The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

TUE INDIAN MUTINIES. THE STORM OF DELHI. The following is from an Engineer Officer : "The Camp, Delhi, Sept. 21 to Sept. 2i. "Here we are at last, thank God, having kicked out those rascals neck and crop after a twelve days' attack. The 14th was the storming day, as I told you, and I got knocked over the day before, which prevented me being present. We lost about 64 officers and 1,100 men out of 3,000 whe went in. Some men say there never was harder fighting, and when we got inside the brutes disputed every inch, till yesterday we shelled them out of the palace, charged, and took it with no loss, and all the villains iu the city bolted ; it is all ours now. Our men have been really most humane ; they would not kill a single man who was not a Sepoy, and I am glad to say not a woman or child was touched ; but when I saw sturdy brutes of men, the very c l ass who committed all the atrocities, allowed to pass out I could not help wishing some of the soldiers would drive their bayonets through them ; but I did not say so out loud, as they are very apt to take you at your word. " Sept. 23. " We have all moved down to a capital house on the banks of the river in the city ; the breeze is de lightful, and we are all getting as fat and jolly as if we were at home. We are getting on capitally ; we have got the King—the great Mogul—prisoner, and are only waiting for leave from Calcutta to hang him. His eldest son and heir, Mizza Mogul Beg, a most infernal scoundrel, who set the example of murdering the Europeans, was caught and shot like a dog, and his son, a man of about 20 years old, as well as the King's second son, Mizze's brother. I saw all the three bodies exposed in the Kotwallie this morning. lam happy to say we are not so lenient as we were. Two of our native Sappers were murdered in the city, so we went out and hunted up about 50 or 60 men—thorough rascals, and our men have been shooting them ever since. I saw 24 knocked over, all tied together against the walls ; and when you hear those wretches, when thep see they have no chance, coolly tell you ' Well, you may shoot me if you like ; I killed three Euro peans' in the gloriousmassacre,'youlose all horror at the sight, and only wish they had cats' lives to take them all. Only four Victoria crosses have yet been given in the army—one to Lieut. Home, Engineers; one to Lieut. Salkeld, Engineers ; one to Sergeant Smith, Sappers and Miners ; and one to a bugler in her Majesty's 52d. So you see we got three out of the faur in our corps. Poor Salkeld is so badly wounded lam afraid be will never wear his. However, the red ribband has been better than any medicine. I am sure I would have given my left arm far it, and I might have had a chance, as I most probably should have been with Salkeld, blowing up the Cashmere-gate, had it not been for that wretched grape the night before. . . . We are wonderfully comfortable in our new house ; it was a powder inanufactcry in the days of the Mogul, and conse quently our servants aecidentally blew us up the other day, and killed one of themselves. But these little exitements are necessary. After being three months every day under fire, the change is so great that we were thinking of paying men to fire at us d ,lly, and so let ourselves down to a quiet life by degrees. . . . I have given up walking about tee back streets of Delhi, as yesterday an officer and myself had taken a party of 20 men out patrollinz, and we found IA women with their throats cut fraut ear to ear by their own husbands, and laid out in their shawls. We caught a man there who said he saw them killed for fear they s!aould kill themselves, and showed us their hus bands, who had done the best theycould afterwards, and killed themselves. We took about 280 cannon, with shot, &ie., for about three years. Without artillery they are no good ; with it no despicable antagonists. There are no better gunners any where, as we discovered in this siege. By returns we lost 1,350 men and 64 officers during the assaults only. Tolerably bloody work. Our I ass in the assault, out of 18 offisers on duty, was 1 officer killed (poor Tandy), 10 wounded, many severely; one, I fear, mortally ; 1 the day before the assault, 1 after. Total 13, out of 18 ; a tolerable number, for there were 7 or 8 who were on another part of the work whom I don't count, and who are on the strength to as..lst the unhappy re maining 5 now. I am glad to say there is not much work for us now. At present, indeed, cut up as we have been, we could not do it if we had much ; as, what with officers thoroughly done up since with fever, and others sent out with moveable columns, our 26 for duty are reduced to 4." An officer of her Majesy's 52d Light Infantry, writing from Delhi on the 22d of September, says : " Tne wounded men are all going on beautifully, and the weather is comparatively cool. Fever is disappearing, and the men are coming out of hospi td. At one time we had actually 340 men sick out of about 620 ; we now have only about 150, count in..; wounded. We lost one officer killed—Brad shawe, a very fine young fellow, who fell charging a gun iu the streets." The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. P.I 11.-. 5 .1 01.11 0 - r vlca , who served a 4 an officer in the Artillery Division of the Eases Yeomanry previous to his return to India in January, 1857 : "Camp Shamlee, in the Mozuffernugger District of the North West Provinces, Sept. 13. " Since I last wrote I have had a very busy week and very bard work. Two days after I wrote to you I received the most unexpected intelligence that there was a large force of Goo jurs assembling actually within 21 miles of my camp, and that they intended to attack the town of Meeranpore, in which I was encamped, that same night. This was about 3 o'clock p.m. lat once sent out a patrol to ascertain the truth of the report which returned by half-past 4 with the news that it was not merely correct, but that Dhaliel Singh, their most influential chieftain, was there in person, with 50 or 60 of his retainers. lat once mounted my detachment of Irregular Cavalry (20 sabres), leaving a non-commissioned officer and four men in charge of their tents, &re. ' and with t wo or th ree native gentlemen galloped off to the village where the Goojurs were gathering, leaving orders for all the nolice that were available to follow as soon as possible. The news of my apprDach broke up the meeting, and when we reached the village the Goo j urs were flying in all directions. So, leaving my native revenue officer, who accompanied me, to do all that was necessary there, with a nati ve cava l ry officer and 7 troopers, I galloped on in the direction of Bypoowa, the town in which Dhaliel Singh lived, with the remainderof my men. Afteragallop straight on of nearly 9 miles, through a terribly wet and heavy country, I came in sight of his party about 1,200 yards outside the little town. Only 3 men were then up with rue, and they (the enemy) seeing this, made a stand ; so I waited and breathed our horses until I was joined by 7 or 8 more of mymen, and then went at them. They did not stand, but as soon as we came near them bolted into the town, and got in before we with our fagged horses could get at them. We knocked overt of the hindermost match lockmen, 1 within 5 yards of the houses, who had an old Government musket made by Mortimer. It was impossible for us to enter the town with only a handful of cavalry, so we contented ourselves will two or three shots at long range, which cleared the top of Dhaliel Singh's little fortified house in the middle of the town, and then, as it was past sun down, retired. " The next day I was told that a very large body of Goojurs was being organized to attack me. I bad thought this peuible, and sent in at once to Meerut for aid ; but neither from thence or from my own head -quarters was it pozsib:e to send any, so we prepared for an attack. I called upon the native gislitleman and townspeople to supply all the force they could, posted pickets outside the town, and threw out cavalry videttes on the two roads from which danger was apprehended, made barricades in some places and preparations to stop the ways with carts, arc., if necessary, and got out an old native gun mounted on a cart body, which I posted iu the centre of the town, realy to move upon any point. We were under arms all night ; in the course of it I sent out three patrols, but it passed off without tneattack threatened, although we had a false alarm occasioned by a little private fighting in the town. I euppose the Goojurs must have beard that I was prepared for them, and thought better of their war iku intent. 'rho nest day I got an order calling me to go in sts.ntly with all th e force we coald muster on this t 3 de of the district, where evil of a more serious kind was threatened. I watched all night no twithßtan ng we - were up th e night before, reached Adlozuffer uggur about 4 o'clolk a.m., and found that we bad to march again at the sin a . 