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Even under my system they will be ; come very powerful ; but I have established a counter check by opening a way to raise a race of independent farmers attached to the Government. This kali I can now do for Scinde and its fine people.' In July, 1847, the bad health of Lady Napier ren dered a colder climate necessary, and in October, the ex-Governor of Scinde embarked amid a grand military demonstration. He was received in his native land with similar honours, though of a more civil character. Thanks had already been voted to him by both Houses of Parliament for each of his great victories, and his arrival was signalised by a series of magnificent festivals, at which the strange, yet noble and striking, presence of the warrior was a theme of universal interest and a subject of uni versal observation. For some time after his return home Sir Charles Napier lived in semi-retirement, until the disasters of the last Sikh war raised a perfect panic in Eng land, and all eyes turned to the hero of Scinde as the deliverer of our Indian empire. Prompt to obey a call of duty, the veteran General started in March, 1849, but found, on his arrival at Bombay, that the Sikhs had been finally routed, and that his work had been performed for him. There was now no enemy to contend with, and no principality to administer ; so Sir Charles set to work at his favourite occupation of military reformation, which, to judge by his first general order, issued after a review at Lahore, was very decidedly required. The following is the document : " Head-quarters, Camp, Lahore, Dec. 15, 1849. "At the late review of the tro o p s on the plain of Meean Meer, the following egregious deficiencies were evident to all : " 1. That some commanders of regiments were unable to bring their regiments properly into the general line. "2, One commanding pincer of a regiment attempted N . to wheel his vehrffel'elniegt as he would a company. 'vs' " 3. Several officers commanding companies were seen disordering their companies, by attempting to dress them from the wrong flank. " 4. When the line was ordered to be formed out left column, some commanders deployed too soon, and ordered their lines (thus improperly formed) to doubl quick,' in order to regain their position. This was all bad ; but it was worse to see the regiments, on receiving the word to double quick,' at once charge with loud shouts —no such order to charge having been given by any one, nor the word prepare to charge ;' nor did any thing occur to give a pretext for such a disgraceful scene, exhibiting both want of drill and want of dis cipline . • t , • . _ , . , . • 4 4 ..,: ; ,,x,t. ~....z . ,,4 . - , •""1t 111 t.,. 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Wm. S. Orr and Co., 2, Amen-corner, London, and Liverpool. John Menzies, Edinburgh. This horrible slaughter absolutely lasted for three hours and a half, when Sir Charles, seeing that the battle must be won or lost within twenty miuutes directed a desperate charge of cavalry on the right of the Belooches, while the infantry made one more final dash at the enemy, who at length gave way, the grapeshot still pouring into their dense masses, and the soldiers still using their bayonets with the ferocity of men actually steeped in blood and mad dened by the fury of the fight. Such was the famous battle of Meeanee, fought on the 17th of February, 1843, and won by less than 2,000 men against more than 30,000.. The dreadful result, as stated by Sir William Napier, was that, of the British forces, twenty officers went down, six killed, with two hundred and fifty ser geants and privates, of whom sixty were slain out right. " The loss of the Belooches was enormous, almost exceeding belief. A careful computation gave 6,000, and most of these died, as no quarter was given." " Thus, in four hours two thousand ? men struck down 6,ooo—three to each man." We turn gladly from these horrible details of human slaughter. Six of the Ameers at once sur rendered, yielded the fortress of Hydrabad, and offered their rich swords and arms to the General, who would not accept them. In a few days the army took possession of Hydrabad—the Ameers, who had none of them shown themselves in the field, being left unmolested in their palaces. Still, however, Scinde was not won. Shere Mahomed, one of the m os t powerful, and, to do him jus tice, most manly of the Ameers, was collecting a new army, and me nac i ng a new war. Sir Char l es Napier contented hi mse lf w ith strengthen i ng hi s position, and Lord Ellenborough, with his eon gratulatont 011 Meeanee, tent renifOictinents of ink. fantry, cavalry, and artillery—horse and camel. The General's chief difficulty was about the captive Ameers, who could not now be trusted, and whom he determined to d e th rone , an d v i rtually to im prison. Into the much disputed policy of this ques tion we shall n o t en t er . P oss ibl y the General was influenced by a phrase, which had got abroad among the native population and the Belooches— viz., " Cabul the British." Sir William Napier is particularly anxious to vindicate his brother's conduct as to these princes, and heaps up masses of evidence to prove the wantonness and cruelty of their former tyranny. We proceed, however, with the narrative. Sir Charles, with his troops refreshed and powerfully reinforced, sum moned Shere Mahomed, surnamed the " Lion," to surrender. He was still expecting the arrival of yet more reinforcements under Major Slack, when he found that Mahomed intended to attack them before they could effect a junction. By the skilful manoeuvring of three bodies of his army, the gene ral out-generalled the " Lion," and then prepared to give him fair and open battle. Even more than Meeanee, the contest which ensued was a pitched and stricken field. The two armies were drawn out in regular military order facing each other, the Belooches persevering in their usual tactics of con cealment. 12ths 12the 345, strand, London. NOTICE.—A Division of Profits by this Society will take place al the end of the year 1854 All persons who have paid two annual premiums will, in accordance with the Deed of Settlement, be en. titled to share therein. _ _ itt,°Y-A-L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Last w PAT RON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 174 1 , ,t 4t of the FIRST PART of the LECTURE on " T_H s E s blu e , t; by GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted , by Ml__ Set.,,sr.LY_(22ange, with APPROPRIATE SONGS and D'SsOLVINu Lt.,,,r The Second Part commences on the sth September. By H. 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Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. i s I 0 '" 7 o h; tb to 7° ow Pe r C 4/ 5 ' ave rag a(1; sto w • .1 003 0 3 , 7 ed i ► tter, tee mea t 0 1 D o_ ,„ . 0 Nevi pp OOe 7'd; FI i g all° o cart. r - to y ~Ar • r 4 0 6, P t4 uoil t Bat' if op ;Nv vopio% D Ol ( , g ra b et itex 1 1 Lott ll°l3 o ith Or re%Cl! 0 •ci g9 ;t3le Oc a PO. Pb ite l.',Or t it,tlBo9 ,%1 ! 4' ft oef v , t 116 13 _, , E. 0 , t ,glePt• 1 . t se pt. sep t. " ~rtAit i 23 Aug. Q 9 • Augi 4 seP • S eP ! ' ) 11 pa'l6 .1 Sept,' 16 In S e P t ;td • tirricr" l Arr ived, ; 11 ' sP'' the I°.cll‘ sci. th e ion t° ~ustr de . 001' iinbu r e g of 0 Ib6 re ' erg r° el°F B~ eg iel f the iAtei &Jig' w lei . gis "; r ice , ostoo• mt io, •000- • se 00 11, —a pt, o .l're rg e t G e° of soo od° rornp' bet ga, DTP,p, 140.1 osov (Wi th power to add to their number.) I , .. Inaitctoos OF NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT. V 01..... ~Ca ptain Andrew Snape Hamond, R.N. - ass/ dtg ,-eptain John Cochrane Hoseason, R.N. a OINEzn -Alexander Gordon, Esq., Member Inst. C •E., 22, Fludyer-street, Whitehall. : s tlis lt e e ats n „ BANKERS. -31 ein • e P r r e F a Fe t tt, Grote, Cave and Cave, Threadneedle-street. Bank ot LondOn, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street, ton ir . rat 33 Covent-garden. ke r Alit ERs-The National Provincial Bank of England. si t. b ._ SOLICITORS. Pies, Maples, and Pearse, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. , k k esers N. l BROKERS. Qsar r . til ler's, Marshll, and Daniell, 3, Lombard-street. ' Ra bbis and Bar a ber , 29, Threadneedle-street. St. S ECRETARY-Henry Foreman, Esq. I , or att li,, , Offices-62, Moorgate-street. ok ra an, th--e,rsin Council having granted a Royal Charter of Inc,-,r !telt t tell . th a ~,,4 -' i r eetOrs feel it a duty promptly to bring into effective ` ll °reef" '''eans which they believe best calculated to insure the , I ll it bir,-, and expeditious communication with Australia, and 4 1 , st a tekte Proposedand Posed, viz.