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No. 81.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 3, 1846. [3d.

OPINIONS OF TIIF. PRESS.
"The public le deeply indebted to the erudite author of this new
Pictorial }History of Eng and. Ilaving formerly translated Blacken:me
into a style that may be read without a yawn, he hail in the opening
number o: his History done the some good service for the still drier
dissertations with which Arelreolorrical journal's, and the Anstreologi-
cal Secieties are laboriously stuffed. —Daily News.
" That indefatigable wit and humourist, Gilbert it Beckett, has
commenced a new labour of drollery. 112,111 g transmogrified that
grave and learned personage, Illacketone, into the merrieet mad wag
on earth, he leevs take Horne, Lingard, Rapin, 'f acitus, and the other
very venerable high priests of Clio in hand, and by the forced comic
genius converts them into the pleasanteat punsters, and most gro-
tesque virile in creation. lie is able mobster' in his work by the ima-
ginative Leech, who gives a form and substance to the airy crotchets
of it Peckett'e brain. The Landing of Julius tmea. ris a glorious
conception. The illustrious Roman stands on the paddie-bas of his
steamer, rind there surveys the invincible tenth legion whipping the
Sandwich Flats in the mod orthodox manne:. Tu do our anceetors
every justice, thee w re, according to G. A. Beckett and his inter-
preter Leech, as fine a set of ravages SA ever dime! off their enemies
without either salt or muetard. Ilieeory of England %OIL doubt-
lem, be a much greater favourite with • Young End ' than the
fables which go by that name, composed by Goldsmith, rusdthe
rest."—Morning Post.
"We predict for this work ohnoat unexampled popularity. In it
historic truth and wit of fine polish and easy now are blended without
apparent effort. Inetruetion and amusement walk arm-in-arse,
laugh, moralising, teaching—the pleasantest of modern peripute-
tics. An the author says, 'There ie not the smallest intention to
sacrifice fidelity to fun, the design being to allow that the utile et dui'
are not inseparable. Mr. a Beckett, as tax as the first part of his
charming history goes, has fulfilled his design, and provedthat ' there
is an end to the once favourite Lilacs* that God fors the mind requires
the uninviting flavour of phyele.' The book is coiously and cleverly
Illustrated by John Leech Should the sieeding monthly parts
equal the erg, the author will hare permanently filed his plate in the
first rank of our wittiest vrriters,"—llell's Life in London.
" There were not wanting many grave mesons who coneidered a
Comic Blackstone' a 'species of sacrilege ; what then Mali be said of
a ' Comic History of England ?' We are almost inclined ouraelvere to
shake our heads a: the incorrigible jester, but, not being able to make
up a serious face, he has the laugh of us, and mews castigation.
The first part of the work is now before us—thirty-two pages of fur,
gri'phic snit literary, Leech being the artist who participates in the
sport, fairly dividing the applause."—Wel a Bel Chkett' ronicle.
pen. It is a
" This is one of the happiest efforts of Mr.s
most amusing serial, and promises to become a general favourite. It
is effectively illustrated by Leech."—Obeerver.
"A capital idea. Mr. it Beckett has at last found a nomad large
enough for his broad bold caricatures, and he appears to revel in the
freedom it permits him. And John Leech's admirable barking of his
friend is worthy of the latter's merit.. The history deco not let you
oft with a smile, but forces you into a roar worthy of the British
Lion, who is most uneererooniouely 'Mend up by author and artist.
We are glad to enliven our pages with rome extracts."—Court
Journal.
of the grave events of English history, is
" A jocular narrative
which facts are cared for es well as fun. and dates are not disregarded
for drolleries. Mr. Leech's burlesque illustrations arc inand the
text 100 mirit of
this facetious history, but more outrageously absurd; th
and cuts are laughable."—Speetator.
"No. 3is as comic as were the two previous numbers. It is one of
the happiest of Mr. d Beckett's happy effusions, and completed is
e to sur ~.onte a popular volume."—Observer.
" We PT* not sure that the exhibition of a series of historical inci-
dents, in the grotesque style, may not do much to strip many royal
and legislative infamies of that robe of solemnity in which historianc
s
have dressed them, thereby mieleading and imposing upon publi
sentiment."—Nonconformiet.
"If Mr. M'Earlane makes us think it is the province of Mr.
II
Beckett to make us laugh over the history of England, there are
ridiculous points enough in all histories for so whimsical a genius to
extract laughter from, and Mr. it Beckett makes the moot of them in
this instance. But there is a purpose under his jokes; he always
makes his readers laugh in the right place."—Atlas.
" Merrily does Mr. it Beckett in the present number rattle through
the History of England from the days of Ethelred to thaw of Willi
Theam
the Conqueror • but albeit, merrily, not the lese truthfully.
ative woOd.cuts are laughter-moving exceodingiy."—San.
illustrative
lustr "
If Mr. a Beckett and his graphic coadjutor proceed as they have
begun, the 'Comic History of England' will be as permanently vile-able
as it is Irresistibly humorom."—Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.
"If laughter is good for health, we only know that Becketee His-
tory of England progresses in argyle tomake us English the healthiest
people on the face of the eerth."—Hood's Magazine.
London: Published at the Punch Office, Si, feet-street; J. MAC-
&slum, Dublin; J. Menzies, Edinburgh ; J. M'Leod, Glasgow.

