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      rage and determination . The elder Moore—eighteen stone in weight and six feet seven or thereabouts in height—cut his way out on foot . Malcohnson took one foot out of his stirrup when he saw his brother officer down and unarmed ( for his sword liad been broken to pieces by the 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 fcack—a second wave of ruin ! Of five hundred Persian soldiers of the 1 st . Regular Regiment who composed the fated square , only twenty escaped to tell the tale of its destruction . The Poonah 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 tlie fugitives as they thronged liastily along .

      The next stroke was levelled against Mohammerah , and in tlie capture of this place both services were employed . It was a gallant action ; and as the 1-oats 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 ou . t , as it were , for a holiday ; the river glittering in the early sunlight , its dark , date-fringed banks contrasting most effectively with the white canvas of the Falkland , which had loosened sails to get into ¦ close 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 cannonade around could , not divert the attention . For three hours the Persian artillerymen stood manfully to their

      guns , when , the fire slackening , the infantry were moved up and disembarked ; a sliarp rattling fire of musketry , which cleared tlie 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 th Highlanders , Havelock ' s own ; after these the ' 26 th JSTative Infantry , her Majesty ' s 6 . 4 th Regiment , the light battalion , the 23 rd Bengal Light Infantry , the whole cover ed by a cloud of skirmishers . The point of attack was the camp to the left rear of the town , where Shah-Zadeh had ranged his cavalry and mounted his guns . Five hundred yards to the right the infantry were 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 James Outfam gave

      the word to advance , and the scarlet mass moved like a wall of fire 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 . Such 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 Bucktiri Mountains ; bat , just as the former were dreaming of another engagement , the news of peace arrived arid disappointed their martial spirit They touched at Bushire on their return to Bombay . At this spot rumours of a mutiny in Bengal were floating about ; these rumoura were soon confirmed , and , with that rapid energy which always characterized him , Havelock lost no time in sotting sail for Calcutta , whilst Outram and Wilaon separated to their several destinations to meet again on the plains of the Juinna and Ganges . Ln Captain Hunt ' s volume the reader will find a concise outline of the principal events , unfortunately interspersed with very few personal incidents .

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      : new editions and reprints . The Bcnlley Ballads ( Bentley ) is the title of ' . a selection of the choice ballads , songs , ' ike , contributed to Bcntlerfs Miscellany . The volume is edited by Dr . Doran , who contributes four Cashing ballads , seasonable at Christmas . Many varieties of style and as many degrees of merit characterize the collection , which appears in a compact form , and is handsomely printed . It is a companion to a new edition , long called for , of the In-( joldsby Legends ; or . Mirth and Marvels ( Bentley ) . —This is a very acceptable reprint , and will probably bring about an Ingoldsby revival , In the Illustrated Library , Mr . Bolin reproduces Nineveh and its Palaces , hy Joseph Bonomi , 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 . Bonn ' s most timely and useful publications is Part I . of a new edition , ' revised , corrected , and enlarged , ' of Lowndes ' s well-known and valuable Bibliographer ' s Manual of English Literature , * containing an account of rare , curious , and useful books published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland from the invention of printing . ' The work will appear in eigtt 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 , and Application , by Jabez Hogg , with five hundred en <» ravings ( Routledge and Co . ) . —It is of interest to 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 volume of the Parlour Library ( Hodgson and Co . ) contains the ' 3 f dung Widow , ' by Mackenzie Daniels , author of the ' Scottish Heiress . ' Some monstrous tragedy or comed } r is shadowed forth on the illustrated cover . °

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      Hkalth ov Lonoon . —Tho mortality of London contimied high last week , and even showed a tendency further to increase . la two previous weeks , the deaths were about 1380 ; in the week that ended last Saturday ( December 5 th ) , they rose to 1428 . In tho ten 3 ears 1847-56 , the average number of deaths in tho weeks corresponding with Ia 3 t week was 1318 . But , us population lias increased , the average for comparison must be raised proportionally to tlio increase , in which enso it will become 1450 . Last week , tho births of 938 boys and 874 girls , in all 1812 children , were registered in London . In the ton corresponding-weeks of the years 1817-56 , tho average number w « 3 1501 . —From the Registrar-GeneruVs Weekly Return . This Elections . —Mr . lingrthaw has been returned for Harwich hy a majority of JM over Mr . ArcedecUne . — Mr . Deedos Avas elected for East Kent on ThuTsduy , without opposition . —Mr . Ewiiiff has been electod far Paisley by a largo majority over Mr . Ilaly . Turn Countkss DowAoiiR or MoRiosY died at Saltram , Devonshire ,, oa Mouday night .

