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London, England, 1846-03-28 00:00:00

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ARAILWAY TRAVELLER'S REASONS
FOR ♦DOPTINNG UNIFORMITY OF GIUGI4,
Stated in a Letter to I. K. Brunel, Esq
Joseph Cundall, 12, Old Bond-street.

BLACKWOOD'S AIAGAZINE.
CCCLXVI. APRIL, 1846.

PIR.I3UItF'UHJ)'S NE 111 PAN( )ItAMA
OF TEE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
We Were, yesterday, fAvourad with a private view of Mr.
Burford's new Panorama of the City of Constantinople, with
its European and Asiatic suburbs, which will be publicly ex-
hi!)ited to-anerrow for the first time, in the Upper Circle at
the Panorama Royal, Leicester.square. The Panorama is
painted by Mr Burford, assisted by Mr. H. C. Selena,
(the:successful competitor for the Art-Union Cartoon Prize of
500/.) from drawings taken on the spot by W. J. Smith, Esq.,
of her Britannic Majesty's Embassy, at Constantinople. The
Panorama is taken from the Seraskier's Tower, a lofty build-
ing crowning the highest of the seven hills on which Stam-
boul; " the Queen of Cities," is built, and consequently a
situatioti commanding completely the city and its
environs, and an rout which appear massed Mosques, Mina-
rets, and Kiosks in countless variety beyond which stretches
a beautifully picturesque romantic country, exhibiting on the
one side the aliCteii bf Europe with the Bosphorus, and on
the other the Sea of Mantora With the coast of Asia—a
scene which Byron declared, enthusiastically, to be the most
beautiful sea view in the world, and which lie might, with
truth, have denominated as the very finest combination of
earth, sea, sky, and water, that ever entered into the com-
position of a landscape. Commencing from the Seraskier's
Tower, and proceeding towards the right, we see the castle
of the Seven Towers in the distance, backed by the village
of St. Stephano. Proceeding onward, we find there an im-
mense number of mosques and minarets occupying the fore-
ground, until we arrive at the Aqueduct of Valens, which
is vary conspicuous. The Mosque of Mohammed 11. is the
next conspicuous object. The suburbs of Eyoub and Fanar
(the Greek Quarter), are next brought into view, and
then we get sight of the splendid Mosque of Soli-
man, with his tomb, the arsenal, the palace of
the Capitan Pacha, the far-famed golden Horn, with its
floatingibridge, leading to Galata : which, with its towers and
its enburb of Pera, crowning the heights, appears on the
other side the blue waters of the harbour. We now get a
delightful view of the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora,
With their dead' blue waters, bounded on each side by the most
picturesque portions of Europe and Asia. It would seem
as though Nature had intended that where the two most
civilized quarters of the Old World united there should the
peculiar natural beauties of each continent be combined to
form an earthly paradise. Words can not do justice to
this scene of enchantment ; but what words cannot
do has been done by the pencil of Mr. Burford.
He has painted this Panorama of Contantinople in a manner
that can leave nothing to be desired. The subject is one
worthy the pencil of a great artist, and it has found one,
equal in every respect to do it justice.

SOLAR SPOTs.—A group of large spots appeared on
the sun's eastern limb on the 15th Snit. ; they are now near his
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WAR IN INDIA.

THE

THE PUNJAUB.

General; and he prepared to attack the Seikh Sirdar on his
new ground. But, on the 27th, Runjoor Sing was reinforced,
from the right bank, with 4,000 regular troops, twelve pieces
of artillery, and a large force of cavalry.
Emboldened by this accession of strength, he ventured on
the measure of advancing towards Jugraon, apparently with
the view of intercepting our communications by that route.
It is my gratifying duty to announce that this presump-
tion has been rebuked by a splendid victory obtained over
him. He has not only been repulsed by the Major-General,
but his camp at Aliwal carried by storm, the whole of his
cannon and munitions of war captured, and his army driven
headlong across the Sutlej, even on the right bank of which
he found no refuge from the fire of our artillery.
I have the honour now to forward the Major-General's re-
port, which has just reached me. It is so ample and lu-
minous, that I might perhaps have spared some of the de-
tails into which admiration of the Major-General's conduct,
and of the brave army confided to him, in these operations,
has led me.

It now remains for me only to congratulate you, Right
Honourab:e Sir, and the Government of India, on the bril-
liant success which, under Divine Providence, the Major-
General bas achieved; and to record my opinion that,
throughout these arduous and important operations, he has
displayed all the qualities of an able commander. Most
strongly, and most earnestly at the same time, I beg to bring
to your notice, and to that of his Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington, and the Honourable the Court of Directors, the offi-
cers and corps on whom he has so justly besto wed his com-
mtmlations.

