant. It is also understood that there will also be a of our nation's pride. It is quite reasonable, strong master of Liberals on the occasion. The Right Hon. J, W. itenley, the President of the Board of Trade, has appointed Mr. J. Henley hie Pri therefore, when independent voting is the goes- The Secretary ; and the Eorl of Donouolimore, Vice tion, and when it is known that officers are very frequently voters in Courts-martial, to inquire, President, has appointed Mr. J. W. Straton his Private How do o ar officers vote ? Are any safeguards Secretary. PORTSMOUTH, Menu 5.--In' an ti c i pat i on of a genera l taken fo r th e i n d epen d ence o f th e i r vo t es , or i s election, Sir Francis Baring and Lord Monck will have their high character for honour, as gentlemen, a private interview with the more influential of their considered a sufficient safeguard ? political friends this evening, with a view to secure their Two things make the appeal to the practice of joint return, should a general el ction take place. officers in court s - mar ti a l of deep interest on the THE CAPTURE Of YEL—Th e ga ll ant b and which same question of independent votin Th escorted Mr. Parkes through the h ear t o f t h e c i ty into g• eir p ro- the Tartar quarter, and then, in spite of sore tereptrtion, motion depends entirely on their Commander-in- unpacked and re-packed in search of papers all the Corn. Chief, and they have theref ore th e s t rongest inte missioner's valuable chests without carryin g o ff a single rest in not offending him by thei r vo t e . N ext article, consisted of 100 of the Sanspareil's m en un d er the sole command of Captain Key. Commodore Elliot, who accompanied the expedition throughout, was net they have, in their own character as gentl emen , and in the gentlemanly sentiments of their corn- in command. NANA SAHIB'S TREASURES.—A young officer, who assisted at the recovery of some of the N ana ' s treasure mander, an assurance, which tow can have, that near Bithoor, writing to his father, under date of the they shall not be unfairly treated for an adverse The utter inutility of the new passport regula- 30th Dec., says :—" I wrote in the beginning of the vote, and if they feared they might, that they ions is no less unquestionable than the positive officer r h fro d m Ca e w i n f por .t rl an f d ein ewsce then haveps, then en een gineer could not a s m ilit ar y men y i e ld t o f ear . Y et, w i t h grievance thereby entailed on every person who, I treasure out of one of Nana Sahib's wells at his palace o e f on ß t i a t i h n o e o d r, a a b b o o u ll t t 2 t s en fe m e i t le all these reasons for leaving their vote open, the for purposes of business or pleasure, intends to of f r om water, C a w b nP(i b r e . tt. The 2O well 0 law takes from th e mem b ers o f courts-martial an visit France. A new duty is imposed on our men of the line to work half.a. -dun b ut by getting sue. oath that they will not divulge each other's votes Police Magistrates, who are daily pestered with ceeded in getting i en tt down, to three it feet. Two or three f e e nz w ty s in b g ad t the thrown and o p i nions 1 - Gentleme n of the highest standing applications for the necessary recommendations to of a t'i p e ers ee feet of rubbish, ' which the fellows and p ers onal courag e , are secure d b a l e d, e i n e_ ena bl e th e party to obtain a passport from the in on the top, we managed to get out about 2,0001. worth of silver plate and about 6,000/. worth of gold nitely more solemn than their word y P of honour, Foreign-office, the only "open sesame "by which vessels. Some of the gold plate was magnificent. Two against their votes bein g known to those who are admission can be obtained into the " tabooed " large plates were two feet nine inches each in diameter mastersof their fut ure interests;aud that, although land. and one of solid gold, and weighed t oget h er 701bs. The Were it for no other reason but the inter- other gold articles consisted of chalices, cups, &c., spurts nothing can be conceived more mean and unworthy ruption and annoyance thus inflicted on publi c for throwing rese-water, massive I spoons f d o ti r hffie t c h uw e let G llw an oa g rnk e d s of a man of conscience and honour, than punish- functionaries, whose duties were already sufficiently ins a subordinate by neglect, for • water w e w h h a e d a wors h ipping, imple m e ti te &c . rater w t or w k i a n s g fulfilling his duty. coescientiously onerous, there would be good ground for applying the water came in P at he rat k e ed of u 6O ga t llons d a miloute. to the French Government to materially modify f T e h w i 8 S a m p i p n e e rs is a t B o i t th g o l o u r t o w ge t at the r y u e p e ' e a s n w hsrceh l eft ey a In th e o ld debate to which we have referred their existing restrictions, or, if that failed, to say are still at the bottom. The Napa's palace . is in our leading Reform-Bill-maker, he will find M r. alter the regulations so unwisely adopted by complete ruins, and everything belonging to him in the village we have burnt." own MORTON adopting as nearly as possible, his Lord CLARENDON with respect to the issue of i MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AND THE DEFEAT OP THE own late arguments against the Ballot as valid these important documents. , PALMERSTON GOVERNIIHNT.