The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

THE MUTINIES IN LYDIA. JUBBULPORE. Tne following letter is from a lady attached to V3C 52d Regiment "Jubbulpore, July 17. "We are in a kind. of intrenched camp. All Jubbulpore, at least all the gentry—assembled at Major Erskine's house, which bas been strongly fa. ificcl and defended- i n every possible way. It is a fine large house, fortunately, for there are 16 15 childreni and 30,gentlemen in it now. Soon after the first sad mutinies at Meerut and Delhi our regiment showed symptoms of excite ment, and we had several alarms. One day a Sepey tried to stab Mr. Miller on parade. The Balive officers behaved well, and seized him. It turns out that ho has on several occasions been mad, so on that plea he has been sent away into ikeeping. Another morning we were all roused out f our beds and told to hasten to Major Sleeman's le;uae, as our regiment was going to mutiny, but it was a false alarm. Colonel Jamieson still hopes we s ha,, l l get through this terrible crisis without a mutiny, hilt a great deal of humouring and diplo macy has b3en needed, and we dare not say we are safe. We have two companies on guard here every night outside, and we have guard; at all our bun g lows, and all is going on quietly ; but so did the thh Native Infantry at All9.habad, and yet they turned at last and murdered their officers. You will have heard, perhaps, that your poor cousin, Mr, reties, was one of the 'victims. Poor fellows, at was very awful ; the wretches murdered them at mesa ; and had not those on guard in the fort been summarily disaircted there would have been a fear ful massacre of all there, both ladies and children. l'oor Mrs. H--- had only been married a fort night. Her husband was one of the victims. The whole station of Allahabad is in ruins. But allthis,- sad through it be, is nothing compared to the terrible murders. The wretches have not spared innocent women and children—monsters of ruelry. Even ladies are getting quite hardened. I really think I did feel a pleasure in seeing.hun dreds of the rebels killed at and Meerut. Some 2,eor ladies and children were most brutally mur dered at Jbansi. It was fearful. First the lediea saw their husbands shot, then the innocent Bch klren cut up before' their eyes, ,and then, and not tll then, their own fate. What fearful times we live in ! We cannot say our throats are safe from day to day. How lucky you are to he ant of it all Oh that we were safe in 01d England ! I shall never feel happy in this country again, at least so I think now. Our Resident, Major E—, is most kind, and tries to make us all as comfort able as possible. I have a small room with Mra. B.— and Mrs. W— and three young H—'s ; plenty of noise. We have not much comfort, as you may imagine. All our mess establishment is here, and we form a large party. . At Saugor, the 42d have gone ; the 31st remainel stanch ; the 50. h, at Nagode, remain as yet stanch. Our safety d-pends much on Saugor and Nagode keeping quiet. All ladies are ordered into places of safety, and at one time it was half settled to send us all off to Mirzapore, but the heavy rains and the unsettled kale of the country rendered it impracticable. Some poor ladies are very nervous. I have not ben so as yet, and sleep very soundly. We have officers on guard and patrol all night, and we are not allowed to go out of the compound without leave. " Poor Dr. Mtwe's fate and poor Mrs. M.'a sufferings have bean sad indeed. She is now safe at Major Ellis's house at Nagode. The 12th mutinied at Nougaon, and all had to fly. T'uey were trying to make their way to Saugor. Vil lagers rose, and they were attacked by a large body of Dacoits. Took to their horses. There were three females. The party was hunted from village to villAge. Poor M., who had been ill at Nougaon, was at last fairly done for—his horse shied, he and his wife fell off, and were left to die. Poor -- wrote a heart-rending account two days ago of Mrs. M. She is now safe at Nagode and her child Lotty. Peor M. died soon after the fall. Poor J. crept away and sat in a tomb to hide her self ; villagers found her, robbed her of her guard ring, and dragged her into the village. "T wo miles off the Nawab of Banda,"hearing of a la'ly in distress, sent an elephant and guard for lux, and when she reached Banda she had the happiness of finding Lotty safe with Captain Scott and some of the other officers ; this was a ray of comfort for her, poor soul, but she writes as if the was distraught, and is, poor thing, daily ex pecting a premature confinement. My heart bleeds loc. her. Yesterday Mrs. H. made up a large. pack age of clothes for Lotty and herself ; we put in all we thought would be useful and sent it off. There ars only two ladies left in Nagode. Every one is flying to Calcutta. Major E. heard of Sir H. Law one:, s death ; a terrible report that Sir U. Wheeler died in garrison, basely murdered. Major Wiggens we suppose gone. Mrs. W.'s name is mentioned as being killed again. Poor Mrs. Wiggens we hear die from sickness ; also it is said the Nena Sahib has kept upwards of 100 hostages. " We are expecting a movab'e column of troops here in about a fortnight from Kampteo and Nag pore. A portion of our regiment will go with them to.retake Nougaon, Jhansi, and Hisser, burn vil lages, and execute vengeance-on all marauders and rebels they can meet. Major .E— is going, also two artillery officers, Mr. 0— and B—, two subal terns, and 180 men ; 40 men were sent off the other day on some expedition. Our garrisan will b ) greatly weakened, losing about eight or nine officers. It is expected the party will be away some months. I conclude we must remain here until the country becomes more settled. This evening we are expecting some additions to our party from Nursingpore. I fear you will find this an ineo h( rent epistle. lam writing under difficulties." !INDORE. The following is an extract of a letter from Lieu tenant A. R. Hutchinson, Bheel agent and Politi cal Assistant to the Governor-General at Bhopawur, -, clearly proving Holkar's fidelity : " Mhow Fort, July 26. " On the Ist July the troops at Indore revolted. The Resident and most of the English inhabitants eFlectet their escape; but the clerks of the telegraph - kpartment and in the offices, with their families, ettft.re .1 fearfully ; 34 Christians were murdered in col I blood. The details of this revolt I have not herd. On the 2d July, at 3 p.m., a servant of Colonel Stockley's arrived breathless from In dore with.the awful news that Holkar had turned against ns, and that the European residents had been murdered. My escort, consisting of 30 men of the Bheel corps, was in itself insufficient for any defene, so I determined to take them to Indur pOre, and there to make a stand. I accordingly left de ir Bhopawur with my wife and child for In durpo:e. It was a trying hour, but we committed ourselves to God. At Indttrpore we found people in the greatest alarm and excitement. The men— about 200 of the Bheel corps—seemed determined , to defend the station with their lives ; so, after wri ins to the Resident at Baroda for aid, we re t red for the night. At 2 a.m. of the 3d I was awoke by an express from Dhar to say that some Ma' ocriedan troops there had revolted, and were in irching in force for the destruction of Bhopawur. I went to the lines to ascertain the temper of the snarl, but to my bitter disappointment there were only some 30 left, and thaw by their manner sgetned anything but willing to defend us. Seeing this, we had nothing left but to disguise ourselves mid. fly. Accordingly, at 4 . a.re. of the 3d, Mrs. bi l tockley, four children, and an ayah got into a common cow -cart, C---, baby, myself, and ayah into another, Dr. Chisholm on horseback, and we ) eft ID durpore with the intention of making for the JAbwA territory. " 1 hoped to reach Para at nightfall, where I bad (*Jared my servants to Meet me. We travelled all day, which was, most fortunately, cool. At 2 P.m. we halted to rest. As we started two men ' carne from the village Charawna to inquire who we were. Our servants said we were Parsee mer ehants going to Baroda. On we went again, and a ci t„ B P-in. we were startled by the news that a party r 443 and foot hail just arrived from Amjheera ~ a " caDture. At this terrible news all Mrs. w i th . un. 3 °7 2l