The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-11 00:00:00

THE BATTLE AT OATVINPORE. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer of the Naval Brigade who had been sta tioned with a small detachment at Cawnpore : " Commander-in-Chief's Camp, Three Miles from Cawnpore, Dec. 17, 1857. g 4 On the 25th of Nov. I was ordered with 30 men across the river on outlying picket. We had, not been out more than an hour when we were re lieved by a party of the 64th, and ordered to be ready to go out at 3 a.m. next day with two 24- pounders to the camp on t h e C a l pee - roa d , w h ere Gem. Windham had assembled about 1,500 men, as he had information that the Gwalier Contingent, of about some 20,000 men and 40 guns, were ad vancing on Cawnpore. So, on the 26th, at 2.30 a.m., we roused out, and after loading camels, ele phants, &-c., we started for the camp, but, owing to our heavy guns a n d a ver y bad road, we did not reach the camp till 8 a.m., when we found all the troops under arms, the camp struck, and ordered about five rdles to the rear, as the enemy had ad vanced in great numbers to about one mile and a half of where the troops were. When we arrived Gen. Windham and Brigadier Carthew were out reconnoitring. He soon came in and ordered the force to advance, but gave us no orders. We saw the Light Artillery advance, and we followed, but our heavy guns and the bad roads kept us in the rear, notwithstanding all our efforts, and the Ge neral seeing that ordered us to go back. So we 'bout ship,' and were not more than 10 minutes turned round when we heard the troops commence hard at it, and in about an hour the firing ceased, and an aide-decamp galloping down to telegraph to Calcutta that we had licked the enemy and taken four guns. We re-established ourselves in the en trenched camp, and had hardly done so when we re ceived orders to go out again next morning, with out tents or bagga ge . S o on the 27th we started at 5 a.m., and joined the troops at abut 8, who were all under arms. We drew up our guns on the road, and General Windham went to reconnoitre. When he came back we were ordered to get our tents out ; so I got on my horse, rode in, and saw our tents and baggage started, and galloped back again as hard as I could. I had just got off, and walked from the road to the end of the Artillery park and back, and was cormiltiniz with L'ent. Hay, our coma] , N, tu where uur WIALS should be pitched, when the general assembly sounded, and you never saw such a race and scram ble, soldiers rushing for their arms and belts, sai lors running to their guns, cavalry saddling horses, and the deuce's own hubbub. We were the first ready, loaded our guns, and limbered up for ad vancing. Just as we were all ready the noon gun fired in the intrenched camp in the town, and it was answered all around us in every direction by a volley of artillery from the enemy, not very far off. Never were any fellows more surprised. The order was then given , to advance under the command of General Dupuis, Royal Artillery. We had not done so more than a u.ile when the shot, shell, grape and case begantoplay among us mot uncomnioaly close. We were ordered, with our 24-pounders, to take up a position at a four roads' cross. We ad vanced stesdily up, und er a very h eavy fi re, no t re turning a shot. When we got up to the cross-roads we could see a gun, which we opened fire on and soon silenced, but they took it to an unseen position and kept up a very heavy fire from it and all their o'her guns on ours; but Providence watched over us, and nearly all their shuts went over our heaths. We fired so fast that our ammunition was getting , short, which I mentioned to the artillery officer commanding, but he only told me to keep up a warmer fire on the enemy. Our ammunition was all gone except a few rounds, and the order was given to ' limber up,' as the enemy were advancing onus in great farce ; the Light Artillery had gone to the r.a,r, and the skirmishers were behind our guns and all the infantry. We were executing this last order when a shrapnell burst close over our guns and gave us a pretty sprinkling, and s t ar t e d o ff our bill leeks ; when once frightened there is no stopping these bullocks, so we were left at our guns with out ammunition, supports, or limbers. The in f entry in the rear, who could cee up a road to our right better than we could, sung out to us that the enemy's cavalry were charging. We then got orders to spike and leave the guns ; we did so, and retreated to where the infantry were. Not seeing the cavalry advancing, and having rallied the bullo c k s an d got b ack th limbers, we charged up to the guns again under a most tremendous fire from the enemy's infantry ' they ran, and we re captured our gun s an d h a d to retreat with them into our intrenehments. I came in with the rear gun, as Hay was wounded, and I kept all my men with me to fight the gun at the entrance of the town, to cover the retreat of the troop, who were obliged to retreat before ten times their number. The other gun went in under an escort of the 88th Regiment, but in going through the town the gun was crpsized in a narrow street and left there ; this I did not learn till evening. The gun I was with remained a short time at the entrance of the town, and then we came in through it. it is a most dial cult place to get through, as the streets are narrow and houses entirely native, but I had been through it twice that morning, and I generally man age t o remember a road I have once been alone, and I luckily, thank God, brought my men and gun through in safety, though as we were coming through the churchpril on to the main road we had a heavy pre , ent of grape from one of the guns the enemy had brought d ,wn on the opposite side of the town to cut off our retreat, but luckily it did us no harm. "I got into the intrenched camp all right about 5 p.m., when I was ordered to te!l my men off to the guns all round, and I did so. The enemy had followed us up so quickly that they were then in pcsse,sioti of the town, and were firing their guns in every direction all round us. At dark the ft , ing ceased, except from the pickets, who kept up. an occasional quiet pop with each ot':or. Just as I had lain down, after having had. Hay dressed and put to rights, Gener.d. Wiedham sent for me and told me we must get back the gun which had been left in the. town by the 831 h escort, and that my men must mount it ; that it would be an ugly job, but that. we should have good supports of soldiers to hold and defend the streetswhile we worked, and that at 11 p.m. I was to be in readiness. The men and I slept at our guns, as we were all very much done up after such a-day's work, until the time above steed, when I got up and assembled my men, and reported 'all ready' to Colonel Adye, RA. We m:trehed off with 1 - 00 men of the 6itt;, unier the guidance of a native, who said he would take us to the not where the gun lay. We teld him he shoal be well rewariled if he brought us to the gun, but if he brought us into a trap we had a soldier by him 'at full coeY ready to blow his brains out. We passed our outside pickets, and entered the t awn through very narrow sere: is with out a single nit ger being seen or a shot fired on either side. We crept along, not a soul spoke a word, all was as still as death, and after marching in this way into the very heart of the town our guide brought us to the v ery s h op i nto which the gun was capsized. The soldiers were posted on each road, and then we went to work. Not a man . spoke above his breath, and each stone was laid down quietly. When we thought we had clear, a 1 enough, .I ordered the men to put their shoulders to the wheel and gun, and when all was ready, and every man had his pound before him, I sail 'Heave and up she righted. We then limbered up, called the soldiers to fo'low, and we marched into the intrenchmen is with our gun without a shot being fired; when we got in the Colonel returned us his