-the direct line connec m ti a n y g England with be considcred ittt,tilo insult,' into rs,, tossingtgir Isthmus of t Panama, e, the transit across 4,14444%2_, and the Pacific passage - to Sydney and i‘elbon t r a n ; t a h l e tp c 't it easerg at Otaheite or other convenient station. _ it ' to 'N pr ess arY to dwell ;of the second, all difficulties are in kil l :4lru e e.dy removal by the line of railway now approaching 4 5s I ner ae 4 ' with attendant accommodation ofitshuittebleemhoeetelthseastt tf t 4 411 11 nto s and the third, favoure temperature, It is ' efist fee e n ,,.. e _tate Winds, a pleasant t..l'he, 'leh iecill uts, may indisputably bewdeers.e.r.ibewdasanpdretsbeentainbsgentheee j,‘lien,l,7set n ,."Utble navigation in the world. on 0,.•;,,,T erefore, availing themselvdes jofcetheheralonnegHpereaecastiecanl, ' ll ih, *l, O 1 ‘ - ' e pts• A. S. Hamond, R. N., and N I N ei i i 'pr several years, have held com t m • t an ien d e, of steam-ships LY 1 . 'ht(i ,e! Ne w Zealand, and Australian seaen fully ynd confirmed o e f n w ann ho e se d atit, e ''at. 4anie‘2ons the soundness h e a e sb ining fti i',.',l,erm.,''',A comfort this course, as b .. . the essential ad ''''• ,kit4i t 'a p, ;of ,of economy, of Salet reserving, how "al.sit.4 ken,:er to avail themselves of any more desirable l e ine of y th Y (I 'VEl: 43t otikr section of Central America, th re e ek ed D. , 110 t -11 4 r e k ael an d regularity with which paddle-wheel steamers--on hCtic a - ele ct : Collins' lines-have performed their passages across e el, a t , h at i 11,." of the North Atlantic, having established a vcoen 'sna„. hi gh s niode of propulsion is best calculated for wheel J . trit,ii i ts or ab o v elocity- it is proposed to employ paddlee er N„,,ei e k all w e t 3 ,000 tons, with commensurate engineeepotewma -41, , Inn re ell established improvements -in referen tt n Zieu r „,. e s9, llei ,„,„ty of size proportions, and cabin accommoda o . 4. ,'‘U (x "..e Proceed ' at stated periods from Milford Haven to f r u lb '',,laina ett ev Y liay) s on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus ; from r,„ .. 1 th,: acts, !..„ e rs and cargo will be conveyed by railway to Panama, ino "' T ho ' 1 ", and there re-embarked for Australia, aeeoni_Pl.sh ‘iiior'' after aistance, to or from, in about fifty-five days. ThelDl - J t 'l ilart„the Most deliberate ' consideration, have decided that ' ttt a 'Per p or l". as the port of departure promises advantages, w e L i e d l i llll'l 'll th e - can s upply viz. the safest anchorage -entr n a l nc antis t , 4 3 , eo the of Apair-supply of most suite e d all, lest tr ite iiiitin, ennUnication by rail with London, Manchester, an est inaitl + ring districts. rt,,,,‘The rni ; ant eeessar to dwell on the great extension of general Cu t t s ' t ; it 0 , -y e e , , t troPer barfacilitis of intercourse by steam have been l ' l' l3uo , e i'e -''', ',"envever be iefly stated that the produce of gold the ' colony ofVict oria alone, amounted to over , a to m et ; With every 4L . t h „ r00 ne ,..._ prospect of a contlnuous term iv a e,as la e rg , e ex ad el d u t : 4 , 0 '.(11 •ara,,, t , .or New South Wales, which t ii tl ' 1 1 ., 11 aDr' 4 last, that during the months January, February, it 4 •foi:. - an d " f ast, the specie transmitted across the Isthmus % Ili a •aa,..,ertebill, from the western coast of Mexico, and from t ti 'llt4. itaci t i e t i Tted to 20,410,796 dollars, 14:: , :y,„` Ae r i o ,,aL the _ passenger traffic by the same ro . ute an tb exceeding 4,000,0 d 001 r . 5, fi,,,,,,' bY th:,'"ununted to 10,568 persons, irrespective of th. se I t 7li t t I T thart`h'..all Juan de Nicaragua line. It may be, moreover, h, as e ' aof , . extent of traffic, however great, affords no ad e- IN's Deration'e va st trade which win arise to feed this line when mer ge et or '' with all the important advantages of a completed r‘rrey„.kliittoa...SYsternatic conduct of business. i tt 'ets 4 r int er " . l .. Sio this vast traffic must necessarily Ir ti ‘ite n isclute'ruarBe beta ten North America and the Australian flow from the 14 1 ,111 4 alr e ,:a us such intercourse is by the P 'f' e fP •• established between the United States and the owerful lines of t,l4 ah albs i ae ania In G 'l4 l l Nin 7l exited line Pacific. Atlantis, and between California 'l'.il/4144"-14:ZritI:tionine:-*--20: N st o e !t am h ers also employed by the Pacific ! tt lrai t ? swell hestany between Valparaiso and Panama must , P At h t t Of rea TY great results stand in perfect en eel.] -a 11 In. lese b bility at no e+ 4 -ati a ., ed o„„__ne projected which will, in all pi, a , c I,,iv,r,lerestdt".,l!eet California. and China, and likewise of tra nn tili . Ve h it a frnei,e.eonveyence of passengers and valuable merch i 'fii!he ot eetur a ci e kt and circuitons routes. hot el , , l eeta of , erl Ve great encouragement from the know r le e d v ile . ,5,4 b ''' , habierreinntips Company are favoured with the hi.rh apt) t Il i sta t ' e str on ,;'s in general. Mani , of the most eminent London r 4 ' 11 3 , -37 e xPressed their a • oprobation ; and the following lili ttb ‘D o, thonticntttie:lts the s . pirit in which the enterprise is • regarded k iti lli onr u nrier _ . and distinguished Manchester firms .- a. 44, 1 ti e& art a tine Hued, being desirous of encouraging the est tk r hai l , '' , l a c h,, a °I first class steam packets, offering increased, ty. t se, att aust ridt etages for the transit 'of passengers and goods, to 1 14 l'a i‘„ (1 ifein. ii e and the different important states In the Pacific ~i ' 5,4 11 10 ? ,°f ti,:eo)l3'imuressed with the advantages of the route ' l 4 6 l 3 roatth a - t lhnini of Panama, since the establishmen_t of lah m et gt ef th _ P fiee connecting the two oceans-hereby sigar,3 7 `me,lne4elian"'Projected British and Australian Direct Screw 4t° itios,7 4 4 B l ' Purpose of carryin mutthe line of corn. i t,. . (Signed)in the most efficiener." rie rr -ston e e „,,, itoi_ e eks, J a "" Co. Henry B. Jackson. i t ' , art 8 e son, and Co• R. I Farbridge and Co. üb e smith and Co. • iii It G ar B. Liebert. et etiei -,,, deer, -.lobt ,'""endel Prescott, Brothers, and Co. 4,31 ) ' •-•arro n • Thos. Cardwell and Co. , G e Pe nd t and Brothers. Oswald Stevenson and Co. NI eerg er and Co te ll e tc "raser • J. A. Turner and Co. tr it h' i ty ative haveh , Son, and Co. : 4 t'i: t te: li r e Y e approval of the Australian authorities and corn.- ' A L E , eeelE.,ouch satisfaction in adding the folbwi , g extract 143,11atires'ertern Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Esq , Member ler he 1,4 2cl„ eu neil Of the colony of New South Wales, dated NI , at ,Aile, i..eraber, 1852 :"- t , Sv e lfec 'rtttigoe"ottleil I have ever been a warm public ado e fi n te_ tO 4 e i '4lY a l i7 a v ne th e 88 Z ooi tlkligitr, byated spinn - - dve a us nd all I have ever . sai n d nd h gained 7moreover. I y kl n d em di n sc u ov n ery Lid I carried, ou the fat e t to r te th: unanimous vole of the council, a public grant of -,,, l'et l, , at of 120 first c ompany that h 11 bring Sydney within a l 'lll s l : , ain ne e a t I ,o ner d l s ' 8 .. with London. s M a y original . idea was all for ILtis3l' tha W n ll , l first T u Lra ' I 'ekekest o atm til th e e m h o e t n i n on e I t f o ee o l b fi t u a t i t n e un en a r nlm e. I The t y ,• goldan d 5.,,,, t t;a bt .. 