ants deserted her, but ours remained and to and myself d e t e rmined to keep -watch, .., jass _ to defend o u rse l ves t o the last. el terrible night ; but God had mercy ups '" us and brought us deliver ance f rom our ene )n'e:, for during the ni,,,,htthe Bheels (we were in the 'el :11 , wa, territory) gave the alarm to• ,. t h lie nearest_ statiou, and daylight saw a pityeuoeid Para, under Soojan Singh, who rescued horse from took us to Pora ; however, to . "tilY the Arnjlie i ra pole, he insistA on our showing..what property we had. Our carts we re acco rdingly searched. I °Herr d a horseman to go to Jabwa, and t o ac _ qii tint the chief with our situation ; we went Pp rt . At 4 p.m. a deputation arrived from J a b wa eyeort us to that place. The head man of a vil lage where we halted gave us his own dinner, and we sinyto I again at 10 p. nn., escorted by 100 Bheels. We rested for the night at the but of aliquor veinier * Early in the morning I ov erheard th.t Bhoels tallying among themselves_ in a most mu_ r dere e s t ra i n . I j um p e d u p, an d awoke the people , _ t m it was tiros We got off to start. ff again • aral reached Jabwa early on the sth iust., and re vtived a kind welcome from the young Rajah, who assigned us one of hi s p a l aces f or our res idence, and sent - us dinner from his own table. We passed six . dreary days here, without clothes, or books, or any news. - However, I was soon assured that Holkar hal not turned against us, and I at once resolved to re urn to Indore or Bhopawur. On the Bth the young Rajah received a letter froin Holkar, threat en:ng vengeance should any inAilt be offered us, THE SUN,. LONDON, THURSDAY EV ENING, SEP TEMBER 10, 157 and - tilling him that - he - had detached a party for our escort ; this party arrived on the 10th instant. On the 12th we left Jabwa under the escort of Rolkar's troops. I had such implicit faith in Hol kar's friendship that I did not hesitate to place my self and family under the protection of his troops for the purpose of proceeding to Indore to assume charge ofThe agency during the absence of Colonel Durand, and by my presence and advice to assure an guide Holkar through the crisis, for, in his letter to me, he entreats me to come at once to him that I might yet save his kingdom during the ab sence of Sir R. Hamilton. We arrived at Bhopa wur early on the 13th, and on the 14th, hearing that some Mahomedan troops had vowed our destruc tion, and not wishing to expose Holkar's troops to unnecessary temptation, I left Bhopawur on the 15th, and travelled to Dhar. On the 16th I wrote . to Mhow and.received letters warning me not to pro ceed to Indorefor the troops were in a most excited state, so I determined to come into Mhow, to see how matters really stood, which place I reached, thank God, at 10 p.m., safe and well. On the 17th I wrote to Holkar, telling him I did not think it advisable my going to Indore, for it was evidently , our policy to ward off as much as possible an out break of his troops until the arrival of our reinforce ments. On the 18th I assumed charge of the agency, and have since then been most busy look ing after and conducting its duties. I think the people have been reassured by my presence. On Monday the 20 I paid Holkar a visit at Indore ; he spoke most feelingly of all that had occurred, which he said never would had occurred had Sir R. Hamil ton been in the country. The column from Bom bay is rapidly approaching, and if it is God's will a few days more and we shall see our power firmly re-established in Malwa." HOOSINGABAD. The following is from the wife of a medical man at Indore " Hoosingabad, July 18. " On the morning of the Ist of July we rose as usual, and I went for a walk and James to the hos pital, when all seemed perfectly quiet, as much so at least as it was possible to do when a number of soldiers had been collected to keep off any enemy. We had long expected the Mhow regiments to mietiny, and I dare say I told you troops had been brought in from Sehore, Mehidpore, and Bhopawar to protect us. , llolkar's artillery, too, was brought up to the neighbourhood of the Residency in the' Bazaar, . and horsemen patrolled all round the grounds. These precautions were thought enough to keep off an external enemy, but should any ap pear the Residency, a strong building, was to have been defended, all the Europeans, of course, taking refuge there. I had just finished taking my ac counts from the butler when I heard shouting in the Bazaar, down which the Sepoy's tents were pitched, and, looking out, saw people running in every direction ; in a few minutes the noise of mus ketry was heard,land I suppose there must have been a gun fired too, bat this I did not hear, for, at the but ler's earnest entreaty, I determined to go to the Resi dency, as he said all other sahibs were going. I sent off to James, and ran into my dressing-room fur my hat, and then the butler, taking his master's loaded gun in one hand, clutched me under the arm with the other, and I ran as fast as I could just behind Mrs. Shakespere, who was hurried acrosadu the same way by Dr. Thompson, who was. stopping with them. " The mutineers fired the first gun from their first position, when, finding this would not bear upon the Residency, they ran them round to the second, almost crossing James's road from the hos pital. Most providentially he heard the first gun and immediately recognising the sound of a loaded gun, he started home, sending the cart by the road, , himself taking a rather shorter and less conspicuous • way homewards, entering our compound just as they were unlimbering in the second position ; he came over to the Residency at once." The Artilery alone of the troops we had to defend us did their duty. Colonel Travers, commanding the Bhopal Cavalry, after much entreaty, got about 25 men together, and of these only about five followed him when he charged the guns, so nothing remained for us but flight. We left at 10 a.m., the road to the stables was cut off, but most fortunately the ammu nition waggons were on the south side of the Resi dency, and on these the ladies and children were placed. Soon after Mr. Cobbe'e bullock cart was i brought on, and two of Mr. Shakespere's (of these the best and largest soon broke), and an elephant and some horses for the gentlemen were brought by their servants. Our servant brought nothing fur us, but I expect our bungalow was one of the first to be plundered, and our cartman was a new servant and an Indore man, who would prefer plundering the house to serving us at such a time. As we went out of the Residency the whole of the guns were battering away at it. Some bungalows were on fire, and, alas I many of the Europeans of the post, telegraph, and other offices had been killed ; 22 escaped to Sehore by God's mercy. No attempt was made to pursue us. Our escort was strong in appearance. I am glad their wil lingness to fight for us was not tested. We had two guns, about 200 cavalry, and a few infantry of the Bhopal. Begnm's ,(these were belonging to a contingent force, officered from our armies, and stationed at Sehore, 20 miles from Bhopal), and nearly 300 of the Bheel corps. Colonel Durand's first intention was to go via the Simrole Ghat, to Mundlaisir, about 60 or 70 miles, but when we got to within three miles of the ghat the cavalry de clared Holkar had sent out guns to intercept us. This waa utterly false, as he did all he could to serve us, and is, we hope, still loyal and true ; but our route was then changed for Sehore, where the men wanted to go, it being their home, and thus they deceived us. From the foregoing you may conclude we had no time to bring anything away with us. Most of the party have lost everything they pos sessed, and we are in this number, unless our - house at Mundlaisir should escape destruction, which seems scarcely possible, so many plundering tribes will now come to light. The distress in the coun try to Europeans and many natives is dreadful to think of, and where will it end ? It is so painful a task, endeavouring to recall the sufferings of our journey that I cannot do it now. Should our lives be spared I may at some future time be able to think of, it more calmly. Now I need all my courage to meet what may yet be before us. God was truly merciful to me and James, and we were able by His grace