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London, England, 1849-07-23 00:00:00

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
MY PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE ESCAPA-

CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
tiew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
.tualillcations. Illustrated by 25 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oa-
'ord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
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PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
rgans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Pim 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
;ence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
od bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncaps.city.
illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. -
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.,
Pala Iv. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
reader's notice.
PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
daties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court,Bisinghall-street.

G. Sharp and R. L. Finder, Romsey, Southampton,
timber merchants, Aug. 10, at eleven—l. Terry, Hay-
market, watch manufacturer, Aug. 10, at balf•past
eleven—F. Whitmore, jun., Fulham, Middlesex, brewer,
Aug. 13, at one—T. H. May, Little Britain, Aug. 13,
at twelve.

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—J. Southern, Liverpool, builder, August 8, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. W. Jeffryes and
J. Meek, Liverpool, merchants, August 14, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—l. P. Cartwright, Nantwich,
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Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
A. A. Lackerstcen, Moorgate-street, City, merchant,
100., on Monday, July 23, and two subsequent Mon-
days, between the hears of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
T. J. Breeds, Fenning's-whstrf, Surrey, merchant and
ship-agent, 6d., on Monday July 23, and two subse-
quent Mondays,
between the hours of eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
T. J. Breeds and C. Burfield, sen., Fenning's-wharf,
Surrey, and Hrtstings, Sussex, merchants and ship
agents, 2id., on Monday, July 23, and two subsequent
Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Carman, Birchin-lane, City.
F. 11. Bourquin, Northampton Clerkenwell,
watch manufacturer, 1 d., Monday, July 23, and two
subsequent Mondays, between the hours of eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
13. Aspein, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, messenger, Bs.,
on Wednesday, July 25, and two following Wednesdays,
between the hours of tin and two, at the office of Mr.
Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
1). Ross, Ratcliff-cross- wharf, and Glasgow, wine and
spirit-merchant, ill., on Wednesday, July 25, and two
following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and
two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street.
J. m
Gable, Whitecross-street, St. Luke, licensed vic-
tualler, 2 s., on Wednesday, July 25, and two following
Wednesdays, between and • at the
the hours of ten two,
office of II r r. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Baslnghall-
street.

W. Cooper, C. Wilson, and G. 13lack, Aldermanbury,
straw hat manufacturers and furriers, 10s.. on Wednes-
dv, July 25, and two fillowing Wednesdays, between
the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.

A. Hewlett, Southampton, carpenter and builder, 35.,
on Saturday, July 31, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
W. 11. Summers, Sackville street, bill-broker, ls. Bd.,
on Saturday, July 21, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
H. Hutchens, Portsea, timber merchant, 2s. 6d., on
Saturday, July 21, and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
Newark and E. Lax, Berry-Edge, Durham, grocers,
Is. 6d., on Saturday, July 21, between the hours of ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Barras, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine and spirit
merchant, 35.,1 on Saturday, July 21, or any subsequent
Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
M. Cooke Denton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer, 3s.
9d., on Tuesday, July 31, or any subsequent Tuesday,
between the hours ofeleven and one, at the office of Mr.
Fraser, Manchester.
J. Edwards, Allington, Dorsetshire, sack-twine and
shoe thread manufacturer, 75., on any Tuesday or
Friday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. -
J. Lucas, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, general shopkeeper,
25., together with the first dividend of 75., upon new
proofs, on any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven
and one at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
S. Fisher, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire,
3s. 10d., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 13, or any subse-
quent alternate Saturday to December 22, between the
hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston,
Nottingham.
H. Moseley, Derby, carver, jeweller, and silversmith,
45., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 18, or any subsequent al-
ternate Saturday, to Dec. 22, between the hours of
eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Not-
tingham.
J. B. Murphy, Derby, carver, gilder, jeweller, and
silversmith, los., on July 21, Aug. 4, Oct. 13, or any
subsequent alternate Saturday, to Dec. 22, between the
hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston,
Nottingham.
J. Scruby, Roxton, Bedfordshire, farmer and butcher,
23., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Gable and G. Goble, Kentish-buildings, South-
wark, hop factors, ls. Id., on any Saturday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Guildhall- chambers.

T. Manson, Royal Exchange, underwriter, Bd., on any
Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers.

H. Williams, Park-place, Kennington-cross, iron-
monger and smith, Is. 3d., on any Saturday, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Guildhall-ehambsrs.

W. Lancaster, lisgent-street, jeweller, 25., on any
Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Guildhall•chambers.

J. Bisshopp, Bury, Sussex, gardener, lid., on any
Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Guildhall chambers.
A. Haig, Smith-street, Jubilee-place, Stepney, en-
gineer, 6s. 61, on any Saturday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-
chambers.
W .P. Lauder, Sloane-street, Chelsea, surgeon, 3d., on
any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers.
C. Bourjot and W. Espevent, Coleman-street-build-
ings, merchants, 2s. 3d., on any Saturday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Uuilhall-chambers.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall•etreet.
E. Woodgate, Greenwich, electro-plate manufacturer,,
Aug. 10, at eleven—G. Savage, Eastdean, Sussex, grocer,
Aug. 11, at eleven—W. Couchman, Farringdon-street,
draper, Aug. 10, at twelve—W. Ridge, Grosvenor-row,
Pimlico, corn dealer, Aug. 11, at twelve—V. Jenkinson
and J. S. Rollison, Argyll street, King's-cross, cow
keepers, Aug.l3, at one..

In the Country.