2,‘ 8t4 et , h boats. The quantity of gold to be produced at spat It y ntl y t ,o oo,o oo lnan being can tell , r e sti. 44 /n1 B°C eeSS . 4-Year • I assuie you I feel the greatest 1 „ - tiv,4ll o, sfa ote _ . anti great confidence that your line will pay. .. it is at present nearly . Iste Of o ,eolo nt state of the present communication with the Mrtn" Pan a "' eonpled with the strong feeling prevalent in e leneten, g the Te a route points to this as the only kk,.l ki , , tr ont kiortest po the N i 'litn i t i Of the d enao ssibl per Mil of communication ; n and meas left of 1 ,, Ila n . amp ere Slot he..... IlStrations and experience of the nautical I, , 'a , n e ae on "tl t roll' the from of the most successful r 4, . e rt4t, rt ain no, and from arrangements formed at ‘ i fiear teel d, aed slabe that the de ns Zollanq del about I ,tie course of post can be safely and regn - Passage can be accomplished in e t. e t h e r e\vit .liei lan a of the days, including the interval between Li % ant,ttlians, iretors observe, that this Company, not bur g' • "Ty ke Y conh dent fs, nor constrained to adopt unproductive e r r ici- & - e Asq g T heY fe?' anticipate thfrae t t h i,g e l, ut after-I ti a in na T r a command of the I,lll,7,;ifteDili„rte4n,gn,r n)ectses,urttendd ample gt n gmargin moderate aq t ac ace nrance and iih i hat Tutst o f shis2_ rePairS and also a reserved fund for Ith. q„,..• „,..,..,__P L a and machinery - they are justified in It ri4.;tgiou,, f - `' ,,, ix !NE promises to realise a most remunera- Oaraetary a ir shares to b ...__ steam of the laT' ftt2l,onMalooprgraetvetistetrinitu;atnko the rip aeti ; o r the c ona „__e !Ilade on or before the 20th August, to I ' , aiY is, the Agen i t t s 'Y a °thees Ne d a tt4 3. 1. Si Direct all ar r 7ket Navigation Company, via Panama. ah a s. Oft YOO. wi ,'"ueut porated bR o 5,,, r es 8 , 2 5/, t , 't allot m e Y Ye Charter. 1 1 ;pri 441et t - et l, in t he compan shares, or anyless number of I. ll ! , 4 b ig e iin, t _iiiin ner e • tn .. e. and to pay ac , c ( s i nt e d ns l tt e e ngage to accept the. 4, e , of 2 e Is.hpaeur be share appointedtliere 4,1; (e.v,,,t,.o,l:etzetootteraectneeftitl44onerip:aenilyteirratpat:enn,daPtTelaptuhrTeonsehi CAemndpitlnyf.unrtinhder. , mt i r4.B , entti. i : a e elidtilandepegtfireethtientseuteseaflthlotetecelemto pa m n e y , * and also seika t a r_ sent by Post ****************** • • • • - 4 40 t1ee7 t ,," 1853. - lU dmr e i m n a y 1 r o fe a s s s s i On . or ••• bu • s • i • n • e • ii..s . . : : : .. : : : • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 5 l'il Name andaddress of Reference •• .••••• . • • • • ko._ , tittl ......._____ .. .. 111, a 4 ,lan, across the Isthmus by rail will probably not 1- 711 t ''' o t t ansit e e ddle 4e assumed ast,‘ Ge n era noel shendwhiy,this Company previous to the decision that .Ille ae, .A . ,w` ne adopted as the motive power. . I 'Ve li i. ies a th e Cprd'r.lBs3 - Hitherto the communicateb y ,wijakh.._ ,ltu zio t ua, 9l , 3, l4 2. o zo i lu ell n O g li 2 wi d e th trilllnt u to ae b t u e s m ine n ss e . i 4 4a... ' 3 are an' has hcent serious noPe, instead of proving a boon to ghbours,..for 'ftlanut Une.!'-'Thrtes, July 4, 1853. .~ ~. SECRETARY—Chas. Hoghton, Esq, The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, for their validity is not dependent. as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. NEW FEATURES IN A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS. in every department of business by E. MOSES and SON are conspi cuous to every one. In this age of progress and Improvement, the intrepid steps taken The Attire E. Moses and Sen have ready for public inspection comprises a variety of new dresses suitable for the season, and adapt ed to the requirements of all classes. Sporting Dress made by E. Moses and Son, and the same in their gigantic Ready-made Department, excels all previous productions ; an entirely New Plan of Cutting and Making Sporting Attire secures Ease, Elegance, and Durability in every garment, and the prices charged are considerably lower than at any other house. E. Moses and Son's New -tyle of Paletots and Waterproof Over coats are eagerly sought by Excursionists, as the only Goods suitable for Travelling, Promenade, or Business. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, lire., for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children, offered by E. Moses and Son, are resplendent specimens of Quality, Beauty, and Utility, and are charged very considerably lower prices than at any other Establishment. Tne Largest, Best, and Cheapest Stock of Boots and Shoes in the world is at the Establishment of E. Moses and -on. E. Moses and Son's Wholesale Department offers advantages to Merchants, Captains, Emigrants, and all buyers of profitable stock, such as cannot be obtained elsewhere. All classes of Emigrants Outfitted by E. Moses and Son in the m ,, st suitable mower, at wholesale prices. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies tail Gentlemen, with ship sailing information, may be had on application, or post tree to-any part of tne kingdom. WANTED, several first-rate assistants in the ready -made and bespoke departments—two to take the place of shop walkers. Apply by letter, stating last situation. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OZ OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating._ _ London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT,—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it willbe exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Id Pon pale Francais. Bier srricht man Deut-evr Qai si parla Italian. Aqua se hahla Espanol MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET TINFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. ivy AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on V 3 the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile Irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, tough the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these'enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting thli department of practice, he has been amply rev arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patem nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SE LF -PRE SERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colocred engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any addrer from the Author's resi dence. 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON TAKE NOTICE ! MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred An C atomicalases Colored Engravings and New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 35. 6d. in stamps, rrHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which s P t a re te e r t lo Go ste r r : prevent it. Illustrated by . 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by an Sh d er s w an oo g d er, a l n s d o, C o o x ., fo 2 r 3 d ,.. alln-sntarYeet6,9s, Farringdop-street ; W. Sutton, 10, row,eonl46,and sold Le a. d b e y n h H a Bow Church -y ar d of ; theß ut a l Butler, anatomy ande aps dhey;s physiology g y Johnson,of the 6B,rep reproductive organs, I. treats organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. duPlgis'enTce, ll. a n tr a ea t ts he o ir f tihaemcenontasbeqleueerriceecstsreosnultthineg fcr3lnemex,eperssoidvueciiinig mental and bodily weakness. nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 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 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devote i to the consideration of mintage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL IiALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in trea ing nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lie and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. m t a r o ee n n Per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail st the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion only,ao society. yy attendance,. w hfli/. which daily, t a h c e k e f e t ae s with : i Bs srnav advice, eerds to st r b e e e t, had at the Messrs. Establis h PoerrdrY-stret, Surgeons,f.on- don, from Eleven Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Seven to One, PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The very interesting match amongst yachts of this club, confined, with the exception of a pilot, to crews consisting entirely of amateurs, was sailed yesterday, and created very considerable sport. The following had been entered : Yachts. Tons. Gnat Blue-eyed Maid. Julia Valentine Irresistible Britannia Idas Idea 4 .... 