This is followed by the dispatch of Sir H. Smith, K.O 8.,
to the Adjutant-General of the Army, dated Camp, Field of
the Battle of Aliwal, Jan. 30, 1846, giving the details of that
glorious victory, and of the masterly manoeuvres of the
British troops by which it was preceded, and followed by the
return of the killed and wounded. This dispatch has also
been already published. An abstract only has as yet ap-
peared of the following official
Return of Ordnance Captured from the Enemy, in Action at
Aliwal, by the Ist Division of the Army of the Sutlej,
under the Personal Command of Major-General Sir Harry
Smith, K.C.8., on the 28th of January, 1846.
Camp, Aliwal, Jan. 30. 1846.
Howitzers.
One brass 8-inch, 2 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 24-pounder, 3 feet 11 inches long, serviceable.
One copper 13-pounder, 3 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 12-pounder, 4 feet 9 inches long, serviceable
One bras 12-pounder, 4 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 7-pounder, 3 feet 51 inches long, unserviceable.
One copper 12 pounder, 3 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One copper 12-pounder, 3 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One copper 12-pounder, 3 feet 9 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 12-pounder, 3 feet 9 inches long, highly orna-
mented, serviceable.
One copper 9- pounder, 3 feet 11 inches long, highly orna-
mented, carriage inlaid with brass and steel, serviceable.
One copper 9-pounder, 2 feet 9% inches long, serviceable.
One copper 12-pounder, 3 feet 41,4 inches long, serviceable.
Mortars.

One brass 10-inch, 2 feet 3 inches long, mounted on a field
carriage, serviceable.
One copper 81-inch, 1 foot 9 inches long, mounted on a field
carriage, serviceable.
One brass 6-inch, 1 foot 41 inches long, a curious old piece,
with highly carved and ornamented carriage, mounted on
a field carriage.
One brass 4/ inch, 1 foot 4/ inches long, a curious old piece,
mounted on a field carriage.
Guns. •
One brass 8-pounder, 10 feet 2 inches long, ornamented with
dolphins and rings, apparently a French battering gun,
being heavy metal, serviceable.
One copper 8-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 8-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, serviceable.
One brass 8-pgunder, 5 feet 1 inch long, serviceable.
One brass 7-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, heavy metal,
serviceable.
One brass 7-pounder, 4 feet 3i inches long, heavy metal,
serviceable.
One copper 61-pounder, 5 feet 1 inch long, serviceable.
One brass 6-pounder, 5 feet long, serviceable.
One brass 6-pounder 4 feet 1 inch long, serviceable.
One copper 6-pcunder, 5 feet 3/ inches long, serviceable.
One brass 6-pounder, 5 feet 51 inches long, unserviceable,
being heavy metal.
One brass 6 pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, serviceable, being
heavy metal.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 101 h incheslong, inscription in English
characters, owner, King Run:,eet Sing, Commander Meg
Sing, Kawkur, maker Rai Sing Lahore, 1833, No. 1, ser-
viceable.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 8 inches long, serviceable.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 111,13 inches long, highly ornamented
carriage, serviceable.
One .6-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, inscription in English
characters, owner King Runjeet sing, Commander Meg
Sing. Kawkur, maker Rai Sing, Lahore, 1833, No. 1, ser-
viceable.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 8 inches, Persian inscription, ser-
viceable.
on,e 6-pounder, 5 feet long, no inscription, serviceable.
One copper 6-pounder, 5 feet long, no inscription, serviceable.
One bt.ass 6-pounder, 4 feet 101 inches long, n• inscription,
serviceable.
One 6-pon.nder, 4 feet 101 inches long, no inscription, ser-
viceable.
One copper 6--pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, being highly
ornamented, carriage in-laid with brass and steel, service-
able.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, being highly orna-
mented, carriage in-laid with brass and steel, serviceable.
One brass 6-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, no inscription,
serviceable.
One brass & pounder, 4 feet 9i inches long, no inscription,
serviceable.
One copper 6-pounder, 4 feet 10% inches long, no inscrip-
tion, service. ble.
One guiv:metal 6-pounder, 4 feet 101 inches long,. no inscrip-
tion, apparently a capital gun.
One brass 5%-pounder, :5 feet 7 inches long, Persian inscrip-
tion, serviceable.
One brass *pounder, 5 feet 9 inches long, no inscription,
being heavy metal.
One brass 4-pounder, 4 feet 7 inches long, no inscription,
being heavy metal, serviceable.
One copper 3-pounder, 3 feet long, Persian inscription, ser-
viceable.
One 31-inch brass pounder, 4 feet 7 inches long, no
inscrip-
tion, serviceable, being heavy metal.
One unknown, sunk in Sutlej.
One unknown, sunk in Sutlej.
One unknown, sunk in Sutlej.
One unknown, sunk in Sutlej.
One unknown, spiked on the opposite bank.
One unknown, spiked on the opposite bank.
One brass 6 -pounder, taken possession of in the fort of Gun-
grana.
One 9 -pounder, no inscription, taken possession of in the fort
of Gungrana.
One 6-pounder, 4 feet 11 inches long, no inscription, ser-
viceable.
Seven, unknown, sunk in the Sutlej.
Two guns, since brought in, unknown.
Abstract of Captured Ordnance.
Serviceable-12 howitzers, 4 mortars, 33 guns; total, D.
Unserviceable-1 howitzer, 2 guns ; total, 3.
Sunk in the Sutlej, and spiked on the opposite shore-13
guns.
Since brought in-2 guns.
Grand Total, 67.
Forty swivel camel guns also captured, which have been
destroyed.

