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SEAT OF WAR IN INDIA.— SECOND EDITION. I
all regular well-disciplined troops, with a powerful battery
Now ready, in 2 vols.,ith Illustrations, 215. bound. of. sixty g -eight uns. The force under Sir HENRY SMITH
wADVENTURESIN TII E PUNJAB.
did not exceed 12,000, with only 32 guns, but with this
By Major 11. 31. L. LAWRENCE,
Bengal Artillery. vast disproportion they did not hesitate to attack the enemy
Political Agent in charge of British Relations with Lahore. though entrenched in a strong position ( &boutlfive miles below
" A 'work which exhibits more real practical knowledge of the
Sikh Statts and their turbulent inhabitants than any book with Loodianah with their rear resting on the river, and their
which we are muittainted."—Calentta Review. flanks strongly protected. The Seikhs, too, showed no lack
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
of courage, for when they saw the British force
advancing to the contest, they marched out of their
entrenchments and commenced a heavy cannonade upon
our troops. The village of Aleewal (not Alivert as given in
the telegraphic dispatch) was their main point of defence, and
that her Majesty's 50th Regiment, and the 47th and 48th
Native Regiments, gallantly stormed, killing or
driving every Seikh before them, at the point of
the bayonet. The British and Native Cavalry also behaved
with great gallantry, broke and cut up the enemy as they
endeavoured to rally, and by twelve o'clock, the attack
commencing at ton, the Seikhs were completely dispersed
with the loss of all their artillery. They have now lost
altogether, since they passed the Sutlej, more than 150 guns,
but many yet remain to be captured, for it appears that at
iturreekee, some twelve miles higher up the river than
Ferozepore, they have a strong battery on the left bank,
which protects the pontoon bridge in that quarter formed
for the passage of the army, and new used to keep up com-
munication with the Punjaub. Sir lleney HARDINGN at
~resent leaves this position undisturbed, and is evidently
waiting for the tit opportunity to make his attack. Ac-
cording to these accounts, the invasion of the Punjaub
will not take place till towards the month of
October, when the hot weather is over and Sir CHARLES
NAPIER'S army is fully ready for the affray. The intelli-
gence brought by the present conveyance, for the regular
mail has not arrived, accounts for the rumours prevalent at
one time of the defeat of Sir:HEnttv SMITH; and from this,
it appears, that while forming a junction with
Colonel GoIBT near Loodianah, a small number
of our troops had been attacked by a large body of
the Seikhs, who took advantage of the movement, and cap-
tured a part of the baggage. This was the only ground for
the exaggerated account, of which one of the Paris papers
made so much. That paper was the Journal des Delmts,
which, both as regards its intelligence from China and India,
is not entitled to the slightest credit; and it is only stir:-
prising that the editor of a journal, in other respects so well
conducted, should allow such absurd statements to appear

INTEW WORE, BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ.
Just ready, In 3 vols. post Svo.,
RA.VENSNES T.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq.
Author of " The " The Last of the Mohicans," " The
. Chain-bearer," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

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THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
First Nizht of a New Drama !

GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap-
pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of an-
please, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an
elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi-
nutive Person and hia equally Incredible Mind. the Management
has mucir pleasure in announcing his Performance for every
Evening till further notice.
THIS EVENING

The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In
which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear.
After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MAIIRLE
11 ALDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley,
and Miss L.ddlaw.

To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en-
titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and Its Seven-League
Boots. In is hich General Tom Thumb. who is engaged expressly
for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance.
To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Jlessrs. A.
Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard.
Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ;• Gallery, fid.

'IMAM E ROYAL, ADELPIII.
THIS EVENING
•
Will bo performed a lc ew Petite Drama, In Two Acts, called,
THE CABIN nor. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti,
Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss
Woolgar.
After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND
YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr.
Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews;
Mrs. II oney bun, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkapliobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgdr, Mad lute Celezte, &c. will perform.
To conelmle with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BREAKFAST. Sunported by Mr. Paul Bedford. Mr. Wright, Miss
Woolgar, 3liss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews.

TtlEATItk, oXFoiti),,,TrLEt...t

Last lVeck but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS

and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
FOR TUE BENEFIT OF MR. BANSFORD.
THIS EVENIN,3

Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE
FOLLIES OF A N I Gin% Duke de Chartres, Mr. J. ; Count
de Hrissac. Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre
Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews ; Male. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess
de Chartres! Madame Vestris.
After tvhleh, Shakspeare's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PE-
TRUC Potruchlo, Mr. Wallack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by a Grand CONCERT'. Principal Vocal Per •
formers, Messrs. Ransford, 11. Russ:ll, John Parry ; Miss Hobbs,
3iisses A. and M. Wilbaras, Miss T.ucombe, Miss Missent, &e.
Flute, Mr. Richardson ; Concertina, &ignor Regondi.
To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs.
Man hall Adrien,. Miss 11 dlin, Miss Marshall, and Mdile.
Melanie Duval will appear.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
LAST WEEK BUT ONE.
M. I'HILLIrrE'S 30IRE ES and AIX' !NEES MYSTERIEUSES

Two Morning Performances during the Week.
At the urgent and relief-Elea solicitations of many distingu:shed
families, ana in order to accommodate the crowds who noel to
attend his Morning Performances, PH ILIA PPE will give his
Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday
'doming, a* Two o'clocis.
M. Philuppe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments
Will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per-
formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the
American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Se' en, to com-
mence at a quarter betore Eight.
Stalls, is. ; Domes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Pivate Boxes,
I!. Is., and If. lls. 6d.

