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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1857.
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may its inlet from the sea, that penetrates nearly through the complete, besides large stores of gun and musket ammunition ;
Literature.
“~ CLAIRE.” '* FROM THE FRENCH OF BERANGER. Who may the maiden be, tripping by— Laughing her air, and her footstep light ? How in her smile, and her sparkling eye, \ll thagds graceful and good uniiite ! She's @ young seamstress—the rest by her side Mark how she blooms, and themselves despair : Beanty like hers is a father’s pride— Yes, she’s the grave-digger’s daughter, Claire.
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Claire has a home in the burial ground— See you the sun on her window play ? lark! hear you not a Jow mnrmuring sound ? “Tis from her dove-eot it comes this way. Yonder what flutters about the tombs, Dazzlingly white? what a lovely pair! Whose are those doves with the snow-white plumes, Pets of the grave-digger’s daughter, Claire.
Passing at eve by her cottage wall, Up to the roof with a vine o’erhung, Snatches of soug on your eat may fall— Listen you must, "tis soBweetly siyag. Ditty of love, or a carol gay— Smiling or pensive, you linger there : ** Who the enchantress?”’ you well may say— She? 'bisthe grave-diggzer’s daughter, Claire.
Oft in yon thicket at-dawn of day, Under its lilacs, her laugh is ringing ; ‘There where the flowets in rich bouquet,
Still wet with dew, to her hand are springing. There, how superbly the myrtle is growing ! There,in the plants what a thriving air !
Roses are there ever freshly blowing— All for the grave-digger’s daughter, Claire.
But for the morrow gay scenes are planned—
Under her roof many guests rejoice ; Clairevon a fiddler bestows her hand—
Handsome and yoang—he’s her father’s choice. Ifow will her heart in the dance to-morrow
Throb ‘neath the silk and the ganze she'll wear— Children, and toil, but no touch of sorrow,
Heaven give the grave-digger’s daughter, Claire !
—_————————_ + o20c@e » —_—_______—- A PANEGYRIC ON FOX-HUNTING.
It ie next to impossible to reduce fine poetry to practice—so ltt us conelude with a panegyric on Fox Hunting. ‘The mesion for this pastime is the very strongest tha! can possess the heart—nor, of all the heroes of antiquity, is there one to our imagination more poetical than Nimrod. tlis whole cha- recter is given, and his whole history, in two words—Mighty Hunter. That he hunted the fox is not probable; for the sole am and end of his existence was not to exterminate--that would have been cutting his own throat—but to thin man-de- vouting wild beasts—the Pards, with Leo at their head. But ina land jrke this, where not even a wolf has existed for cen- tunies—nor a wiid boar—the same spirit that would have driven the British youth on the tusk and paw of the lion and the tiger, inounts them in scarlet on such. steeds as never neighed before the flood, nor ¢ summered high in bliss’ on the sloping pastures of undeluged Ararat—and gathers them together in gallant Srray on the edge of the cover,
** When first the hunter’s startling horn is hearé, Upon the golden hills.”’
What a squadron of cavalry! What fiery eyes and flaming nostrils, betokening with what ardent passion the noble animals will revel in the chase! Bay, brown, black, dun, chestnut, sor- rel, grey—of all shades and hues—and every courser distin- gushed by his own peenliar character of shape and form, yet sli blending harmoniously as they crown the mount; so that a painter would only have to group and color them as they stand, nor lose, if able to catch them, one of the, dazzling |-ghts or deepening shadows streamed on them from that sunny, yet not unstormy sky.
