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happy t) know lam well. lam in hops that we
tnay_bo entitled t) some ()str . tiatta, for we bate
hld very hitrd fighting, and I hope we shall meet
with some reward." _

ness and devotion, and the • little b -)ST Seemed to
have the greatest affection for the gray headed old
man on whose shoulder ho was perehel. I took
them info my picket and gave them a good break-
fast, and then passed them into camp as quickly as
I could, as I had an alar►n of cavalry in tbuneigh-
bourhood. They had . scarcely left when one of
my videttes came galloping up to -say that a
large force was at bo.ll the bridges I had to
patrol, and ,I. had just turned out and mounted
my picket when I received a despatch from 'camp
informing me that a very large force of artillery,
cavalry, and infantry had left the city in the diiej-
fon of the canal, and directing me to watch their
movements. A trcop of the Guides came up at the
moment under a young fellow.named CraWe, and
taking them with me I galloped off to see what was
going ou. On reaching my advance I picket I left
him there with the troop, and wtut off wi,h 25 men
t) reconnoitre. Oa nearing the first bridge I found
a large body of infantry lining the bulks of the
canal on our side, and a considerable foroe estab-
lished in a walled garden on the road. rode on
to see if .1 could make out what the rasCa's were at,
but they opened such a heavy fire of Musketry that
I gave it up.• I watched their movements for some
time, and role on towards the second bridge. about
two miles further up the.capal. The bank between
the two;bridges was crowded with infantry, and
they hal a party of about 100 cavalry in front of
the_ second bridge. During the er.holo time it was
raining cats and dogs: I, returee to my ad-.
VAIICO4 picket to write a report to the General, and
found Hodson with a troop of the It regulars there
to reinforce me. I:told him all abaft it, and he rode
into camp to give my report, as it was intpo.sible to
write one,. for the rain 0 tine down in torrent-.
M'Donall, whom you all know, was with his troop,
he wrias doing duty with flo.koe's corps, and we:
:looked like a coup's f drown el rat=. We tied to
light our pipes under shelter of the peak of our hel-
mets, but could not. I then esartel riff for the
bridge a second time, and at IS.lq)enall'e earnest
request allowed him to aecompany me: We got
up to the Serai and found that the' enemy were
crossing, and had evidently found the day toe juicy.
We saw them across, and then went towards bridge
No.-2, I saw some infantry in a garden, and can-
tered on to have a nearer look at them, when all of
a, sudden down comes my horse up ti his chest in
.a
buffalo hole. The whole counts y was a sheet Of
water, so the poor beast could not see what he
was going rt. He struggled and got his fore
feet in the sides of the hole, but in making an effort
to scramble up be rcared and fell back on me,
rifling clean over me. The pometel of the saddle
and both of my holster pistols crushed my left side
and completely knocked the wind out of me. How-.
ever, I got up, shook myself, and satisfying myself
that no boxes were broken, I flatt.?.red myself I
was all right. _ _ _

The following is fro n an offrcer in the 9th Ben-
gal Cavalry, who i 3 serving as a volunteer before
Delhi :

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Wonai, about 12 miles from tha river, and we
promptly attacked theth, and licked them in our
usual' style—only 7,000 of em and that night we
had another affair about seven miles further on, at
:place called Busarut Gunji,, and on that day cap-
tured 21 guns. lam sorry to say that the enemy
the following
mwrinnuguiti
on ' managed to recover two of them. Our loss was
day—l ffancythree g forun
screinforce.amin
this morning, and 00 of the
84th, but our losses
m
rather heavy that day, and the General fell back on
this
11 a'3 placen dor
have been very serious fqr so small a force.
" The enemy are now in position with 23 guns,
many of very heavy calibre, at Raj Gunge, having
`blown up a brid ego and made themselves very Strong.
-1 fear it will be a bloody affair crossing this river.
We (the Fusiliers) have already lost two officers,
and anothCr is "very' danger'aply wounded. Our
Colonel (Yell).has been made a brigadier-general
for his'scrvices, and now commands Cawnpora. Our
senior major was killed at Oung, at least he shorty
after died of his wound, and the regiment is noiv
commanded by the junior major. I will not dwell
on all the horrors and outrages committed by tilt
rebels at the various stations wherh they have mu-
tinied suffice it tn say that no such acts of trea-
chery, villany, and barbarity stain the page of the
history of any country. • It is now war to the knife
with every Mussulrnan in. the country, and every
Fepoy of ..any' creed, against Europeans and all
Christians. I have just heard that we are to march
to-nnorr..w morning. If we manage to gat to Luck-
now and back it will be ono Of the most wonderful
feats of arms that have ever been accomplished."

