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E: ST E Ilrl tAur of n LETTER F:wM AN OFFICER 01 0 ii • MAJESTY'S 7313 REGIMENT. Goy, Fe4ruacy 4, Mi. . • I little thought, when-I was detailing , to you the unfortunate business at Pandallamcourchy*, that I Should be a witness to,_and sufferer by, a business of t he same kind, though not quite so tragical, yet-se tious to the 73cl Regiment.. InOdober last, the Ceded Country being de_ fl ared perfeEtly quiet-and settled, the Troops were ordered into quarters, when it- fell Co the-lot of the 73d Regitnent to be divided. Fire Companies un. deT Colo ne l M ONEY? ENNY were - sent . i nto t hi s Garrison, azul the other five were sent with General CAMPBELL to the Hind,Quarrers' of the, DistriCl, about . 0 milPsWest from t hi s , called Bellartie.• Being attached to the Flank Companies, I remained with the Commanding Officer of the Corps. About the begin r'ing of the last inonth,a.small detachment was"formed: here of six Companies of Sepoys, two Troops of Na live Cavalry, and some'Artillery, &c. We had been 13° aecustomed to things of this, sore that it created no kind of curiosity, not-even to enquire where it was ,going to. They, however, marched toward s . B el-- . anatvere met hail-way, by Major STRACHAN'i' W lT__ two Troops of, the zgth Dragoons,' and two of two Cavalry,, making altogether six Trot)* iof Cavalry, six Compani es - o f Sepoy s ,. some Artil lery, &c. They marched at . three o'clock,. P.M. on the 3th ult. and continued-so to do' all night. - Early in the morning the Cavalry arrived at and •surround_ cd 'll strung Fort in the possession of tt.'ntrm ber of Palygars, who had a few days . before mur_ tiered some Bramins in. the employ of our CoLlec- Tors, a Crime of additional magnitude, from their - being sacred charaeters. Major STRACiI AN itn. Yriediately attaCked the . place ; and the galloping Funs (6-pounders) of. t h e zst h Dr agoons b e i ng Z r ought up to t h e gate , t h ey en d eavoure d to blow 2 °Pen, but to no purpose, and,in a ver y s h ort time I.e,re were so . many killed and ‘wounded, that he was 1 , °ll ged t o ret i re , an d wa i t f or t h e arr i val of the dnfantry. to re N v-e Among the wounded was a Lieutenant DADE, of • elleNative Cavalry, since dead. On the arrival of the Infantry, the Fort was zizain attacked in tWo places, with an astonishing perseuerance that lasted about three hoots, when a NIA ^ ITLAND, of the Company's Service, a fie ry fine young xiian, beingkilled, Major s S TR ACH AN. "d CR..w.rE wounded, and upwards of so Europeans and Natives killed and wounded, it was deemed 34 st advisable to draw off; The foregoing was the account vutiten , reached t his on the 16th ult. with 'the addition, however, that our Troops had surrounded the place so com— pletely, that not a man could escape. the 17th orders arrived from General C.AmP intl., for our Flank Companies, increased to TOO e ach, to march immediately under our worthy Com -111 ndant, Colon e l. MON EYP ENNY, which we did at 0 rlf-past 3 o'clock he same afternoon, and did not jialt till we arr i ve d at t h e pl ace at 9 o ' c l oc k t h e fol -I,.,'°wing morning, a distance of go m il es to t h e N . Ye of this. A few hours after, Our five Companies "s r43 tu liellarrie arrived. Th e 19th was appropriated I t O re st and reconnoitring,-and on the zo t h we at :. :i 4 eked the place in tile following manner :—Colonel ° NEYeErNY, with the Grenadiers and two Batta n c=ompanies of the 13d, some Sepoys, and four Pounders artillery, attacked near the Main gat e . • .ijor STRACHAN, with the Light . Company, and •tw o Battalion Coinpanies of the 73d, some Sepoy s , ind four 6-pounders, artillery, &c. attacked on a • 1 ,7 of the Fort to the right of the main gate ; and • dior Mg) f.b (73 Regr ) with his own Bat. oA. • 3 Artillery, Company, Mid Sepoys, and two 3-pounder, f„ til lery, &c. %vas to have attacked a , face of the i," t t oPposite to the main gate (by mistake he mad e f ;°o the Wrong face). The signal was the first gun ith Qlll his side, which was considered mare as a feipt ail a real attack, although his orders Were to get if ate could. •fF • I A , 34, e t as fined Abut a quarter before six o'cl o ck, t If tettlay-th'ak, and the different attacks b e i ng yinusl y 4pposite. their several points, we advanced c