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No. 403, December 12, 1857.] THE X. E AD...
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Outram And Havelock's Persian Campaign ....
rage and determination . The elder Moore—eighteen stone in weight and six feet seven or thereabouts in height—cut hia way . out on foot . Malcolinson took one foot out of his stirrup ivlien be saw his brother officer down and unarmed ( for Ins sword had been broken to pieces by t , he fall ) , and holding on to that , the younger Moore escaped . The barrier once _ broken , and the . entrance once made , in and through poured the avenging -troopers . On and over everything they rode , till , getting clear out , they re-formed on the other side , wheeled , and swept back-r—a second wave of ruin ! Of five- hundred Persism soldiers of the 1 st Regular Regiment who composed the fated square , only twenty escaped to tell th « tale of its destruction . The Poomih horse on their side rivalled the gallantry , of the 3 rd ; the rout of the enemy was complete , the horse artillery following in their rear and mowing down , the fugitives as they thronged hastily along .
The next stroke was levelled against Mohammerah , and in the capture of this place both services were employed . It was a gallant action ; and as the boats and steamers moved up to take their positions , we can easily imagine the glow which warmed the soldier ' s heart at the picturesque . "sight . The ships decked out , as it were , for a holiday ; the river glittering in the early sunlight , its dark , dilte-fringed banks contrasting- most'effectively- with the white canvas of the Falkland , which-had loosened-sails to get into <; lose action ; the sulky-looking batteries just visible through the grey ileecy clouds which enveloped them ; the groups of brightly-dressed horsemen flitting at intervals between the trees where they had their encampment , formed , . "observes '" . Mr .-Hunt , a picture from which even the excitement of the heavy ennnonade around could not divert the attention . For three hours the Persian artillerymen stood manfully to their
guns , when , the fire slackening , the infantry wore . moved-, up . and disembarked ; a sharp rattling fire of musketry , which cleared the road until the Persian encampments were ' thoroughly descried , being smartly maintained . The line then formed in contiguous quarter-distance columns , a field battery on the right ; next came the 78 tli -Highlanders , Havelock ' s own ; after these the 126 th Native Infantry , her Majesty's G 4 th Regiment , the light battalion , the 23 rd Bengal Light Infantry , the whole covered by a cloud of skirmishers . The point of attack was the camp to .-the left Tear of the town , where Shali-Zadeh had ranged his cavalry and mounted his guns . Five hundred yards to the right the infantry weue drawn up before another entrenchment , or quartered in the batteries and date-groves adjacent . The array was formidable and far outflanked the little body of ' . Europeans-who moved to the attack . -. Without hesitation , however , Sir JuraesOutram gave
the word to advance 3 and the scarlet mass moved like a wall of hre towards the enemy ' s front . Like a mist , or a mirage , it vanished at their approach . The foe that clustered round the - entrenchments but a few minutes before , were nowhere to be seen , and their very : existence might-have been doubted but for the white tents which were still left standing , and for the army accoutrements , ammunition , band instruments , saddlery , carpets , grain , bedding , and even the dinners which strewed the ground . At the last moment that fine cavalry and those brilliantly dressed troops of infantry had lost heart , and with the chief at their head dispersed into the plains . Su < sh an action—if action , it can be called—proved decisive . The British forces
moved up to Akwaz , and the Persian army was again seen lying as it were in a trap between our troops and the Backtiri Blountains ; but , just as the former were dreaming of another engagement , the news of . ' peace arrived and disappointed their martial spirit They touched at Bushire on their tcturn to Bombay . At this spot rumours of a mutiny in Bengal were floating about ; these rumours were soon confirmed , and , with that rapid energy which always characterized him , llavelock lost no time in setting sail for Calcutta , whilst Outramand Wilson separated to their several destinations to meet again on the plains of the Jumna and Ganges . In Captain Hunt ' s volume the reader will find a concise outline of the principal events , unfortunately interspersed with very few personal incidents .
No. 403, December 12, 1857.] The X. E Ad...
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2tew Editions And Reprints. The Bentleg ...
2 TEW EDITIONS AND REPRINTS . The Bentleg Ballads ( Bentley ) is the title of ' . ' a selection of the choice ballads , songs , ' & c , contributed to Jicntley's Miscellany . The volume is edited by Dr . Doran , who contributes four dashing balhxds , seasonable at Christmas . Many varieties of style and as many degrees of merit characterize the collection , which appeal's in a compact form , and is handsomely printed . It is a companion to a new edition , long called for , of the In-(/ oldsby Legends ; ort MirlU ami Marvels ( Bentley ) . —This is a very acceptable reprint , and-wrill probably bring about an Ingoldsby revival , In the Illustrated Library , Mr . Bolui reproduces Nineveh . and its Palaces , by Joseph Bonovni , revised , augmented , and illustrated with two hundred and
forty engravings . The Philosophical Library ( H . G . Bohn ) contains ' Lectures on the Philosoph y of History , ' by G . W . F . Hegel , translated from , the third German edition by Mr . J . Sibree , M . A . One of Mr . Bohn ' s most timely and useful publications is Parti , of a new edition , ' revised , corrected , and enlarged , ' of Lowndes's well-known and valuable Bibliographer ' s Manual of Englisli Literature , ' containing an account of rare , curious , and useful books published ia or relating to Great Britain , and Ireland from the invention of printing . ' The work will appear in ei ^ ht parts , or four volumes . Every student of our literature will prize it . ° A new edition , marked for large popularity , is The Microscope : its History , Construction , end Application , by Jabez Hogg ,-with-five hundred en <» ravings ( Koutledge and Co . ) . —It . is of . interest xo all classes and ages . ° We have ceased to count the reprints of Jules Gerard , the Lion-killer . ° Mr . Lay publishes an . attractive illustrated edition . The new -Totunie of the Parlour Library ( Hodgson and Co . ) contains the ' Young Widow , ' by Mackenzie Daniels , author of the ' Scottish Heiress . ' Some monstrous tragedy or comedv is shadowed forth on the-illustrated cover .
