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THE BOMBARDMENT OF JEDDAH. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT 01' THE TIMES.) ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 17. ' After nearly a month's expectation the Cyclops has returned to Suez, and we have obtained the assurance that the first measure of retribution has been dealt out upon the fanatics of Jeddah. The instructions brought to Capt. Pullen by the Wanderer are already well known to your readers. On the evening of the 18th ult. the Cyclops sailed from Suez, all on board, men a s well as officers, eager to prove to their treacherous enemies that when they last left the place it was neither weak ness nor fear that had arrested their arm. They reached their destination on the morning of the 23d, and anchored at the entrance of the port of Jeddah. The festivities of the Kouribrui Bairam, the feast of the sacrifice, were at their height ; the town wore a holiday appearance, with the shipping in the harbour decked out with gay flags, and it seemed as if on the spot where so lately a great crime wasp erpetrated—one for which even then the entire civilised world was calling for ven geance—all remembrance of it had already passed away. It was soon ascertained that Naamik Pasha was at Mecca ; but no time was to be lost, and a letter was at once despatched to the Kaimakam for trans mission to the Pasha, informing him that Capt. Pullen had come to the place, by order of his Government, to demand, on thepart of England and France, the immediate punishment of the authors of the late massacre ; that a period of 36 hours was allowed for the purpose, after the expiration of which, if the required satisfaction were not given, he would take the matter into his own hands and open fire upon the town. Four hours more were subse quently granted, to make up for time lost in further communication with the Kaimaikam. He had sent to say that no person about him under stood any European language, and the purport of the letter had, consequently, to be explained to him. Meanwhile a strict blockade was enforced, in which the Cyclops was assisted by the Lady Canning, a small, lightly-armed East India Company's steamer, which had conveyed the Morocco Princes to Jeddah, and which was awaiting their return from Mecca. The two vessels took up their position at a point commanding the town, at a distance of about a mile and a half, and whence their guns could sweep the two channels leading into the inner harbour. No fresh communication came from the shore, ex cepting a message from the Kaimakam, brought by a negro slave, the object of which was to beg for a longer delay; but the request was met with a prompt refusal, to which it was added that Captain Pullen would hold no further intercourse with the authorities on shore, excepting it were through the medium of an officer of proper rank. Early on the morning of the 25th the time had expired, and hostilities were forthwith commenced. A few rounds of shot and shell were fired into the town from the four ten-inch guns. When day broke they were found to have had the effect of driving almost all the inhabitants to seek refuge beyond the walls. During the course of the day the boats of the Cyclops and Lady Canning were sent off to destroy a number of bungalows, or native coasting vessels, belonging to the place, some 14 or 15 of which were burnt or sunk. Almost all were fully armed and their guns gene rally too heavy for removal. The bombar . dment was resumed at intervals (lur ing the course of the day, and was continued in like manner on the 26th. Altogether, about 100 to 150 solid shot, shells, and rockets were thrown into the place, and of the latter a few were fired from the boats of the Cyclops during the night. It was afterwards ascertained that their appearance had struck intense terror into the minds of the people on shor.. The women, as the fearful missiles came hissing through the darkness in a train of fire, shrieked • aloud, and the men slunk away in an agony of fear. The Moorsom shells had also an excellent effect, but, upon the whole, the town was very little damaged, and the loss of life is not known to amount to more than 10 or 12. . _ During the whole of this time the forts continued perfectly silent, and never once did they attempt to offer the slightest opposition. Captain Pullen had previously_ declared his wish to spare all public buildings and Government property, and had re quested that flags should be hoisted over them, which, after some demur, was complied with. On the afternoon of the 26th a secretary of the Pasiia's arrived from Mecca, and implored Captain Pullen to desist, declaring that the murderers, 16 in member, were in confinement ; that their punish ment was certain, but that it could not be carried into execution approval of the sentence was received from Const2ntmople. Captain Pullen, however, continued firm in his first demands. On the following day some t. 90 Albanian troops arrived from Suez in open sailing boats, and Cap tain Pullen was requested to allow the2l to land. This was at once granted, together with a it•Psh re spite to the town. During this interval - Cie, Yal makam (who, it was found, had been recently .P -pointed, and was not the person who occupied the post at the time of the massacre) paid his first visit to the Cyclops, and announced the arrival at Jeddah of Naamik Pasha. The latter came off next day, and now the same arguments had again to be hitened to, with the same expostulations and en treaties for delay until the expected reply could be received from Constantinople ; but Captain Pullen continued steadfast. He required the immediate punishment of the assassins, failing which he would °bay his orders, even though the whole of the city should be destroyed, and the responsibility of what ever might occur he declared would rest with the .Pasha. As, however, the pilgrims had now com iseleed returning from Mecca, a further respite was afterwards granted, and it was ultimately extended to the sth of August, so as to allow them ample -time to leave the place. On the 31st the Moolish Princes embarked on board the Lady Canning and sailed for Yembo, whither they proceeded to per form the pilgrimage to Medina. One of the three ,Princes died at Mecca of apoplexy. It was also ascertained that cholera was raging in the city, and the disease, it was said, had broken out among the people at Jeddah. The town was now filled with pilgrims, who, how ever, speedily began crowding on board the craft ovgilable for carrying them away, and in these operations they received every . possible assistance from the Cyclops, even to supplying the vessels with water from her condensing machines. Naamik pasha continued to protest his inability to comply with what was demanded, and it seemed .noi;hing could save the town from destruction. But its fate was averted in a manner which none at Jeddah hoped for. On the morning of the 2d of August a steamer hove in sight, which turned out to be the Gabarri, with Ismail Pasha and about 450 Egyptian troops. The object of Ismail Pasha's mission soon became known, and his arrival at once put an end to all further suspense or difficulty. Shortly afterwards a letter came from Naamik Pasha, stating that he had received a firman from the Sultan conferring upon him the necessary power, that he was consequently prepared to satisfy to their fullest extent the demands made upon him, and that it only remained for Capt. Pullen to point out the spot upon which the execution of the crimi nals should take place. Sixteen men, a list of whose names was furnished to Capt. Pullen at his request, had been condemned by the Turkish courts, but one of these had died in prison, and against four of the others the evidence was declared insufficient to prove that they had been guilty of actual murder. 