" Camp before Delhi, July 27.
" Mir wife will have told you of my having Crime
down to this army to see service. •As I had nothing
to d > at Jollundur, and as it was more than one's
temper could stand to he kicking One'a heels idle
when service such as we are not likely to see again
was goirig oa hole, I offered my services to General
Nieho'son an I ga'ned.perunission to join this force.
I had, as I -told you, raise 1 a sauad.roit of Sikhs at
Jidlundur,- and the day after I had obtained leave
to be off I receivel a telrgtaphic message from Sir
J. Lawrence that I might take my squadron wi.h
we if I thought them fit to go. I pat ale 1 theai,
and selected 30 of the best riders, and we marched
off the same night to Ph llour, 25 miles. We
eeaehe 1 Uinhallah on the Bth, and should have
been hero on the 14th, but were detained at Kur-
naul to escort ammunition into camp. We reached
this o the 18th, and-I--was-a'• once ordered b do
duty with the 9th L ur.ora, being posted to Drys-
d de'a 'troop. My Sikhs were mad cover to the civil
authoritiei, and I. am g'a,d to hear- are doing.good
wirk at Taneeput b uween this and Kurnaul. On
the 19th we had a fight, but we were not engaged ;
on the 20th Brig idrer Grant, who commands the
Cavalry Brigade, attached mi to . the Guide
Cavalry, at which I am much pleased, as.they are
undeniably the best. c tvalry in camp—see, •and I
may say do everything. On the following day
Charles S— cam to me and said that the Adju
taut-General had reettreate 1 hiin to ask eiwrif
accept the command of tLe Jheena Rajah's- troops.
At first I declined, but S-- told mo that it
was . a complimant offering it to me ; that
Chaml,erlain had sa;d teat ha regretted he had not
a regiment to give me ; and, in fact as the post
is a responsible one I accepted it, and made arrange-
ments to leave with Onarlea the same night.
However, Brigadier Grant heard that I was off,
and went to the Adjutant-General to protest ag rinst
my being sent, as he Sail he could not spare cavalry
officers, so here I am with my ruffians, and very
glad too. Our men are consummate scoundrels,
but tight right well ; they have but one fault, they
are_diffieult to hold, On :the 22d the enemy at-
tacked our left, and I was ordered out with a squa
dron to reiuforce tl.e near picket. I hal not been
there long when I rec ived an order .to to the
front to support the column going out to repulse
the attack. I was placed at the front of the ri lge
which runs in. front of our 'camp, . with orders to
remain there until I received further orders. I saw
the whole of the fight from the Flagstaff battery,
which commands a splendid view of the city and
ground between it and our camp. I was anxiously
expecting an order to move otr, but no.such order
arrived. The fire was very heavy, and their round
shot and shell-came bowling through and over 9ur
troops, followed as they neared the city by grape,
but riot much damage WAS dons. Soon the musketry
began to slacken, and in half an hour the troops
began to retire. Our loss was very heavy in offi-
c-rs. Cole m atally wouuded, and five more
officers woun led. -The Infantry got up to within
30 yards of the enemy's guns, six of which they had
brought out to the front, but our fellows were
pulled up by a brick wail and so had to retire.
Tneynovr for the first time make proper use of Light
Cavalry, and we Guides ge's lots of work. On the
23d of June the enemy got into Our rear by cross-
ing the Jumna Canal, some miles from our camp.
To prevent a repetition of this game we have blown
up all the bridges f,r miles up the can3l. We now
give a picketin rear of our camp 'o watch thebriJges,
and give speedy intelligence of any attempt on the
part of the enemy to repair them. The officer
patrols this three times a day, and as the dis-
tance .round is 11 miles he gets a side of 33 miles a-
day. I was on this picket a few days ago, and did
a good stroke of business. On the opposite side of
the canal, close to the bridge which, it was stated
was to be repaired, is a village, the men of which I
heard gave information of our movements to Delhi.
I hid reason to suspect the enemy had a picket
there, so in the early morning I crossed some of my
men over by a fora, marched into the village, and
captured four out of six of the heal men of the
village. I took them off to my picket, and kept
one of them, telling the others he was to he relieved
next, day by one of themselves ; that they were to
give daily information of the enemy's movements
in that direction ; that if they did so they should
be rewarded, but if they played Us false that 1
would hang their hostage.' This has had a good
effect, and we now gtt information from the other
side of the canal. I run on the picket duty again
to-night. we are anxiously awaiting reinforce-
ments, as nothing c be done until we get them.
. Nicholson, with 4,000 men is expected ou the 15:h,
and Lawrence with a large force of Sikhs will follow

The following• is from an officer serving at Mozuf-
furmtgur

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"July 26.
We Wive the little Go9rkhas of the Musseeree
battalion here the dame house with us, and
we have great games of football with them every
evening, but it is dreadfully - hard work in this
climate, and would faint to see the balls we
have. However, we manage drops! sometimes,
although' we are most of us lame from the effects.
0- had been in the camp beforb Delhi. He
mentioned an amusing instance of seeing a Sikh
trooper at a bridge We were trying to defend. He
came up-and- said, ' Ah, they know nothing these
people If they had been in Vere-street,_Oxford-
street, th-y would know what the power of. Eng-
land i9,' and it turned out that this Sikli had-really
been at an hotel in Vero-street when he was .with
some. mission seat to London by the Rajah of
Putteala. Rather curious to hear of Vere-street,
Oxford-street; from a black-bearded Sikh !"

The following is from a young officer in the
Madras army :

"Near Nagpore, Aug. 2.

"The commissioner here ha; jtist discovered a
plot to murder all the Europeans and Sepoys. The
parties concerned in getting it up were large land-
ownera in the district, to whom most of the land
about Baitool belongs, who frequently visited us.
They are now imprisoned under charge of our
Sepoye' who of course have no favourable feelings
towards them on hearing that they were to b 3 in-
cluded in the murdering. Our affairs do not appear
to look -up much as.yet, and we are all anxiety for
the arrival of the European regiment; from hoaie.
Hitherto the Madras and Bombly Sepoys have Fe-
mained faithful, but I fear that unleas before long
something decisive is done we shall have some
trouble to maintain our power in India. The natives
generally have an idea that our rule in India will:be
extinct shortly. Of 'Course until matters begin to
mend they will be confirmed in their opin4n.
Several MadraS troops are now marching north-
ward."

