The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-16 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

On the Dallas shootings two hundred brace cf
grouse were bagged in four days, by Mr. Curwen,
Mr. North, and a friend. At Culduthel, Major Inglis
7i brace of grouse and ten brace of black game in
one day. Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Vivian have bagged
116 brace at Aberarder. On the 31 instant, the
Master of Lovat shot, at Kilmorack, fifteen brace of
grouse, one red deer, and two roe, the latter right and
left shots. In the forest of Glenstrathfarer, Lord Lovat
stalked and shot, in four days, four heavy stags, all
with royal heads, and a fifth with nine antlers. On
Saturday, Captain Inge killed a pair of very fine fat
stags, one shot each, right and left. On Wednesday,
last week, the Earl of Leicester shot a fine
stag with seven points. A fine woodcock was
killed on the 24th of August at lochaber by
Mr. Stephen Blair, M.P. for Bolton. We learn
that Mr. T. B. Crompton did not commence shoot-
ing at Corrour until the 31st ult., since which
he has had excellent sport. Oa Wednesday, the 4th
instant, with two friends, he bagged 88 brace of
grouse, and on Friday, the 6th, with three friends,
104 brace and a half—Mr. Crompton killing 38
brace to his own gun. The birds were large and in
fine plumage, many of them weighing as much as
29 ounces. Upwards of 70 brace of hares have also
been killed. At Glengarry, on the 2d, Captain Barker
shot 361 brace grouse, two brace black game, one
woodcock, and six hares.

Salmon-fishing, the noblest sport of the angler, has
sadly disappointed its votaries this season from the
scarcity of fresh-run fish in the Highland streams,
and some of our correspondents inveigh bitterly
against the " murderous monopoly of nets and
cruives." For nearly two months past the Ness,
Findhorn, and Spey have yielded little or no sport,
and a skilful angler of the Spey—Mr. Grant of Car-
ron—renowned for his fine casts of long line, Spey
fashion, lately gave up the fishing in despair and went
to his moors. Lord Saltoun and a party in the Rothes
streams are taking a few good grilse, ands fine
salmon of 241bs. has been killed by his Lordship's
keeper. On the Elchies water Mr. Ella (the Di-
rector of the Musical Union) has killed a salmon of
221bs. This gentleman some years since killed in the
Arndilly streams a fish weighing 271b5., but such
windfalls seldom crown the labours of the angler. A
fine specimen of the salmo ferox was captured the
other day on the Upper Garry by Mr. Elice's
keeper. It weighed 16ilbs., and was taken by the
artificial fly, a circumstance th It rarely happens. On
the river Brora a noble fresh-run salmon of 301bs.
was on Thursday last killed by Mr. Hector Gunn.
Ihe late rains hay: greatly improved the rivers on the
east coast. The Nt sQ, as we have said, has been sin-
gularly unproductive. Last year, between the Ist of
August and th•s 14th of September, the grilse and
salmon caught in our river numbered nearly
500. This year the number will not be more
than from 70 to 80. We know too little of the
habits of the salmon to assign any particular reason
for such a falling off, but it has been ascertained that
over the whole north of Scotland the fish have hung
about the mouths of the rivers without venturing up,
as if the quality of the water was obnoxious. In the
month of July an unusual drought prevailed over the
country, which had the effect of diminishing the ordi-
nary volume of the rivers; this, at least in the case
of the Ness, was attended by a depreciation in the
quality of the water, which induced the fish to remain
in the sea. The fresh which followed this drought

is now gradually subsiding, and within the last fort-
night the sport has generally improved, though
still inferior to the average of rears ; and the same,
so far as we can learn, may be said of the rivers in
Sutherland, the west coast-, and the north gene-
rally. Last week the members of the Angling Club
ht. re had some fair spore. One member (Mr. D.
Nicol) was fortunate enough to catch three fine grilse
on two consecutive evenings ; others have caught two
or three fish in the course of the week ; but the most
constant and successful anglers on the Ness have
throughout the whole season scarcely basketed a dozen
salmon. Captain Forbes, we believe, has caught
about ten fish ; Mr. Nicol, eleven ; Mr. Lowe, four
or five ; and other gentlemen have had some sport.
Sir J. R. Carnac and party, who have been fishing in
the upper pools of the river,met with excellent sport
one morning last week, Mr. Wilkinson having caught
no fewer than four fine fi,h before breakfast. now
far the last few days ( f the fishing may alter these
proportions must 3et he seen ; we hope that the im-
provement which has been going on of late may
continue till the eventful 14'h insfant.—lnverneb.s
Courier.