'They were reserved to be sent to Constantinople, condemned to the hulks for life. The remaining 11 were to suffer death. The spot selected was one of the river reefs, in full view of both the town and harbour. On the morn ing of "the sth a force composed of the Marines of the Cyclops and of part of the crew, all fully armed and with fixed bayonets, were landed and drawn up upon the ground ; and the prisoners soon after arrived, escorted by a strong body of Turkish and Egyptian troops. Decapitation was the mode of death that had been decided upon ; but I will spare your read ers an d myself the horrible and sickening details of the scene that ensued. The execntionb.''s were inexpert or their weapons blunt. There were few among our men whose cheeks did not turn p4,le at the spectacle they were compelled to witness. Most of the men met their fate with the utmost fortitude. Each of them was asked his name, and all distinctly confessed their guilt, some, indeed, maintaining an air of defiant exultation to the very last. The moral effects of these events cannot fail to be most beneficial. The town of Jeddah has rece i ve d a lesson which will doubtless make a deep impres sion, and the saluta r y effects of which will spread a lV n lus ve s s ul se m ls an ha w v o e r , ll. ol A considerable number oe_ throughout the whole fofltnliche. over, witnessed all that occurred,utyenrmand7 t will whom l carry home the news among their con it will afford fresh proof how delusive wassisn v ..th a. e i_iaoy tion that the " raj ' of England wash pa eless'it must from among them, and how utterly be to defy or insult her power even ho the shores of a distant and comparatively unprotected sea, and far more so, therefore, on her own territory. We must, however, guard ourselves against too readily believing , that the work has been completed, or that the ends of justice have been fully attained. In some continents that lately appeared on the sub ject it was observed that the demands of the English and French Governments would probably be met by the execution of some few of the subordinate actors, while attempts would be made to screen the more powerful and wealthy—those, in fact, whose guilt is by far the deepest. According to all appearance the prediction has been fulfilled to the letter. Of the 11 men who were exemted one was a tinsmith, an other was a baker, a third was a boatman, and so forth to the end of the list. Although the fate of these men was undoubtedly well-merited, still it cannot for a moment be believed that they alone are guilty, or even that the abettors or instigators of the massacre are beyond detection. The con duct of the Turkish authorities, therefore, on that and also on other grounds, calls for strict investi gation. In the matter of the Irade the proceedings of Naamik Pasha have, without question, been most unwarrantable. On leaving Jeddah, the vessel, which had been condemned by a regularly consti tuted tribunal, was, at the request of the Pasha, delivered into his charge ; but this was done with the express understanding that she was the pro perty of the British Government, and that though she might abstain from hoisting British colours, none other should be displayed. On the return of the Cyclops one of the first objects that met the eyes of the officers was the Turkish flag flying from her gaff, and Captain Pullen's indignant remon- . strances were met with the reply that it was done in honour of his arrival. Afterwards it was ascer tained that the flag had been placed there immedi ately after the departure of the Cyclops, by the ex press orders of the Pasha. On Captain Pullen threatening to tow the vessel out into deep water and to sink her, the harbour master was sent on board, and the flag was again hauled down. Naamik Pasha then proposed that a mixed court should be formed to adjudicate upon the vessel, but an offer so uncalled-for was necessarily at once re jected. The nationality of the vessel had never once been questioned, and, as Naamik Pasha must well have known, no officer of a foreign Govern ment had a right to claim the slightest jurisdiction over her. The Cyclops was evidently in a most unfavour able position for obtaining information on the sub ject of the massacre, but a belief was ascertained to be prevalent that the authorities of the town, in cluding the Pasha as well as the Cadi, were far from being wholly guiltless in the matter, even it was stated to the extent of connivance. It can hardly be credited that this is absolutely true ; but the mere existence of such a report shows how necessary it is that all the circumstances of the affair should be strictly and impartially investigated. The mild terms of indignation in which the Pasha spoke of the massacre on his first interview with Captain Pullen, and immediately after its occurrence, as compared with the warmth of his language when attempting to screen'the guilty city from the doom which for a while seemed to hang over it, may be passed over, but we are entitled to fuller assurance that none concerned in the massacre have escaped being brought to judgment. We may also fairly claim the right to learn why the Kaunakam, the only man who rendered any assistance to the Chris tians, was displaced and another person appointed in his stead. It was alleged that the cause of his dismissal was of old date, but it is obviously neces sary that any circumstance in any way bearing upon the late outrage should be explained on the fullest and highest authority. AUG. 23. The Hindostan, with the Calcutta and China mails, reached Suez yesterday afternoon. She has been retarded several days beyond the usual time by a derangement of machinery, and had to steam up the Red Sea working one engine alone. The outward mails left Suez by . the Bengal on the 20th. The Egyptian steamer Gabarri arrived at Suez on the 18th inst. She reports everything quiet at Jeddah, whence she sailed on the 10th inst. Ismail Pasha was preparing to leave the place, on his way back to Constantinople. The mortality at Mecca and at Jeddah, at first attri buted to Asiatic cholera, it now appears arises merely from a more severe form of the endemic diseases by which the pilgrims are annually deci mated. One of the Sultanas of the late Sultan Mahmoud, who was performing the pilgrimage, has fallen a victim to the disease. Her suite have arrived at Suez by the Gabarri, together with a large number of other passengers. Public health in Egypt continues excellent. Her Majesty's steamer Vigilant arrived from Malta this morning with despatches for the Consulate. TEE. CA w 1 MASSACRE, BY AI EYE- WITNESS. The following account of the Cawnpore massacre, by Mrs. Murray, the wife of Sergeant-Major Mur ray, was first published by the Indian Empire. Mrs. Murray is now in Calcutta, and is ready to answer any questions : " Long before the mutiny broke out at Cawnpore there was a report that the old muskets would be superseded by the Enfield rifles ; that the cartridges of the new guns were prepared with hogs' lard and cows' grease ; that the time had arrived when the Government was going to Christianize its subjects; that the new cartridges were the preparatory steps to attain that object, and a thousand and one such reports which I have neither time nor patience to relate, but all calculated to inflame the mind of the ignorant people. The Mahomineflan portion of the population—a class of men whose capacity for fabri cating lies could only be - gleaned by perusing the " Arabian Nights "—had given out such reports as could never fail to rouse any one to madness, and had 0 strongly worked upon the feelings of the masses that the whole population seemed ready, as it were, to sacrifice anything dear to them rather than Surer their castes to be violated. It was about this time that General Wheeler ordered a parade of all the regiments stationed at Cawnpore, and read out officially a General Order that the use of the old muskets ceased in the army from that date, and that in future Enfield rifles would be supplied in their place. The Sepoys, of course, refused to use the new guns. Parade was again ordered in the evening, with no better results. From that time parade regularly took place twice a-day. The General was determined to carry- out the orders, and the Sepoys were determined to oppose them. While this foolish obstinacy both on the part of the General and the army lasted the Sepoys seemed to have been very much dissatisfied, and openly grumbled to go to the parade. News of all sorts were flying from one end of the station to another. There was -not a report ever so absurd which -was not firmly believed by the populace. Things were fast assuming a very unfavourable aspect. The loud cries of discon tent on a sudden changed into a sort of sullen re serve ; everything looked suspicious ; at this time an old havildar, whose pension paper was sent to the Commander-in-Chief for confirination, Went up to the General and informed him that the whole of the native army Was perfectly disaffected, and was-rife at the slightest pretext to break out into open reMlion. . .He therefore suggested, as a pre cautionary measure, to destroy the whole of the powder in the magazine, keeping only as much as would be necessary in case of a protracted siege. The -man was rewaded with imprisonment for his trouble ; on what ground this step was taken was better known to him who ordered his arrest. Next followed General Wheeler's Ichansamah, who was arrested for having informed him that the army was . disaffected, and that unless he' changed his policy he would bitterly repent of what he was about. A third, who was a sepoy, was taken up