" I wrote the above yesterday, but felt so tired
after it, I was obliged to desist. I almost forget
where I was. Well, after my fall we plodded on to-
wards the second bridge, and found it oc:mpied by
a very large force of al finery, cavalry, and infantry.
Unfortunately my glass, the one I brought out, and
a capital one had got half full of water, and
was perfectly useless, so I could not reconnoitre
theta as closely as I wished. We turned h,nneward.s,
and on reaching the picket I wis truly rejoiced to
EC3 my relief waiting for me. I was dead beat,
having been in the saddle for 14 hours, having rid-
den up wards of 36 miles, and exposed to drenching
ram the greater part of the time, with nothing to
eat, and no smoke. I cantered home to camp to
the Bligadier, and he gave mo half a tumbler of
cherry brandy, which warmed me consi lerably. I
cantered home, feeling quite comfortable, and be-
yond a slight aching in my side I should not have
:mown that I had come to grief. I got dry clothes
and dined with Stewart, the Guides doctor, who
was the only one at home. . . . No chance of
taking this place for soma time to come. Rein-
forcements march towards but they never seem
to got nearer. It will, indeed, be glorious when we
rout and slay these treacherous, cowardly hounds.
They will be hunted down like wild beast., and it
is to be hoped few will escape. You in England
can never know or hear one-h.ilf of the atrocities
committed by these savage,, for Viey are too
abominable ever to repeat, much less to publish.
We must have an enormous army to settle this
country, and where is a now Indian army to spring
from ? . . . M. is dead, but I don't think I shall
get my captaincy, as all promotion is said to be
stopped. This is, indeed, hard I can give you
no I.ccount of camp, fur I feel tired and weak, and
writing on ous's back is tedious and slow work. Iu
a few days I shall be in my saddle aga;n.

LOCAL BEI-ARR MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 2.•
STOCK ExcllArraic.—The market is very dull, but prices
are steadier. Cgiedonian, 42I—East Lancashire, 92:c—
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 9gi • London and North-Wlest-
erns 974—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 41— id-
land, 81 —North British, 12a ex div.—North Eastern,
Berwick, 2 si—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
16,i —South Eastern, 191. 16s 3d—Warrenpoint and Stink-
port, 'T
—Grand Trunk of ' Canada, 111. 8s 9d—Gricat
Western of Canada, 211 -Great Luxembourg, 61.

MA.NCTIESTER, OCT. 2.
STOCK EXCHANO EL —The market was very active to-aav,
with improved prices. It was weaker, however, at, the
close. Londons, 97 —Midland, 83.1.—East Lancashire,j 921
—Dovers, I 9 —Shelfields, 414 —Rtstern Counties, 119-16—
Leeds, 974,--Grand Trunks, 11 —York Capital Stoek,s394
—ditto, Hull and Selby Purchase, 15-16 d--Great Islorth
of England (471. A), la'd—Leeds New, d.

The following is from an officer serving in the Ist
Madras Fusiliers:--

done tlo b isgilin—eg s
Bt
prices
BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 2.
STOCK ExmANGE.—Prices in tiro market continue 'firm
at ijoehe h i pointnn ingohfam yesterday.ai,
a sin ff5,t.,71,,,rh
iVrea l
Gasl oy shares
et
atore
4
:—Stour Valleys, B,# 0 —Esstern un-
ties, 571 58—Great Westerns, 54i 55—London and rth
‘Vovtortis, 97A 98I—Ditto Eighths, 18s. 93. 16s. 31. :L.--
Midlands, 83i 83 i. f

"Camp Murragurwar, Oude, Aug. 4.
"You already know that I embarked with my
regiment (Ist Madras Fusiliers) for Pot sia, but was
recalled=peace having been declared. While we
were at Bombay intelligence w..s received thit two
regiments werein open mutiny at Calcutta; this we
all knew meant that the army of Bengal was going
torise at last, and many were the small wagers won
and lost as to whether our destination would be
Bengal or China.
"Orders were at last received that we wore to
return forthwith to Madras, and on our arrival we
found that we were destined to garrison Bangalore
(also her Majesty's 43d regiment, Madras), but that
owing to the cholera which was raging along the
whole road it was not considered advisable to effect
the relief for a short time ; a month elapsed, and
the awful news of the Meerut and Delhi maasacres,
and an urgent demand for ir aops, reached Madras
at 12 o'clock at night on Saturday, the IfiLli, or.
Sunday. morning.
" I was awoke by our bugle sounding all over the
fort for Orderly sergeants, and I knew that the route
hid arrived for field service, though I had riot heard
of the requisition for aid having been received dur-
ingthe night.