C. Rippon, Durham, lime burner, August 16, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastel-upon-Tyne—S. Miller, Eamont-
bridge, Cumberland, banker, August 9, at half-past ten,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Thomas, Aber.
dare, Glamorganshire, grocer, August 10, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—S. Dodd, Manchester, fustian manu-
facturer, August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester
—W. Maddox, Liverpool, tailor and draper, August 13,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Holden, Liver-
pool, money seriviner' August 10, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—A. Heron, Birkenhead, stonemason
and builder, August 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—A. Peacock, Liverpool, corn merchant, August
9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—l. P. Cartwright,
Nantwich, Cheshire, chemist and druggist, August 14,
at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—A. B. East, Bir-
mingham, scrivener, August 11, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, August 10.
J. Buckland, Grosvenor-street, lumen —G. W.
M'Arthur Reynolds, Wellington-street North, Strand,
publisher—G. M‘Donell, Trinity-square, wine and spirit
broker-•-W. Smith, jun., Stockton, Durham, earthen-
ware manufacturer—J. Crossfield, Warton, Lancashire,
linen merchant—J. Snook, Ledbury-road, Westbourne-
grove, Paddington, builder.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
P. Harris and P. Pierce, Birmingham, wholesale
chemists and druggists—F. Edwards and R. Nevins,
Strand, house decorators, painters and glaziers—G.
rontegs.. .i Regent-street, sitorne
de
Gibbons and C. E. Brown, Old Cavendish-street, auc-
tioneers,
surveyors, and house agents—li. C. Marshall
and J.
andn :L.
1- nCag, 'ps•raonws
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Bedford-
row, dfor
w aHerzig,
New •
gateastreet, Berlin wool and silk warehousemen (so
'ar as regards S. Menclelson)—J. Roberts and T. H.
Tinker, New Mill, Huddersfield, woollen cloth manu-
facturers—T. Herbert and J. Jones, Chester, mail coach
contractors, coach, car, and omnibus proprietors, and
carriers—G. Thompson and W. J. Foulkes, Birkenhead,
Cheshire, chemists and druggists—W. Green and J.
Spenee, Liverpool, cigar manufacturers and tobacconists
—A. Cotton and W. Cotton, Linthwaite, Yorkshire, far-
mers, and Du!ilin, woollen cloth manufacturers and mer-
chants—A. Almond and E. Duxbury, Entwisle, and
Billington, Lancashire, contractors—J. Lilley and H.
Wilson, Leeds, brassfounders--W. Tyler and C. Reed,
80lt-court, Fleet-street, printers—)3. D. Wood, W. Self,
and Ann Self, Wolverhampton, tobacconists—R. Kilvert
and G. Hellaby, Manchester, manufacturers of glass
paper and emery cloth, and manufacturers of emery—
W. G. Taylor and T. Cock, Stainton and Burton, West-
moreland, flax spinners and manufacturers of cotton
wadding—W. 11. Ablett and T. C. Measam, Manifold-
place, Lambeth, soap manufacturers—C. Butler and S.
Woodard, London and Oporto, merchants and insurance
brokers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Forster, Brandon, Suffolk, blacksmith.
William Frederick Hooper Francis, Topsham, Devon-
shire, carpenter.
Nathan Matthews, Birmingham, butcher.
Aaron Payton, jun., Birmingham, licensed victualler.
Jabes Lacey, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, chair turner.
William WilliamQ, Swansea, licensed victualler.
John Williams, Swansea.
John Farrer, Chester, clerk at railway station.
Patrick Burns, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, painter.
Isabella W atkinson, Liverpool,
Richard Dodge, Liverpool, licensed victualler.
Richard Downs, Newcastle-under-Lyne, plumber.
Robert Collett, Northleacb, Glowxstershire, boot and

shoe maker.
Thomas Hasland, Sheffield, table-Made forger.
Robert Rawling, Last Dereham, Norfolk, kiddier.
Thomas Munn,
.jun., Brighton, plumber.
John Thomas, Llanbehlig, Carnarvonshire, blacksmith.
Wm. Richardson Buckley, Trannaere, Cheshire, corn,

broker.
Mark Davis, Norwich, jeweller.
Thomas Thomas, Llanrbidiati, Glamorghanshire, auc.

tioneer.
Robert Malister, Norwich, cabinet maker.
James Pratt, North Waisham, Norfolk, gig maker.
Francis Swift, Stamford, Lincolnshire, chemist.
Thomas East, L 3 me-Regis, Dorsetshirc, servant.
James Silvers, Dadlt;y, Worcestershire, boot and sloe

maker.
Joseph Cook, Dudley, Worcester Aire, clothier.
scoTell SEQUESTRATIONS,
A. Cairn; Edinbnrgh, wine morchant, to meet within
Dowelk's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 25 and Aug. 15, at
clever.

J. Dunlop, Rawyardi, near Airdrie, carter, to meet
Within tho Royal fhtel, Airdrie, July 25 and Aug.
15. at two.

J. Colnrie, Paisley, logwood chipper, to meet within
the Saracen's Head Inn, Paiiky, July 27 and Aug. 17,
at one.

P. Brown, Edinburgh, grocer, to meet within Steven-
son's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 24 and Aug. 14, at one.
J. Glen, Dalgnrven, Ayrshire., timber merchant, to
rthet within the King's Arms Inn, Irvine, July 26 and
Aug. 18, at twelve.
A. Waddell, Burnhead Whitburn, to meet within Ed-
die' Inn, Whitburn, July 26 and: Aug. 16, at one.
J. Millar, Pennyeuielt, wood inerehant, to meet with-
in Dowtil's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 25 and Aug. 21,
at two.

NORTH KENT RAILWAY. ---- On Friday, Captain
Wynne, the Government inspector went over this line, and
will pay it a second visit of inspection prior to its opening,
which is expected to take place during the week. On Sa-
turday, also, the directors took what is termed a ,
con-
tractors' trip, to satisfy thenaseives as to no stability of
tho works.