You read in books of travels and romances, of Barbs and |
Atabs galloping in the desert—and well does Sir Walter speak of Saladin at the head of the Sarceme chivairy ; but take our word for it, great part of all such descriptions are mere false- hood or fudge. W hy in the world should dwe!lersin the desert always be going at full speed? And how can that full speed be snything more than a slow, heavy hand-gallop at the best, the Barbs being up to the belly at every stroke? They are always, it is said, in high condition—but we, who know some- (hag about horgeflesh, give that assertion the lie. They have seldom anything either to eat or drink; are lean as church mice ; ‘And covered with clammy sweat before they have ambled a league from the tent. And then such a set of absurd riders, with knees up to their noses, like so many tailors riding to Brentford, via the desert of Arvbiat Such bits, such bridles, and such saddies! But the whole set oat, rider and ridden, accoutrements, and all, is too much for one’s gravity, and must occasion a frequent langh to the wild ass as he goes braying Unharnessed by. But look there! Arabian blood, and British bene! Not bred in and in to the death of al! the strong animal *mrite—but blood intermingled and interfused by twenty crosses, falure glorying in each successive produce, till her power can no further go, and in yonder glorious grey
**Give the world assurance of a horse !’’
Form the Three Uundred into squadron, or squadrons, and in the hand of each rider a sabre alone, none of your lances, all bara
the Hussars of En gland—eonfound al! cuirasses and cuirassiers! let the trumpet sound a charge, and ten thousand of the bar- baric chivalry be opposed with spear and scimitar—and through heir snow-ranks will the three hundred go like thaw-—splitting them into dissolution with the noise of thunder.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it; and where,
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‘If you want to hear Annie Laurie sung, come to my house to night,’ said aman to his friend. “We have a love-lorn fellow in the village who was sadly wrecked by the refusal of a
island, be called * Bras d’Or,’ for it affords access to the richest and a little beyondtwo tumbrils of treasure were found, one of country [ know of. I will mention but one more fact respecting | which fel! into the hands of those astute plunderers the Sikhe, it, and then hasien on. The upper partand marginal portions and was no more seen.
git! whom he bad been paying attention to for a year or more. | Of this vast inlet freeze over in winter, and settlers are in the, ‘T'his was a grand chance for “loot,” and all hands, Euro-
, {cis seldom he will attempi the song, but when he does, [ tell hebit of driving upon it, with their pony sleds, and in less than, pesns and natives, were soon at work investigating the contents
you it draws tears from eyes unused to weepiny.’ A smal} select company had assembled ina pleasant parlor,
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/an bour they load them with fish, and no other trouble than cnt- ting a hole tn the tce, and hauling them out.—F'rom an Address
jand were gaily chatting and laughing when a tall young man 4y Judge Haliburton in Glasgow.
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attention. He was very pale, with the clear, vivid complexion /which dark haired consumptives su often bave, His locks were as black as jet, and hung profusely upon a square white collar. ilis eyes were very large and spiritual, and bis brow such an one as a poet should have, But for a certain wandering look a casual observer would have pronounced him a man of uncom-
/mon intellectual powers. ‘The words * poor fellow,’ and * how
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|sad he looks,’ went the rounds as he came forward, bowed to
the Company and took his seat. One or two thoughtless girls laughed as they whispered that he was ‘ love cracked ’—5ut the rest treated him with a respectful deference.
It was late in the evening when singing was proposed, and to.ask him to sing ‘ Annié@ Laurie’ was a task of uncommon deliency. One song after another was sung, and at last that one was named. At its mention the young man grew deadly
| pale, but did not speak ; he seemed instantly to be lost in reverie.
* The name of the girl who treated him so badly was Annie,’ said a lady whispering to the new guest—* but oh! 1 wish he would sing it ;nobody else can do it justice,’
* No one dares sing Annie Laurie before you, Charles,’ said an elderly lady—* would it be too much to ask you to favor the company with it?’ she added timidly.
He did not reply for a momeut—his lips quivered a little, and then looking up as if he saw a-spiritual presence, he began. Mvery sound was hushed—it seemed as if his voice were the voice of an angel. The tones vibrated through every nerve
his feeling ; never was heard melody in a human voice like Ahat —s0 plaintive, so soulful—soternder and earnest !