THE EARL OF CLARENDON IN

EELFAST.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is at present en-
gaged in making a progress through the province of
Ulster, and on Thursday he arrived at Belfast. In
narrating the visit of his Excellency to the Linen-
hall, the _Belfast Commercial Chronicle thus sr eaks
of the prospect of the linen trade of Belfast :
A grand experiment is now being made, which
promises to issue in national advantages to an extent
which it would he difficult to estimate—the present
fair occupant of the British throne has dispelled the
illusion which has hitherto influenced the monarchs of
England—that to emerge from the seclusion of a
palace, diminished the respect of the people for the
regal office, and their veneration for the highest per-
sonage in the realm. Royalty has seldom descended
to the platform of real life, save to review fleets and
armies, to open and dissolve senates; now there is a
royal recognition and patronage of science, arts, and
commerce, the great interests of the people as per-
sonally inspected by the Sovereign, or her represen-
tative, and royal favour gives an impulse to genius
and enterprise. We fully concur in the sentiments
of Hume in his " Essay on Civil Liberty ;" he re-
marks—" It may now be affirmed of civilized Mo-
narchies, what was formerly said in France of Repub-
lics alone, that they are a government of laws and not
of men. They are formed of order, method, and

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constancy, to a surprising degree—property is there
sacred, industry encouraged, the arts flourish, and the
Prince lives secure among his subjects like a father
among his children."
The memorable visit of her Majesty to her Irish
dominions, we are persuaded, proved not only a power-
ful stimulus to the development of the national genius
and energy, but did more to unite the affections of
the people to the British Crown, to strengthen the ties
of the international union, allay discontent, and
eradicate faction, than the labours of the senate and

the efforts of the most eminent statesmen have been
able to effect during the years of perplexed and
baffled successive administrations. We rejoice to find
the Irish executive are determined to carry out the
enlarged and benevolent policy of the Crown, and
that her Majesty's representative, the Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, with the view of giving efficacy
to the noble designs of his Royal Mistress, visits the
capital cf Ulster to shed " reflected rays" on those
great institutions which give this province so proud
a pre-eminence, and visit those great mercantile
establishments Nil bleb have placed the metropolis of
Ulster alongside the largest commercial cities of the
empire.

Fully aware the linen trade of Ireland, the staple
of the north, would engage a large share of his Excel-
lency's consideration, and knowing his anxiety fully
to develope the great capabilities of the island, to in-
crease to an indefinite extent the great arm of her
commerce, we enjoyed the anticipated triumph of
his Lordship's admiration of that splendid establish-
ment, the Belfast White Linen Hall, and doubted not
bis Excellency would participate in the feelings with
which her Majesty the Queen was influenced when
inspecting the magnificent establishment of Messrs.
Sadler, Fenton, and Co. So soon as it was officially
announced that his Lordship would, on Thursday,
immediately after receiving the address of the Mayor
and Corporation, visit this great emporium of the
linen trade of Ireland, the business of the house was
held in abeyance, and the officials and operatives were
employei in arranging the various fabrics, designed
for the home and foreign trade, so as to facilitate the
exhibition, and to afford to his Excellency every pos-
sible gratification.
Some idea may be formed of the extent of this
great establishment, when we state that it embraces
about one• third of the quadrangle, and occupies two
floors, measuring about 517 feet, it is intersected by
a vast number of arches, presenting several aspects of
long and magnificent arcades, and the presses being
painted blur, exhibit a chaste and elegant contrast to
the pure and beautiful bleach of the linen ; there are
four officep, in one of which her Majesty received two
addresses on the memorable occasion of her visit to
the Ball in 1849, a memorial of which, underneath
the portraits of the Queen and Prince Albert, is sus-
rnded from the wall, being the only commercial
establishment in her Majest3's dominions which has
been so honoured.

