The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-05 00:00:00

ts. The and the ace with ) to the , both in tLer for of the and tke an they t, beaus, to have Wheat ntained. 6d ; 15s per 3arley is t former • Oat ▪ to 6d rl 10s to 1g a re latter. rs. , limited. endancy. 3i 12. - 05, 6 pet tire, 64 (late M. Sheffield Held and s.—Scot , guaran- G. N. B. I to-day, le recent id on• of tan from Ali effect Alarming dis.-- -Shrewil ange to % dis.— rick (orl- Lions 55% .—Great dinary Rooms, usurer, various a paper or pro could )g the , whed iise of in very under rder to rae ter, Navy House Cap ported Vice 3amuel Dun dmiral :dward Cap {Lindy, 'aptain • re ins Satur which mum* com ke; the rt., Sir Jollitre,• Hood, George *. John Mr.P. Mr. R. ['homes March, Law, Right ►AY.--' I brisk, is re -1 goods reclude —The Th urs .e were tir was er had n- ship, or re ious to [Kight of the 5,0001. )ted by nark )f o ur ;0011 5 , Dra hould - - BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPA).TY, Princes-Street, Bank, London. Capital, One 'Million. This Institution Is enipowered by a Special Act of Parliament, 4 `let., cap. 9, and Is' so constituted as to afford the benefits of Lie Assurance in their fullest extent to Policy holders, and to present Feater lathlike and accommodation than are usually offered to the Thb ample subscribed Capital, together with the large and con tinually increasing fund, accumulate from the Premiums on upwards Of 7,000 Policies, affords complete security to the assured`; while' the Magnitude of the Company's transactions hat enabled the Directors to offer unusual advantages to Policy holders, as will be seen by re ference to the prospectus, and to the varied' arid extensive tables Which have been computed with great care and labour, expressly for the use of this Institution. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. 'NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ~- T he leading features of the Society are guaranteee of an ample rrOPrietary Capital. • • • - Moderate Rates of Premiums. • Tivti-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. • Anneal Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years. Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Rums to the Assured , varied from 27 to 65 Per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perma- Sum the A .. ,c; Animal Policy Bonus in! lent Re- Assured -•••' E ' Pre- taken addition !Bonus lit duction of may bor -ILI Tatum. out in to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. ........- _ - • A s. 41.t f. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. 41. 1837 262 14 3.121 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 ~. A ~£ s. d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 494 810 "u 1 (100 74 8 4 1839 211 18 695 16 9 14 . 17 7 445 II 0 . i IS4O 163 84,751510 11 10 9 395 11 1 -1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 1346 2 3 i 1842 132 2 6' 58 17 6 819 10 1296 13 4 ~..._ 1843 84 11 81 37 10 0 314 2 247 4 5 l'rospectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, ADof its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for warded post.firee. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY TO THE ASSURED. ENGINEERS, MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Head,Ottice, 345, Strand, London, (oppo Wa 3 redical Referees paid by site the Society. terloo-bridge). A Policy oncegranted never disputed. The whole of the Profits amongst the Assured. • • , FRpMRIC LAWRANCE, Actuary and Secretary ENGINEERS, MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. - rlehtreoffte, 315, Strand, London, (opposite Waterloo-bridge). :Notice is hereby given, that the Ordinal y General Meeting of Mem bers Will be hcl t at the Society's Offices, No. 345, Strand, To-Moa- S OW, the 6th Instant, at Two o'clock precisely. FREDERIC LA.WRANCE, Actuary and Secretary. EWMARKET RAILWAY --I Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of a sufficient :,a mber of Proprietors to constitute a Meeting not having been pre sent on the 29th ultimo (the day named in the previous advertise nlent), the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors will be he l d at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on Tnuas -"A; the 22d instant, at One o'clock precisely. GEORGE MANNERS, Chairman, JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Deputy-Chairman. By order, GEORGE WILLIAM BROWN, Secretary, C ompany's Offices, 117, Cheapside, March 1, 1849. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALI Notice is hereby given, that the VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AG RICULTURAL COMPANY are now able to SELL their FREE LANDS in any quantity, and that every Purchaser of not less q,, 4 n Eighty Acres will be entitled to a Free Passag"e to the Colony. "..!le Peculiar advantages enjoyed by Settlers on the Company's Lands the fully detailed in a Printed Prospectus, which may be obtained at e Company's Offices, 6, Great Winchester-street, London. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.-WANTED gu _. a Gentleman of good address and ability, who is well ac- R ted with the fine soap, perfumery, brush, comb, cabinet, and :aeral fancy business, to represent a London House in the principal ~,4 8 and cities is England, Scotland, and Ireland. No Commission langeMent can be entertainel. Terms and references, by letter, to r Reduirt, 10, Burton-crescent, London. RESTER and HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY. of Notice is hereby given, that the Half-yearly General Meeting ,`" Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Office, 61, It' °r tfate-street, in the City of London, n FRIDAY, the 16th day of ~,,a re h now next ensuing at One o'clock in the afternoon. ern `u.,., l B Meeting will be made Special, in order to determine on the iii;"'"eneY of raising additional Capital by the creation of New -en under the powers of the existing Acts, and of a Bill which has — Z. introduced into Parliament for the purpose. of authorise the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company bu r r owing money on mortgage, and to confirm the purchase of the old Railw ay. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary. Ora ‘ ,._ees, GI, Moorgate-street, Landon, March 1, 1849. r.'"dis• The Transfer-hooks of the Company will be Closed from ~.71 14Y , the 9th of March until after the Meeting. CARRIAGE FREE.—Families resident in the ticgi country, whose consumption of TEA is considerable, are par '.l.3" invited to the Establiskmest of MANSELL and CO., w .t ale Tea and Coffee Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. Alen l the order is for 61bs. in weight and upwards, the carriage Is 11 243 - direct to the keusc, and the lowest wholesale price is charged ; th e 1 1 - equent addition of accumulative profits is saved. IdANSELL and CO., Bucklersbury, Cheapside. - , VERY 111 " Ta for the TOILET at MECHI'S Ilanufactory,,, _ ,4perior hair, nail, tooth, shavini; ;:b.u.shes, combs, washing and shaving ge t ti. l 2 rashes, clothes a_n n d , i'Lt!lipstruments, razors, razor-strop and paste, and fill/i l l!: ,l', ancL gentlemen's dressing-cases, with or without fitting,, D i ir l aleather, mahogany, rosewood, and japan ware. Ladies' con, I, lo "°nS and pocket-books elegantly fitted; also knitting baxes, enve kkCe_ases, card cases, note and cake baskets, beautiful inkstands, I —.'__2l_l infinity of recherche articles not to be °planed. TIC DOLOREAUX CURABLE. TOOTHACHE. 6Petantancons relief from those excruciating complaints may be T 3, bY using JAMES'S Celebrated ASTILIAN TINCTURE for bOLOREUX, TOOTHACHE, PAINS in the FACE, GUMS, &c. [LIEPOETANT TESTIMONIALS.] "Liverpool, Dec. 13, IS4B. " To Messrs. Carson and Co. It s with much pleasure I communicate the great efficacy of ,1 .41.3ti11an Tincture' for the Tie Dolereux and Toothache, it pi k .''rin cured my wife of the former in a few minutes after the ap -40;1411. She suffered dreadfully for some time, and coald get no "till your tincture was applied. (Signed) 's 14 , Itathbone-street, Toateth-park." " THOMAS GUY. " Liverpool, Dec. 14, 1848. _ "To Messrs. Carson and Co., lie r . A ;; is with feelings of gratitude that I informs you of the won 11,",, cure effected by the use of James's Celebrated Astillan .. e re' for the Tic Doloreux and Toothache, prepared by you. thr e Z uu'3r wife had been suffering the most tsacruclating agony for Ire ttici Weeks, night and day; she tried everything that we thought tot of any service, but all in vain ; she was then recommended 1ipp1f . ,... , „ 015 1' Tincture, which she did, aid in four minutes after the ios she was quite cured. (Signed) ", Oliver -street, Windsor." " WILLIAM REIN. Ic" Liverpool, Dec. 23, 1848. tOttnrntl e rnen,...After six months' experience in its sale I have tla e r Ast.lian Tincture' to be all ut uniformly suessul Allu l je of Tic Doloreux and Toothache ; b cc indeed only one case f of Sikh re' h ,OO I know of in that time. Although generally averse to renu" 4 fligs, yet you may, if you choose, make public use of this.—l Yours, faithfully, " THOMAS LOWE, Dispensing Chemist, 38, Islington, and 40, Norton-street. may send me another three dozen of the smaller size. To Messrs. Carson and Co." ko klet o Dare d by Carson and Co., St. Anne-street, Liverpool, sole pro from whom it may be had, or through any of the Wholesale 10 London, Birmingham, York, Edinburgh, &c., and retail -- “Y respectable Medicine Vender throughout the Kingdom. Ia Bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. each T E M P L E-B A Pardon, I pray ! thou venerable bar, Yes I'M deep in debt, as poets often are. when I look at thee and my arrears, I find that I am over head and ears. -out never mind, I'll manage to defray, The debt which hitherto I've failei to pay : _, -1 other words, my muse's ready purse Shall liquidate the debt by means of verse. Il lustrious gate ! thou long hest had to stand, T he boundary-mark of Fleet-street and the Strand ; , can I think that ever thy removal ZWill meet with the majority's approval. Willstatues of Elizabeth and James ...... still remind us of their royal names ; While in thy western niches we shall view T hy Charleses number one and number two. , o ften think, famed bar, while gazing at you, ....'"