He sat with his head thrown back, his eyes half closed—the locks of dark hair glistenmg against his pale temples, his fine throat swelling withthe rich tones, his handy lightly folded before hun ; and as he sung—
* And ‘twas tere that Annie Laurie
Gave me her promise true—’ it seemed as if he shook from head to foot with emotion. Many a lip trembled—and there was no jesting, no laughing, but in- stead tears in more than one eye.
And on he sung, and on, holding every one in wrapt attention —till he came to the last verse—
‘ Like dew on the gowan lying
Is the fa’ of her fairy feet—
And like winds in summer sighing Her voice is low and sweet.
Iler voice is low and sweet—
And she’s a’ the world to me—’
He paused before he added —
* And for bonme Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee.”’
There was a long and solemn pause. The black locks seemed to grow blacker—the white temples whiter—a!lmost imperceptibly the head kept falling back—the eyes were close shut. One glanced at anvther—all seemed awe struck—till the same person who had urged him to sing laid her hand genily on his shoulder, saying :
* Charles, Churles ?’
Then came a hush—thrill of horror crept through every frame —the poor tried heart had ceased to beat—Charles, the love betrayed, was dead,
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ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON.
Of this place, which I know thoroughly, from having held courts in five different sections of it, it is impossible fur me to speak in terms of sufficient praise. For its scenery, it is the most beautiful island in the world; and for its resources and advantages, in proportion to ifs extent, the most valuable. This, { admit, is strong langnage ; it may sound extravagant, but to do it justice, 1 cannot say less. ‘The French knew its political as well as its intrinsic value ; they considered it truly as the key of the St. Lawrence, commanding at once the eutrance to Cavada, the guif shore of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and intercepting the trade of the old colonies, now called the |
and pulse,.and heart, and made one shiver with the pathos of
Gleanings from late Papers.
THE REBELLION IN INDIA.
OPERATIONS OF GENERAL HAVELOCK. [Some brief notices of General Havelock’s operations at Cawnpore have already appeared in the Examiner, taken from English papers ; but the following full and luminous account of
illustrious, is well worthy of pertisal, being the most satisfactory record of those exploits which we have yet seen. We are indebted for it to the London Saturday Review.}
Oude side ofthe Ganges, 26th July.
What with hard marching, hard fighting, and hard work, my time has of late been fully occupied ; but now that a spareday happily supervenes—while the remainder of the force are effecting the crossing of the Ganges—I proceed to give yeu an account of the operations of Havelock’s column, ordered to the relief of Cawnpore, from the commencement of the march up to the present time.
This body of troops, consisting of a portion of Her Majesty's 78h Highlanders and 64h, part of the Ist Madras Fusiliers, a company of Royal Artillery from Ceylon, a few Volunteer Horse (mosily officers of the broken Sepoy regiments), a party of about 80 of the 13:h Ipregular Horse, and 150 Sikis—in all, about 1100 men, of whom 800 were English, the whole under the command of Brigadier-General Havelock—marched from Alla- habad on the evening of the 7th July,1o join an advanced force of 700 men, partly Mnropeans, partly Sikhs, under command of Major fienavd, Ist Madras Fusiliers, who had proceeded on in front some forty miles.
The rains had fairly set in for some time past, and an incessant
and baygage. It cleared up a little on the morning of the 7th ; but as the lung column began to move off in the afternoon, down came the rain again, Our route for the first two miles lay through the large and densely populous native city of Allahabad. The inhabitants lined the streets and swarmed on to the house- tops in gloomy, silent crowds, to behold the first really offensive demonstrauions of their Feringhee masters since the commence- ment of the outbreak. Most of the Hindoos appeared to be either indifferent or apprehensive ; but wherever a Mahommedan was seen, there was a scow! on his brow and a curse in his heart. That night e camped in a stipe swamp, with the rain still pour- ing down on us,
Next day the aspect of affairs changed for the better. The rain ceased—the sun came out and dried our draggled feathers —he Grand Trunk Road, along which our route lay, was in splendid order, afd the force moved briskly on through a beau uful, flat, fertile, well-wooded country, like the Weald of Kent without the hedges. Everywhere along the road were traces of the most wanton destruction. Ali the little police stations were unroofed, the telegraph posts cut down, the mile stones broken, the staging bungalows yutted and burnt—every village was deserted and destroyed. he contrast between this state of things and what it was two years ago, when | passed down this way, and beheld the gieat road thronged with traffic, and each petty hamlet swarming with life and activity, was striking in the extreme.