best thanks, and gave us all an extra ration of grog ; we then returned to our guns in the battery, and I can answer for my own part that, though we had no tents, I slept as soundly as if I had been in the best feather-bed in the world until next morning. On the 28. h the rebels made a sort of attack about daylight, and we were up at our guns. At 8 a. m . we opened fire on them in the direction where our s pi es told us they were getting their guns into position. They returned Atlo it: about an hour aft,:rwards very smartly. th Rifles and 82d advanced on the r I left and a.m. the and 88th on the 6 - Jilt ; _L ra ig it Attilery and One battery o f 4 .1 e in s t g . unn . ers went out with the Rifles. a hot fire one tihnetrcenenehed camp battery, kept up uns Weorfe At intervals, while onr leaden we heard a great deal of" tiring and cheering on the right, b u t t h e force there eaviZ obliged to retreat finally, having captured and re captured the enemy's guns, six in number, three times before they did so, spiked them, and would have brought them in if they had had supports to withstand the enemy's cavalry, and whose infantry were six to one. The 64th, noble soldiers! suffered very much, and lost their colonel (Wilson), a ti , as 91d fellow, who led far ahead of his men in every charge. He was B r i ga di er at Cawnpore f(.r a long time, and I always found him kind-I.earted, thong!' strict on duty and a good auldier. The other oftie,ra who fell were Major Stilling, Captains Were% and Morpby ; the former was AsA..tatit-Qnartermaster- Gneral at Cawnpore. I had a great d 'al to do with him, and always found him most kind ; he was in the act of spiking the enemy's fourth gun, when their cavalry came on him before he could retire rri crit him t - . 'i's L'eli'q. Gibbon and M 1:111,V . WOl.O all 11110 lellOri I shall not go on any more with our misfortunes on the right, but we will go to the left, where the R flea were very successful, but suffered a Great deal. They captured two 18-pounders, and drove the enemy completely back with great slaughter. As soon as the guns were taken our area were sent for to bring them in. I went out with them and 60bullo?.ks, and brought in the gun 3 in grod styl-. Nothing more was done that day, as the m n were very much fatigued. I rein:lined in the battery. The niggers were "quiet, too, so we had a quiet night. The 29th passed quietly, considering there were more than 20,000 savage enemies before our 2,000 Europeans in the fort. The Rifles made a sortie on some houses that the enemy came into, and were firing from, very unpleasantly close to our guns, which were raised above the parapet, and we gave them some grape, so they soon left. That night Sir C. Campbell, to every one's surprise, rode in, and was soon after followed by Capt. Peel, who came in to see what was going on. He told us the force would be in in the morning, and you may be sure every one was very glad to bear it. At about 8 a.m. on the 30th Nov. the 9th Lancers advanced guard passed our intrenchments, then the Horse Artillery, then one regiment after another, and the Naval Brigade, with their long 24-poun ders. You can h ave no id ea w h a t a won derful thing the movement of an army in India is. The Com mander-in-Chief brought 6,000 or 7,000 men with him from Lucknow. The advanced guard crossed the bridge on the morning of Nov. 30, and the rear guard only passed on the evening of Dec. 3. Dur ing Uwe 3 days we did nothing but watch the train pass; it never stopped day or night. On the evening of the 3d they were all across, and we again opened fire on the enemy, but they did not return it. On the morning of the 4th we commenced from the fort and from two batteries which Captain Peel got to bear from the right, and we kept it up pretty hot on them. The ladies and wounded were all sent away with an escort to Allahabad. When they were clear of us we kept firing on the enemy until the sth, when we gave them a quiet day, and they imagined we were done, for they kept up good fire o n us, we not returni ng a s h o t . E very ono thought it very strange that th e y s h ou ld b e allowed to fire on us without returning it, but at daylight on the 6th we got six more guns and howitzers into posi tion, and at 7 the Commander-in-Chief's camp was struck, which the enemy seeing made very imper tinent advances, but were quietly repulsed. At 10 a.m. an order came from Sir Colin to blaze away from every gun and keep it up. We took our time from the right, and such a crash of artillery you never heard, houses fell, trees disappeared, and the air rang again with the whistling of shot, firing of shells, dec. It was noble fun. In little more than an hour I fired 75 rounds from each gun in my bat tery. The enemy, when we commenced, returned eloeu. 3 luitud:, ,64,1 LLeil tli.ir fulig ceabei. The troops encircled the town, and Capt. Peel's six 24- pounders worked round clearing each street with showers of grape as they could sce up them. When the rebels saw themselves nearly surrounded and only one chance of retreat left they made a short stand, but wire driven back, and they started out of the town. When once out in the open ground our Enfield rifles p'cked them off nicely, and the cavalry chased them in style. When they were once routed they never rallied, and that night the Commander in-Chief chased 16 miles, captured 15 guns and five mortars, and a quantity of arms and ammunition. Their loss was severe, while ours was trifling. The next day (the 7th) was mostly employed in hang ing those who had disguised themselves as natives, and hid in the town. We soon found them out, and it did not take even a mag . strate to hang them. On the Bth I left the intrenchments with my de tachment, and joined head-quarters camp. Capt. Peel inspected my men, and expressed himself well pleased with them and me. " Poor Hay is gone to Allahabad with Salmon and others, wounded. I have met Bernard Illckett, of the 23d Regi ment, here. He distinguished himself very much before Lucknow by calling for volunteers to go out with him and bring in a wounded man under a heavy fire from the mutineers, which they succeeded in doing. It is generally thought he will get the Victoria Cross. T StlN LONDON, _THURSDAY BVENI NG, FEBRUARY 11, 1858 CASUALTIES IN INDIA. (From the London Gazette_ of Tuesday evening.) [The following appeared in our late edition of Tuesday evening, but, owing to the pressure on our space, we were unable to find room for it in our impression of yesterday.] List of Casualties in the Royal Artillery during the opera tions at Cawnpore. Head-Quarters, amp Cawnpore, Deeember2, 1857. Sergeant D. Cairncress, killed in action Sergeant J. Wright, killed in action Bombardier W. Ferguson, killed in action Gunner and Driver W. Gibbon, killed in action Gunner and Driver T. Hilliard, killed in action Gunner and Driver M. Kerr igan, killed in action WOUNDED. Gunner and Driver E. Howard, severely, since dead Gunner and Driver P_ Hannigan, slightly Gunner and Driver J. Arnold, slightly Gunner and Driver B. Mitchell, slightly Gunner and Driver J. Coulter, dangerously Gunner and Driver J. Gribbon, slightly Gunner and Driver G. Williams, slightly Bombardier J. Prescott, slightly Gunner and Driver J. Attenborongh, slightly Gunner and Driver T. Bissett, slightly Sergeant A. M'Leod, slightly Gunuer awl Driver S. Lankey, slightly Gunner and Driver W. Flynn, slightly Gunner and Driver C. Felten, slightly Shoeing-smith R. Locock, severely Gunner and Driver S. Orrell, severely Sergeant W. Hemsley, severely Corporal .J. Bird, severely Wheeler T. Morgan, severely Gunner and Driver J. Towner, severely, since dead Gunner and Driver J. Bair, severely, since dead Gunner and Driver R. Wation, severely Gunn-r an.l Driver T. Blackley, severely Gunner and Driver W. Poole, slightly Gunner awl Driver J. Abberley, severely Gunn-r and Driver D. Canning, slightly Gunner and Driver NV. Barrett, severely Gunner and Driver J. Virgin, slightly Gunner and Driver E. Dzenen, slightly