`nd Mutely conning each illustrious statue, What different articles of dress were made When either of those noted monarchs swayed. MOSES AND SON'S ATTIRE Was quite unknown, No Charles, or Bess. or James enjoyed the throne. -r lo stylish samples of improvement's march Then passed beneath thy famed elliptic arch. 1 ,5.. 0 MOSES th en i n s pl en did ga r m ents clad -the English gentleman, adult, or lad. THE HATS OF MOSES Then, thou noted gate, Were never known to d ecora t e the pate. Inferior hats to MOSES' decked the crown, When those famed sovereigns laid their precepts down. TILE BOOTS AND CHOES, Were not at all lik e those of Thou, celebrated bar, MOSES are • Far, far inferio r f as hi on had they g t And far inferior firmness — had they o not ? FURS, SHAWLS, AND HOSIERY, Such as MOSES show, Were never then adopted-0 dear, no. If Queen Elizabeth's stone statue there, Had but a tongue, and reason to compar e , 'Twould tell us frankly—bearing out my v i e w, That ladies never dressed as now they do. MOSES and SON, 'twould say, surpass th em far _ °I I , viewing what they were, and what they are.:. 'IQ thus have I improved on Temple-bar. LIST OF rItICZn. Atit„„,_ READY MADE. Ch.." , L and Winter Coats, in all the new styles • .from £0 6 t ,;„` e rnekl. and Codrington's, and every description 'ver-coats handsomely trimmed ••• • • • •••• • • • 1 5 0 ep r • er ...„ „ „ ..... „ .„ ...... • •••• B C"ELY ...... •••• • • • • 1 6 0 and Winter Trousers . • • • • • • • • • brtini'rell nand t t° 11; . 11 s ' t ••••• : •• ...... •••• •••• •••• :0 1 4 . 2 6 . 2 0 r "a deals ° k 1 4 0 oh. •••• • • • , and Tunic Snits • • ......... . Jtat_ sum TO MEASURE. Itilltr„ i and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from £1 6 0 ANN A ' - ' 6 th Coat 2 2 0 1, 11.0 vr r aoPers ...... • .............. 0 18 0 --oesk hl at en„ . t Trousers, in all the approved styles...... 0 16 6 'ruusers. ... br ea4 .... or Drees ... • • • • • • • •• •••• • • • • • • 16 0 tro o k quality .. „ tatud att quality ......... Ekin 17_ 6 Vest ...... •• . ..... ...• ••••..••• • • • • • .. 0 8 6 . 1 414. 4 4'..in sr Fancy .... )1„., 41°11 FnIng to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Ntis'ueo,, ,ll . Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. tie r " 'usi Shawl Department, 155, Vineries , is now replete kb,..ft•ei.,_t o , r elty of the season. article nnrchased. ready made, or made to ince -ut app ro - hanged, or if preferred the ved of, will be eac tin e d. 4 11 Est 11 f aul —st 4 _ and Son regret having to guard the pnblie eh,,,,,.."uP o sition • but have learned that the untradearnan-like 114 Th er a Connected with them, or " It is the same concern," --"'• L en to in many i andreasons. tee I ' o Ito eoßn At exion with any of nstanc e e r s, hone° i fer n or b out of London, ittuti.orotoitZZ:ran2h Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 13, th e 414 41 tom ~21 d incs, Bradied, Yorkshire; ate tuose who desire ran ch ''ear clothing. Rxe.. should call at, or send to either of Mou t ,.;xs, or to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London. ra rri 4ll _ 16(4 1.1, Tailors, Woollenerapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ea ab „, _era, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for ab, te entlernen, 154. 155, 156, and 157 Minorier, and 53, 36 , 1 , 86 Aldgate, City, London ; and their Branch Establish a°',.l,shirargite Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad vat g„.. ent k- • cite. — st ar ,L7,_' is closed from .utiaef Friday, 4 4 - oral when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. rate Cutters wanted for Loudon and Country ; apply at Ton o'clock. A ` -, 11 .4 fir t i 4l 4 1 ._,kg , t 4 „. ! I I ~, ~~: N0.17,610.] LONDON, MONDAY • LIBRARY EDITION of ALISON'S EUROPE, with PORTRAITS. Preparing for Publication, a New Edition, in Octavo, of THE HISTORY- OF EUROPE, from the commencement of the French Revolution to the Battle of Waterloo. • • • - • • -By ARCHIBALD ALFON,. LL.D., F.R.S.E. This edition, the Eighth, will be very handsomely printed In' demy Bvo., ona new and elegant pica type, on superfine paper, to range in Libraries with the Standard Editions of our English Historians. It will be embellished with Portraits, 'engraved In the first style of art, from originals selected with the strictest regard to authenticity and correct resemblance ; comprising• Louis the Sixteenth, Marie An toinette, Mirabeau, Danton, Alarat,. Robespierre, Napoleon Buena parte the General, Moreau, Ney, Burke, Suwarroff, the Archduke Charles of Austria, Nelson, Pitt, Fox, Wellington, George the Third, Castlereagh, the Empress Josephine, Murat, Blucher, Metternich, Talleyrand; the Emperor Alexander, 'Napoleon the Emperor, &c. The,Publishers have been induced to print a limited number of co pies in royal octavo, forming, with proof impressions of the Portraits, a very splendid book. For these, early orders should be given. The Work will be issued in Monthly Volumes, price 155. each. The First Volume, containing Portraits of Louis XVI. and Mario Antoinette, will he published on 24th March. • Specimens of the paper and type on which this edition is printed, may be had of all booksellers in town and country, by whom sub scribers' Names will be received. At same time will appear, The First Number of a New Issue, Chronologically arranged, of THE ATLAS of MAPS and PLANS, Illustrating the History of Europe during the period. To be pub lished in Monthly Numbers, each containing Eight Maps or Plans, price 3s. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. THE SEA SERPENT. Just published, with Six Illustrations, Bvo., sewed, price 2s. Gd., AN ESSAY on the Credibility of the Existence of the .KRAKEN, SEA SERPENT, and othsr SEA MON STERS. With Six Illustrations. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with illustra tions, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every Evening at Nine.—Dr. Ryan's Lecture on the Chemistry of • the Breakfast Table, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bach, hoffhor's Illustrations on Astronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.—Lectures on the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by mesas of the Stara Jet.—A View in the Gold District of Ca- lifernia is added to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chrome trope.—Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including •laturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. TN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the heihiays. This immense Painting is the Largest in the World, and exk.bits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past lievei o'clock ; doors open kalf nn hour before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. e l / 4 AS CHANDELIERS AND GAS FIT TINGS.—AII who require Gas Fittings of any description should inspect the Immense Stock at the Establisitmcnt of th e Metropolitan Light Company.—Designs of Chandeliers, Brackets , Hall Lanterns, Pendants, &c., to suit every taste. The prices are so 1 ,, w, ail must be pleased. The Fittings can be done with all dispatch consistent with proper workmanship. The proper Gas Burners for dwelling-rooms are the Glass and the Reflecting Burners. The Company, to prevent their Gas Work being defaced, wse Glass Handles tor the turn-taps.—Contracts entered into, and the work guaranteed. RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, corner of Adelaide-street, next doisr to the Electric Telegraph Company. MEDICAL ADVICE. NE E N S ew S m R a S . Oxford -str a e n et d , continue to o S b li c Surgeons, CO 6 N -0, . stre L et, SULTED on all diseases of the generative system, comprising syphil lis, gonerrhcea, secondary symptoms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence and excess. Their successful treat ment being based upon upwards of thirty years' practical experience, is a guarantee for their promptitude and skill to those who are suf fering from any of these complaints, and in most cases one personal interview only is required to ensure a sound and permanent cure. A new edition of the "Control of the Passions," with coloured engrav ings, price 2s. 6d.. may be had at the Author's residence, GO, Newman-street Oxford-street, London. Attendance daily from Nine in the Morning till Eight at Night. On Sundays from Tea till Two. o mR. PRO UT, 229, STRAND " No. 208, Piccadilly, London, October 19, 1847. " Sir,—lt is now three and a half years since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout, the suffering from which induced ixe to try .". me Proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could uevise, with.tt ebtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. During *lle of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUM/saw , nTT.LS, umei ving that i,e had 5,. acme severe cases taken them himself, and they preyed very successful. I a.. stantly adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate, and a few boxes restored me to health, since which I have had no return of the complaint. " I trust you will give publicity to my case, that suffering humanity may know hew to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease. " I am, Sir, yeur obedient humble servant, " MICHAEL NASMYTII." The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which afford speedy relief to those afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in the head and face, and all analogous complaints. The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, but re store to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed in every rheumatic or gouty affection : in fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it ; and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and, by his appoint ment, by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES. The intelligence from India, though heralded by royal salutes and announced in terms of official gratulation, will only be received in this country with universal sentiments of regret and dismay. The field of Ferozeshah has been fought over again, with the simple difference that the carnage was on this occasion purely gratuitous, and the result wholly unproductive. When the Seikhs were encountered in full march against the British territories there was no alternative bat to close with them; and the cheiik thus given, though at a heavy