After proceeding by regular marches for three days, intelli- gence reached the General which determined him to push on by forced marches, and overtake Major Renaud. Accordingly, the column pressed forward along the same noble road, and through the same description of conntry—passing here and there evi- dences of our people’s handiwork, in the shape of men hung by fours and fives on the trees by the roadside—till, on the morning of the 12:h, the two forces joined onthe line of march,
the exploits by which General Havelock has rendered his name |
dJown-pour on the two preceding days had utterly soaked our tents
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United States. They erected on this island the strong fortress | and drew up on their encamping grouwd,a fine open plain, about of Louisburg, at an expense of thirty millions of livres, which! four miles distant from the city of Futtehpoor, We were required a fleet of 150 sail to convey thither the troops under rordered to remain in position, resiing on our arms, until a party General Wolfe forittscapure. Of is strength, you may judge j of the Volunteer Horse, sent on two miles ahead to reconnoitre. when you hear that 220 pieces of cannon were found there. 1) should haveretdrned. The main body of the force had marched that early day they had 600 vessels employed in the fishing | twenty-four miles that morning, and the general hope was for trade, and exported to France 500000 quintals of fish. No/| breakfast rather than a fight. Men and officers had lighted sooner had this magnificent island fallen nto the hands of the | their pipes, and acluster of us were assisting at the manufacture English than it felt the deadening influence of the Imperial | of a brew of tes, when one, who had been employing himself neglect. ‘This second Carthage was doomed to destruction ; it| with his field-glass, drew the attention of his neighbours to our cost twelve thousand to blow it up, and remove ali trace of it) small party of Volunteer Horse, who were returning before from the face of the earth ; the island was closed toemigration ;| their time. A moment after, a large body of cavalry in white the few who went there were squatters, having no title to the | emerged from the distant trees on the edge of the plain, in full land they cleared, and no heart to improve what they occupied, | pursuit, Instantly the bugle sounded, the ranks fell in, and we
lest ejectment should follow. Fishermen came in summer like | stood al! ready,
and the wrecker and the outiaw lay hidden there like vnitures, to| now debouched on the plain; they were accompanied by guna, feed upon what the storm or current threw ashore. It was not | which moved forward and opened fire at long range on the small till 1820, when Sir James Kempt galvanized this dormant body, | handtul of English horsemen riding quietly dowa the road to- that respiration and vitality were restored to it, and even now) wards us.
And sow the English force got the word to advance. Guns the last 100 years, since it fell to us, the tide of emigration has | and skirmishers were ordered to the front—the Artillery pushed | owed within sight of is shores, conveying hundreds of thous-/ on in line with the Enfield Rifles—and soon came into action | ands——nay, millions of emigrants, to augment the strength of} withthe enemy’s guns. ‘he first three were taken after a |
of the baggage wagons. Ladies’ dresses, and worsted work, _and other tokens of our unbappy lost country women, constently /came to light amongst the spoils, aud made the men stil! wilder for vengeance,
[t took some little time before the baggage carts could be sufficiently cleared off 10 either side for the artillery to get ‘through. At length this was accomplished, and the guns pase- ing onward fired their last shot at the enemy’s infantry, who were now in full flight about a mile on the other side of the town,
Durng the action the mutineer cavalry had all the time been hanging oa our flanks, trying to get round to the rear and cut into the baggage train; but being every where met and repulsed, they at length drew off round to the right of the city, where the Ist Fusiliers, accompanied «by the Irregulars, had a most fatiguing tradge after them through the swamps. At one time they got so close to a party that the Irregulars were ordered to charge, The horsemen Went forward, then turned, and came back at a gallop, with the enewy’s cavalry hard after them, leaving their native commandant—the only man amongst thena who was known to be really true te the Knglish—dead on the ground. It was evident the Irregulars would not act aguinst their mutineer comrades.