Gunner and Driver S. Burns, slightly Gunner and Driver J. Clarke, severely Gunner and Driver H. Sago, slightly Gunner and Driver F. Sherry, slightly Gunner and Driver T. Yates, slightly Gunner and Driver T. Hold3worth, slightly Gunner and Driver J. Junes, slightly Sergeant W. Cro'ior, severely J. E. DUPUIS, Major-General, Commanding Royal Artillery in India. Nominal List of Casual:iea in the Royal Artillery. Camp, Clwnpore, Nor. 2.3. Bombardier James Rice, die , ' of dysentery Gunner and Driver Wm. Bately, died of fever Gunner and Driver Frederick Mitchell, died of phthisis Gunner and Driver Wm. Strong, died of fever Gunnar and Driver Georga James, died of fever Bombardier John Rob3rts, severely wounded, leg amputated Gunner and Driver Daniel Dawson, severely wounded, grape shot in leg. (Signed) J. E. DUPUIS, Major-General, Commanding R , yal Artillery in India. Nominal List of Casualties in the Royal Artillery. Camp, Cawupora, Dec. 11, 1857. WOUNDED. Captain C. Longden, slightly Gunner and driver W. Gillott, slightly Gunner and driver G. Conlan, slightly Gunner and driver John Owens, slightly Gunner and driver Patrick Lonergan, severely Gunner and driver William Jones, slightly Gunner and driver Thomas Holdsworth, severely Gunner and driver •H. Bracer, slightly (Signed) J. E. DUPUIS, Major-General, Coinmanling Royal Artillery in India. The Adjntant-General of Royal Artillery; Horse Guards. Nominal List of Officers Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Force under the command of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, in the Operations before Luck now, from the 12th to 22d Nov., 1557. KILLED. Captain W. A. Hardy, Royal Artillery Captain G. Wheateroft, 6th Dragoon Guards, doing duty with Militrry Train Captain J. Dalzell, 931 Highlanders Captain J. Lumsden, Interpreter to 93d Highlandera Ensign W. T. Thompson, 811 Regiment WOUNDED. General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., Commander-in- Chief, slightly Brigadier D. Russell, sth Brigade, severely Major A. Alison, Military Secretary, severely Captain F. M. Alison, Ailc-de-Camp to Commander-ia- Chief, slightly Captain Hon. A. Anson, Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-- General Grant, slightly. Lieutenant C. J. Salmond, Orderly Officer to Brigaiier- General Grant, slightly Captain T. C. Grey, Royal Marines, slightly Major F. F. Pennycnick, Royal Artillery, slightly Captain F. Tr avers, Royal Artillery, slightly Lieutenant W. G. 31ilman, Royal Artillery, slightly Lieutenant A. Ford, Royal Artillery, slightly Assistant-Surgeon IL R. Peale, Royal Artillery, se verely Captain W. A. Middleton, Royal Artillery, slightly Surgeon A. M'Arthur, Military Train, slightly Captain J. B. Walton, 53d Regiment, severely Lieutenant A. K. Munro, 53d Regiment, dangerously Lieutenant F. C. French, 531 Regiment, slightly Major R. Barnston, 90th Light Infantry, dangerously Lieutenant E. C. Wynne, 90th Light Infantry, severely Ens ign.l H. Powell, 90th Light Infantry, severely sliiiil47aeinnanyt.-Zl.otatielrro.Tu.,hA.93Elwa:t, 03d l. Highlanders, Lieutenant E. Lieutenant E. eleh highlanders, Cooper, Highlanders, severely LieutenantHighlanders, seve r e s i slightly Lieut. Lieutena n t Ensin F . R. J. 4:ja ' it ' ll, 93 Highlanders, severely I, 91'l highlanders, severely , 9 2 3, 3 1 d I I , F i ghla i pders,.slightly Lieutenant H. Henderson, 82 urrs, slightly Lieutenant -Colonel E. B. Hale, Regiment, sligh+ ghtly ominsl List of 'Non-Commissioned OiThers and Men Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Force nuclei- the command of his Excellency the Commairier-in Chief, in thn oneroirm. tiqfore Lncknow, frorn 11th to 2..?na ROYAL ENGINEERS. LL KIED. Colour-Sergeant Phillip Moorant L ince-Corporal Mind Germany WOLIVDED. Sergeant E lward Holnuo Corporal Frederick Morgan Corporal Samuel Britton (H.E.I.Co.'s Service) 2d Corporal Peter Duff Sapper Henry Walsh Sapper Thoruai Thorne, einc3 dead Sapper Henry James Sapper John Stokes Sapper James Heggie 2D BATTALION MILITARY TRAIN, KILLED—None WOUNDED --Private James Goldie 23D ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. KILLED. Private James Spearing Private John Lewis (5429) Private Thomas Charles WOUNDED. Sergeant Thomas Walker Corporal Daniel Bayliss Private James H. Bishop Private Henry Davies Private Aaron Deighton Private Laurence Kelly Private John Keenan Private Daniel Owens Private John Westicott Private George White Private George Underwood, since dead Private Edward Roberts Private Michael Sweeney Private George Maynard Private Samuel Stone Private William hi'Donald Private Edward Collins Private Thomas Davies Private Edmund Lnby Private Thomas Connolly Private Alfred Phillips Private Edward Stainer Private Thomas Herbert Private Henry Mase 53D REGIMENT. KILLED. Sergeant Henry Goddiug Private John Gill Private Joseph Gibson Private Antony Lamb Private Peter M Donald Private Charles Mayer Private George Moorey Private John Murton Private James Neleen Private William Osham WOUNDED. Colour-Sergeant Michael Kennedy Sergeant James Thompson Corporal Daniel Sullivan Drummer Thomas Murray Private William Bates Private David Benjamin Private Thomas Berry, since dasd Private William Brian Private John Brian Private George Blamer. Pe:eate Tlineile T 1 •dee e:71.71 dead Private Michael B rown Private Samuel Brown Private James Burke Private William Buckham Private Peter Byrne Pr irate Thomas Caseily Privato Robert Colbert Private Connor Cooney Private Michael Coonebam Private William Corbett Private Samuel Curry Private George Deering Private James Donovan Private William Fazan Private William Fisher Private James Fitzpatrick Private Thomas Gleason Private Patrick Hanafl n Private Michael 'lsmael' Private John Hogan Private Charles Irwin Private Patrick Ivers Private Patrick Kavanagh Privato Patrick Kane Private John Keary Private Michael L they Private Robert Learmonth Private Timothy Leary Private Richard Lewis, since dead Private John Lindsay Private Alexander McFarlane Private George McGrath Private Charles Madden, since dead Private Patrick Marrony Private James Marshall Private James Mareh Private Patrick Morgan Private Edward Mullen Private Richard O'Brien Private John Parsley Private Alfred Parsons Private Thomas Potts Private John Ready Private John Reid Private Henry . 4 .•_:mith Private Bartholomew Spillane Private James Solan Private Michael Taranta Private John Trezdvrell Private Patrick Wade, since dead Private Patrick Welsh Private Daniel Witchetir DETACHMENT, 6lrei REGIMENT. KILLED— None. WOUNDED. Cerporal John Castledine, since dead Private Michael M'Bride Private John Hunter Private Thomas O'Connell Private 'William Kerr Private Patrick O'Neill Private Richard M`Grath MIBSING. Private John Dwyer Private John 3.l`Cartby 82D REGIMENT. KILLHD. Private Morgan Connolly WOUNDICD. Sergeant Leonard Court Corporal Christopher Barrow Corporal Richard McNamara Corporal William Smith Pr irate John Brit Pr i veto Edward Beown Private William Harris (331') Private William Harris (.32) Private Arthur McG ninon Private Thomas Nicholas Private John Riedoubt Private William Rows Private Michael Tobin DETACHMENT, 9aTii LIGHT INFANTRY. KILL.D. Private J. Butler Private T. Blackwell Private R. Politer Private T Russ Private James Garretty Private Thomas Lancaster WOINDED. - Sergeant Joseph Ne wman Sergeant Samuel Hill Sergeant G. Anderson Corporal E. Clerks Bugler Joseph McDermott Bugler Alexander Gardner Bugler H. Wellington Private J. Sutcliffe, since dead Private C. James, since dead Private P. F a r re ll Private Thomas Vanse Private B. Matthews Private W. Andrews Private J. Barnes Private B. -Cbatwin Private J. Hampton Private J. Colter Private J. Lavin Private W. 11. Lerkey Private J. Palmer Private J. Ryan Private M. Crowley Private J. Franks Private J. Cronin Private A. West Private J. Good 93D HIGHLANDERS. KILLED. Sergeant-Mejer Donald Murray Corporal John M`Lean Private Charles Hussey Private Robert Neil Private David Reid Private James Sweeny Private Alexander Youngson Private John Allan Private Andrew Allan Private Edward Halfpenny Private Matthew M`Donalti Private Thomas M`Gregor Private Win. M'lntosh Private Thomas M'Culloole Private John Roy Private Finlay M`Kenzie Private Thomas Naylor Private Robert Foot Private Wm. Hunter Private George M'Arthur Private John Murray Private Peter Murray Private Joseph Thomson Private Alexander Smith Private Thomas Hope Private Neil M`Leod Private Benjamin Robertson Private Hugh M`Leod WOUNDED. Colour-Sergeant James Si.