-31r. Bright, M.P., in ae reasons a ' a court_ragaarrtnis.sit. th e u. secreey of . o ffi cers' votes iu Every Englishman unconvicted of crime, and aknowledgment of a vote of thanks adupted by a public meeting held at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the part he took him more, he wil x : . vi, t nia what.t,lwltill perhaps interest against whose character no tangible charge can be in the late Ministerial defeat, bas addrt ssed the following t Lord HOLLA ND , e.t,d, father oi tlioe, afterwards substantiated, is entitl e d t o t rave l w h eresoever 1 l,e,t e t e e o r us t e o ollfirC.omjueneoinle, Cowen,a l un le t a h r e S s i e r e e l ary ha : C3 parallel C. his pleasure or convenience may lead him. He J. Fox, replyin g with altos of •eoce of 'secret deemed innocent until receivr d with much pleseure the announcement con- to those now employed in d e c— lit reatlon- is, according to our constitutional theory, to be i tamed in your letter of the 27th ultimo, that electoral votes. i a vote of thanks had been passed to Mr. Gibson and «, ie . " ' na..7 :I admitted t p e r l y o v roved o n oa t rs o e d an. b e , e, g l Ne u m i ol element y ne ..t . I myself for the part we have taken in opposing the MORTON—" Always was and still was against ri e t. ,1? ~"( 311 '3 Corn ' Conspiracy Bill,' by a large and enthusiastic public / has 6 • meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle. lam greatly this whole oath of secrecy," (he was endeavouring bungle, adjusting It of convicted cri- V itself' no weight with our tri- ' obliged to your townsmen for their kindness to me. I enonviction has been to weaken it by an amendment), "it was an in ti e Punishment alluded to. must say, however, that I took no part in the recent de Ilte, Gib l s second d ed the . r l esolution e p d rl) t po a s n e d d rhyoTe at t ie t n h d e innovation inconsistent with its tig„_ obta ined, has a trust, hy one result will:: and foll t o ir w e e y d. app l ro c v ongralulate ; j ou and the laws, and with the very spirit of our Co has paid the penalty of h is forme r off If , , country on the clowa'all cf the very worst Ministry that is purified in the eyes of the law l, he' , I have known. The Ministry which has succeeded to you a vast uxajority of the as 1 tiOit." " Courts of justice had always been open," °nee, he i t ma/ be deem d a trans i tion Ministry, to be followed, until ,„ should be again violated its provisions. He is still th e it might as well be demanded that they the confidence . . . more entitled to filence of the ti.rueiilt Libsral pArty in the country, party whicn 113. secret tribunals. ' "It smelt i Cid; RoMallitS, " We should soon hav© the or rather "lag/item/4 , about to for . the kind expres s io ns on. I beg to . thank whole trial carried on secretly.' in ever ntained In _ towards myself which are ' whose security d an proper treatment y John Bri&ht. Your letter.—l arn, yours respectfully, I strongly of the Inquisition, and should glarra g SEieph QOPAD, jug,, Eeq," I THE SeN, L:4114 DON SATURDAY_ EV.SiVI NG, MARCH 6, 1858 L &TEST NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have received advices from Bombay to Feb. 9, in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The following is the summary of the Overl and Bombay Standard of Feb. 9 : By the mail of the 23d ult., we mentioned the arrival of Sir Hugh Rose and Sir Robt. Hamilton at Sehore on the 10th, with the disarming of the Gwalior Contingent, and execution of the sepoys which followed. The moveable column having as sembled here in its strength, consisting of the 14th Dragoons, 17th Dragoons, 3d Lancers, H. M.'s 86th Foot, 3d European Regiment, 2 Companies Re serve, detachment Sappers and Manners, Ist or Leslie's Troop head quarters, 4th Company Bombay sth Company 14th 21st Company R o y a l A ba r t t t i al lle io ry n , R ls o t ya d l o. A , 1 2 .t d ili b e a ry tta a l n io a n, Engineers. The general marched north-westward through Bhopal in the direction of Saugor, and along the line of theVindyah mountains. On the 20th they reached Bhilsa without opposition. The siege train was a march behind ; it was escorted by a troop of the 14th Dragoons, the 3d Madras Euro peans, and Bombay Sappers and Miners, with Captain Hare's detachment of the Hyderabad Con tingent. The force was expected to encounter some resistance at a strong fort called Ratghur. On the 23d, the detachment with the guns was ordered to push on and join the main body. They reached camp about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, but without their tents ; having bivouacked the follow ing night, they started on Monday morning under orders to push on, as the enemy were moving out to defend the fort by which they were expected to cross the river. Our troops, however, forded further down, and the insurgents thus foiled, crossed the country, and were able to fire a volley into the advanced gnard as they entered the town close by the fort of Ratghur. A dragoon and native suba dar were killed. At 8 a.m. on the 25th, General Rose, with his divisional staff, rode round the fort, of which a careful reconnoisance, which cccupied the chief part of the day, was made. It is placed upon the pear-shaped summit of a hill, about 700 feet above the plain, the walls enclosing the entire of the wider end. Nearly the whole is surrounded by precipitous rocks, the only approach being by a narrow and steep ascent along the ridge. A part of the force made a feigned attack, when the General, with his staff, and 3d European Regiment crept up the narrow ridge. On the 26th the heavy guns were placed in position, and