3 evening. which we accordingly did at 0 p.m., reaching this place at balf-past 10 a.m. the nt , x... morni ng, h:; ( 1 to cross a. rapid river (he Hindu r.), wuich necessitated the 'unloading of waggons and th e ta ki ng to pieces le o n in the dark, with of our guns—a terrible p one who knew how to do it but myself. If you of the North-W es t P rov i nces look at a large map you will see that we are nearly in the centre of this part of the strip of country lying Jumna and Hindun—the stream wehad t o cross. " At a large town (Mena Cbewen) about 12. miles due north of this, the chief man, a bigoted kihomed an , h a d ra i se d the green flag, and since Plundered some ammunition most carelessly sent by the road pusing through it, and has, turned out our officials and plundered I just hear, our treasury. In the south a !ban caled Kairatti Khan, an old Pindlree, fired upon and drove away a party of 25 1 tr topers who went with an European officer to 00.1-1 lect the revenue, and afterwards advanced upon a HE 'SU IN, L; - ) ?N' I) ON, SAP U DAT f EVENING NOV EMBFR S .4 7. large town, which was one of our police stations, turned out our police, and occupied it in the name of the King of Delhi. " Our force now consists of the following ;-90 men (Goorkhas) of the Nussecreo Battalion, 30 troopers of the 3d Cavalry (native), 90 troopers of the Ist Punjaub Cavalry, 2 mountain train pans, or rather one 3-pounder gnu and one 12-pounder howitzer. "Our party of officers consists of Mr. Edwards, the magistrate of the district, under whose orders of course the force acts ; Mr. Cuyler, who com mands the detachment of Goorkhas, and whom we look upon as virtually in military command of the whole force ; Captain Galloway commanding the 3d Light Cavalry ; Mr. Low, a young civilian, a son of old General Low, formerly the resident at Lucknow, a very good f e ll ow , w h o joined us with 50 troopers of the Punjab Cavalry doing duty with him ; and myself, who have charge and commanel of the guns. So, you see, my education in this re spect, under good old Sergeant-Major Livesey, in the artillery division attached to the Essex Yeo manry, has been most valuable. " They sent us from Meerut the guns, the trails fastened to mule shafts, drawn by post horses, with only 50 rounds, a gun, and no artillerymen. How ever, 12 of the Goorkhas were told off to work the guns ; but with the best will in the world they can not learn their work in a day. All the ammuni tion was in boxes, laden upon a large Government store cart, and from the time it took us to get the cart unpacked and the rusty pins taken out of the shafe, we calculated that we could not possibly bring the guns into action under two or three hours ; so I set to work, and fortunately found two little swivel guns and limbers belonging to a friendly Nawab, the limbers of which I found would do for my little guns, and the day I was at Meerut had them fitted up with partitions for shot and shell, and so now work the guns with bullocks—a pair to each gun. In the limbers I carry 18 rounds for the howitzer and 21 rounds for the gun. I have also arranged that a spare box of ammunition for each gun is carried on an elephant, with spare rammers, poles for slinging the guns, &c., the rest following in the big waggon ; so that now, if I had but men, the little guns would be as effective as they can be. " The day before yesterday we went out at a big disaffected village, which was first surrounded by the cavalry, and then entered by the infantry. A few shots were tired, which made me unlimber, and lay my guns upon an old fort in the centre and light my slow matches; it was a false alarm, but quite enough to show me how very unsteady and unfit for artillerymen are my little Goorkhas. We took a great deal of stolen property, in defence of some of which a small party which had lagged in the rear had a skirmish, and killed two of their assail ants. Hardly had we bathed and sat down to dinner on our return, thoroughly knocked up, when we received intelligence that our friend, Khairatti Khan, was within five miles of us, and meant to attack us in the night. We were very tired, and so we went to bed, having thrown out pickets and given all necessary orders in case of an alarm. Surely enough, about 1 o'clock in the morning, my servant seized me by the leg, and awoke me with the news that they were actually in the city of Shamlee. In five minutes every man was at his post. One si ie of our camp was protected by a broad piece of water, and the Goorkhas were thrown out in skirmishing order along the other three fronts, supported by detachments of the cavalry. My men were so very unsteady that I agreed with Cuyler that it would be better not to use the gunser.) we dismounted them, putting the linchpins and rum mers awry, and sendiug the gunners with their comrades as skirmishers. Strong cavalry patrols had gone out once, and all kinds of rumours came in to us, but no enemy ; at last the cavalry re turned, having examined all the roads and reported that no enemy could be discovered. Yesterday we were to have marched on Boorhanab, the town from which our police were expelled, but one of our party was so ill with fever, that we deferred it till to-night. By the delay we gain a material ac cesssiem to our force-250 Sikhs, new levies, wild men, capitalmaterial, but undrilledland bacllyarmed. We intend to march first upon the town of Boor banal), and, unless the rebels bolt at our approach, to take it, and an old fort which they now occupy, this will give us the command of the Hindun river and a safe line of retreat, which we have at present upon either Mozuffernugger, or a place called Kha- Lowly, on the Meerut road, and from thence, if we are strong enough, we shall attack the rebels, or, if not, wait until additional force is sent from Meerut to strengthen and co-operate with us. We daily expect to hear news of the fall of Delhi, &c. The heavy siege train and last reinforcements from the north had arrived, and the batteries advanced between 200 and 300 yards of the place." " Mozuffernugger, Sept. 22. " I wrote to you from a place called Shamlee on the 13th inst., where our little force then was. I take an opportunity of a quiet day to give you a further account of our subsequent movements. On the night of the 13th of Sept. we marched from Shamlee upon a town on the Hindun river called Boorhanah, from which our police had been ex pc • aftvz dawn wt.: came abreast of a Pee. vil lage called Jo wlah, belonging to the King of Delhi, and before the head of our column had cleared it large numbers of men, bath horse and foot, emerged from the village, and were seen coming down upon ourflank ; they were armed with match locks, swords, and spears, and came on with drums beating and with loud shouts in a long irre gular line. Our cavalry of the advanced and rear guards went at them forthwith, taking them on both flanks, cut down and shot a good number, and drove the rest into the village, into which the irregular troopers and Affghan Levi-s followed _ . them. In the meantime the infantry and my guns came up as fast as they could, and I was well pleased to find that my bullocks and little guns could get along so well. On our arrival the infantry scouted the vill3ge, killing all whom they found, and ulti mately set fire it. I took up a position outside. In about an hour, after our wild men had sated themselves with plunder, and were with difficulty collected, we returned to our baggage, whi h had been left with but a slender guard, and resumed our march, having given the rascals a thorough chastisement. Wheu we reached Boorbauah we were given to understand that the old fort was still iirrlioned by about eighty mcn. It was very hot, the men were much done up, and we could no good place from which to shell it ; so the infantry Rent in at once to the main gate, which was found shut and firmly secured. brought _up my little guns by hand, and after load. lug the howitzer with grape, to bo ready in case of a rush upon the guns, I blew in the wicket after sundry discharges with , powder only from the gun, and the infantry poured in, but to our Hurpriso found it empty. The garrison, it seems, had bolted as soon as they heard of our successful scrimmage at Jowlah. That night we encamped outside, le kv ing the Sikhs and Affgbaus in the fort as agarrison and the next day we were reinforced by 100 Sikhs and two Horse Artillery guns from Meerut. But we heard on the same day the melancholy naws of our post at Shamlee (which had been garrisoned by what was considered by the native officer in charge an ample number of men), havinc , been attacked by the Mussulntans of a town called - Timm Bhawan, carried the place burnt, and all our officials and all their force (Amounting-to upwards of 100 men) de stroyed. The Muisulmans had come In