cost, did conduce to the object of the campaign and the termination of the war. But, in the battle which we have now to rcord, we shall look in vain for any fea tures of encouragement, except that unflinching intre pidity of conduct which becomes the more lament ably conspicuous from being so recklessly misused. Lord Gough, by the last advices from the army of the Chenaub, was encamped at Janiki, about fourteen miles from the enemy, with an advanced corps under General Thackwell some two miles in front. Actuated either by some indefinite desire to resume operations, or by a resolution to terminate, at all events, a period of protracted inaction, the Commander in -Chief, without waiting for intelligence from Moultan, broke up his camp on the 9th of January, and made a short march in the direction of the enemy. In this new position he was joined by an additional brigade of in t entry, and after a halt of two days, the whole force again advanced on the morning of the 12th to Dingee, a village about half. way between Sadulapore, where General Thackwell's affair took place, and Mong, where the enemy were supposed to be intrenched. On the 13th the march was still continued in the same direction, and the enemy's camp was soon brought partially in view. It appeared that Shore Singh, though, still holding his position at Meng, had occu pied in great force a low range of bills at Russoolpore, a village a mile or two above Meng and somewhat closer to the stream. What followed we must tell as it is told, for it is utterly impossible to give any order or perspicuity to the details of an action which was fought without any discoverable direction, intention, or plan. As soon as the advancing force came upon the outposts of the enemy the artillery was ordered to the front to clear the ground, and when this had been effected the Commande-in- Chief, after a little countermarching, gave orders to halt for the night. He had thus brought his troops within two or three miles of the enemy, and it was presumed that next morning the armies would be engaged. Shere Singh's camp appeared in view on the low hills of Russool, but the disposition of his forces had been but very vaguely ascertained, nor was it known either where his chief strength lay, how far he was pro tected by the nature of the ground, or what preparations ho had made to receive the attack which for at least four days past he must have anticipated. A thick jungle of more than two miles in depth was interposed between the two camps, but what it concealed was altogether unknown. It was now two o'clock in the afternoon, and the men were marking out their quarters for the night, when a round shot or two, pitching close to the Commander-in- Chief, informed him that he had got within range of the enemy's guns. This rough message seems to have irri tated him to an extravagant degree, and instead of en camping, as intended, and in spite of the urgent re monstrances of his staff, he gave immediate orders for a general assault. The army had marched that morning in a certain order of battle, and this order we may pre sume was still to some extent unbroken. The cavalry was distributed between the two wings, the 2d Brigade with the 9th Lancers and 14th Dragoons being on the ex treme right,and the Ist Brigade, with the 3d Dragoons on the extreme left. Next to the cavalry, on each flank, came the Horse Artillery, the infantry brigades being drawn up in the centre, with the field batteries in the intervals between them. No new disposition was made with reference to the sudden resolution to attack, no reconnaissance of the enemy's position was effected, nor were any preliminaries arranged to secure any plan or concert in the general engagement. The action com menced with a cannonade, which, on our side, had such little definite object that the gunners contented them selves with directing their fire against the smoke, sup posed to indicate the position of the Seikh pieces. At length the left division of the army under Brigadier Campbell, was ordered to make " a flank movement' —a manceavre which disclosed too plainly that the Seikh artillery was to be found, as usual, where it could act with the most destructive effect. No sooner were the troops within range than some heavy batteries, before unobserved, opened a cross-fire upon them, under which officers and men fell by hundreds. The leading brigade, consisting of the 24th Foot and the 22d and 25th Regi ments of Native Infantry, advanced resolutely upon the guns, but upon arriving at the batteries were so terribly weakened by losses and so exhausted by their blind struggles in the jungle, that they were compelled to re tire upon the regiments which had been ordered to their support. Their place was: taken by the sth brigade, which succeeded, under a tremendous fire of round shot, grape, and, and musketry, in reaching the battery, and capturing and spiking the guns, but so com pletely were they then enveloped by the Seikh infantry that it was found advisable to close up and retire. This is almost the only definite operation of the battle, and with so terrible a loss was it at tended that the total discomfiture of the enemy would have been dearly purchased at such a sacrifice of life. The 24th lost its colonel, 1 major, 3 captains, 3 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, and 218 men killed on the spot, and 1 major, 2 captains, 7 lieutenants, and 244 men wounded. In one of the native regiments brigaded with it the loss in killed and wounded was 4 officers and 204 men. The sth brigade (Mountain's) had no fewer than 27 officers and 859 men hors de combat, a list to which 5 officers and 240 men were contributed by the 29th Foot. The rest of the battle was a confused melee of de tached and unconcerted conflicts, in which each brigade and regiment, after plunging in the jungle and finding itself attacked, defended itself as best it might. The 2d European Regiment was at one moment so wholly sur rounded that it had to fire in every direction and to charge alternately straightforward and rear rank in front. Infantry were entirely unsupported by cavalry, and cavalry by artillery. Field batteries were exposed to capture for want of troops, and troops were unable to make head against the Seikh artillery for want of guns. It is impossible to see without infinite concern that some sudden panic caused the disastrous retreat of a most celebrated regiment, and entailed the actual loss of a portion of the British artillery. Whether this misfortune originated in any mistake in orders is not yet ascertained, but the circumstance is rendered pro bable, not only by the misdirected bravery of this corps at Ramnuggur, but by the distrust and suspicion which a succession of such disasters has generated both in officers and men. It is now well known that the Seikh tactics are artful in the highest degree, and moreover that they are unmatched by any corresponding perspi cuity on the part of the British commander. The conse quence is, that almost every movement on the enemy's part is looked upon as a feint. We have the best autho rity for stating that General Thackwell, in the affair at Sadulapore, was only withheld by the caution thus made so imperatively necessary from seizing what appeared to be so favourable an opportunity of crippling his antago nist. Even in the case of the fori; of Attock, our private correspondence informs us that the whole affair— attack and defence—is now reported to have been a feint to allure us across the Jhelum—an improbable story, but one which forcibly exhibits the relative estimation in which Seikh and British tactics are held. As the struggles in the jungle ended at last in the dislodgment of Share Singh from his position, and in the occupation of the field of battle by our troops, there is certainly a conventional justification for terming the result a victory. Irrespectively, however, of our own terrible loss—a total of some 93 officers and 2,500 men—it does not appear that any step has been gained towards the suppression of the rebellion or the conclusion of the war. Lord Gough is encamped a few miles nearer the Jhelum than before, but four short miles from his front sits his indestructible enemy, with a force re cruited to a greater strength than ever, and with confidence increased from repeated experi ments. There is matter, we fairly acknowledge, for admiration as well as astonishment in the re sources developed by the Seikh commanders; nor is the surprise less i n I n di a t h an at h ome . The ravery and discipline of their troops are readily explained by the fact that they are literally marched against us from our own parade grounds. For the last two years we have been drilling, arming, and clothing them, and our Sepoys now find themselves opposed to battalions dressed in red coats, and using the same arms and discipline as them selves. still it is wonderful how, without any known deplts of material or any long-concerted organization, these two generals could keep together so large a force in such effective condition. From the camp we have in • telligence a week later than the battle, when both armies appeared indisposed to any immediate renewal of hostilities. The prospect, however, was considerably more assuring to our troops than to the enemy. It is said, and not- without likelihood, that the Seikhs suffered even more in the enggagement than ourselves; and, although Chuttur Singh may bring up some rein forcements, yet there is no probable support from this quarter which will compensate for the British brigade ordered up from Lahore, and the 10,000 admirable troops flushed with victory, which might, by the 10th or 12th of February, have arrived at camp from Moultan. De sertions of some note are reported from the Seikh lines, and certain alleged attempts of Shore Singh to parley would seem to indicate his own doubts about the ultimate result. Negotiations, however, are not likely t o b e muc h in favour with our Commander-in-Chief, nor is there any chance of their being unbecomingly conducted either by Major Mackeson, the political agent with the force, or Sir H. Lawrence, who had just joined the arm. The final capture of Moultan is of course an event of the highest importanee at such a conjuncture as this, and the recent effectual pacification by Brigadier Wheeler, of the local