The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-10 00:00:00

daunted at the laves death constantly opened in-their
raot-.. Sir J-ones ontrani himself, with Brigadier Ncill
and his gallant Madras regient, and thti men:of the
sth. 84th,` and 84th - advar"d; and, .Inr-
muu every obstacl, 'I 7. 'At point of
the bayonet, cutting down the gunners or putting them
to flight.

" General Havelock, with the brave 78th and 90th,
following up the advantage gained, claimed in after
them. They Lad to fight for each inch of ground; but
they sacces.fully drove the enemy from one enclosure
into another, and from garde❑ to garden. The cap-
tured guns they threw into the canal after spiking
them.
4,

"On this occasion the Highlanders' piper, who had
lost his way, suddenly found one of the enemy's cavalry,
sabre in hand, about to cut him down. His rise had
been fired off, and he had no time to use his bayonet.
"A bright idea," said he afterwards, when relating the
story, struck me. All at once I seized my pipe, put it
to my mouth, and gave forth a shrill tone, which so
startled the fellow, that he bolted like a shot, evidently
imagining it was some infernal machine. ➢iy pipe saved
my life.

"Altogether we had lost, as far as could then be
ascertained, about 550 officers and men, killed, wounded,
and missing, a heavy,
heavy sacrifice for our relief, but
which made us the more grateful to our gallant de-
liverers. Our own number of fighting men was scarcely
more, but our women and children were at least treble
that number.
" That the honour of having, under Providence, saved
our lives is really due to Generals Havelock and Out-
ram is unquestionable. But for their timely arrival, our
native troops, who bad up to that time behaved nobly,
and adhered to us with cxernplary fidelity, would cer-
tainly have abandoned us. Nor could we have reason-
ably found fault with them had they done so, for life
is sweet, and hope had almost entirely left us; Their
desertion would have caused the most fatal depression
in our own breasts, and with our diminished numbers
and our continual losses we should soon have been
obliged to give up our outposts.
" Reduced within the narrow compass of the Resis
dency itself, and exposed to the enemy's harassing fire
from what would lately have been our outposts, it
would have been utterly impossible to have held out.
NOthing short of a miracle could have saved us then.
Cawnpore would have been re-enacted in Lucknow, or
we would, as we once talked of doing, have been com-
pelled to blow up our women, children, and wounded,
to prevent their falling into the hands of the insurgents,
and to have died fighting on the ruins ourselves.
"Our houses had been already perforated with cannon
balls. The Cawnpore battery was one mass of ruins',
our outpost at Innes'e house was partly roofless, and
the other garrisons were as badly off. From one alone,
the brigade mess, 435 cannon balls that had fallen within
it were actually counted. It would be, therefore, by
no means an exaggerated statement to affirm, that not
less than 10,000 cannon balls had struck our various
buildings. As for musket bullets, they are only to be
counted by myriads.
"More than 400 of the defenders of the garrison lie
buried in our churchyard."
The second and more effectual succour arrived
as is well known in November. The meeting of
the generals is thus described :
"The relief of Lucknow bad been effected, and we
were soon to be free. Sir Colin, while the fire was
still very heavy on the afternoon of the 17th, was met
by Sir James Outram and General Havelock. A loud
long shout greeted the generals and their staff as they
shook hands, amidst heartfelt cordiality, with Sir Colin
Campbell. Proud indeed, must Sir Colin have been at
the success which had crowned all his measures, and
which stamped him as one of the first generals of the
age. The enemy had been foiled in every instance, aed,
uutwithstancling his desperation, vigilance, and unques-
tionably excellent manoeuvres, had succumbed to the
Commander-in-Chief's superior generalship, and the
indomitable valour and undaunted courage of our
troops.
"Sir Colin Campbell received the hearty thanks and
congratulations of Sir James with evident satisfaction ;
and General Havelock, not less delighted and proud,
harangued the troops who had so gallantly carried out
all the Commander-in-Chief's brilliant manceevree, in
that concise and yet soul•stirring language fur which he
was so well known by his soldiers. While yet sp-aking,
his attention was drawn to the place where his only
son had just fallen, wounded by a musket ball from the
enemy. Though his father's heart must have been
then bleeding with anguish, and beating with curiosity
to know the nature of the wound, the General, with
wonderful self-command, continued his discourse without
interruption, and then only amidst the cheers of the
men, who were unacquainted with the sad event which
had just happened, left to visit his wounded son.
Fortunately it was only a slight wound, and he soon
recovered from the effects of it."
A full account of the members of the garrison and
their families is appended.
The other volume alluded to is the diary of a
staff officer, recording the various events from the
31st of May to the 25th of September. It gives a
succinct account of a briefer period and is more
technical in its character, but full of interest, and
shows the same picture from another point of view.
Here is the entry for the close of July
" July 31st.—A. fine night, and the usual firing. At
daylight, the enemy commenced firing heavily on the
Church and Residency, from a 24-pounder planted in the
neighbourhood of the iron bridge. They also threw in
many shells, and fired their guns from the Clock Tower
Gate. Our IS-pounders and mortars were employed until
ten a.m. in silencing the enemy's fire. Our
sap from the brigade mess made good progress
across the road, towards the outhouses occupied
by tho enemy. Several children have lately died ;
privation the chief cause. We had received nu
information whatever since the 26th inst., the date on
which we received the only letter we had yet received
since the 27th of June. Our reinforcements were due
to-day, and their non-arrival led us to suppose that the
enemy had succeeded in breaking down the bridge at
Bunnee, and arresting the progress of our friends. The
flies dreadful—preventing all rest during the day, and
disputing our food with us. The enemy continued to
throw in shells all the forenoon till 2 p.m , when we had
a heavy shower ; after that the firing continued as be-
fore. In the evening we repaired our defences as far as
we could, as, awing to the heavy rain, the earth had
settled very considerably. A fine moonlight night, and
all quiet, save the usual amount of round shot and mus-
ketry.