to look calmly for death, and should it please Him to prolong my life for years to come I trust I may remember His great goodness in our hour of peril and never cease to love and serve Him with a truly grateful heart. All along we had reports of guns being ahead to intercept us, but nothing really appeared. Of our escorts not turning on us we never, however, felt secure. " After turning back from the Simrole road, we struck to the eastward across country roads and went on without stopping till about midnight, when we halted for an hour or so ; of course, we had nothing but the ground to lie on, and had no food. Soon we went on again till daybreak, when we came to a village where the men bought some sweetmeats, and somebody's servant (few had any servants with them) made some cakes of coarse flour. Halted till 8 a.m., went on to Tuppa Bungalow, found some brandy that Mrs. Magniac had forgotten to take away when she was there a month or so before ; had curry, rice, and grilled fowl, but scarcely time to eat it, as the people re ported an enemy on before. On and on till near midnight ; halted near a village some two hours ; again journeyed onwards till daybreak, 'when we came to a village, and they told us so confidently an enemy was near that a gun was sent on, and all preparations were made to force our way. Fortu nately, no one•appeared, and about 7 a.m. we met two elephants, sent out by the political agent of Sehore, Major 'Rickards. At 9 a.m. reached a bungalow ; found tea, bread and butter, and gripes, sent out by the same kind person, curry and rice, two knives and forks and spoons, among some 18 hungry people: Our party, including some Euro pean sergeants and telegraph signa'lers, and three children, was 32 in number. At 5 p.m. went on. Halted at midnight for about two or three hours, and reached Sehoro at 8 a.m. Kind welcome, change of clothes, and a good breakfast; this was Saturday, the 4th. Halted Sunday, made some clothes, and bought a few necessary articles. Mon day, the 6th, went on at 5 p.m. ; halted at mid night for two hours ; on till .9 a.m , then halted for the day under a large tree—rain incessant ; on t 11 midnight, when the rain forced us to halt, took shelter in a native shed ; fires dried our clothes a little ; at dawn on again through the rain. At one village had a small sugar ball each and some milk, and at another some parched pulse ; on and on through most lovely scenery till sunset,, when we reached the Nerbudda, crossed over, reached Hoo ingabad about 8 p.m., and were distributed among the different persons here. Our lot threw us to some very kind people, a Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, of the Mad, as 28th. Hot water, grilled chicken, and such a eight's rest I Since our arrival another party t fugitives from Aug r , some 25 persons, have come. 0: and is m:: w_ D o u ' r a a l I n ' stay hero and where we next go is most uncertain. "Col, li have loft for Assegurh, and most lik e l y „:„., of the lithos—l among the number—will be ta ' l l a very hot, and h, is already there. we n ai t e hle too. Mrs. Keating° one has suffered from the fatiguewep. in health, and no e k x i P n ° d s n u e l e ; but ,the weather is and eympathY we have met with I can never be sufficiently grateful for. We are all waiting for news from Delhi ; how that will end . t G o o o doni muchy knows, that g;v, is but we are confident, I h ope not t we may have the victory to us, When the many at present doubtful allies will return-to their allegiance. The Sehore people have all come in, too, the Begnm. not being able to restrain her own people enough so as to promise them safety there. The news. from Bengal is dreadful, but you will see it in the papers. lam sure I need make no excnses for this incoherent letter. I can't read it over." Naval and Military InteitgeneN Another colo n cloy is vacant by the death of Lieut. - G en. G. A. Henderson, Colonel of the 59th Regi ment, who died on Monday last at his country re sidence in Worcestershire. The gallant general entered the army in 1793, and up to his retirement on half-pay in 1817 had seen considerable service. He embarked in 17.95 with thearmyunder General Sir R. Abercromby destined for the West Indies, _ but malignant fev©r breaking out on board the ship the troops were disetnbarked. Afterwards he served with his regiment during the rebellion in Ireland in 1798. He accompanied the expedition to the fiel der in 1799, and was present at tha first landing and at the battles of the 19th of Sept. and of the 2d and 16th Oct. In 1801 he proceeded to Egypt in the expedition under Gen. Sir R. Abercromby. In 1808 lie landed with his regiment in Portugal,, and took part in the battle of Vimiera, the disastrous retreat to and the battle of Corunna. He re-I turned to England with the other British forces after Corunna, and was next employed in the ex pedition to the Scheldt, and was at the siege of Flushing. He, in 1808, wont to the Peninsula, and served to the close of that war in 1814. He com manded the Queen's at the battle of Toulouse, on which occasion ho received the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. General Henderson received the war medal and four clasps for Egypt, Vinaiera, Corunna, and Toulouse. In 1836 he was nominated a Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, hav ing previously received the Order (second class) of the Crescent. "The gallant officer's commisrion bore date, as follows :—Ensign, Sept. 1, 1793 ; Lieuten ant, March 1, 1795 ; _Captain, Aug. 20, 1801 ; Major, June 4, 1813 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 12, 1814 ; Colonel, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Major-General, Nov. 9, 1846 ; and Lieutenant-General, June 20, 1854. After his retirement on half-pay he was one of the inspecting field 'Aura. In April, 1852, he was appointed Colonel of the 59th Regiment by ,the late Duke of Wellington. Letters from Malta to the 4th Sept. announce the departure on the 30th of Aug., for Constantinople, of the Osprey steam gunboat, which relieves the Boxer, whose arrival at Malta, where she is refit ting, has been already mentioned. There were in port the Hibernia receiving ship of the line, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir M. Stopford, and th Wanderer steam gunboat, awaiting intelligence from India to send it to London by electric tele. graph. The European and Australian steampacket 2Etu a arrived at Malta from Alexandria on the 30th of August, bringing, among other passengers, Com mander Parker, R.N., and left on the following morning for Liverpool ; the Cambrian paddle steamer, belonging to the same company, having left for the same destination on the preceding even ing. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet Valetta, with the London mails of the 26th of August, arrived at Malta on the 31st from Marseilles, having, among other passengers for Malts, Major Stewart and Captain Jones, 88th Regiment ; and for Alexandria, General Windham, Major-Gen. Sir Hugh Rose, Col. Little, Major and Mrs. 'Forster and son, Major Grindleston, Major and Mrs. Larkins ; Captains Coles, Courtenay, El wyn Hare, Hill, Johnson, Lock, Macgregor,' M'Mahon, Pulley, Richard, Steele, Stevenson, Thomas, Wood, and Rabin. ThesValetta left Malta for Alexandria on the morning of the 31st, preceded by the Colombo, belonging to the same company, carrying the heavy mail and passengers for India from Southampt•in. The Leb ninon screw steamer took her departure from Malta on the 2d for Corfu and Cephalonia to embark the remainder of the 68th Regiment for England. It was stated at Malta that orders bad been issued from the Horse Guards for the despatch to England for India of several regi ments stationed in the Mediterranean garrisons. The 46th Regt. from Corfu, the Ist Regt. (Royals) from Gibraltar, and the 21st, 28th, and '7lst from Malta are among the regiments expected to be re moved. Liout.