a, Q • n ' 300 yards till dose under the walls. The J e 4 was with the 6-pounders to knock off as kit of the parapet as ,wouid make our ladders thn ', l _ the top, and then' to escalade. In about e Boor ;he Wall was deemed practicable, and l ad e word beino , given, we advanced with the ders under the heavieSt fall .of large stones I ever,i Saw, which killed and wounded many Officz.rs. t r'en. We, however, persevered, and the I. lead_ had ga i ne d-the top of the ladd ers , fo ur i n I,.Lnibr, wh en they were opposed by such a host of as tumbled them off as fast as they ascended, man y r isilog their necks by jumping off,, to save themselves from being speared through the body.— Phe misfortu ne was, t h at the spears or pikes used art sufficiently l ong to reac h any part of the, ram ?' the the men ' us i ng them bei ng concealed under. the.4rl 'Parts, and ou t of the'reach of shot, the only de onee our men had to oppose to them .--y ou m a y t 114 some idea of the h e l p l ess s i tuat i on of a'Soldier 1 ,,n a ladd er, h ol di ng himself on with one hand, and W musquet in .the othet. On experiencing the above, vcu ; agatn brou g h t up t h e 6-pounders, and endea zn ed to make a larger breach, every.now and then • „._,Ain fresh attempts to get over, the Course of i l lch a gr eat d eal of individu a l b ravery was s h ewn `b y w. different men, opp os i ng t h e i r persons to and battling `'tilt the pik es ; b ur it was all to no purpose ; the ene '''itY Were determined, and knew the strength of their ~,u at ion and weapons, and that the whole time' our It ,`n were dr o p p i ng b y a smart fire from the b ast i ons , filch commanded and flanked the breach. We had intrgla rge stone a f ter attempt for three hours, when e stone from the inside struck me on the head, tri as of encouragi ng the men to make another I w as s ent bleeding , to th e rev. It was so ex tracon.l2onary a wpund, th at t h e S urgeons would not be tocklnot:d but that it was by a ball, and that it had st .b e d in my head, till the man who saw the stone r t k• aured e .i me, came down -likewise wounded, and as. an _ n tnern it was by a storie. The wound was in 4 gidar 'shape, witti'a large roudd 'hole in the * See The S of Der,. 29, and 14L 5. . . „ &AM*, and Which ocesioned die ,16•1:, - or the — Surgeons.. I suppose it must have been,o(Casion.., ed by a projedion in the stone. It cut clearm through my .hat and to my_ skull, which was much bruised, _ but not fraetiired. I am told the attacks continued about halt an hour longer, when all the 6-pounder ammunition, upwards . of rood rounds, being expended, and upward's of 1 . 50 of all descriptions killed and wounded, and no probability of getting into the place without a bet ter breach, 'General CAMP a ELL ordered the troops off. Our loss in the 73d alone , was• found to be Colonel MotIEYPENNY, Major M c DotTALD, Lieu lenait Tuomsort and myself wounded, and sixty_ five Serjeants and Rank and.,File killed. and wound ed.—l was sent in here akw days ago with other wounded. There is a Grenodier now , in the hospi tal with six pike .wounds in his, liqdy„ which he got at the same moment in attempting to gain the top of the wall. Had the breach at Seringapatam been de_ fended by half the bravery shewn by those Polygars, we' should not have entered so easily as we did. Some 'heavy guns were bent - fro tn this, with which, on the.joth ult. the place was breached, stormed, • and taken, without a man on our side being hurt, and, as y ou may suppOSe, every Male put to death, children excepted. Mrs BILLINGToN is now performing with her usual eclat at Birmingham. She proceeds from thence to Yorkshire, on a visit to Lady MILNF.R, where a large asemblage of musical Connoisseurs are expeted. Mrs. JORDAN is to play Po:aline, on Monday next at Richmond. To heighten the theatrical treat, the Manager should contrive to add Outcx's Touchstone. BANNISTER-'S night, at the Plyinotith Theatre, on Wednesday last, under the patronage of Major, General BOWATER, and the Officers of the Royal Marines, ,was literally a Bumper. The boxes were filled with all the Beauty and Fashion of the three towns ; the pit and gallery were crowded. with Royal Marines, their wives and families. The Galg of Pick-pockets who have gone down to Edinburgh, are not likely to have a golden par. vest there, when a Scotch Paper, remarking upon a Gentleman going 'to the Play having had'his pocket picked of Seven and Sixpence,, says, that it is very improperto carry such large Sum . .s into a crowd. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT shewed some taste in not, parading through the Streey . of London. with his Friends till it was dark. 'We had an iipportunity of seeing them.before 'they reached Town, and such an other assemblage, we believe, 'was never seen in any civilizes community Sir FRANC is might well say, with Falsof, that he had been accused of having robbed g,! - ) ers. "No eye' ha th seen such Scare crows. Pit not march through London with them, that's flat ; nay, and the Viiiains march 'wide be twixt the Legs, as if they had Gyves on, for,, in. deed, I had most of them out of Prison." The poor deluded followers of Sir FRANOrs BUR_ DE IT had bur an indifferent specimen of, his grati tude on Thursday last at the Crown and Anchor, for having obtained his ends; be thought' that clie sooner he got rid ,of then, the better. . Therefore telling them very soon afser dinner that he was fa tigued. with his exertions for fifteen days, he wish ed them good night, and• left them to enjoy their own turbulence. This hasty departure was some what imprudent, and plainly chewed, that having suck'd the orange he threw away the rind. So much for Sir .FRANC IS B URDETT ' S respe!t and gratitude for his friends, the Mob.' Two or three Gentlemen who happened to be' at the dinner given in celebration of Sir FRANcrs Buans - rr's Eledion, were turned out of the room, as soon as they were discovered; their presence being a reflection upon the rest of the compan:y.: . A part of the amusement of the very elegant • company which assembled at the Crown and Anchor, on Thursday evening, consisted of several boxing nuttehes, which served to fill up the intervals be ' tween the Toasts. We are told, but we eannotnbelieve it, ''that one . of the 'Sheriff's of Middlesex Appeared on the finst- ings with the Cockade of a particular Candidate in his hat—What I one of the Miry who would not dine with the LORD MAYOlt i because his chaplain was not invited I—lt cannot be—He could -not be guilty, surely, of such an indecorum! A curious entertainment, 'of rather a novel na- tare, was given by a set of Beggars last Week,,at the Mount, behind Blackman -street 'in the Borough. The assembly were chiefly lame and blind people, -two of whom are well known at Stones End. The 'eating part consisted of shoulders - of muttop, stuffed with sage and mon, and Windsor beans, with a profusion of liquor .of almost all . kinds. On this occasion these poor people purchased a new, tea board in Kent-Street, for which they paid nine shillings/ It is an ascertained fats, that some of these miserable objeds will collett from ten to twelve shillings a_day, which is extorted from. the Public under the idea of their extreme wretchedness and poverty. Citizen FRERON, one of the Satellites of Roy, E SPI ERRE, and the man who executed all his rigour and severity at Lyons, Bourdeaux, and Toulon, is appoin!ed Prefed at St. Domingo, in the room of 13EN E ZECH, who 'was carried off' by the fever. On Wednesday died, aged 68 years, at Sotzer ley Hall, in the. County of Suffolk, Mrs. BARNE, widow of MILES BARNE, Esq. of that place, and daughter of the late GEORGE' i'Ho NH ILL, of Did dington, Huntingdonshire. , * MANSION-HOUSE.—Yes. terday two, women who had been apprehended in Angel.alley, Bishopsgate street, on suspicion of being concerned in taking money for illegal i nsuranc e i n the Lottery, or what they call a Little-go, underwent'#ri examination bc . fore Alderriian BOYDn LL. Tb? two witnesses who appeared against these Prisoners were two well known Informers, Sarah Archer and Mary Blau& .ford, who sw ore to h av i ng g i ven one of them 6d. to return Jos. 6d. for a number in Solomon's Little_ go. The 'Prisoner, in defence, said the sixpences given were for liquor, and that the 'Witness went for it herself:: Mr. Wood told the Alderman that he understood that one of the Prisoners was to makesome discoveries if remanded, which was done iaccordingly, PSS:Eg - ..-13.5.1ES 29. 