disturbances in the Baree and Rechna Dooabs has re lieved us from some very dangerous neighbours. But this management of affairs must be summarily closed. We recently expressed our apprehensions that Lord Gough's successor would arrive too late to save gratui tous bloodshed, but we admit we were unprepared for such an exposure of temerity as this. The Commander in-Chief, it is said, " when all was over," was received by the troops as he rode amongst them with every de monstration of joy, This is highly probable. He had been fighting as a common soldier in their ranks. At all events he had been seen in no other character, nor was anything known of the General-in-Chief except that he was undoubtedly in the thickest of the melee. But this will never do. Even if the dominion of British India be beyont the reach of such fortune, the lives of British soldiers are"far too precious to be thus staked at hazard. The Eisikh Commander has only to lay his trap and :the English general will rush into it without bait or bidding. A demonstration of a few horsemen or the insult of a single shot will lure him into any position most desirable for concerted slaughter. If a mine could be constructed large enough we might hear by the next mail that Lord Gough and his army had been blown into the air. Awful is the responsibility of those who have so long maintained in command a general whose incompetence they have never hesitated to confess, and who have tenderedthe feelings of an obstinate old man at the expense of a carnage which has filled so many households with mourning, and deprived the British army of hundreds of its choicest soldiers. CHRONICLE.—Another of Lord Gough's terrible successes! Another, and a more deadly, Seikh retreat! We have to record an engagement, attended by a more prodigal waste of life than has been sustained by our army since tho massacre of Caubul, and by scenes of humiliation from which even that disastrous campaign was free. The last and most calamitous consequence of incompetent generalship had at length overtaken the Commander-in-Chief's force. Disheartened by wanton exposure and fruitless sacrifices, even discipline and oft proved valour had, ie some instances, given way: and British troopers were seen, on the battle-field of Alex ander, flying, in shameful rout, before, barbarians! As we cannot, alas! hush up these things in silence, we will, at least, endeavour to point out the cruelty of the ordeal which, issued in so unnatural a .catas trophe. It will be remembered that Lord Gough had resolved to remain quiet until intelligence should reach him of the tali elf Mseeltan. But a less inspiriting event was destined to be the signal for renewed activity. On the l.Oth of January Major Mackeson communicated to the Commander-in-Chief the news of the sur render of Attock to the A ffghans, and strongly urged the advisableness of striking an immediate and decisive blow. Accordingly, two days after• wards, the troops were marched twelve miles in advance of their original position, and on the 13th, the Commander-in-Chief came in view of Shere Singh's camp. Order of battle was then formed, Briga dier-General Campbell's division being supported, on the right and on the left, by Pope's and White's brigades of cavalry. At this point the baggage was ordered to halt; and the troops moved on, carrying, with ease, an ad vanced post of the enemy that lay to their right. Now it was that the full strength of the Seikh position became first apparent. Their line extended a mile in length; their flanks were well secured; and their centre was protected by field-works. The ground immediately in their front was much broken, and covered with jungle. This ground h a d not yet been reconnoitered; it was past one o'clock, arid the troops had been six hours under arms, without rest or refresh ment. Common prudence dictated a halt fur the night. The day was too tar gone, even had the troops been less spent, to admit of their making the most of any advan tage they might gain in an attack. A halt was accord ingly ordered. The colour-men were actually pitching their tents, when an incident occurred which changed all the Commander-in-Chiet's plans. Some Seikh horse artillery advanced, and commenced firing on our skir mishers. Upon an attempt ,being made to silence this attack with our heavy guns, several batteries, hitherto concealed by jungle, at once opened their fire, and it be came clear that the encamping ground was completely within their range. Thereupon his Excellency at once countermanded the halt, and resolved upon throwing his jaded troops into a general engagement. Can anything be conceived more imprudent? An event, which only betrayed the deceptive nature of the ground, and the necessity of a more accurate ac quaintance with its character, is made a motive for precipitating a contest, in which our troops may be said to have fallen victims to a continued series of ambuscades. The batteries which had roused the Com mander-in-Chief to this desperate resolution, were not the only ones which were concealed. After this pre liminary cannonade, in which our artillerymen were only guided in their aim by the smoke of the enemy's guns, Campbell's division, consisting of the 3d, 4th, and sth brigades of infantry, made a fi ink movement, the imnaes diate result of which was to expose their own flank to the fire of a concealed battery. The division, however, still pushed on—the 3d, or Pennycuick's, brigade taking the lead. Unsupported by artillery, this gallant brigade had charged up a hill crowned by a Seikh battery, which, wearied as they were, they carried at the point of the bayonet ; and they were engaged in spiking the guns, when, another ambuscade discovering itself, a murderous fire opened upon them from a concealed Seikh regiment, and forced them to retreat. What were the effect of these two surprises? On regaining the main body, her Majesty's 24th Regiment alone was found to have suffered a greater amount of casualties than have fallen to the lot of any single regiment since the Caubul massacre. Out of 800 men, upwards of 400 were killed and wounded. Among the officers, Briga dier Pennycuick himself, the lieutenant-colonel, the major, four captains, arid seven subalterns had perished; ten were disabled; making in all twenty-four officers, whose services were lest to their regiment. Adding to these casualties the lasses of the 22d and 25th Native Infantry, we find this one brigade furnishing a list of 27 officers and 749 men killed and wounded! We in stance it as only one, though the most disastrous, among the results of the Commander-in-Chief 's ig norance of the ground, and of the disposition of the enemy. There were, alas ! other parts of the geld, where these tremendous disadvantages were not met in a spirit of such Heroic self-devotion. The Seikhs were pushing on successfully on the left, when a por tion of the left, or White's brigade, consisting of the sth Bengal Light Cavalry and a squadron of her Majesty's 3d Dragoons, was ordered to check their advance. The Dragoons gallantly dashed through the enemy's ranks, and after a prolonged disappearance, as gallantly cat their way back again, to their anxious comrades. But they had charged alone --the native troops had broken and fled ! On the eztrenie right, rope's brigade of cavalry were the actors in a scene still more humiliating to the feelings of Englishmen. This brigade, consisting of her Majesty's 9th lancers, her Majesty's 14th Dra goons, and the Ist and 6th Native Cavalry, had got un expectedly entangled in the jungle, and wore exposed to a murderous fire. The brigadier gave the order to re tire, when, with the exception of the 9th Lancers, the whole brigade fled pr e ciaitately—throwing into confu sion the Horse Artillery in their rear, and never draw ing rein till they reached the camp hospital ! A court of inquiry, it is said, vas about to investigate all the circumstances; but whatever palliative may—and, it is earnestly to be hoped rill--be found for this sad ca tastrophe, it is useless to conceal from ourselves that it alone is worth, to the enemy, all his losses. Night found the Seikhs driven from their position—but still fighting. Our loss in killed and wounded amounted to 2,500, while theirs was estimated at 7,000. We had captured twelve light pieces of ordnance and one standard, and had lost four guns and:ix colours. Our last encamp ment was placed a little in the rear of the field of battle, while the Seikhs had entrenched themselves five miles off; but in the night they foaled means to remove most of their spiked guns, to murder and rob the wounded, and to mutilate the dead. In the morning, our force was in too disabled a condition to renew the attack; and the Commander-in-Chief had sent for reinforcements to replace the disabled regiments. On the other hand, the Seikhs were bragging of their prowess, and expecting to be reinforced by Chuttur Singh. Such were the practical results of the contest. It would be so painful to us to speak of the Commander-in-Chief's military conduct, throughout this deplorable transaction, in the terms which a rigorous justice would, we fear, imperatively dictate, that we feel peculiar satisfaction in remembering that there is, at this moment, no actual necessity for discussing the question of his qualifications for command. Lord Gough's time of service has, as our readers are aware, already expired; and we may, therefore, hold ourselves relieved from the unwelcome task of justifying, in detail, the opinion which we have more than once intimated relative to this topic. It becomes, however, all the more necessary that we should give distinct and emphatic expression to our conviction with respect to the appointment of his successor —an appointment, we hesitate not to say, which will be among the most important, both in its immediate and its re moter consequences, of any that have been made by the present generation of British statesmen. The lustre of our arms has been dimmed; the prestige of our power has been abated ; an empire which rests on opini on h as , for the mom en t, been wounded at that vital point ; and and it is all-essential that the reparation of the injury be thorough, decisive, and prompt. A great:military name, a commanding military reputation—a name and reputa tion not misty