Whilst visiting the Linen Hall his Excellency re-
ceived en address from the Ro3 al Flax Society, to
which he made a most gracious reply. Ilia subsequent
visit to one of the manufacturing establishments of
the city is thus described in the Belfast Commercial
Chronic•'e

Immediately of er receiving the address of the
Royal Irish Flax Society, his Excellency, surrounded
by a brilliant staff, and accompanied by the mayor
and town clerk in their robes, the foreign consuls,
the committee of the Linen Hall, the committee of
the Royal Irish Flax Society, and a vast number of
the gentlemen of the town and surrounding country,
walked across the quadrangle of the hall, and entered
the door of the yarn establishment of Messrs. S. G.
Fenton and Co., where his Lordship was introduced
into the private office, where her Alsjesty received
two addresses on the occasion of her visit in 1849
His Lordship was received at the entrance by Mr.
William Grogan (in the unavoidable absence of Mr.
Fenton in England), and conducted by that gentle-
man over the entire establishment, including
the yarn and linen department of Messrs. S. G.
Fenton and Co, and the linen establishment
of Messrs. Sadler, Fenton, and Co. His Excellency
in the brief time which could be devoted to the pur-
pose, examined moat minutely the vrrious specimens
both of yarn and linen submitted to his inspection,
and appeared particularly interested in the explana-
tions and information afforded by Mr. Grogan; in-
deed, the amazing variety and vast extent of this cele-
brate d establishment must have deeply impressed his
Excellency with the national importance of the linen
trade, and will doubtless tend more than ever to secure
the patronage ef Government in every possible way,
still further, to develop to the utmost possible extent
the amazing capabilities of the country. On his
Lordship inquiring how the linen was procured,
Mr. Grogan informed him that till within the last
20 or 25 years the bleachers purchased nearly all
their linen in open market, where they were brought
for sale. The farmer generally planting a small quan-
tity of flax, the females of his family spinning it into
yarn and his sons weaving it, thus in fact becoming
a small manufacturer himself, but that at present
nearly the entire supply was furnished by large
manufacturers, Mr. Grogan appealing to the experi-
ence of Mr. Sharman Crawford, who stood beside his
Excellency, as to the correctness of his statement. 11,
passing through the assorting room his Lordship's
attention was directed to the various styles of orna-
menting for foreign market., a large shipment being
in course of prepartion. On examining some cam-
bric handkerchiefs, the manufacture of Mr. Makoltn
of Lurgan, Mr. Grogan stated to his Excellency that
for years past the English sh opkeepers had been sup-
plied with the low qualities of this manufacture,
which were able to furnish cheaper than the French.
On his Lordship inquiring why we could not supply
them equally fine with the French, Mr. Grogan re-
plied they devoted more care and attention to the
tine fabrics, but he thought we should very speedily
rival them in their finest fabrics.
Previous to bis Lordship's leaving he was intro
duced into Mr. Fenton's private office, where a large
s.pecimen of Californian gold was shown him, weigh-
ng 2ibs. 2oz. sdwts., received as a remittance for
linens shipped to foreign markets, which appeared ti
interest his Excellency, who, on returning it, said,
" he hoped they should have similar returns to an un-
limited amount." His Excellency then gas e his au•
tograph in the visiting•book. On Mr. Grogan's
laughingly stating his delicacy in submitting the vi-
siting-book, after the recent disastrous result connected
with such a circumstance to the unfortunate General
ilaynau, his Lordship, smiling, replied, " he had come
amongst us without the slighest apprehension." On
leaving his Excellency expressed his highest gratifi-
cation with all he had seen, and his regret that hi'
limited time prevented a more minute inspection, and,
sht.king hands cordially with Mr. Grogan, he departed
with the same escort with which he entered the Hall,
leaving behis,d bier the most favourable impression
both ot the dignity and urbanity of his manners.
IVe have no hesitation in affirming our opinion,
that, amidst the rzstivities in which his Excellency
shall participate in the princely halls of the Stewarts,
he will have a more solid source of enjoyment in con-
templating the growing importance and commercial
prosperity of the capital ot Ulster, especially as re-
gards the linen trade, and the heartfelt demonstra-
tions of loyalty which have been exhibited by the
peaceable, industrious and intelligent population of
the province. IVe also anticipate his Lordship's
dispatches to Whitehall will place in the strongest

colours before the Government the legitimate claims
of Belfast, for custom, excise, and f.ostal est sblibh-
ments, more in keeping with the importance ~f the
port, and the wants of its great mercantile corn.
inanity.