while fast asleep in his line, for no other fault th. 211 that of having spoken something seditious in the bazaar. About this time Nana Sahib visited Cawnpore. He called upon the General, and on being -asked as to the object of his visit, he said he had heard there was to be a disturbance in the can tonnient, 'and he had come down to render him as sistance. What further passed between him and the General no one could say. Nana halted at the station only a few days, and then all of a sudden left the place for Bithoor. Just after his departure the 2d Cavalry mutinied. It was at midnight on the 4th of June, 18.57, that the bungalow of the riding-master was set fire to ; he escaped with his life providentially. The whole of the 2d Cavalry, with one regiment of native infantry, marched off towards Nawabgunge, looted the treasury, and was makingraway to Delhi, and had actually gone off about 12 miles from the station, when they were joined by the Nana's men, who told them that the King of Delhi would not receive them unless they made a practical demonstration of their hatred to wards the accursed Fenn' ghees, which would not only entitle thein to double pay offered by the King od but m w en o . uld Atgainthisthetmheythe returned of • a l l l e h to Ca.wnpore, accompanied by th e i r new friends, which haci up to this time, in other respects, re when the rest of th e reg i men t s , mained faithful,joined the mutinous corps as if it were by a comiNon consent, and they all in a body went up to Nave bgunge, about three miles from the stati on , l oo t e d and sec ure d a ll the e remainder of the treasure, g :ts and ammunition. This was on th e sth o f J une. - On the 6th the Christian portion of the town were ovslered to go into the entrenchment, which wa s no • other than an old hospital belonging to a Europe regiment. The civil, military, merchants, tradesm e n, clerks, drum mers, pension ers —i n fact' all the men omposing the Christian part o f th e popu lation : •*-tto the en trenchment. went ~ F rom the 7th of June the mutineers comn k •tleed ght all .'''`.. e can nonading the garrison.' They br". with th 24-potmders from the magazine, erected four bat- • teries on the four sides o f the entrenchment, an com menced pouring in balls like rain. T brought mortars , but the shells, being filled powder only, could scarcely do any harm. Th e first three or four days they were incessantly firing n• the entrenchment, but after that time they firedcl only at a stated hour. The people in the entrench ment were half dead through fear, particularly the ladies, but after three or four days, when they got used to that mode of life, they did not care for the booming of a cannon. There could not have been less thaii 1,000 souls in the entrenchment, including women, children, and men of all classes and ranks, and the rebels outside were ten times that number ; of this number 5,000 to 6,000 were regular disci plined men from the ranks of the native army, one portion composed of the Nana's men, and the rest were budmashes of the town and villages, whom prospect of plunder had attracted into the station. All the - public and private property outside the garrison was looted. The conveyances belonging to the gentlemen of the station were taken and made use of by the heads and leaders of the insurrection. The ranks of majors, colonels, and generals were supplied by the senior non-com missioned officers of the mutinous army. With all their endeavours and firing they . found that they could not much harm the garrison. They then attempted to take the place by storm, but as many times as they tried they were repulsed with a considerable loss. With all their firing very few men were killed in the entrenchment, and those few not while they were doing sentry duty, but while drawing water from the fatal well in the entrench ment, which was in a most exposed part of the garrison. It was about this time that the old havildar, whom General Wheeler had confined on suspicion, and who was in the garrison, was killed by the bursting of a shell. A lady was also killed in the same way. But accidents like these were so rare that I scarcely remember beyond one or two instances in which lives were lost. When any one was killed it was the practice to stitch him in a bag and remove him at a late part of the night to a blind well which was close by. The accidents that too frequently occurred were while drawing water out of the well. After one or two deaths took place at the well people commenced sending little children to draw water, thinking they would not be fired at ; but the mild Hindoos and refined Mahomme dans are not the men to spare a dog belonging to a Christian, and much more children. Many children were killed and wounded at the well while drawing water. Perhaps twelve days or a fortnight had not elapsed since we had entered the entrench ment, when the roof of it, which was built of straw. caught fire by a shell and was burnt down. Just after this occurrence the soldiers one night, having consulted together, sallied out of the garrison dis guised in black, and utterly spoilt one of the bat teries which the rebels had constructed on the four sides of the garrison, spiked as many guns as they could lay their hands upon, and would have as suredly done more, but the General, having h eard of it, disapproved the bold attempt, and immedi ately ordered the bugle to sound, when they all re turned into the garrison. It is a remarkable fact that during the whole period of our stay in the garrison not more than 30 soldiers were killed. To the best of my knowledge, there were lots of pro visions in the garrison, and if the General had only held out for 12 days or a fortnight more the whole of the garrison would have been relieved by Gen. Havelock, who arrived at Cawnpore just twelve days after the massacre. But no ; it was fated otherwise. On the 26th of June, Jacoby, or Jaco bite, the watchmaker's sister-in-law, who was left behind and was in the hands of the rebels, came with a letter from Nana Sahib, offering terms of peace. Her brother-in-law and sister were in the garrison. She swore Nana was sincere in his pro fessions, and the General, as the drowning man grasps at a straw, swallowed down everything as Gospel truth. The whole garrison was against surrendering, and bitterly opposed the General when he seemed inclined to accept the offer. The soldiers became mad to hear that the General was going to accept the offer. They broke their guns in a rage, and openly exhibited every sign of in subordination, but to no purpose. The General accepted the terms, in the teeth of universal oppo sition. Mrs. Wheeler herself opposed him, and begged of him not to do this, but to no purpose. He was firm and inflexible. The Nana had been his friend, and he could not see the reason why he could not trust him. The General wrote a warm letter of friendship and sent it off by Jacoby's sister in-law. A little while after the miscreant Nana arrived, and was immediately conducted to the General. Whatever was proposed at that moment the General agreed to, provided he was only allowed with the beleaguered garrison to depart in peace. Nana agreed to it, and to satisfy him took an oath that he would see them safely, conducted to Allah abed. After this the rebels outside rushed into the garrison. Their number was so great that there was hardly any place to stand. There could not have been less than 7,000 to 8,000 armed men sur rounding the garrison and occupying every inch of ground. If they had wanted they could have crushed us in the garrison without using their weapons. After this the treasury chest was made over to the Nana, together with all the ammuni tions -which were in the garrison. Nana then ordered the necessary preparations to be made to leave Cawnpore, he having left the garrison to go and arrange for boats. Every one packed up his things, and passed the night with feverish anxiety. Next morning a Sowar came and informed the General that there was not a sufficient number of boats available, and therefore, instead of boxes, in which every one had packed up his things, a bundle of clothes could only be allowed to be car ried by each man, which was forthwith prepared, but, another Sowar coining in after a while com municated to the General that, there not being sufficient room in the boats to stow so many bundles, it was decided by the Nana Sahib that they should depart as they were. The General, at this second message, at once ordered the whole gar rison to march out as they were. They were con ducted towards the ghaut by the Nana's men, who took them not by the route h which they had their battery (for the soldiers would have assuredly fallen upon their battery and would have turned their guns