The time was now past mid day, and the sun for the last 3 hours had been striking down with frighifal intensity. Many had been struck down by coup-de-solei during the heat of the action ; and now that the excitement of the fight had passed away, the whole ferce was utterly exbansted with heat and fatigue—men and officers indiseriminately threw themselves down wherever a morsel of shade was to be found, and went of into a deep sleep. About 3 p.m. the tents and baggage came up. I don’t think many were pitched that day; but many a soldier blessed the considerate foresight of the Commissariat officer, who had sent on camels lightly laden with biscuit and rum, 80 that each man had a biscuit and a dram served out to him forthwith.
Next day the force halted to secure and bring in the captured guns, eleven in number, and to destroy all the ammunition that could not be carried on. A good many Government gun bu!- locks were also brought in during the course of the day ; and some Sepoys, caught lurking in ihe town and surrounding vil- lages, were incontinently hung.
The activity displayed by the enemy’s horsemen in the pre- ceding action was very remarkable. ‘hey moved round our force, menacing us at different points, with extraordipary ra- pidity ; and in so far as maneuyring in the field went, this cavalry was perfect. Now, { wish to draw particular attention to this fact—because these very men were our own regular troopers, mounted on our own regular cavalry horses, but armed and equipped after their own, instead of after the regular ca- valry fashion. Vie regular Bengal Cavalry, equipped and overloaded with their accoutrements, have never been of any particular use in the army hitherto; but this shows what they thight be made under a better system.
On the 14th the force marched again. ‘There were many evi dences, as we moved forward, of the precipitancy with which the rebels had ted—chests of cartridges were left by the side of the road, tents were left standing in their camp, and portions of tents were scattered all along the route. Our company made a very fortunate capture of forty barrels of porter ina village on the road, which proved a most acceptable supply to our men. This day, when we went into camp, the opportunity was taken of quietly dismounting and disarming the Irregulars, whose further fidelity seemed extremely dubious. Though the ioss of their services was a most serious inconvenience at sucha juncture, yet it was felt to be best to get rid of a body of men whom nobody trusted, and who, justly or unjusly, were regarded with an evil eye by all.
On the following day we started at dawn with the knowledge that the enemy had again collected in force, and had entrencli@d themselves on the road ahead of us. Afier proceeding about ‘five miles, we at length came in sight of the rebels in position at ja village cailed Ooug. Directly we came within range of their guns they opened fire. ‘The artillery and skirmishers on out side moved out to the front, as before, with the msia body of troops following. The mutineers came out from the village and*garden enclosures towards us in perfect skirmishing order, and both sides were soon hotly engiged.. After a smart skirmish our guns silenced the enemy's artillery, and our men began to gain ground, driving the mutineers back upon the village. At this jancture their cavalry came out from behind the enclosures, and moved forward through the trees, menacing our right, and pressing down urpleasan ly close; but the guns were imine ~ diately turned on them, and it was only after Bowe well thrown shrapnel had emptied a score or more of saddles, that they could be made to keep their distance. Failing im this attempt, they rode away to our rear, and had it not been for the cool gallantry of the hospital sergeant of the 78h, would have cut up our haggage ; but he, collecting all the imvalids and stragglers m the rear, formed a smal! rallying square of about a hundred men, and received them with such a fire of musketry that they rode off discomfited, leaving many dead behind them.
Meantime the fight went on through the village. ‘The rebels fought fiercely, even after their guns were taken, and tt was some little time before our men could clear them out ; bat this was at length effected—the artillery passed through —and the whole force halied to breathe and drink water, on the other aide.