I THE APPROACHING EXPLOSION
AT SEAFORD.
(Abridged from the Brighton Herald.)
As the blowing up of the cliff, to form a break-
water east of Seaford, will take place on Thursday
next, and persons are expected to come from all parts
of the kingdom to be spectators of it, some account
of the works in their present state, and of the locality,
may not be unacceptable to the public.
A stranger, if he intend to leave London, as many
scientific men will do, to witness the explosion, will
have three routes to Seaford open to him. Ile may
proceed to Hayward's Heath by the London and
Brighton line, through Lewes, direct to Newhaven,
by line ; cr he may come to Brighton, where he will
have the choice of two routes; one along the cliffs
from Brighton to Newhaven, the distance between
the two places that way being only about eight or
nine miles; but the road is very hilly, at places close
to the edge of the cliffs, and at night very danger-
ous ; and on this road there are no vehicles, unless
hired for the occasion. Since the formation of the
railway this road is little frequented. The third route
is from Brighton by rail to Lewes, from whence the
rail is continued to Newhaven.
We understand that a number of officers and men
of the Artillery are expected from Woolwich to wit-
ness the F pectr cle, and gentlemen residing in the
vi inity expect visitors from Hastings, Dover, Tun-
bridge Wells, 8:1. There is no doubt but that the
little obscure town of Seaford will be quite astonished
and enraptured at thus becoming suddenly a point of
attraction from all parts of the kingdom.
The distance—we write for the information of per.
sons residing in London or elsewhere—from Brighton
to Lewes, per rail, is eight miles ; from Lewes to
Newhaven, seven ; making fifteen ; whereas the hilly
road from Brighton to Newhaven is only nine. The
usual time to go per rail from Brighton to Newhaven
is something under an hour ; but as excursion trains
will probably be put on on this occasion, the distance
may be done in a much less time.

A sentinel, in reply to our inquiry for the way to
the explosion works, very civilly directed us to pro-
ceed by a path which had been made on the " full" of
the beach. Thither we went, and soon found our-
selves under some heavy sand cliffs. Emerging to the
eastward of these we had to creep along the beach
close under vast cliffs of chalk (carbonate of lime—
not like the cliffs on the other side of the Channel,
which are limestone), the sea washing up almost to
one's feet, leaving at places barely room to walk be-
tween the cliffs and water. The cliffs here are from
200 to 230 feet high. They are as white as snow,
interlaced with lines of black flint, generally running
longitudinally, but here and there vertically. Against
these cliffs the beach, when the sea is rough and the
tide is up, is thrown with extreme violence, so that
the face of the chalk rock—and there are no " ruins"
of chalk—is continually worn away, and when under-
mined at the bottom vast masses come tumbling down
from above.

We had to proceed along the heavy beach for
maybe half a mile, and then we came to a large
mound of chalk which had been thrown out of the
gallery of the works. Ascending the mound, we had
next to mount a long flight of wooden stairs, and at
last found ourselves in a cave of the cliff. On the
beach we had previously met Captain Froome sketch-
ing the face of the cliff's. We informed him of the
object of our visit, and he immediately expressed a
wish to assist us in any way in his power, and he at
once proceeded to the cave. This is thirty-five feet
above tl-e level of the sea; and one of the great
difficulties in the work was the formation of this
cave. It had to be cut at the above height in the
face of the cliff. The chalk is very hard, and when a
fragment was dissevered, it fell at once, endangering
the lives of those who cut it away as well as of those
below. An excavation—large enough to contain a
man—was made at last, and increased till large
enough to hold about twenty men, a column being
left in front to support the chalk above. The work
now became comparatively easy, though the
labour was very great ; and the heat in the gallery
would have been intolerable, but that as soon as the
excavation had been carried a considerable distance
into the rock, a very simply-constructed but effective
air-pump, worked by hand, was employed. The
whole of the works are under the control of Sir John
Burgoyne, but under the immediate direction of Cap-
tain Froome, whilst the voltaic batteries are manage d
by Mr. Ward.
The cave, we have said, is 3.5 feet above the level
of the sea. At the back of the cave the great gallery
commences, and gradually ascends for 70 feet into
the rock. At the extremity of this, the great gallery
—'aere 60 feet above the sea—through which you
walk in an upright position, two other galleries branch
off—ene on the right hand the other on the lett—so
that this portivn of the works resembles a capital T.
These branch galleries are neither so wide nor so
high as the great one, so that, in going to the ex-
tremities of either you are cautioned to stoop, or you
may bump your head harder than would be agree-
able against the rock above. At the extremity of
either of these side branches the visitor will find him-
self in another cave, about a dozen or 14 feet square,
to reach the floor of which he descends a step some
12 or 14 inches de( p. The roof over head is also
higher very considerably than the side galleries.
The men were now employed in battening or
planking all the sides of these caves. Wren that is
done the powder will he placed in them, and after the
voltaic wires have been laid the whole of the galleries
will be " tamped" up with sand-bars. There bags
are about two feet long, and about 20 er 30 inches
round. It is obvious that if the galleries leading
from the caves at each end of the T were not securely
stopped up, the powder, when exploded, instead of
blowing down the cliff would rush through the galle-
ries. To prevent this the galleries are " tamped" up
with a great number of these sand-bags, which will
offer more resistance to the exploded powder than the
chalk rock itself. In these caves, at the end of each
arm of the 'l', are now placed 1,200 lb. of powder.
These are the two principal charges. It was well we
went the day we did, for the next day (Thursday
last) the men began to " tamp" up the galleries with
the sand bags, and all ingress to visitors was conse-
quently cut off.
Such are the lower works for the explosion, and
they have no connexion, it must be observed, what-
ever with the works above, except that of the vultaio
wire.