high, but of the very highest —such can alone meet the present exigency of British India. Under existing circumstances, an appointment which might otherwise have been perfectly unexceptionable, becomes, wo need not say, of more than dubious policy. With un affected and cordial respect for Sir William Gomm's emi nent military character and well-tried services, we think that all considerate persons must be of opinion that, the choice of that gallant veteran would now be inex• pedient in the extreme—for the simple reason, that his absence at the Mauritius would occasion ft loss of many weeks of most precious time, ere he could reach the scene of action. Assuming that her Majesty's Ministers cannot but appreciate the necessity of instantly placing the supreme Indian command in the fittest hands, we cannot hesitate in naming that name which will have spontaneously forced itself on all minds. To Gene ra l Sir Charles Napier, the conqueror of Sinde, the empire now instinctively looks as the man best qualified for this onerous and noble enterprise. He knows the coun try ; he knows the enemy ; he knows the British army; and, above all, the British army knows him. His very name is redolent of victory ; and, it is a safe prediction that, from the hour when he heads our Indian troops they have already regained more than they have ever lost, of the elate self-reliance which wins bat tles, and thepens or widens the foundations of empire. We can scarcely bring ourselves even to allude, at such a time as the present, to those circumstances which might seem to render his appointment to Indian command a subject of official difficulty and hesitation. General Napier may have been wrong —or the East rrdis (: , :ropany Tray have been wrorg-01., as is usual in such cases, both may have been in fault —in the trans actions to which we advert; but the recollection of these cannot, we are convinced, for one instant, influence the A NEW DISCOVERY. m.. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, .Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. A R R I A G E. 31 One half the world are desolately single, and the other :apposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em i.itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret en omprosing hurry ; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, cod broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice , 3entand that health should form au item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little 13E1110111S "On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 2 vets., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiedered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to wheat they are offered ae antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth en the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post ls. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and &void," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this eh iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of 3borwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place liegent•-street; awl all nrcaeller. illustrated by :46 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA• CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ?Tew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., er by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Sargeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : said by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Thchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. _ . PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting Iron . ; excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. Pain. T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tn2Cosniii. Beam or SYZIACIIIII is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in eases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 118. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea , gleet, st ricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A. minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position is society. 6,. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxibrd-street, Leaden, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight : on Sundays from Eleven to One. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 3. IN RE DYCE SOMBRE. Mr. BETHEL resumed his argument on the sitting of the Court to-day, against the petition for superseding the commission of lunacy. The Learned Counsel having concluded, Mr. CALVERT followed on the same side, and, not having concluded at the rising of the Court, the further hearing was adjourned till Wednesday. PLYMOUTH, MARCH I.—Yesterday morning John Collier, Esq., formerly- one of the representatives of this borough, was suddenly taken ill, and in about three-quarters of an hour he was a corpse. His sudden decease is said to have arisen from a chronic affection of the heart. Mr. Col lier, who was in his 80th year, was, down to the day previous to his death, in the enjoyment of excellent health. Ho was a merchant of high standing at Ilya - loath. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—A great number of artistes belonging to this theatre arrived on Saturday ; amongst others, Marie and Paul Taglioni, and one of the three new tenors, M. Bordas ; whilst Gardoni will reach London from St. Petersburgh to-morrow. Carlotta Grisi, who is to open the season in the choregraphic department, is likewise expected every moment, and one of the new prime donne will reach London to-night. - The BiAop o r Lo:idon 117,9 instituted the Roy. Charles Hume, M.A., Lecturer of St Philip's, Birmingham, to the rectory of St. Michael's, in the city of London, ren dered vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. &Afield. . . : .. . . , t , 4 ., 1 41 , z... - ,;'.-z ., , . viclA ‘;:1, „% le :` :' '';if '•; sl ) - ~._.,,,, , . 0 , ..1 -3 i• ' SP 'z- '' - ' "';.'. ' i ,'- L . •': 7- 4 i . ic ' 6' - ": - ; 1. - ---- 11„,.., .9c.*: -. 6'. /IT). . t , ‘-. ; • , -*'.---',' -, I Ran' 4 , ,-. T fo" ..... -.1 MARCH 5, 1849. 7 action of either, where the welfare of the empire is con cerned. A great publi emergency dwarfs into infinite simal and impalpable littleness all considerations of a merely personal nature.. 'With the Queen's Ministers, with the East India Col np any, with General Napier him self, there can be now b ut one question—namely, who is the fittest man to lead: the army of the Punjaub to victory? HERALD.—Another :famous victory—another mur derous triumph —another of those disastrous successes. which thousands weep to icl no man rejoices over! Lord Gough has fought anoth , sr great battle in his old style, and with the old result. .I 3 :e has taken another fine army into the field, and flung iEt at the enemy. He has gone headlong again into the midst of the opposing force, bundling his brigades up,a i the enemy's batteries, and demonstrating, we fear r u t for the last time, how the smallest possible advents g, 3 may be gained at the cost of the greatest sacrifice of!' Fe . We cannot say that the in telligence has startled us. We were quite prepared for it. Disastrous as are t! ee tidings they have not taken us by surprise. That d( scription of generalship, which in India they call " Tip sirary tactics," we have learnt, at this distance from the theatre of war, to understand and appreciate. Respect for the manly bearing, the consum mate courage, the conte' neat of danger, so manifest in the personal character of the Commander-in-Chief, for a while restrained us frc tn. giving utterance to opinions which it was impossible not inwardly to conceive. But there was a point at wh icli silence became crimial, we could disguise the tri Me no longer. Beneath the sil very hair of the brave old veteran there is the hot im pulsive brain of a boy. Instead of the cool, wary, saga cious commander, we b are the thoughtless, impetuous, Hibernian fighting man,. :ready to sacrifice himself and all his belongings, and no more able to restrain himself than a child. It is a fact that on that disastrous 13th of January, Lord Gough, i n spite of the protests of wiser men than himself—in sp;itt) of his own promises —threw himself upon the enemy's :position, without a thought of reconnoitering it, becaus a, as he said, the Seikhs insulted him, and his "Irish bl and could stand it no longer." This is his own account of the affair. Good God! aro our own troops to be mo wn down by thousands, because the Irish blood of a hfin )-brained commander cannot stand a stray shot or two-. from the enemy's guns? It is devoutly to be hoped that :if such are the consequences of Irish blood, there is not ti drop of it in the veins of Sir Wiliam Gomm, who has, been nominated Lord Gough's successor. Just calculte;o the gains of such a " victory" as this ! We have lost en killed and wounded, 2,500 men; w© have lost half -a—dozen guns, and some of our colours have been taken.. Two, if not three regiments have disgraced themsel res, and the enemy have fired a salute in honour of the it success. Both armies claim the victory—both at t iFf3 date of the last intelligence from the Jhelum were waiting for reinforcements ; and, as these rough and re lady Seikh battalions, much less encumbered than our 'own with baggage, and much better able to feed th ceaselves as they go, move with far greater rapidity th In our cumbrous masses of dis ciplined troops, the pr. ababilities are that Shere Singh's camp will be strengths ned long before Lord Gough's. In fact, this great dise atrous battle on the banks of the Jhelum, as far as rege rds the issue of the campaign, " goes for nothing " -nothing at all. One European regiment has been dest roared, and 2,000 men b es id es h ave been killed or m a i me d iri the engagement; but for any good that it has done us, it might as well not have been fought. The two et intending forces stand in nearly the same position to each other as before. If there be any difference it is to our disadvantage. The Seikhs have a clearer nation than before of the general ship of the British leader and the prowess of our British cavalry. The affair of lib e lath of January will not have raised us in the estin etttion of the enemy, and it will lower us immeasurably in the opinion of all our Euro pean allies. It is not to be concealed that the general aspect