The CHAIRMAN said, the subject which had brought
them together was one of vast 'importance. A number
of brave and noble men had sought refuge in this
country, being, as it were, driven from their native home.
As far as he could understand their history, thero were
three hundred individuals in all, Hungarians, who had
been draughted from their own country to the Austrian
army in Italy, where they had.,fought under Radetzky,
bat understanding that every blow they struck
against Italian liberty would be fettering the
liberties of their own country, they took an
opportunity, in plain language, of deserting from
the army of Austria and entering the army of the
Danes, commanded by the unfortunate Charles Albert,
an individual who no doubt meant well, but from want of
natural ability was unable to overcome the strength and
power of his adversary.—(Hear, hear.) These individuals
were not included in the armistice or the treaty of peace
between Austria, Germany, and the Danish powers, and
they saw at once, if they were delivered up to Austria,
their death-warrants were signed; the consequence was,
that about a hundred of them made their escape to
Switzerland, a number to Croatia, and fifty-five made
their escape to France. When the latter arrived upon
the soil of the Republic they thought themselves safe;
but, alas ! they were miserably disappointed, for they
discovered they had not the sympathy of the French
Government with them, although they had the sympathy
of the French nation; nor had they the sympathy of
that man, that exile, that wandering vagabond, who, in
a moment of frenzied extitement, the French people put
at the head of their country. The President of the Re•
public connived with his Government in putting the
police in motion, and ordering these individuals to move
from town to town and from place to place, and dogging
them through every part of France, till at last they were
compelled to seek refuge on the soil of that country
which, with all its faults, is the home of the brave, the
high-minded, and the great, and is ever ready to receive
the exile wanderer Iv ith open arms of whatever cast he may
be, and no matter whatever political feelings he may
entertain.—(Cheers.) These individuais had landed
upon our shores without a penny in their pockets, driven
from the soil of France, the boasted country of liberty
and freedom, for preferring the rights of their native
country to the pay of the despot ; and they had, there-
fore, met for the purpose of expressing their sympathy,
in favour of these unfortunate sufferers.--(Hear, hear.)
He hoped and believed that this meeting would be the
forerunner of many others of a larger and more im-
portant character ; indeed many individuals, whose
names have great influence, such as Lord Nugent, and
no less than twenty-two Members of Parliament had
taken up the subject, under a feeling of sympathy,
for the purpose of raising means to relieve these in-
dividuals, and ultimately sending them back to their
native country to aid in the struggle now going on for
independence.—(Cheers.) Many people do not under-
stand the nature of the contest, and perhaps the meeting
would excuse him if he dwelt upon it for a few minutes,
in order that they might have a clear idea of the nature
of the present struggle, its ultimate tendency, and the
effects which will be produced in Europe if barbarism
proved successful against civilization; or, on the other
hand, if civil liberty was successful in overcoming barba-
rism.--(Hear, hear.) Hungary, ho found, for the last
three hundred years, had been an independent country.
In the year 15C03 or thereabouts, the Hungarian crown
of St.; Stephen, as it was called, was bestowed upon a
branch of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, under the
conditions that the Hungarians should have their laivs as
they had existed of old secured to them, and that every
successor to the Kingdom of Hungary and house o.
Hapsburg. should be crowned with the crown of St.
Stephen, in the city of Presburg; and that if any
change took place in the descent it should only
be done with the consent of the nation, that was the con-
sent of the Diet, the representative of the Hungarian
nation assembled in Presburg.—(Hear, hear.) Under
these circumstances Hungary, not being a province but
a kingdom, was bestowed upon the present house of
Austria; that was beyond all doubt, and yet in the space
of two hundred years the Hungarians have had no less
than eleven struggles in defence of the rights which
were granted to them in 1560, and they were successful
in each instance.—(Hear, hear.) The house of Aus-
tria had always wished to reduce the kingdom of Hun-
gary to a mere province, but it should be recollected
that while Austria contains only three millions of inha-
bitants, the kingdom of Hungary contains no less than
fourteen millions; and, he believed, when the Crown
of Hungary was bestowed upon the house of Hapsburg.
the proportion of the inhabitants was nearly the same,
that was to say, the population of Hungary was four to
one, when compared to that of Austria.—(Hear, hear.)
Under those circumstances well might the Hungarians
be successful in their struggles for independence, and
the rights granted to them in 1560. From 1795 to
1815 Hungary continued faithful in successfully
struggling in favour of the • house of Hapsburg,
that was to . say, during that time, although
the designs of Napoleon were more directed against
Austria than Hungary, Hungary still entered the field
against Napoleon; and yet, notwithstanding that they
sent petition after petition to the Administrative Council
at Vienna, the Hungarians had never received those im-
munities which their patriotism had merited.—(Shame.)
On the contrary, further encroachments were made upon
their rights in 1815, when the Holy Alliance was entered
into between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, who joined
together under the pretence of defending religion; and
under that pretence they endeavoured to subjugate all
those connected with them, and to establish despotism
where freedom had previously reigned. From 1815 to
1825 encroachments went on, and attempts were made
upon the freedom of Hungary. Resolution after resolu-
tion was sent to the Administrative Council at Vienna
complaining of those attempts; but those resolutions and
those petitions were rejected, and the encroachments
continued. Unjust fiscal regulations were imposed upon
the commerce of Hungary; and while attempts were
made to set race against race, and class against class,
upon the principle of divide et inzperc, no less than nine
distinct races had occupied the kingdom of Hungary.
At the present moment there were the Wallachians, the
Germans, the Sclavonians, the Buckowinans, and the
Croats, and by endeavouring to sow discord amongst
these races, the house of Austria attempted to make
further encroachments upon the liberties of the Hun-
garian people. In 1842 Joseph Kossuth, the president of
the Hungarian Republic, took up the subject, and ex-
posed the machinations of Austria, and the consequence
was, that for four years he was immured in an Austrian
dungeon.—(Shame.) The meeting would see from these
facts that the Hungarian people were struggling for
freedom in the same manner that the inhabitants of this
country did in the reign of Charles the First. Even
now, if encroachments are made upon our liberties, we
endeavour by moral means to preserve them, and
the Hungarians were doing nothing more.—(Hear,
hear.) In the year 1848, after all their petitions
and resolutions had been rejected by the Austrian Go-
vernment, the flame of liberty was suddenly lighted up
in France, it rolled onwards, and its effects were soon
felt in Hungary, where the people rose; the consequence
was, that after revolutions and insurrections had taken
place in France, in Hungary, in Italy, and in Germany,
the flame extended to Vienna and the whole of the Aus-
trian dominions, where it was only extinguished by the
Emperor Ferdinand, who felt himself in a state of
danger and was supposed to be an incapable, resigned
in favour of a boy Emperor. What was the conse-
quence? Why this boy has laid claim to the kingdom
of llungary; but-the Hungarian people deny that Fer-
dinand had a right to depose himself without the con-
sent of the Hungarian Diet. This young man, who
was only eighteen years of age, had no right to the
kingdom of Elungary, unless the Diet had consented
to the deposition of Ferdinand, and unless he
took the oath at Presburg to defend the liber-
ties of the Hungarian people. Ho had not done
so, and the Hungarians had risen in defence of their
rights, contending against the whole power of Austria,
who had been baffled by their prowess; and now, in a
state of distress, Austria had called in the aid of Russia
for the purpose of crushing that spirit which they see, if
they do not crush, will crush them.—(Hear, hear.) That
was the present state of things in Hungary; the Hun-
garians were nobly contending for their rights, and they
wore doing eo is a manner which ought to call forth the
sympathies of all who had hearts beating in their
bosoms, or who loved liberty and freedom, the dearest
right of humanity. The sufferings of a portion of this
noble nation had brought them together, and he trusted
what he had stated himself and what would be stated by
the speakers who would follow him would so stimulate
the liberality of his hearers as to prove beyond question
that they sympathise with those who had acted so nobly
in contending for their rights, and who, in contending
fur their own rights, were contending for the rights of
humanity.