4 ... 7 .... 8.... 7.... 7.... 6.... 6.... Owners. Messrs. Hewitt. ▪ Tuckwell. Hutchinson. B. Wallis. Gardner. ▪ Legg. ▪ Knibbs. • Ceely. The distance sailed was from Blackwall to Gravesend and back, for three very excellent prizes. The first, a silver cup, generously presented by Mr. Turner, the treasurer of the club ; the second, a silver telescope, the gift of Mr. Messer; and the third, a silver snuffbox, the gift of Mr. Berncastle, the commodore. There was a slight breeze from south-west, which, however, as flood approached, freshened, and there was some very capital sailing. The whole of the yachts hay ing been inspected at their stations by Mr. Berncastle and Mr. Gardner, the active hon. secretary, the start took place at 11h. 53m. The alacrity displayed by the whole of the crews was most creditable to them as ama teurs. As soon as they were all in trim and fairly away the Gnat took the lead, and was closely followed by the Valentine and Blue-eyed Maid. On approaching Erith the Idea, a very pretty handled little thing, with a sloop rig, went into the first place, and kept all the way down to Gravesend, when they rounded in the follow ing order : H.M.S. Idea 2 32 20 Gnat 234 Julia 2 39 40 Valentine 2 39 50 Britannia 2 40 25 And the others close up. Immediately upon rounding the Valentine fouled the Julia, by luffing to windward of her, and the owner of the Julia exhibited the protest signal, the Britannia at the same moment passing into the third place. The Valentine, however, soon went to windward of the whole, and maintained it. The Idea, after two or three boards to windward, gave place to the Gnat, a beautiful little lugger, which, while looking up well for the second place, carried away her foremast, near Greenhithe, to the very great regret of the specta- After some very capital sailing they came in ;ors. ;hus H. M. s. Valentine ~ 618 22 Britannia 6 30 32 Julia Blue-eyed Maid -6-46 30 Should the Valentine become disqualified, the three others will receive the prizes in the order in which they stand. The matter at present stands adjourned for the consideration of the sailing committee. THE SMYTH FORGERY.—Fresh traces are daily dis covered of the means used by the impostor Provis in his recent attempt to claim the title and estates of the Smyth baronetcy. In the course of the trial a very antique Bible, it will be recollected, was produced, in which were the alleged certificates of his mother's marriage, and of his own baptism. It has now been discovered that the Bible was purchased by the impostor at a stall in London for 155., and at the time it was sold to him it had in it the ancient signature so much relied upon, " John S. Vandenburg." Out of this circumstance the story of the Vandenburgh family was doubtless woven, the title of " Count" being prefixed by the pretended " Sir Richard" to the name, to give it A greater importance, and to favour the probabilities of the alliance. The power of the truth will, however, we understand, turn even this circumstance to the disadvantage of the pri soner ; as a son of Mr. Vandenburgh has been discov ered, who can speak to the handwriting of his father, whose name was "John Simon," and not "John Samuel," the name fixed on by the impostor to bear out the initial signature. When Field, the London in spector, was conveying his prisoner to gaol, he hap pened to say, alluding to the romantic incidents of the trial, that it would make a first-class novel. " Sir Richard" sharply replied, " You need not trouble—l shall write that myself ;" and accordingly the prisoner is now employing his leisure time in writing his life and adventures. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, for the cure of debility, bile, and liver and stomach complaints.—This inappreciable medicine is so well known throughout every part of the civilised world, and the cures that are daily performed by its use are so wonderful that it now stands pre-eminent above all other remedies, more par ticularly for the cure of bilious and liver complaints, dis orders of the stomach, dropsy, and debilitated constitu tions. In these diseases the beneficial effects of this admirable remedy are so permanent that the whole system is renovated, the organs of digestion strength ened, and a free respiration promoted; therefore sufferers should have recourse to it to ensure a safe and certain cure. Sold by all venders of medicines, and a t P rofessor Holloway's establislunent, 244, Strand. It is with deep regret that we announce that this very distinguished officer and remarkable man is no more. He died at five o'clock yesterday morn ing, at his seat at Oaklands, near Portsmouth. In losing Sir Charles Napier, the country loses one of its brightest military ornaments, and one of its most acute and indefatigable military adminis trators and reformers, la many respects, Sir Charles stood markedly out, even amid the gallant and able men amongst whom he spent his long and adventurous life. Brave to rashness, and beyond it—loving, in his early days, danger for its own sake—adventurous to an extreme—indefatigable in all he undertook —with as much fertility of in vention as rapidity in action—equally ready with tongue, pen, and sword—and, to crown all, of a strangely wild and eccentric appearance Sir Charles was a man perfectly sui generis. Able as are and were the members of this able family, from the time of Napier of Merchistoun downwards, per haps Sir Charles James Napier was, as a general, an administrator, and a ruler, the ablest of them all. The predominating quality of his mind may be set down as a fiery energy and a restless longing foractin. He was intoleranto of kn in all e a e buses. lik H e e an a d dislike, " ut terlyys spoke his mind, and in speaking it never failed to call a spade a spade. Few officers in the British army led such a life of continuous mental and physical exertion as Sir Charles. At one time he was fight ing as a commissioned officer, at another as a volun teer. His exploits extended to sea as well as land. Now we see him as the governor of a col-my, again as a negotiator, a diplomatist, and an administraz tor, abolishing the savage customs of a fierce and untractable people, and introducing with vast energy all manner of reforms in the discipline of his own troops. Worn out at length, and riddled with wounds received in the Peninsula and in India, the body—not the i n d om it a bl e mind— gradually failed ; and after not less than fifty-four years of service—by far the greater proportion of the time, active service—the conqueror of Scinde, and the hero of Hyderabad and Meanee, has breathed his last, as did his great commander, tranquilly in his bed. " You must go—or I must," said the Duke, when our Indian empire was shaken by warlike disaster. Now we have neither, as councilor or defender. Charles James Napier, the son of Col. Napier, was ,born at Whitehall, London, on the 10th of August, 1782. He is said to have been considered a delicate child, and was brought up according ; but if he was, he must have speedily, in common phrase, grown out of it. Young Napier was re moved at an early age to Ireland—to Castletown, in the county of Kildare. Here he received his education, at the hands of his father, who, how ever, appears to have made it of the shortest, as, before the boy had finished his twelfth year, he re ceived, on