great force with three little guns. We mar c h e d a t once on Shmalee which, as we expect4d we found evacuated by the enemy, and it was decided by the officer in command to advance upon and attack Thaua, Bhawun. We marched at 2 a.m., but on the receipt of intelligence that our own central station of Moz. uffurnuggur was thr.mtened by the enemy the ad vance was abandoned, and we marched into Moz ufforauggur-21. miles. The next night we marched at 6 p.m. on Liana Bliawun, the advance guard being formed of 70 of the Ist Punjaub Cavalry, then 120 Goorkhas, the two horsy artillery guns, followed by my guns, then 150 Sikhs anl AffAan levies, and for the rear guard 50 of the lat Punjaub Irregular Cavalry. The road was very bad, and we had to cross the River llindun again by night, and reached Thana Bhawun about 8 a.m. " We found the enemy in good numbers outside the town, in the gardens and on little eminences, which were cleared by a few shot and shell from Fraser's guns. The whole forced advanced, crossing a nullah a quarter of a, mile in front of the town, when they opened upon 119, their first shot killing a cavalry horse. Our guns were first opened with shot and shell upon the main gate, over which they had a sort of bastion, and afterwards advanced nearer, firing grape, the suburb; upon either flank being occupied and cleared by the infintry, who advanced close up to the walls ; but, as the.guns had no elramand, very little effect was produced, except the withdrawal of the enemy's two guns ; and, as it was soon clear that the musketry fire from the wads was not being reduced, and we had alreldy had an officer and one or two men hit, this attack was abandoned. Much about this time I got my little guns into action farther to the left, clearing a garden in which a number of the enemy hid assembled with a round shot and a shell that would have pleased our old friend Serjtaut-Major Livesey, and seat a few more rounds into a nig home on tho city walls, which seemed occupied by a good many of the enemy. Then the Horse Artillery guns came up and Eeut some more shot and shell into the city. It was now de cided that au assault should be tried, and ac cordingly an assaulting column of Sikhs and Ghocrlias was put to ge th er, and advanced, under Captain Smifk •tud. Mr. Cuyl er , through the suburbs, 31rt . .1 fired, covering their own advance, but et time effectually prtvent ing ue from seeing their movements. We were all ' astonished and disgusted at the backwardness of the Sikhs and Ghoorkas, whom we had thought not deficient in pluck. They were hiding in all possible places, and it seems that only about 50 in all fol lowed their officers, who got into the town, drove back - their opponents, and took two guns. Every one outside exerted themselves to the utmost to get supports to go in, but not a man would go. As soon as they were collected for this purpose they melted away ; added to this, that from the smoke and crackling of the burning thatch we could neither see our assaulting party nor hear their bugles ; and after about 20 minutes, finding it impossible to get men to follow any of us in, it was necessary to re call them, and as I rode to do so I met them coming out, having been driven back by the enemy, who rallied when they saw how few there were, and that they were unsupported. They had lost about 25 men killed and wounded, including Capt. Smith, who was badly shot in the arm, a native officer killed, another mortally wounded ; altogether, our loss bad amounted to 15 killed and 20 wounded. There was then nothing for it but to retire, which was done after a short halt on the other side of the nullah in good order, the baggage being sent first. "About four miles from Thtna Bhawun, we came opposite a large village called Lohane, a great number of armed men issued from that place and came down upon our left flank, probably seeing the baggage and thinking that the whole column was in disorder, but we speedily undeceived them, the Irregular and Affghan levies charging them in three separate parties under Low, Melville, and myself. We cut up about 60 or 70 of them in about ten minutes, and dispersed the rest, but unfortu nately Low, with more spirit than caution, followed them into the village and got into a scrape, having his reins cut and himself severely wounded in three places. After this we continued our march un molested to the river Hindun, which we crossed and bivouacked for a couple of hours, and then went on to Mozuffurnuggur, which we reached at 12 o'clock p.m., having thus marched 36 miles, besides a hard day's fighting. Our total loss was 15 killed and 23 wounded, including three English and two native officers. Our force consisted of 160 cavalry, 200 infantry, two Horse Artillery guns, and my two guns. . - " Sept. 23. . "This day a force, consisting of English cavalry and riflemen, 300 Sikhs two 9-pounders and twu 6-pounder guns, and four small mortars, have arrived from Meerut to enable us to smash Thana Bhawun. The force will march this night, and, I doubt not, do the work well. The Ghoorkas are to stay and garrison this place (Mozuffurnuggur), and my two little guns, which are worked by their com rades likewise. I shall, however, accompany the force in my civil capacity alone. We have received at last the news of the complete occupation of Delhi by our troops, and last night fired a salute in con sequence ; but I fear our people have suffered very severely. DESCRIPTION OF THE SIEGE OF DELHI. The following particulars are extracted from an interesting letter forwarded to his father at York, by a young man who was engaged with the 6th Carabineere in the assault upon Delhi : " Delhi, Sept. 27. " Delhi at last is in our possession . . My last letter was dated the 24th of Aug., and since then we have had arrive 16 18-pounders and 6 24- pounders, with six 10-inch mortars, to augment our batteries, which were advanced from nearly a mile to under 200 yards float the walls, an 1, with the guns we took from them, numbered about 60 play ing upon the city at one time. We lo•t eeveral men in the erection of the batteries, from the mus ketry from off the walls. The finest artillery officer, Capt. Fagan, a genileman who never left the bat teries since our first arrival, was shot dead at his gun. On account of the want of artillery we had to assist at the batteries. We had a sergeant shot dead, and a private wounded severely. I may mention that the Rajah of Bareilly, with about 10,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and 14 guns, took up a strong position in our rear, his object being to attack us 1 that quarter when they attacked us in front from tee city; but as soon as we were made acquainted with it a force was despatched to engage him. We came upon him about 3in the morning, and, after a most obstinate fight till 9, they were routed with tremendous loss. All their guns, camp, elephants, camels, three lens of rupees, &c., were captured. Three of the guns were of the most beautiful make—all brass, and the King of Delhi's private property. " And now for the siege. For three days our batteries played incessantly upon the walls, where a slight breach was made. It was the opinion of a great many that the siege would go on until the walls were levelled with the ground ; but on the fourth morning every soldier was ordered to the front. The Rifles and 75th were to enter at the Cashmere-gate ; Bth and Glat by the breach ; Ghoorkas, Coke's Rifles, and Ist and 2d Europeans to scale the walls. The Sepoys, seeing the Rifles and Sappers marching on the gate, instead of allow ing us to blow up the gates, saved us trouble by doing it themselves, and immediately crossed bay onets with our Rifles, and owing to their immense numbers kept their ground until the arrival of tte 75th, who poured three deadly volleys into them, and then gave a cheer, when the Sepoys turned and ran under corer of two 24-pounders, loaded with grape, iu the centre of the street. Our fellows, seeing the flash, dropped on their faces, and won derful to state, only four were wounded. That day we held one side of Delhi, the Sepoys the other. Our loss was very severe, bat nothing compared with that of the enemy. " Gen. Nicholson (the Lion of the Punjaub') was wounded while scaling the walls, and has since died of his wounds. Capt. Rosser, of my troop, was shot in the head. The ball remains there, and he lies in a very precarious cendition. A great many officers were hiss:iced over. During the day we took 114 guns and the remaining two magazines. One of them had as much shot and shell as would last an army of 50,000 for three years, and guns of enormous calibre-68-pounders, but all without limbers. After the Sepoys were beaten back, street after street, the greater pact went into the fort, where the King's Palace is. For three days we bombarded it, tero - vrieg as many as nine shells a minute ; but so prodigious is its strength that very little mischief