'Nis day the Cotmnission for the Cobiityof Essex was opened-, before ',the' Lord - Chi e f Baron MAcooNALD and Baron 1 - filti . , , ..w. Stfpben Lee, a gipsey mary;.was put fd the 13 - ti - , cbarged with borglaii6uSlY breaking into the ling-house of Richard Grout, on the 31st of Deceni ber, 1796, in. company wi t h several others (two of whom have since suffered for the offence), and steal ing therein Money, plate, watches, and wearing apparel, to a considerable ainetint. • • - The evidence produced against the Prisoner was that of the Prosecut6r, and of Miry Littlechild, his niece, assisted by an'aCcOmplice in the fati. ' From .the joint testimony of these per Sons it appeared, that Mr. Grout was a farmer at a place called Manuden, in this County, and was sitting in his kitchen in company with Mrs. Littlechild, a boy, and a fe male servant.. It was the 21st of December, be tween seven and eight- o'clock in the evening, when on a sudden they heard a violent knocking at the windoW, which was pregently broke open, and the • Prisoner .and three others jumped in. Mr. Grout and family. ran up stairs dreadfully alarmed, and were soon after followed by the robbers. The Pri soner presented a kiiifei6 Mr. Grout - , and deMand ed to be informed of all the property he had in the house; he was satisfied in every question he Tilt, when they all proceeded to break open and ransack the contents of every box, trunk, and drawer they could find; being dissatisfied with what they' found, the'Prisriner laid hold of Mr. Grout, and dragged him into an adjoining room with intent to dispatch .- him, holding a large hog knife in his hand, swearing lie would cut his throat ; at that moment Mrs. Lit tlechild flew to her uncle's protection, and caught hold of the blade of the knife, and though she lost the• use of three of her fingers in the resistance made, suceeett ed in getting the same out of the PrisOneei hand, and threw it under the bed.—On further remnn strance being made, the Prisoner desisted from his horrid PtirpoSe, on promise of a full disebver'y of all the Prosecutoek eiTens being made. The Prisoner and his companions then left the house, first lockit'lg up the ProSecutor and . his family in the bed .t•hani= her, from whenee they afteiwards -- broke, out-; and communicated. th e • f a n s to a Magistrate. '• The case was so clear, that - the' Jury instantly prd. nou'nced them Guilt), and the. judge the nex . t mi nute, passed sentence of deathi upon him, observ.. ing that it was matter or con so l at i on , i n res p e ct io . the safety of the County; that the last remaining culprit, of -a desperate glrg which had long diS turbeditS peace, had at last been brotight to justice ; a jury of his country had found him Guilty, and he would mosf-assuredly suffer. • The Prisoner was taken from the Bar, exclaim- ing " For Christ's sake, haye-mcrcy John Carter was capitany - indiaed for stealmg a bay gelding froM the parish Of ..AVet, MerseY, the. property of Bennet Ball. The fads were learry made our, an d, t he jury fou'nd' him Guilty. 'The Prisoner in hidefenceSaid, that he had drank rather too rtmeh„had fallen asleep, and that he was waked • soon after ,by a horse "turning. him over with hi's nose. He got up, and being some distance from his he mounted the horse, hitt With no intention of stealing'hiM. Had'itheer; so, he should have got a bridle and saddle, .and gone off:like another Gen de rnan. . , . . games licad was indided for-wilfully killing. and slaying Thomas Knight, on the 28th of Jude, at Waltham Cross. Holland Mason went into the Green Man pulAic., house, Waltham Abbey, to have a pint of beer ; .he there saw the Prisoner very much in .liquor, be, having-riotously, and fighting with a man in the tap_ room ; the landlord parted—them, and took the Prisoner into a back-parlour, from whence he pre. • gently returned, observing that he would fight any mart in the room. A person cried , out—there is,,a man will 'fight you, pointing, to the deceased; wW Was persuaded to. fight - by two persons present, : . White "and Adams.. ,He went—out,. and a battle took place, which appeared to be a fair one., After two or three rounds, 'Head St r L'.l:. the dec'ea'sed a bloW, under the left ear, which 'eadsed his death., Morris, the Publican, , ' 'saw the Prisoner intoxi cated and fighting in hiS" tap-room. He got him away, but the Prisoner returned, and said he, would fight any dog in the ship. Thedeteasedturned our, and a battle commenced, in" Which 'Knight was kill ed. . He saw nothing buil fair fighting.. The Jury, brought in a "vcrdia—ilinnslatgler", the .course of the day, Miss Eleanor Jape Buer,. the child on whom 'the assault was Maknear . Epping Forest, was brought into Cow C, and ,excited the, attention of all present, from interesting and intelligent appearance. The Judge: asked her :if she knew, Abe nature of an- oath ;-. 