the fire opened, while the 3d Europeans drove the enemy from the heights. The rebels had proclaimed that as the fort was provisioned for a year, and was considered strong, they were determined to maintain it to the last. On the morning of the 28th a large body of mutineers, con cealed in the thick jungles around, attempted to relieve the fort. They assailed the rear of our camp and the vidottes guarding the right rear of the force. They were at once attacked and driven across the river with severe loss by Capt. Hare with the Hyderabad Contingent. The garrison now fairly lost heart, and two hours before daybreak on the 29th a portion of them endeavoured to sally out of the main gate, when they were driven back by Capt. Lightfoot's 9-pounders. The great body of them escaped by lowering themselves over the walls by ropes and scrambling down the precipice. Mahomed Fazel Khan, and another rebel Nawaub, were hung over the gate. The utmost kindness was shown to the women and children. Sir Hugh Rose marched on the 30th in the direction of Saugor, leaving Ratghur in charge of the troops of the Queen of Bhopal, who had undertaken to keep open our communications. The enemy were understood to be concentrating at the village of Banda, eleven miles in advance of Ratghur, with a view of cutting off our communication with Mhow. They were at once attacked and driven with loss from their position in difficult broken ground and jungle, which they obstinately defended. Capt. Neville, of the Royal Engineers, who had distinguished himself in the Crimea, and had here volunteered as aide-de-camp to Sir Hugh Rose, was killed by a round shot. On the 2d the force marched for Saugor, where it arrived the following day. This fort had been beleaguered since June, in constant fear, and not infrequent danger. It was reached and relieved without opposition ; upwards of one hundred women and children being amongst the number of those shut up. Twenty rebels were exeeuted on the spot. RAJPOOTANA FIELD FORCE UNDER GEN. ROBERTS.-CAPTURE OF AWAH. We gave in our last summary particulars of the storming, on 6th Jan., of Rowa, near Aboo, by a detachment under Major Raines, destined to form a portion of the It ajpootana field force. Since then 5,00 W. worth of gold and silver coins have been discovered in the ruins, while 15 fine caparisoned horses were captured in the neighbourhood. We have to trace Raines's further progress in swelling up the detachment to the dimensions of a column, consisting of the Bth Hussars, Ist Lancers, 11.M.'5 and 72d Highlanders, 96th Regiment, 61 s t R eg i ment, detachment of H.M.'s 83d Regi men t , 1 1th Com pany Royal Engineers, 2d Bomb ay C avalry, 2d Troop Artillery, Cap t• Aitken's B at t ery, Ist Coua -IPoantlf 2d trains. Sending back his sick and wo un d e d to Deesa I B 2 a tu tta N lio a n tive Ar l ti n l f l a e n ry t, Artillery, Leslie's the siege Troop, Major Raines resumed his march on the 10th. On the 19th lie was joined at the village of Jaitpoora, two miles from Awah, by a detachment from Nus seerabad under Col. Holmes, consisting of two companies of the 83d, under Major Heatley, Capt. Browne's Battery o f Foot Artillery, 500 of the Scinde Horse, two squadrons of the Ist Bombay Lancers, and a portion of the 12th N. 1., or includ ing the siege Artillery from Ahmedabad, 14 guns, 840 sabres, and 1,100 bayonets. They had now reached the town of Awah, the fortof which was said to be garrisoned by 2,000 men. On passing near the walls the Nusseerabad detachment was fired upon, when Capt. Aitken's Battery, and a detach ment of H.M.'s 95th proceeded to their assistance and soon compelled the enemy to withdraw within the walls. A reconnoisance was made during the afternoon round the fort, the enemy keeping up a heavy lire from all points. It luckily proved harmless, and the camp was established in the course of the afternoon, 1,500 yards from the walls of the fort. The defences consisted o f a mud and wattle embankment about forty feet base, sloping upward to the height of needy fifty feet. The wall was loop-holed for matchlocks and jingalls, and was nearly impene trable either by shot or shell. This was flanked by bastions mounting from two to three guns each. Some twenty yards in advance of the inner wall, was a high bank, also loop-holed, and protected by thorns and blanches. And in advance of the whole an abattis, constituting Awah one of the strongest towns in Rajpootana. Colonel Holmes, on troops being united, as senior officer took command. He considered the place much too formidable for au assault., and until a good breach had been established, and on the day the forces united, mortar and howit zer batteries were established 1,000 yards from the town. On the 20th and 22d, two other batteries, six and seven hundred yards in advance, were con structed. That nearest the walls was armed with two 18-pounders and two 8-inch howitzers. The bombardment commenced on the 21st, and continued with increased. vigour as our bat teries came into operation. A mortar battery was now advanced to within 300 yards of the wall. Preparations for breaching, with a view to ate immediate assault, began on the 23d. Meanwhile the storm which prevailed over the greater part of , India descended with terrible fury in Rajpootana. The night was pitchy dark, the wind blew a hurri cane, the rain poured in torrents, and the thunder; and lightning overmatched the roar and blaze of 1, our artillery. In the midst of the tempest, the i enemy managed to