August Ist.—Still no intelligence of any kind, which
caused much anxiety, more particularly as some of our
supplies for natives were likely to be at an end in twenty
days' time. Weather very hot and sultry ; small pain-
ful boils, coveringnearly the wholebody, very prevalent.
Many deaths among the children ,and sickues3 on the
increase. Great inconvenience felt in the hospital for
want of space ; the sick and wounded sadly crowded,
and the building very badly ventilated, as the lower
story was hardly safe from shots. Enemy threw in
many shells this morning, and fired unusually sharp
will their heavy guns, till about ten a.m., keeping
dur guns and mortars fully employed in keeping
down their fire. Heat very great ; fire gradually
slackened off towards noon, but recommenced sharply
again about 5 p.m. Many round shot, shell, and car-
caies came in.' One of the latter fell into the court-yard
of the Begual Kotee, within a few feet of the table at
whicli the staff and commissariat officers were at dinner ' •
but no one was hurt. Several cases of cholera occurred
to-day. Efforts made to improve and strengthen our
defences during the moonlight nights ; but the engineer
officers were all sick, and little was done. Our sap in
the brigade mess was pushed steadily on, and had attained
thirty-eight feet from the shaft this evening."
Here is another account of the Relief
"At fourlp.m. report was made that some officers
dressed in shooting coats and solah caps, a regiment
of Europeans in blue pantaloons and shirts, and a
bullock battery were seen near Mr. Martin's house and
the Motes Mullah At 5 p.m. volleys of musketry,
rapidly growing louder were heard in the city. But
soon the firing of a ran'e ball over oar heads gave
notice of the still nearer approach of our friends ; of
whom as yet little or nothing had been seen, though the
enemy were to be seen firing heavily on them from
many of the roofs of the houses. Five minutes later,
and our troops were seen fighting their way through one
of the principal streets; and though men fell at almost
every step, yet nothing could withstand the headlong
gallantry of our reinforcements. Once fairly seen, all
our doubts and fears regarding them were ended ; and
then the garrison's long pent-up feelings of anxiety and
suspense burst forth in a succession of deafening cheers ;
from every pit, trench and battery—from behind the
sandbags piled on shattered houses—from every post still
held by a few gallant spirit 4, rose cheer on cheer—even
from the hospital ! Many of the wounded crawled forth
to join in that glad shoat of welcome to those who bad
so travely come to our assistance. It was a moment
never to be forgotten.
"Soon all the rearguard and heavy guns were inside
our position ; and then ensued a scene which baffles. de-
scription. For eighty-seven days the Luckiao wk enairliss(c-ie
had lived in utter ignorance of all that had t
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and friends were made. Ala!,. in too many instances
These two brief volumes comprise the record of an
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of our coma •
endurance andtry a ITiehrottistmhetymwsuillipabsese
after by all classes of readers, there can be but littledoubt, and many a tribute of admiration and regret
will be paid to the survivors of such fearful peril,
and many a thought turn to those sleeping under
an Indian heaven, but not the less present in the
memories of their countrymen.

The Journal of Agriculture. Blackwood.
This quarterly has its usual articles on nihjects
connected with agriculture. The town sewage
qu6stion is one whose interest is not restricted to
those engaged in agricultural pursuits, but a.ldresses
itself to the residents of the unAropolis. The first
of a series of payers, by Mr. Robert Scott Burn,
treats of this subject with consideration and abili y.
The Farmer's Note-Book offers some valimbie
hints ou practical questions. The agricultural sum-
mary for the quarter, and the tables of avk rage
prices will also bs found useful. The journal of
the transactions of the sooiety contains, among otheri
papers, a Report on the Management of ow
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