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'fax astral point of interest in this last intelli-
gence from India, as in that which presseled it, is
still the gallant little army of HareLocs. Os the
7th of July, when it marched out of Allahabed, this
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beroie bead numbered some 2,000 men of sll arms

Whet Nam effected the junction at Cavrapose it
was slightly reinforccd. On the 17th of August—the
last date to w►ich our despatches reach—it had been

worn down

by sickness and disease. It is probable that no
soldiers in the world have ever gone through
the earns amount of arduous work in the
lame space of time. In the mune of thaw
five weeks this infantry brigade—for except
• few volunteer, it has throughout been
deprived of hone—has fought at least eight different
actions with as many armies of well-disciplined
troops, plentifully supplied with cavalry and artil-
lery, and generally outnumbering it in the propor-
tion, at the lowest calculation, of six to one. It has
done this in the worst season of the year for military
operations. Its victorious marches have been made
through a land of rice swamps, in the midst of a
hostile population, without • commissariat,
withoot tents. From the moment they crossed
the Ganges, on their way to Lueknow, these
men had to bivouac at night, under deluges of rain,
to tight frequently up to their middles in water,
and more than once to snatch, as and when they
could, • hasty meal in the face of the foe on broad
unsheltered plains, with the noonday sun blazing
down on them with vertical glare. It was on the 30th
of July that Havataex first crossed the Ganges ; on
the 4th of August he was compelled by sickness to
fall back ; on the Sth he advanced again, and
fought two more actions, with the usual result.
Mir further advai,co was checked by an obstacle
which it would have been mere madness to attempt
surmounting. SIO 00 men, entrenched in a position
of great strength on the other side of a deep and
rapid river, rendered the relief of Lackuow impos-
sible, and made instant retreat imperative. The
retreat was conducted in perfect order, and on the
13th Ha% &Loch re-crossed the Ganges. But the
labours of his indefatigable band were not yet over.
Bitheor had been reoccupied by the enemy, and on
the Hivatoce attacked it, carried the position,
and mound two guss.
Of the unconquered spirit which to the last ani-
mated this brigade of heroes a vivid proof is given
in • letter from • noe-eossmissioned officer of the

78th Highlanders, whisk will be foaled is another i
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part of our to-day's harmonic. The letter, written 1
cia the 13th. relates to the setioe of the previous ,
day, the last which took place berme the final rim ,
treat. "There were only 12" at the ;nth High. ,
" Landers present. the remainder being sick. Our
" whole force consisted of WO men, including Sikhs.
" A great many followers were cut to pieces by the
" enemy's cavalry and round shot. There were
" two guns playing on the 78th, which would
" no doubt have destroyed every man of as hut
0 for our timely rnolation—a desperate one, no
* doubt, but it had to be done, or all would
* have perished beneath the deadly lire. General
* Itrivrtoct, was calmly looking on; he knew well
" what we desired i and before he gave the order to
" Weisser, all rushed forward at the charge, and in
* lees than five minutes captured two guns and four
" horses, bayoneting a number of the enemy who
* tried to save the gems (two brass 9-pounders).
" General II tvet.aca rode up after an, crying out,
" a Well done, brave Highlanders! live have this
" ' day sand yourselves and your comrades" We
" did not Inse a man in this charge, though it was
" thought by other corps to be a mad attempt. As
* see started to charge, the lam room/ of grape shot
" meat immediately ore? tAe heads of oar small band
" of men : but is their haste to fire, the enemy lost
" their elevation, so we thus' escaped. Private
. MCGRATII and myself were struck in the action,
* but only bruised, the shot having first bit the
" ground. SG:Gam' received five balls on dir-
t. (trent parts of his body, so he had to fall to the
" rear. I was merely struck on the hip bone with
" only one ball, therefore I ran on, sot heeding it.'
And these men may be left to perish fa
want of reinforcements! It is impossible to resist

the conviction that Ilsvtusit's position at the
date of the last despatches wee one of extreme