The cliff thrown down at D wer a few years ago,
was a projectior, with a fissure behind it. There is
nothing of the kind at Seaford. Tire cliff is compa-
ratively straight, and of folid chalk rock. It requires
a great force, therefore, to displace any portion of it,
and the quantity of powder has constquently hetn
increased—taking into account all the charges—from
18,0001 b. to 27,0001 b.

Lacing, then, the lower works, we returned by
the way we came, and ascended by a pathway through
bills of sand to the upper works.

It was intended at first to sink a semicircular trench
of great depth, enclosing the upper part of that por-
tion of the cliff to be thrown headlong into the sea;
but this plan, which it would have taken months to
complete, was abandoned, and it was decided to sink
five shafts (or wells) at cetain distances from each
other in the hoe where the trench was to have been
dug. These shafts being all finished in a much
shorter time than the trench could have been dug, the
day for the explosion was fixed for the 19th Septem-
ber, instead of some day in Desembsr, as formerly
contemplated. All these five shafts are auxiliary to
the great works bt low, upon which everything de-
pends. At the bottom of each shaft (each 40 feet
deep) a large quantity of powder is placed ; on that
sand-bags, and the whole is filled up with chalk rock.
The wires from the voltaic battery are conveyed to
the works below over the face of the cliff, whilst
other wires are laid to the powder of each of the shafts
of the upper work•. When all is ready, a single
touch of the voltaic battery in the little wooden house
will fire the platina wires inserted in the powder, and
down, as if by magic, will fall tens of thousands of
loads of chalk rock.

One of the reasons fur these works being executed
at so small an expense, is the fact of her Majesty's
Sappers and Miners being employed. The men like
the work, and prefer it to being shut up in barracks
er garrison.
There is much difference of opinion as to the noise
and effect of the explosion. Some of the people of
Seaford have been advised to open all their windows
and doors, so as to avoid as much as they can the
consequences of an explosion of 27,0001b5. of powder,
and it is expected that the earth will be shaken for
miles round, as if by an earthquake. But others
think that the noise will not be very great, nor tae
air materially disturbed, and though the earth will be
shaken it will not be so much 50 as to cause alarm.
Care will, of course, be taken to keep the people at
a proper distance, or accidents might occur of a de-
plorable nature. The best place to see the explosion,
if the Heather is favourable, w, uld be a mile or so
at sea.

The prospect from the upper works is very exten-
sive, and, in fine weather, as we hope to have on the
day of the explosion, beautiful. On the brow of the
hill you see a long way down Channel. Turn round
and you Fee Cuckmere Haven, Beachy Head, and a
long way up Channel. Look towards the north-east,
and you see the hills above Alfriston, Windermere
Mill, Walbarton Church, and as fertile a country as
the sun shines upon. Turn again to the north-west,
Seaford lies at your feet, Bishopstone and Newhaven
before you, and the Owe Valley and Rodmill Mills
in the distance. It is altogether a country worth
visiting ; particularly at a time when the greatest ex-
plosion of the.kind ever known in this country is to
be made.

The explosion will take place on Thursday next,
the 19th inst•, between twelve and three r.u.