Hicat/Rn Oi^ London.—Tlie Mortality Of L...
HicAT / rn oi ^ London . —Tlie mortality of London-continued hig h , last week , and even showed a tendency further to increase . In two previous weeks , the xlcaths ¦ were ahout 1380 ; in the week that ended last Saturday ( December 5 tli ) , they rose to 1428 . In tlio ten years 18-17-5 G , the avor « # o number of deaths in tho weeks corresponding with lust week was li $ 18 . But , as population has increased , the average for comparison must bo raised proportionally to the increase , in which case it will become 1450 . Last , week , tho births of 9 o 8 boys and 874 girls , in all 1812 children , were registered in London . In tho tou corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 , the average number waa 1501 . —Front the Registrar-General's Weekly JU-tuni . TiiE Klkctions . —Mr . Bagshaw has been returned for Harwich by a majority of ill over Mr . Arcoclockno . — Mr . Deedes was elected for East Kent on Tluirnday , ¦ without opposition . —Mr . Kwiiifj ; has been elected for Paisley by a large majority over Mr . Haly . Tim Countess Dowaour of Morlky died , at Saltram , Devonshire , on Monday night .
Professor Wiljalba :Eiiikell.—St. James'...
PROFESSOR WILJALBA : EIIIKELL . —ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . We have seen some incredible conjuring . in our time , but never anything equal to that of Professor Fiukelt ,, 'Physician to the Emperor of Ltuesia , ' & c . By the way ,- ' a court physician who can dispose of imperial gout by sleight of hand , is surely preferable to all your ordinary or extraordinary opathists ! All tlie traditional sarcasms aprniast the science of homicide fall pointless when your physician is neither a Bolus , nor a Prirgon , . hor ' . a Grt > bule , while he has the Pharmacopoeia , literally , at his fingers' ends . There is only one of the many Wizards hi : the field whom Professor Frix ran . does not infinitely surpass , and that is the Chevalier Bosco . Whether Professor Fiiikeli , can accomplish , such tricks under our very noses as some of our readers may remember Bosco playiiig with the \ nives and foxks , the cups , the eggrs , the bread , and the radishes on a private breakfast-table , we are unable to" pronounce . In Bosco ' s case the marvel of his extempore performances was enhanced by the improvised nature of the materials he used , by the absence of any confederate , or any apparatus , by tlie fact of the tricks being played in the midst of a small circle , effectually excluding the possibility of all the ordinary means of de-¦ ¦
ception . . ' . - . ¦¦ - . - - . -- :. . ¦ ¦ .. - .:..: . :. ¦ ... - ¦ ¦ . - . .. - . - From what we have witnessed of Professor Fkikett / s public performances , we dare say he can be equally ' diabolical' in private society , ^ e has now transferred his Two Hours of Illusion tothe St . James ' s Theatke , after establishing Ms reputation ( with very little aid from ' notices of the press' ) at the Hanoter SQOATm-Iioosis and-at Wiltlis ' s Rooms .-. -In . ' tlie brilliant little salle of the St . James ' s the Professor appears to greater advantage , and on Monday last he kept a crowded , but conspicuously select , audience in a state of nervous excitement and bewildered admiration for the space of two hours . Without any vulgar necTomantic pai-aphernalia , dressed ia a simple suit of tight-fitting black ( rather clovenfooty , perhaps , about the legs , and rather- Mephfetophelic about the skirts ) , moving about crisply , airily , and with noiseless feet , announcing : his tricks in a birdlike chirp of odds and ends of languages ( mostly German ) ,
Professor FutKEtL ' s mjumer is singularly engaging and amusing , and dashed with a mysterious wildness that would have infallibly consigned him to the flames in the good old orthodox times . But the great charm is the elegance and dexterity of his manipulation . The manner in which he baffles the eye in the plainest and simplest actions , is beyond hyperbole . Ho takes a hat , stirs it up with his wand , and produces from its unknown recesses , with slow deliberation , fifty silvered metal cups , then fifty eggs ; then ( tossing the hat over tho footlights ) a shower , a torrent of little perfumed flags , inscribed with neat and happy mottoes of a mild Epicurean philosophy . lie crushes tlie hat tears it to pieces , and packs up the remains in brown paper , and hands'them to the hatless owner . Presently , whilst the owner of the hat is holding up the parcel of remains , the hat itself is seen dancing- a Itesurgam ai the ceiling , and when the parcel is opened , tlie hat-owner discovers a ¦ bambino in swaddling-clothes ! As tlie Daily-News wittily remarks , one is quite humiliated to be unable to do
anything with one s own hat but—put it on . All this is done so openly and slowly , that , although you know that tlie change is effected h \ r sleight of hand , it is impossible to detect a single motion by which , the thing is done . The applause which succeeded the accomplishment of each trick was as genuine as the rapt attention during their performance , and certainly never has any conjuror startled his audience more tlian Professor Fiuk . i : u ,. He disdains everything but t '» e Impossible . To him the Impossible is alone worthy of attention ; and how easy it is to him ! He sends home grave men in a state of sulky amazement , women in a state of nervous crispaliou , and children iu a state of irrepressible wonder and delight . Professor Wiljalua . Fuikki ^ deserves to bo a hero of the holidays . Happy tho Christmas party that possesses him for an evening ! Happy the circle ; in which lie is ' at home ! ' Wcj have only one complaint to make of his public performances , and that is something like a compliment—they ' are too sliort !