of Eitropean life something
"This has been a fearful business, and the loss
ightful. The awful
airo?it'es committed on our poor unhappy women
and children can never be forgotten. We must
hive blood. The st: eets of Delhi will be a fearful
sight. Osir men are ma I for revenge, and there
ianot a.s oul who
.does not feel the same thirst for.
the blood of these rufliazir. Three mowhs ago I
could not have looked on and ,een 15 men tied up
and shot down in cold blood without sickening, but
I new see my inen do this in a most brutal way
without a qualm. At a village on the Kurnaul-
road a poor little child's feet were found ; they had
its little shoes and socks on, and some Devil in
human form had cut them of with a tulwar. What
death can be too crud for such wretches ? We
are much exposed, always 'ahead, and have already
lost an immense number of officers in the Guide,
and I fully expect to gat a wound or two, but it will
make nie all the more interesting ! Poor young
Battye was killed at the head of my troop: My
senior native officer is a very gallant fell >sr, and
has distinguished himself on every occasion. 1
have been very ;nue!: gratifi-d by a most kind let-
ter from. my commanding officer after leaving the
regiment.
"Chalmers, who has bein wounded by a shell,
leaves to-night, as he wants a change of air.
Wounds cannot he 11 well in this wet weather. We
have ha -I cholera in camp. Three officers died in
one day, but there have been levier cases during
the list few days. Our heavy batteries have just
commenced their fire again, awl the city guns are
replying. I should not be surprised if they attack
us this afternoon, and we are all ready for them.
There are seven ladies now in Delhi. This is hor-
rible jo think of." .

BAILTVAY TRAFFIC RBTURNS. i

TR XFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK,

Miles
o2ened.
1857.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

BRITIOff.

tberdeen • . • • •• ...•

Belfast and Ballymena •• • • •• •z•• •• ••
Belfast and County D0wn............
ilirketilissi-d, Lancashire, and °noshlre
Bolton, Blaelburn, and West York ....
Bristol and Exeter ••
Caledonlan.••• •• •••• •• • •• •• •• •• •..-.

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Shortly after daylight my f Aber-in-1 w' came
to my quarters and told me the state of affairs, and
that our corps was to be ready to embark for Cal-
cutta by 10 o'clock a. w. It so happened that I
was a member of a general court-martial, and was
ordered to remain behind and proceed with six
others of ours to Calcutta by the nPxt mailsteamer,
" I arrived at Galenite on the 2d June, and found
that my corps had proceeded to Benaras. I fol-
lowed them up by the grand trunk road, and
reached Benares in four days, just a nay hours tco
late to witness the utter defeat of the 37th Regi-
ment, the 12th Irregular Cavalt y, and a regiment
of Sikhs, by 200 of her Majesty's 10th; 30 of ours,
and two guns. The morning I arrived some 300
of ours came in by river st?amers, d c., and that
afternoon we started (130 of us) for All ahabad, in
hopes of starting in time to save the fort from the
6th Regiment and Ist Oude Cavalry. The
deed was done. I remained in Allahabad until the
arrival of enough troops to form a column strong
enough to advance to the relief of Cawnpore and
Lucknow, both which places were being .gillantly
defbnded by a handful of Europeans. Gent•ral
Havelock, C. 8., arrived to command this column,
which consists, or rather consisted, of 400 Fusiliers,
300 78th Highlands, 400 of the 610, and about
300 of the 84th, some 60 artillerymen (Royal Ar-
tillery from Ceylon), about 70 officers and staff
sergeants that had escaped various massacres,
mounted as Irregular Cavalry. and a regiment of
Sikhs, which have hitherto remained staunch; these
constituted the little army that started from Alla-
habad to settle the North-Western Provinces of
India and Oude. _ _

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"Camp tefore Delhi, Aug. 9.
"Since wtiting to you last I have been on my
back for eight da3s; I will tell you how it all hap-
pened. You must know that for some time past
the enemy have been on the lookout to attack our
rear, but to do this it was ne:;essary to repair at
least one of several bridges over the canal which
divides us from them, which said bridges we had
blown up. On receiving intelligence of their in-
tention we sent out a cavalry picket to watch the
canal, and to give spec ly information of any at-
tempt they might make to cross. This picket was
given to us as a post of honour, and it required a
little gilt to make it a pleasant duty, as the officer
on picket had to visit the bridge three times every
day, besides riding to certsin villages in the vicinity
to collect information, and before night the officer
on duty had ridden his 33 miles. I was on this
picket on the 31st of July, and had come back
from my first patrol when, on reaching one of
my videttes, he told me that he had just passed
a European woman with two children escorted by
some natives into my picket. I cantered on
and overtook a country cart escorted by some
villagers, one of whom carried a poor little boy
about four years old on his shoulder. In the cart
I found a nice looking young woman with a little
infant. . The poor creature seemed overjoyed to see
aasntll' in answer to my inquiries,
ie wife of a Mr. Nun, son of
f the Ist Cavalry. Her husband
att
ohnl
edrmid Europeaneintghraa ta
gs face,theerwo
was employe 1 in the Customs' department at a
place near Guzagon. Whin the outbreak at Delhi
took place he was in the district with Ford, of the
Civil Service. .Guzagon wt nt with other stations,
and this unhappy woman was by herself, without a
Eat opeaa near Ler. The instant the pe.)ple of the
villap Dearest her house heard that parties of Se-
poys were coming in their direction they carried
off Mrs. Nun, with her children, and concealed
thorn in their village. Parties of horsemen ar-
rived and inquired for her, and on being told that
she had gone off plundered and burnt her house.
To make a long story short, these poor fellows, at
the risk of their lives, kept this unhappy familyfor
three months, feeding and clothing them,' and
hurrying them off to other villages whenever they
heard of the approach of any parties of the muti-
neers. I must tell you that the insurgents offered
100 rupees reward for Mrs. Nun, dead or alive; but
nothing would tempt these simple ryots to betray
having seized an oppor-
ttuheniiit' yt, rtuhsety; and,brougfihnt a
hl leyr,
safely into camp. The
poor woman spoke most gratefully of their kind-