Mr. WRIGUT having been called upon to move the
first resolution said, England had long obtained the re-
putation of being the refuge of the unfortunate, and it
had happened so in the present instance; it mattered
very little what cast, what religion, or politics they be-
longed to, the unfortanate always found a refuge in
England. Within the lust few years they had had despots
and liberals seeking refuge alike upon our shores, and he
hoped it would ever remain so. He was but little con •
versant with the Hungarian question, but it W 43 su
cie.nt for him to know that the whole of the Hungarian
people had risen against Austria to satisfy him that their
cause was right. The bare fact, that Austria was unable to
subdue Hungary without the assistance of another nation
proved, beyond all doubt, that the majority of the people
were opposed to the rule and encroachments of Austria.
It was an important matter for us to consider whether a
nation which could not defend itself without the assist-
ance of a larger power, should be' respected as a nation
at all, and vthethcr the Government protested against
the interference of Russia or not, he was quite sure the
English nation would protest against it. He did not
say that England ought to go to war with Russia. She
was not in a position to do that, as the aristocracy of
the country bad taken good care to spend all our money
in wars to put down freedom; and when we came to ask
for money to uphold freedom we found that there was none
in the Exchequer.—(Hear, hear.) He was quite sure,
however, that the country would heartily sympathise-
, with. the struggle of the Hungarians, who had conducted
the war iu a manner that would reflect credit upon the