`Pnerson Sergeant James Munro Sergeant Robert Swanson Sergeant Eleazer Sage Sergeant Cuthill, since dead Sergeant James Morrison Sergeant James Bannerman • Corporal Andrew Cooper Corporal James Hume Corporal John Wedderspoon Corporal Alexander Fraser Corporal James Carroll Piper Edward M`Donald Drummer James Grant, aline dead Private James Houston, since dead Private William Lt`lienzie Private James Wyllie Private James Williamson Private James Gilfillan Private Hugh Curranduff Private Robert Davidson Priva'o Peter Dunn Private Robert Anderson Private James Campbell Private David Crighten Private Andrew Gibson Private Laurence Gibson Private George Gilchrist Private James "funny Private John Dunlay J-trn,q 1 - 111 , 4,4 demi Clarka P ppp i rrr iv iiivvv a aaa t ttt e e: Du ncan aairavilieidaa Fleming Private J sv ial Sandersonmuel csuttei Cutler ra r t William Kirkland l e K l i ( od i l r on Y k we la i n e d Private illiam Prk ate William Smith Private James Mac . Private Jaruea Privet() A da m Private John Daft Private Robert Hardman Private James M`Dermett Private Peter Duncan Private Thomas M`Kay Private Angus M'Donald Private John Clarke P. i►ate John Fisher, since dead Private John M`Birstie Private William Petrie Private Alexander Fraser Private John Taylor Private John Simpson, since dead Private Alexander Drysdale, since dead Private Donald M'Naughtoe, since dead Private Christopher Porter Private Robert Douglas Private Thomas Morrison Private William Milsvick Private Charle4 Horn Private John Kerr Private James Ritchie Pri►ate Franois Muir Private Alexander Riddle Private William Reid Private James Purdie Private John Leslie Private Jamea M'Kenzie Private William Wlntosh MISSING. Colonr•Sergeant Alexander Knox Private William Mitchell N.B.—The List of Casualties in the detachments o 11.11.'s sth Fathers and 84th Regiment not yet received. H. W. NORNEAN, Captain, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Army. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Owing to the large arrivals of recruits at Chatham from London, Liverpool, and the north of Ireland, the garrison is more crowded than it h as b een f or several years past. During yesterday and the two previous days nearly 300 recruits arrived in the garrison for the purpose of joining th e d epo t elm 19th, 20th, 24th, 29 t h, a n n tr d Y) 9 , Bth Regiments. 531, 61st, 70th, 73 p i td n h, i e , sBlosft 35th, t B . s h 32 e di, 8 84( t h tt , i i h 0 t 9t 41 1 i n , hf: Yesterday orders were received at Chatham for the non-commissioned officers belonging to the 2d West India Regiments. who are now attached to the provisional battalions, to proceed forthwith to the West Indies for the purpose of joining the head-quarters of their corps. The lectures ordered by ths milli eri't!cs 'o he o.e -livered weekly to the troops at Chatham are to be discontinued, the soldiers having been directed to attend the evening schools established at that gar rison for the instruction of the troops. The freightship Orwell, 1,220 tons, Capt. E. W. Maurice, arrived at Spis head on Tuesday night from Sydney, New South Wales, with the head-quarters of her Majesty's 11th Regiment, under the com mand of Brevet-Major E. L. Blesse, consisting of 12 officers, 213 non - commissioned officers and men, 35 wives, and 40 children. The following are the officers :—Brevet-Major E. L. Blosie, Brevet- Major H. F. Jenner, Captain F. T. Lyster, Lieu tenants R. W. Cardiff and G. T. Osborne, Ensigns S. J. Shoat, A. Martin, and F. Armstrong, Pay master A. .Boyd, Quartermaster D. Simpson, Sur geon Neslntelleffernan, M. 8., and Adjutant P. D. Vigor'. The Orwell sailed from Sydney on the 25th of October and rounded Cape Horn on the 6th of December, previous to which she experienced 15 days easterly winds. She had contrary and light winds since leaving Cape Horn until after speaking the Western Islands. The Palmerston left. Sydney at the same time as the Orwell with the remaining Ores companies of the regiment, under the command of Colonel J. C. Harold. The day before sailing from Sydney the 11th Regiment, gratifyingwhicl i t has been i l o 3 n ye l, ars in that colony, received a persons residing there. The by upwards heorwei of 30 lwenti 3O n O to Portsmouth harbour yesterday to land her troops, who will proceed to-day for Dover. On Monday volunteering for the Line commenced with the 2d Royal Lanark Regiment in Kilkenny. The number of volunteers obtained that day was ' 56, of whom 20 joined the 131 h Light Dragoons ; 17 the 72'1 Regiment ; five the 21st Regiment ; four the 58. h Regiment ; three the Royal Are illery; two the 61st Regiment ; and one each the 66th, 17th Lancers, 14th Fee)", 7th Hussars, and 16th Lan cers. On Tuesday volunteering commenced again, and up t 3 the middle of the day 26 more men had given in their names for various corps. It is a subject of remark at Portsmouth that the officers and crow of the Osborne have been passed over in the distribution of presents on the occasion of the Royal departure. The Royal Albert, 121 (screw), flag ship of Vioe- Admiral Reynolds, in the Mediterranean, on her arrival in England will ba paid off at Devonport, and be re-commissione4 to take the place of the Royal William, as guard-snip of the ordinary. It is al-o intended to substitute a first-class steam ship for the Impregnable, the flag ship of the Com mander it-Chief at this per'. The Boadicea, 'gun-frigate, and the Resistance, 10, 13,th of which have been fur many years attached to the ordinary at Chatham, having boon surveyed and fonndquite unfit for further service, Admiralty crders have been received for them to be taken into dock at Chatham and broken up. Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of Ports. mouth Dockyard, struck his flag on board the S'. IVincent, 102, Captain Eyres, C. 8., on Tuesda . night, and went on leave. The Valorous, 16, paddle frigate, Capt. Aldham left Sp thead yesterday afternoon for Plymouth. The following appointments were madeyesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. B. Johnstone, to the Hastings, additional, for service in the Coast guardionn al, the t n Coastguard tli e Royal ;Li Albertei; ; Lieut. J. G. .Boileau, to the Melampus, a G r . lb C o . ro T u a g i Tait . and E. C. additional, fur se n r d vi d c i e ti Lj.. E. l‘ S l o ' l l ly V , i1 ;. )1-1 6. Shaw, and E. S. Adeane, acting Mate, to the Marlborough ; D. G. Tandy, Midship man,The la' e Lieut. D. C. .Home, Bengal Engineers, was born at Jubbulpore in . June, 1828, and was flal, ,t A ci lid tsh sh ° ip C m am en b , ri t l o n t ; he A M I the eldestsurvivingsonia.f Major-G neral R. Home, of the Bengal Army. His mother was the daughttr of the late Lieut.