escape despite the chain of posts of infantry and cavalry which had been drawn so carefully round, that it seemed almost impossible to evade them. Their flight was first discovered by a portion of H.M.'s 95th concealed in riflepits ' wit hits foe ty yards of the wall. The defence, con. sidering the inadequacy of their weapons, was on the'W}iole an obstiliale one, an incessant but very ineffective fire having been kept up upon us from the first, which failed to occasion a single death casualty. About 170 prisoners were taken, of whom 25 were executed, 16 guns, the whole of his park, with a large quantity of ammunition stores, grass, and grain, fell into our bands. On the Ist February the remaining wing of the 9th, with Sappers and Miners, about 500 in all, and a portion of the 2d Native Cavalry, proceeded from Deesa under com mand of General Roberts to overtake the advanced force. (Bombay Correspondent of the Times.) . BoMBAY, Feb. 9.--The great central fire of the insurrection is to be compressed within the limits of Oude and Rohilcund, and there to be trodden out to its last smouldering cinder. It wculd not suffice that every body of armed rebels in the open field should be dissipated, or even that every vaunted stronghold should be laid low. Great as these gains would be, they still are not all that we require. We seek that within the limits of these two great provinces the revolt should be not merely broken, but annihilated. No fugitive bands must be permitted to straggle back across the Gogra or the Ganges, and spread desolation anew in districts that have so lataly with great toil and bloodshed, been relieved from their hateful presence. In a word, the insurgents now in Oade must not be allowed to get out, and those now ho vering on the external frontier must not be allowed to get in. Hence the necessity of drawing a con tinuous and powerful cordon round the province before striking the great blow at its mutinous occupants. How well this has been done a very few words will suffice, with a reference to the map, to explain. Sir C. Campbell was, on the 28th January, still encamped with his powerful force of all arms at Futtehghur, a grand central position, from which he was able to observe at once Rohilcund, Oude, and the Doab. Above him was about to move down upon the upper waters of the Ganges a column from Lahore, commanded by Neville Chamberlain as Brigadier. Below him, along the Ganges frontier of Oude by Cawnpore and Futtehpore to Allaha bad, are bodies of English and Sikh troops watch ing every ghat, or place of passage, of the river. Then upwards from Allahabad on the eastern fron tier of the rebel province are three columns of European soldiery and the victorious Ghoorka bat talions of Jung Bahadoor. Thus when the revolted stations of Rohilcund, Moradabad, Bareilly, and Shahjehanpore have successively been recovered, when, advancing into Oude, the Commander-in- Chief has once again, and for the last time, gathered to himself the gallant defenders of the Alumbagh, and has reduced to a heap of desolate ruins the long resisting rebel capital, the survivors of the great slaughter, broken and dispersed, will find no line of escape unguarded by their watchful enemy, save where, on their northern frontier, the pestilential jungles of the Serai afford an inhospitable shelter, scarcely less terrible than the bayonets of the English or the knives of the Ghoorkhas. Sir Colin was still at Futtehghur on the 28th. He was waiting for the siege train from Agra, which left that station on the 22d, but marched but slowly, detained by heavy rains. The train consisted of seven 24-pounder guns, one 10- inch and three 8-inch howitzers, and as many 10- inch mortars, with 750 rounds of ammunition for each gun and 500 for each howitzer and mortar ; shot and shell on the same scale were also sent from the Agra arsenal for the guns, howitzers, and mor tars which the chief already had with him, whicb is ratod at 68 pieces of all calibres. (From the Bombay Gazette.) "It would have been difficult for a Commander to choose a more excellent position than that of Fut tehghur, in which Sir Colin Campbell still lay en camped on the 28th of January. To the north-east commanding Rohilcund, to the south-east Oude, to the south and south-west the Doab, and bothbanks of the Jumna, it enabled Sir Colin to meet emergen cies in whatever quarter they might arise. He could order columns to bear on the Calpee rebels, rein force the garrison of Alumbagh, or face the insur gents of Khan Bahadoor. The enemy were in such positions as to render any contingencies pro bable. Calpee, the rallying point of the Doab, was still held by a large force whose movements threw ened Futtehpore. Alum bagh was surrounded by an army, daily on the increase, from which detached parties ravaged the country along the Cawnpore and Luoknow road up to Oonao. The Chief of Bareilly, whose troops were at one time believed to have re tired into Oude, had taken a position opposite Walpole's brigade, about 6 miles from Futtehghur, on the Rohilcund side of the Ganges, and num bered 7,000 fighting men. Sir Colin Campbell wisely stayed at Futtehghur to watch these enemies, and at the same time pre pared himself for rapid action by completing his supplies of guns, ammunition, and transport. A division, under Sir Hugh Rose, which has lost the name of the Nerbudda Field. Force to assume that of the Army of Central India, advanced from Sehore, duo north in the direction of Jhansi, and opened the