the 31st of January, 1794, an ensign's commission in the 22d Regiment of Foot ; and on the Bth of May following he was gazetted a lieu tenant. Here was quick promotion ; but stirring times were at hand. The Reign of Terror was in full swing, and the symptoms of Irish disaffection were becoming visible. Four years after, that country was in a blaze, and young Napier saw his first service as aide-de-camp to Sir James Duff. His regiment still keeping in Ireland, where it was recruited, he was called out on the occasion of the Emmett plot and insurrection, and the young soldier had a second time the opportunity of seeing the horrors of civil war. But he was soon deitined to a share in campaigning upon a greated scale. Towards the end of 1803, he obtained his company, and exchanged into the bOth, a regiment which is popularly called in the army " The Dirty Half- Hundred ; " but which calls itself, with more rea son, " Th Fighting Fiftieth," as on its colours are emblazoned "Egypt," "V imiera," " Coruna," " Almarez " " Vittoria," " Pyrenees," " O r th es ," " Peninsula," " Puimiar." Having been ap pointed to a majority on the 29th of May, 1806, he commanded this regiment during the terrible retreat on Comma under Sir John Moore, and during the fatal battle in which that gifted leader fell. Nor had Major Napier much better fortune, for he was wounded in five places and made prisoner. The 42d and 50th had attacked and driven the French out of a village called Elvina, and Sir John Moore had sent a battalion of. Guards to reinforce the regiments in continuing the ad vance. The 42d, however, taking the Grenadiers for a relief, partially fell back, leaving the 50th fighting in some disorder amongst ruined houses and garden walls. At this moment, the French, having been powerfully reinforced, advanced in an overwhelming charge, driving back the 50th into the village. In theretreat, Major Stanhope, a nephew of Mr. Pitt was killed, and Major Napier desperately wounded and made prisoner. In his recently pub lished work, " English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula," Sir William Napier gives the following compact account of the affai r :_cc Encompassed by enemies and denied quarter he received five wounds, but he still fought and struggled for life until a French drummer, with a generous h ea t an d indignation, forcibly rescued him from his bar barous assailants." We subjoin some details from another authority, by whom Major Napier is re presented as having been taken in an attempt to carry a gun which had committed great slaughter, and was the identical one from which Sir John Moore afterwards received his death-wound. This statement receives some colouring from Napier, who states that Sir John was in the thick of the affair at Elvina, and was " dashed from his horse to the ground. A cannon shot from the rock battery had torn away all the flesh from his left breast and shoulder, and broken the ribs over a heart undaunted even by this terrible, this ghastly, mortal hurt." To return, however, to Major Napier. He is described as advancing over broken ground, armed with a musket, and calling on his men to follow him. Th ree of the four who obeyed him fell in the attempt, the fourth was wounded, and the rest hung back. Napier was in the act of helping the wounded ma n when he was struck by a musket-ball, which broke one of the shank bones. Throwing down his musket, he was hobbling along, leaning on his sword, when a cowardly Frenchman ran his bayonet into his back. The hurt, however, not being serious, Major Napier turned round and disarmed his as sailant, now supported by several of his comrades, whom the major gallantly faced until he was knocked down senseless by the butt-end of a mus ket, and vas about to be despatched outright, when the benevolent drummer interfered and dragged him out of the melee. Sir William Napier, it will be observed, menti ons fi ve woun ds ; and in Hart's " Army List" the same number is stated, to wit, " leg broken by a musket shot, sabre cut on the head, in the back by a bayonet, ribs broken by a cannon shot, and several severe contusions." __ Soult received his gallant prisoner with a kind ness which was not his general characteristic, pro cured for him the necessary medical assistance, and upon his recovery, which was rapid—for it would appear, from several circumstances in his life, that Sir Charles's flesh had a very fortunate facility in healing—dismissed him, with permission to go to England on parole. This act of generosity w as probably ca - ased by the close of the campaign, which was terminated by the battle of Corunna. The belief in the meantime was prevalent in Eng land that Major Napier had been killed, and he tslitatefound his friends in mourning, and his property being administered to. It was probably about the period of forced inactivity which ensued, that Major Napier commenced that literary career which he afterwards carried on during another compulsory cessation from military services. His brother, Sir have been William, in his work " The Conquest of Scinde " mentions several of these productions, re marks upon small farms and over population ;" others, " The Colonies ;" l' A C i o :i lo Es niz n a y ti o o n n, th wi e " Military Law," a work statecl to be eloquent a s nlngs Lights amongst and copious of anecdote ; ando f I r Shadese land," ofand xi i at an after period, after his Greek government, l ' i ‘ ta N ry ote L s if u e 7 I n t e m V u i s g t ny' that Sir Charles wrote the " Roads of Cephal on i a, " a natural subject for so great and enterprising a road-maker ' • and we learn that upon one occa sion—the date is not mentioned—the stern war rior and engineer unbent from professional topics so far as to indite " ' Harold of England,' an his torical romance, not published, but worthy of being so, and showing the author's versatile powers of mind." But suspense of action soon tired Sir Charles, and in 1811 we find him back again in the Penin sula, and, as a volunteer, fighting desperately at the desperate fight at Coa, where he had two horses shot under him—but escaped unhurt. At Busaco, one of the hottest-fought battles of the war, he was not so fortunate, being shot in the face, having his jaw broken and his eye injured. Good medical assistance not appearin g to be at hand, Sir Charles actually rode to Lisbon, a distance of more than a hundred miles, and had the ball extracted from where it had worked itself behind his ear. Still not satisfied with fighting— WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. - .1, 4 4 I f ~.; '' ~9 1 e; Terrace c , g? § ‘ ,l t k Time. *, E. l -4 Pier. A 8 8 z 0 A 6 t 'Al' 48 ' A 8M —8% *tBU *— 11% 1' 9 % I% 11% I Si, 5 2% 6 3 5 % 7 ' 6 —7% 6%——— 8 - 7 _ 8 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t The 8 boat on Monday Mornings does not stop' at Omnibuses ftom Fenchurch-street Station to all p, every quarter of an hour. 