-Colonel C. Fraser, of the Bengal Cavalry, who was for some year s on t h e personal Staff of the Marquis of Wellesley, then. Governor- General of India. ,After completin g hi s m il itary education at Chathatnhe sailed fo r B engal i n July, 1848, and p roc eededimmediately . t o j o i e the army under General Whish before Mooltan, arriving iu time to witness the surrender of that fortrese He was afterwerds present at the b ,ttle o f G oo j erat, and for these servistee received a med4l and clasp. Subsequently be was . empl o y e d on the Gioget Csnel under Colonel Sir P. CauCey, "C.C. 8., till 1852, when he was appointed to the Fi rs t Di v i s i on B of the aree Doab Canal, the important duties of which he conducted with the greatest zeal, intelli gence and credit, under Colonel Napier, until his departure for Delhi. In July he received an order to proceed to join thearmy before D e lhi . H e started immediately, and by making forced marches of 20 mil e s a day arrived at t he camp ab ou t th e same time as Goueral Nicholson ' s force. From that time until the fall of the rebel city he was continually employed. He had the charge of the construction of one of the first breaching batteries on the right (which was complete& ita one night), and also of the battery nearest the c it y ( on l y 140 yards from the well'), which bre iehed the Water Bastion, and with which he remained till the as • mit. His gallant conduct at the Cashmere-gate, which gained for him the proud distinet:on of the Victoria Cross, has been already related in detal in the admirable despatch of Colonel Baird Smith, C. 8., date I September 17, 1857. Fr om D e lhi h e advanced with Colonel Greathed's moveable co lumn to BoolundslThue, and after the action which was fought there with the rebels was employed in the destruction of the defences of the deserted fort of Malaghur, where he met with the fatal accident which terminated in his death on the Ist of Oct., 1857. A younger brother of the lamented L;eut.- Home, also in the Bengal Engineers, is now serv ing under Colonel B. Smith in the North West Provinces. (ADVIIRTISEMANT. &ear AND HEARING -- SPECTICLIG3—. Powsaree TELESCOPES AbACE, AND PEASPECIIVa GLAsszs.—S. and B. Sol emons, opt icians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, Ohs'rle— eppos i te th e York Hotel, W. Letters Patent for va`uable and ex traordina -y improvement s i n the most power f u l a nd brilliant T e l es copes, Camp, Ra ce - course, Op e ra, and Perspective By her Majesty's Royal Glasses, to know the - aistances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary Power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's counte nae ce three-and-a-half miles distant and an object fr om 16 to 'oo m il es. F or th e waist coat-pocket, and are of larger and all sizos, witliluercesiug powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851, —A vain . able, newly-invented, very s ma ll , power f u l, W a i s tcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by w hi c h a p erso n can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race - course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly s een a t 12 to 14 miles- They keepers, and tourists. Opera , are invalaable for eleeeti ng Camp, Perspective, and Ra ce - course Ghee;es, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable pres erv i ng S pec t ac le Lenses of the deer-etalkine, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, ga me Brea est transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired bec omes pre served and strengthened an d eery ege l p er sons aro enabled to employ their sight at th e most m i nute occ upation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dare melts of eets of rtrthpr t s. r' " r,Liuo; tvl tile world by seud. in?, one of the glasses out at their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distinct) from the eye they can read small irint with it, and those vflio have not Made u se of ,Epectaeles by stating their ago. Deaf ness.— N ew Di sc overy.—The Oi genic Vibrator, al extraordisari!y powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely .different from all of l)ers, surpassing anything of the kind that hai been, or prole ably can be, produced, Being of the same colour as the skin, Is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hoar distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation et singing noises iu the ears is entirely removed, and it anords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, 'Earle-street, Piccadilly Opposite ties York Hotel, W, LA W INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 10. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.—Before Mr. Baron Martin and Special Juries.) KILLIOZ V. WILICINSON.-BREACEL OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE, This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage. The declaration stated that the plaintiff and defendant had agreed to marry, and that a reasonable time had elapsed, and the defendant bad refused to fulfil his promise. The defendant pleaded, firstly, that he had not entered into any agreement to marry the plaintiff ; secondly, that if he had so promised the time agreed upon had not elapsed ; and, thirdly, that the plaintiff was not willing and ready to marry the defendant. Mr. Skinner and Mr. H. T. Cole appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Wood represented the defendant. The opening of the learned counsel went to show that the plaintiff, Miss Laura Killick, was the daughter of a jeweller and silversmith, who for merly carried on his business at Knightsbridge. In May last Mr. Killick went to reticle at the George Hotel at Greenwich, which had belonged to his father-ic-law, and to which he bad succeeded. Towards the end of May the defendant, who then held a captain's commission in the Royal Military Train, and who is now a lieutenant iu the 68th Regiment, was introduced to the plain tiff's family. He shortly afterwards commenced paying much attention to Miss Laura Killick, and subsequently obtained her father's consent to their marriage. Thus matters went on until about the end of October, when the defendant suddenly ceased his visits, and had left unnoticed several letters written by Mr. Killick demanding an ex planation of his oonduct. The present action was therefore leseught. The folloWina evidence was then ealled in sup port of the plaintiff's case : Mr. John Kill ck—l am the plaintiff's father, and carried on the business of a jeweller at Knights bridge. My father-in-law kept the George Hotel, at Greenwich, for many years. He left it and I went to reside there in May. The defendant was introduced to me + , 3- Mr. Miteliell, Lis brother offi uer, towards the end of May. On the 31st May the defendant dined at the hotel ordinary. I think it was proposed after dinner that my wife and both my daughters should take a walk, and the defen dant accompanied them. He returned with them, and spent his evening with us. He frequently came to the house during the ensuing week. He paid my daughter considerable- attew ion, and his conduct attracted my notice. He left for Ireland in the beginning of June. He was then in the Royal Military Train. I next saw the defendant about the end of June, when he returned. We saw him frequently, and he pursued the same con duct ,towards my daughter. He took my daughter with her sister to a fete. On their retain 1 told the defendant that his attentions towards my daughter were so marked that it was time-I knew what his intentions were. He said that his inten tions were perfectly honourable, and that he in tended to marry her. I asked him whether he knew of my altered circumstances. He replied that he did, and teat it made no difference to him. On the 12th July we renewed the conversation. He said he had 4001. a year, and asked me if I con sidered that sufficient. I said, I had no ob jection, if ho felt satisfied he could sup port her. He said he objected to marry in July, as it was au unlucky month to him, and that he had been wounded i❑ the Crimea and lost a sister in that month. About the 9.h of July I went into lodgings at Lee. My daughter then went on a visit to a lady at Porchester-terrace. She was taken there by the defendant. I recollect the defendant coming to the lodgings at Lee with Ensign Burke. My daughter was there on the occasion. It was then agreed that the marriage should take place in the third week in Augurt A conversation took place with respect to the quantity of bridesmaids who were to be at the wedding. (Laughter.) The defendant wanted eight. (Laughter.) I said that would be too many. Ensign Burke was to have. been at the wedding. On the 19th July the de fendant said his regiment