I Births, Mak1uages, And Deaths. Hiimik....
I BIRTHS , MAK 1 UAGES , AND DEATHS . HIimiK . COLES . —On Thursday ., tho 3 rd iuat ., at Donyland Lodge , Oolclicstor , llio wife of Captain 11 . G . Coles , 1 st Itoyal Kc . fii incut : n . son . I HUDSON . —On tho nth iust ., at IMfsbaston , tho wire of | 'J ' hos . l- 'orbcs iiiulsou , Ksq .: ji daughter . ! 1 IODGJKS--On tin ) (! l . li inst .. no illinium's , tho wif ' o of II . 1 11 . llodgua ; a daughter . MARRIAGES . llODC . SON—SHAND . — On tho 27 th August last , at Chviat Church , Now Zealand , Christopher Oeorjro Hodgson , Esq ., to Kulo , ouly daughter of tlolm 8 hand . lisa ., of Avon I LodKo , Christ Church . "WlLLilOOMltlC-VlZlO .-On Tuesday , tho 8 th inst , at JCilKlnmton , nuixr JJinyihiHham , llonry Willioombo , H « q ., ol ' ' . Timl > ridKO- \ . yi ! llH , to Lucy Loukwooil , only daughter of tho Into John VIki 1 , l' ! . s < j ., of lloudon , Middlesex . I DEATHS . I $ LAK >] . —Killed , mliis own linen , at Gwnlior , whilo endeavouring to » 'illy * i »« men to a uonsu of their duty , on tlio uJKUt of thol 4 tli Juno , Major , V 1 . T . Jllaleo . doservedly aiul sincerely regretted , ovou by tho deluded rebels . JACO 1 J . —la camp , at ]) elhi , on tho l-lth September , at 10 p . m ., of a mortal wound , reoeivodia action that morning , whon storming and capturing the mutineers * guns . Major
George Oylo Jacob , commanding tho Hon . Company ' s 1 st Jjiiroi > oaii lioiiKiilFusiliet ' . i . SCUMlD . — -Onthplstof October , at Calicut , East Indies , Jj . li . fc ) . Suhmid , D . D ., lute , of Church Missionary Society .
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From The London Gazette. Tuosda ;/V Dece...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuosda ;/ v December 9 . KANKTUIPTCY ANNULLED . —OmvuuMoiioabt Limy , and KiiiHAUKTit Eusa . nor McDowali ,, Bristol , timber merchants . IJANKUUPTS .-Tuomah TAwi . i ., St . Mary Axo . vinogftr merchant and export oilman— 'Wiiii-IAM ] Jko . mi , i : v " FiUiKU , Lime-Btrcefc , morcliant—William Vai . \ . \ wr , Uorhov , Sussex , bookseller , stationer , and news ug-ont-JoiiN' Hi-aokweli .,, llish-street , Portsmouth , upliolsloi-or and cabinet maker—Jjjkkmiaii lliij ^ , Qiiidlm , ui )> t . oii . Salisbury , railway contractor andgonornlsliopkiHiiior ~ S . \ muki , Kaiinan , Mincing - luuii , indigo and oolonial broker— -Ionn Wihoift , Barbican , tobacco luidsnuir niainit'nctiiror—Hohkiit Hunti / b y , Hova Villas , Cliurch-utrect , Olll'toiivlllo , Hove , nour Brighton , Hhipowiicraml ami inercluuit—Wim . iaai Smith and John Wjswky , Smothvvick , Stnll ' ord . soii ]» manul ' atiturors— Bamuei . Wkutoh Johnson , JiinnhiKiiani . )> rii » tw and oatlug-hou 3 O kcepor — Wiw . rA . M ( JuuNnr , HimiiiiKhain , lacoman and liosier—Joji . v . Sjioard , ih-iHlol and . KoyiiHham , Somorsot , millor aud corn factor—Wuiuii 81 IA . W , Tudor-atroot .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 12, 1857, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12121857/page/19/
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