-Col. Turner's troop of Royal Horse Artil lery, at Woolwich, which has been some time under orders to proceed by the Hydaspes to Calcutta, was ordered on Saturday to Bombay, to embark on board the transport Prince Albert ; but in conse quence of fresh orders received yesterday at Wool wich from the Horse Guards it will sail for Calcutta, as originally intended, in the Hydaepes. Major Gardiner's D troop of Royal Horse Artillery mar ched into Woolwich on Tuesday from the camp at Aldershott, to prepare for embarkation to India. The accounts received at headquarters Woolwich, from the various recruiting stations of the Royal Artillery Regiment, are highly satisfactory. Yes terday the first batch sent up from the Bth batta lion station consisted of 60 healthy, robust-looking young fellows, principa)ly labouring men. The re cruiting sergeants stationed in and about Woolwich are equally successful, averaging about 100 recruits weekly. There aro now 2,000 rank and file in the Colches ter Camp. The Ist battalion 60th Rifles have ar rived during the last few days from Chatham, the Ist Royals from Glasgow, the 4th from \Valour, and the 56th depot from Pembroke. The troops will be formed into three battalions under the com mand of Col. Dixon, Lieut. -Col. Whitmore, and Lieut.-Col. Swat. Two of these battalions will consist of the depots of regiments in India or on their way to the East. A. regimental order has been issued directing all officers of the Royal Artillery under orders for India, who are not already supplied with revolver pistols, to apply for the same t o comman di ng officers of the batteries and companies, who wilt obtain them from the Deputy Assistant Quarter master-Ueneral. The 18th Royal hill, at the Curragh; are under orders for India.' The 99th Regiment has been countermanded, and the 10th Company Royal Engineers is to march for Chatham previous to embarking for India—this week. The 51st and 91th Regirneuts, at Dublin, are under orders foi the East. It is rumoured that six regiments of infan'ry are t o procee d f rom t h e Med:terranean, via Suez, to India, and that the 39th - Regiment ie ordered borne from Canada. The Conqueror, 101, screw, Captain Hastings Yelverton, C. 8., arrived at Da vonport on Tuesday, on her way to rejoin the squadron in the Mediter ranea,u under Admiral Lord Lyons, for which station she will sail as soon as some leaks discovered in her timbers aro made 'good. For this purpose caulkers were sent* ou board yesterday morning from that dockyard. Ganges, -abg Captain Joh n F u lf or d, i s st ill i n onr. 'Nothing d e fi n it e appears 8 Sheerness 4, harbour. known as to when she leaves here for Portsmouth., but she is still 150 A.B.'s short of her se a comple ment. The Imperador and Imperatriz steam transports, with troops for China, called. at Madeira on the 16th and 18th of August, filled up with coals the same daya, and proceeded on their voyages. Tho freight ship Gloriana, Capt. Toynbeo, left Spit head yesterday for India with the following troops:—Cornet Adams, 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, and 17 privates of the 12th Royal Lancers•, Ensign Talbot, 1 corporal, and 7 privates of the 43d Foot; Lieut.. - Raymond and Birch, and 2 privates of the 41th Foot ; 13 privates of the 3d battalion of the 60th Rifles; Major T. Benson, Capt. J. Galbraith, Lieutenants' E. G. Storey and A. Tria b ge, Ensigns J. W. Hughes, F. S. Rogers, J. H. Mardon, C. Richards3n, T. G- tmbell, Assistant Surgeon J. M. G. Laing,seven sergeant', four d rummers , e i g ht corporals, 104 privates of the 66th Foot ; Capt. C. Venasles, three corporals, 51 privates of th r 74th Foot ; and Staff-Assistant Surgeon Duff, of the Madras Army, in medical charge. The Dutchman screw steamship arrived at Ports mouth in the night of Tuesday front Gibraltar, with the:bead-quarters of the 55th Regiment, and went into harbour to await orders for their disem barkation. Tt.tey procee 1 to Cork and land thero. On the promotion' of Qu trtermaeterSergeant M. Brickdale to the rank' . of Qusrtermaster in the Pertsrnouth Division of Royal Marine Light Is - fautry, his late brother non-commissions 1 officers gave a farewell dinner iu his hbnoar, as a mark of their respect for his talents, zeal in the service, and his many good m >rsl and soci qualities. They al:o presented another respected comrade, Ser geant-Major Best, discharged on lensth of service, a costly silver snuffbox, bearing the inscription, " Presentedto Sergeant-Major G. C. Best by the Sergeants of the Royal Marino Light Infantry, Portsmouth Division, on 'his retirement from the rps, after 29 years' service, the 28th of August, 1857." The presentalion took place on the afters' noon of Saturday last in the messroora of the divi none' head quarters at Forton, where a general meeting of the set pants convened. A soldierly speech was delivered by Sergeant-Major Murphy on presenting the testimonial to the gallant reci pient, who in reply heatt.ly thanked his late com •rader for the kindly feelings evinced towards him, and assured the that he felt the utmost pride in the thought of handing down their gift to his child run's children. Termagant, 25, screw, under the command of First Lieu' onant Colin C. A. Bane, was inspected at Portsmouth yesterday by Captain (Shell) Moor sons, of the Diadem, 31, screw. The crew were put threw the most minute and severe gun drill and exercise, and every department narrowly scanned. ~The inspection lasted three hours and a half, and elicited the marked approbatien of the inspecting officer She will pay off on or about the 16th inst. The evil effects of the impolitic course taken by the Admiralty at the commencement of the present financial year, in discharging and permitting the discharge of a large number of seamen, are now I being felt in the difficulty experienced in manning the ships recently put in commi.ss ion. As is always the case when men are required for an emergency fellows are being eutere 1 at the several rendezvous at the commercial portg, of every class and charac ter, and drafted into sea•going ships without any t r aining. —Plymouth Mail. The Conflict, 8 (screw), and Valorous, 16 (paddle), which have been in commission more than a week at this pork, are not yet masted, the necessity of providing these important adjuncts to ships' hulls never having struck their lordships at Whitehall.— Plymouth Mail. _ _ _ The funeral of the much-lamented Capt. Savage, of the Royal Marine Artillery, and instructar of fortification at the Royal Naval College, Ports mouth, took place yesterday. He was followed to the grave by the brethren of the various lodges be longing to Portsmouth, and laid aside his brother in-law, Dr. Scott, at the new cemetery at South - sea. The naval cadets belonging to the Royal Naval College, as well as officers and crow of the Excellent, were in attendance, and upwards of 300 Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery paid the last respect to a much beloved officer. Admiral Lord Lyons, G. C. 8., in his flag ship Royal Albert, 101, straw, Captain Mends, C. 8., With his squadron, left Gibraltar, August 30, ar rived at Algiers, and was to leave that port for Malta this week. • We are glad to be able to state that Vice-Admi ral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.87, commander in chief of Devonport, has recsovered from his re cent illness, and is again able to attend to his duties. The Lady Gray merchantman arrived at Spith6ad during the night of Tuesday with loss of jibboom, cutwater, &c. _ The Cyclops, 6, paddle steam vessel, Lieut. Day man in command, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday for repairs. , The freightship Cresswell has bean taken up by Government for the transport of military stores from Woolwich, for Wellington ; and the Princess Louisa, fix Barbadoes. The Joseph Shepherd has been chartered to embark naval and military stores, ammunition, &c., from Deptford. and Woolwich, for Hong Kong. The above-named ships are all in the East and West India Docks. Commander R. Moorman, Commander A. F. R. De Horsey, and T. D. A. Fortesene were yesterday promoted to the rank of Captain. Lieut. E. T. Hind, Lieut. E. Webber ' and Lieut. T. .B. Leth bridge were promoted to the rank of Commander. Mr. Ernest Piers has boon appointed Midship man to the Gauged. LAW INTELLIGENCE, &pt. 9, COURT 01? BANKRUPTCY. (Mora Mr. CorniniBßioner Fonblanque.) IN RE SUMMERS -WHOLESALE PAWNING OF CREDITORS' PROPERTY. This was the certificate meeting under the bankruptcy of James Summers, of No. 38, Hatton-garden, whole sale jeweller. The bankrupt's unsecured debts were 2,959/. ; ditto, holding stack, 2,2641. ; the assets were returned at 3161. ; good and bad debts ; stock in hands of creditors assumed, 3731. ; property surrendered, 3201. ; losses, 114/. ; trade expense., 8221., of which 2281. was uu vouched ; domestic and personal expenses 4471., un vouched of which was 3871 ; and receipts from boarders assumed 2241. Tho profits from October, 1855, to May, 1856, were returned at 606/. 