was done, our fellows not venturing in at the gate, on account of it being mined, and four 10-inch guns staring them in the fee^. At last a breach was made, aid in a short time the fore, Palace, and the whole of Delhi was in our posses sion, after seven days' hard fighting, and, I am sorry to add, a severe loss on our side. There are several officers and soldiers here who have served in the Crimea, and declare that Sebastopol buffer ings were below their sufferings hi re ; and when the Indian summer monsoons and the repeated attacks from the Sepoys in thousands are con sidered, it is not to be wondered at. Before Sir H. Barnard's death our average loss was from 100 to 300 etch attack. Since General Wilson took command (our Meerut brigadier), which is about six weeks ago, we have not lost 500 up to the assault. . . . As for a description of Delhi, if I except London, England, Ireland, or Scotland cannot pro duce its equal." The writer refers to the Palace, and says : " The old King is in it, a prisoner. Two of his sous are shot. The one who assumed the sove reignty of India has gone with the rebels towards Luckuo w. Although their loss was tremendous, it is supposed their force gone away was 12,000 in tently, 4,000 cavalry, with a few guns, and an enor mous treasury. General Havelock will talk to them, no doubt. We have sent a moveable column of the Lancers, 750, Bth, 61st, and the 2d Regiment of Sikhs, with two troops of horse artillery, in pur suit. " For a description of the riches of Delhi my pen is inadequate. Cashmere shawls, inlaid with gold, bodices covered with gold lace, skirts of dresses, watches, bars of gold, beds of silk and down, such as no nobleman's house in England could produce—you would see Sikhs carrying out of Delhi the first day as if they were almost nothing. A shawl which iu England would fetch 1001. they were selling for four rupees, and you may depend our fellows were not behind them. . . . It is supposed the Rifles will go to England with up wards of 1,000/. each, though General Wilson has issued an order that the prizes shall be all put toge ther and divided. Most of our men are worth up wards of 100 rupees." The following is a translation of a Persian letter : "Jubbulpore, Oct. 10. . . " Last week we received the welcome news of the capture of Delhi and relief of Lucknow in such a manner as it does no; leave the least shadow of (Lubt. The whole city was illuminated, fireworks we-e let off, nautehes were giro], and the bankers and other respectableclisses of the city waited upon the authorities, offered their unfeigned congratuh- Cons and uuzranalm Thu unforunate 52d Regt. Berigal Native Infantry received an effectual blow from the Madras Artillery and Infantry ; they were shot down lite sparrows; the loss on our side vat very trifling. The enemy, no doubt, would have done a great harm if we had no artillery. Upwards of 100 were killed and the remainder flew like shots ; some were hu!.g in the field of b 'tile, several have been apprehended and executed, to the great joy of the inhabitants, who assemble.l to see them suffer the last penalty of the I law. By the indefatigable exertions of Majors Ers kine, Sleeman, Pinkney, and other officials, every order and security of life and property have been maintained wil hill the clty up to this moment, but the neighbouring districts trans and cis Nerbudda are in a disturbed state. Kuttung-gee, Mujholee, Seehora, Loharee, Bgreah,Patnn, and other towns and villages have been plundered by the refractory Zemindars and Boondailahs. Captain Clerk of the 4th Madras Light Cavalry, Deputy-Commissioner of this place, has gone across tha Nerbudda to sup press disturbances and restore order. This officer has greatly dist;nguished himself in detecting the machination and tampering of Rajah Shunker Shah and his accomplices. Within the districts of Jhansi Jalons, Rum Gurh, and Boondail Khund numer ous petty Zemindars have raised the standard of revolt and rebellion. Nursinglspore, Kundailee, Baitool, Hooshungga bad, and Bhopal by the latest accounts ere safe. The Begum of the latterplace proved herself a very stanch and stedfast adherent to the British interest at this critical juncture. Durnmoh has bean intrusted to th, Rajah of Punna. The Maharajah of Reewah is still con tinuing to do good service to the Government, and there is every likelihood of his Highness's proving faithful. Major Erskine works night and day, and is adopting every precautionary measure, against any surprise of the rebels. The day poor Lieut. M'Gregor was buried numerous native gentlemen who attended his funeral were crying most bitterly. He was an amiable, good-natured young officer. We are all here very much in need of reinforce ments. I hope to God troops may soon arrive here and relieve us of our great anxiety and suspense of mind. THE BRITISH IN INDIA. We hare been favound with the following list o; easualtieg during September _ _ " Mr. Colvin, Lieutenant .Governor of Agra, died al Agra. " Mr. Greathed, Civil Service Commissioner, Delhi, died at Delhi. " Lieut. Grierson, sth Foot, died at Umballs. "Lieut. Pogson and Lieut. Webb, Bth Foot, killed at " Captain Hunt, 6lst Foot, died at Kussowlee. "Lieut. Fitzgerald, 75th Foot, killed at Delhi. " Lieut. Hallam, 52d Foot. died. " Ensign Bradshaw, 52d Foot, killed at Delhi. "Capt. Fagan and Lieut.Hildebraad, Artillery, killed at Delhi. " Lieut. Tandy, Engineers, killed at Delhi. " Capt. Beatson, Ist Cavalry, died at Cawnpore. This is a son of Col. Beatson, who is a Commissary-General. " Major Jacob, let European Regt., killed at Delhi. " Lient. Homfray, 17th Native infantry, killed at Delhi. "Lieut. Davidson, 26th Native Infantry, killed a' Delhi. "Brigadier-General Nicholson, 27th Native Infantry, killed at Delhi. " Ensign Wandby, 36th Native Infantry, died. " Lieut. Murray, 42d Native Infantry, killed at Delhi, " Ensign Walter, 45th Native Infantry, died. " Lieut. M'Barnett, 55th Native Infantry, killed at Delhi. "Major Holmes, Lieut. Bannerman, and Dr. Garner, 59th Native Infantry, killed at Segowlee. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 20. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mary Ann Shea, alias Magalearn, a girl 13 years of age, who hut been re manded upon the charge of stealing 101 b. of old iron and carpenters' chisels, worth 2s. 6d., from some premises in course of erection in Mitre-court, Cheap side, was again brought before the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Hale in petty sessions. At the last examination the prisoner, after the charge had•been proved against her, confessed her guilt, and begged hard to be allowed to go home, declaring it was her first offence. This assertion, however, was contradicted by police-constable Wm. Morris, No. 419, who stated that he had known the prisoner for a long time, and that she was the con stant associate of juvenile thieves, a number of whom were waiting outside the court to learn the result of the charge. The girl said she was the daughter of Roman Catholic parents, that for a long time past she had been sent out to beg, and to take to her parents whatever money she received. The Lord Mayor, finding that the girl had been brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, directed Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, to communicate with the authorities of the Catholic Reformatory School, Beauchamp-lodge, Hamtnersmitb, and a gentleman from that institution was present during the proceedings at the Mansion-house yesterday. Daniel Msgabern, the father of the girl, who had been served with a second summons, after having refused to attend to the first, was called into the witness-box, and in reply to the Lord Mayor said he was a Roman Catholic, and wished his daughter to go into some reformatory institution. The Girl (crying bitterly)--Oh, father, pray, pray don't send me there ; pray don't, pray don't. . The Lord Mayor—Magabern, I understand you are in the habit of writing letters for people in distress. Magabern—No, I do not, indeed ; I work hard for my living. I have this year been haymaking, harvesting. and hopping. The Lord Mayor—l have been making inquiries about you, and find that you have been in the Dublin police. Ala,gabern—That's true. The Lord Mayor—You have also been in the Excise ? I Magabern—Ye 3. The Lord Mayor—Two years ago you were in the Glasgow police ? tbern—Yes ; and I work at the docks some times now. I have two boys and four girls, the eldest of whom is 16. A policeman, named M`Kenzie, said, he had known Magabern, his wife, and children, for 10 years. They lived by begging. The Lord Mayor—Magabern, your wife, I am told, refuses to come here, because you have given her a black eye. Magabarn—l did not do it ; she fell against the window shutter. aboutthe girl, said— to pass upon yo T u b m e a L y e t r h d ink M t a h y e o s r e , nt a e d n dr ce e I s s a l il m g n convinced you will an act of th e grea t es t y h o e u rea a f t v e e r ry k D s e o v vv e r l e a o m n e, d b o t i i n t g I a possible kindness to a little girl in your unfor tunate position. lam about to remove you from the custody of very bad parents, who have had it in their power properly to pro/iile for you and bring you up, and who have not only neglected to do so, but have actually lived upon your success in begging and stealing. You will now be rescued flona the path of vice and wretchedness, and under g.) a training which will make you a useful mem 13:r of socie.y. Parents are perhaps not aware that they are liable for the maintenance of their children during the time they are detained in a reformatory establishment, and may be imprisoned fr..