communication from Indore through Gwalior to Agra. From Goona, the site of an old Pindarrie camp in the great campaign of Warren Hastings, Orr's brigade is advancing upon Jhansi, thence to proceed against the Gwalior insurgents, if they have courage to wait for him. The Nagpore force at the same time is opening up the country between Jubbulpore and Mirzapore, and a combined attack is meditated upon the Rajah of Bijrajooghur, 80 miles from Jubbulpore, in the hills at no great distance from the pass of Kuttingee. The enemy is supposed to be 5,000 or 6,000 strong. Thus in Central India simultaneous efforts are made both north and south of the Nerbuddo to drive the insurgants to wards the Jumna. Symptoms are already apparent that the pressure so created is acting on the rebels. Part of the Calpeo insurgents have again crossed the Jumna, in thehope of forcing their way to the Ganges through the country that lies between Cawnpore and Futtehpore. We expect to hear shortly that this attempt has been frus trated. A force left Cawnpore and Futtehpore si multaneously to attack these rebels, and on the 17th of January the two parties were likely to be very near each other. The result of an engagement cannot be doubted, inasmuch as our troops at Futtehpore have been reinforced by an English Cavalry and her Majesty's 79th Regiment. Yet a few days, and we shall see the Gwalior and other in surgents along the Jumna completely at our mercy. Alunabagb, a source of constant at'ention on the part cf the Commander-in-Chief, has been rein forced by the despatch of her Majesty's 34th ; a timely and necessary aid, when we consider that, in the action of the 12th of January, 0 utram's force was reduced by the despatch of escorts for convoys and other causes to 2,000 effective men for the field. Fresh troops advancing in this direction must clear the road to the Bunnee-bridge, and dispose of the gangs of marauders which infested it even in the vicinity of Oonao, and the rebels of Oude will be kept to their lines of Lucknow until Sir Colin Campbell thinks fit to move. Jung Bahadoor's men hft Gorruckpore and marched tiwards Fyzabad through Bustee, on the 10th of January. We may expect to hear of an action in that quarter also at no distant date. The circle, as we have before said, is closing on the rebels, and Sir Colin is wisely waiting for the moment to stiike an effective blow. The siege -train which he required has already left Agra, and proceeded on the 22d of January towards Futtehghur, whither also Sir Archdale Wilson took his departure from Meerut. We may therefore expect a move shortly. DELHI. DELHI, Jan. 24.-1 be Nawab of Ferrucknug gur, having been found guilty, was hanged in front of the Kutwallee, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Her Majesty's 60th Rifles and the Ghoor khas were out on the occasion. All passed off in the most orderly manner, a dead silence prevailing for some minutes after the drop fell. The culprit was an insignificant looking wretch, and, being of a light weight, struggled very much. A telegraphic message has been received here, which is said to decide the fate of Delhi. The dip., fencesare to be at once destroyed, and the message intimates that Delhi will not be a station for Euro peans longer than Is necessary to enable the authorities to remove the magazine ; or, in other words, only for the present year. The sale of the Bullubgurh Rajah's guns, swords, arc., came off at the magistrate's office yesterday. With the exception of commissioned officers no natives were allowed to attend the sale. The pro ceeds amounted to upwards of 5,000 r. Some valu able swords were sold (as were some of the pur chasers), the best description going cheap, while the inferior weapons fetched high prices." The Delhi Gazette, of January 27, says : "The ex-King of Delhi is so far recovered as to lead to the expectation of hie trial commencing on Tuesday next. " Sir John Lawrence is, we hear, expected at Delhi in a few days. The trial of the ex-King is postponed on account of Col. Harriott's absence, though he was expected at Delhi on the 27th (to-day.)" FIITTEYGHUR. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S FORCE. For the past three weeks the Commander-in- Chief has stood fast at Futteyghur, accumulating an enormous park, with ordnance stores, and means of carriage for an army of 15,000 men, con sisting of H.M.'s 9th Lancers, 2d Sikh Cavalry, four troops Horse Artillery, Battery of Royal Ar tillery, the Naval Brigade, with six 24 pounders, two 8-inch howitzers, 8 mortars, 2 companies Mad ras Sappers and Miners, 2 Bengal and 2 Punjaub ditto, 9th Lancers, Punjaub Irregulars, H.M.'s Bth, 23d, 42d, 53d, 64th, 82d, 93d, and a regiment of Punjaub Infantry, with some 70 or 100 pieces of ordnance. Though nothing has been said as to his future measures it was quite plain from the first what his plans must needs be. His rear and flanks required to be cleared of the enemy before he could wheel round on Oude at Furruckabad, Calpee, and Bareilly, and while this was being done by himself, by Walpole, Windham, and Seaton, Jung Bahadoor was settling Goruckpore, and establishing posts on the Nepaul frontier of 0 ude. On tram was maintain ing himself at Alumbagh, and Cawnpore and Allaha bed were being strengthened. About the end of the present month Oude will be invaded on all sides, the great overwhelming force under Sir Colin Campbell pouring down upon it from the north, the others closing inall around. Meanwhile the insur