But our work wes only half done as yet—there was another entrenchment with two heavy guns still to be taken. They were placed ina position which swept the road for a unle, just on the other side of the Pandoo Nuddie, a large difficult stream,
our rivals and unfriendly neighbours, the Americans, without) short, sharp interchange of shots, wherein the precisinn and \Spanned by a bridge of three arches, which, if broken down —
a word of invitation to them to land, and occupy this vacant | rapidity of the English tire at once established is superiority. | and we knew it was mined— would most seriously have checked
his breast bat fur the silver-laced blue, the gorgeous uniform of | lefritory, the nearest to Europe of any part of the American! The enemy fled from their. guns, and retreated to a second bat- : 7 geous
continent and the best and most promising of the land of pro-|tery placed on the road in the rear. Here they again made a|
jmise. (Hear, hear.) Happy, indeed, would it have been for; stand. Meantime the skirmishers oa both sides were hotly en- |
we ask, were the British cavalry ever overthrown? And how,
could the great north e¢ uatry horse coupers perform their con- tacts, but for the triumph of the Turf? Blood—blood there wust be either for strength, or speed, or enduranee. The very heaviest cavalry, the Life Guards and the Scots Greys, and all ther dragoons, must have blood. But without racing and fox- hunting, where could it be found? Such pastimes nerve one of the arms of the nation when in baile ; but for them it would
us if the Corporation of Glasgow, instead of the authorities of | gaged, and the enemy’s cayalry were moving round trying to) Downing S reet, had had the direction of our affiirs—if practi-| outflank the line, so that the guns had to halt several ed cal men, like those able and intelligent merchants who preside | during their advance, and open fire on the right and left to keep | over your city, and who by their indastry, their talents, and | them in check, !t was hard work, for the ground the artillery | their zeal, have raised it to its present state of wealih and) had to traverse consisted almost entitely of irrigated fields, in prosperity, had had the direction of our destinies also. Alas!) their softest and muddiest state, so that the gun-wheels sunk |
red tape may be strong enough to bind and compress despatches, | deep, and it was all the tired builocks could do, assisted by the
be palsied. What better education, too, not only for a horse, |
but his rider, before playing a bloodier game in the first war fampaign? Thas he becomes demi-corpsed with the noble animal: and what easy, equable motion to him is afterwards a charge over aq wide level plain, with nothing in the way beta lew regiments of flying Frenchmen! The hills and dales of mercy England fave been the best riding-schoo] to her gentle- ly t, Fearienan who have not lived at howe at ease, but, a Vivian ; Ad tad and Seymour, and Cotton, and Somerset, Dastiene y a eft their hereditary halls, and all the peaceful of ioe fr a“ 8 \he sylvan scenery, to try the mettle ‘ cal 4 ny *s Oe Cross swords with the vaunted Gallic thn akin ' "9 stl have been in the shoek victorious, Witness
Sirmish that astonished Napoleon at Saldhana, the over-
th topha = ee him at Waterloo! Recreations of Chris- Cphey d orth. e ?
; ~~ I ipentinttenrenchemcenesion The Bostgn B. Pating-houses inthat cit “ $1,000 per day,
}eomiaining 12 per cent. of salt, are found close to the borders | the supposed barricade was nothing ries -e Saale lofthe Lake, and the island contains some large, deep, and | heap of the enemy's baggage, which had got jammed up Into) € Says there are one hundred and twenty-five commodious harbors, besides numerous lesser ones,
y, and the money taken by them amounts, craft. | have not time to dwell farther on the beauty,
obey his will; as wel! might your affairs be regulated at Quebec, ' directed their movements. A capital shot from Capt. Maude’s | as ours be directed at London. ‘I'he presence of a partner, as/ battery kuocked over the elephant, and this seemed to be the}
avd American trade. and for the convenience of ocean steamers | was blockaded up by a barricade of carts and baggage wagons.