‘r non payment. lam determined to free the city of the large number of destitute children who are in the habit of collecting principally in the vicinity of the Royal Exchange. I hope the sentence lam abut to pass will have the effect of lessening the number of destitute children who are sent into the streets to beg, and whose parents spend in idl e ness and profligacy the money they are fortunate enough to ot.taiu. The Shoeblack Society has now become, as it were, a fixed trade, and I hope that the efforts of the Streetsweepers' Society will be equally successful. All the pence given to these lads are appropriated towards their maintenance and instruction ; and as soon as the public are aware of this fact I am sure they will generously ald these poor boys as far as they can. Mary Ann Magabern, it is the opinion of my brother magi strate and myself that you should be imprisGned. for 14 days in the House of Correction at Hollo way ; and that at the expiration of that time _you should be sent to the Catholic Reformatory School at Hammersmith for three years. Immediately the sentence was pronounced the girl, who throughout the proceedings was over whelmed with grief, and earnestly implored. her father to take her home with him, fell upon her knees, and firmly grasping the rails in front of the dock, shrieked and screauaed most violently. She was carried out of the court in a fainting state. A more painful scene has never been witnessed in a court of justice,. Mazatern (coolly)—You have done the best thing you could, m y L ord. The Lord Mayo r —lf you had not been a worth less, idlo fellow, ther e wou!d hive been no neces sity for myiseudin g h er t o that inst i tu ti on . I have no doubt that wh en s h e leaves it she w ill b e a ble to get into respectable service, and be comfortably situatei. GUILDHALL. —llrs. Eliza ,'Williams, a ias Elm s l ey, w h o was rem anded from Thursday upun a ch arge of i mpos i ng upon. hotel and boarding-house proprietors,Perkins, arias was aga'n brought up, when the po r t er at Ridley ' s 11 and said the pri soner applied for accommodati on on the afternoon of th e 9 t h i nst., an d o n being otel attend s i in formed she mild not be received she asked wbere there was a respectable hotel near, and the porter named several, includi ng . th e Bl ac k Bull in Hol born. The Alderman, upon hearino. this, decided that the porter's eviden ce h a d upse 7 t h e c harge of false pretences, and unles s th ere was any o ther complaint she must be discharged. The prisoner was accordingly liberated. BOW-STREET.—Th e summons aglinst the six booksellers in Holyw e ll- s t reet, on w h ose premists seizures of ob3cene book s , pr i nts, &0., were made on Friday of last week, h av i ng b een ma d e r e turnable at 3 o'clock yesterday, th e po li ce a tt en ded at that hour and produced th e property se i ze d. Mr. Bodkin again appeared for the Home-office, Mr. Orridge attended ai counsol for one of the dt f. ndants, and Mr. Lewis, jun., as solicitor for an other. Mary Elliott, of 14, Holywell-street, was first called. She at once came forward and expressed great anxiety to contradict a statement made at the last examination, that she was the same person who on the occasion of the former seizure, wrote a peni tential letter to the Houle-office, promising not to offend again. She also alleged that some of the books now seized had been returned as unobjec tionable on the former occasion. Inspector Lester said this was not the case. At the former seizure the books, &c., were all of an objectionable character, and none were returned. In this case one book and a few prints were re turned. The remainder were ordered to be retained for 7 days, when they will be destroyed, unless in the case of an appeal, or of any further proceedings on the part of Government. A person who represented himself to be a soli citor's clerk appeared for the next defendant, Edward Morris, of 25, Wych-street, but, as he produced no written authority from the solicitor in whose name he attended, Mr. Jardine refused to hear him. Defendant did not answer to his name. Two pictares in frames and one hook were ordered to be returned. Several copies of a book called " Aristotle" were condemned and ordered to be detained as in the former case. In the next case the person summoned was Thomas Blackall, of 16, Ilolywell-street, in whose stead appeared an old man named Dugdale, who stated that he was the owner and occupier of the house. In order to attend he had been brought up on a habeas from Coldbath-fields Prison, where he is at present undergoing a sentence of two years' imprisonment for selling obscene publi cation. He attempted to dispute the proceed ings from the beginning, alleging that the seizure was illegal, and, when overruled on this point, demanding to go over the works seriatim. After much time had been wasted in lis tening to his somewhat violent declamation, Mr. Jardine disposed of the case by condemning two large parcels of books, &c., and ordering a com paratively small quantity tb be returned. Mr. Lewis appeared for the next defendant, William Wynn, and contended that the "Aristotle," of which 14 copies bad been seized, was a medical work, and not obscene. Mr. Jardine was of a contrary opinion. The title page alone was enough to condemn the book. . A quantity of books, pamphlets, trc., were con dom-zed, and a small portion of hooks, &c., and some stereotype plates of "Fox's Book of Martyrs" were returned. Mr. Orridge appeared for the next defendant, Richard Wynn, who, he observed, was not a habitual dealer in these works, which had been suffered to creep in among his stock by inadvertence. Mr. Jardine said these observations were no an swer to the charge, but might possibly be taken into account by the authoritie4 in considering the pro priety of instituting further proceedings. In this case only a small quantity of books was condemned, and the remainder returned. In the next case the person summoned was John Thornhill, but Dngdale again appeared, and stated that the premises were his. He took the same course as in the former case, insisting upon each of the condemned lx)oks being shown to him, and ask ing the magistrate to point out the objectionable portions, which, of course, his worship refused to do. As, however, he failed to show cause against the destruction of the copies the order was made out as in the other cases. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Thos. Haydon was charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery and other articles from the shop of his employer, Mr. Richard Waylett, 232, Oxford-street. Mr. Waylett said the prisoner entered his service about six years ago, and was discharged about 13 months hack. About a month of er the prisoner ha I left him he missed a variety of articles, among them a sugar basin and cream jug, now in the hands of the police. The property missed exceeded 201. in value. Police-sergeant Sedgewick, of the West Riding of Yorkshire constabulary, said, on the Ist of May he apprehende l the prisoner for robbing his master, Mr. Cooper, of Huddersfield. On reaching the pri soner's house he found a quantity of duplicates re lating to property stolen from his former master, Mr. Waylett. He also found a sugar basin, cream jug, 12 forks, six knives, and other articles, all of which were identified by Mr. Waylett, who had been communicated with as soon as the property was found. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for robbing Mr. Cooper, and after the expiration of the sentence witness took him into custody and brought him to London. Thos. Smith, assistant to Mr. Mills, pawnbroker, produced six silver spoons pledged on the 15th of Nov. 1850 ; and Wm. Powell, Upper Park-place, produced a tablespoon and six forks pledged last Dec.;and Wm. Bezant, as s i s t an t t o M r . B roo k s , 30, Orchard -street, produced a quantity of spoons and other articles pledged at several times. All the property produced was identified by Mr. Waylett. The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully committed. WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Arnold, the presiding magistrate, was occupied for some hours in hearing a charge of libel preferred by Mr. Benjamin Cole man, a merchant in the Poultry, against Mr. Edwin Ward Jackson, of 14, Cravenhill-gardens, Bays water, a county magistrate. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, in opening the case, ad verted to there havingbeen a recentcomplain.against the defendant for libel at the Mansion-house, which had failed for want of legal proof. The present prosecution was for unlawfully publishing a certain defamatory libel against Mr. Coleman, addressed to Mr. Wm. Dredge, 10, Great George-street, within the district of this court. He first proposed to show the animus which existed in this case, and which was attributable to the defendant owing his client a large sum of money ; and he would then call witnesses to prove that the letter containing the libel was in the handwriting of the defendant. It had the effect of creating a prejudice in the mind of the gentleman to whom it was addressed, who had had some transactions with the complainant, and a more atrocious, unfounded, unwarrantable, or cow ardly attack had never been made upon the reputa tion of a gentleman whose character had never been impeached. He then read the following letter : " S r,—There is a deep-dyed scoundrel about town who has tried various dodges for the purpose of extorting money. His practice is to scrape acquaintance with gentlemen as with myself, and others, and get to know their history, and then, by trumped up tales, simulated reports, and perverted statements, to threaten to expose them. I understand he has been lately trying his hand with two gentlemen, one a member of the Stock Ex change, and the other a respectable merchant, but has failed, both of which have come to my knowledge under c circumstances ases a r em ent i w o n h e i ch leave d, forw h uo l i ch d . doubt e o v f e t r h , r c a t r n u n t o h t . 0 voucht h e r . Having heard him b• act of you among his person a l friends, I deem it a duty to a man occupying your posi- tion to write and caution you to be on your guard against the advances of this designing plausible Jew, w h om I have discovered to be a most cunning unrcrupulous man, and whose vocation in the city seems to be to trip up the unguarded and ensnare his benefactors. His name is Coleman. " City, Obit. 12. "P. S. I obviously cannot give you the name in a letter by p et, but will give parti cu l ars w h en I see you. " Mr. Tindal Atkinson added that, the facts of the case at the Mansion-house having come before the public, Mr. Dredge, with very gentlem an l y feel ing, placed himself in communication with Mr. Coleman, from whom he had withdrawn his confi , denca, and the present proceedings were resorted to. Mr: W. Dredge, engineer, Great George-street, proved the receipt of the letter above given about the 15th of Oct. He had previously had some busi ness transactions with Mr. Oilman, and in conse quence of the letter withdrew some papers which Mr. Co!eman had in his possession. In reply to an inquiry from Mr. Sergeant Parry, witness said he was not personally acquainted with Mr. Jackson, and shou!d not have known him if he had met him. Mr. Benjamin Coleman said he had known the defendant since 1845, and had had transactions with him since. In the course of business there was correspondence between them. Alter 1845 or 1846 he had no communication with def naant, till 1855, when some communication took place between them again. He knew the defendant's handwriting, and had not a doubt that he wrote the libel produced. Mr. Parry, having declared that in his informa tion upon which proceedings were taken in the case at the Mansion-house, and his subsequent evidence on tho other case, witness had differed as to the handwriting on the envelope, put in the following respecting monetary transactions between the parties : " We have this 10th day of September, 1856, been paid by and received from Elwin Word Jackson, per the hands of Stamper, ids solicitor, the sum of 2001 , as and in full payment and absolute satisfaction and charge of all and every one and each of our joint and several claims and demands whatsoever sot up, arid hi complete liquidation of all our differences against, him ; and in consideration of such payment and receipt we hereby undertake and promise that no further miarepre scntat ion in the Liverpool Stock Exchange or elsewhere shall henceforth be made by or through the means, agency, privity, or procurement of us, or either of u., that be hitherto wa , , now ic, or hereafter may be, a re pudiator of shares or otherwise, in injury or prejudice of his character or to give him annoyance; and that we will do our best endeavours, to counteract any such misre presentation in the raid Stock Exchange or elsewhere, to make the contrary (being the truth) appear. " Witness our hant4s, " f/ COLMAN AND T ODD. " j Witness, John Stamper." Witness admitted the validity of the above, but begged explain. There was a balance of 1,2001. duo from defendant to witness and hiipartner, aris jug out of transactions wltni they were in business at Liverpool, and defendant was p osted as a defaulter. In about 12 months afterwards defendant came to him in the guise of a pauper, with his coat broken under the arm, and begged him in the humblest manner to forget the past, to accept 2001. in liqui dation of the 1,2001., that his name as a defaulter might be removed from the Stock Exchange, with au assurance that when his prospects brightened he would act honourably towards the firm in the trans action. In 1855 witness again met him iu London, when he said he would pledge his coat to redeem his honour in past transactions, and proposed fur ther business. Witness here went into details of business between them, which resulted in cross actions for their respective claims, and defendant having to pay witness 150/. and costs. Five geildemen were called, who deposed to the best of their belief that the libel was in the hand writing of the defendant. Mr. Parry said that bis client, through him, de nied in the most emphatic terms that he had writ ten or sent the letter in question. The learned barrister, in defence, then went on to de , cribe the present proceeding as part of a deeply laid scheme to extort money from his client by the threat of exposure of some circumstances which had occurred in the earlier period of his life, and the letter as a fabrication for the purpose of carrying on the en deavour with effect. His client, be declared, had a claim against the complainant of 9001. at the time of the settlement in 1846, and also had a superior claim to the complainant's on the last occasion, but, in au ill-judged moment, paid 1501. before the trial. Mr. Parry then read a number of letters from complainant to defendant, passages of which he characterised as part of the scheme he described. The first of thess letters, dated August 20, 1857, said,— " My present object in writing to you is to again give you the opportunity of meeting me, if you please, for the purpose of handing to you all documents in my possession re:ative to our recent transactions, and of coming to an explicit understanding with you as to my future course of action. If you decline to meet me I shall consider myself entirely relieved from the silence I have observed in the hope of an arrangement in the character and con• duct of your transactions with me." After giving tht name of the bench of magistrates, the letter went on— " I certainly will never allow you to hold up your head among those gentlemen so long as your moral ob ligations to me remain unadjusted." In a letter written by complainant to Mr. Jervis, defendant's solicitor, bearing date Sept. 4, he says— " Mr. Jackson's transactions with me in 1846 were of such a character as to oblige him to leave Liverpool, and to forfeit the friendship of his leading acquaintances there. I paid for Jackson under most vexatious circum• stances, 1,2001. Some months after, dressed up for the occasion, on the false plea of poverty, and sobbing like a child, he induced me to take 2001. for this debt, with a solemn promise that if he were ever in a position to do so he would pay the whole." Another letter accused defendant of having " failed to redeem the promises he had so frequently made to him," and threatened to " lay before Sir G. Grey the nature of his conduct and transactions with complainant, and also forward a copy of the com munication-to the chairman of the Bench of Middle sex iVlagigtrates." The letter concluded by offer in to refer the matter to the arbitration of any man of standing. Five or six gentlemen, including Mr. Jervis, were put into the witness-box, and swore to the very best of their belief the libel was not in de fendant's handwriting. Some thought there was a little similarity, others were positive there was none. Mr. Arnold observed that the case appeared by consent to have referred to him for trial. If Mr. Atkinson wished it, he would take the alleged libel and two other letters, admitted by all to be in the handwriting of defendant, home and examine them ; but he would put it to Mr. Atkinson whe ther, in a ca.e of belief like the present, any jury would come to the conclusion that defendant was the writer of the letter ? Mr. Atkinson said he could produce overwhelm ing evidence that it was defendant's writing. Mr. Parry retorted, by declaring he could pro duce a host morn witnesses to prove it was not. Some other remarks were made by the learned gentlemen, during which Mr. Arnold said he was satisfied a jury would not convict. There was not sufficient to justify him in sending the matter before another tribunal, and the case was therefore dismissed. CLERKENWELL.