thought of going to Ca nada. He continued his attentions to my daughter to the end of August. He told me be was going to Aldershott, and that be would write to my daughter during his absence. After his return from Aldershott he called upon me. I had then removed to Lewisham. I do not recollect that anything was said on that occasion about his not writing. He after that sent a servant to say he was unable to come to us because his sister was ill. After that he sent to say he had broken a blood vessel in leap ing, and could not come to see us. On the Bth of August Le gate my daughter a ring. In conse quence of what t Jok place I went to Aldershott, but could not see the defendant. I wrote h'm a letter. (The letter was produced, and was to the effect that the writer was much surprised at the defendant's neglect of his daughter, and requiring his decision whether he intended to marry her or not.) The defendant then sent this let er to my daughter : " My dearest Laura,—Can you forgive me after my apparent cruel neglect of you ? If you still can care for me now, and will consent to marry me on what I have at present, 4001. per annum, as soon as .1. have completed my exchange I will marry you, and end() tvour, by unceasing lore and kind ness. to make amends for the pain you have suffered on my account. If you still can lova rue no fr, will yuu answer this letter, and appoint some time to morrow when I can see you, and explain to you personally what I cannot well do by writing ? I should like to see you and your father alone, the first time we meet.—Believe we, dear Laura, yours affectionately, C. BRICE WILKINSON." Examination continued—The defendant called on the 23d, and expressed his regret, stating that he hoped his future conduct would cause us to forget his neglect. He continued to pay his attentions as before to my-daughter. It was arranged that the wedding should take place in a fortnight or three weeks. He objected to the marriage taking place at Lewisham, as it was too near the camp. He was often accompanied by his brother officers: He passed all his spare time with us. The last time he was with us was on Oct. 16. He promised to call the next day. He wrote me a letter stating tbat he should call, but be never did call. On the 29th Oct. I wrote him a letter demanding an explanation of his conduct towards my daughter, but I never re ceiv,td a reply to it. My daughter's health has sufferad conssClerably. Cross-examiued—l consulted my attorney a fort nig'it after I wrote the letter of 29th October. My attorney wrote to defendant on the 6th November. The defendant was introduced is my daughter at the ordinary. The house was not much f, equeutt dby officers. The defenslant ci'd not tell me he was the son of a clergyman in Yorkahire. Ho said he was 24 years of age. He told me that his father was a rich man, and that he allowed him 2001. a-year. I did not ask him where his father lived. He told me that a picture he showed me was " the old house at home in Ireland." (Laughter.) Ile did not tell . • me what his pay was, but said he had altogether 4001. per annum. My daughter did not go very fre quently to the theatre with the defendant. They went altogether about the or six times. The mar riage was always being talked about. It was a kind of " Will o'-the-wisp." It was always to take place in a fortnight, but wh . ch never did take place. The day was never fixed. I did not press that from motives of del:cloy. My daughter was 18 on the 18th November last. Mrs. Susan Kellick, the plaintiff's mother, said that she had taken care of the education of Iv r daughter, who played and drew very well, and was otherwiFe well educated. She corroborated her husband's evidecce as to the attentions of defendant to the plaintiff. Cross-examined—The defendant told me that his father was a private gentleman. Mi's Mary - Kt-Hick - , the plaintiff's sister, deposed that the defendant appeared greatly attached to her sister, and witness was to have been one of the bridesmaidp. Cross-examined—The day on which I was ti appear as a bridesmaid was never fixed. I went to the theatre with the defendant .and my sister. There was a wedding in the play which we saw at the Haymarket. There wero not eight bridesmaids in the play, • Lieut. Witchell am a •lieu'enant in the Royal Military Train. • The defendant was formerly a captain in that corps, but he is now in the 68th. Ile told me he intended to marry the plaintiff. Redid not ask me to be present at the wedding. Cross-examined—The plaintiff is rather au at tractive young lady. I did not admire her. I de cline to say whether there was a Mrs. Witehell of whom I was afraid. (Laughter.) The plaintiff was just the sort of person a foolish young man would fall in love•with. Burke, who was in the Royal Military Train during the time the defendant was in that corps, said—l knew the defendant was engaged to the plaintiff. He paid her attentions. Idu not recAtect anythix:g bein 2 ;,pid n1)1 , 1 1 ; try t' asked use one d iy if I would be present in case of anything of the kind coming off. .1 Clonot, recollect anything btini- said about the triliiinaids: The plaintiff was behind the bar' of 'ldle' -hotel when the defendant was introduced to her. Further evidence having been given by anuther witness as to the def ndant's intention to marry the plaintiff, the case closed. Mr. Edwin James, in addressing the jury for the defendant, said that the truth was that thii fo ;HAI young man, had fallen head ovor heel , in love with the iir.A patty girl he had PIA and she happened to be the plaintiff in this action. (Laugh ter.) He argued that the plaintiff's father had acted most imprudently in allowing the engagement to take place without the sanction of the defendant's parents. It was greatly to the defendant's credit that he had never attempted to take an unfair or dishonourable advantage of the plaintiff. Neither party had the least stain on their characters ; and he hoped that En sign Burke would at some future day assist at the nuptials of the plaintiff wi'h s9me sensible man, whose ambition would be limited to less than eight bridesmaids. (Laughter.) He contended that a small sum would compensate the plaintiff for the injury she bad sustained, and that her wounded affections would heal up as the wound which the defendant had received in the service of his country, and that she would soon cease to feel its effects altogether. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said that the only question for the jury was the amount of damages which would compensate the plaintiff, and in estimating them they should consider the loss which a person in the plaintiff's station in life had sustained in not being made the wife of a captain in her Majesty's genic(' with an income of 4001. per annum. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 3501. POL -CE TELLIGEACE—Feb. 10. GUILDHALL. —SERIOUS CHARGB. --Mr. Thos. Staley Vessey, a solicitor, residing at 3, Fairfield terrace, Stepney, and Edward Charles Jones, a labourer, employed in the Tower of London, who gave his address, 7, Severn-street, Church-lane, St. George's-in the-East, were brought up in the cus tody of Spittle and Moss, two able detectives, be fore Sir Peter Laurie, the former charg,d with stealing 2001. in 201. notes, and the litter with feloniously receiving one of the notes, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Scoble, instruc'ed by Mr. Roy, the solicitor to the London and Westminster Bank, attended for the pro +ecution, aed sta el that the charge agniust the prisoner Vessey arose out of the fol lowing circumstances. Upon three separate occa sions during the months of June and Septemi er last, be paid into the London and Westminster Bank sums to the total amount of 2001. upon the deposit account, and in December following he pre sented all three of the deposit notes for payment, and requested that he might have the amount in ten 201. notes ; but the clerk paid him by mistake twenty 201. notes, making 2001. more