Mad with shame and rage, Pakenham rode quickly among them to rally and lead them forward, and the officers sprang around him, smiting the fugitives with their swords, and cheering on the men who stood. For a moment the troops halted, and again came forward to the charge; but again they were met by a hail of bullets from the backwoods rifles. One shot struck Pakenham himself. He reeled and fell from the saddle, and was carried off the field. The second in command was wounded, and then all attempts at further advance were abandoned, and the British troops ran back to their lines. Another assault had meanwhile been made by a column close to the river, the charging soldiers rushing right up to the top of the breastworks: but they were all killed or driven back. A body of troops had also been sent across the river, where they routed a small detachment of Kentucky militia; but they were, of course, recalled when the main assault failed. For the first time in a quarter of a century the British soldiers, the men who had conquered the conquerors of Europe, had met defeat. Andrew Jackson and his rough riflemen had worsted in a fair fight a far larger force of the best of Wellington's veterans, and had accomplished what no French marshal and no French troops had been able to accomplish throughout the long war in the Spanish Peninsula. For a week the sullen British lay in their lines; then, abandoning their heavy artillery, they marched back to the ships and sailed again for Europe. IMPORTANT NOTICE. TO THE READERS OF "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE." HARPER'S ROUND TABLE? We imagine how puzzled and surprised a great throng of you are when your favorite HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE suddenly puts on a new dress and wears a new name. Yet it is the very same paper which has been your favorite ever since you first read it--the same, except that it has taken on some additional features of interest, and will be more pleasing to you than ever. Of course you wish to know why a change has been made, and what the Editor means to give you in the ROUND TABLE which will make up for the disappearance of YOUNG PEOPLE. The ROUND TABLE will be so big and bright that it will accommodate more young people than you can count--all, in fact, who belong to the wonderful Order you all love. Listen to our programme for the future: Serial stories by our best authors, short, timely, and entertaining articles, and the regular departments will be continued. You will find that not one of the attractions is omitted. The only alteration in the periodical, beyond the title and make-up, is to be found in the additional departments. Something new has been added which is sure to interest everybody.