gents, still about 100,000 in strength, are fortify ing Lucknow to the uttermost. The streets are being barricaded and the walls loop-holed every where. Earthworks have been thrown up, and garden within garden strengthened, and the haughty Bengal Sepoy, who would not touch a basket, mattock, or spade in our service, and who in the Punjaub mounted guard while the Euro peans were throwing up entrenchments, now shows what he can do when he has no longer the indul gence of English officers to fall back upon. It is doubtless in consideration of this Sir Colin Camp bell delays advancing until he has accumulated an artillery so overwhelming as to avoid as far as pos sible the necessity of a hand-to-hand conflict with an enemy posted with such advantage. He is ex pected to march about the 25th of February, and probably six weeks will suffice for the completion of the Oude campaign. It is to be hoped that by May our war-worn troops, many of whores will by this time have been a twelvemonth under arms, will be able to retire to cantonments, and seek rest for the events of the coming 3 ear. Since the mutiny at Meerut, the 6th Carabineers and 9th Lancers have lived in their saddles, while the 34th, 61st, 64th, and 78th, have scarcely since the same date been off their feet, or spent three days on end when they were not under fire. With all the display of de termination, the Lucknow insurgents are said to be losing heart. A proposition of conditional sur render is said to have been received, with the reply that every mutineer would be shot or hanged, that the rest must depend upon our mercy. The country people are said to be friendly to us ; it is the great Zemindars and Talookdars, the land proprietors, and great tenants, whom we reduced to order and obedience, that are our enemies. General Windham arrived at Delhi en route t o Umballa, on the 21st January. Brigadier Hope Grant, her Majesty's 9th Lancers, and Captain Norman, Assistant Adjutant General, also passed through Delhi, en route to Umballa, about the same time. A letter from Delhi mentions that there is very little chance of the ex-King's recovery. He ig said to be fast smiong.—Delltz Gazette. The relief of Saugor was made known to the Bombay journals by the following from Lord Elphinstone :—" By a message from Saugor, dated February we learn that Sir Hugh Rose's force reached that place on the 3d, and relieved the fort and station'. A list of Europeans who were there will be sent as soon as pos,ible. Upwards of one hundred are women and children. No opposition was met with by our force between Ratghur and Saugor. Twenty rebels were hanged, besides those executed over the gate at Ratghur. Our troops are very healthy." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, Feb. 8. Toe Hon. Company's steamer Feroze, with the English mails of the 9.h January, reached us on the evening of the 7th instant. The demand for money during the last fortnight has greatly subsided, and it can be easily had on first class securities. We have to quote a deduction of 3 per cent. in the Bank of Bombay rates. IMPOBTO. Cotton Piece Goods.—Our import market has put on a rather active appearance during the fortnight ; and pieces of all descriptions have advanced. The prices of all Grey Goods lnive considerably improved. Bleached and Fancy Goods—Bleached ebirtings are in good demand, as also bleached jacconets. Book muslins, of low quantities, continue in fair inquiry. In bleached madapollame no sale has been reported to UP. Yarns—Both in mule and water a good amount of business has been done. Orange and green are also in quired for. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The rates are higher than what we last reported, though we have not heard of any purchases on European account. We quote Re. 140 to 143 for new Broach and Surat ; Dholl , ra Re. 13143 ; Oomervuttes Rs. 130-31 ; Khandeish Rs, 120 ; and Veravell Rs 120-22. Tonnage—There has been a very slight improvement to be noted in the rates, our present quotations being 1/. 10e. to 1/. 12-1. 6d. for Liverpool and London ; and Rs. 5 to 6 per candy for China, Exchange—The exchange on London remains the same, and we quote 2e. O'd. for six months' bank bills 2s. 11.1. for documents. The prices of Government se curities have improved, and we quote 4 per cent. loans at 10 discount, and 5 per cent. loans at 7 discount. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. It is said that; at a late interview between M. Persigny and Lord Malmesbury he assured his Lordship that the Emperor bears the warmest at tachment towards the British nation, and that he leaves it to their good feeling to do all in their power to prevent a repetition of the atrocious crime committed on the 14th Janu %ry ; and that, on his part, be will do everything to conciliate the English people, and put an end to any misunder standing which may exist between them. In consequence of the decree pi onounced by the Assize Court of the Seine several documents calcu lated to enlighten the English Judges as to the guilt of Bernard and Allsop have been forwarded to M. Bonnard, the consulting advocate of the French Embassy in London. Orsini, who 11:' s bean permitted to write to his family, has been further allowed to receive a visit from his sister, a respectable lady, who has been always adverse to her brother's politics. She is expected in Paris in a day or two. In order to put an end to the spectacle of some thousand persons assembled every morning before daylight, near the prison of La Roquette, to witness the execution of Orsini and his accomplices,h G overn ment has ordered a notic e t o be published t the journals under their direction, announcing that the appeal to the Court of Cmssatiou will not be tried sooner than the 10th or 11th of the month. Following the example of General Chanuarnier, General Bedeau has writt en a l etter to the 'Belgian papers, stating that, as the decree which banished him has nct been annulled by a counter decree, he shall not avail himself of the permission published in the Moniteur to return to France. BOURSE, March s.