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DOINGS ABOUT BALMORAL.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
On Friday, the 13th, the whole of the tenantry in
the neighbourhood of Balmoral were summoned to
fish for the amusement of her Majesty aid Prince
Albert. The kind of fishing adopted was what is in
the country generally termed "pouting," that is, a row
of nets are extended across a part of the stream,
then some twenty or thirty men, each armed
with a spear or pole, get into the river a good
way further up, and drive the fi,h down to the nets.
Some fine salmon were killed i❑ this manner, and the
Royal party seemed much to enjoy the exciting
scene.

Just as the fishing was about being concluded
Capt. Forbes, of AshLorne', with forty-two retainers,
in full highland costume, came up to the party, and
were carried through the river on the backs of the
tenantry. He then proceeded to pay his respects
to the Queen at 13.ilmoral, she having left a short
time before his arrival. Captain Forties is an en-
tbusiastie Highlander, and being such, takes pleasure
in keeping up old Highland customs. 03e which
Ferhaps is not generally known may be mentioned :
After he and all his party bad been carried over the
stream, he pulled off his brogue, and filling it
with whisky, drank the health of the party who had
carried his men through.
On Saturday a balloon was sent up from the
neighbourhood of the Lochnagar Royal Distillery,
for the amusement of the royal children. It ascended
in an easterly direction towards Abergeldie, the seat
of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her
Majesty and Prince Alber, with the royal children,
followed it for some distance in their carriage. It
remained in the air about half an hour.

THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG.
(From the Times)

