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Srintt or Revense Exempciriep.-—On, the even- ing of the 5th instant as a farmer named Daniel Friley, of Drom, was about returning home from the fair of Templemore, a man named Ryan, a blacksmith, courte- ously asked him to take a “treat ;” and after having done so, Ryan, without any provocation, struck him with his fist, knocking himto the ground, when a fellow

named Gleeson came in and with a“ skull-cracker”|

struck at Friley, who is 64 years of age, and inflicted some serious injuries on the poor old man’s head, which endangered his life. The cause assigned for this dis- graceful assault on Friley is, that he withdrew his work from Ryan, and that a cousin of his was accused of

having murdered Gleeson’s father about thirty-five aaaetadiatt. . | The Delhi Gazette, of the 8th Dec., gives the follow-

years ago!—.Nenagh Guardian.

ITALY. Accounts from Rome to the 7th January state that Cardinals Feretti and Altieri, two of the most influen- tial members of the Sacred College, had arrived at Rome

tour days previously, from Gaeta, and were the bearers! nuzgur, and General Cureton was directed to halt until that this is a mistake),

of proposals from the Pope ofa conciliatory nature. | Among the proposals was that of an amnesty to all poli- tical offenders, with the exception of the murderers of M. Rossi. It was said that the most able and influen- | tial leaders of the movement, and among others the minister Sterbini, had replied that they had it not in their power to induce the members of the ultra-demo- cratic clubs to accept those conditions, however reason- able they might be, withont the assistance of an armed force acting.in the name of the Pope. In consequence of the arrivals of the cardinals, Prince Corsini and-the whole ofthe municipality of Rome had given in their resignations.

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were enabled only, in the confined space of the attack, /and light-coloured garments strongly contrasted (says to take ground, and especially in the gully, which had this narrative) with the bodies of the British troops, to been so well covered as to be altogether impregnable.;which the eyes of our officers had been lor Bome time ‘The British troops at length withdrew, (the engage-| past accustomed, In drawing out their fire to ascer- ment having lasted about twenty. minutes,) having cut)tain their real strength in guns, and pressing perhaps | down about eighty Sikhs. Unfortunately Major-genera) rather too zealously in pursuit of those of the fugitives (Cureton, Colonial Havelock, and Captain Fitzgerald, of who appeared to be within reach, while crossing at the the 14th dragoons, were killed, and Captain Cautley, of| ford, with the water to the Waist, Lieut.-Colonel Lan’s the 8th light dragoons, was wounded. On the 3rd | troop of Horse Artillery (2nd of the 3rd Brigade) got ultimo the inain body of troops crossed the Chenaub/into heavy sand before they were aware of it, anda under the fire of batteries they had erected, and which) leading horse having been shot, it was found, when the silenced those of the enemy on the islands in the river./order came to limber up and retire, that one of the guns

DEFEAT OF THE SIKHS BY THE BRITISH. |COUld not be moved. The Sikhs were not slow at

ing account of the skirmish at Ramnuggur:—* The enemy, who had been reported in force at the several places indicated, but who had always evacuated them before they were occupied by us, were at length ascer-

more troops came up. Brigadier-General Campbell joined his Camp on the 12th, taking command as senior officer, and, bringing up. another brigade. A further advance was made shortly afterwards, and on the 17th the camp was near Akalghur (commonly written Allee- poor in the letters from camp). General Cureton went on with a small party to Jook at the village in the after- noon, and was fired upon; some of the rebel cavalry were also. seen on the occasion; but not a man_ after that ou the 17th or 18th, though a report . was then still rife that Shere,Singh had, on the 17th strengthened his force on the left bank of the Chenab. If he did so on

On the 12th a mob in the forum attempted to pull; down the Pontifical arms. They were at once fired | on by the civic guard and dispersed. Every attempt at disturbance is at once put down by the authorities.

A conspiracy was discovered on the 13th among the officers of the line, to effect a revolt in favour of the! restoration of the temporal power of the Pope. The, Minister of War, instead of causing military law to be enforced, according to the regular form, has only exiled these officers from the State and deprived them of their rank.

The Speranza, of Rome, of the #2th, announces the | return from Gaeta of the Sardinian Envoy. Extraordinary tothe Pope. It appears, by letters from Gaeta, that his mission had not been successful, that he was recejved by the Pope only in his private character, and that the’

Pope had even threatened him to recal his ambassador| from Turin, on account ofa suspicion that the Sardinian. Cabinet was in relation with the Roman Government. | ‘he threat ofexcommunication has produced no effect} in the rural districts, and the people are universally de- termined to vote in the election of the Constituante,

FRANCE,

France makes but very slow progress towards a set- tled and satisfactory administrative system. ‘The in- compatable functions of an absolute Assembly and in- dependent President ciog the wheels of good Govern- ment.