but it is utterly worthless as a ligature to hold together the | efforts of the gunners at the wheels, to get the gunsalong. At
separate and disjoiuted parts of an empire. Ele who would | length, however, the English Artillery came into action again, |
| : ? inf. ; : ’ 4« , | govern us must know us, he who would regulate our trade,) with the enemy's guns and infantry in front. ‘There were a |
« : . must himself be conversant with commerce—a landsman can- | large number of them in rear of the principal battery, conspi- | not steer, and a sailor must be at his helm if he wishes it to|cuous amongst whom moved an elephant and its rider, who
well you kaow, js every where necessary in extended business signal for another retrogade movement on the part of the enemy.
at foreign stations. But to return to Cape Breton, whence we) who abandoned their guns and retreated. We followed on, and eS
have been so long absent that we can tarry there only a few/so the runding fight was kept up till the town of Futtehpoor | minutes. ‘The land is of a superior quality and well wooded. | came in sight. Here the enemy again made a stand amongst | There are three splendid coal fields of the finest kind of bitu- | the houses and gardens, but were epeedily driven out by our | minous coal; the largest of these cover an area of 120 miles, men, who pressed fpewerd, eager for renee nee: = va} and is situated just where it is required for the Canada, Halifax | At the entrance of the main street of Futtehpoor, the ro and men-of-war. Canada is, from its geologic®) structure, des- It was so close and Bre od piaced ig euch an pevpamscaer titute of coal, and here is an inexhaustible supply. It is in the | position, that it was supposed to be a defence aa tach on ed centre of the fisheries, and as there is no fog on he eastern and that here they meant to make @ Grin” ra ; ry ome shere, and the banks in the vicinity are covered with shell fish | time the artillery had thrown in a few shrapne yan { ahaa! —the cod are reckoned the best in the world. Brine springs, , mishers had worked round to the flanks, it was discovered that
for small) such a mass of confusion between the houses on either side the fertility, street, that they were obliged to abandon it. In the midst of
| and mineral resources of this valuable island. Well, indeed, | the ruck were two six-pounders, with limbers and ammunition
our progress. Nothing could save it bat pressing the enemy hard, so on we went again. ‘The heat was, as usual, frightful, but the men bore up, having the excitement of battle on them. After proceeding another two miles—jast ss the head of the coluinn wound out from amongst the mango groves, at a turn where the road ran straight across the p!xin—two puffs of white snoke burst froma low ridge in our front, followed by the reports of two heavy guns, and a couple of twenty-four pound shot, beautifully thrown, crashed right into us, wounding men and gun bullocks. Another and another followed in rapid succession—the fire was heavy and most eccurate.
Our light field-pieces were no match for the enemy at this game of jong bullets, so the order was given for the artillery to ad‘ ance and engage when within practicable range. The guns went steadily down the read, under a coutinuous fire of round shot, varied, a3 we drew nearer, by shrapnel, till a fair range was gained—then the guns rapidly unlimbered and opened fire. The effect was marvellous. Our heavy opponents ceased firmg almost immediately. We could not understand this at the time, but discovered afierwards, when we went up to the entrench- ment, that our shrapne! ballets had smashed their sponge staffs almost at the first fire, so that they could no longer load their guns. Their skirmishers were meantime giving way before ours, and our guns now turned on their cavalry, who were massed in front. The Enfield riflemen, too, were creeping forward ; and soonthe whole rebel force turned right about, and went off. It was just as well we did press forward that day : for, as we crossed the bridge, we found that they had tried to blow it up, but failed for want of time —the explosion had only thrown down tke parapet walls, leaving the arch sound.
It was universally remarked how mucipeloser and fiereer the mutineers fought that day. (f they had only beea wader a com- petent leader, it would have been a much more serious affair, for the inferior details of their mevements=such as depend upon the mechanical training of the suldiers —were pertect ; but
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