13s. 4d. ; and the accounts showed that the bankrupt was deficient 561. 4.. ld. at this period. Mr. Sargood said he was instructed by the creditors, as well as the assignees, to strenuously resist this bankrupt having his certificate. He had traded, if it was worth the name of trading, from October, 1855, to May, 1857, only when ho became bankrupt. The learned counsel then called the bankrupt, and, from his examination, it appeared that he had kept no regular cash-book nor stock book, and that he had no means of stating to whom large quanties of jewel lery had been sold, nor could he in case of having been robbed have described- the articles of which he had been plundered. During his career of eigh tee❑ months he had pledged goods to the extent of 3,7501. He commenced pawning about six or nine months after he went into business. On the 2d of April he had 311. worth of goods of Mr. Biddell to show to a "customer," but ho could not tell his name; he believed the " customer," lived in the country ; he did not know what .became of those goods; they did not go to the pawnbrokers the same day. On the 16th of March he obtained jewellery of the value of 501. 38. of Mr. Arnell, but he bad no recird of how it was disposed of. On the 16th April a bill fer 441. Is. 41. became due to a Mr. Hasler, and he admitted that be might have told him on the 13th April that he was not in difficulties and that he expected to receive in afew weeks alarge amount of money. He pledged on the 2d May with Mr. At tenborough a silver tea-urn, coffee and teapot, and other articles fer 881., which he had obtained from Mr. Col lingridge ; he had them on sale or return. Mr. Sargood—On your oath, has ho ever sold you that property at all ? Now, be cautious. The Bankrupt hesitated to answer the question. Mr. Sargood—l will not press it, as it would not be fair to do s 0 ; but I will again put the question, to give you an opportunity of denying it, if you can. Did he ever sell those articles to you at all ? Bankrupt—Not at that time. The examination, in continuation, showed the bank rupt, on the 25th of April, obtained goods to the amount of 161. 15s. from Mr. Bowman, a jeweller, upon an ac ceptance, and on the 231 of April he had a bill drawn in favour of Mr. Goad, of Birmingham, for 451. 7s. Bd., and wrote to that gentleman requesting a renewal of it for three months, as he was disappointed in receiving some money, but would receive 2,0001. in one month and would take care not to encroach upon his kindness again. Tie concluded by begging Mr. Goad to consider the letter confidential. Mr. Sargood—Which was to be considered confiden tial, the dishonour of your bill or your obtaining the goods I Bankrupt—The dishonour of my bill. Mr. Stewart, assistant to Mr. Attenborough, was examined by Mr. Sargood—ln consequence of the nu merous pawaings of the bankrupt, they declined to have any further dealings with him three or four months before the bankruptcy. When the goods were pledged they asked no questione'respecting them, except whether he was a tradesman, and he showed them a bill-head. By Mr. Lawrence—Mr. Attenborough had been in business for a number of years. Lila was different to pawning. It was advances made upon goods. The time was extended for redeeming the goods. Summers had redeemed them from time to time. By Mr. Sargood—They knew the bankrupt Summers; but he signed the book in the name of James Smith. It was not unusual for people who pledged to give wrong names. The Bankrupt was recalled by Mr. Lawrance. He had pledged goods to a large amount. He had re deemed them from till() to time. The proceeds of the pledges were applied to the liquidation of trade bills. It was want of capital compelled him to resort to pledg ing. He was in negotiation for forming a partnership. The negotiation, at the end of six weeks, was broken off. The partner would have introduced 1,5001. or 2,0001 By Mr. Sargood—He never laid before his proposed partner a statement of his affairs. Could not say whether he told him he was insolvent. 'That communication was broken off on his (bankrupt's) part, but was re sumed this year. Mr. Sargood, in asking for a total refusal of certificate, strongly denounced the bankrupt's conduct, and called attention to the fact that the bankrupt was obtaining goods when pursuing a systematic course of pawning. He also adverted to the fact of the bankrupt not having kept that safeguard to a jeweller, the stock book. He questioned if this was a trading at all. • _ _ Mr. Lawrence admitted the main facts to be indis putable, and also that there should be some distinction between the capital and the operations of the trader. Had not this young man resorted to the wretched expedient of pawning, doubtless his trading would have been of short duration ; the temptation, unfortunately, was ir resistible. This man bought the goods in the ordinary course of his business, and there was no mi'srePresenta tion except to Videll, and that was only to get time for the payment of his debt?, and was not put forward as a ground of complaint. The bankrupt had been guilty of what he might call an ordinary commercial life. Refer ring to the pawnbrokers, he said he was surprised that these men, who were not dealing with a spendthrift who was pawning his gold watch and chain—not dealing with a man who, on a sudden emergency, parted with his plate —not with the poor pawning to obtain the necessaries of life—should not have exercisee a little discretion, and said, " Dohs is new plate, and we will not take your goods in." The fault lay a great deal with those people who had the means of supplying needy tradesmen with money. There was a distinction to be drawn be tween the men who came often before this court selling their goods at a reckless sacrifice of 40 or 50 per cent , and placing their property beyond redemption • for the extent of the mischiefs inflicted upon the creditors by this young man was the interest which ho had paid the pawnbrokers, and the depreciation, if any, on the pro perty while in their hands. The pawnings had not been to keep up an expensive establishment, as the personal expenses had been exceedingly moderate ; nor bad they been to pay favoured creditors, but to meet bills coming due ; and wLen Mr. Walcott, a creditor, called on the bankrupt to sign a declaration of insolvency he had done so, and came to this court to atone for his fault. He submitted it was only a case for suspension. Tho Commissioner said the case came very near the statute which compelled him to refuse the certificate, but did not come absolutely within it. Taking it as a ques tion of discretion by the Court on the bankrupt's con duct as a trader, ho could only say it was an exceedingly bad case. The bankrupt had carried on a trade of ob taining goods and almost iname,:iately pawning them, and he agreed it was a misnomer to call it a " trading." The result had been a loss of 3,0001, on the unsecured creditor. . The expectation of getticg a partner was an old story, and rather too stale to be believed. The bank rupt said he believed if the gentleman had known of his insolvency ho would have joined him, and from that answer ho would say the gentleman had either taken leave of his senses or the bankrupt of his. The certifi cate would be granted of the third class after a suspen sion of three years. Mr. Lawrence said, as no fraud veal proved, he had to apply for protection, to which Mr. Sargood objected. Tho Commissioner remarked he would rather not withhold protection, but give the bankrupt au opportu nity of earning his livelihood by his industry. Protection accordingly granted. Mr. Lawrence applied fur the payment out of the estate of Messrs. Rayson and Son for preparing the balance-sheet, which was opposed by the assignees, one of the points urged in opposition being that he had not employed a particular firm recommended by their soli• citor. His Honour referred the matter to Mr. Graham, the official it,,eignee. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN HOLBORN.