The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

IHHOADIEE-OEXERAL HAVELOCK.

(From the laminated Londe* IVeros.)
Brigadier-General Henry Havelock was born at
Bishopsweannouth, near Sunderland, Is 1795. His father,
who was descended from a family which had king raided at
Grimsby, having accumulated on independence In commerce
and .hip-building et Sunderland, purchased Ingreee-park,
near Dartford, in the county of Kent. He was married to a
daughter of the family of Ettriek, which had been seated for
many generation' at High Barnes. Henry Havelock was
educated at the Charterhouse, where he had an hie content-
Lord Panure, Dr. Thirlerall, the Bishop of St.
Ulf:IT: in
, Dr. Waddington, the Dean of Durham, the late
Archdeacon Hare, George Grote, the Mari-clan of Greece;
Sir William Mecnaghten, the unfortunate Envoy to Cabul ;
Sir William Norris. late Recorder of Penang ; Sir Charles
Pdatlake, and Mr. Yeti's., the actor. In 1813, in consequence
of the decline of his father's fortunes, Ingress-perk wa• sold to
government, and Havelock R. entered of the Middle T. 1.1311,
sad attended the lectures of Chitty, the eminent special
where his moot intimate eationate wee the late Sir flt.7a:as
Talfourd, the author of lon. His elder brother William had
diatinguhhed bin:melt in the Finlander War, end at Water-
loo ; and Henry, yielding to the military propensities of hie
enJeavi.ntred through hie interest to obtain. comelie-
st-a A month after the battle of Waterloo :he was ap-
pointed second lieutenant in the rifle brigade (the 9.5 th),
where his military training was assisted by Cayman, after-
Wallin Sir Harry find, h, the a tutor of Aliwal. Havelock
served for eight yeare in F.ngland, Scotland, end Ireland, and
having at length vichanged into the 13th light infantry,
embarked for India in 1823.

In 1824 the first Burmese war broke ant, end Hemlock wee
appointed Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General. and was prow
tent et the makes t Napedee, Peewees, end Fairborn. On
the terrains/Jona the war he wee emaciated with Captain
Lumwlen end Dr. Knox on a mission to the court of Ave. and
had an audience of the " Olden Font," when the treaty of
Yandelonoweasigned. In 1027 he published the " Dietary of
the Ave Campaigns." remarkable for the freedom of its earn.
meets on the tranamtione of the war. In that year ho wee
appointed adjutant of tbo military depot formed et Chinoturah
by Lord Combernirre, and noon utter married the youngeet
daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Mersbmen, of Serempore. The
l'hinattreh motablishment wee noon after broken up, and

Havelock returned to hie regiment. He subsequently visited
Caimans, and, having passed in the langiuutes at the oulleire,
wax appointed adjutant of his corpe by Lord William Bens
tinek. The corps was then under the command of colonel,
atteranrila Sir Robert Sale. In 15313 Havelock woe promote
to a company after having served 23 yews so a subaltern. An
army was now collected for the Invasion of Affahanistan, and
Havelock accompanied it on the staff of Sir Willoughby
Cotton. He went through the Brat Afghan campaign,
seta pr sent at the storm of Chernee sod the occupation et
Calm', and then returned to India with Sir Willoughby Cotton.
Haring obtained leave to visit the presidency, be prepared a
" Memoir of the Alfghan Campaign," which was aeon after
printed in London. He returned to the Punjaub to charge
of a detachment, and woe placed on the staff of General
Elphinotone, es Persian interpreter.
The Eastern ti Whim having risen and blockaded Cahn!,
Havelork was pent to join Sir Robert Sale, then matt hing
back to India, and was present nt the forcing of the K booed
Caul Pam, at the action of Tereen, and all the other engage-
mints of that force till it reached Jallalahad. In conjunction
with his friends, Major Mai ;mirror and Capt. Briailfoot, ho
had the chief direction limier Sale, of the memorahle defence
of that place, of which he unto all the despatches which
were afterwards so highly COMIIII,I3IIPfI by Sir George )luny.
In the final attack on Mahomed Alder in April, 1812 which
obliged that chief to raise On siege, Havelock commanded the
right column, and defeated hits before the other columns
could come up. For this be was promoted to a Brevet Ma-
jority, and wee MOO Companion of the Bath. He was then
nominated Perrisa Interpreter to General Pollock, and was
present at the action of Mamoo Keil, and the second engage-
ment at Teeeen. He then proceeded with Sir John ISI.Caso
has niece into :the KOll6llllll. and had an important share
to the brilliant affair at Istahtf. The next year ho wax pro-
moted to • reginientel majority, and nominated Peraiati in-
terpreter to the commandir-insebicf, Sir Hugh (afterwards
Viscount) Gough.
.