peril. From all sides the mutineers were cluing
on him. From Oude, which is evidently the strong-
hold of the ineurrectioo, a vest hat hovers on the
left bank of the Ganges; from the west, the Gaither
mutineers were preparing to eras the Jamas is
force : and If evrtoca. wu too weak to attempt to
contest the passage. From the south-wet the
mutineers of I rinspore were moving up to complete
the fatal circle. Such was the state of things, on or
shoot the 16th of August, in the neighbourhood al
Cewnpore; and on the 23rd of August the Secretary
to the Government of India, writing from Cakatta,
says, " Adequate reinforcements, it is feared, season
reach him (Miyake') in leas than ten days ore a
fortnight from the present time "—that is. not be-
fore the tad or 6th of September. The melancholy
truth is, that it is scarcely possible they could arrive
so soon, there being great reason to fear that the
rebels would be masters of the communication between
Allahabad and Beaune. It is not on our owns con-
iodates, or on those of any correspondents st a &s-
-teas from the actual seat of hostilities, that we are
driven to rely in endeavouring to form a tree appre-
elation of the probable position of HAVELOCK attar
his retreat. General Nem., in his letter from Caws-
pore of the let August—the letter of a man of
sound judgment, hardy, sanguine, and resolute—
thus writes of the probable result of such • step am
forced on his brother commander "On
General HAVELOCK returned to the river

opposite Cawnpore, where he sent to me for further
" reinforcements--requiring a battery, two 24-
" pounders, and 1,000 more European infantry. I
" have just written to him that there is half a bat-
" tery coming on here to-day from Allaliabad, which
" I wad on at once to him. I also send him two iron
" guns, but European ilfasstry there as none to send
" him here' (and none have arrived since). "If he
" waits for that he must wait reinforcements from

Calcutta, and there most be a long delay,
during which Lacknow may share the fate
which befell (awnpore. The rebels, flashed
with rictury, frill return on this, re-oerupy
assonpme, and I Aare no troops to keep them

out. ',I Must be starred ma. The influence on

" Agra, too, must be most disastrous." Well, the re•
treat has taken place; the " rebels, flushed with
" victory," are pressing in upon Cawnpore on all
sides ; and there is too much reason to dread that in
" that entrenched camp"—of which %MEL writes in
the same letter that " it is a most miserable position,
" which none but Englishmen could have held for a
s' day"—he and H kVELOCK will be driven to hold
oat as best they may till the tardy arrival of rein-
forcements up the tortuous windings of the Ganges.
Of the possible fate of Lucknow and Agra it
is too terrible to think. The Ghoorkas, single
handed, can evidently do nothing for the relief
of the former. Oude is tilled with troops,
against whose disciplined numbers these wild moun-
taineers can produce no serious effect. To harass the
rear, or hang on the flank of an attacked or re-
treating army, they would be invaluable as auxi-
liaries ; but if the relief of Lucknow is to depend on
their unassisted efforts, its case is hopeless indeed.
The prospect indeed is gloomy, but nothing is to
be gained by an endeavour to conceal the truth;
and the truth we believe to be that HAVELOCK
and his immortal brigade, after performing
prodigies of valour scarcely equalled in the
annals of war, retreated at last before difficulties
which no human prowess could surmount ; that
when the last despatches left they were in an ex-
tremely critical, if not perilous, position ; and that the
question of their ultimate relief resolves itself entirely
into a question as to the timely arrival of rein-
forcements. That they would hold on :to the very
last we know ; that no odds in the open field are for-
midable to them they have proved beyond the pos-
sibility of a doubt ; but without cavalry for forays,
with no store of provisions to fall back upon, and a
whole population against them, it is impossible not
to look forward with great and painful misgivings to
their ultimate fate. Whatever that fate may be,
they have deserved nobly well of their country;
they have sternly kept faith with their own fame.
They have done all that the most determined valour,
the most desperate self-exposure, and the most un-
wavering discipline could possibly effect. We have
every trust that they will break through the nar-
rowing circle of their foes ; but should that trod
unhappily prove ill-grounded, England can never
forget the debt of gratitude she owes to HAveux
to Nem., to the 78th Highlanders, to the gallant
64th, sad to the Madras Fusiliers, who never, in
any of their hard fought fields of ancient fame, more
nobly approved their motto, Spectamur vend°.