[t is said that never were the hopes of the partisans of the Bourbon higher than at the present moment. They speak openly of the return of Henry V. as a matter of certainity, and the peried to which they look forward as} that of the restoration is by no means remote. An op-! position to the new President has been organised by the very parties who were recently his warmest supporters, and is becoming every day more and more dangerous. Tt is stated that the pertisans of the elder branch of the Bourbens, and those of the house of Orleans, have made up all their differences, and now go heart and hand to-

ether for the restoration of Henry V.

Mxtensive naval and military preparations are being made at Marseilles, Tonlon, and other ports, and the object is presumed.to be that of interfering in Itaiy, |

INDIA.

The first blow has been struck inthe Indian cam- pagin. By the Overland Mail we have dates from Bombay to the 20th Decewber, with advices from Cal- cutta tothe 10th, and Madras to the 12th, together with news from Moultan tothe 5th, and from the commander- in-chief's camp at Ramnuggur to the 7th December. Lord Gough joined the army of the Chenab on the 2ist November; but the ueavy guns did not arrive till the dvth, having been detained to make a detaur, to compel the unconditional surrender of a rebel fortress on the road.

A sanguinary skirmish took place at Rampuggur on the 22d, between the 3d and 14th regiments, of light dre goons, supported by three regiments of native caval- ry, two field batteries, two troops of horsg artillery, and two brigades of infantry, the whole under the command of Lord Gough, and.a large forge of Sikhs, on the left bank of the Chenaub, ‘The firet body of the enemy's cavalry who were charged by the British, are described as having steod ficm whilst almost under their sabres, and to lave then shown a singular degree of strategy and coolness, by managing to open their ranks, in order} ty tempt the further progress of the troops. ‘The oppor- tunity was. but too bolcly followed, especially by the 14th dragoons, who charged, upto a dry watercourse, where a number of matchlock men were placed in am- bush, npona larger body of Sikhs, who slowly retired,

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that day, he certainly withdrew all the troops to the right bank on the 18th, as a party that went close up to Ramnuggur could hear nothing of them, and it was previously ascertained that Alleepoor had been evacu- ated during the night of the 17th of November, On the morning of the 18th the whole force was turned out about four o'clock in the the morning, but why is not stat- ed, and remained on their parade till sunrise, when they were dismissed, and the tents ordered to be repitched. Her Majesty’s 61st Poot reached the camp of Brigadier- General Campbell on the morning of the 19th, 850

\Strong, and were attached to the brigade commanded by

Brigadier Hoggan, who had assuined charge. Authentic information had been received in the camp of Brigadier- General Campbell on the 21st, then pitched at Saharun,

nine miles 8.8. W. of Ramnuggur, and consequently, | considerably to the left of Deedar Singh ka Killah, (and! a short distance frem the camp near Akalghur), that} Shere Singh had, on the 17th of that month, been join-| ed by the Bunto troops under Ram Singh, and’ that Ae was, on the morning of the same day (the 2Ist), en-|

camped on the right bank of the Chenab, witha picket| of three regiments and four guns on the left bank, It’ was then surmised that, in consequence of the proximity | ofthe head-quarters’ camp, accompanied be Generals) Thackwall and Gilbert, operations would commence on the 22nd, especially as Lieutenant Nicolson’s Patans| having seized 12. boats at Wuzeerabad -on the first ad- vance of General Cureton to Goojranwallah about the 7th of November, . it was considered that these would, with the assistance of the pontoon train, afford all the necessary facilities for crossing the Chenab, ‘The com- mander-in-chief having also considered that the time had arrived for the cominencement of operations, orders were issued late on the night of the 2st of November,

tained to have determined on making a stand at Ram-

perceiving this most inopportune embarrassment, and |directed so hot a fire upon the spot, that it was found ‘necessary to abandon the gun, although alight field battery was brought up to cover it, (more than one ac- count says that one or two tumbrils were abandoned at the same time, and others that two wagons were left |with the gun, but we are somewhat inclined to believe But the fire of the enemy from ‘an open plain, was so heavy that nothing could be done | beyond -scattering a few of the nearest groups of the enemy, anc then retiring. The cavalry were ordered te do the same, and take shelter from the enemy's round shot behind a slope of trees to the left, where they re mained quietly fora time, the infantry being, during that interim, drawn up on the right. Some of the enemy being subsequently (it does not exactly appear at |what precise time this was the case, but it must have been some time after the artillery retired,) discovered on the left bank of the river, further down to the left, a large number of our cavalry, amongst whem were the 3rd and 14th Light Dragoons, moved down by order to dislodge them. On approaching a body of Sikh cavalry, drawn upas if to receive them, these broke and seperated to the right and left, when the dragoons charging on were brought up by a nullah, or ravine, full of mateh- lockmen, who opened a most galling fire on the Euro pean cavalry, who were comparatively helpless, bein unable to descend into the nullah. Here fell Brigadier- General Cureton, who was shot through the heart; Lieut.-Colonel Havelock, dangerously wounded ; ané Capt. Holmes, severely ; and it was with some difficulty that the men were extricated from the trap into whick they had been intentionally drawn by the enemy. Hav- ing, as represenied in our Jetter, effected their purpose,

in the camp of Brigadier-General Campbell at Saharum (with the sanction of his. Excellency, who rode over to the camp of Brigadier-General Campbeli-on_ the afternoon ofthe QIst), for the following troops to pa- rade on the ensuing morning, at three o’clock, in the front of the centre of the camp, without sound o bugle, trumpet, or dram:—The whole of the cavalry