most civilized nation on the face of the earth—they
had carefully refrained from taking reprisals until
within the last few days, when the barbarities of Austria
had compelled them to follow the example of Washing..
ton in dealing with their prisoners.—(Hear, hear.) The
object of Russia was evidently to destroy national
freedom in Europe, to subdue Hungary as they had an •
nihilated Poland ; and if her tyrannical despotism suc-
ceeded, the progress of civilization would be stopped,
and barbarism would be extended.—(Cheers.) He con-
cluded by moving the resolution, to the effect that the
meeting warmly sympathised with the struggle of the
Hungarian people.
Mr. TH-OMAS IPENTEER said he was not aware until
a few minutes previously that a meeting of this kind
was about to be held, but he was very happy in having
an opportunity offered him of expressing, however
feebly, his entire sympathy with the object which they
had in view.—(Hear.) He had heard with great atten-
tion the observations of the speaker who had preceded
him, and it struck him forcibly that if they limited the
•of a
the
struggle s
of t h e
its strugglefa
againstrmsand
a
question before them simply to the Hungarian struggle,
without any regard to its attendant consequences, they
vile t
and ruthless despotism, which, up to the present time;
would take a very narrow and confined view of the
matter. They should look at it in a broader and more
philosophical sense,
but
as an ot
powerful
protection
me
gallanthom e steads,nation for
•
had kept the greater portion of Europe in
subjection.—(Cheers.) They had all witnessed the
efforts for freedom on the continent, but, unfortunately,
from a variety of causes, they had disappointed the
sanguine expectations of the lovers of liberty in this and
other countries—they saw the gallant beginning which
was made in France, .and the glorious results which
arose from that beginning, but, unfortunately, they now
witnessed the melancholy spectacle of a people, who
themselves fought bravely in defence of democratic insti-
tutions, carried away by the influence of a great name,
and induced to grant to the unworthy successor of that
great name the highest honours of the kingdom.—
(Cheers.) And we then see that man, instead of justi-
tying the hopes which were entertained of him as the
accredited head of the French Government, forgetting
everything that was due to liberty, philosophy, common
sense, and reason, and attempting to suppress the
struggle for political and religious liberty at Rome.—
(Cheers.) They had seen, whenever the progress of
freedom had been stopped, that the friends of despotism
had rejoiced, and they found in this country, when the
gallant struggle of a gallant people for their best and
dearest rights sustained any reverses, it was treated as
a matter of exultation both in the House of Lords and
in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) But they found
also what was still worse—they found the press
of a people who almost universally sympathised
with the gallant struggle of this gallant nation,
they found the great bulk of the metropolitan press'
making use of every trick, and rascally misappropriating
the talent at their command, for the purpose of throw-
ing odium upon this noble struggle, and of falsifying
the feelings of the British people, as if they exulted in
the defeat of the Hungarians and the fall of the noble
Kossuth.—(Cheers.) It was attempted the other day
by the scoundrelly Times to draw a parallel, and to prove
that there was a strong analogy between the case of
Scotland submitting to England and that of Hungary
submitting to Austria.—(Hear, hear.) Only fancy
how much they must have been in want of any-
thing in the shape of an argument to attempt to draw
a parallel between a few hundred thousands of our own
island submitting to the' government of England and a
nation of fourteen millions submitting to the yoke of
despotism.—(Cheers.) The Morning Chronicle took up
a similar argument, but dealt with it in another shape,
and these opinions and views were issued as belonging
to the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) There
were, however, other portions of the press which
reflected more truly the national mind, but the greater
portion—which, feeling bound to give full ex-
pression to his feelings on this subject, he
would call the scoundrelly press—falsified the feelings of
the people, and endeavoured to throw odium upon them.
He believed himself that if the gallant Hungarians sank
ander the ruthless hordes of Cossacks, that these barba-
rians would ultimately overrun Europe, Napoleon had
said, that posterity would yet venerate his name for the
efforts he had made to curb the power of the Autocrat,
whose hordes, if they once penetrated into the fertile
southern climes, would sooner perish than return to
their snow-clad and inhospitable country.—(Hear.) He
hoped that that would be not only the first of a series
of meetings in this great capital, which was the
centre of civilisation, but that it would bo followed by
similar meetings in every town in the United Kingdoea
for he believed, if the matter was once fully set on foot,
that there was scarcely a homestead in the country
which would not contribute something, if necessary,
towards the maintenance of the Hungarian refugees
while they were compelled to remain in England.—
(Cheers.) He sympathised most strongly and sincerely
with the Hungarians, and his whole adherence should be
given to their cause. Mr. M'Enteer concluded by
seconding the resolution.
The Cuentsaite—lt appears to me almost a work
of supererogation to put the resolution to the
meeting after the manner in which it has beep
moved and seconded, and received by the meet-
ing. The struggle, it has been justly said,
is not merely the struggle of a nation—it is a vast and
great struggle of humanity against barbarism—(Cheers)
—and, as it has also been justly said, if the barbarians
are successful, we may expect a struggle not merely on
the continent, but a struggle here.—(Cheers.) We look
upon it as the struggle of liberty against darkness and
despotism, and it is for us to see if the expression of our
sympathies may not tend to bring it to a successful ter-
mination. Looking at the geographical descrip-
tion of Hungary, and knowing that the brave
Hungarians have responded to the call of that
great man, Kossuth, and have driven their cattle to the
hills, thus leaving the country desolate, I am of
opinion that, even should they be overcome, the barba-
rians, when they find themselves destitute of animal
food and other provisions, will die in thousands of pes-
tilence and famine.—(Cheers.) Let us hope that this
meeting, which is the first movement of the kind, will
be followed by thousands of others, that the whole na-
tion will respond to the cause of the Hungarians, for
Britain, with all its faults, is looked upon as the moral
beacon of the universe.—(Cheers.) It is here that the
Hungarians look, and let us assure them that as long as
we enjoy freedom humanity need not despair.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. lIIIGGET, seconded by Mr.
DIPPIE, it was agreed that subscriptions should be then
gathered for the purpose of assisting the liungarian
refugees in England. Subscriptions were then collected
in the room, and it was astonishing to see with what
readiness and liberality half-sovereigns, half-crowns, and
shillings, were handed in, the meeting being a very
small one, and the majority present being working men.
It was directed that the sum total, which appears in
another column, should be sent to The Sun-office.

A committee was then appointed to collect further
subscriptions, and it was agreed that they should take
into consideration the propriety of holding a larger
meeting at the Temperance Hall, in the Broadway, at
which the working men of Westminster might have an
opportunity of expressing their sympathy on behalf of
the Hungarians.
On the motion of Mr. EvAxs, seconded by Mr.
linooET, it was agreed to unanimously that a vote
of thanks should be tendered to The Sun and Daily
Noss, and to the other newspapers which advocated the
cause of the Hungarians.
Alter a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his able
conduct in the chair, which he briefly acknowledged, the
meeting separated.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 22.—The Royal Mail steam-
ship Thames, Captain G. Abbott, arrived last evening,
at seven o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual
mails, in charge of Lieutenant J. Strover, Admiralty
agent.
Oa her homeward voyage the Thames experienced
remarkably fine weather throughout, early part calm
and light winds, latterly moderate breezes from the
northward.
The latest dates brought by the Thames are—Vera
Cruz, June 16; Tampico, June 14; Havannah, June 26;
Jamaica, June 22; St. Jago da Cuba, June 20; Deme-
rara, June 19; Trinidad, June 21; Barbadoes, June 27;
Grenada, Juno 22; St. Kitt's, June 29; St. Thomas,
July 1; Bermuda, July 6; Nassau, June 29; Tortola,
June 30; Antigua, June 29; St. Vincent, June 23; St.
Lucia, June-28; Montserrat, June 29.
The Thames brings on freight-406,662 dollars, of
which 19,990 are for the dividends; 6711. 13s. 4d. British
coin, 281 serons of cochineal, 51 cases of cigars, 4 turtles,
and 52 packages of sundries.
Stations of her Majesty's Ships—H. M. ship Welles-
ley, Captain G. Goldsmith, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B , at Halifax;
steamer Vixen, Commander R. Jenner, Halifax; ship
Trincomalee, R, L. Warren, Newfoundland; ship 'mull
(receiving ship), Commodore ry. Bennett, and sloop
Sappho, Port Royal, Jamaica, Jane 22; schooner Ber-
muda, Lieutenant-Commander A. D. Joly, left ditto on
the 14th, on a cruise; sloop Hellena, Commander M. de
Courcey, on the Mosquito shore; brigantine Viper,
Lieutenant-Commander 11. Bernard, and schooner Scor-
pion, Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, Barbadoes,
June 27.

Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The Groat
Western, in the Gulf, expected to return to England
from Bermuda, Gth July; the Thames, just arrived at
Southampton; the Teviot, Spanish Main, next steamer
home from St. Thomas; the Avon, on Demerara and
Northern Islands route; the Dee, Havannah, 26th ult.,
returning to Jamaica, from whence to Spanish Alain;
the Clyde, 7th inst., left Bermuda for New York; the
Reindeer, St. Thomas.
Ships Spoken With on Return voyage—The
Falcon
brig, in let. 36.50 N., lon. 54 30 W., homeward.
Juue 27. A barque, name not known, a wreck, was seen
en the Cobblers, Barbadoes; weather thiek and s
rabiinyred•
From Jamaica we learn that the sugar crop lo
exceedingly fine, particularly -on the north: side of the
island. In the interior parishes they had at parts some.
what suffered from long droughts, but lately very salu-
tary rains 'had fallen. Tho news from Englaud, an.
co RAPIng the slight rise in sugar, had operated in favour
of advanced rates, and given an impetus to busirie'ac.
With respect to coffee, the planters have &dined even
picking the berry, urging that present market prices are

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE AT IRELAND Is,LAND.—
An inquest was held on Tuesday last, on board of the
Medway convict ship, by Charles C. Keane, Esq., coro-
ner, on view of the bodies of Thomas Kerrigan and
John Tobin, who had been shot. The following is the
substance of what was elicited before the jury.,--
"The four or five hundred convicts on board the Med-
way were assembled that morning on the Spar deck (the
forwart part of the ship), to witness the punishment of
one of their number, James Cronin, for mutinous con-
duct. The overseer, F. B. Black, Esq., and his officers,
with the convict guards, fully armed, and their pistols
being loaded with ball cartridge (the usual practice, we
believe), were drawn up on the quarter-deck to the num-
ber of twenty. The medical officer was also present.
The quarter-deck is divided from the spar-deck by a
railing about five feet high.
" Te man to be flogged had a brother on board the
ship, older than himself, who had permission from the
overseer to absent himself from witnessing the punish-
ment ; but this kindly offer on the part of Mr. Black
was refused, and he appeared with the other prisoners.
" When the proper officers were in the act of securing
the man to the gratings or ladder, his brother rushed
forward, and leaping on the berries, and waving his hat,
called to him by name. He (the elder Cronin) then
addressed some words in Irish to the convicts, which
was answered by a wild cheer, and a rush of some 250
to the barriers, upon which they clustered like bees
preparatory to a descent upon the quarter deck. The
men were desperately excited. The overseer waved
his hand, and called to the men to " fall back ;"
which order was quite disregarded. Mr. Black, plainy
perceiving what must be the object of the prisoners
viz, the rescue of Cronin, and the probable butchery
of himself and his small party, gave order to the guards
to fire, which was immediately followed by a volley from
the front rank. This did not have any immediate
effect—the desperate men entertaining the idea that only
blank cartridges were fired. The rear rank of the guard,
which had been kept in reserve, then moved to the front,
and, under orders of Mr. Black, fired. Two of the
mutinous convicts fell dead, and twelve wero wounded.
This instantly quelled the mutiny, the men hurriedly
retreating to biding places about the forward part of
the ship.
" The punishment was then administered to the
younger Cronin.
" After a lengthy investigation, the jury unanimously
returned a verdict of Justifiable Homicide.'
" One of the wounded men died on Tuesday afternoon.
An inquest on his body was held yesterday. The verdict
has not yet transpired.
" The ringleader, Cronin, was wounded in two places.
Two others are maimed for life—one having had his leg
amputated at the knee, and the other having received a
ball to the spine."
The royal mail steamer Clyde arrived on Tuesday
from Nassau.

THE SIEGE OPERATIONS AT

CHATHAM.