—The ad• journed inquest on the bodies of the two persons who were burned to death in the fire which took place in High Holearn on the 27th of July last, was resumed yesterday, and after hearing some additional evidence, the inquest was again tvij aimed for the sixth time. DIVISIONS AMONG ROMANISTS IN NEW YORK---The Romish Church in New York is by no means a unit. The Ultramontane party condemn the timid course of Bishop Hughes, and demand of the pontiff an assistant, that shall make a public demonstration of the papal faith, in parading in processions, and in the celebrations of festivals, with pomp, banners, and martial music. Bishop Hughes is a son of New York. He knows our people well. Let our Sabbath become a gait day—l e t the hallowed stillness be destroyed by martial music, drums, and trumpets, processions of priests and nuns to tho-church, with the i.charge of arti'lery—for such is the demand—and the hostility to Romanian would be unlimited.—Baston Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We have read with much pleasure Di Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, C on sumption, and Debility. 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A very deliberate, and apparently premeditated, Murder]was committed in Philadelphia, on Monday afternoon, in the neighbourhood of Fourth and Cherry-streets, The murdered man was a young Englishman, named Wm. L. Smith, and the per petrator of the act was his uncle, George Freeth, who, meeting his nephew in the street, attempted to shoot him, but the pistol being knocked from his hand, the desperate man pursued his nephew into the Washington Hotel, No. 232, Cherry-street, and before he could be prevented, fired three shots from a revolver into the body of his nephew. Frectth, says the Ledger, is also an , Englishman. He came to this country about 11. years since, with his wife, and commenced work as a jeweller. .A fter becoming settled, he returned to England, and on his return brought his nephew, Smith, also a jewel ler, with him. Soon after the arrival of Smith, a difficulty occurred between Freeth and his wife, in consequence ofit having been insinuated that Freeth had another wife living. Mrs. F., though a mother of seven children, applied for a divorce about four years since, and obtained it. Two years after this Smith married his divorced aunt, Mrs. Freeth, and one child has been the fruit of this union. This state of thing led to ill feelings and threats between filo uncle and nephew, Freeth alleging that the deceased had threatened to tako the former's life several times. Smith and his wife moved into Fourth-street, be tween Coates and BroWn, and yesterday Smith started down town to attend to some business. When at Fourth and Cherry-streets he stopped to talk to a friend named H. Harrison, and while he was thus engaged, Freeth passed up Fourth-street in an.omnibus. As soon as Freeth saw Smith he got out of the omnibus, and ap proached Smith at the same time, saying, " Smith you are going on fine about me." Smith replied by saying "that he was not doing anything against him." Freeth made some reply to this, and said, "Did I not pay your passage to this country ?" Smith denied this. Freeth then replied, " I will show you," at the same time pulling from a side pocket a paper and a six-barrelled revolver. Freeth pointed the pistol and said, "Smith you are a dead man ;" but before ho could pull the trigger Harrison, - who was talking to Smith, kpockd the pistol out of his band. Smith ran down Cherry-street, and Freeth picked up his pistol and ran after him. When Smith reached the Washington Hotel, be ran in, followed by Freeth. Both of them ran through the tar-room, small, low ceiling room, towards a back room ; just as Smith got into a small vestibule between the bar and kitchen, Freeth fired three times, two balls en tering Smith's breast, killing him in about two minutes. The report of the pistol brought the landlord down stairs, whoonreaching the scene, found Smith partially doubled up on the floor, with his head in a position indicating that he designed running uP stairs. Freeth was standing near and at once said to the landlord, " I have done what I wanted, and you may send for an officer to arrest me." Word was sent to the Sixth Ward Station-house, and all officer took Freeth in charge. The prisoner made the same statement to the officer that he had made to the landlord, but before and after getting to the station-house he became somewhat difficult to manage. An inquest was held upon the body on Monday evening, and a verdict that Smith came to his death by a pistol shot fired by George Freeth. MILITIA. The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed the Ist Oct. for the embodiment of the Royal Wiltshire Militia. It is anticipated that the regiment will muster 1,000 men, 600 of whom served during the late war in the lonian Islands. Lieut.-Colonel Lord. Mel thuen returns from the continent to take the com mand. An order has been received from Lord Panmure to call out the Royal North Lincolnshire Militia immediately. It is understood that this is one of the regiments that will undertake garrison duty in the Mediterranean. The 3d Royal laincashite Regiment of Militia has received orders to send out recruiting parties without delay, within a district extending 12 miles round Preston. An order for the assemblage of the sth West York Regiment of Militia for training and exorcise has been received. The period of duty will be 21 days at Knaresborough. On Monday an order was received from Col. the Marquis of Donegal, G. C. H., Lord-Lieutenant of the county, by Mr. A. Markham, Quartermaster of the Royal Antrim Rifles, acting-adjutant in command of the staff, in the absence of Major Mackenzie, now on leave, for the embodiment of the regiment on Thursday, the 24th instant. The enrolling of volunteers has been most successful, the strength of the regiment being now upwards of 1,000 men. The County Limerick Royal Regiment of Militia has been called out, and will be embodied in the ciurse of the week, under Lieat.-Colonel Dickson. This fine corps will . muster 700 strong upon the first parade. The paymastership of the County Limerick Militia Regiment, ordered to be embodied, is vacant by the appointment of Captain Morris to the 95th Regiment. The paymastership of the Antrim Militia is a'so vacant. There are thirty vacanies among the officers in the Irish militia regiments called out for service. The Clare Militia Staff aro beating up for recruits for the following regiments :--Ist Royals, 2d, 3d, 18th Royal Irish, 10th, 20th, 34th, 38th, 51st, 54th, 66th, 94th, 970, and Rifle Brigade. The greater number of the Limerick Militia Ar tillery volunteered, we are told, into the line, upon receiving their bounty this week, and of the force only 40 are now remaining. Many of the county volunteered also.—Munster News. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE DERBY RACES—WEDNESDAY. Maiden Plate. Cara Fatima Stultz colt Banner Bearer Seven ran. Nursery Handicap. Cornboro' ..., Schoolfellow.. Eight ran. The highest weight accepting being 7st 11b, it was raised to 89t 71b, and the others in proportion. Colt by Cossack out of Margaret of Anjou, however, who came in first, did not carry the raised weight : he was theie fore disqualified and the race awarded to Cornboro'. Tradesmen's Plato. Tiff Cockatoo 2 Moonshine 3 Fisherman and Vulcan also ran. Won by two lengths; a bad third. Derwerat Stakes. Silvertail Honeydew Waterer Five ran. Innkeepers' Plate. Tame Deer Blight Jane Only these three ran. WEYMO UT a RACES—WED/immix. ' The Melcombo handicap. About two miles December Tinwaldl Claude Lorraine Shirah Won easily by a llngtb. DONCASTER. MEETING. Weights for the PORTLAND STAKES. Red House in. Yrs at lb Saunterer Stork Flacrow Tournament Theodora Flyaway 4 8 9 Gemma di Vergy 3 8 7 New Brighton El'emir° Good Friday.. s 4 8 4 Underhand Katherine Logie 4 7 13 Breeze Lambourn 3 7 13 Sneeze 3 7 9 Olympus 4 7 9 West Langton Unexp6cted Imp •rieuse 3 7 .8 Peter Flat ,. 