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Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter• minus, Blackwall Railway. July 23d, 1853. and now elevated, in June, 1811, to a lieutenant colonelcy—the subject of this memoir recovered soon enough to .take a share in the hard-fought fight of Fuentes d'Onore, where Lord Wellington was also engaged with another division of the army ; and he was present at the second siege of Badajoz. It was during this siege that the dread fully sanguine battle of Albuera was fought by the British troops , under the comman d o f M ars h a l Be resford, and the Spanish troops in full flight. The circumstances of Albuera are well known. The po sition of the English army had become well nigh desperate, when by a consummate movement directed by Colonel Hardinge (now command er-in-chief), the tide was turned and the French (under Soult) routed with wretched slaughter. After taking part in innumerable skirmishes and unrecorded rencontres, Lieutenant -Colonel Napier returned to England and presently exchanged the repose which the visit afforded him for the delights of a fighting cruize off the Chesapeak, capturing American vessels and making frequent descents upon the coasts. This was, probably, th e most inglorious epoch o f his life. Indeed the only bright spot of that miserable war was the taking, by the Shannon, of the Chesapeak—the exploit of burning down Washington being one which we have little to boast of. Back again in England, upon the peace, Colonel Napier mus t, one would think, have been grievously afflicted at missing such a noble catastrophe as Waterloo. He arrived however three days after the battle, took part in the storming of th e rampar t s of Combray, and accompanied the army to Paris. A period of mili tary inactivity followed, during part of which Co lonel Napier, being stationed in the Greek islands, was appointed- to.the-government of the island of Cephalonia. His brother, in the introductory part of the "Conquest of Scinde," is eloquent about the excellent government bestowed by Colonel Napier on the Cephalonese, who, he says, still call him " Father," and still cultivate and remit to him the profits of a small patch of vines, Sir Charles being ignorant eve n o f th e names of his attached friends. Into the question of the recall of Sir Charles from his Greek government we will not enter. He was very indignant at the affair, and expressed the same in very indignant phrases. While in Cephalonia, Sir Charles concocted, with Byron, a plan for the deliverance of Greece, which however, says Sir William Napier, was disregarded by the Greek committee in London, adding, " Why it is for the Humes, the Ellices, and the Bowrings to say." After a short command of the military district of the north of England, Sir Charles Napier, now major-general, was ordered to take the command of the army at Bombay ; and here commences the most splendid period of his life, resulting in the conquest, the pacification, and the great improve ment of Scinde. In 1841 he received the appoint ment, and immediately embarked. At Bombay he soon attracted attention by the commencement of that career of military reform for which he has be come so celebrated, attacking also the alleged abuses of Lord Auckland's government, and re joicing in the advent of his lordship's successor, the Eail of Ellenborough. At the suggestion of the new Governor-General, Sir Charles drew up the plan of an Affghanistan campaign. It was on too extensive a scale to be adopted; but he accom plished more pfactical matter, in breaking down the prejudices of the Sepoys in favour of the match lock over the musket, and arraigned the absurd custom of providing every English soldier upon the march with a chest, four of which formed the load of a camel. The 22d, having marched for Scinde with 1,300 chests and 300 camels, Sir Charles him self went by sea to the mouth of the Indus, fifty four deaths from cholera occurring on the passage among the troops, and arrived in a jaded condition at Kurrachee, where he suffered a severe injury from the explosion of a rocket. Nothing daunted, this daring captain set at once about his duties. Scinde was in a very disordered condition, and British influence much weakened by the disasters of Cabul and Guznee, by the at tacks of the Hill Belooches, the defeat of Colonel England, and the isolated po sition of General Nott, besieged in Candahar. But Sir Charles wrote, " Danger from their warfare, I can see none. I can beat all the princes in Scinde." His first step, however, was the diplomatic one of waiting upon the Ameers at Hyderabad. After this he proceeded to Sukkur, and thence com menced his operations. He said he would reduce the Ameers to an honest policy or a terrible war, and he kept his word. These Ameers would ob serve no treaties. They made them and broke them, and at last, Sir Charles Napier, seeing that war was inevitable, turned his attention to the or ganisation of the army, and speedily issued the subjoined very characteristic order : "G-entlemen as well as beggars, if they like, may ride to the devil when they get on horseback. But neither gentlemen nor beggars have a right to send other people to the devil, which will be the case if furious riding be allowed in the bazaar. The major -general has placed a detachment of horse at the disposal of Captain Pope, who will arrest offenders and punish them, as far as the regulations permit. And Captain Pope is not empowered to let any one escape punishment, because, when orders have been repeated and are not obeyed, it is time to en force them—without obedience an army becomes a mob, and a cantonment a bear garden • the enforcement o f obedience is like physic, not agree able but necessary." Gradually arranging his plans for the campaign —settling his points of defence and selecting his points of attack, but still negotiating with the treacherous Ameers—Sir Charles at length brought matters to a head. He was fearfully over matched. At Meenee there were , stati o n e d i n _ _ .: entrenched fortifications 22,000 men, while Sir Charles had but 2,800 troops in all, Sepoys and English. Leaving, however, for the present, the Ameers' troops unmolested, he pushed through a wild country—nearly desert—to a mysterious for tification called Emaum Ghur, which no European had ever seen, and which he ultimately reached with fifty cavalry, two howitzers, and 300 Irish infantry. A hostile army—ten times the number of the British, hung upon his flank, but did not venture to attack him. The fortification was reached—a place with walls and towers perfectly impregnable, but deserted. Mahommed. Khan, one of the meers who had retreated there, having fled from it with his army and his treasury, leaving all his stores and gunpowder behind. Sir Charles and his handful of men immediately set to work, mined the whole place, blew it up, and returned across the desert without having lost a single man. The Duke of Wellington alluded to this singular exploit in his speech in the House of Lords as follows : " Sir Charles Napier's march upon Emaum Ghur is one of the most curious military feats which I have ever known to be performed, or have ever perused an account of in my life. He moved his troops through the desert against hostile forces; he had his guns transported under circumstances of extreme difficulty, and in a manner the most extraordinary, and he cut off a retreat of the enemy which rendered it impossible for them ever to regain their positions." Sir Charles now turned his attention to Meeanee and the army of Belooches, organised by the Ameers. The risk of encountering them seemed fearful. The Belooches, though barbarians, fight well, and preserve a species of discipline. Sir Charles hoped that with his 2,600 men he could attack and defeat a body of 16,000 Belooches before the other divisions came up. He was disappointed, for the night before the attack an army of 20,000 Belooches arrived, and Sir Charles found his 1,800 infantry and 800 cavalry drawn up opposite a host of 25,000 infantry, and 10,000 irregular horsemen. Yet he did not change his plan, although the Be looches were strongly posted in the bed and on the bank of a dried up river. Perceiving that he could not turn the flank of the foe, the General gave the daring order for an attack in front. His little army had been materially reduced by Colonel Outram's escort, and a strong baggage guard de tached ; but full of enthusiasm and confident of e g s victory, 1,600 English men an d S e peYs, officers, advanced to the attack, the Belooches being hidden behind their fortifications. Suddenly Sir Charles p erce i ve d a wall with only opening,one h not very wide, and behind it swarmed Beloo ches, and th e G enera l saw i n an intended to rush out th roug h the opening. De instantte they that De taching the grenadier company o f the 22d, he told their Captain, Tew, that he was to block that opening—to die in it if it were necessary was as . And the gallant captain did die ; but the opening blocked, and the action of 6,000 men paralysed