Oa Saturday the siege operations, which had been
postponed in consequence of the illness of2olonel Weare,
took place at Chatham, on a scale which fully justified
the great interest evinced by the public and the military
profession on the subject. On the day first fixed for
the purpose his Royal Highness Prince Albert had an-
nounced his intention to be present, but the delay which
had ta4icu place rendered this impracticable, and the
display was therefore deprived of the eclat which would
have arisen from the visit of his Royal Highness. The
Duke of Wellington also was absent, and ull the interest
which must have been excited by his Grace's personal
inspection of the operations was lost. Bet notwith-
standing these drawbacks the proceedings of the day
were of the most striking character, and it is rarely, if
ever, that in this peace-loving country—this nation of
shopkeepers—so splendid a military spectacle has taken
place. Nor were the operations unwatched by men
whose experience of the stern realities of war well
qualified them to pronounce upon the discipline of the
troops employed and the knowledge of warfare displayed.
A brilliant staff of general and field officers were pre-
sent, including the names of the Marquis of Anglesea,
Viscount Harding°, Sir John Burgoyne, Major-General
Fox, and Sir Frederick Smith. They visited every point
of the lines where the operations were in progress, and
appeared highly satisfied with everything they saw. Su
far, therefore, whatever was done was exhibited before
but to stand under it, and many of whom had been com-
petent judges—men accustomed not only to see fire, pre-
sent at sieges where the cartridges used wore not "blank."
But besides this body of connoisseurs, there was present
at Chatham on Saturday a countless host of people
eager to participate in that form of excitement which
classic writers have illustrated by the desire to see a
great battle from a safe point of view. Let others ex-
plain how it happens that military spectacles are of such
rare occurrence in England; one thing at least is elmr,
that when they do take place on an adequate scale they
prove eminently attractive. As a nation we are not
perpetually dreaming "of cutting foreign throats,
of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,"—the
thoughts which Queen Mab awakens in the
brain of the sleeping soldier. Yet the parade.
t'round of a military station has always its group
of gaping spectators, and a review, however small
the number of troops employed, will collect thousands of
visitors. The same spirit invades our theatres and
public gardens, and it will be long before mimic sea
fights cease to be popular at the Surrey, mimic cavalry
charges at Astley's, and mimic battles at Vauxhall. The
siege operations at Chatham, therefore, were looked for-
ward
to with intense interest by the public at large, as
likely to furnish touch more than the usual quantity
wtitja-ro,f,
the .' pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious
As a mere display it would be worth seeing ; as tellia
a connected story in these operations of "big war,
which Othello says " make ambition virtue," it would
be still more interesting. To the civilian there is no
part of history so perplexing as the detailed narrative
of siege operations. The technicalities of fortification
are unknown to him, and among ravelins, curtains, es-
carps, coun'er-scarps, entonnoirs parrallels, and saps, he
loses himself so completely that Uncle Toby himself,
backed by Corporal Trim, could never put him right.
No doubt, therefore, the desire to see what a siege
really was like acted as one of the most powerful means
in drawing together the immense number of
persons who, on Saturday, witnessed the opera-
tions at Chatham. Amongst them were many
military men who appeared to take a lively in-
terest in the details of the day's proceedings. The whole
were scattered over the lines, occupying, as far as they
might be permitted to do, all the prominent positions
whence a commending view might be obtained, and pre-
senting a singular appearance of confidence amidst a
scene the sights and sounds of which were anything but
reassuring on the point of personal safety. Thus dif-
fused over a wide space the effect of numbers congre-
gated on one particular spot was not produced, and no
fair opportunity was presented for judging accurately
how many people the occasion had drawn together. But
they could not have amounted to less than from 60,000
to 70,000. Rochester and Chatham are considered:le
towns, and their population of course turned out to wit-
ness the spectacle. The inhabitants of the surrounding
country were also present, and the resources of the
tothe
rail-
way and the river steamers proved quite unequal_
II
transit of the extraordinary numbers
London. As might have been exrpie.etc;d7uiinicaroswunchircoirm-
cuinstunces. th.., price of beds swlLllYahnireamroo6uentio an
f
enpartellelcd height.
racing, acrd
and
general excitement
and }cad it not
crowding, crushing, _erq,,_,l,,y;
worthy of the great 1)
been for the early hour atwhtihc,,h
demand
aen)pdefroartiotrnasnsnitmuto-
th . syho kuovv the
Those ,
com-
menced, it is hard to say how
Chatham coull have, been ma.
position of the fortifications there will readily understand
the Acilities which they present, not only for carrying
on siege opera.tions, but, a hat is far more important to
t!!0 sight-seeing public, for viewing them well. In tiiis
respect the most and the least privileged persons were
nearly upon a level, and no room was left for those pa-
thetic regrets in which the foreign correspondents of
our newspapers so often deal, that when a great battle
was fought or a fortress taken, no proper view could be
obtaiued of the ,action or the siege. - True, the whistling
of bullets sadly disturbs that calmness of mind so essen-
lial in tho midst of military evolutibns ; but the very
booming of cannon and the rattle of musketry are for-
midable to the civic mind, and there was, therefore,
something quite heroical in the steady courage with
Iwhich masses of the spectators held their ground, though
placed between the fire of opposing colamns, and shot at
by troops ensconced behind ramparts, or showieg only