4 7 7 Loyola Cock of the North 5 7 6 Old Tom... 3 7 6 Vandermeulin Tasmania Magnet 3 7 4 Bird-in-the-Hand 3 7 4 Madame Ciicquot 4 7 4 C. by Touchstone —Dtphthong 3 7 4 Kingmaker 3 7 3 Sprig of Shillelagh 3 7_ 3 Emulator Ile be Rosa Bnnheur Miss Nightingale 3 7 0 Lancet Nougat Queen of the South 4 7 0 Dusty Miller 3 6 13 Yrs st lb The Vigil Relapse Admiral Lyons 3 6 13 Church Langton 3 6 12 Spinet 3 6 12 Ruth The Prophet Sorceress Almaviva Proud Preston Peg 2 6 8 Cantrip Red Robin 5 6 7 Orianda Gunatous The Cave Adullam 5 6 4 Sig. to Ellington 2 6 3 Princess Royal Rotterdam 3 6 3 Bel Esperaoza Lady Aintree__ 3 6 0 Naughty Bay 3 5 12 Ella 3 5 12 Orchehill Royal Sovereign 2 5 11 Sermon F. by Ti.nchstone —Ellerdalo's darn 2 5 8 Terrific nets Chanoinesse Lifeboat Plague Royal 2 4 13 Pelissier 2 4 8 the Hadji 2 4 8 Swale 2 4 7 The Argosy Courier Manganese tx3pasia NEWMARKET FIRST Nominations for the Ea' T.Y.C. The weights to 1 OCTOBER MEETING. tern Counties Handicap. ,e declared after Doncaster. Yr 4. Tricolor . Queen of the South 4 Alooaviva .................. 3 Admiral of the White 3 King of the Forest . 3 Augury Badswoith ........... ... 3 Skycutter 3 Melissa 4 L . ttle Tom 4 Simony Loyola 3 Glede Hawk Sker to Jesuit Kestrel , 4 Vision Nougat Bold Buccleugh Dusty Miller Frig ht - 3 Leamington Illuminator 4 S irceress 3 Eardrop Para O'Sbanter Gleosinger Alice Flyaway Queen Bess 3 Zaidee Old Tom 3 Ited Robin 5 • yrs. ....... . ....... 3 NOORPORE. The following is an extract from a letter written by a young lady who had previously escaped from Delhi : "The Fort Noorpore, July 16. "We are not so quiet now as we had pre viously been when I last wrote ; however, I don't think we are in very great danger, thank God. All was going on peaceably enough here till last Satur day, when an express arrived in the middle of the night to tell uncle D— that the 46th had mutinied at Sealkote, which place is only 40 miles from this. They had murdered some of their officers, and were on their way to Noorpore, no doubt thinking they would induce the 4th to join them, and bidding uncle to be prepared to see them march up some morning. Well, of course uncle D—'s first thought was of us—where to send aunt, Miss F—, and my self for safety. It was proposed that we should go to 'Dalhousie,' and we had to get up and pack up our valuables in boxes, and sent them on by Coolie'. We were to have followed soon after, but we could not bear the idea of leaving uncle and the rest of the officers to their fate while we were escaping, so aunt entreated with tears to remain behind, and we backed her up. Just then Mr. A. sent, offering his rooms, and advising us to go into the fort ;so it was decided we should do so. At sunset we started for that stronghold (a mile from this). All the Bazaar :people, who are Cash merians, seemed to be much agitated, talking in groups as we rode through. We were not afraid of them, although it is the Bazaar people who plunder and murder the most ; but these seem each frightened wretches that they are more likely to run away, than do us any harm. That same night another express arrived to say that the other wing of the 4th at Kangra had been disarmed, not for bad conduct, but such was the order of the author ties there. Furthermore, that Mr. Taylor, the commissioner, with one hundred police, was on his way to disarm the men ; and he wrote such a dread ful letter, saying that if the men got.excited he did not kno w what might happen, and advised the officers to be prepared to leave the fort before he arrived. Again we dressed ourselves, and had our horses saddled, but uncle went to the Sepoys, and at his request the men gave up their arms, and actually carried them through the town and deposited them at his house about a mile off. Lila and I went to see them give up their arms. We are considered brave girls, but I scarcely know what fear is by this time ; I think, however, we shall have to give up our rides, as a cavalry mutineer has been caught close to this, where he had been concealed shooting at everyone who passed. When we shall leave the fort I know not ; but the heat is very great within the walls." The following is an extract of a letter written by Major Macdonald, commanding the sth Bengal Irregular Cavalry, after the attack upon him end his brother officers, in which it will be remembered Sir Norman Leslie was murdered : " Two days after my native officer said he had found out the murderers, and that they were three men of my own regiment. I had them in irons in a crack, held a drumhead court-martial, convicted, and sentenced them to be hanged the next morn ing. I took on my own shoulders the responsibility of hanging first, arid asking leave to do so after wards. That day was an awful one of suspense and anxiety. One of the prisoners was of Very high caste and influence, and this man I determined to treat with the greatest ignominy, by getting the lowest caste man to hang him. To tell you the truth, I never for a moment expected to leave the hanging scene alive, but I determined to do my duty, and well knew the effect that pluck and decision had oh the natives. The regi ment was drawn out ; wounded cruelly as f was, I had to see everything done myself, even to' the ad j usting of the ropes, and:saw thorn looped to run easy. Two of the culprits were paralyzed with fear and astonishment, never dreaming that I should dare to hang them without an order from Government. The third said he would not be hanged, and called on the Prophet and on his comrades to rescue him. This was an awful moment ; an instant's hesitation on my part and probably I should have had a dozen of balls through me ; so I seized a pistol, crapped it to the man's ear, and said, with a look there was no mistake about, ' Another word out of your mouth, and your brains shall be scattered on the ground.' He trembled, and held his tongue. The elephant came up, he was put on his back, the rope adjusted, the elephant moved, and he was left dangling. I then had the others put up, and off in the same way. And after some time, when I had dismissed the men of the regiment to their line., and still found my head on my shoulders, I really could scarcely be- I lieve it." GREAT DESTRUCTION ,OF PROPFRTY BY FLOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, The heavy rain that has continued since early on Monday morning, at Utica and its vicinity, has caused immense damage to property. The Herald of that city says, the track of the Utica and Black River Railroad, in the vicinity of the Lane Farm, about three miles from the depot, has been washed away almost entirely for a distance of about 60 feet. At this point there is an embankment 25 ft. high, and the whole work, together with the track, is gone. About a quarter of a mile beyond is ano ther break, less serious and embarrassing, but be tween the two points passengers have to be trans ported by stages to connect with thetrains to and from Trenton. The most serious damage to property is upon the Nail Creek, which overflowed its banks, and has become a perfect monster of destruction. The dam of the Globe Mills is seriously damaged, if not wholly lost ; but fortunately the factory buildings escaped ; the steam woollen mills suffered damage t) the extent of 15,000 dollars. The water rose above the sills of the first story windows, and lite rally flooded the basements. Upon the lower floors at least 6,000 dollars worth of dyestuffs were de stroyed. The damage to the machinery and fix tures in the dye shop and finishing departments was immense. A carriage -house belonging to A. S. Pond, located on the creek, above the factory, was floated down several rods, carried around one of the factory buildings, and lodged in a nook on one side. la Whitesboro-street the slaughterhouse and barn of Mr. Hitzelberger were surrounded by water, a part carried away, and the buildings rendered almost unfit for use. The house of Joseph Smith was very much damaged about the basement. The soap and candle factory of Kirk and Co. was damaged to the extent of 500 dole. or 600 dole. ; and the Vulcan Works of Messrs. Higham and Co. suffered to the same extent of damage, and perhaps more. The sur rounding dwellings, barns, and sheds, together with the sidewalks and streets, sustained great damage. At one tme the water was at least seven feet above the ordinary level of the creek. In Columbia-street, the damage was not so marked. The slaughterhouse of W. Harrington was undermined, and the street and walks were washed away, while the adjacent dwellings were more or less damaged by the water rushing into cellars, running over gardens, &c. Nearly every house of Stark, Warren, and Schuy ler-streets suffered