—Ebenezer Hargrave, aged 24, a respectably-dressed young man, who refused to give his address, and said he was of no occupa tion, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Wal ter Aske, residing at 18, Queen-street, Clerkenwell, a silver watch of the value of 2/, The prisoner, who said he was respectably con cocted, and therefore refused his address, but who it was stated had been before convicted, walked be hind the prosecutor and his wife in St. John -street about 2 o'clock, and when near the corner of Spen cer-street, in company with some other In6n, at tacked the prosecutor and his wife, knocked them both down, and then, cutting the watch chain, took away the watch and ran away. Mr. Asko called out "Stop thief !" when the prisoner was stopped by Police-constable Fry, 93 G, and when taking him into custody the prisoner dropped the watch, which was picked up by a passer and given to the police. Both the prosecutor and wife were hurt by the violence which was used towards them. The prisoner who denied the• charge, was com mitted for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LUDLOW AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY, Nov. 20. The Windsor Stakei of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age; certain penal. ties and allowances; the winner to be sold for 20 son; about 3 furlongs (straight run in) ; 4 subs. Mr. Goodwin's Lady Nelson, 2 yrs, 7st 2lb ...(Bray) 1 Mr. Bird's Princess Royal, 2 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordhaw) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Polly Johnson, 2 yrs, 7st 91b (French) 3 Betting.-2 to lon Polly Johnson, 3to 1 agst Lady Nelson. Won by a length. The Scurry Handicap of 3 BOYS each, with 25 added ; certain penalties and allowances; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Capel'a `Pelham, 6 yrs, Bst 4lb (Grubb) 1 Mr. Leach's Prince's Mixture, 4 yrs, 7st 12. b (Fordhaw) 2 Mr. Webb's Eardrop, 4 yrs, Bst 6lb (Yates) 3 The following also ran : Queen of the South, Alfred, Florence, The Unexpected, and Amorous Boy. Betting. ---2 to 1 aget Eardrop, 3to 1 agst Queen of the South, 4 to 1 each agst Florence and Alfred, 6 to 1 aget Prince's Mixture. Won by a length ; two lengths between second and third. The winner was not sold. Tho Barwarton Nursery Handicap Plate of 50 soy's, for 2-yr-olds ; three-quarters of a mile. Mr. E. L. Hope's K-ystone, 63t Mr. J. H. Mousley's Marauder, 7st 101b...(Fordharn) 2 Mr. Bald winson's Lizzie (late Secunda), 7st (Cross wt 19 3 The following also ran : Siiica, Polly Johnson, Dividend filly, and Trot. Betting.--2 to 1 agst Keystone, sto 2 agst Ma rauder, sto 1 agst auy other. Won by a head, same between second and third. The Shorts, of 2 sous each, with 20 added, for two-yr olds and upwards; weight for age, penalties, and selling allowances ; the second to save his stake half a mile ; 13 subs. Capt. Bayley's Queen Lily, 2 yrs, 7st 51b (25 sow) (Bray) 1 Mr. Johnson's Ptt°, 3 yrs, Set 71b (25 sous) (Roberson) 2 Mr. Osborne's Alfred, 4yrs, Set 511) (25sovs) (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Orlanda, Kinnersley (late Joe the Quack), Trot, and Forget-Me-Not. Betting-2 t) 1 agst Forget-Me-Not, sto 2 agst Queen Lilly, 5 to 1 aget Peto. Woa by a neck, a length and a half between second and third. The winner was bought in for 90 sovs. The Handicap Plate of 50 soya for three-yr-olds and upwards ; about one mile and half. Mr. Olding's Laudamia, 3 yrs, List 101b...(Snowden) 1 Sir C. Monck's Vandal, 5 yrs, 8•t 7lb (Cresswell) 2 Mr. La Mert's Queen of the South, 4 yrs, bat 31b (Ducker) 3 The following also ran :—Prince's Mixture, Pato, Blue Bell, Indian Queen, Lady Hercules, aa d Knight of Avon. to 4 agst 'Laudamia, 4 to 1 &gat Vandal, Knight of Avon, 7to 1 agst Peto. Won by three parts of a length ; two lengths mitween second and third. The Downton Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; for three-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, penal ties ai.d selling allowances ; the second to save his stake ; about one mile ; 6 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Nougat, 3 yrs, 74t 41b ...... (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. E. We tver's Ain irons Boy, 3yrs, 7st 31 b (Cressweli) 2 Mr. Hawkin's Indian Queen, 4 yrii, 71t) (Snowden) 3 Mr. Johnson's Peto, 3 yrs, B,t 51b ......... (Robertson) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agAt Nougat, and 2to 1 agst any of er. Won by two lengths ; Indian Queen a bad third. The winner was bou4ht in for 80 sous. The New Handicap of 5 saws tach, and 25 added ; one Mr. Hughes's The Brewer, 4 yrs, 7st ...(D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Go d w i n ' s tb y J erinao, out of Dividend, 2 yrs, 5.t (carried 5, t 3 ! b ) 2 Mr. Evans's Knight of Avon, 4 yrs, Est 3ib (Mitchell) 3 Mr. Good w i n ' s L ady Nel•on, 2 yrs, Set 91b ...(Long) 4 Betting-5 to 4ou The Brewer. and 4to 1 agst the Dividend filly. Won by two ' , mg:hi, Knight of Avon a had third. The Hurdle Race Stakes of 5 goys each, with 25 added, for three year olds and upwards ; weight for age, pen. alties, and se lli ng a ll owances ; secon d to save hurd : stake ; a b out one mile and a half, over seven hurdles hu 4 sub. Mr. A. 'Vivian's Sweetbriar, aged, list 71b (20 soya) (Borrowes) 1 Mr. Morris's Boadicea, 4 yr , , 10 ,t 111 b (20) (Kendal) 2 Weaver's Smithmoor, 5 yrs, 115 t 516 (20) (Wearer) 0 Mr. Weynaan's Broinptou, aged, 10st 71b (20) ...(Sly) 0 Batting—Even on Bremptor, 6 to 4 aget 8 weetbrier, Won by six lengths ; th• others bolted. Coulitry lYiarket3. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 20. At this day's market there was a less attendance of millers and dealers, and a moderate amount of business done. Wheat met a heavy sale, at 2d to 3d per bushel under Tuesday. Flour declined 1s per sack and barrel, and is to is 6d for Indian corn. Other articles of the trade were neglected, and prices nominal. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 20. To-day we had very moderate supplies of wheat, but buyers operated only with caution, and prices gave way 25 per qr., barley le to 2s, oats 2s, and shelling is per load. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 52s Ord ; bailey, 435 ; oats, 36s ; beans, 45s —d ; peas, 44s —A ; ryo, —s. EXETER—Nov. 20. CORN.—Wheat, 65 9d to 7s Od barley, 45 9d to 5s ; grinding do., OE Od. to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od 3s 3d. Beans, Os 0(1 to 0 Od. Pe as , ON Od to Os Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 385 Od to 40s Od ; seconds, 36s Od to 385 Od per sack. CATTLE. --There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from lOs Gd to lls 6d per score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score; fat calves, Od to Gd per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 04 Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 20/. ts ; butcher , ' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearim calves —s to -- s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes, 01 to 60 ; wethers, 7d —d; lambs, 71,d to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —s ; slips, ---6 to —8 ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4d per lb. Pork carcases from 9s Gd to lOs 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 20. The samples in the offices consisting entirely of Barba. does for which there is not any demand at present, we ar• not aware of any transactions this week. Refiners' pro duce of all kinds has been operated in to a considerable ex tent, but prices are not improved. For rum there is still some inquiry, but no sales to notice. The produce mar kets generally are exceedingly dull. '.—Noy. 20. the close of the market Walleemt, &e. I s d IHaugh Hall 18 3 Cassop 19 0 Riddell l7 • Nixon's Duffryn. 21 • Framwellgate lB 3 Teen 2O 0 Hetton Hetton Lyoni Main ....17 6 South Hetton 19 9 South Kelloe 19 0 Keiper Grainge l9 0 Haswell 20 0 ;, 70 ; sold, 51. COAL NARK Prices of Coals per ton at s d, Bates's West Hartley l5 6 Canfield Moor l3 6 Morpeth West Hartley 17 0 Holywell Wylam Wsllsend, &e. Acorn Close lB 3 Eden Trimdon 19 0 Harton l7 3 Whitworth l6 0 Eden Main lB 6 Marneliffe 17 3 Ships at market, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YrsTERDAY. Amsterdam— .. •. 