of affairs in the Thanjaub is anything but encour aging. For some time will the arrival of the Indian mails be looked for with the iatensest interest and the most painful excitem sett. The junction of Chuttur Singh's force with that of his son Shere Singh did not seem to be a very rem ate event at the date of the latest intelligence from the camp of the British commander; but as it is no part of Lord Gough's military creed that a general ought to en; Is avour to acquaint himself with the movements of th ,e enemy, we can hazard, on this point, only a conjec Lure. It would be well, how ever, if we had only the movements of open enemies to concern ourselves about; we have to fathom, as we best can, the des ig-ns of doubtful friends. The attitude both of Ghc ()lab Singh and Dost Mahomed, in the present conjuncture, is such as to give rise to all sorts of gloomy anticipations. It is said that if the Cashmere Raja ani the Ameer of Caubul were to join the confederacy aua inst us, and to swell the ranks of the enemy with their 'troops, we should find it difficult to hold our own in the .Punjaub, and impossible to subju gate the country. And recent events have assuredly given some cogency to this opinion; but it almost all lies in the if. Let us see how these matters stand. It may be said, with especial reference, in such a crisis as this, to the position of G•hoolab Singh, that " ho who is not with us is against us," But it is grobablo tho con verse of this proposition would more nearly indicate the truth. The hearty, strenuous co-operation of the Ma haraja's troops would unquestionably at such a time be invaluable; it would be sufficient to turn the tid e un mistakeaby in our favour, and to leave no doubt as to the final result. But we have seen what is the value of Seikh alliances. This very Shere Singh, whose troops have been engaged in en urderous conflict with our own, was a little while ago marching upon Moultan in con junction with General Whish. We imagine that our British commanding officers have had enough of Seikh auxiliaries—that they have by this time learnt to " like their room better than their company." It is obviously our policy to ;keep Ghoolab Singh's troops at a distance. We do not want them to assist us—we do not want them to come near our camp. The best service that the Maharaja can render us is to keep his troops, in the present state of things, inactive. He has, we may be sure, nomething more than a dim sus picion that they are not to be trusted; and whilst such is the temper of his men, it is clearly anything but a proofof treachery upon.hisipart,that he has not sent 20,000 men to turn against ua at a critical moment. The Cash mere force, under Colonel Steinbach, is at least inactive; and inactive it is better that it should remain, whilst our affairs are prospering so poorly in the Punjaub. Bring it into close contact with the two contending armies, and there would. be little hope, unless our arms were carrying everything before them, of anything but treachery and hostility from such " allies." There may be more real friendship in the course pursued:by Ghoolab Singh than appears on the surface. If we saw him pro fessing more, and doing more, we should suspect him more; but the last thing for which we should incline to quarrel with him is, for sending an army to our aid. ;We do not believe that there is anything to be apprehended from the hostility of the Cashmere troops, which, though they may not be induced to fight for us, may be restrained from fighting against us. Neither is there any good reason to dread the enmity of Dost Ma homed and the Affghans. There is very little sympathy between the Affghans and the Seikhs. The sole desire of the Ameer appears to be the re -annexation of Pesha war to bis dominions. This has been his darling am bition for years, and is now the leading idea of his old age as of his best days of manly vigour. He has come down to watch events, and to turn the present strife to the best personal account. But it is the opinion of the best-informed parties on the spot that he is far more likely to have been thinking all this time of falling on the rear of a defeated Seikh army and claiming credit from us for the act, than of forming an alliance with our ene mies and increasing our embarrassments in the Punjaub. He has wisdom and experinco enough to know that his safest game is to support the British, of whose ultimate success he can hardly entertain a doubt. We know the character of the Dost well enough to feel tolerably sure that he will not array himself openly against us until he sees that our cause is hopeless; and in spite of Lord Gough's "Tipperary tactics" we have not come to that yet. POST.—We repeat this morning the disastrous intel ligence from India which we published in a second edition on Saturday. In using the word " disastrous," we are sure we only speak the universal feeling that prevailed when the news first became known, and has increased in intensity by a more careful perusal of the accounts. Indeed, the Indian authorities themselves seem to en tertain the same opinion of the recent action on the Jhelum. The Governor-General orders a salute of twenty-one guns to be fired, as if for a victory ; but he studiously excludes from his official notification all mention of our loss, doubtless because there would hare been a great anomaly in treating as a triumph an en gagement that had cost the victors above two thousand men and ninety officers killed and wounded, four guns, and five or six colours, besides leaving the defeated enemy, at the close of the day, in compact and un broken order within four miles of our own position. Lord Dalhousie may not, possibly, have known the extent of the loss when he directed the announce ment of a victory; though the presumption is rather the other way, as his suppression of the facts was apparently part of the system, the departure of the mail from Lord Gough's camp having been prohibited, in order to pre vent the details from transpiring through the means of private letters. We regret to add that this problema tical victory was marked by circumstances happily not of frequent occurrence in our military annals. Two cavalry regiments, one in the Queen's, the other in the Company's service, actually gave way before the enemy, and materially obstructed the general operations by the undignified rapidity of their retreat through our own artillery. Nothing, of course can justify such miscon duct on the part of the regiments in question ; but it is some extenuation that they were led into a situ ation where it was scarcely possible for cavalry to maintain themselves, and the officer in command of the brigade lost no time in ordering them to retire. In this retrograde movement, however, they lost all, steadiness ; retreat speedily degenerated into rout, and not only a portion of the Horse Artillery, but oven the Field Hospital, wa s lit era lly ov erthrown by the panic stricken dragoon s . Y e t, i n the face of sucl - actionw nta bi t e facts, crd 6 w ou e g find i when ec stated revie thatwic g his forces, s ix days after the ex pressed his entire satisfaction with the conduct cth notice the singular eccen tricity becomes our painful duty to no troops. Indeed, this is not the only instance in which i t i r c i v c c ity co ofth b P u m t e a P l e l 'i t m l i i ) e gs p . riv l a V t e e e accounts and the Indian papers concur in representing e official N d o i dispatches t la c er Lord' s s b efore personalus; chance, and not Ile the result of any previous well-con this sanguinary action as having taken place by a sort of sidered plan. Lord Gough, as it would seem, on arriv ing in presence of the enemy, on the 13th of January, had resolved on giving battle, and some preliminary movements were effected for that purpose. The deter mination, however, was not persisted in, and a general understanding prevailed that there would be no fighting till the following morning; but a new change was made in the arrangements, and an attack was ordered. There ap. pears to have been no reconnoisance, and, in consequence, the advancing troops found themselves exposed to a flanking fire from Seikh batteries of which the existence or position was totally unknown. It is superfluous to say how soon confusion ensued. Happily, the steadiness of the Infantry and Artillery, with a brilliant charge from White's Brigade of Cavalry, retrieved the mischief and compelled the enemy to a retreat of four miles, though in such good order that the British forces did not deem it prudent to bivouac on the ground which had been the scene of action, and to which the defeated Seikhs sent detachments in the course of the night for the purpose of plundering the dead, murdering the wounded, and re moving some of their own guns that we had spiked. According to the accounts that have arrived, the irreso lution displayed in the first instance was not the sole error of the Commander-in-Chief. There seems to have been a total want of combination in the attack, and of a definite character in the orders issued; and when re monstrances were made to his Lordship they were met by a threat of the punishment due to military insubordination. The personal gallantry of Lord Gough, we need hardly say, was conspicuous throughout the day; but the commander of an army ought not to be a mere vulgar gladiator. His duty is to be the head that thinks, rather than the arm that strikes; and it is a poor consolation to the victims of imperfect arrangements on the part of the general, that the individual Lord Gough behaved like a hero. The whale proceeding is so full of painful interest as to ren der necessary a searching inquiry into all the circum stances. Investigation is called for by regard to our national honour; by those feelings of humanity which are shocked to learn that one of her Majesty's regiments has been subjected to the loss of 13 officers and 213 men killed, 10 officers and 244 men wounded; and, fi nally, by a care for the future safety of those vast pos sessions, our sway over which is founded entirely on public opinion. DitILY NEWS.