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introduced.‘ Nowhere else has the oriental become simply vulgar. Nevertheless, many buildings in Lucknow present a sky-line and general plan of considerable beauty. Seen from a distance, the fantastic domes and pinnacles of the Martinikrc, the Chattar Mamil, and the Kaisar Ilrlgh are not without a certain picturesque effect; while the more ancient tombs and minarets rise in solemn contrast of darlt grey stone against the gilded summits of their younger rivals. The old buildings, also, are much more solidly built than the new. The lnuimbzira, now almost a hundred years old, though expOSed to a heavy cannonade during the Mutiny, has not lost a single brick; while the Kaisar nigh, not yet thirty years of age, has suffered much from decay, and already presents a ruinous appearance. Flying buttresses to support nothing but one another, copper domes gilt from top to bottom, burnished umbrellas, and balustrades of burnt clay, form frequent features in the tawdry architecture which renders the distant aspect of Lucknow so bright and sparkling. The plaster of stucco. however, gives considerable beauty to the ordinary dwellings. The ﬁnest kind is made from shells found in the dry beds of ancient lakes. This (/m/mm has a brighter and purer appearance than even marble. and when lighted up with thousands of lamps, it produces an exquisitely beautiful effect.

Since the introduction of British rule, the new authorities have laid out well—kept roads, widened the tortuous native streets, and founded commodious Marin, in which due attention has been paid to the comfort and convenience both of the commercial classes and their customers. The sanitary ofﬁcers enforce stringent rules of cleanliness ; and a municipality, containing many elective members, provides for the welfare of the city, with a just regard to native feeling and wishes.

sllrllrhy A'arrah’m— A couple of months before the outbreak at .\l EERUT (Memth), Sir Henry Lawrence (zeth March [857) had assumed the Chief Commissionership of the newly annexed Province of 0mm. 'l'he garrison at Lucknow then consisted of the 32nd (British) Regiment, .1 weak company of European artillery, the 7th Regiment Native Light Cavalry, and the t3th, 48th, and ytst Regiments of Native Infantry. In or near the city were also quartered two regiments of irregular local infantry, together with one regiment of military police, one of Oudh irregular cavalry, and two batteries of Native artillery, The town thus contained nearly ten Indian soldiers to every European, or 7000 to 75°. Symptoms of disaﬂ’cction occurred as early as the month of April, it hen the house of the surgeon to the 48th was burned down in revenge for a suppOscd insult to caste. Sir Henry Imvrcnce immediately took steps to meet the danger by fortifying the Residency and accumulating stores. On the 30th of April, the men of the 7th Oudh Irregulars refused to bite their cartridges, on the ground that they had been