than the pri sioner was entitled to upon his deposit notes. The prisoner counted the notes and took them away, and upon the clerk making up the books the error was discovered, and the prisoner was subse quently applied to, but be denied having received more than the amount of his depo sit notes, and produced nine of the tea 20 . notes which he was rightly entitled to, alleging he had pail the other away. The learned counsel said he would show that Jones was found dealing with one of the notes of the amount overpaid on the same evening thee the prisoner had been asked about them, and after ceiling the prisoner's servant he proposed withdrawing the charge against Jones, and taking his evidence against Vessey. Chas. Wco lan said—l am a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. On the 17th Dec. last the prisoner Vessey presented the three deposit notes produced for payment. They are dated 3d June for 1201., sth June for 50/., and the 15th Sept. for 301. I paid them over the counter to Vessey, who asked fcr the amount in ten 20/. notes. I gave him twenty 20/. notes, all following num bers, from 85,231 to 85,250 inclusive, which he counted an 1 then left the bank. I made an entry in the book of twenty 201. notes of those numbers le.ting paid to Vessey, but in extending the account I entered the amount as ten 201. notes, I also paid him 4/. 141. 2d. in cash, for interest upon the amount of the deposit notes. We discovered there was a deficitney in the cash account to the amount of 2001. the same evening, but we did net find out in what manner the error occurred until the 19th, t TO days after, and then I ascertained I had given the prisoner 20 notes instead of 10. On the even- Lug of the 19th, I, with Mr. Parkes, one of our clerks, went to Vessey's house, and was referred to the Fountain publichouse, where he found the rr *.ner Vessey. I asked him if he ha .1 been to the London and Westminster Bank on the 17th of December, and he said he had, and received ten 201. notes. I said ho had received twenty 20/. notes, and he again said, " I had paid him only ten." Mr. Parkes then asked him for the Numbers of the notes he had received, and he replied, "I am a lawyer, and will not be interrogated." I asked him if he had parted with the notes, and for some time he would not answer; but de ultimately said he had changed ono of them. I pressed him to produce the others, and he left, as if for that purpose ; he returned in about half an hour, and asked if we had been making inquiries about him at the police -court. Mr. Parkes said he bad. Upon which Vessey said he had a groat mind not to give any information at all, and he then left the room. I saw him again on the 21st, and I was alone. Upon that occasion he showed me nine 201. notes, numbered 85,232 to 85,210 inclusive. Eliza Richardson said—l am a servant to Mr. Vessey. I know Jones. I remember giving him a 201. note to change about the middle of December last. I found the note under the table in the kitchen of Mr. Vessey's house, but I did not men tion 'anything about it to my muter. I made no inquiries about the note, and heard nothing more of it until very lately. Jones brought me back the change, 17/. 10'., and said he had bought a watch with the balance, and he would repey me the amount. I have since heard that the note was stopped at the Bank, and that they had paid Mr. Vessey too much. I afterwards gave the money to Jones to mind for me. Mr. S,:oble- said he now propose] to call Jones as a witness. Mr. Martin (the chief clerk) asked if the prose cutors wished to withdraw the charge aga'n*t Jones Mr. S;:ol,le repliel in the affirmative. Ed. C. Jones was then removed from the dock to ;he witness-box; and examinvd. He said—l am a labourer, employed in the Tower. v I know the witness Eliza Richar dson. I remember receiving from her, in December last, th e no t e produced,' No. 85,241. The add. ess on the back is not, my writing, but the name is. The address was written in my pr:•sonce by Mr. Childs, the pawnbroker, of whom I bought It watch and chain fur 21. ss. I spent other ss. among my friends, an gave 171. 108. to the witness Richardson. I heard nothing of this note again until last Monday, when Richardson came to my house for me t) go to Mr. Vessey's. I saw the priso•ler, and he told me he was very sorry I had changed the note, as it was his loss. Ho said I Might get into trouble about it, and then showed me how I might write my name in different styles. He told me he heard that the detectives were after me for changing the nob, and that they would tap me on the shoulder and ask me how the watch went. He told me also how to ehai;ge my appearance. I gave the watch to Mr. Vessey, as he said I had better not carry it about me. Str Peter Laurie saki it was a very serious charge, but, as it was his intention to remand the case to afford time for further inquiries, as well as to en ah!e the . prisoner to prepare his answer to the charge, he Should refrain from expressing any opinion upon the case. Mr. Stoddard, who appearei on behalf of the prisoner, said—Mr. Vessey, though now out of business, was a respectab!e nian, and had been in practice as a solicitor for 30 years, and he the. efore hoped the ma g i s t ra t e wou ld acce pt bail for him. Mr. Scoble applied for the girl Richardson and Jones to be bound over in sureties to attend at the next examination. Sir Peter Laurie acceeded to' both applications, and the prisoner was then remanded, with permis sion to put in bail in two sureties in 2001. each, and his own recognisances. BOW-STREET.—LORDCAMPBELL'S ACT.--I n the course of the evening a large quant,ty of a tides, the result of further seizures under Lord C amp . bell's Act; Virai brought into court. Inspector Mitchell had executed a warrant at a house inChsndos-street, Covent-garden where he had seized four 'daguerreotypic and 1/iphotogra phic slides for the stereoscope. Most of th em repre sented naked human figures, and were evidently taken from life. Mr. Henry having examined a few of them, and declared them to be of the most obscene and. dis gu9ting character, Mr. Bodkin applied for a summons against the shopkeeper, which was granted. IntpeoTor_Mackenze produced a quantity of pipes, pipe-hea&,.tobacco-s' oppers, and pouches, of vari ous degrees-of obscenity and indecency, seized on premises in. High Holborn. A similar summons was issued. LuuLlier ese where obsc3ne pipes had been seized a summons was also granted. OLE RICE SWELL. --THE ASSAULT UPON A WORKHOUSE. GIRL. —Mrs. Augusta Laigb, a lodging - Iv:use-keeper, who, it v$ as stated, was formerly in the service of a nobleman connected with the army, residing at 10, Park-place, Liver. pool-road, appeared befcre Mr. Tyrwhitt, in answer to her rceogoi,ances, charged with comm►tting a series of violent and murderous astaulis upon Ann De in, whom - she had t tken as scrrant from tlr® Islington Workhouse. The case excited a great deal of in' eresf, and the , court was well filled with spectators. The appear ance of the poor girl, who is only about 17 years of age, and who for many weeks past has been under the care of the parish authorities of St. Mary, Islington, was still very bad, and she seemed weak and feeble. The defendant was not placed in the box, but was accommodated with a seat at the soli citor's table. Mr. Sparling, solicitor to the trustees of St. Mary, Islington, attended for the prosecut'on ; and Mr. Lewis for the defence. Mr. Mould, the chief clerk, then read the deposi tions, which were taken before Mr. Tyrwbitt, at the Islington Workhouse, on the 30th Dee. last, and which were as follows : Susan Dean—l was servant to Mrs. Laigh, now present. I received some injuries while in her service. The last blow I received on the head was on last Monday week (Dec. 21) from Mrs. Laigh with a poker. The day before (Dec. 20) Mrs. Laigh struck me in the eye with her hand. On the Saturday night before she struck me with a chopper on the lower part of my body behind for upsetting