—If Government, and the East India Company, and the War-office had entered into a plot to disgust the people of this country with war—with the instruments and the mode with which it is carried on—they certainly could not have combined a more horrid and revolting spectacle than that offered by the military events of the Punjaub. Here are Englishmen and an English army, in the nineteenth century, making war in the same savage way as the first barbarians that clothed themselves in skins. If war could by any means be enobled or excused, it would be as a science, which decided conflicts with insignificant loss of human life, which conquered by skill and by the application of the mind to strategy. But here we see 24,000 men, under British colours, flung rather than led into a jungle by a blundering general, from the mere impulse of haste and passion, without judgment or preparation, or manoeuvre or idea, ordered to conquer, by brute force, and met by barbarians, who showed far more skill and coolness—they could not show more courage. The jungle of the Jhelum presented the aspect of the Roman circus on a fete day, that of an idle and indiscriminate butchery, disgraceful to a civilised country and to a Government that professes to exercise some thing like prudence and foresight. The General was known by the whole empire to be incapable. It was but the other day he flung away the lives of his best troops and officers in a watercourse. And ;none can so fully tell his merits as Lord Hardinge, who was by his side in the memorable battles on the Sutlej. But such is our stupid machinery of Government, that incapacity and ill, even if seen andadmitted,cannot be removed or obviated. Common sense and common rumour demanded that the superannuated Elphinstone should not be left in com mand at Caubul. He was left, and thousands upon thousands were the victims. And now we have again the same fatuity. The Duke of Wellington is known to have warned the India Company of the incapacity of Lord Gough: the India Company admitted it, but ob jected to the successor who was recommended. In the conflict of the two authorities, Lord Gough was lett in the command with a civilian Governor-General, and of course uncontrolled and unadvised to perpetrate the sacrifice of British life, British interests, and British honour. If there was conscious spirit and patriotism in Parliament, it would institute an inquiry into the causes which maintained so incapable a general in command, and which has led to such an appalling and distressing sacri fice. Little do we wonder that peace societies are mul tiplying and meeting thoughout the land, that the old admiration for heroic achievement is fast being replaced by disgust, that the profession of the soldier is fast fall ing into disrepute, and that the belief is gaining ground that war is raised, and battles fought, by personages high in command, more for the gratification of their ambition, their avarice, or their excitement, than for the only legi timate end for which any war is allowable—defence of the empire and its interests. When the mass of details is somewhat reduced to order, the action of the 13th January, called by different authorities, the battle of the Jhelum or of Russoolpore, or of Chillian wallah, appears to have taken place under the following circumstances. Up to the 11 th of January the grand army, amounting to about 24,000 men, with 120 pieces of cannon, remained in their en trenched camp at lleylah, on the right or western bank of the Chenaub, and at a distance of about eighteen miles from the position occupied by Shere Singh, in the close vicinity of the Jhelum. The scene of operations, therefore, was the small tract of country enclosed by the two rivers Chenaub and Jhelum, and known as the Doab of Jirhut. The character of this Doab is one of extreme sterility. It is described as stretching before the eye of a spectator beholding it from the Salt Range in ono monotonous plain, broken only by a solitary emi nence of mean elevation above the town of Lollee. Nothing (said Sir Alexander Burnes, in 1834) can be more miserable than the country between the Acesires (Chenaub) and the Hydaspes (Jhelum), a sterile waste of underwocd, the abode of shepherds, scantily supplied with water, which is sixty-five feet below the surface. The Jhelum and the Chenaub are each of them considerable streams at that point of their course opposite to the en campments of the hostile armies. The Chenaub at Ram nuggur—the position in the rear of Lord Gough, at which he has constructed a bridge of boats, to keep open his communication with the capital and the frontier—is in the dry season about three hundred yards wide, and nine feet deep, but with only a sluggish current. The Jhelum, at Julalpoor, near which place the Seikhs have also constructed a passage, was found by Elphinstone in the monsoon season to be one mile and one furlong in width, with a depth of about twelve feet, and under the influence of a current which ran with strength and velocity. The descripton of Sir Alexander Burnes as to the barrenness of this region has been entirely con firmed by the circumstances of the present campaign. Every kind of provender is described as being ex- ceedingly scarce, and the commissariat department of the army as receiving little assistance within the im mediate range of the camp. On the 12th of January, it would appear, in consequence of a consultation with Sir Henry Lawrence, who bad joined the Commander-in- Chief on the 10th from Lahore, and from the camp of the Governor-General, at Mukkoo, the entire army were ordered to march in the direction of the enemy. The march continued with one or two brief periods of halt, through a level country, more or less encumbered with jungle, until eleven o'clock on the morning of the 13th of January, when a portion of the force came up with an outpost of the enemy, who, after firing a few shots, were effectually driven in by a detachment of artillery. This appears to have been the commence ment or the errors which prevailed to the end of the day. Instead of pursuing his march upon Russool, the original destination of the army, Lord Gough sud denly altered his arrangements, apparently under an impression that the main body of the Seikhs were close at hand, and, after changing the position of his brigades, directed the day camp to be immediately pitched. This was about two o'clock. The order was scarcely issued when a volley of round shot from the enemies' guns came rattling into the camp —some of them pitching very near to the Commander-in. Chief. It is alleged that Lord Gough became exceedingly en raged at this seemingly very common occurrence. He is said to have declared that ho would forthwith sweep the Seikhs from the face of the earth. It is quite certain, however, that without any preparatory reconnoisance, a general attack upon the enemy, wherever they might happen to be found, was instantly directed. Pending the arrangement of the troops, the artillery of both armies, for the space of an hour or more, kept up a vi gorous exchange of shot—it doss not appear, however, that the firing on either side produced much effect. About four o'clock, therefore, in the afternofen the action virtually commenced by an advance of the wing of the British army under General d to the: fire In this advance the troops became expose difficulties Ca t m bell. of several Seikh batteries, and aided by the hd.o. of the jungle, the ignorance of the .Bris o h f o a f ny t sition of the enemy, and the absence eeffecistPual provision for following up the attacli after ofou a mostrown infan try, the brigad e o f General Campbell, bril liant display of valour, w ere compelled to fall back on the main body. It was in these ueftP era tions that her Majes ty's 24th regiment of Foo loss without any parallel in retreatn from Cau lonodtiai the warfare,if we except the annihilation of the 44th F bul. Out of a force of 800 men, the 24th regi ment h ave sustained a loss in this single engagement of 10 officers killed and 13 wounded; and of_ 218 soldier s kill ed and 244 wounded. A total, therefore, of 575 men placed hors de combat out of 800 is the result in one single regiment of the disastrous arrangements of Lord Gough. Precisely the same g a ll ant conduct and the same unfortunate issue distinguished the attacks made by the centre and right wing of the British— although in none of the other regiments engaged was the sacrifice of life so great as in the 24th. The cavalry posted on the extreme right of the line, consisting of the 14th Light Dragoons and the sth Bengal Cavalry, ap pear from some cause or other to have fallen into a mo mentary confusion, and are said to have retired from the field in great disorder. There is most abundant evidence however, that along the whole of the line extreme em barrassment and severe loss were occasioned by the total ignorance of the British officers of the posture of the enemy's defences and of their character; by the obstacles of the jungle; and by the absence of any adequate de gree pf cpncert between the FeTerga old the /f 0 /2,ce.,....,,e-0 z . ".e.--------7,-, , / ( -/ immi _ „,....... .... Th ,\f mac.-<v, . 0 , 4 7 z, ..,. ) ) 4iiit 4 ) ... 1 1 . 