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Ch-e7ter and
Cork, I:lad:rock, and Passage .
Cork and Bandon •• •• • • • •• •• •• ••• ••
Dublin and Belfast I unction ........
Dublin and Drogheda.• •• • • ••••••• ••
Dublin and Kingstown .. • • •• .• •• •• ••

Dundee and Arbroath • • •• •• ••
Dundee, Earth, and Aberdeen Junction
Dundalk ant Enniskillen • • ...• • • •...
East Auzlian..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
East Lancashire • • •• .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • . ..
Eastern Union.. •••• • • • • .. •• •• ••
Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • • • • • • • •
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...—.
Exeter. and Creditor.. .•
Furness hallway .• . .••• • • . •
.• • •
Glasgow, and South-Western— .• ....
Great Northern ...... • • ...
••• ••

1,365
6 990
28,374
7,712
31,502

6;;;i Southern and Western (Preland)
Great Western •• •• •••• •• •••• ••
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Irish Math EaStern 5...........
Laneastzr and Carlisle ...• .• ••••••••
Lanetshire and Yorkshire....
Leeds Northern
••

310
7,362
26,531

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport....
Loudon and North Western .• • • .
London and Waal.: all
London, Brighton, and South Coast..
London and South Western......••.
Londonderry and Enniskillen .... • •
ilanchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e.
tianchester, Sheildeld,and Lincolnshire
Stanchester and South Junction— .•
liaryport and C arUsle • • • • •.........

The paddlewheel stem frigate Valorous, 16,
Capt. W.' C. Allham, and the paddlewheel steam
vessel S yx, 6, Commander C. Vesey, were placed, at
their sailing moorings in Ilamoaze on Wednesday.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Dae, 4, Master
Commander T. C. Peen, from Woolwich, with
machinery, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday.
The crewlof the serewsteam ship Orion, 91, Capt.
John E. Erskine, wore paid off at Plymouth on
Thursday. The steam-tug Avon was appointed to
convey a portion of the men to the eastward.

67,546
1,523
13,472
16,532
532

11,682
1,445
1,0'47
35,365
3,815
1,493
3,665
5,575
8,192
1,064
3,130

Nficiiitna" Great Western (Irish) ......
Monklands •• •• •• .• •• •• •• •- •• •• •• ••

The merchant screw steamer Marley H.ll, Capt.
Jones, fromPatras, Sept. 15th, and Gibraltar, 25th,
which went into Plymouth on Thursday morning,
reports having passed near the Eddystone, at half-
past 3 o'clock, a large screw steam-ship, apparently
a transport, bound down Channel.
The magnificent iron screw transport D tic de
Brabant, of 1,960 tons burden and 500-horse power,
fitted out for the accommodation of 650 troops,
arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from the
Victoria Docks to embark stores, ammunition, and
a portion of the Artillery for India (the D troop),
whence she will proceed to Portsmouth and receive
the remainder of her passengers and some troops
of the line. The Due de Brabant was built by
Messrs. John Cockerell and Co., of Serainr, near
Liege, in Belgium, and is about to be purchased
by the Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company,
after which she is to be named the Prince Albert.
Gen. Williams and stall' m4de an inspection of the
vessel immediately on her being s'cured alongside
the arsenal pier and expressed himself extremely
satisfied with the accommodation. He also re-
marked with much satisfaction the numerous ad-
vantages which modern-built ships afford, such as
the well-ventilated berths and airy and comfortab'e
saloon and lofty decks, &c. This will be ber first
voyage. Her speed, which.has been tested in two
trial trips flora Gravesend, was rated at 16 knots
per hour without the use of her canvas. Her length
over decks is 300 feet, with 38 feet over the beams,
and 7 feet in height between the decks.
The Southampton, of similar build, constructed
at Amsterdam by Messrs. Paul von Flushing and
Dudce von Heel, left the Victoria Docks also yes-
terday on a trial trip.
The Leopold 1., a sister vessel to the above, and
built by Messrs. Cockerel" and Co., and which has
performed three successful voyages, yesterday morn-
ing entered Pritchard's dock at Northfteet to be
supplied with a new propeller, and is likewise about
to be purchased by the Transatlantic Company.
A court-martial assembled yesterday on board
her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, ordinary guardship
at Portsmouth, to try Mr. T. Udell, third-class
assistant engineer, borne on the books of the Blen-
heim, for disobedience of orders in not joining her
Majesty's steam troop-ship Vulcan, and allowing her
to proceed to sea without him. The charge was
fully proved, but in defence of his conduct the pri-
soner pleaded illness. The Court found the charge
proved, and sentenced him to he severely repri-
manded, and not to be confirmed in his present
rank f r 18 months.

Newcastle and Carlisle.. •.........
North Brittsh • • .. • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • •

North Staffordshire •• •• ....•• •• •• •
North-Western .• .. •• •• ........•• ..

Scottish Central •• • • •• •• ••

The following appointment 3 were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Assistant Paymaster Elward O. Hayes to the
Regard.

Scottish Midland ......:...

Master's Aseireant—John. T. Gow (additions') to
tho Ganges.
Secretary's Clerk—E. T. NichL 1- on to the

THE MILITIA.