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The Revenue Returns for the year and quarter,
which will be found in another column, present a
considerable but not an unexpected decrease in
most of the principal sources of fiscal income. The
chief falling off is in the Customs, which show a net
decrease of about 600,0001. on the quarter, although
they still exhibit a *Ming increase on the year. The
dnutullee the Excise extends both to the year and the
quarter, being, in round numbers, 340,0001. for the
former and 130,0001. for the latter. The principal
cause of the falling off in the Customs has been the
reduction of duty on tea, coffee, and sugar, and also,
as regards the latter article, the diminished consump-
tion arising from Increased price. In the Excise the
deficiency is mainly referable to the Malt Tax, and
it would have been very much more considerable
had not increased consumption in some degree made
amends for diminished duty. The Property Tax shows
a decrease of upwards of 413,0001. on the quarter, and
about 187,0001. on the year. This is, of course,
owing to the redaction of the " war nine-pence.°
Among the other items of Revenue, the Stamps,
which on the year show an increase of over 166,0004
exhibit a decline of upwards of 18,0001. on the
quarter. It is gratifying to observe that the
Post-oftlee returns display a solid and satis-
factory increase of about 101,0001. on the
year, and no less than 83,0001. on the quarter.
An increase on the quarter of about 113,000!.
" Miscellaneous" is owing, it seems, to the sale of
old stores after the termination of the Russian war.
Comparing the year ending the 30th September,
1837, with that ending the 30th September, 1836,
the net decrease on the whole Revenue is close upon
170,0004 Comparing the two quarters so ending,
the net decrease is just under 800.0001.—a consider-
able reduction, no doubt, but not greater than—not,
indeed, so great as—had been ealcalsted upon.
With the present activity of export trade, the abun-
dance of the harvest, and the generally sound state
of mercantile enterprise, there is nothing to create
iiscouragement in the last quarterly balance-sheet.

gbe eattl.

BALMORAL. 6 OPT. 29.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal
M Priam, Alioa and attended by lady Churchill and
the Deka of Argyll, drove yesterday to the foot of Gallica,
vhsee• bar Majesty and the mat oftlia party rode to the
emmit,

The Prinre Cowart went out deer-etslking. In th.
evening Sir Y. and Lady Theelger, Sir Jame. and Lady
Clark, and Mr. and Mtn. Clark, bad the honour at dialog
Ira her *nasty.

Displease were method at the
ken the Governor of Matta.

Tin Drama or KENT.—lIer Royal Ifighnema
ea Dodos or Kest, 'convened by Lord and Lady James
Maar, arrived is Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon, mad
reasied to Earrre Hotel. The Duchess &Headed divine
amnia* as &today in St. John's. liar Royal Hinters
mon in town until Friday, sad on that day leave Mir
luagli for the south.

Hie Excellency the Prussian Minister is expected
M Wats to Brighton neat week, from a tour of visits ia
leaded.

The Counter de Trangeau has arrived at the
Drunk•! Hotel, Jerotyta-etreet. The Print* Polignae has
WWII his depetteee from the same eetabliehleest.

The marriage of the Lady Onendalin Talbot and
Mr. Edward Petty is dud to take place at Bt. Mary's Masan
Catholic Church, Rugby, on Thrtieday, the 15th insert.
The eereum.y, in all probability, a ill be performed by the
Right Rev. Bishop Biggs.
Amongst the aubecribers to the India Fund iu the
Bath list is the Rev. W. A., who gives, as the "one losidely
tithe minding-op of a law-suit." the magnificent earths
of 382/.

The first distribution of the National Medals far
Drairtag ammo` the students of the school of art of the
United Kingdom take place at blanchister, in the Towle
►ell, on the lirth October. The distribution will be seeds by
the Laird President of the Council, the Right Hoe. the Earl
OrwerrOk, and t►e Vine President of the Education Commit.
lee, the Right Hon. W. Cowper.

General Jankowski, aide-dwesorp of the Emperor
of Rusk, has arrive! is Paris so a allitary lido&

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