4 L / p--- s,, (7, [PRICE SD. ,F TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday 28th Feb. there was a weary debate on the Public Roads Bill, ending in the Bill being withdrawn. On Thursday came on Lord Ashley's motion for an address to appoint a Commission " to inquire into the practicability and mode of subdividing, into distinct and independent parishes, for all ecclesiastical purposes, all the densely peopled parishes in England and Wales, in such manner that the population of each, except in par ticular cases at the discretion of the Commissioners, shall not exceed four thousand souls." It would appear from Mr. Hume's attempt at an amendment, that an effort was made to probe into the question, whether the terms of the motion meant to acknowledge or to ignore the existence of the genus Dissenter. But the motion for inserting words with that effect, was made so entirely pro forma and so rapidly negatived, that, to say the truth, though there on the benches, I was not aware of the fact till ,I saw it in the Votes. Another amendment proposed, for in cluding the uniting as well as the dislocation of parishes, had virtually little more success, for it was only sup ported by 18 against 111. This is one of the efforts which the retrogTading:Church Establishment is making to assist in her journey to wards Rome. There is to be a better distribution of the influences, which are to carry us back to all manner of what the Articles of the original Church denomi nated " fond things vainly invented." Nuns " black, white, and grey, with all their trumpery," aro to be brought back on us by renegade bishops, and the coun try is to be split up into neat subdivisions in aid of the measure. The opposition was only weakly conducted by such of the organs of the Dissenters as have speech in the House ; and after the last abortive amendment, the main question was agreed to. One part of the mover's exposition, was that no money would be asked for. Which means that no money would be asked for now ; for nobody surmises that when the Establishment has increased its influence in the mode contemplated, it will not ask for what it likes, and have what it asks for. On the order for the Committee on Poor-Laws (Ire land) being read, a very odd amendment was moved, to the purport that it was " unconstitutional arid unjust to impose on Ireland separate national taxation for the wants of particular localities, so long as the public ge neral revenue of Ireland is paid into an Impisrial Trea sury, and placed at the disposal of an Imperiiil Legisla ture, for the general purposes of the United Kingdom." It was so clear that there was a mis-reading, and that the intention must have been to say " so long as. Ireland pays into the Imperial Treasury only half of her rate able proportion," that it only obtained the support of 15 Members against 139. The question for going into Committee was afterwards carried by 195 against 96, and the Government's proposal was announced, which was " That in each of the next two years there shall be paid by every Union in Ireland a sum equal! to a rate of sixpence in the pound on each electoral division in such Union, towards a general fund for the relief of the poor in Ireland." On Friday the Bill for dividing the living of Rich. mond and Kingston-upon-Thames was moved to be read a second time. Nobody seemed to know much about the Bill, either on one side or the other; but it had very much the appearance of another move eccle siastic, like that in Whitechapel. The end was, that the second reading was carried by 36 against 27. A Member amused the House by declaring that he thought he had been voting for the Henley Waterworks, and should have voted against the Bill; so the numbers ought to have been 35 against 28. Afterwards came on in Committee the Government proposal of the sixpenny rate for Ireland. Among Irish, Members there was exhibited the most extraordinary mixture of menace, asking for money, and assuranc-ea that they would never pay. One remarkable fallacy ran through most of their arguments. They were con. tinually harping upon the principle, established they said at the Union, that Ireland was not to be taxed beyond her capacity; their idea of a measure of capacity, being not that it meant paying according to a given rate upon their means as displayed by their expenditure or other wise, but that it meant havinga rate of their own, or in such cases as they liked, no rate at all. A Conservative Member tried to represent to the Irish, that the English agriculturists would be quite glad to close with their de sire to receive money under a declaration that they would never return it, if the agriculturists were not suffering under the recent loss of their resources from the pockets of the manufacturers. But the Irish in general had the air of being too well-grown birds to be so taken. At midnight the debate was adjourned till Monday; it being settled that the Navigation Laws should give way. Will nobody ask the Government in Parliament whether it is their intention to annex the Punjaub? I am, Sir, your ooedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, March 5, 1849. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY, MARCH 2.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, reached Osborne a few minutes before three o'clock, having crossed from Gos port in the Fairy yacht, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee commanding. SATURDAY, MARCH 3.—The Queen and his Royal Highness took an early walk in the grounds at Osborne this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales rode, and the whole of the Royal Children walked in the Park. There was no addition to the royal dinner 'party yea. terday. Mr. Geerge Edward Anson and Sir James Clark ar. rived at Osborne this afternoon. SUNDAY, MARCH 4.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waitin g , atten d e d Divine service this morning in Whippin g h am Ch urc h. The Rey. Mr. Protheroe officiated. ' His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended ' by Mr. Edmond Mildroay, honoured the Earl of Cardigan ' with his company at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Piccadilly. a l b , i o n r e e t i g Council . was it held was o a n t t e S n a d t e u d rd b 7 at A th C e Marquis of o LallB. Russell, the Lord Chancellor,L o rd John downe, Sir George Grey, quer, Sir Francis Grey, the Chancellor of the Lord E Campbell, the Right Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, . of Clanrloarde, and Viscount . th c e he Palmerston, Earl the Earl of Carlisle. hours and a half. The Council sat two Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis d't en 1 Ure A With Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at had an interview deputation from Lancashire, dutation on c e o o n u s n is t t y ed ex o p f mr. it. of Cuerden Hall, near Preston ; Act Townley Parker, of Mr. H. Newell of ' r. John LireseY' of r hdle • and w , Rochdale; Roberts,f Roc a , as accompanied by Mr. the Home-office. The en Mr. .Roberts, , j. Wilson Patten, .M.P.; and R Brown, M.P. ; an d Mr. Henry, M.P. Tho Earl of Yarborough had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Wood Chancellor of th e E xchequer and Leidy Mary had a dinner party on S a t ur d ay, at their resi dence in Downing-street. The company consisted of the Earl and Countess St. Germans, the Countess Grey, the Earl of Bessborough, the Dowager Countess of Morley, Lord Grosvenor, Count and Countess de Flahault, Hoy. Miss de Flahault, Lord Seymour, Lord Anson, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, and Mr. Baring Wall. Sir John Hobhouse had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Berkeley-square. The Duke of Wellington attended early service yester day, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon and administered the sacra ment. At the daily service the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Chester—the sacrament was administered by the Bishop of London. MR. DIOMAS LONG.—T--I==he mortal remains of this respected gentleman, who for several years past has filled the important office of assistant secretary to the London and North-Western Railway Company, and whose melancholy death, after four days' illness, was announced last week, were interred in the Highgate Cemetery on Saturday. The de ceased was followed to the grave by twenty-four mourners, most of them old officers in the service of the railway com pany, to whom Mr. Long had endeared himself by_ his inva riable courtesy a n d gent l eman l y d emeanour . Mr. Long's death arose from a severe cold terminating in an attack of pleurisy, which baffled the skill of his medical attendants, and caused his death on Sunday week last. The deceased, who had only just attained his thirty-fourth year, h as left a widow and five infant children to mourn his pre _ mature decease. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Forces, Was in coin• munication with some of the Cabinet Ministers on Saturday Ceram. various services of the army. A n d w h en we are informed that the position of the Seikhs extended over a front of three miles in extent, w as d otte d with batteries at most irregular intervals, and that in an places the jungle was so thi c k as to separatem and interfere with the order of the advancing columns, we can be at no loss to understand that the battle was fought under circumstances in the highest degree dis advantageous to the assailants. When is the dayli g h t was expended both armies retired to their origin a l en campments; and although it true that the Seikhs have subsequently taken up a position nearer the Jh e l um, i t cannot be said that their strength is in any essential respect impaired by the action of the lath of January. They lost but twelve of their own guns, and they cap tured four of ours; and it is at best but doubtful whether the casualties in their camp are heavier than those in our own. Lord Gough remains at the head of an army of 20,000 m en , and he has before him an enemy of 40,000 or 45,000 men, every way prepared to dispute his possession of the country. The final occupation of Moultan will set at liberty a force of 17,000 men, after leaving 3,000 as a garrison; and, proceeding up the right bank of the Jhelum, this extensive reinforcement may perhaps reach the neighbourhood of Find Dadeen Khan by a three weeks' march. But the future conduct of the war, any more than the past is not a question of numbers. It is a question of generalship. Reverses the most severe are perfectly inseparable from the supreme command of a man who is so utterly incapable of rea soning from cause to effect as to undertake a genera l action suddenly at the close of a day, in the midst of an im practicable coon try—against au unknown enemy — an d with arrangements in the highest degree imperfect. The opinion we ventured to express on the reported arrival of an Affghan force, with hostile intentions, upon the northern boundary of Sinde, is confirmed by the more recent and precise intelligence. The expedition has been ascertained to consist of only a few hundred ma rauders from Candahar, sent out to raise a tribute—not less real, because it is irregular —upon the more peace able tribes who inhabit the southern extremity of the Bolan Pass. The presence, however, of Dost Mahomed in Peshawar is removed beyond all doubt; and the sur render, at length, of the fortress of Attock by Lieutenant Herbert, may possibly, by the course of events, become 'in important feature in the progress of the war upon the Upper Lades. . _ , and st by the bus's Fair 7 bill most osed. earn !nced ;and watt San but