again - st them), but by another passage altogether. When the garrison reached the ghaut the men were ordered to go in the boats, to which they objected, unless the ladies and children were first accommodated. But the General, being as sured that there was no harm in it, that there was some breakfast prepared for the ladies and chil dren, which as soon as they had taken they would be put in the boats, the General got into a boat, and then all the men followed his example. As soon as the main body of the men were thus sepa ' rated from the women and children, they were fired at, but some of the soldiers having a few rounds of cartridges which they had taken with them by stealth, returned the fire, and like so many desperate bull-dogs, jumped out of the boats, and fought bravely against the fearful odds as long as their cartridges lasted. They then threw away their guns and were cut to pieces. One soldier jumped into a blind well, but was taken out and massacred by a host of ruthless barbarians. One boat having caught fire, was burnt with all its inmates, and any one at tempting to escape the fire was made a target mark by the armed multitude standing on the banks. The gentlemen who were left on the bank, or, at least, those who had not gone into the boat, were hunted from one place to another like dogs, and on each man a thousand sabres flashing at a time, wives and children beseeching the multi tude with folded hands and in praying attitude to spare their husbands and fathers, but to no pur pose, the whole of the male portion of the garrison were barbarously murdered by order of Nana Soor. My husband, William Murray, Band-Ser ceant of the 56th Native Infantry, was shot t ,- in the head. My brother met the same fate. His name was Hero. My two sons Alick and John fell by . tulwar. The women all, high and low, were stripped in open air, a piece of blue cloth of hardly three cubits, and less than a cubit in breadth, was given to each woman, just to cover herself. Then followed the massacre of the children, and I can, without any exaggeration, confidently declare that no less than 300 of the innocent angels were de stroyed, as it were by the spell of magic. " They were bayonetted, shot, dashed on the ground, and trampled under foot. One European boy, of about seven years, having escaped from the hands of the Sepoys, came running and fell upon Nana's foot, and begged of him to spare his life and he would serve him as a mehter. The boy had not lifted up his head from the foot, before it was cut off by the express order of the Nana, and he flung the head away with his foot. My two grandsons, Robert and Charles, aged five and 12 years re spectively, were cut down on the s p ot. M y t wo daughters-in-law, Lewsa and Santa, were cut down, both of whom were pregnant, but the latter, being very far advanced, expecting daily to be confined, was ripped open, and the child came out of her womb, which was cut on the spot. Many were the heartrending scenes which followed, when mothers were forced to give up their infants in arms to be brutally massacred in their presence--but too many to be related here. I received one sword-cut on the head by a sowar, who, aiming a second blow, I guarded with my hand, when I received another cut on my hand ; after that I received one cut on my back, which was so severe that I fell down senseless. I received two cuts more, but I am not sensible as to when they were inflicted ; after that what passed lam not aware. When all the peo ple were gone away I opened my eyes, and I found myself lying in the heap of dead bodies fearfully mangled. I tried to get up,. but I could not, so I crawled and went near the water, and I drank some water. A fishwoman living on the ghaut ka,v 9 ino• seen me, took pity on me and used to supp l y f s u e l e l n y t i v bhat , ith gruel and other necessaries which she cou l a ' afford, but her mother used to abuse me shame .afte:Nuvase_d_ritsobb3e, lying near the river close to a ssho,opotrom:ield; e d th i t e ho eplacethey where brick is baked. I was some sepoys, who threatened to qd them they were welcome to do shot me in the head, and thus got rid of a life w hi c h wasi;s s u o p r p es oi l ta ve b r l e e :o b f u e t arf t w he l y y went away without Cu 3 lesting me. Perhaps they felt loath to look at me, u i*‘r THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTE3EE 3, 1858. bad and full of worms. Before I fell I remember to have seen several grown-up girls and young ladies taken away by the sowars and other men, but as many as were taken away there was not one who had not personal attractions—the best passport for her safety. They were taken towards the town, and to what indignities they were subjected is a mystery which will only be revealed on the day of judgment. They were afterwards brought and kept in the Assembly-house, but I do not know whether the whole of the number or only a part was brought back. The fugitives who had escaped from Fur ruckabad and were coming down to Calcutta in boats were stopped at Cawnpore and were taken up and added to the inmates of the Assembly-house, the whole of whom were massacred on the arrival of General Havelock. There was not one spared to inform the world as to what had been perpetrated on them. The rebels knew full well that the Bri tish army would ultimately triumph, and therefore they took good care to destroy all of them who had been eye-witnesses to their Tartaric barbarity. I well remember that as long as the soldiers had car tridges and were bravely fighting away there was no trace of the Nana Soor, but the moment the car tridges were over and the soldiers commencedthrow ing away their guns, then the beast made his ap pearance. He was laughing away while the poor Europeans were being cut down in his presence. On the arrival of General Havelock the cowardly miscreants of Cawnpore disappeared like stars at dawn of day, and the Nana Soor disappeared like a comet. I was promptly attended to, my wounds were dressed, and I was forthwith sent to Allahabad, where, being put under medical treatment, my wounds got better, and I was sent down to Calcutta ; and here I am with five marks, which I consider the best evidence to confirm the truth of my statement. I forgot to mention that Gen. Wheeler of the station was not murdered with the rest of the gentlemen, but a day after the massacre. His boat having left Cawnpore had actually gone away about 14 miles, when it was seized and brought back, and the fol lowing day he was put to death. He was made to sit in the sun almost the whole day, and in the evening he was cut down by the order of Nana Sahib. The feeling of the Mahommedan portion of the rebels was so bitter against the, Christians that nothing but blood would satisfy them. Before they would strike a Christian down they would repeat the word Bismillah,' i.e., linit by the name of God. Up to this time I possess the piece of three cubits of blue cloth which was given to every one when the whole of the women were stripped, and which piece any one seeing will have some idea at least of the indignities offered to the ladies." BIARRITZ. A letter from Biarritz, dated August 30? says the Court is expected there on Wednesday. There has been a good deal of hesitation and doubt whether their Majesties would visit Biarritz at all this summer ; and Biarritz, whose season, owing to causes already mentioned, has been anything but what it was in past years, was for some time in considerable anxiety. Unpleasant rumours cir culated of an epidemic prevailing, among children in this place, and of great mortality among them. There was much exaggeration in these statements ; the good people of Biarritz, in fact, denied there was any foundation whatever for them, and they were attributed to the malevolence of individuals hostile to the Imperial family, and to the jealousy of the rival watering-places in the Pyrenees or on the coast that this spot should enjoy, as it were, a monopoly of Court favour. Be this as it may, it was proper to take every precaution when the health of the infant Prince was concerned. A physician was sent down express from Paris to ex amine and report on the sanitary condition of Biar ritz. He arrived here some days ago, and at once set to work. He went carefully over the registry of deaths in the district for some weeks past, and had several conferences with the local practitioners, as well as with those of Bayonne. The epidemic in question was a throat disease, popularly known as the grouppe, and is the angine of chil dren. The Court physician ascertained that no case of the kind had appeared at Biarritz, but that at St. Esprit, now a sort of faubourg of Bayonne, and separated from it by the Adour, a certain number of children of