—The following are the closing prices : 43 per Cents 95 Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... 69 Do. end month„ 69 15 Bank Shares . 3040 Credit Mobilier 860 tO Do. Account B5O • Credit Foncier ..... 595 Belgian Piedmontese (5) 9O Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37i SWAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern'- 94 7& New Ditt o 7BSJ Lyon and Mediteran. 8117 New Ditto 7B6f Geneva Midi Western 67 2. Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 38 min. aft. s —Even., 51 min. aft. 5 To-Mointow—Morn., 11 min. aft. 6—Even., 32 min aft. 6 TILE INDIAN MAIL. ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS FROM LUCKNO W. The Indian mail packet Pera, Captain Hicks, Admiralty agent Lieut. Greville, RN. arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, She left Alexandria on the 20th ult.,' Malta on the 23d ; and Gibraltar on the 27th. Amongst her cargo were 240 pa,ckagf a of treasure, the value of which was not stated . 1,593 bales and 147 cases of silk, 23 cases of shawls, 20 cases of despatches, and 4 chests of tea. Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hibernia,. Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Wa n derer, Caradoc, Cequette, Swallow, Urgent, Vulture, Vigilant, Medina, Harpy, and Tartarus, were at Malta, The Curlew was at Gibraltar. The Pera spoke-the India mail packet Colombo on the 26th ult., and the India mail packet Indus on the 4th inst. Also the Peninsular packet Sul tan on the 28th ult. Dr. Mackenzie, of the India mail packet Oriental, died on board thePera on the 23d ult. The Pera has brought home 67 passengers. None of the ladies who escaped from amongst the garrison of Lucknow, have arrived by h e r, b u t th e y may be expected by two next packets. The Pera's mails were landed early yesterday morning, but the ship was unable to come into dock until the middle of the day, owing to its being low water. Two small steamers were despatched out in the stream in the forenoon to bring in the pas sengers and their baggage. Amongst the passengers who landed were Mrs. and Miss Wilson ; Mrs. Crump, Lieutenants Charl ton, Harmer, and Clery, of the 34th Regiment ; Lieut. Knight, of the 90th Light Infantry ; Capt. Cornwall, 93d Highlanders; Lieut. Gilry, 88th Regiment ; Capt. the Hon. L. B. Mills and Ensign Travers, of the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade ; Capt. Anderson, 26th Regiment N. 1., and Capt. Saunders, 70th Regime t. Mrs. and Miss Wilson are the widow and daughter of Brigadier Wilson, who fell at the head of the 64th Regiment during the disastrous fight at Cawnpore, between Windham'a force and the Gwaliorrebels. Mrs. Crump is a widow lady, whose husband was killed at Lucknow. Lieutenant Charlton was in Lucknow during the whole time of the siege. He was wounded at the commencement by a bullet in the head, which could not be extracted, and h., suffered dreadfully in con sequence. Last Saturday Lieutenant Charlton was enabled to pull the bullet out himself. Lieutenant Harmer was wounded about the same time as Lieu tenant Charlton by a round shot, which broke his leg. His sufferings also were very great. Lieu tenant Clery was not wounded, but he suffered so much from cholera And paralysis that it was neces saty he should be invalided home. He was also present in Lucknow during the whole siege. Lieutenants Charlton, Harmer, and Clery are the three young officers whom Brigadier Inglis in his memorable despatch, mentions as "having nobly distinguished themselves in the performance of their duty." They declare that all the published accounts they have seen of the sufferings of the women, children, and gar r iso n o f L uc k now f a il to describe adequately what was endured. Out of 23 officers of the 32d Regiment to which Lieu tenants Charlton, Harmer, and Clery belong 12 were killed, 1 died of cholera, and 7 were wounded. Those three young officers, as well as a ll the other passengers connected with Lucknow or Cawnpore, were received on landing by the crowd who waited to welcome'them with the greatest sympathy and respect. Lieutenant Knight entered Lucknow with Have lock's relieving force, and was severely wounded while assisting in capturing two guns in a narrow street. He, with 26 other wounded men, were surrounded by the enemy, and all but himself were cut to pieces. He, however, received another wound ; and as a Sepoy raised his tulwar to de spatch him, Lieutenant Knight rolled out of the dhoolie, and crawled in the confusion away. Whilst doing so, he received a third wound, but he at length regained a party of English soldiers, and was saved. He has two wounds in his right leg, and another in his left thigh. Captain Curu wall fought under Colonel Powell at Futteypore, and then joined the Commander-in- Chief at Alumbagh, on the advance to the final relief of Lucknow. On the return to Cawnpore, he was wounded by a bullet