Glasgow Courier. — 1850-10-12 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR OCTOBER. There are various private accounts of the attack on the We are again favoured with the October number of this town and works received in Hamburg. Some estimate the popular monthly. The articles exhibit the usual talent and loss of Gen. Willisen's troops as 1,500, and even more. A ' 1 displaved by its able contributors. Mr. Bell's admirspirt report published admits that the 6th battalion lost sixteen able tale," The Ladder of Gold," still occupies a prominent out of twenty officers. part in it, and fully maintains the high character we have One of the most authentic private reports published already deservedly given to it. The great railway mit- states, yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, the attack on lionaire, air. Rawlings, seems considerably subdued, and Friedrichstadt was begun. The 6th battalion penetrated rendered none the worse man by the adverse turns which into the town, but was resisted at the blockhouse, on the have of late overtaken him in his pathway to wealth and market place, and driven back. A second attack, by the distinction; ana we presume the marriage of his second 16th battalion, likewise failed; this took place at about daughter, now on the topic, to the esteemed Mr. Farqu- eleven at night. Our loss is not inconsiderable; many bar, will be determined on and consummated on different officers have fallen, killed or wounded; about 200 casualties and be attended with happier results, than that principles, have been brought in here. Our loss may be 400 nien, of his eldest dauJiter, the amiable, though unfortunate, Another account from Kiel says—" Yesterday a sanguin. Margaret, with the aristocratic Lord Charles Eton. The on. ary combat took place. The whole day the town was bomhappy meeting, however, between that noble Lord and his barded with great success. The Grevehof and Gershof, at late University companion, the impetuous Henry Winston, which many balls had been fired in vain, at last took fire. must be matter of general regret, and the issue of' the col- At half-past five in the afternoon the storm was commanded, union will be looked for with much interest, involving, as it was thought the enemy's principal works were demo. as it does, the valuable life of his Lordship, and must eon- belied; but it unfortunately had not the hoped-for success. siderably alter the relative position of the principal tire- The infantry advanced in three columns, along the Eider malls personae of the story. Instead of giving extracts from Dike, on the road, and along the Treen Dike bat at the this tale, as we had intended, we prefer subjoining one Eider Dike only was the storming attaek carried out. As from an article of less romantic yet not inferior interest, our brave troops advanced, singing 'Schleswig-Holstein,' The subject of combinations among workmen is one which a murderous flee was opened from the whole of the lies at the very foundation of our social fabric; and every enemy's line of defence. Our troops advanced bravely; one ought to be made acquainted with the tyranny of the 6th battalion particularly distinguished itself, but lost the system wherever it is practised, and of its injurious Captain Erhard behind the dike. However, the resistance tendencies on the rights of individuals and the pros- was so great that we were obliged to give up the redoubts perity of the country. Railways have been a great bless_ which we had already taken. The 15th battalion did not tag to the moral and social well-being of all classes; but I retreat until after its ammunition waggon had blown up. Total 2,228 if they are to be placed under the control of capricious, T This column could not be supported by the others, because Total import since Ist inst 16,878 bales, the storming bridge over the ditches, which were between most nearly concerned, and the public generally, I avaricious, engineers and stokers, their usefulness to those must be Export, from Ist to 24th September. the road and the great blockhouse, broke down, and could to a very large extent curtailed. We are, therefore, very 1850. 1849. 32,039 18,828 bales, not be immediately repaired. The cannonading was kept much indebted indeed to the editor of this Magazine, and up incessantly during the assault, and a great part of the Sinc one of his contributors, for the following interesting ac. e let SeExport from the United States.pt.. 1850 55,537 bales, town, particularly the principal church, was set in flames. count of Same time, 1849 21,230 About midnight the combat was broken off; our troops