tender age died of the disease within a comparatively short period. The physician returned to Paris on Friday, and made his report in the sense I have indicated. It may be presumed that it was considered favourable, as on Saturday even ing a telegram was received by the authorities an nouncing the intended visit of their Majesties, and ordering the preparations for their reception to be continued. The frame of the triumphal arch, close to the Imperial residence, was erected some weeks ago, and covered with shrubs and flowers. The leaves, however decayed ; the flowers faded ; and it ,presented on the whole so withered an appear ance that when it was officially known that their Majesties would come, it was decided to renew the foliage and other horticultural ornaments on this and other similar structures, along the road and at the entrance of the town—to the great contentment of the nurserymen in the neighbourhood. The first of the series of bull fights, which will be held during the sojourn of the Court in these parts, took place at St. Esprit yesterday. A new circus has been erected with especial care for that purpose in the square of this Hebrew town ; and such a sacrifice on the part of the Impresario, in provid ing for the amusement of her Majesty and the float ing Spanish population, gave to all who arc partial to the national sport of Spain favourable expecta tions of what is to come. The Corrida of yesterday was admitted by competent persons to have been decidedly the best hitherto exhibited on this side of the Bidassoa. The bulls were selected with care from the well-known yanaderios, or breeding grounds, of Guidulin and Pajules, of Navarre, which generally furnish the animals for the rings of the North of Spain. The weather was a little threatening in the morning, to the manifest disquietude of the amateur. These were greatly relieved, however, when, as the day ad vanced, the watery-looking clouds melted away, and the sun shone out brilliantly, though not intensely or inconveniently hot—an important con sideration for those who must take their seats in the tendidos, exposed as they are to the rays of the sun. The performance was to begin at 4 o'clock, and at three o'clock the circus was crowded to the ut most. The select boxes were filled with rows of fashionably dressed ladies and Gentlemen, not all Spanish nor French ; the valemczllas contained gen tlemen dressed in a style of independent dandyism —the calanes hat, red silk sash, and peculiar shirt collar, meant probably to make the, stranger be lieve in the Andalusian nationality of the wearers, but the light complexion, bushy sandy whiskers, and unmistakeable accent, betrayed a decided Anglo- Saxon origin. The tendidos above-mentioned were occupied by the clamorous members of that class which M. Thiers would probably denominate the multitude, without the epithet. Two military bands played alternately some soothing pieces of music, and served to beguile the tedium of waiting for the spectacle, and to keep in tune the boisterous im patience of the public„ It is but fair to say that punctuality was rigorously observed. Precisely as the great clock of the Cathedral struck 4, the signal was given, and the Enadrilla, or troop of bull fighters, headed by the Alguazil in his picturesque costume, entered the arena. The first and second Espadas, or matadors, were Fernandez, better known to the fancy as the Moreno (the dark coin- 1 plexioned), and Juan Sanchez, who, I believe, her not yet attained the hoirour of a soubriquet, which is generally given to Spanish favourites. The dart men and flagmen ( Banderillos y Mulas) were Joaquin Viega, el Chato, or the fiat-nosed ; Ruiz, Martin, Argel Fernandez, Rodrigues, Peraz, Meli, Montero. The cachetero was Manuel Bidales. The picadores, or mounted lancemen, were Pedro Mo rales (el Trayabulas ), Manuel Rizio ( Poco Trampa ), and Jorge Vergara ( Pau y Leche ), with a Cabal lero en Plaza, Jose Puntas, surnamed the Salado. The first bull was of the class of the Abantos, that is, sly, gentle, but treacherous at the outset ; and who turns on you at the end with the enve nomed rage of a detected hypocrite. He received about a dozen thrusts from the picador Tragatablas, whose horse he killed ; and nine from Rizo, the Pocotrampa, with a similar loss. The animal was then taken in hand by Vergara, who had his steed slightly wounded. Six pairs of bandilleros, or darts, were planted between the horns, in his neck, with great dexterity, by Eugenio Martin and Ruiz, two slender and exceedingly nimble young men. The first espada executed some curious passages, suertes as they are technically termed, with his cloak, and then—for the animal must not leave the ground alive—the signal for his death was given. The Moreno assumed the red flag, and the long straight sword ; he went towards the box of the Mayor to demand, as is the custom, that functionary's per mission t o slay the bull. The graceful matador took off his Montera cap, shook it, flung it in the a ir, cry in g out " A las lindas hijas de Bayonne" — " to t he charming g i r l s o f Bayonne," meaning that he o ffered the bull as a homage to Bayonnese beauty, bowed his obeisance to the Mayor, and set to work. The bull had evidently som ething of the disposition of the Irish re b e l s in '9B, who, as a member of the Dublin lawyers' cavalry corps bitterly complained, would never stand steady to be cut down. The ani mal—the Spanish bull I mean, and not the Hiber nian—could not for sometime be forced or wheedled into the right place or position to receive his quietus. El Moreno, after several times waving his crimson nitdita, at last slew his beast with a mete y saw, which the applause that greeted it showed to be one of much artistic merit. The mete y sacs con sists in waiting motionless until the bull almost touches your breast, avoiding the tip of the horn by an imperceptible movement of the body, and, while ,~t~G doing so, planting the sword and taking it back with lightning rapidity. This is the favourite suerte of the matador El Salamanquino. I would not recom4 mend a mere amateur over 18 stone to try it. The second bull was the neatest and the bravest animal that has ever figured in a Bayonne circus. , From the first he seemed determined to avenge the' fall of his late comrade. He gave very hard work to the lancemen, who fought, all of them, gallantly ; but, in spite of all of their efforts, skill, and cau tion, six horses lay dead on the sand before even flag and cloakmen were called to face him. The noble brute, still terrible, and goaded to frenzy by lance thrusts in the shoulders, eyed his new assail ants fiercely. Sanchez advanced, waving his light blue mantle for a while ; he threw it aside, and executed, in the twinkling of an eye, the well known salto de la garrocha, which was the specialite of the famous Montes. In this perilous feat the bull-fighter runs towards the bull with a pike in his hand, plants the sharp point of it in the ground, and raising himself on it, leaps over the furious and bewildered beast. The bull, who had taken five pairs of banderillos and two of parches, that is, a sort of bouquet made of ribands, which is covered with wax so as to stick to the animal's neck, was killed by Sanchez, after two thrusts—the first a fruitless attempt at a descabelle ; the second pro nounced a tolerable volapies. The third bull was the one that gave most trouble to the mounted lancemen. The swarthy Andalusian, Morales, fought with untiring ardour and persistence. Twenty times did the bull dash him to the ground, and each time he rose from under his horse, with the utmost coolness mounted another, and set to work again. His feats of horse manship in the deadly encounter, and his strong and admirable proportions were remarkable ; he is little over 25 years of age. The Banderilleros ex hibited wonderful agility in the hairbreadth escapes from their enemy ; but the Mutador was generally pronounced unequal to his task, and the bull, like his predecessor, showed the greatest repugnance to be despatched by sword, or, indeed, by any other weapon. He was, of course, at length mastered, nolens volens. The sixth Toro was fought in a different man ner from the preceding. The ordinary bull fighters retired to the corner of the ring, and a Caballero en Plaza (Jose Puertas), habited in the picturesque fashion of the time of Charles V., such as the Emperor might have worn when he lanced his bull in Valladolid in honour of the bit th of an heir to his Spanish dominions—or of Philip 11., made his entrance into the circus mounted on a handsome steed. Before the Tauromaquia be came a regular calling, the hidalgos and nobles of the Spanish Court used to fight bulls as a pastime, and this remnant of the old