11 13% Gibraltar •• Ditto, three months 12 2% Leghorn ........ 30 75 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •e •• 12 2% Genoa ...... •••• •• •• •• 26 30 Antwerp .• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 95 Milan •• •• •• • • •• •• •di •• - Brussels •• •• • • •• •• •• •• 25 95 Venice • • • . •• •••• •• • - - aamburgh 13 14 Naples ........ Altona .• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo .••• ...... ...• 124% Paris• • •• •• •• ••• • • • • • • 25 45 Messina •• • ... 124% Do. three months . .. 26 15 Lisbon .......... 52 Marseilles 26 20 Oporto 523 i, Bourdeaux ..•• .• 'Rio Janeiro...... •• Frankfort-on-Maine •... 122 Buenos Ayres...• •• .... Berlin •• •• •• •• •• • • •• •• • • ' New York,6o days' sight Vienna •• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• 11 10 Philadelphia . rrieSte • • • • •• • • • • • • • • ••• 11 15 PRICES Or BULLION. PEN osi: Petersburg •• Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid .........., 471.4 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz .........•• 48% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona .......• New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville.• •• •• • • ..... • •• Silver in bars •• • • • • 0 0 0 LOOAL SHARE MARKIITa. LIVERPOOL, Noy. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to•day Mere finite nominal, and the prices closed at a sparked decline, at the following rates :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89a--Lon• don and North Western, 911. 11—Ditto Eighths, 14 dis.— South Eastern, 18 546 - Dutch Rhenish, 6 d -Great Western of Canada, new, 31., d—Eastern Counties, 10i i --East Lancashire, MANCHESTER, Nov. 20. STOOK EXCHANGE. --The market opened firmer to-day, and the transactions have been to a moderate amount. Grand Trunk of Ca , ada 8 11-16—Blackburn, 81—East Lancashire, 874—Sheffields, 35 —Midlands, 81# Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 621—Dovers, 18i —London and North Western, 93i—Electric Telegraph, 2-I:3—Great Western of Canada, 174 —Leeds, 894 4—Ditto New, 1 die. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. W. STOCK EXCHANGL—Prices in the market generally depressed from the rates of yesterday. Midlands, 81 Manchester and Sheffields, 35 —Birmingham Canals, 88 —General Steam, 23/. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Receipts. opened. NAME OF RAILWAY. -_____ 18 57. 1857. 1856. BRITISH: £ £ - Aberdeen .... • • .....• ........ ..... 65 Belfast and Ballymena • ... • . •.., •••• •• 1,171 1,149 17 Belfast and County Down•••••• • • .... 268 251 32 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheslure 2,962 3,220 118 26)4 Bolton, Blackburn,and West York .... 1,007 945 Bristol and Exeter •................. 5,770 6,038 198 '7i Ca1ed0nian.......... - . ............ 14,116 13,003 94 'y Chester and llolyhead..... ...... .... 6,459 5,418 6 35 i Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 231 104 20 Cork and Bandon .... 324 264 56 Dublin and BelfastJ unction ........ 1,246 1 , 403 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. ......... 1,579 445 ' 401,4 Dublin and Kingstown ............. 1,242 1,249 . 670 , 535 17 % Dundee and Arbroath ...... -••.. • • 957 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction " 9 441 449 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen •• -.••• • • •• 997 1,125 67% East Anglian..... ...•••••••• •• • • - ' • A 298 6.228 93 East Lancashire .• .................• -- 449 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.... .. 1 22,756 23,383 Ea5ternUni0n.................. j ~274 17 14 2 Edinburgh and Glas g o w ............• .. 4- ' BOB 7 8 Edinburgh, Perth, and D un d ee •• .. •• 3,412 3, - 6 Exeter and Crediton ........ - 22 Furness Railway ... :: ... 1,471 687 183% Glasgow, and South-W es t ern .. •::: •• 4,940 6,639 283 Great Northern..... 20334 Great Southern and Western • (Ireland) 6,228 6,224 465 Great Western .................... 26,910 26,625 25 1 ,4 Irish South Eastern ................ 330 287 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •....... 2 86 Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,930 21,769 - Leeds Northern .................„ - - 161 Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport - - 637 London and North Western „... 55,682 59.627 5% London and 81ackwa11.............. 1,23/ 1,323 181% , London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 13,861 13,449 289% London and South Western. •....... 12,540 13,865 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........783 760 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 173!C) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 10,234 9,879 9 1 -A Manchester and South Junction....., 834 741 28 Maryport and Carlisle .............., 1,049 1,096 567 Midland •••••-•• • • • • • • • ........... 31,820 ' 20,252 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) •..... 4,025 4,360 52 Monklands ........................ 1,551 1,45$ 78 Newcastle and Carlisle ~ ~ 3,345 3,422 149 North British .....................„ 5,496 6,1 29 233 North Staffordshire ................ 6,864 6,553 47 North-Western ..........., ~ ~ .. ~ 661 7 81 50 Scottish Central • • .................. 2,662 2,7 58 3254 Scottish Midland •' •. - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ....., 1,631 1, 646 4854 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,765 2,80 30 Shropshire Union .................. 955 861 57 South Devon .••• • • • ...• ••• • • • •••• .• 4610 1, 2 :5 280 :, 301% South Eastern •••• • • • • .............• 171 South Wales .................... ~ * 7,056 6,733 108 14 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2 , 653 2,739 1,414 1, 501 gi ft 77 Waterford nnd Limericic ............ 1,111 & A 4. 629 27 West Cornwall .... •.. ... • •••• • •• ' ~ 337 12 Whitehaven Junction ... • • • • • • • • • • •• ••• • 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & _ York and North Midland & Leeds.. - FOREIGN: 109 Dutch Rhenish -••••..•••• •• • • •• •• 2 . 765 2,371 344 Lyons and Mediterranean ....*...... 24,526 24,005 i 3 Montereau and Troyes •• ........ •• •• - - - Namur and Liege .. •• - - ...... •• • ..._ - 445 Northern of France .... •••• .• ...... 42,641 37,894 - Orleans and Central .. 387 Paris and Lyons .....• • • .......... 40,219 33,043 - Paris and Rouen. .." ........ •• .. .. _ - 831 Paris and Strasburgh ............ „. 38 , 68 s 33,403 - Rouen and Havre - ............. _ 594 West and North-West of F rance ...• 31,392 31,714 124 682 [ADVERTISEMIINT.]—HoIIoway's Ointtneat and Pills efficacious remedies for bad legs,—Mary Dixon, wife of Thomas Dixon, fishmonger, Regent-parade, Harrowgates states that t. , r five years she was confined to her bed with a bad leg, and was twice an inmate of one of the Leeds Hospitals, without obtaining any relief. She was told she must submit to amputation ; at this time she was induced to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and after persevering with them for the short i•pace•of ten weeks, was, to her g-eat gratification, Completely cured. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, St ran d, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New Y or k ; b y A. Stampa, Constantinople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; an d E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF A 80N On the 19th inst., at Castle-hill, Sonthmoltnn, Via• countess Ebriogton. On the 11th Sept. last., at Sarawak, in Borneo, Mrs. Brooke. On the 20th inst., at Saville-row, the wife of Dr. King, M.D. OF A DAUGHTER, On the 20th inst., at 9, Blomfield-street, Finsbury, Mrs. J. L. Simmonds. On the 19th inst., at Alfred-place west, Brompton, Mrs. William Sills, MARRIED. Oa the 18th lilt., at Maidstone Church, Chas. Morgan. Esq., of Maidstone, solictor. to Mary Anne, only daughter of HenryJea.uneret, Esq., of Lincoln's inn -fields, solicitor. On the 19th inst., at at. Pancras, Mr. JainesWetherell. of Northampton, to Annie Lydia, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Matthews. DIED On the 20th inst., at Kensington Palace-gardens, Joseph Henry Good, Esq., aged 8 On the 19th inst , at 256, Regent-street, Richard Hodge, of the firm of Hodge and Lowman, eldest son of the late R. Hodge, Esq., of the GrJen, Hampstead, aged 32. On the 19th inst., at Colchester, Lawrence Brock, Esq., aged 37. On the 19th inst., Frederick Chas. Davenport, Esq., of Eghatn, Surrey, aged 7t;. - On the 19th inst., George Farewell Jarman, Esq., of Upper Berkeley-street, Portruan-squarz, and the Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. On the 18th iast., at Birkenhead, Wm. Wilkinson, Esq./ Commander R.N., aged 89. On the 18th inst., at Islington, James Rogers, Esq., aged 85. LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of Not 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, November 21, 1457.