G. LAWRENSON, Major, 2d Brigade,
Horse Artillery, Commanding Artillery
let DiTizim Army et the Sugeti.

MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF

POLAND.
On Wednesday evening a numerously-attended meeting of
the friends of Poland were held at the Crown and Anchor

Tavern.
On the motion of FIARGUS O'CoNison, Esq., the chair was
taken, at eight o'clock, by Mr. Philip M‘Grath, a work-

ing man.
The CHAIRMAN, after reading the bill convening the meet-
ing, called on Mr. Harney, the secretary, to read letters re-
ceived in reply to invitations to attend the meeting.
Mr. HARNEY then read letters from the following gen-
tlemen, who were severally requested to take the chair:—
General Evans, M.P. ; Dr. Bowring, M.P. ; Joseph Hume,
Esq., M.P. ; and Lord Dudley Stuart, declining on theground of
previous engagements, and expressing a belief that any de-
monstration in favour of the Poles at this moment would not

benefit their cause;—from William Howitt, Esq., regretting
that a rule of his not to participate in any public meeting
would prevent his attendance ;—and from T. Duncombe, Esq.,
M.P.; T. Wakley, Esq., M.P. ; and Joseph Mazziui, Esq.,
pleading prior engagements, but pledging themselves to be
present, if possible, durin_g the evening.
The CHAIRMAN expredlsed his sense of the high honour
conferred on him by the meeting in placing him in his proud
and prominent situation. The meeting had not assembled
to do as act of grace or charity, but to perform an imperative
duty by expressing their sympathy, and giving their aid to
persecuted Poland, now in arms, to burst the bonds that kept
her the footstool of three of the most base and tyrannous
Governments that ever the earth was cursed with. From

the letters they had heard read by the secretary, it was plain
that Poland had no sympathy to expect from the aristocracy.
It was to the working classes they had to appeal in England
for aid and sympathy, and their appeal would not be in vain.
He proceeded then to describe the reception the Emperor of
Russia met with in England—not only his blood-stained
hand shook by Prince Albert, but and polluted
and perjured lips allowed to salute the cheek of the Queen.
He described him as a monster guilty of every crime that
ever blackened humanity, and accused the aristocracy of
having, by their reception of him, participated in his guilt
or the paltry bribe of golden snuff-boxes.
Mr. CLARKE moved the first resolution, denouncing the
partitions of Poland and the acts of the congress of Vienna,
relating to that country, as crimes of the blackest dye, justi-
fying the present insurrection, and invoking the sympathy
and support of the British people. He then proceeded at con-
siderable length, and in very eloquent style, to paint the
sufferings of Poland—protesting against the right of crowned
beads to commit crime more than private individuals. Tne
Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the King of Prussia,
were, he said, not content with being robbers, but they were
murderers. And the very fact of their being the scourges of
Poland entitled that brave but unfortunate country to the
sympathy, not of the aristocracy, but of every honest work-
ing man throughout the world.
3lr. WHEELER, in a brief but able speech, seconded the re-
solution, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. FEAROUS O'Corxon supported the resolution. He
said, when the Members of Parliament who declined attend-