ADVANCE OF THE HOLS FE-IN TROOPS ON
ECKERNFORDE ; REPULSE OF THEIR, AT-
TACK ON THE BRIDGE OF MISSUNDE.
RENDAIURG, SEPT. 13.—The severest engagement
that has taken place between the two armies since the
battle of lastedt occurred yesterday, the Schleswig-
Holstein troops having made a reconnaissance to-
wards Eekernforde and Missunde in a strong force,
and attacked the bridge across the Schlei at the latter
point, but without success; after cannonading the
defences of the bridge on the north bank of
the Schlei for more than an hour, the artillery
was recalled, and the troops supporting it retired
along the line of country by which they had ad-
vanced during the day, bivouacing to the north of
their original positions. After the cannonade ceased,
and as the troops sent forward with the batteries
were retiring, the Dines, who had drawn in the
bridge, threw it across the creek again, issued
from the entrenchments with several field-pieces,
and for some time annoyed the Holsteiners,
who were en the chaussie to Eckernforde,
and immediately south of it considerably ; but
they were in too great force to he pursued, and as
soon as the Danes discovered the strength of the bat-
talions which had not been engaged, they ceased the
pursuit and regained their fortified position. The at-
tack bad the result of proving that the Danes have
cons'ructed such entrenchments that, without a very
superior force, they cannot be taken, and then only
with the certainty of sustaining a great loss; and this
is true of every point of their position south of the
Schlei, from Missunde to the town of Schleswig itself.
It was known on the evening of the 11th that a
movement somewhat more important than usual was
contemplated. A large number of waggons, put in
requisition for the bigpge, the knapsacks of the
infantry, &c., lift Reodshurg during the night; the
head-qaarters of the advanced guard, under Colonel
Gerhard and Major von Stutterheim, were at Holz
bunge, a little hamlet between the two lakes Wit-
tenses and 13ateneee. In a farm-house here
the Colonel and his adjutants were finishing a
Teniers-looking breakfast when I arrived, and de•
tachments of troops were already moving forward
between Re,ndsburg and this point. I passed them
concentrating on the line of road northward, from
several directions, by Budelsdorf. The waggons
that hal gane in the night were already packed
with the knapsacks of the infantry and chasseurs,
which are thus taken on without compelling the men
to march under an oppressive weight. Further on
two pontoons wc.rc mounted oa waggons, with others
carrying the materials far bridging over a stream,
but they were never used, and this part of the
train did nothing but encumber the narrow
roads, both during the advance and the retreat, if the
word [nayne us-d, and if in tying it Ido not " mis-
call retire." Tee first purpose ut the movement was
to clear all the country north from the head of the
Wiileasce Lake to Eckernforde, Missuede, aed as fir
west of it towards Schleswig as might be possible, of
the Dieish troops encamped in the intei vening space,
but not entrenched. A force quite strong enough to
etre-A it was taken ; the whole of the advanced guard
of Colonel Gerhard's brigade moved up through Da-
mendoif to Osterl-ze ; the 4 h and 12th battalions of
infantry farmed the sight wing of the advanced guard,
a•id took a route, but more to the east, upon
Kochendart; a corps of Jagersa still mere to the
right, advanced on Wester thil and Eekernforde itself.
I took the same road as the 4 ii battalion of lefantry
to Osterbza since one route must needs be chosen!,
and cannot speak of what occurred on the left
and centre, except from report. Fur some time our
route lay along the shore of the Wittensee, close
to the water's edge ; it was a lovely morning, cool,
with a brilliant sun—one of those days which make
the early autumn one of the pleasantest seasons
of the year. The lake shone like a sheet of
silver, and the wooded baaks were reflected
clear and sharp in it to ev:ry minute detail
in i s depth. Beyond the village of Great Wittensee
we turned off the Eckenforde read to the left, and
by various indirect and crooked ways—which the
maps themselves do not give very accurately, for
more thin one mistake had to be rectified by return-
ing—we got on the ground till lately within the
Danish lines. It was anticipated that the Danish
outposts would be found somewhere about Osterbze,
and the c ilculatien proved pretty correct. About
half past twelve o'clock an irregular fire of small
arms to our right indicated that the Jagers advancing
in that direction o7i -Westerthel had conic upon them,
and it was equity as evident that the Danes were re-
tiring ; the Came process was going on on the left,
and we had nothing to do but to listen and aptculate.
We had got beyond Osteraze and were approaching
Kochendoif be!ore anything was visible, but there we
saw the last of a Danish company being driven from
a wood to the right of the latter village. The Danes
retired so readily, aid were dislodg, d from point to
point with so little dalieulry, that they plainly acted
on odors to fail back it attacked in any force
without exposing them,alves to lots, atal retire
within the fortified position behind them ; thus the
advance was little more than a march ; by
three o'clock the whole staff were in Kochendorf,
and the extensive camp constructed by the Dines
to the north of the , village abandoned. But the
country between Kochenuorf and Missunde was
not quite cleared of them ; a few field-pieces were
still keeping up a fire on them as the 21 and 412 bat-
talions of the Helsteiners were coming up from the
rear and forming a little in advance of the village
itself. It was four o'clock before the artillery intended
for the attack on the bridge at Missunde was sent
forward, accompanied by the above-named bat-
talions. As two or three thousand men and a long
train of heavy guns, with all their attendant am-
munition and reserve waggons, are not to be moved
over a vi%en space of greund in the twinkling of an
eye, and I had had some previous experience of
how long such a process requires, I gave them an
hour to get into position, and sat down quietly on the
top of a hill near the village to calculate chances ; '
the first problem being whether the Holsteiners
would take the bridge or not, and the second
which of the neighbouring localities looked the
iteast promising as to refreshments. On the slope
of a hill in front of me was the empty camp of the
Danes, and as where soldiers congregate something
in the shape of a " public" is never fur off, I fol- •
!owed the moving column towards it; and found,
just. where it might have been expected, a little
ii:zrthshaus; three girls were flirting audaciously
with the artillerymen as they passed by, leaving all
the work of the crisis to an old woiLari who was
hoisting water from a well. Astill older man, in a state
of stupefaction, vs as looking at the soldiers, and won•
dering, in plait Deutsch, " NV here, in God's name,
do all the people come from ?" He caught me by
the collar with the hook el his stick, and appealed
to me as a Larldsmarin to solve the ditlisuaae 1
told him simply " ltendsburg and the camp," but he
shook his head 'doubttudy, aid I fear has not settled
tt'e matter to his satisfaction yet. There was a
buckst of cola water at the door, which the soldiers
were drinking greedily, and a remote prospeet of cof-
fee inside if I locked strictly to the grinding and boiling
myself. A beginning was made, and till the end should
be reached, I, like the oil man, watched what was
passing. A cannoneer was walking up and down the
entrance, stamping and swearing for pain, his bend
having been severely burned by a grenade. Some
waggons with wounded drove up, for the can-
nonade that had driven the Dines from their
last position had not been quite harmless; the
wounds were mostly severe; one poor mats had
his leg completely shattered ; another, who had been-
aquas in the stomach, was already in the igeries of
death, and more were arriving, The immense mass