To understand the operations of Saturday, it must be
supposed that an army having orginally captured the
outer line of works, and carried on an attack upon the
citadel (which is represented by the works extending
from Prince Frederick's to the Terrace bastion), has
been suddenly obliged to raise the siege for the pur-
pose of giving battle to a force which had approached
to the relief of the place ; and that the besiegers
having been victorious in this engagement, desired to
renew the siege of the citadel. It is assumed also,
that during the absence of the besiegers the garrison
have mined some of the batteries of the attack, have
prepared countermines under the trenches, and are de-
termined to resist any attempt to escalade the outer line.
The object being to condense into a few hours the ope-
rations of a long siege, a pull upon the imagination like
that just suggested is quite as necessary as in the repre-
sentation of Sbakspere's Henry V., of any other his-
torical play. In point of fact, the whole affair was
neither more nor less than an out-of-door two.act dra-
matic representation, the interest of the plot being well
sustained up to the denouement: first, by the repulse
with which the earlier operations end, and afterwards
by the increasing magnitude of the mines exploded, the
breaches effected, and the other military resources de-
veloped. But to proceed with a more particular account
of this great warlike spectacle—the first part consisted
of an unsuccessful attempt to carry the right of Chatham
Lines by escalade. The Lines in that direction were
defended by a company of the Royal Artillery on the
extreme right, the Provisional Battalion and Enrolled
Pensioners in the centre, and a company of the Royal
Sappers and Miners on the left, the whole lining the
parapets from the Gun-wharf to the Spur. The flanks
and salients were armed with ordnance, and manned by
two companies of the Royal Artillery. So much for the
force of the .beseiged. The assaulting columns, on the
other hand, consisted of the 17th Regiment on the left,
the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marines in the
centre, and the Royal Sappers and Miners on the right.
On the signal being given the three columns rushed for-
ward simultaneously and with admirable precision. Skir-
mishers were thrown out, and the cover which the ground
afforded used as far as practicable. The Sappers ad-
vancing along the side of the hill and sheltering them-
selves trom the fire of the fortress, descended into the
ditch, but were there pulled up by a hedge which they
were unable to get through, and so iu bunting fashion
were obliged to put about. The Marines were equally
unfortunate, the left wing being beaten by a high
wall, and the right, after descending into the ditch,
and scaling the opposite escarp so as to get a footing,
being obliged by the vigorous resistance of the besieged
to retire. The 17th Regiment also descended into the
ditch, but there found that their scaling ladders were
too short, and the opposition too strong for any chance
of success, and so the 17th also withdrew. Within and
without the lines nothing could be more praiseworthy
than the manner in which the men went through their
evolutions. They all went about their work as seriously
as if the harmlessness of the contents of their cartouch-
boxes was still a secret unknown to them, and they ran
the greatest possible danger of being knocked over the
next moment. It was quite comforting to see how care-
fully they sheltered their bodies within the ramparts,
never showing till the instant they were about to fire,
and then withdrawing again. Without the attacking
columns exhibited the utmost daring; and it remains
an even question between the divisions which dis-
tinguished themselves most on the occasion. An im-
pervious hedge, a high wall, and short sealing lad-
ders were the real causes of the retreat, and not the
slightest taint rests upon the honour of the corps
engaged. In fact, they seemed to court destruction, and
how they escaped the deadly aims taken at them by the
besieged was what no one present could perfectly under-
stand. The details of this first operation were in all
respects admirably performed, and excited general ap-
probation. The scenic cflect of it was beautiful from
the height at which the lines attacked stand, and the
evolutions of the troops in availing themselves of the
shelter which the ground afforded. It was also in-
teresting to see the harmonious action of the different
arms of the military service, the rapidity and regularity
with which the whole work was conducted, and the
hearty, zealous manner in which every man performed
Isis duty.
The second portion of the day's proceedings was a far
more elaborate one than the first, and consisted of a
successful assault and escalade of the left of Chatham
Lines, and in further operations leading to the reduction
of the place. The garrison was formed of a squadron
of cavalry, two companies of the Royal Artillery,
one company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, four
companies of the Enrolled Pensioners, and the
Provisional Battalion. The columns of attack
were the same as in the escalade of the right of the
lines, with the additions of two companies of the Royal
Artillery and a small force posted in the island and the
north side of St. Mary's Creek. A portion of the
sailors and marines of the fleet also were employed in
manning four gun-boats, and in capturing Gillingham
Tower and battery. The operations commenced with
the formation of a pontoon bridge over St. Mary's Creek
for the passage of troops from the island to the main,
combined with a successful assault and escalade of the left
of Chatham Lines, and the occupation of the first parallel
and its batteries, these operations being supported by the
fire of artillery from the high ground near Burnt Oak
Cottage, and by the fire from gunboats in the Medway
and St. Mary's Creek. Of the entire proceedings this
was perhaps the most striking. The great variety of
military and naval operations combined in it, the
this time assembled on
tmheengseroun
nu
dm
,
baenrds ot
the
espaedemtairtaorbs by
lop
precision which charac-
terized every movement of the troops, all contributed to
. the effect produced. Within the lines the besieged
had been drawn up in expectation for some time before
the attack commenced. Nothing was to be seen
of the enemy unless the eye searched closely
the distant landscape, when heads of each column
might be distinguished cautiously peeping out, while the
main body was covered by the nature of the land. At
length, however, the signal was given. Gillingham
Tower took up the firing; the different divisions de-
bouched upon the open ground iu front of the works,
and having taken up positions in eohellcu therein, the
skirmishers were quickly thrown out, and the whole
again moved forward. The garrison make a sortie, but
are beaten back, and passing through the gateway of an
interior stockade are unable, from the rapidity of the
pursuit, to lift the drawbridge. In the meantime the
firing becomes general from the attacking skirmishers,
and a sortie is made by a squadron of cavalry from the
Brompton barrier. The 17th forms square and repulses
the charge. The stockade at St. Mary's is breached
s
thus
with gunpowder, and the flank of the besieged being
turned they retire behind the parapets of the Parallels.
and the At the same moment the lines are escaladed.ts across the
at-
tacking columns pouring in great
numand terreplein of
ditch, take up position on the
banquettegradually wake their way to
the works. Thence theyyhee
rbesieged retire behind the
tho first parallel, whileidtoocupy
the fire barn. For the pos-
paraPt of the second and
struggle takes place. The troops
session of this last point a
pontoon-bridge, 1g under
the island now cross the p ice, and
on
sea-wall proceed to the right attack. Along
cover of the
hesthe attacking columns find their way
zigzag approaches
1 '1 *
o the second pars e , while the unfortunate besieged
not only find the enemy gaining ground, but see their
can cannon turned against them. The
besiegers
re-
occupy the more advanced breaches both of the left at-
tack against the ravelin and of the right attack c
the redoubt and the Duke of Cumberland's front. The
redoubt is breached by mines, and a lodgment formed on
the breach. The
right double sap, the ser-
pentine sap, and the left double Sap are
blown up. The left of the lodgment at the
foot of the counterguard of the left attack is also blown
up, and a part of the advanced trenches of the besiegers
on the right attack; the whole of the entonnoirs formed
by these mines being successfully crowned by the sapp rs
of the besiegers. The sieging operations concluded with
the blowing up of the counterguard, and the breaching
of the right face of the ravelin, as well as of the
ceunterscarp and escarp of its left face by mines,
the crowning of the entonnoirs, and the oe•
cupation of the lodgments, the breaching of the tor-
race bastion by mines, and the storming at that work,
as weil as the escalsdo of the Duke, of Cumberland's
bastion. During the whole period of the second and
successful attack, an almost continuous and rapid dis-
charge of fire-arms was kept up by the troops, while the
guns in the different batteries kept booming away in grand
style. Now and then there was an awful pause, not that
the work of destruction might cease, but that it might
gather strength. In these pauses some immense mine
was sure to explode with a dull heavy sound, tossing a
huge volume of mingled smoke and earth into the air,
and shaking the solid ground to a considerable distance.