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . COLES . —On Thursday , tlie 3 rd inst ., at Donyland Lodgo , Colchestt'r , the wife of Captain 11 . G . Coles , 1 st ltoval Rofrimont ; a son . HUDSON . —On tho Gth inst ., at Eilgbaston , tho wife of Tims . Porbus Hudson , Ksq .: a daughter . HODGES . —On tliotuh inst .. at Hamburg , the wifo of II . R . Hodges ; a daughter . MARRIAGES . i IIODGSOJf—SHAWD .-On tho 27 th August last , at Christ Church , New Zealand , Christopher George Hodgson , Esq ., to Kate , only daughter of John Shaucl , Esq ., of Avon ! Lodge , Christ Church . I WILLICOMliK-VlZE .-On Tuesday , tlio 8 th inst , at lMlKbustoM . near Birmingham . Honry Willicombo , Esq ., of TunhrulRe-wulla . to Lucy Lockwood , only daughter of the lsito John Vizi ; , Esq ., of Houdou , Middlesex . DEATHS . ] BLAKE . —Killed , in Ilia own lines , at Gwalior , wlnlo on-1 tluavoiiring to rally hi * men to a aonsn of their duty , on tJio njght of tho 11 th Juno , Major . Vi . T . Jilako , deservedly and sincerely rogrotted , oven by tho deluded rebels . JACOB . —In camp , at Delhi , on tho 14 , th September , at 10 p . in ., of a mortal wound , received In action that morning , when storming and capturing tbo mutineers' guns , Major

      Gcorgo Ogle Jacob , commanding tho Hon . Company's 1 st European Hon ^ al Fusiliers . SCUM ID . —On the 1 st of October , at Calicut , East Indies , L . 11 . E . Schmid , D . D ., late of Church Missionary Society .

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      .. . —? — - ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . PROFESSOR WILJALBA TKIKELL . —ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . We have seen some incredible conjuring in our time , but never anything equal to that of Professor Frikell , ' Physician to the Emperor of Russia , ' &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 ! AH the traditional sarcasms ag-ainst the science of homicide fall pointless when your physician is neither a Bolus , nor a P-argon , nor a Globule , while he has tlie Pharmacopoeia , literally , at his fingers' ends . There is only one of the many Wizards in the field whoin Professor Frikell does not infinitely surpass , and that is the Chevalier Bosco . Whether Professor Fiukell can accomplish such tricks under our very noses as some of otir readers may remember Bosco playing . with the knives and forks , the cups , the eggs , 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 the fact of the tricks being -played in the midst of a small circle , effectually excluding the possibility of all the ordinary means of deception . .- . . . "¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' . ' ' . ¦' . . V- ' . ; : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ . ,. ¦/ . ¦¦¦¦ ' ' . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ From what we have witnessed of Professor Frikell ' s public performances , we dare say lie can be equally c diabolical in private society . He has now transferred his Two Hours of Illusion to theSt . James ' sTheatre , after establishing his reputation ( with very little aid from ' notices of the press *) at the Hanover Square Eooais and at Willis ' s Hooms . In the 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 exeitemen-t and bewildered admiration for the space of two hours . Without any vulgar necromantic paraphernalia , dressed in a simple suit of tight-fitting black ( rather cloveniboty , perhaps , about the legs , and rather Meplustophelic 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 PiiiKELL ' s manner 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 . He takes a hat , stirs ib up with his wand , and produces from its unknown recesses , with slow deliberation , fifty silvered metal cups , then fifty e ^ gs ; then ( tossing the hat over the footlights ) a shower , a torrent of little perfumed Hags , inscribed with neat and happy mottoes of a mild Epicurean philosophy . He crushes the hat . tears it to pieces , and packs up the remains in brown paper , and hands them to the hatless owner . Presently , whilst the o-wner of the hat is holding up the parcel of remains , the hat itself is seen dancing a Resurgam at the ceiling , and when the parcel is opened , the hat-owner discovers a bambino in swaddling-clothes ! As the 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 the change ia effected hy 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 than Professor Frikkll . He disdains everything but t ^ e Impossible . To him the Impossible is alone-worthy of attention ; and liow easy it is to him ! He sends home grave men ia a state of sulky amazement , Avomen in a state of nervous crispation , and children in a state of irrepressible wonder and delight . Professor Wiljalba Fiukell deserves to be a hero of the holidays . Happy the Christmas party that possesses him for an evening ! Happy tlie circle in which he is ' at home ! ' We have only one complaint to make of his public performances , and that is something like a compliment—they are too short !

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      FHOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , December 8 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED .-Onivjut Morgan Lilly , and IClizauktix Eluanoh , McDowali , Bristol , timber merchants . BANKRUPTS .-Tiiomas Bum , St . Mary Axo , vinogar morcliant and export oilman—Wir , i , r . \ . u Uro . mmsy Piclkk , Limo-strcct , merchant—Wim . um Pow-kti ' , Uo ^ iior , Suhsox , bookseller , stationor , and iiowh sigont-. loii . v Hi-aoicweli ,, High-street , Portsmouth , ujjliolsluror and cubinot maltor—Jkurmiah Hill , Qiiiuhauiploii , Salisbury , railway contractor and general shopkeeper — S . \ m vhx . b \\ unan , Minciuglano . indigo and colonial broker—John Wnia-irT , Barbican , tobacco anilsnuU' inauufnclmw—Kohhkt JIuxtIiBY , Hovu Villas , Church-street , Cliftouville , Hove , nonr Brighton , flhipowncr and coal merchant . —Wirxiam Smith and Joiik Nkwby , Smefchwiok , Ntall ' iml , soivj > manii I ' acturors —Samuel Wulton JoiiNflON , BirmiiiKliii" - printer and uating-liouso kconor —AVii-liam Qbuhiiv , JMnniimham , lacoman and hosier—JonK SiroAiti ) , JJrlstol ami Koynshaiu , Somorsot t millor and corn faotor—William ; Shaw , IVdor-afcroot ,

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      No . 403 , Pjscembee , 12 , 1857 . ] THE . LEADER . 1195

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 12, 1857, page 1195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2221/page/19/