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY. Four o' Clock.

A decree, dated the 30th ultimo, was issued in Bel-
gium, declaring flour and other ground grain from
countries out of Europe free of entry, on payment of a
mere registration duty of 10 centimes per 1,000 kil.
of
M. Barul, Secretaiy-Ceneral to the Minister
Public Works, had arrived at Brussels from Berlin,
bringing with him the postal convention concluded
betwixt Prussia and Belgium, so much desired, and
likely to be useful to both countries.
It appears that the linen fabrics of Belgium ere to
be sure ed with the additional duties decreed by
the Lollverein,to take effect from the Ist January next.
In consequence the markets of Alost and other seats of
the manufacture have been cleared of all goods on hand,
and will be to the last moment, in order to dispatch
and enter them in the states of the Custom's Leagueue
before the higher tariff takes effect. This,
moment, causes a brisk trade, to be followed, how-

ever, most probably by a reaction of want of demand
and accumulating stocks.

The arrival of the ordinary Overland Mail, rid
Marseilles, this morning, has placed files of papers at
our disposal from all parts of India. These journals
supply us with some particulars of intelligence not
anticipated by extracts which we were enabled to
furnish yesterday.
From the Colombo papers we learn that it was
currently reported Sir Cohn Campbell would resign
the government of Ceylon in April. The obnoxious
minute, affecting the tenure of land by members
of the colonial civil service, appears to have been
in some respects extensively modified, by order
of Earl Grey. Fresh regulations hare been iued on
the subject, which provide that no civil servant shall
in future be allowed to acquire any land in any part
of Ceylon other than a garden or :_round attached to
a dwelling-house; nor cultivated with a view to the
sale of the produce ; nor be permitted to retain pos-
session of any land which he may have acquired since
the publication of the minute of the Ist Feb., 1845.
That an officer in possession of land previously to
the Ist February,lB4s, shall not be required to divest
himself of it ; provided such officer shall not on any
account cultivate, or superintend the cultivation
lof land in person, or suffer the possession
lof land in any degree to interfere with the
due 7and impartial performance of his public
duties. That the government shall bond liberty to.,
regime ntnt tellfitest himself of his land, whenever
I the Governor may consider that the interests of the
public service require such a measure ; and that any
officer omitting to do so within a reasonable period, to
be fixed by the Governor, shall be removed from
the service. Lastly, it is provided that in all ques-
tions of promotion a preference shall be given ceteris
paribus to an ofliccr who does not hold land over one
who does.
The Colombo Obserrer of 13th Oct., has the follow-
ing remarks on the state of commercial affairs:
Our Colonial market for imports is in a state of complete
stagnation. The large quantities of damaged grey cloths
lately sold by auction on account of the concerned have over-
supplied native buyers, so that the purchasers of sound piece
goods have in some crises even declined to remove what
they had bought. The sale of a set of sugar machinery,
mill engine., &c.,is rather a cheering indication of the
prospects of cane planting, which have been of Lite rather
discouraging. We attach the more importance to this sale,
as the purchaser is no naviee, nor new corner, but one who
has had considerable experience, and is well acquainted with
the circumstances under which sugar cane planting in the
island has been commenced and carried on. lle judges, and
we believe correctly, that the failures or only partial success
which have attended the speculation in some instanc s is
attributable to mismanagement and want of experience on
the part of planters in the mil and climate of the island.
From Madras we learn the capture by a detach-
ment of the 19th N. 1., under Capt. Nutt, of Narasim
Reddy, the rebel chief, who had for so long main-
tained himself in the Cuddapah district. Particulars
are given as follows, by a correspondent of the
Madras Spectator:
On the morning of the 6th instant, the detachment of the
19th Regiment N left Biumgaupilly, en route to Cherlo-
pully—a distance of 11 miles. During the march a detach-
ment under Ensign Firth was ordered to occupy the strong
hill fort of Bhadrachell um, in which Narasim Reddy was
supposed to be, with his fuilowers. The remainder, consist-
ing of Captain Nett, commanding, Captain Younghusband,
and Lieut. Newlyn, with 113 rank and tile, preceeded to
Cherlopully. Soon after their arsival, a mounted express
came into camp with the intelligence that Narasim Reddy,
with 200 of his men, was in the Juggernaut Condah
(a distance of 11 miles) near Oliva Condah, and that the
base of the; hill was videtted by a party of the Kurnool
Irregular Horse. In halt an hour a detachment was
in motion, and arrived at the scene of action about half-past
four all ready for work. It appears that the rebe's
had attempted to loot the village of Peeraarmula, at 7
A. u. This place is distant from Juggernaut Condah
about a mile and a half, and was defended by ten Sowers.
The Sowers attacked the rebels and drove them to the
hill, at the same time despatching two of their party in
different directions, to bring up parties of Smears stationed ,
in the neighbouring Tillages:. Their speedy arrival pre-
vented the return of the rebels to the open country, and kept
them on the hill till the infantry came up. In the course of
au hour's sharp work, we found ourselves in peasendou of
the pagoda. the prisoners, amounting to 83, including Na-