ing the meeting should read the proceedings, they would
have reason to congratulate themselves on their absence;
for if their rubbish was to be placed in contrast with the
eloquence of the working men who had spoken, they would
suffer by the comparison. If the Poles continued quiet and
subservient, and hugged their chains, they would have the
sympathy, not only of those Hon. Members, but of their
brother aristocrats; but the moment they rise to struggle for
their liberty, then the word was, "it is not time." He pro-
ceeded at considerable length to denounce the atrocious con-
duct of the Emperor of Russia, who was, he said, almost out-
Heroded in iniquity by the recipients of his diamond rings
and snuff-boxes. He thanked God that he was compelled to
bribe even the police with diamond rings to protect him in
England. There was still time to aid the revolution, for it
was not yet put down, notwithstanding the representations
of the base and truculent press. He did not exempt from
this censure the press of London ; for a more base, truculent,
or perfidious press never existed. He then alluded in no
measured terms to the Times, and thanked God that what
was the fourth estate, was now capped by the fifth estate—
the voice of the people.
The resolution was then put from the chair, and carried
neon. eon.
Mr. G. J. HanxEr then moved, " That this meeting,
being convinced that a state of society which recognises pri-
vileged and unprivileged classes—the former enjoying the ad-
vantages of the social state, and the latter suffering its bur-
thens—is the great cause of the calamities afflicting the mass
of mankind—while demanding the complete restoration of
the nationality and independent sovereignty of Poland, re-
gards the accompanying reformation of Polish society to be
indispensable for the freedom and happiness of the Polish
people. And as the Cracow manifesto of the 23d of Feb-
ruary, 1846, proclaiming the abolition of all class distinctions
and the commencement of the equal political and social
brotherhood of all Poles, embodies our views of political and
social justice, this meeting recognises the said manifesto as the
basis of Polish action, and entitled to the support of the people
of all nations." He cordially agreed with the sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr. F. O'Connor, as regarded the servility of the
press, and more especially the liberal portion of it, in refe-
once to the struggle going en in Poland. He denied that
the Poles were rebels, because they were determined if pos •
Bible to effect their freedom. He gloried in the manifesto of
Cracow, and hoped that the same principle might be dissemi-
nated and acted upon throughout Europe. It was his opinion
that Europe had been too long cursed with theories and
kings, and if be believed that the present struggle in Poland
was for the purpose of seating any one upon the throne, he
could assure them that they would neither have his
sympathy, nor the sympathy of the working classes
of England. The manifesto of Cracow had been
denounced because it was said that it encouraged what
was called communism, but he asked, had not the most
beneficial in ensures which had been proposed in England
been misnamed by the press? He assured them that the
Poles would not receive any sympathy from the aristocracy,
yet he was satisfied that the movement, commenced that
evening by the working men, would not languish, but would
go on conquering, and to conquer.
Mr. DOYLE seconded the resolution, and expressed his
hearty concurrence in the manifesto of Cracow, and the abo-
lition of all privileged classes.
Mr. C. SCRAPPIER, a native of Germany, supported the
resolution, and referred to the pecuniary assistance which
had been rendered to the Poles by the French and Germans,
under coercive laws, and the sympathy which had been ex-
pressed with them in their glorious struggle for liberty.
The resolution was then • put to the meeting, and carried
unanimously.
Mr. RIGLEY then proposed—" That a petition be addresed
to the British Parliament, requesting the intervention of the
British Government in support of the restoration of Polish
nationality and freedom,"
This resolution having been seconded by Mr. LDTTON and
supported by the Rev. J. L. MELTON, of Southampton, was
also adopted unanimously.
Mr. HAINES moved the next resolution, which was—" That
this meeting, recognising the brotherhood of the human race,
express their grateful thanks to the people of France and
Germany for the noble sympathy shown by them in behalf
of the Polish people. And this meeting appeals to their
fellow men of the entire civilised world to give their generous
aid to the cause of Poland's regeneration."
Mr. CUFFY seconded the resolution, which was carried.
Mr. ICEAie moved the next resolution, as follows :—" That
this meeting appeals specially to the people of Great Britain
and Ireland to exhibit their sympathy for Poland by pecu-
niary subscriptions, and by holding public meetings, and
by petitions and addresses to the Parliament and govern-
ment in support of the cause of Polish liberty. That a Com-
mittee be now formed, to be entitled, Poland's Regenera-
tion Committee,' for the purpose of guarding the interests of
the i'olish cause, and promoting, by every available means,
the restoration of Poland."
Mr. Keys mended the revolution, which wall Mood to.

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