ItilY AL A.M.ritiTti.c.ATltt.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Last Week but One before the Holidays,-and of the present at-
tractive Entertainments, which have proved far more succtssful
than any Novelty yet presented. The Performing .Elephants
with the grand Elephantine Asc-nt up the Giant Staircase.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA Or.
NAGPORE; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In whic,ll the
whole rcs-urccs of the r stabliehment will be introduced.
Magnificent Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats
of the British and Foreign Artistes.
The whole to conclude with the Novel Military Ballet, entitled
TUF. SOl,t)tEtt's I)ItEA9f.

,AVII)(36's ILOYAI. 6UItREY 'Int:ATMS.

Entire change. Two New Pieez-s. Four Dramas every Evening.
lte-engagement of Mr. E. W. Pelham, the celebrated Ethiopian'
Serenader.

THIS EVEN'TNO

Will be performed It New Drama, entitled JULIE LEDRU ;
or, the City Goldstnith. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard,
Cowell, Lewis, thalop, 3lonison, Williamson; 111esdins. Vining,
Daly, &e.
After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA.
WITH MY AUNT. _ _

To be followed by THE MASQUERADE BALL. Sambo
ern-lnrd, Mr. b.W. Pelham.
To exi,:lad,t with THE VAMPIRE, and THE BLIND BOY.

in its columns.

The promised motion of Earl GREY for an address to her
Metaxgry on the state of Ireland was discussed on Monday in
the House of Lords, and, as might have been expected, was
negatived by a large majority. Their Lordships are always
willing enough to hear any details respecting the acts of via-
ence and bloodshed, unfortunately of too frequent occurrence in
hat country, and lend a ready sanction to any measure of coer-
cion founded thereon, but when the real source and origin of these
melancholy transactions, the weightygrievanoes under which
the people have so long been suffering, are brought under
their notice, and any measures of a remedial character are
even spoken of—ancient prejudices, the now nearly aban-
doned policy of governing wholly by severity, and the strong
hand, is suffered to come into fall operation, and a ques-
tion involving the destinies of a kingdom is got rid
of with a celerity and dispatch that would hardly be
exhibited in a matter of the most trivial interest affecting
one of their Lordships. We deeply regret that such shoula
be the case; we should wish to see their Lordships pressing
forward in a generous rivalry with the other House of Par-
liament, for the promotion of measures of great and na-
tional utility; but, on the contrary, we have too often
found that branch of the Legislature opposing itself to
and delaying (for fortunately they have not hitherto
been able to do more than delay) the passing of Acts loudly
and imperatively demanded by the growing enlightenment
of the age. We cannot, however, regret the discussion which
took place. Lord GREY brought forw:ad his motion with
great ability and moderation, and nithough we do not think
that' e went sufficiently far into the grievances, or that what
he stated was all that would be required to render
Ireland a happy and a prosperous country, we have no doubt
it'would willingly be accepted as a large instalment, and
that it would be hailed with gratitude by the people, as evi-
dencing Dee desire of the Legislature at length to do them
justice. He stated with much force and fidelity the wretched
condition of the country, which, as ne truly said, was one
"of laulessness and wretchedness ; that it was the
one weak place in the solid fabric of British power,
the deep and irreparable blot in the shield of British
hoeoar." He asks, have the measures adopted been such as to
meet the exigencies of this fearful state? The Government
have not departed from the old beaten track, but money and
coercion seemed to be their policy, as it had been that of
former Governments, and of course no other results could
be expected. Cart such a state of things continue 2—is im-
provement indeed impracticable? The character of the
country and of the people, to which his Lordship pays a high
and well-deserved compliment, forbid it. We cannot refrain
from quoting his own words
" Is there anything in the nature of the country, or of the
people, to account for it? Surely there is nothing in the
country—ter it is endowed with a soil of great ter...jay—
with a genial climate, with great mil eral wealth, with
commodious harbours on its coasts, with great means of In-
ternal navigation and extensive eater power, and centaiva
every advantage which is necessary fur commercial great-
ness, and for the people I Will any one say that it is their
fault? When they are taken away Iron the pernicious influ-
enced which surround them in their own country, they are
found to be capable of everything that is good.—(Bear,
hear.) See them in the colonies, in America, and in other
countries of Europe, and they are distinguished for industry
and usefulness, and in our own country, the severest labour is
performed by Irish workmen. In the county with which I am
connected, you see them coming over yearly to the harvest,
the largest number of them being natives of the wretchedest
counties in Ireland, as Donegal and others, and what is the
character they bear ? Why, that they are most grateful for
good treatment—(Hear, hear)—tractable, industrious, cheer-
ful, even gay, sometimes thoughtless, and easily excited ;