the broth. On the Thursday before (Dec. 7) she hit me on the head with the poker. She hit me on the arm with the poker, but I cannot recollect the day. • She used to hit me twice at once, sometimes with the hair brush and sometimes with the hearth broom. I have been used thus nearly all the time I have been there. No one except my mistress struck me I was in her service. My mistress made all the cuts on my bead. Cross-examined by Mr. Wakeling—My fellow servant's name is Ellen Morgan. I never quar relled with her. She never struck me with any thing, and she never took anything out of the copper and struck me. I never fought with her. I never told Mr. Hicks that my fellow-servant struck me, nor that she struck me with something from the copper, nor that she gave ms a black eye. I never complained to any one of being struck with the poker. I and Ellen did not talk of going to prison, nor did we agree to say it was Mrs. Laigh who had struck me. I did not tslt them I was kept in the kitchen. Ellen and my mistress waited on the lodaers. I saw Mr. Hicks 80011 after i gut • there. He called to see Ellen, and I did not tell him. Re examined—When Mr. Hicks called I ha►d • back eye. He inquired how it came. I did not tell him. My, mistress told him Ellen and I been fighting. That was not true. I did not hear Ellen tell M. cks that she gave me the black eye. Several witnesses were examined, both for the prosecution and the defence, and ultimately the magistrate decided that it wai a case for a jury. Mr. Lewis applied that bail might be taken. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would accept of the same bail as on the previous occ is;oa for her appearance at the Middlesex Sessions. Tile necessary bail having been put in, the de fendant left the court, followed by a number of persode. MARYLEBONE.—TLIE LATE ALLEGED FBAITD BY A SOLICITOR. —Jonathan Whitley Cooper, soli tor, was charg ed, before M. Broughton (on re mand), with h aving t obtained 161. 10s. from Mr. Daniel Costello, Lancaster-mews, Primrose-hill, by false pretences. The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared, and it will be remembered that prosecutor alleged that he had paid the money in question to the prisoner to take certain proceed ings in reference to an action in which he was plaintiff. In the course of the inquiry, it was. shown that the prisoner had, in his legal capacity, done some business relating to the cause, and that as the matter was' looked on as one for which. he (prisoner) had not rendered himself amenable to a criminal prosecution, the wag's' rate liberated him upon his own recognisances to appear yesterday. Mr. Lewis, Marlborough-street, 'attended as be fore for Mr. Costello, and Mr. T a yl or , a b arr i s t er (instructed by Mr. ilandley), for the prisoner. Mr. Taylor, after some preliminary observations from Mr. Lewis, said that his client was ready to deliver up the pap, rs appertaining to the action, and to refund any balance which could be shown t) be properly due ; he was of opinion that nothing more could las required. Mr. Lewis said that he had consulted with Mr. Handley, and that they had mutually agreed is adopt the course alluded to. The prisoner was then discharged, and when leaving the court a man named William Bush applied to have him detained, on the ground that he had a charge to prefer against him ; he was then again placed at the bar. The ststetne n t of Bush was, that he bad paid through his friends sums amounting in the whole to upwards of 3601., to carry on the action for the recovery of property which had been left to him, under the will of his grandfather ; in tne instance the prisoner had from him 501. at a single paymenr, but the promised services had not hoen p(rformo I. Mrs.Bartlect,2, Kenton - street,Brunswick-square, stated that her husband gave the whole of the money to the prisoner to prosecute the claim to Birsh's property. Mr. Handley said he could prove that as much as 20u1. had been paid for proctors' fees alone. It was ultimately arranged that the papers should be delivered in due course, on application being made for them at the residence of Mr. Munday, 4, Upper Seymour-street West, Hyde park. The case thus ended. Country Markets. RDINBURGH BAY AND STRAW MARKET FEL . Supplies of all kinds those last 9 six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to N6d per kompie of 16 stones trop ' • wheat do., 5s 6d t o 7 s Od ; barley do., 5104 to 64 61. Hay from 10d. to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL ---FRB 9. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, eaoh weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s Od and s. ----- DALKEITII MEAL VARKET—Frin. 8. - There were in the market to-day 4 bags of oatmeal, oef barleymeal,. and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. c 1 -- imperial Barleymeal, per ditt o --s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto . ... —s Od —s Od --0 04 Pot-barley, new, per ditto --a Od —aOd—a 0d DITSLIN, Ern. 9. White wheat, 26s 61 to 28s Od ; red ditto 23s Od to 20s 6cl; ditto new, —3 Od; barley, malti ng , 13 a to 184 Od; grind. lag, —s to —s ; oats, old, 114 Od to Us; ditto, new, --1 0.1 to —s 0,1 ; oatmeal, 14% to 1550 d; bare, new, 144 to 15s Od ; rapf,,t, d, 234 Od to 25s Od per 111.1; hak es a' flottr, 15, Odto 20a cht per met; Indian corn, 31. 01 to 33, Od per 480 lbs. COAL li&K ISl.—Fita. 10. Prices of Coals per ton a the close of the market Welland, au. 0. d. Buddlo W. Hartley l4 3 Bates's West Hartley 13 f Davison's West H a rtl e y 14 3 ?Anil°ld Moor' 13 :) West Hartley l4 3 Bell's Primrose ll Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 3 North Percy Hartley ] 3 0 Holywell l5 0, v. d. Cassop 17 0 inseell's Hetton l7 ' 0 lough Hall l6 0 hymen .... Ntnwellgate • 16 0 Pees lB 0 Riddell l4 6 Squbor wen Merthyr 21 6 Wityne's Merthyr 21 -6 801 l ' l4 6 Men l6 0 Men Main ll • Thorr 58—Sold, 37. Walliond, &a Acorn Close l6 0 Hebburn l4 0 Belmont 14 f Hettou Lyons Mai❑ LI is Ships at'market, MAILS FOR A 11IERIOA.—The de/unship Arago. Capt. Lines, left Southampton yeateroay with th e F renc h n Ena!), and German mails for New York, and 120 pastieLgera. BIRTIIS. AMON —On the 7th inst., at 6, Inverness-place, Bayswater, the wife of Captain Anson, R.N., of a son. llvsLor-.-0 0 the 7th inst., at Cleved. n, the lady of ColJnol Maxwell Hyslop, of a son. PEIRIN—On the 9th inst., at 2, Cavadish-square, the Lady Catherine Petrie, of a daughter. WAssm—On the 9th inst., at 26, Fenehurch-street, the wife of Mr. C. F. Wasn't, of a daughter. • • MARRIAGES. CIIETWYND —DAvinsoN—On th• Bth inst., at Trinity Church, Dean-bridge, Edinburgh, the Hon. Henry W. Ihetwynd, R N., second son of tit., Viscohn: - . Chetwynd, to Julia Bo vine, second daughter of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tul loch. Le , wis—ELwrx—O:l the 9th inst , at Waresley, Huntingdon shire, the Rev. L. W. Lewis MA., youngest son of Dr. D. Lewis, Finsbury -place, London, to Louisa Ana Fdio, Ur) eldest daughter of Colonel Elwyn, R.A. DEATHS. BITIIRAY—On the 9th inst , at his rosidenee, St. John's-ter race, New North-r,ad, Stephen Bithray, of the Royal Ex change, aged 70. Biss—On the Sth inst., Fran-is Edward, the youngest son of Wm. Biss, Esq., of 18, Somerset street, Portman-square, gged CREYKE —On the 7th inst., at Rawcliff Hall,Yorkshire, R a lph Creyke, Esq , aged 44. CHRISTY-4)n the Sth inst., at Sonthsea Lodge, Portsmouth, Wm. Christy, Esq., aged 85. LOAN -Oa the Bth inst., at Portland Lodge, Brighton, Cap tain Arthur Mogan, R.N., second son of the Isle Arthur Mogan, Esq., of Rua= t•square,Dublin, aged 64. Warn —On the 9th inst., John Watts, lgsq., of High-street. Lambeth, aged 73, kn. upwards of 41 years connoted w;th the firm of Doulton and Watts, Lambeth. LONDON : Pi Intel and Published by MITRD,O YOUNG. of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Th 4 Sun 011104 No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conni9 of Middies3x, ThureJah February 11, 1858.