7 she said she was aware of the danger of telling a false-. hood; that if she did,•The would not.go to Heaven. The Judge was well satisfied With. her reply, and dosired . she might instantly go:before the Grand Jury, who .a short time after returnect a true Bill ; j against Willia m Clark, for the assault and crime on this infant. • . • , FRIDAY, JULY 30. WilliaM ' Clark was put to the Bar; he s t oo d Charged with violently asan'ting rind wour,ding Eleanor. Jane Bucr, an infant child, the daughter of • Charles Buer, pf Peck-hill, Waltham-Abbey; Mr.j.sssor.. opened the Case to the Jury, observing„ that he had to lay before them a mmsa6fion of the most horrid cruelty and wanton barbarity. Mr. Bucr, he said, ,tvils a mostrespeaable farmer in the 'neighbourhood of W a l t h am -Abb ey , and his.daugh. ,ter, a cbild wanting two _months of nine years of age, had received . from, her parents, every ,virtuous precept and moral instreaion;. and ; it - would..he, seen how far she. bad pro4ted by their care and tention, in the manner she.would give her .evidelice that day to the Court. The Learned Counsel then entered on a statement of faCts,which will be better understood from the evidence.itself, as far as we can give it without off en di ng .the delicacy,of our readers, Miss Eleanor Jane Baer - was then seated in a chair before the judge, and a more interesting coun tenance and ingenuous appearance were' never.exhi bited.before. in the person of an innoceat , . She shied ninst distindl'y ; 'that last Tuesday *Ai I' ftsonth ; she'was returning from school to her father's liouSe. It was abditt six o'clock in the evening, when the Prisoner, overtoo'k her; And said \ to her ; "\k is it . yon ; Miss suer ? comes I'll See you home co your father's hdase." Thinking too basal", - she gave ‘him her can and provision-basker to carry for her, and they ,Went on - together. On coming to a green lane ) about half a mile from her father's house ; he asked her toga that way ; , bur she refused, exclaiming, No ! No_j it is wet, don't let us go that, way." On which he said, "If you don't go quietly; I will stab yoii..' He took her by the wrist, and dragged her along. She v wished to get' : away, cried very much, arid. said she . wanted to go to, her father's house. The wretch then assaulted her in a manner too horrid 'for description; and having satisfied his brutal inclination, stabbed her - in the throat and ran away. She got up in extreme agony and fright, and saw her father's man Philip coming down the lane, He Carrie up to her, and she was just able to say, “Oh ! a . itlan hai cut My . throat." Philip White ; a servant to. Mr, • Buer, said, that he *as passing down the lane before alluded to, He heard a eismal noise s . and on looking up the lane, saw his master's child running along. the lane i he was much frightened at seeing her' covered with' • blood ; she exclaimsd, " A Man! a man !" and pointed to her throat ; she could not speak plaint -1 He left her, and ran up the lanes , 'to see if he could find the man, 'first calling out to some persons to look to the child, who came to her assistance ) and tarried her to the next cottage. John Carter,--a S urgeon , at WalthamAbbey..— • " On Tuesday, - the tnth of June, in the evening,- I -. was sent for to Jane Buer. I found the child ,ex tremely faint at Holdsworth's cottage, near the lane, apparently near death, from the loss of blood s she was still bleedi ng f ro m rh wound in the bot tom part of the neck, tw o i nc h es long, and exissedingly deep, the breath issuing freely thro:lgh• the wound, -so that•her . voice could scarcely' be heard. -He ex.. atnined further, and found the 'chi,.l miserably lace_• rated, as its done by a knife. --There:was no doubt • in his mind, the horrid at{ had been petpetratedn • The case was t,oo'cleir to admit of :doubt in his • mind." - .. - The Learned judge (MAc D.O/SALD) addressed the • jury with