by the skilful disposition of eighty.w The details of the fearful battle which followed are too well known to require minute recapitulation. Suffice it to say that the vast multitude of Belooches, after a first fire, rushed upon the 22d with a terrific cry, waving their swords and covering themselves with their shields. But, with shouts as loud and arms as strong, the gallant 22d met them with, says Sir W. Napier, " that queen of weapons the musket, and sent their foremost masses rolling back in blood." During this s t r uggle, the English Sappers fought gallantly, protecting the artillery, which, having gained the flank, swept diagon a ll y with grape th crowded masses of the Belooch es, w h o "gave their breasts to the shot, and leapin g at the twenties at a ti me ." guns were blown away by The battle was long and obstinately maintained ; but, after much fierce and sanguinary fighting the desperate charges of infantry and cavalry, and the well-served artillery at length produced their effect —the Belooches giving way after about three hours of contest. Seventeen standards and fifteen guns where the trophies of the fight. The " Lion" re tired to the desert, and a few days after the battle the general was in the palace of the Ameers, and master of Scinde ; having in sixteen days, with 5,000 men, defeated more than 25,000 in battle, captured two great fortresses, Omercote and Hy drabad (which had been retaken during his ab sence), and marched two hundred miles under a Scindian sun. Lord Ellenborough now, upon his own authority, constituted Sir Charles governor of Scinde, and re sponsible only to him ; and the general continued his labour of entirely subjugating the Ameers, the hill tribes, and, in general, the whole warlike popu lation, in all of which he was entirely successful. The Belooches had received such fearful lessons at the hands of the British that they confessed that they would never face them in battle again. Mean time, the war of char g es and counter-charges in respect to Sir Charl es 'sSciudian policy, which was so long continued, was commencing, and Sir Charles took a manful part in pen-and-ink self-defence. Still, amid all this hard. intellectual labour, he worked, if possible, still harder at the improvement of Scinde, and the elevation of its people. In fact, he re-organised the native society ; Scinde was di vided into three great collectorates, which trans mitted every month their accounts and the amount of taxes received to Hydrabad, the seat of govern ment. Powerful bodies of troops, with irregular horsemen as police, protected the collectorates. The next step was an amelioration of the adminis tration of the native law, which was effected by keeping the local magistrates, called Kardars, well in hand, and by paying them high salaries to make it their interest to comply with the new regula tions. Sir Charles also put down the suttees, and partially improved the feudal system, of holding land for warlike services--the patches called " jag heers," belonging to the State, and being let out by the chiefs and Ameers. At Kurrachee the Go vernor made great improvements, and planned more. But in the midst of all these enterprising proceedings, the news—astounding to Sir Charles —arrived of the recal of his great friend and sup porter, Lord Ellenborough. The event, however, did not at all interfere with the Governor's active operations. He took Hydrabad next in hand, and greatly improved and strengthened it, and insti tuted a general survey. Proceeding to Sukkur, lie might be said to have made the tour of the pro vince—a point at which Sir William Napier's nar rative of the " Administration of Scinde " pauses to recapitulate the Governor's achievements within two years. We present th e li s t. It i s cer tainly very marvellous : "As Sir C. Napier had now returned to Sukkur, after making as it were the round of Scinde in conquest, a recapitulation of his labours will not be misplaced. Short it shall be, yet thick with great actions. Two years only had elapsed since he had quitted Sukkur to war on the Ameers, and in that time he had made the march to Emaum Ghur in the great desert, gained two great battles, reduced four large and many smaller for tresses, captured six sovereign princes, and subdued a great kingdom. He had created and put in activity a permanent civil administration in all its branches, had conciliated the affections of the different races inhabiting Scinde, had seized all the points of an intricate foreign po licy, commenced a number of military and other well-consi dered public works, and planned still greater ones, not only suited to the exigencies of the moment, but having also a prospective utility of aim. In the execution of these things he had travelled on camels and on horseback, at the head of troops, more than two thousand miles, had written, received, studied, and decided on between four and five thousand official dispatches and reports—many very elaborate—besides his private correspondence, which was extensive, because he never failed to answer all persons who addressed him, however humble or how ever unreasonable. He had besides read, not hastily, but attentively, all the diaries of the collectors and sub collectors, and had most anxiously considered the evi dence in all capital trials. And these immense labours were superadded to the usual duties imposed by the command of a large army belonging to different Govern ments, namely, of England, Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. They were sustained without abatement under severe attacks of illness, at the age of sixty-three, by a man covered with wounds, and in a climate where the mercury rises to 132 deg. in artificially-cooled tents. They were sustained almost amidst every mortification, every virulence of abuse, every form of intrigue which disappointed cupidity could suggest to low-minded men, sure of support from power, to him ungrateful, but to their baseness indulgent and rewarding." We must pass over encounters with the hill rob bers and brigand Belooches, and the formation of a b a ggage camel corps—the men in uniform, and armed and disciplined like regular soldiers. Mean time a Sikh war was impending, and, as a pre cautionary measure, Sir Charles got together a Scindian and Bombay army of 15,000 men. While this force was bei ng collected, the b a t t l e of F° rozhur was fought, an d Si r Ch ar l es ' s plans for a er a v great invasion of the Sutl e j were throw' over by his army being ordered to Bh awa l poor by the new ne Governor-General, w hil e th e battle of Sobrao: putting an end to the war, put an end to all Sir Charles's fut ure sc h emes of conquest. He found, however, qu it e enough to do in the paper warfare in which he was unavoidably engaged. He addressed manifestoes to the East India Company and to the Board of Control, giving descriptions of Scinde before and after he had conquered and, to some degree, civilised it. Unwilling, however, to leave Scincle without an attempt at rendering its prosperity permanent, he managed, by means of the strong influence which he now possessed 'over the minds of the population, to change the feudal system of landholding into a landlord and tenant system, and then published one of his last manifes toes, which concludes as follows : " 'My motives for this step,' he said, 'are that the host of poor ryots, hitherto slaves, not only to the Ameers but the jagheerdars, will be enfranchised, and enabled to live in comfort if industrious ; and I know that the nobles can never be good or contented subjects unless we give them public employment, and honour them. When civilisation advance. they will, under this ;system, find themselves rich, and they will embark in mercantile pursuits and agricultural improvements, be- "5. Bad as this was, it was not the worst. When these regiments chose to 4 charge, ' the Commander-in- Chief, to hi s astonishment, beheld the men discharging their firelocks straight up in the air ; and he saw some men