(her Majesty’s 3dand 14th regiments of Light Cavalry | water,

though we do not exactly see how, the cavalry returned, but,in the mean time, the Sikhs had come across, and taking the six-peunder horse artillery gun (which had, however, been previously spiked by the gunners} off the carriage, bore it in triumph to their own side of the river, Atabout one p.m. the troops, who had up to that time continued under arms, received orders @ move to their new encamping ground, forming int facing the enemy about a mile and a half distant, £@"» Ramnuggur in their rear, and there they remai— .

\during the 23rd. The enemy’s fire was, however,

renewed at irregular intervals unti! the afternoon. They also fired inthe same manner during the 23rd. The following is, we have every reason to believe, a nearly correct list of casualties, of which no official retura has been published :—Brigadier-genera] Cureton, C. B., killed (shot through the heart).--Her Majesty’s 14th Light Dragoons: Colonel Havelock, killed ; or, at least, his body had not been found up to the Ist inst. Capt. Fitzgerald, wounded in five places by sword cuts, chiefly about the head and neck (since dead). Captain Gall,

-wounded. Captain M‘Mahon, wounded in the neck.—

‘Captain Scudamore, wounded. 27 men killed or miss- ‘ing; 22 men wounded.—Her Majesty’s 3rd Dragoons: ‘Captain Cautley, wounded. Seven men wounded.—5th | Light Cavalry : Lieutenant-eolone] Alexauder, right arm ‘so much injured as to render amputation necessary.— Was saved by the gallantry of Seargeant-major Drink- Captain Ryley, wounded; hit by a spent bail

Dragoons, the Sth and &th regiments of Light Cavalry,| inthe leg. 27 rank and file killed and wounded.—8th

cavalry, and the infantry on the left of the whole. The

troops and companies at quarter distance, left in front. Che camp was tocontinue standing, Brigadier Kck- ford’s brigade, with Captain Duncan’s troop of Horse Artillery, remaining as a guard for the camp. The 12th Irregular Cavalry to cover the rear of the whole column. In this order this strong detachment marched under the personal command of the Commander-in- Chief(who had come up from the head quarters’ camp to superintend the proceedings of the morning), at the appointed time, and reached the left bank of the Che- nab, near Ramnuggur, at an early hour, in the hope cf Surprising, the detachment of the enemy who were known to be on the same side. It would appear, how- ever, that these had early intimation of the movement of the British troops, and had all retired across, except a few stragglers anda picket, who fled, leaving their tents pitched. The object of the movement on our side was, however, mainly to ascertain the real strength and posi- tion of the enemy, and this was in some degree effected

disputing every iach of ground. A numerous fire was/river. Then it became apparent that their camp was

ap.oed upon the poiuts where the few men engaged

on clearing Ramnuggur, towards the left bank. of the

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and 12th Irregular Cavalry); two troops of Horse Artil-|

lery (Duncan’s and Warner's); two field batteries (Aus-|iesty's 61st Foot: One man killed.— Artillery: Two men tin’s and Dawe’s); and two brigades of infantry (those of |

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we oernes a European Regiment and 70th’ Native Infantry; and Hoggan, her Majesty’s Glst! ‘ —12%th | lar Cavalry : Captain Foot, 36th and 46th Native Infantry), The cavalry tol rouse SuLadal’ demi ued aa adeane

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Light Cavalry: 35 men killed and wounded.—Her Ma- killed, and several wounded.—43th Native Infantry :— Ensign Hardinge, A. D. C., wounded severely, shot

Holmes wounded, whilst trying to carry off the body of General Cureton, shot through the chest.

Our latest intelligence from the camp at Ramnuggtr ‘is to the 26th of November. We regret to say, that e# far as wecan learn from the varying statements thet have reached us, both Lieutenant-colonel Havelock, her -Majesty’s 14th Light Dragoons, and Captain Fitzgerald of the same corps, had died of the wounds they received during the action of the 22nd ult, The last-nained ‘officer was doing well up to the evening of the 25th, when he became suddenly worse, and expired during the night. ‘The other sufferers from wounds are said to be doing well. Amongst those mentioned as wounded, but whose names have not previously appeared, are Brigadier J. Hoggan, Captain Barnes, 3rd, Dragoons; Captain Newbolt, Commissariat; and Cornet Chetwynd. —

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MR: M’GREGOR’S PLAN OF FINANCIAL REFORM

Mr. J. M’Gregor has published, in a letter to his Gias- cow constituents, a detailed exposition of the retrench- ments which he. thinks may immediately be made in public expenditure,and of the way in which hewould avail himself of the saving thus effected to relieve the tax- payers. His statement is obscured by a multiplicity of historical and autobiographical details interwoven with