The Royal South Middlesex Militia assembled
at Hounslow yesterday morning, mustering on the
first day 600 volunteers: Colonel Scriven, having
formed square, thanked his men for coming up so
punctullly and in such numbers. He congratu-
lated them on being one of the few regiments se-
lected out of the 100 militia regiments belonging to
England. He informed them that her Majesty
proposed entrusting them with the Enfield rifle,
and that his son, Lieut. Scriven, was about to pro-
cebd to Hythe, preparatory is becoming their in-
structor in musketry. He then expressed his con-
viction that they would all volunteer to accompany
their officers on foie gm sPrvice. •
The Royal. Wilt,luro Militia assembled for em-
bodiment on Thursday at Devizes. The regiment
is in a highly efficient ista!e._

Shrewsbury and Birmingham ... ..
Shrewsbury and Chester ............
Shropshire Union .• •• •• •• •• .. •• •• ..

The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Militia as-
sembled on Thursday at Uxbridge, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Murray Prior. The regiment
is complete.

South Devon ..• •• ....•••••• ••••••
South Eastern— •• •••••••• •• •••••...
South Wales .. .. •• ***** ••••••• ••

It was the Ist King's Own, and not the 2d Staf-
ford Militia, which was stationed at Corfu.

QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY.

The following is the official list of officers whose
deaths have been reported. to the Adiniralty from
the 20th June to the 23th September :
Admirals—Sir Robert Howe Bromley,. Bart. ; Sir
Hugh P;got, K.C.8., K.C.H.; Richard Thomas

South York., Doncaster, and Goole
Ulster. •••••• •••••••••••••••• ••••••
Waterford sald Limerick •• ••
West Cornwall •• •• •• .• .• ••••• ••
Whitehaven Junction• York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds..

"Ou the 12th of July we fought the rebels at
Futteypore and thra.shei them in four hours, after
a 24-mile march in the sun—they were about 4;000
strong, and we took 11 guns from them. Two days
after we had a smart affair with them at Oung, our
regiment capturing two guns. We halted for some
food after the action, and after having marched
about five miles found them in possession of some
rising ground beyond a river, the bridge of which
was commanded by two long 24tb. iron siege guns
in position. The Fusiliers were again in front, and
took the bridge with a rush and spiked the gnus.
That night we heard that Cawnpore had really
fallen ; we had heard at Futteypore rumours of the
sal event, but we hoped that it might be a ruse of
the enemy to make us fall back to Allahabad. We
pushed on, and on the 16th fought the battle of
Cawnpore, when we thrashed 7,000 of tho rebels
aided by several thousand city scamps and others
armed with matchlocks. This was an awful
day's work, and that night we slept at our
arms, expecting hourly that they would again
commence the action ; but they had had enough,
and at daybreak the following morning they
blew up the magazine and retired. Two days
after the Fusiliers proceeded to Bithoor, and cap-
tured without resistance 21 guns. Up to the 26th
we were all busily engaged, crossing guns fand mate-
rial over to the Oude country, with a view ofad-
vancing to Lucknow to relieve Vie garrison, which,
under poor Sir H. Lawrence, has so gallantly de-
fended itself for so long. He, poor ram, died from
the effects of a wound on the 4th of July, but the
garrison, I am proud to say, still ho'ds out against.
an attack of 40,000 men and sonlo 40 and 50 guns-.
On the 29th we found our friends in position at

POIEIGN.
Dutch Rhenish • • • • •• •• •• •• •• •• .. • •
Lyons and Mediterranean • • •• •• •• ••
Montercau and Troyes ........ •• .• ..
Natnur and Liege .. • • ............ • •
Northern of France •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Orleans and Central ..
Paris and Lyons .... •• • •

3,42 r,
22,618

46,883

Paris and •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
BG6 Parts and Strasburgh •• •• •••• ..
noucn and Ilavre ...............
1,94 W 4:lt and North-West of Franco ....

41,839

Vice-Admirals—Cbarles Sibtborp John Hawtayne ;
Sir William Henry Dillon, Kit., K
Oa Reserved Half-pay—Admiral Joseph Bul!en
On R.2served Half-pay—Rear Admiral Algernon E iot
Retired Rear Admirals—Jae. Wilkes Maurice ; Thos.
Folliott Baugh

BOTANIC REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

Additional Retired Rear Admirals—William Hendry ;
William Townsend Dance

Captain—William John Thompson Hood
Retired Captains—Curry William Hillier, Edward
Forlow Soott, Henry Freeman Young Pogson, %Tamen
Bayly, Richard Hanmer Bunbury
Commanders—Chas. Thomas M:oke, Michael Dwyer,
Robert Walpole Twice, Thomas Belgrave, Wm. Batt,
son, James Gssd a
R e tiredCorniamafourderßoooug,
ndiListGoeforlgBeli—James Grier.
Retired Commanders on List of 1830—Wentworth
Parsons Croke, Henry Joshua Philadelphus Proby,
Thomas Colson Feeting
Forster Mills, Henry
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ofGreen
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Jogoeirptezh:
Bromhead, Charles E hard Blisset, James S. WK.
Watson, Wheatley Byass
Masters on Reserved Half-pay—William Pennington,
Sampson Giles, John Huntley, William E. A. King
Mate—Horace Powys
Surgeons—Thomas Bellot, John Campbell, (r), M.D.,
Godfrey James Alex. M'Cullagh
Surgeon on the Retired List—Thomas Roberts
Surgeons on the Unfit Liat—Francis Connie, John
Irvine (b), William Simpson, David Wright, and Alex•
ander Neill
Assistant Surgeons—Herbert Henry msekarsie, John
Charlesaym aßstoebresr—ts
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Paymasters—Joseph n
(officer
Paymaster on Retired List—William 11
in command, 1843), and William Garn Mason
Assistant Paymaster—Howard Jacobson Byers