from a shrapnel shell between the shoulder and collarbone, which bullet was afterwards extracted near the spine. It was Captain Cornwall who commanded the party men tioned in Sir Colin Campbell's despatch as having attacked the Lucknow barra c k s , d r i ven the rebei: out of it, and captured thr ee guns . He ha s I3ee 22 years in the army, and is a captain of 10 years standing. Lieut. Clery fought under Wi n dh a m at the battle of Cawnpore, and just as a detachment of his regi ment had captured two of the enemy's guns, he was wounded by a bullet in his left arm, where it still remains. Captaiu M . illor was w oun d e d on t h e hi p j o i nt, the ball passing through his right leg, during the last attack of the enemy at the battle of Cawnpore. He had been slightly wounded in the morning while attempting to prevent the rebels, 3,000 strong, with artillery, from gaining possession of a bridge across the Ganges. Ensign Travers wag the first who was wounded in Windha,m's retreat at Cawnpore, He was hit in the shoulder while assisting a sailors' party in bringing in their 24- pritinders. - Captain Anderson was assistant commissioner at Lucknow when the mutiny took place there. His house was formed into an outpost by Sir H. Law rence and fortified with a st oc k a d e dit c h and mound. Here the captain, with 20 men, defended his position night and day during the whole siege against the enemy, who were only 40 yards dis tant with nine heavy guns. Once the enemy pene trated the stockade, and were all shot down th ere. Captain Anderson ost his wife and one child, from want, during the siege. His little boy, three years old, survived, and was brought ashore yesterday at Southampton. Whilst on board the Pere, when the ship's guns fired a salute, and while the other children on board were frightened, he used to clap his little hands and hurrah, in imitation of what be had seen d ur i ng th e fi r i n g at Luck vow. After th e re li e f o f L uc k n ow, Captain Anderson joined Brigadi er H o p e G ra nt's force, and helped to cut up the Gwalior rebels, subsequently to their defeat at Cawnpore, by Sir Colin Camp bell. Capt. Anderson was wounded slightly soon after Havelock entered Lucknow. Captain H. F. Sanders commanded the out lying pickets of the 64th Regiment, which defended Wiudham's camp after the battle of Cawnpore. He also commanded the right wing of that regi ment during the disastrous battle. He was the first officer to reach the Uwalior guns, and though several volleys were fired direct at him, and eight officers of his regiment were killed, he escaped un touched. While at the enemy's guns he shot down five men with his revolver, and ran another through with his sword. He speaks of a drummer''-boy of the 64th running up to a gun of the enemy and thrusting some brickbats into it, hoping to render the gun useless ; the poor boy was afterwards cut to pieces. It was Captain Saunders' brother, a lieutenant of the 84th, who shot five men at Cawn pore with his revolver in the presence of Nana Sahib and then aimed at the Nana, whom he would have also shot but his pistol missed fire. Lieut. Saunders was for this crucified by the order of Nana Sahib. The officers who were near Peel's Shannon men in battle d:scrile their conduct while fighting as very amusing. They were chaffing each other dur ing the action, jii i st as if they were "out for a spree." After the relief of Lucknow it was their delight to get hold of the Lucknow children who had survived the siege, whom they deuominated " siege babies." The poor children were handed about from one rough sailor to another, and smothered in kisses. Few of those who landed at Southampton Yes terday, although men who are deserving to rank with the heroes of antiquity, and men who are maimed and shattered for life, will get any reward for their service. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF CHEAP. —An active canvass has been going cn by both candi dates up to orft o'clock yesterday. Shortly after that hour it was intimated by the friends of Mr. Nicoll that he had declined to serve. The &scam ;of Mr. Sheriff Allen was therefore considered safe, but notwith. standing this he and his friends are pursuing their can vass with increased activity. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--At the monthly general meeting held yesterday at the societyro house in Hanover-square—the Right Hon. Sir G. Cork, Bart., Vice-President, in the chair—Messrp. P. Hardy, F.R.S., and H. A. Deane were elected fellows of the society ; Messrs. L. M. D. Spence and A. G. Blackstone were proposed as candidates for the fellow . ship, and M. Parfait 0. des Mere, of Paris, a s a cor responding member of the society. Among the donat i ons recorded in the rep"rt of the council was a valuable c-llection of living animals presented by Earl FAtz- william. THE DISASTERS AT CAWSPORE.—A correspondent says,—" Having seen in your paper a paragraph gut trd from the Scotsman, stating that 'Sir Colin Campbell is reported to have put the Colonels of the 88th and 82d Queen's Regiments under arrest, in consequence of th misconduct cf those corps at the disaster of Cawnpore under Gereral Virirdham,' I hope you in jostles Wil i -siert the folio winv statement . A detachment only ot the 88th R-g met.t re under G-neral Wintibam a , Cawn re, Lieutenant -Co ouel George V. Maxo/•11, tunianding, and the head quarters of the regiment were not there, consequently, that part of the paragraph in the Scotsman in incorrect::