of the rear rank actually firing off their muskets to the rear, over their shoulders, as their bearers (he will not call them soldiers) were running to the front ! He feels assured that no such scene could have occurred in any other regiment in the arm ; if ever such ain hap- pens, he will e x p ose the commanding-officeragain o f any such regiment that so disgraces itself, in public orders, to the whole Indian army. In the course of his service he never before witnessed such a scene. No commander could go into action with a regiment capable of such conduct, without feeling certain that it would behave ill. The Commander-in-Chief will, therefore, hold command ing officers responsible (for they alone are to blame) that any soldier who shouts, or charges, or fires, without orders, be instantly seized, tried at once by a drum head court-martial, and the sentence executed ou the spot. Courts-martial which try such dangerous of fenders will, the Commander-in-Chief has no doubt, up hold military discipline and military honour against outrageous and criminal disorder. This order may be deemed severe—the Commander-in-Chief means it to be so, for he will not pass over without animadversioa faults which, if tolerated, would, in the event of war, produce certain defeat to this army. The reviews which the Commander-in-Chief makes of the troops are not to be taken as so many ' chips in porridge.' They are made for the purpose of ascertaining what officers are fit to command battalions ; and there being no want of such in the Indian army, he will feel it to be his bounden duty to remove those who are not ; and whenever he finds a regiment ' fire," shout,' or 'charge,' without orders from its commander, he will, after this warning, remove the latter from his command. " The Sepoy is both a brave and an obedient soldier ; and whenever he behaves ill, it is in a great measure the fault of his commanding officer. " The drill and discipline of all armies rest mainly with the commanders of regiments and of companies. They are in immediate contact with the officers, non commissioned officers, and private soldiers • and to them general officers mu s t l oo k f or t h at !perfect obedience without which any army is an armed mob, dangerous to its friends, and contemptible to its enemies. "The Commander-in-Chief does not hereby call on commanding officers to torment those under their orders by long and harassing drilling ; but he does call upon them to instruct their officers and to instruct themselves, and also their supernumerary ranks, that they are to seize any man in their front who dares to shout, or talk, or fire, or run, without orders. General officers com manding divisions and brigades in this army are called upon to see that commanders of regiments da their duty on those points. " The Commander-in-Chief does not apply this order to all commanders ; he well knows that there are abun dant first-rate soldiers and first-rate regiments in the In dian army, but he applies it to those whose regiments are in bad order. " C. J. NAPIER, General, Commander-in -Chief." There can be no doubt that, if Sir Charles Na pier was the sternest reformer, he was also the best friend whom the army—officers and privates —ever had. During his last two years in India, the abuses which he corrected, and the excesses which he re strained, were perfectly numberless. In this good work Sir Charles was no respecter of persons, and treated majors and colonels precisely as lie did cor porals and sergeants. The expensive habits of the mess he resolutely put an end to in every regiment under his control, and for a time, it is to be siip posed, lie suppressed gambling. Sir Charles's own manner of living was simple to severity. He was quite content to subsist upon the ordinary allow ance of a soldier, and, as lie actually practised what, lie preached, his injunctions came with double weight. Multiplicity of officers' baggage was his abhorrence ; and our readers will remember the indignant, and no less amusing than indignant, diatribe which he fulminated a g ainst trunks, port manteaus, carpet bags, and all such abominations, contending that no officer on service has need of any luggage except a small knapsack, with a couple of shirts, as many socks, a second pair of shoes, some soap, and a tooth-brush. These reforms pro duced the best effect, and we only hope that they may be still in force. After two years' residence in India Sir Charles Napier bade a final adieu to the East, and returned for the last time to Eng land, where lie continued to reside in quiet seclu sion, only now and then appearing in public. The last time we saw him was in St. Paul's Cathedral, as he followed to the grave his old and illustrious commander. He then looked ill and wan, and appeared to walk with pain and difficulty. Seventy vile years, and nearly a score of wounds, or acci dents which were equivalent to wounds—fifty-four years of the long period in question having been spent in almost unremitting labour, menta l and physical, in every climate —such a life might well have exhausted nature, even before the period of three score and ten. But Sir Charles Napier has died full of years and of honours ; and it is none of the least of the latter that he was the first general - who ever recorded in his dispatches the names of private soldiers who had distinguished themselves, side by side with those of officers. GOLD IN CUMBERLAND. On Thur s tf e d t re a ßor y nio r tan pl ace oparty,onsdwashingaituhm e d con sistingan of Mr. Clarke, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Dears. of London, headed by Mr. Cal b vrt t , he th e e Australian o lpaolrgisoocsetn,sseoawbrtained gold readily, itEhutthteenudieshre,. at A t t he th h e e y a f ee, goldan was rather water-worn, and at the dor l m a o angular character, and was found in the ferruginous earth lying on the surface of the clay and green stone slates. The lump of gold mentioned in our last, found by Mr. Calvert near Buttermere, presents a very bean , tiful and rich appearance, and seems to encircle small particles of silicia, and generally to be imbedded in, or tinged by, the earthy oxide of i ron . Th e we i g h t o f the entire piece was 57 ounces, and is valued by Mr. Cal vert at 2211. In the gossan, at a mine near High Ireby, Mr. Calvert detected small particles of gold, but the softer gossans appeared to contain none. Naar Bas senthwaite Lake, at a short distance from Peel Wyke, Mr. Calvert obtained a very beautiful but small sample of gold, in the reddish earth resting on the clay slates of that locality. He is of opinion that gold is generally diffused on the clay slates, and locally on the green stone slates, throughout Cumberland ; but how far they will pay, remains to be proved by deep workings in the beds of rivers, where sufficient debris, or alluvial matter, has accumulated. The result of a search through the Skid daw group was fruitless. Mr. Calvert is of opinion that the mineral resources of Cumberland are not nearly fully developed, as he has seen indications of rich copper and lead lodes in maiden ground. We understand that h e intends to pursue his researches in Lanarkshire, wh ere he fully expects to find that the similarity of the geolo gical conditions with Australia will make the pursuit of the precious metal equally profitable.—Carlisle Patriot. . FRENCH COFFEE.--.There is nothing which more goo . d, pure, and unadulterated coffee. strongly ba ffl es tile skill of housewives in the metropolis admitted want of such an article is now met by the French Company, who had about than obtainin g ttgenerallyo b f F ir . supply i ng the refreshment rooms of the on. They have opened an extensive r s a li t t l i b t itl in St. Martin's-lane, and the rapiditt . which the shares have been taken up, augurs well success of the undertaking ; and lovers of the b fisaeGo e s'irr a tctaeo n htabni : ltt ln i its pure state, we have no doubt, will hail this as another valuable gift for /a belle France.