customs of Spain is sometimes (though rarely) witnessed in our day. The last occasion when the Caballeros en Plaza figured was in Madrid, on the occasion of Queen Isabella's marriage, and the fight took place, not in the ordinary ring outside the Alcala gate, but in the grand square' (the Plaza Mayor) of the city. The Caballero of yesterday, his scarf fluttering m the air, galloped sev e r al times round the bull, throwing darts at him, all of which told, and at last slew him with two or three thrusts of his lance. The dexterity with which he evaded the attacks of the bull, who now followed, now met him full in front, was greatly applauded, and the cham pion rode slowly out of the ring unscathed. In the troop of bullfighters there were half-a-doien of Portuguese toreros dressed as Indians, who exe cuted some new feats with the last two bulls. On the whole, it was pronounced by competent judges (Spaniards, not French) that the seven bulls of yesterday's Corrida were excellent ; the Pica dores and Banderilleros deserving of praise ; the Portuguese very dexterous for Portuguese ; but that the Espadas were deficient in knowledge and experience. The etiquette of the Plaza de Toros is rigorous, and cannot be violated with impunity. The first Espada forgot himself so far as to enter the ring with a cigar in his mouth. If he had done so in Spain he would have to pay a heavy fine. It is against all rules of tauromachy ; shows little re spect for the public ; and, as a retired veteran of the ring angrily observed, sets a very bad example to the younger members of the Cuadrilla. The Spanish part of the spectators protested loudly against such an infraction of good manners, and after a loud cry of " Fuera el elyarro !" the weed was laid aside. As. the Empress is expected this week, two other bullfights will take place in her Majesty's honour. The amateurs express the hope that new Espadas will have the direction of the troop, as the present are not considered up to the mark. 'POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 2. MANSION-HOUSE.—Edwin James, a well dressed fellow, of good address and of about 19 bears of age, an adept at smashing, was brought efore the Lord Mayor, charged with having passed a counterfeit half-crown, at the shop of Mr. Pollard, a toba 2conist, in King William-street. Mr. W. Ellison said—l am an American mer chant, and reside at No. 33, Abingdon-villas, Ken sington. Yesterday afternoon I was assisting my brother-in-law, Mr. Pollard, in his business, when the prisoner entered the shop and asked for a couple of cigars, at the same time helping himself from a box on the counter. We have lately taken several bad half-crowns. From a signal that I re ceived from Mr. Pollard I suspected the prisoner, who tendered me a half-crown in payment. I im mediately discovered that the half-crown was a bad one, and seized the prisoner by the collar, and told him he would have to go with me. He said he should offer no resistance; and I told him that if he did it would be of no use. He said, " I don't deny having given you that half-crown, search me." When he selected the cigars he took from his waist coat a small pocket-book containing other money. I told him I had no doubt his other money was good. When he opened the pocket-book he gave me the bad half-crown out of the centre of the other money. I marked it and gave it to the officer. I should think the prisoner has lately passed a pound's worth of bad money at our establishment. Prisoner—l tendered the half-crown and laid it' down on the counter. I had not the least notion that it was a bad one. The gentleman picked it up and said to me, " I believe you have been here before." Mr. Ellison—My brother-in-law will be here directly, and will prove that the prisoner also passed him a bad half-crown a few days ago. T—Allen, constable, 448—Yesterday afternoon I took the prisoner into custody by direction of the last witness. I searched him at the station-house, and found on him two half-sovereigns and seven half-crowns, all good money. He gave his address at 7, Arbour-terrace, Camberwell-road. I went to Camberwell last night, but could find no such place as Arbour-terrace. _ _ The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, why did you giv e the officer a false address ? _ - Prisoner—l certainly gave him a wrong address. I have left my situation about a fortnight. I have not been near my mother since, and I should be very sorry to wound her feelings by letting her know I was in trouble. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Why did you give the officer the trouble of going to Camberwell ? Why did you not tell him that you would not give him your address, instead of sending him all that avay ? • PriSoner—l didn't want my real address known. Officer—This morning I have been to Kenning ton, where he (prisoner) said he lived, but I also found that address to be false. Mr. T. Pollard—l carry on the business of a tobacconist at 85, King William-street. The pri soner of late has been in the habit of coming to my shop very frequently, an d I k now hi m well. We have lately taken about a pound's worth of bad money. We did not know who to suspect until about ten days or a fortnight ago, when the pri soner entered the shop. He asked for some to bacco, and was supplied with it, when he gave me the bad half-crown (which I produce) in payment. As soon as I received it I discovered it was a bad one ; but as he was a respectable-looking young !flan, I hesitated before accusing him. Igave him his change, and he went away. The Lord Mayor—Did you not give him into custody. Witness—No, my lord ; I marked the half crown. I took it for granted that, if he was doing this intentionally, he would shortly pay me ano ther visit. The Lord Mayor—Did you allow him to leave the shop ? Witness—Yes, with the change and the tobacco. I then told my brother-in-law I had no doubt the prisoner would shortly pay . us another visit, and yesterday afternoon he again entered the shop. I immediately gave a signal to my brother-in-law, having previously given a description of the pri soner to him. The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you been in a situation ? Prisoner—Yes, in the City. The Lord Mayor—What part of the City ? Prisoner—l would rather not state that. The Lord Mayor—You seem to have been carry ing on a very flourishing trade. We shall find out who your master was, if you had one, and who your connections are. So you had better give us a cor rect address. Prisoner—No, that would disgrace them so ; and then see how it would upset my poor mother. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—l trust that the press will give an accurate description of your appearance. I shall remand you till Tuesday next, and I trust that any persons who may read this case in the newspapers, and who have been victimised by you, will attend here on that day. The prisoner has light hair and fair complexion, with his shirt collar turned down. He is dressed in a black frock coat and waistcoat, and dark :3peckled trousers. GUILDHALL.—George Martin, a cheesemon ger, of 21, Wakefield-street, New-road, and Rich. Webbe, a watchmaker, of Eagle-house, Woodford, Essex, appeared on bail, charged with creating a disturbance in Bride-lane, Fleet-street. Policeman 347 said he was engaged on Wednes day afternoon in clearing Bride-lane of betting men, when he saw the prisoners fighting. He be lieved they were fighti ng a b ou t h orse -b e tting. H e found two betting books and about .