from the Chenango Canal. Tne earth bed of the streets is washed away, the side walks seriously injured, cellars full of water up to the first floor, and a va t amount of damage done to to furniture, provisions, and household effects. In the neighbourhood of the creek the residents in the three streets above named seem to have suffered most from the flood. But the damage was not confined to West Utica. The Erie Canal overflowed its banks at the head of Charles-street, and ran a torrent along Liberty street, down Broadway into and across Whites boro-street, filling cellars and threatening more serious damage. The water also broke throu;ll M‘Donald's City Siloon, literally submerging that establishment. There was between nine and ten feet of water in the canal all the afternoon yester day. The Chenango Canal overflowed its banks in many places, and contributed largely to swell the waters df the Erie. In Water-s reet, the wafer came into basements and cellars to the depth of several feet. In the neigh bourhood of the B 1 ck River Railroad shops, the most serious damage was experienced. Dwellings, streets, and walks in various other sections of the city suffered more or leis from the flood. On Bag's Creek we hear of the destruction of two bridges, and damage to other property, but are without particul_ its. Yes erday, afternoon, - the 'water in the Mohawk rose at least five feat in as many hours. There is no 1 abatement, and as' the rain was still falling, there is no estimating the limit of the flood, or the ex tent of the damage. For nearly half a mile along the western border of the Deerfield-road, across the Genesee-street bridge, the water extended like a lake last even ing' and large fields of corn, potatoes, &c., were sub nerged. A short distance from the toll-gate the water at one Ow extended across the road, at a point over a quarter of a mile from the bank of the , river. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The gala of tickets for this festival proceadB satisfactorily. The numb , r dispsed of up to Tuasday evening was about 5,000. The total acecmmodati )n afforded for the six perform aims is between 9,000 and 10,000. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. SEPT. 9. Supplies of all kinds these last six days small. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 12s Od per kemple of 16 stoma tron ; wheat do., 7s Od. to 12s Od ; barley do.. 84 01. to 101 Od. Hay from is Od to is 4d; new do., 9d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—SEPT. 9. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and S. DALBEITH MEAL MARKET—SErT. 7. There were in the market tacky 10 bags of oatmeal, 0 O f barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs I First. Second. Third- Imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od ,—s Od —s ,° l 3 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Oil —s Oil - --3 , tu i Pot-barley, now, per ditto l—sOd—sol —0 "h DUBLIN, SEPT. 8. Thero was a very moderate supply of new grain at mar' ket to-day. Wheat must be noted Gd to ls, and oats 3d to 6d dearer than on Friday. Other articles fully sup ported that day's currencies. Indian corn moves off slowly at about last day's prices. White wheat, 33a Od to 36s 6d ; red ditto, 32s Od to 333 6d; ditto new, 325; barley, malting, 18s Od to 20s 61 ; grind lug, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto, new, 14s Gd to 15$ 01; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 16s; bore, new, 153 to 16s 3d ; rapose , d, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bakei s' flour, 193 Od to 21s oa per cwt; Indian corn, 34i 64 to 364 Od per 480 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR-SETT• 9. Since our last tho sales havo been very inconsiderabli , and prices are rather lower. Grocery kinds are gotting somewhat low in stock. :ET.—SHPT. 9. t the close of the market Wailsend, Ste. s d South Hetton 18 'Riddell l5 9 ILleugh Hall 16 6 ,Russell's Hotton 17 °i o i Illetton Lyons Main ~,,15 Tees is 0 Stewart's 18 0 Fiaswoll 18 0 Whitworth l5 o 6 Braddyll l y , ;, 67 ; sold, 63. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton a s. (1. 1 Jonasohn's Hartley ....16 61 Haswell Gas l3 61 North Percy Hartley l6 Tauffeld Moor l4 6 Taufield Moor Butes 14 6 Walker Primrose l3 9 Wylam. l6 01 Wallsond, &c. Eden 17 3 Harton ',Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKET 4. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this inarkei have bcon'reoclerate, and prices closed steady. Blackburn , 6 per cont., 22—London and North-Westerns, 100 x Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004 1 3 s —Midland, 82 x Eastern Counties, 11.8.9. xd. -Caledonian, 42I —N erg! British, x now—North Union (A), 219—Chester an d Holyhead, 174—South Eastern, 214 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 12.13.9.—Birkenhead, Lancashire , and Cheshire , 661—Great Western, .56i x d —Royal Bank, Pref., 7 Pe r cent., 107—Union Bank, 13. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market was rather firm to-day, and but a limited business done. Leeds, 100 i- -; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 41S—Dovers, 21 5 -1 " Blackburns, pref., 22 11-16—Eastern Counties, 1111::, Great Western, WWesterns, Wl—London and North l9Ol ---East Lancashire, 96 13 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i" - —Cheshire Jaunt., 66A—Electric Telegraph, 26. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 9. - - STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market has been brisk to day, and prices have been steady. South Staffords, —London and North Western, 1.00 . 4-- Ditto, Eightbal lls. 3d. dis—North Staffords, 4h dis.—Birmingham av Stour Valleys, 84 i—Midlands, 82 821—Birminghare " Derbys, 55. 1 , —Eastern Counties, 114 4 —Shrewsbury all Herefords, 84. UNIVERSALITY OF THE MOUSTACHE IN OUR ARMY- -- ", The United Service Gazette says, the Inspector-General o' Infantry having observed that some of the soldiers COt!' tinue to shave off their moustaches, has desired that shall be notified that this is not optional. - The Genera l C,,mmanding.in-Chief has ordered that every soldier 1 g to wear the moustache, and Sir Frederick Love desir e° that this order shall be strictly carried out. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the Bth inst., at Sydonhaii, the wife of Thorna Collis, Esq. On the 9th inst., at the Terrace, Champion-hill, Afr°' William Shipman. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Bth inst , at Eastcott House, near Wells, the wifo of Edward Griffith Richards, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Gothic House, Canonbury-park, t he wife of George Delgado, Esq. MARRIE D. On the Bth inst., at the parish church, Hove, B r ighten , Lieut.-Colonel Fortescue, R.A., of Stephenstown, count/ Louth, Ireland,-to Geraldine 0. M. A. Pare, eldest ( laugh' tes of the Rev. F. H. Pare. On the Sth inst., at Trinity Church, Mary]ebono, VW' De Courcy Hamilton, V. C., Brevet-Major 68th Light ',Ll fantry, to Mary Ann Louisa , youngest daughter of Sirli • thynes, Bart., of 25, Portland-place. DIED Ou the 9th inst., at the Allegria, St. Leonard'kon - S ° James Costar, Esq., aged 73. On the Bth inst,, at Upton Park, Slough, Lieut.-0 010001 S. R. Warren, formerly of the 65th Regt. On the Bth inst., at South-place, Kennington, Mi° s /4. Pittman, aged 91. On the Bth inst., at Sunbury, Middlesex, Mr. Jo b° Pudney, aied 88. On the 7th inst., at Llandudno, the Rev. Jas. Garb ettf M. A., vi car of Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, and prehor (I,:ry of Hereford Cathedral, aged Si. On the 7th i ns t., a t F u lf or d, near York, An theri . 9 Lefroy, E sq ., C ap t a i n 11.2. 4th F oo t, an d b ro ther of tu Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, aged 20. ° 3 On the Gth imt., at Buckland, near Portsmouth, Betir Rear• Admiral Wm. Hendry, aged 80. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOll of No. 112., Strand, Printer, at The Sun 01E03, N eP 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count/ o! Middlesex, Thuraday, September 10, 1557. of ti viz. tors. not issue Gazt Then the ( Gash subs, anmi cash hold, rnak Miss the ] SILA BR' 1 1E1: Got gRA WEI wH Car' Eng the clays Sept turn o'cic &c. ding We' Far( or 1 and ()etc wits tton, folic Of J 185! or ferr sevl tie The Or reSi to 1