rasim Reddy ; Aseeritunr, a notorious scoundrel, who wu
formerly a government servant, and who maimed the Coil-
goorka fahsildar, by cutting him across the hand ; and four
other ringleaders. Among the killed, in number 46, were
Cash's Wobliah, Commander-in-chief of Reddy's Army. No
casualty occurred among our mcu.
A Calcutta paper supplies some particulars of an
insurrection at Bhopal, in central India, headed by a
profligate Ameer, lklalionied Khan, and directed
against the regency of his own infant grand-daughter.
Details are as follows :
Amacr Mahomed Khan, grandfather of the late Nawah of
Bhopal, contrary to the wishes of the Regent, and of the
I Secuadra Begum, as well as of the Political Agent, persisted
in taking armed men into his service; his object was to do
what he had before done,—assemble a force of stranger!,
Wullaitics or Bohillas, and when they became clamorous for
pay, Foxe the Bhopal government to give him funds to dis-
.tharge them. For some monthehe had been at this work, re-
ceiving nuzzursCrom the men he entertained, and ncvcr pay-
isgthem any wages; at last he compelled the Regent to adopt
measures to put aatop toenich proceedings. Ameer Mahomed
was told that if he came from Rishrein (a port 30 miles from
Bbspaphisaffeirs wouldbe adjusted. This, however, hewould
not do, and his iaghire (25,000 a year) was mtaehed to
meet the claims against him • ' :dill he would net pay any
attention to the regent, or to the political agent, to whose
aloonsivae (sent to explain matters) he behaved very im-
pudently. However the sequeatration of hie jagbire
opened the eyes of thloe collected about Ameer Mahorned,
who, by want of meansoras brought to lithopal. All was
in progress of settlement when a man, by name Kurvem
Khan, arrived at Bhopal with some followers, Rohilias from
Hyderabad. This Kurrem. Khan took service, came with :he
Ameer, and bemrne his general ; and a change imne-
drawly over his affairs. Defiance of all authority was. openly
shown, till it beeam.- necessary to interpose, mad bring hi in
to subjection. Ameer Mahomed's force was recruited fro, a
the Hyderabad Wullaites, who were flocking in hundreds
and had reached 2,000 men. They were encamped close
to the town of Bhopal, and alarm was spreading Cast
through the people. Ameer Mahomed was given to a cer-
tain date to come in, and this proclaimed to all. Nothing
meted them, however. A relation of the Begum, sent to
Ameer Mohamed, was detained and made prisoner, and they
became daily more bold. The appointed day passed, and the
Regent
cont het recourse to the political agent. The
Bhopal contingent was ordered to Bhopal to co-operate.
The night of the day they marched from Sehore, Ameer
Mahomed broke up his camp, and moved from Bhopal,
plundering villages : the contingent, however, came up with
him and his party on the third day ;
_they were about 1,500
armed men, chiefly Rohillas and Wullaites. The Moon-
shee was sent in to explain matters, and to give the Amcer
and others time to come to the political agent. This was
declined. An hour was then given them to surrender.
Just as the time was about to expire, Ameer Mahomed
came out and gave himself up, deserting the Wullaites,
who were then given time to consider their position and
to surrender. They refused to listen to
every thing
and
when all parley was found useless, and every had
been done to prevent bloodshed, and at the same time
maintain authority, the troops were moved up, and firing
commenced. The Contingent's guns opened on them as
well as a gun of the State. After a quarter of an hour's
fighting the Wullaites were completely routed ; and they
fled, pursued by the cavalry ; the leader, Kurreem Khsn,
was killed, two sons of Ameer Mahomed made prisoners,
besides about 200 men. The killed and wounded amounted
to about 300. The Contingent had no men killed, but 15
wounded, and about 80 of the Bhopal troops were k.lled or
wounded. Thus terminated what at first promised to light
up an old, and only lately subdued, rising in the Sauget
territory, close to the scene of which this sharp and decisive
affair occurred; its effects will be most salutary, and the
Hyderabad state may congratulate itself on being the
cause - for had measures been taken to sec that the men
dismissed and put over the Nizam's boundary had had the
mesas, and been conducted to their homes in Peshawar
and that quarter, they would not have rallied round
Ameer Mahomed Khan, who, without them, would have
would not haavet entertained a hope to subvert the succes-
sion, and set up a said-to-be natural child of the late
Nawab.
Alluding to the affairs of Affghanistan, the Bombay
Tinies remarks :
By the accounts lately published in the Delhi Gazette of
the state of matters at Cabool, our readers will have seen
that the declining years of poor old Dost Manomed have
been, and are likely to continue to be, more fruitful in sor-
row and trouble than were those of his youth. The head-
strong vrilfulness of his eldestUkhbar Khan, continues
n full force ; and on his beng afflicted with a disease of the
eyes, the Ameer is said to have expressed himself to the
effect that his son was suffering from the vengeance
of heaven for having been the instigator of the
murder of Meer Ufzul Khan Ohilzaie. The Dost
was daily occupied in settling the disputes so rife
amongst his chiefs, and there seemed no prospect of
his task ever coming to an end. The daughter of Yar
Mahomed of Herat, the affianced bride of Lkhbnr Khan,
had been received with every honour on her arrival at Killa
Kane, near Cabool—the bridegroom with his father Dost
Mahomed, and all the nobles of the court, having gone out
about six miles to meet the royal lady's cortege. Festivity
and reinicing continued for several dart after the arrival
of the Wuzeer'e bride at the capital. In the midst of these