At the dose of 0113 he arcompanied the army to °waling,,
and woe engaged in the bottle of Maltarajporo. In 1814 be
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel by brevet. In
lati he pr weeded with the many to meet the invasion of the
Sikh*, and was actively engaged in the battles of Moodkoe,
Fenmeohah, and Sobrann. At If oodkee be bad two bones
phot under him ; at Sobraan • third horse watt smitten down
by a cannon-shot which psmeel through the paddle-o.db. On
the core lesion of the Suilej campaign he was appointed
depuly-adjutaut-general of tho Queen'. troops at Bombay.
Tbe pceond Sikh war now broke out, and his elder brother.
Colonel William Havelock, wan killed at Hamm:wear. lii•
own reginwnt. the 53d, having been ordered into the field, he
quitted his enf employment at B. aviary, in order to join it, and
he peweeded no far as I ndoro, v hen he further progress waa
enuntennmoded, and he returned to his port. Twenty-five years
of inivooant and laborious service now began to tell on his con-
stitution, and his medical advisers. in HOD, meet him to Europe
fur two years for the intention of Ida health. He returned
to Bombay in ibal, and was pawn miter made brevet-colonel,
and appointed, through the kindnees of Lord Hardinge. by
whew+ side he hod (ought in the three battles of the Sutiej,
quartertmeter- general, nod then adjutant-general, of Queens
troops in Indio. On the despatch of the expedition to Persia
he was appeinte I to the emend division, and commanded the
troops at 'llohammerah, the glory of which action wan, how-
ever, reserved for the naval force. On the conclusion of
pears be returned to Bombay, and embarked in the Erin for
Calcutta, in which veeeel he was wrecked, in April last, off
the coast of Cey'ex. Five day. after he obtained a passage in
the Fire Queen, and, on reaching Calcutta, WWI immediately
bent up to Allahabod as brigadier-general, to command the
moveable column with which he has now, in three decisive
action', defeated the ththratta fiend, Neon Sahib. It is
pingular that in all there eng laments—in Burma', in Alf-
ghanidaux, at Owalior, in the Sutlej compaim, and in Persia
—though generally exposed to the hottest Bra, he has never
been wounded.

CONSUMPTION or COITOI4 IN OLDENIII7III3.—An
intelligent cotrespondent, writing to the State Department,
calls attention to the increase in the consumption of cotton
in Oldenturo. Germany, Limn it. acceseion to the Zollvervin.
Previous to 18.51 (the correspondent adds) very little mama
was consumed in ibis country. In 1806 you find three
cotton mills (thinneries) in Oldenburg Proper, and one in
Birkenfield, working together 17,426 spindle.. end communing
1,611,000 pounds of cotton per annum. Front the private
eof a gentleman largely interacted in there spinnerics,
'l= that 29,800 spindles have been put up thia year, which
will increase the coanamptioa of cotton to 4,466,500 pound*
ie 1856. treshiwyten Mum.
Souni Szystecrres hitlesux.—During the week
ceding 12th Sept, the visitant boos been aa follows: On
Monday, Tuesday, sad Saturday, tree days. 2,007; Km-
day .na Tuesday, free evenings, 6,863. Oa the three eta-
drata' days (admission to the public 6d.), 767; the etethote
evening, Wednesday, 102. Total, 9,00.