The plunder we also secured; but we kicked the prisoners, and suffered them to escape.
Thus terminated, my lord, one of the brightest achievements of the undergraduate career.

I enclose a list of the wounded, as also an account of the various articles returned in the commissary-general's list.
Harry Nesbitt: severely wounded; no coat nor hat; a black-eye; left shoe missing.
Cecil Cavendish: face severely scratched; supposed to have received his wound in the attack upon the kitchen.
Tom Drummond: not recognizable by his friends; his features resembling a transparency disfigured by the smoke of the preceding night's illumination.
Bob Moore: slightly wounded.
I would beg particularly to recommend all these officers to your lordship's notice; indeed, the conduct of Moore, in kicking the dean's lantern out of the porter's hand, was marked by great promptitude and decision.

This officer will present to H.R.

H.the following trophies, taken from the enemy: The dean's cap and tassel; the key of his chambers; Dr.Dobbin's wig and bands; four porters' helmets, and a book on the cellar.
I have the honor to remain, my lord, etc., FRANCIS WEBBER.
G.O.
The commander-of-the-forces returns his thanks to the various officers and soldiers employed in the late assault, for their persevering gallantry and courage.

The splendor of the achievement can only be equalled by the humanity and good conduct of the troops.
It only remains for him to add, that the less they say about the transaction, and the sooner they are severally confined to their beds with symptoms of contagious fever, the better.
Meanwhile, to concert upon the future measures of the campaign, the army will sup to-night at Morrison's.
Here ended this precious epistle, rendering one fact sufficiently evident,--that, however my worthy friend advanced in years, he had not grown in wisdom.
While ruminating upon the strange infatuation which could persuade a gifted and an able man to lavish upon dissipation and reckless absurdity the talents that must, if well directed, raise him to eminence and distinction, a few lines of a newspaper paragraph fell from the paper I was reading.