£5 on Webbe, and one betting book and about £l2 on Martin. The prisoners said they were not fighting, for they were personally known to each other ; they were merely sparring in fun. The officer said the inhabitants complained very much of the nuisance occasioned by these betting men assembling in the narrow thoroughfares of that neighbourhood, and as fast as the police drove them from one street they assembled in another close behind him. Green, a detective officer, said he knew Martin as a skittle and card sharper, and had warned him from that place, where he sometimes loitered for the purpose of picking up countrymen. Martin indignantly denied the accusation, after which the prisoners were ordered to find one surety each in £5O to keep the peace. Henry Palmer, described as a clerk, residing at 3, White P os t-t errace, G ravesen d , was charged with stealing a coat and waistcoat, the property of Mr. George Imperial Sharp, a silk-mercer, of High street, Gravesend, from a bedroom at 40, Basing hall-street, where the prosecutor was staying. The coat was produced by a pawnbroker with whom it had been pledged, and the prisoner having admitted taking the property he was committed for trial. Sergeant Moy, No. 48 of the R division of Me tropolitan Police, said he found on the prisoner 52 pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to property in pledge, consisting of gold watches, diamond studs and rings, and almost every description of jewellery and wearing apparel. A solicitor, who attended to ask for an adjourn ment, said the property had already been adver tised, and from the number of applications respect ing it he thought there would be other charges of a much more serious character against the prisoner. The prisoner was accordingly remanded for a week. Mr. William Thomas Barnes, the son, and Mrs. Lucy Barnes, the wife of Mr. Barnes, the picture dealer and auctioneer, of St. Paul's-churchyard, who stand charged with conspiring to defraud. Mr. Robert Herries Peter, of Hyde-park-square, of £1,200 in money and a bill of exchange for £l,OOO during the months of May, June, and July last, appeared yesterday by arrangement for the pur pose of renewing their recogmsances in order that the case might stand over until Friday (this day) week, the act of Parliament limiting the adjourn ments in such offences to eight days. The inquiry will, therefore, be resumed on Friday, Sept. 10. CLERKENWELL—James Melvin, a big, rough looking fellow, a drover, was charged at the in stance of Mr. W. Love, the chief constable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following brutal treatment of bullocks : It appeared from the evidence of Guest and Skey, two of the Royal Society's officers, that they were at the New Cattle Market, where they saw the prisoner in charge of several bullocks, which were in one of the alleys. The prisoner was in the act of untying the animals from the rails, and, as ea9h animal got loose, he struck it a terrific blow over its nose, which caused the blood to gush out. He then commenced beating each of those which were tied up with a large stick over the head and eyes in such a manner that the poor ani mals groaned with pain, and the officers had a diffi culty in restraining him from further violence. They produced the stick, which was a formidable looking weapon, about a yard and a half long, and of great thickness, having a sharp point at one end of it. In reply to the charge the prisoner, in a sullen manner, said he did not believe that he hurt the bullock much. Mr. Tyrwhitt characterised the prisoner's con duct as being at once most brutal and cowardly, observing that this abominable kind of cruelty ap peared to be on the increase, and it was evident that punishment by fine made no impression upon such brutal fellows. He should therefore commit the prisoner for one month to the House of Correction with hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET.--Sarah Fossey, a well dressed person of middle age, residing in Bartlett's buildings, Finsbury, was charged with having as saulted Mary Ann Trigg. A gentleman from the offices of Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, solicitors to the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Pro tection of Women, stated that he was instructed to inform the court of particulars in connexion with this case. The complainant was the mother of a young girl who was recently violated by a German, named Herold. The offence was brought before this court, and sent to the last sessions of the Old Bailey, where Mr. Justice 'Willis sentenced the offender on conviction to penal servitude for the term . of his natural life, at the same time observing that it was one of the most gross cases he had ever tried. A most vile defence was set up for the pri soner, and four witnesses, inhabitants of the same buildings, where the parties now before the court then resided, were called in support of it. These per sons were shown to be the personal enemies of the girl's mother, and were very severely reprimanded by the judge, who expressed his indignation at their testimony. Mrs. Trigg had long before the trial been subjected to great annoyance by the con duct of Mrs. Fossey and others, and since then it had rather increased than otherwise, terminating, as would be p rove d, i n an assault, although Mrs. Trigg had actually removed from the neighbour hood. It was under these circumstances that the society trusted the magistrate would exert his au thority in such a way as would be most likely to put a stop to such a disgraceful course of behaviour. The assault, inflicted with a tray on the occasion of complainant's passing through the buildings, having been fully proved, the defendant was se verely reprimanded, and after a caution from the bench to be careful how she expressed her opinions on the punishment inflicted when an English jury had decided on the evidence, was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for three months. SOUTHWARK.—WiIIiam Kelly, a well-dressed man, who described himself as a horse dealer and a cornchandler, of 97, London-road, Southwark, was charged with being concerned, with others not in custody, in hocussing Mr. John Fisher, a green grocer, residing at Lewisham, and stealing a horse, his property, worth £l5. Mr. Downey appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Solomon for the prisoner. The prosecutor said that on Friday morning, the 27th ult., he left home with two horses to sell at the New Cattle Market. One was a Chesnut horse and the other a grey mare. He drove the latter in his cart. As he approached a public-house called " The World Turned Upside Down," in the Old Kent-road, a man named Fielding called him, and asked him if he was going to sell the chesnut horse. - Witness replied that he was, when Fielding said he knew a man in the London-road who was a buyer, and he then got into the cart and went with him to the cattle market where he sold the grey mare and exchanged the chesnut horse for a bay cob. They afterwards returned with the latter, and in the London-road they stopped, when . the prisoner came to Fielding, who said to him, " This is the horse that I spoke to you about, does it suit you ?" Witness said that he did not want to sell the horse, as he required it in his business. The prisoner then asked him how much he would want for it if he intended to sell it He replied £l5. The prisoner then said , "You m ean £ 12 ." He then go t into the cart with them, and they went to the World Turned Upside Down, where the horse and cart were placed in the yard while they all went in the parlour, and a pot of stout was sent in. The prisoner then offered him 13 sovereigns for the horse, which he refused to take. He afterwards and he then b ecame sud covered `vascie n l drank ylyiin a n a g ge l n a o s s ni s bt o hl e f e. t s f e va h b a e etn e rh,ho he re e, and he didhis senses he not know how he got there. Mr. Combe asked him what time it was when he drank the glass of stout ? He replied.—Between five and six in the evening, and when he recovered his senses it was past 12. Mr. Solomon—Now, was there not a sale between you and the prisoner respecting this horse ? Prosecutor—No, there was not. Mr. Solomon —Did you not sign a receipt? Prosecutor—l can neither read nor write, and I have no recollection of putting my hand to any pa--)er. Mr. Solomon here handed in a dirty piece of paper, on which was attached a receipt stamp, of which the following is a copy : " 27 August, 1858. Sold a horse (dun cob) for £l3, and received, in part payment, £l. " JOHN FISHER (his mark)." Mr. Combe—Did you ever see that before ? Witness—l have no recollection of seeing it, and I don't recollect receiving D. When I recovered my wife handed me a sovereign, which she said she found in my waistcoat pocket wrapped up in a piece of paper, on which was written as follows : —" I 0 U £12., William Velley." I positively swear I don't recollect receiving that, as I never intended to sell the horse. William Palmer, 125 L, said he took the pri mmer into custody, and he ascertained his address to be false. When told what he was charged with he said that he had bought the horse in the usual way, but had not the opportunity of paying the whole of the money. He also said that he ha a few horses for sale at Barnet Fair, and afterwards he intended to pay the £l2. The witness asked him where the horse was, when he replied that it was at grass at Guildford, and if the prosecutor went' with him there he would give the horse up to hint on paying about £2, the expenses. On searching the prisoner he found the receipt produced. Mr. Solomon here submitted to his worship that it was a mere debt, and no doubt the prosecutor would soon have the money. Mr. Combe was of a different opinion, as the pro secutor had sworn that he had never entered into any contract for the sale of the horse. It was a case that required further investigation, therefore he should remand the pris oner until Wednesday next. HAMMERSMITH.