3,014
28,425

45,513

40,585

45,108

39,220

37,968

37,531

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ROYAL MARINES.
Captain—Andrew Savage
Captains on
Reserved •Li,t—John Witte, Thomas
aeariantAGneodrrgee w Beatty
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First Lieutenants on Reserved List—Duncan M'Nicol,
Robert
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Meredith.

'A PER -

..,,,,,.,
:The following officers Lave joined Indian s•.-.. ,
2--Pgie,
acpots at Cleiatham garrison :—Capt. ... 'iNla-Inao .--.4,p;
~.... ..... , ~ ..,., .
~
for the purpose of takin; up his app atmert ai -g,4,..,44,,.,1
adjutant of the 31 flat.. ; and 'EueCga M. Mil" '---7-111;-;---'
,
alst_ Refit. Saff Asdat,Stirgeon Browne proot- call. S
yesterday from.. Fort Pitt to Southanapt in, for the
purpose of embarking in medical charge of the 4th
and 11th companies oP4alEngineer..4, pros red--
tag overland to India..__ . • .. • ,
A. district court-martial`` assembled at Chatham:
garrison yesterday, tinder thepresidency of Lt. -Coll.
C. Elmhirst, commander of the 3d - baL, for tho
trial of Colour-S,.rgeaut A. Kidsale, of the 7th
Royal Fusiliers, on-a 'charge of degerling from his
regiment -when under orders to embark for India.
The proceedings of the court will be submitted to:
the Commander-in:Chief before they are published.
•
' The Thursday evening ism companiei of the sth
Fusiliers froin Jersey, comprising 150'ine'n and 7
officers, under the command of Captain W. Lyons,
marched into Colchester camp_ and wra united t)
-the third .depot bat'alion. Two other companies,
-tt present-ac Chatham, are "ordered to join the do.
;got at this station preparatory to the formation of
a second battalion. This makes the strength of the
garrison about 90 officers and 2,000 nou-commi‘z-
stoned officers and mer. Major-Generd Lawrence,
the newly appointed commander, has made an offi-
cial inspection of the camp at Clacton . formed for
.nstruction in the use of the Enfield rifle, and other
draughts of men have been:sent out.
Two companies of Royal Engineers embarked
yesterday morning, at Southampton, in the Penin-
iular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Sultan for India. Two companies of
Royal. Artillery will follow them (by the overland
route) on the 12th.
The head-quarters of the 93th Regiment, com-
prising 2 Field Offic?rs and 14 °the' s, and 420 men
will leave Folkestone this morning, at 8 o'clock, fir
Portsmouth, to embark onboard the Bahiana screw
steam transport for India. They will sail to-morrow.
The steamer Alban, Lieut. De Blaquiere, has : r-
rivel at Portsmouth from Woolwich, and tha
veinier Avon, Palmer commander, from Plymouth.
Her Majesty's steam vessels Industry and Black
E igle Failed last evening for the eastward. The
..ew dais frigate Diadem, Cape. Moot-B°m, C. 8.,
went out of harbour to Stokes Bay to try h?r speed
at the measured mile, and remains at Spithead.
The steamship Hannibal, 91, was taken into dock
for repairs. The screw steam transport Abeona
sailed yesterday inolning for Southampton to he
docked.

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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Pic•prietor, Mr. Charles Kean.

The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav-
ing been entirely redecorated, will OPEN for the SEASON
on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak-
spore's Play of

THE TEMPEST.
The box-ottlce will open on Thursday, October 8.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradmi' Miss Co-
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mn. IL Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. 'A_ St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Bellini's opera of
NOR MA. Norma, Madame Caradori ; Pollio, Kr. Augustus
Braham.

Aftcr which, SOMEBODY ELSE,
Private Boxes, £2 120. 6d., £2 25., and £1 I.ls. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

IRIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR, SCANDAL. Sir
Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr.
Bnckstone; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe; Charles Surface,
Mr. W. Farren ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr.
Rogers; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Cathe-
rine Sinclair (her last appearance in that character in this
theatre); Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maaia, Miss Emma
King ; and Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot.
After which, A CURE FOR LOVE.
To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.

Orchestra. Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First, Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
it 2 0 Pit. 1 0

over Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will ba performed the home-made
Ettraiaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, Mr. Wright and
Miss Arden.

After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama
of THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr.
T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burroughcliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot,
Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Mies Mary Keeley.
To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE
SEVEN DIALS."

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING will be performed
a new comic drama, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr.
Kinloch, Miss Craven, &c.
To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS THLN ONE.
Larry Hoo'agan, Mr. Macarthy.
After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque,
written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA;
ar, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor,
Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J.
Clarke.

Followed by BA'.',IIELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A
Victor and Mr. Clarke.

Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.;
Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. is.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE
Mm. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, sad Mr. G. Murray.
To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert
B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
son, Cooke, Danvers, Izc. ; Misses Swanborongh,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.

THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or,
The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith,
Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss
M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone.
Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr.
W itldicomb.
To conclude with THE QUIET FAMILY. Mr. Vollaire,
Mr. Widdicomb, and Miss Chalmers.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
'elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, drc., viz.:—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott,
Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henehaw, H. Grover, T. Farr/ant,
B. 'ones, J. Barker, W. Melling. Senor Antonio, E. L.
lime, and Mr. St. A.lbyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack-
ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at
Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.
—Signor PICCO will perform, at hat-past Eight and half-
past Ten, every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY— Morn., 24 min. aft. I—Even., 43 min. aft. 1
To-ifounow —Morn., 59 min. aft. I—Even., 18 min aft. 2

ME WEATHER Sox OFFICE, OCTOBER 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHA.DE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
60—lowest this morning and during the night
64 —this day at noon.

BARO3fETER, 30.02.
WINP, S.W. ; fresh and squally, with doll weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1857.

The Conferences which have just taken place at
Stnttgardt and Weimar, may exercise important
influences on the destinies of Europe. It can
scarcely be supposed that ALEXANDER and NAPO
LEON were occupied in mere ceremonies, and that
no questions of State policy were discussed during
the private and confidential discussions of the Im-
perial visitors--discussions in which their Royal
host, the King of WURTEMEERG, was not allowed
to participate. The shows and banquets that
took place, the brilliant displays, were all masks
covering the real objects. The Emperors had
something to decide that could not be entrusted
to ordinary diplomacy. It was determined that
the secrets should not be permitted to
ooze out that the hunters after in forma-
tion should, for once, be effectually foiled.
No person knew, or eould know, anything that
occurred within the private cabinet to which
N.A.POLEON and ALEXINDER alone received admis-
sion. The Sovereigns would not betray their
own deliberations. Matters of vital consequence,
whether for good or for evil, were probably veu-
Hated, but the public will be unable t 3 form any
judgment on the point until the consequences in-
dicate the nature of the decisions then arrived at.

The public recognition of the parvenu sove-
reign, as be was rather contemptuously styled by
the late Autocrat., was something in the eyes of
NAPOLEON. He could not forget that he was re-
fused the hand of a paltry princess through Rus-
sian influence—that all his acts and overtures met
with the most chilling reception. He was not
treated with even common civility, and severely
be avenged the mistake. But still he eagerly
desired to bring about a different state of affairs,
so far as be was personally concerned, and was
even mere anxious for the Empress EUGEINIE'S
sake. To accomplish these points he would make
many sacrifices. When refused a royal bride
with veritable "blue" blood, he avenged himself
by raising the woman of his heart to the imperial
throne, and setting at nought the petty and ridi-
culous traditions of Germanism. Re was elects:]
by the popular choice, and he was resolved that
she should share that elevation by the poser
csl
hi, will. It was one of his beat and most laudable
.ets, and he has beon amply rewarded for his manly
anti straightforward feeling and conduct.
But this very marriage was one of the most
powerful obstacles to the rapprochement which he
so eagerly sought after. He was EMPEROZ by the
choice of the people of France, and although that
Principle found no great favour iu Muscovite eyes,
still, when he was fully recognised as one of the
Great Powers, and treaties entered into in which
Le was one of the "high contracting parties," he
might be met on equal terms, without any degra-
dation even to the AUTOCRAT himself. But ladies,
particularly German ladies, are great sticklers for

etiquette, and there would be a double shock in
receiving a lady Sovereign who was not of the
" genuine stock." This was the difficulty, and
in one respect it proved an insuperable one. The
CZARINA got a most convenient malady, which
prevented her attendance at Stuttgardt, and, con-
sequently, that of the Empress EUGENIE.
The moment, however, that a decision was
communicated that NAPoLSoN would not be
accompanied by his fair Consort, a mira-
culous cure was effected. Health was instan-
taneously restored to the Imperial patient, who
forthwith started to enjoy the festivities at Stutt-
gardt. This was naturally regarded as a deli-
berate insult, and may possibly have ren-
dered NAPOLEON less complaisant than
might otherwise have been the case. The
Czar's objects may have been foiled, or neutralised
by the act of his spouse. Her woman's nature
could not, however, resist the opportunity of
inflicting a public slight on one of her own rank.

FREDERICK WILLIAM held aloof from the Con-
ference, although earnestly invited. He still
maintains the isolation into which he was plunged
by his conduct during the Russian war. He keeps
6: on his own hook," haying always a steady eye
to the main chance. He also knows that he can
ascertain how matters are arranged from his
nephew, and contrive to get share of the good
things going.
The conference at Weimar is the natural com-
pliment and corollary to that at Stuttgardt. He
also will learn the decisions arrived at, and what
part he is expected to enact in the imperial drama.
We cannot say that we regard these combinations
and confederacies with favour. Monarchs seldom
trouble themselves to promote the welfare, happi-
ness, or prosperity of the peoples.
It may be that some new designs are enter-
tained against the cause of liberty. England's
(Indian) difficulty may be regarded as the oppor-
tunity for obtaining advantages, and practising
coups d'etat which she might not regard very favour-
ably. The slight to the Empress EUGENIE will, how-
ever, open IsTeroLzox's eyes to the danger of trusting
too far to his brother Emperors. At all events this
is certain, that, despite every complication, Great
Britain will assert her dignity, and maintain the
high position she has so long and 83 justly occu-
pied amongst the great Powers of Europe.