much feeling, obset ving, that . notwith.: Standing the Prisoner was charged with a crime that could notfail of exciting extreme indign at i on in the breasts of every one who , could feel as a parent, or had the common sensations of a human • being ; yet i t was requisite he should inform them, that• the very Worst of creatures in the land, when placed on the trials of their lives or deaths, were en titled to the tisl/ weight of the law in•theirfavour ; it! would be necessi;ish therefore, that they should divest -themselves' of every rliing= likes plejudice, which would naturally be excited at s;ach a scene of horrOr, and, if .possible, coolly and dispassionately.': look to the faCts produced in evidence, • The child, it - was true, had given her evidence -in the most distiri anti ingeriuces way ; her artless - innocence could not be suspetted, yet 'it was for them. to say, how far they thought her capable of 'describing a scene of such atrocity and horror, in thestate of agony and alarm the Prisoner's Brutality placed her ; with a, wound also in her neck,- through which she breathed as from her mouth. His Lordship read the evidence, , commenting as he went on, observing that they could not expect the nicest:accuracy from. the innocent and alarmed, and should therefOre make , some allowances for any little inaccuracies they might find in the child's, testimony, part i cuLarly if i on the whole they 'should find her story corroborat- ed by the skill and experience of the medical mail -- called to her assistance-. The . Jury, . Without' the smallest hesitaticn, pro. flounced the Prisoner-Cui/sy. . , . , The judge, in a very impressive way, proceeded o pass the sentence of the law upOn the prisoner. le said, the history of Liman wickedne s s cou ld n ot afrord * a crime so at roci o a s as t he ori of which he I ad been fatind guilty. He, perhaps, at the time of eommittingshis brutal violence,: might have had sisters young and innocent as the object of'hishar. 1 . 3 a -thy ; but it was useless to speak To' a wretch so hardened—it was throwing away words, to expatiate - on the enormity of crime, - to one . who was a disgrace to the sex -to which he belonged s if he had been any other than, what he was, he Would have known that to the care, the attention, the nourishment of - , the female, man was indebted for his whole life ; they cherished'hith in infancy, they succoured him in -illness,' and they supplied:his wants. God had made the 'Woman 14e prateBor of man in his infancy, • and he was bound in gratitude to use his utmost en_ . &ay - ours sin- preserving her from harm and violence during the remainder of his life. That Child the Almighty Ih.hdesigned shoulei s be a fruitful mother,. 'and contribute . to increase the human species ; that Wonderful design and matchles`s goodness were now perhaps defeated and destroyed, and th 4 wrongs she had received lay s upnn his guilty head ;—he could plainly pereeiVe hiti obieryatimis had no etre& upon so hardened a sinner, therefore he should consign him to that fate he had Merited. His Lordship then esieated :the' sentence of the law, 'and the prisoner I,yas taken from the Bar without either symptom of !sorrow or penitence. . ~ - • . This -wretch is only 20 years' of , age, a fartneers moan, and lived at a place, called Copthall-Green. • :When he was first taken, he endeavoured to starve himself, and would scarcely take any'facid for a fort.. •1 ; !nights.. He was taken into the Chap e l o f t h e pr i son oft Stinday -lat, -to hear hivine Service. He ap !peared unmoved during the Nvhole of the. time.---,-, isnen he returned to his c-11, th e Ke e pe r asked hits lit' the-discourse he had heard had not made him - !mindful' Of his situation ? He replied, that the obser ivations had alarmed him, .and he was sorry for wliat'had happened'. The child's life was despaired -of for four days after the horrid alt was committed, 'and it was sunpbsed she !bust have lost tour (pi ri 'of blood before the wound was sewed up. '1 his trial excited considerable interest, and persons came from ail parts of the county, with a view ot seeing the child, and the monster who* had so brutally treated her.= The main arch of the new Bridge erefted over the River Collie, at Colchester, has fallen ii 4, the centre being 4;luck 'too soon• iroru under it, A