—WiIIiam Axton and Peter Hammond were brought up on remand, charged with conspiring to defraud tradesmen of their goods. On the last occasion three cases were gone into, which showed that Axton represented himself as a member of Lloyd's, and the other prisoner as his coachman. Goods were supplied to furnish stables at No. 2, Ducking-pond-mews, May-fair, by Mr. Richardson, a furniture-dealer, of Victoria-road, Pimlico, to the amount of £34 2s. 51d. Mr. Joseph Sharp, a saddler, of King-street, Hammersmith, supplied goods to the amount of £52 10s. 2d, and Mr. Leonard Rymer, a saddler, of Burton-street, Bond-street, to the amount of 7 18s. 6d. Mr. Martin, who appeared for the prosecution on behalf of Mr. Sharp and Mr. Richardson, said he did not intend to offer any further evidence, as the property in these cases had been returned. His client did not feel warranted in bearing the great expense of a prosecution for conspiracy, and as the goods had been returned he hoped his worship would consent to their withdrawing the charge. Mr. Dayman said if the parties did not think proper to proceed further the prisoners would be discharged upon those cases. His worship then inquired if there were any other cases against the prisoners. The constable said Mr. Rymer was present, and if he had known the other two cases would have been withdrawn he could have produced other cases. Mr. Gordon, a saddler, of Piccadilly, was present, and he supplied them with goods. Mr. Bramwell, who appeared for Axton, said he had seen Mr. Gordon on the previous night, and he stated that he did not intend to prosecute, as the goods were to be returned. With respect to any other cases he denied that they could be proved. Mr. Alex. Gordon was examined, but his case failed, as being one entirely of credit. Mr. Dayman said he thought the ease of Mr. Rymer proved, and he should send the prisoners for trial if he (Mr. Rymer) wished. However, if he declined to prosecute, he should discharge them, because the police had no right to speculate upon them being committed. If there were other cases, they should have brought them. Besides, a great deal of negligence had been shown by the trades men in not making the proper inquiries, and he could not help remarking that it was quite marvel lous the way in which goods were supplied 01 1 credit. Mr. Rymer said he was a poor man, and could not afford to bear the expenses of a prosecution. He, therefore, should decline to proceed any f u rther. Mr. Bramwell said Mr. Rymer's goods should be returned, or the money paid. Mr. Dayman then discharged the prisoners. COUNTRY MA.RKETS. BIRMINGHAM-SEPT. 2. At this morning's market there was a large s u pply of wheat, but the trade closed dull, at rather ov er th e curren cies of this day se'nnight, but we make no alteration in our quotations. Barley held firmly for previous rates. NeW oats is per qr. lower. Beans and peas unaltered. MANCHESTER--SEPT. 2. There was an average attendance at our market to-day, and a fair amount of business was done at last week's ex treme prices for wheat. For flour likewise full prices were insisted on, but the demand was limited. Oats and oat meal were without change. Beans were again rather dearer. .--SEPT. 1. ras again well attended, with rain, which met a firm mar- Barley, grinding 32s to 349 Oats, old, 12st 34s to 369 New do 30s to 319 Beans. 50s to 539 Malt.... 6BB to 729 NEWARK. Our corn exchange to-day a good supply of all kinds of ket at late prices. White wheat, new, 50s to 52s Red do. s6s to 48s Old white 44s to 46s Red do. 408 to 42s Barley, malting.— 38s to 40s STOCKTON-ON-TEES-StpT. 1. A large supply of wheat from the growers tO-day, which met a free sale at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per qr. on last week's currency. Spring corn without alteration. Imports during the past week :—Wheat, coastwise, 9 60 qrs. DERBY SMITHFIELD-AUG. 31. There was but a short supply of fat beasts t i -day . , which t were in good demand and well sold, fully Lutintainmg 188 week's prices. The number of sheep ani lambs was about the average and better sold. Fat calves scarce and readily disposed of. A good su ppl y o f p i gs and in request. Beef 6d to 6/d ' 'Veal 7d to -- - a Mutt0n........ _6O to 7a Pork 6d to 50 Lamb 7d to na. Rough fat, 4s 6d per stone. A SUBTERRANEAN DISTILLERY.—The officers of the inland revenue in the Blackburn district, Lancashire, having for some time had their suspicions directed to s farmhouse belonging to and occupied by James Morris, a t Park-low, near Haslingden, they last week discovered a complete distillery beneath the farmhouse, and from which, there was internal communicati on . Thi s was accomp li s hed after two days' search. A leaden pipe, fixed to the wall, was traced to the turf-room, where it disappeared under the flags of the floor. On the flags being removed, an open' ing two feet broad and eight feet deep was found, at the bottom of which an officer who descended discovered a cells; about six feet square. In this place there were a truck and a quantity of empty tubs; &c. Another passage was then found, which led to another cellar, about six feet by eight feet. Here were found worm, still, and all necessary apps' ratus for the manufacture of illicit spirits, together with several jars and jugs of spirits. The chief part of the appa ratus was made of tin, and was of such large dimensions that it had to be • broken in pieces before it could be removed. It is believed it must have been made in the place where it was found. Immediately the officers entered his premises Morris drove eight head of cattle from the farm, and it is not known what he has done with them. While the officers were investigating the premises Morris told them that their labour would be all in vain ? and ; asserted his innocence of the charge o f b e i ng an laic" whisky spinner. On Saturday he was taken before the Blackburn magistrates and convicted in the penalty of X. 30 and costs ; in default he was sent to gaol for three months. He was considered to be a very religious man, and was fro' quently seen reading his Bible. - • L ADVERTISE MENT.] — HoIIoway's Pills—lndigestion and disordered liver. Mr. Bostock; druggist, of Ashton-under - Lyne, states that a' person with whom he is well acquainted has received the 'benefit of a most 'astonishing cure by th e use of Holloway's pills. For months he was afflicted with severe pains in the stomach, chest, and liver, which entirely prevented him from following his business. He availed himself of all the medical skill in the neighbourhood, with out deriving any benefit. He then determined on givinK Holloway's pills a trial, and this medicine had the effect 0 1 affording immediate relief, and finally restoring him to per fect health. This statement is published in the hope that others similarly afflicted may secure the means of obtaining the same relief. BIRTHS, DAVIES.—On the 29th June last, at Hong Kong, the wit° I !of the Hon. Henry Tudor Davies, of a son. DONALD.—On the Ist inst., at Albert Cottage, Peckham" rye, Mrs. James Donald, of a daughter. GORE.—On the 25th ult., at Pitt-terrace, Stirling, the l a ° of J. A. C. G ore, 71st Highland Light Infantry, ° daughter. MASON. —On the Ist inst., at Chariton Cottage, Blandfor a ' Dorset, the wife o f th e R ev . G . M ason, o f a daughters MARRIAGES. SIMESMITH—WALICER.—On the Ist inst., at Addingtl .. Surrey, by his Grace the Archbi s h o p o f Canterbury, Shoesmith, Esq., of Halifax , Yorkshire to Elizabeth' eldest daughter of Robert Walker, Esq., of Addington' TiromsoN—TUßNEß.—On the 2d inst. at St. Marq IValthamstow, Benjamin Edward, secon d son o f Mr. 4.0 R. Thomson, of Upper Hornsey-rise, Holloway, Mary Jane, only daughter of Mr. Wm. Turner, of %T thamstow, Essex. DEATHS. EDEN.—On the 31st ult., at 28, Abingdon-street, Mr Eden, Esq., formerly of the Privy Seal Office, aged FORD.—On the 31st ult., at Hevitre House, Exeter, Wei n; Ford, Esq., the author of "The Hand-book for Spaiu; &c., aged 62. GRAY.—On the Ist inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Mr. Gray, for upwards of 56 years the bookkeeper and or'"' -- dential clerk and friend of Messrs. S. Dobree and Saw' Tokenhouse-yard, London, aged 77. MACKAY.—On the Ist inst., soon after his arrival fr° g T Sydney, at the residence of his niece, in London, $u Mackay, Esq., aged 57. ORLEBAR.—On the 2d inst., Mrs Ann Orlebar, of Dorse t Cottage, Chiswick, and relict of William Orlebar, Etlj late of George-street, Hanover-square, London, o.Be- 7G. w hile WILLIAMS.—On the lst inst., at Carlton, Cambridge,,,, on a visit to Hanslip Long, Esq., Mr• W. R. li r il ua ` — ' jeweller, 14, Strand. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, September 3, 1858.