but on the other hand often showing a providence and care:
fulness not common to the general character of persons in
their rank of life and living frugally in order to save their
earnings to take home with them to pay their rent and assist
their families.—(Hear, hear.) This is the character the
Irish labourer bears in England."
The two principal points by which his Lordship hoped tl'
state of things could be remedied are certainly of ..;;cal imm
portance—first, that the state of the law t -.Men landlord
and tenant should be improve:, that the poor man
should no longer be ect to a law by which
injustice could be (lone to hini ; the law should
'ant it would not be sufficient merely to
be amended,
amend the law—they should also look to the spirit of its
administration. The hearts of the people should be won by
IkiAttess ; they could not be gained by force. The other great
grievance of Ireland, the existence of a church, largely
endowed, possessed of no less than 600,0001. per annum, which
was devoted exclusively to the religious wants and educa-
tion of 700.000 people, while the great majority, the poorer

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clas.i, the most destitute, received no assistance ; this is, in.
deed, a fertile source of discontent in Ireland. Ills Lord-

ship said well, that the welfare of the people cf Ireland
was sacrificed to the pecuniary interests of the Church.
iVe cannot agrea with the Duke of IVELLINGTON, who main-
tained that we were .prevented by the Act of Union from
dealing with the Irish Church. Surely, no reasonable mind
could for a moment suppose that the exigencies of future limas
might not require some change in the disposition and re-
gulation of its revenues, and that any legislation,
however perfect at the time of its enactment, could be final.
If so, the measures of Church reform (scanty as they have
been), which have already taken place, have violated the
Union, and yet we have never heard them urged as an argu-
ment for its abolition by those who would gladly
adopt anything likely to effect its repeal.
He also urged that concessionhas hitherto ever proved the
forerunner of new demands. The answer is simple and easy,
because the measures to which he alluded were not given
with a good grace: and because of their justice, but because
they could ne longer be refused. Give kindly from your
own free wil', and the boon will he received with joy
and gratitude; but let the same amount be wrung
from your fears, let the recipients know that you would re-
fuse if you dared, and the success attendant on suc-
cessful agitation rill encourage to renewed exertion
in the hope of a similar result. " 131 s dat que cito

dat," is true in the case of nations as ►ell as individuals.
Let us hope that our future boons to Ireland, being given in
a different spirit from what has hitherto been evinced, may
be produntive of happier result!.

Oar commercial men arc at length evincing their impa-
tience under the intolerable procrastination by which the
Parliamentary discussion upon a revolution in our mercantile
system is characterised, and by which the whole machinery
of trade is involved in a state of ruinous indecision. The
malcontents in the Lower House have assumed to them-
selves the office of protecting commerce; the real re-
presentatives of industry, however, merchants and ope-
ratives, are now heard to repudiate that protection,
and in' addition to this to express their most earnest satis-
faction at the policy at present advocated by our most illus-
trious and experienced it etesmen. On Monday a deputatio4
from Manchester, of a very influential character, comprising
the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the
President of the Commercial Association, and four eminent
merchants from the most important manufacturing city in
this great manufacturing country, waited upon Sir R. Past.
with a petition, expressive of these very sentiments, the
various paragraphs of which petition we subjoin. Another
scarcely less important, from Liverpool, was like-
nwise entrusted to the Right Honourable Baronet,
who took occasion, during the debate of last night,
to lay both those petitions before Parliament.
That too much stress could scarcely be laid upon these appli-
cations, no rational man will undertake to assert, when it i
remembered that the one proceeding from Liverpool had re-
ceived the signatures of 214 merchants and shipowners, 190
sbipbrokers, all the local bankers saving two, and that
within an hour'or two no less than four hurytred and
teen names were appended. Of the Manchester petition the
attendant circumstances are yet more remarkable and signi.
ficarit. "In twenty four hours," said the Prime Minister,
that petition received 1,022 signatarc4 comprising the
heath of houses engaged in trade with every part of the
,Terli, representing a capital of at least thirty nt:thon,i and
mpoytts
' •sotl.ss than one hundred and twenty thousand per.
c
sons," Such an exponent of the wishes entertained by the parties
es, hose fortunes are most implicated in the remission of imports-
• iorfandexport ation duties is surely more deserving ofatten t on
than the petilaiicllgiisibbiliag remonstrances of a few disaf-
Ceded cusgmeu: wo oppose the Cutoinh' -AA i the delta.