entertainments word was brought to the Ameer that fresh
insurrections had broken out amongst the Ohllsaes, conse-
quent on the warder above-mentioned, on which the boat
is said to have expressed himself in the manner before re-
presented. The brat is said to have been so enraged at
the conduct of his son, that though he knew him to be
seriously ill, he would neither visit him in person nor send
to make any inquiries concerning him. A vakeel from the
ruler of Toorkistan had been successful in inducing the
Amcor to dispatch troops to the assistance of his master—
twA thousand horse and one thousand foot, with four guns,
having been ordered to proceed to Bameean, there to await
further instructions. The Sirdar in charge. of this fora was
ordered to compel payment of the tribute due by the Zungee
tribe in liaxareh, as he proceeded on his march. Serious
disturbances were also in progress in tipper and Lower
Swat, where conflicts betwixt the rival parties were of daily
occurrence. The above is a tney miserable picture of the
state of affairs in Affithanistan, if even a fourth of it be true.
We are indebted for the whole of our news from beyond
Lahore to the piid native news-writers of the Delhi Gazette,
on which implicit faith cannot be placed.

EXPERIMENTS WITII CAPT. WARNER'S " LONG
nANOE."—A correspondent writes as follows
The long talktd of eas with Capt. Warner's kag range
came off on Saturday sear the ant of Lard lagestre,
Staffordshire, in the premises et CAL J. A. Chalets!, t
Inspector-General of Arta:Fir Capt. Chad& ILN Eiteel-
lent, td emitnimionets by government to TavaglitZe
alleged inventions of Capt. mar, the Marquis of Azgleory
General of the Or
Ind logesize the Amarillo Areiresetki
and several other officers of distargion. 'The expiememb woes ort:
Finally flied to take pap ea Ow as* of user Groat Walser-
mg, a village five miles boa thootbood; boa ft OMNI 10 the
ears of Capt. Werner imagism stir mosulni poses ebbiaes
else to the book Met soonits MMilassom MeamMellm axed
Apes. tiwo
the nsteigi,ll7 Oa/ als=wisansilreir=
week was spent oreparetbsollaine expertments; but es be es the
result.* have yet transpire.d, we harnethey. are not wholly satisfactory.
Whether another trial will take place is uncertain; but es the report
of the commit will be before the public in a few days, it would
be idle to conjecture the future history of the invention.
DREADFUL OUTRAGE ON THE CONTI N E.NT.—
Particulars have been sent to the Hue and Cry, of a most
daring robbery that has been committed at Cracow. It
seems that when everything was quiet, three notorious
offenders got into the grounds by force, broke through a
treaty that stood in their way, demolished everything of
value they found in the houses of legislature, turned the
whole concern topsy-turvy, and have not left a vestige of the
old place standing. One of the offenders, who is well known
to the police by the name of Austria, is still in possession.
Hie two confederates have been content with their share of
the booty, and have returned to their old haunts. Their
eleFignations arc Russia and Prussia. Nn means have been
taken as vet for the restoration of the stolen property. It is
supposed that the authorities are holding batik in ,he hopes
of a reward being offered.—Punch.