The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-14 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL FRAUDS.

In * tnemorial recently addressed to the Board of
Trade <and published in the Money Market Review of
hue 0), Mr. W. F. Spackman, jun., furnishes the fol-
lovi* recapitulation of the losses—amounting to an
aggregate of nearly four millions sterling—which have
6eezi snstained during the last three or four years through
the inadequate system of audit of the accounts of public
e wigivanies
Royal British Bank.—Stopped payment in 1856.
The taw& was caused by making advances to directors
and others on improper and insufficient securities.
Capital, £2084.100; deposits, £540,000 ; on which 15s.
ia the pawl has been returned ; deficiency, ss. in
the
_Round, £135,400; total, £335,000.
Tb.e Tipperary ilia.a.—Failure caused by the frauds
of 88011eit. Accounts were wilfully falsified. Capital,

:46600,4460; deposits, Ci 00,000; total, £1,200,000. I
believe the whole has ibeeli lost.
TLe Loadon and Eastern Bank.—ln this case the
Utorieus Colonel Waugh appropriated to himself an
%mount equal to the whole paid-up capital of the bank,
and has since absconded and set his creditors at defiance.
The loss exceeds £250,000.
The Western Bank of Scotland.—Capital paid up
4600,000 ; deposits, £6,000,000 ; total, £7,500,000.
EVery effort has been nude to prevent a complete ex-
Posur• of the affairs of title bank. I do not know if
any return has been made to-the depositors. At the
evert estimate, the entire paid-up capital has been
lost—Z 1,500,000.
Via Crystal Palace Company.—The frauds of
.nobson, committed by tampering with the transfer
books, entailed a loss of £lOO,OOO.
The Great Northern Railway Company.—Redpath's
%%Ids, committed in a similar manner to Robson's.
The auditors here were greatly at fault, as I understand
that dividends were paid on a larger amount of stock
wait had been issued. Loss, £250,000.
The 'Onion Bank of London.—The frauds just dis-
ered, committed by the head cashier, William George
lb. 'Winger, by means of a fictitious pass book, represent-
141g fite account between the Union Bank and the Bank
" &gland. The frauds are said to have extended over
Pficied of fire years, and with a proper check in the
4,ll(l4;;Or:Aght to have been detected in the first half-year.
44055, £63,070.
Totallosies to the public, £3,898,070.

ttrEl/41RT of TBtE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS
4214,1 NATIONAL DEFENCES

This report, dated February 7, wafi•issned yesterday.
In the outset of the report, the Commissioners state
%sir. opinion that a fleet alone is insufficient for the
44feiCe of the United Kingdom. The introduction of
litiesan and other causes have operated to our disadvantage.
The amportance of an efficient Channel fleet is, however,
fully recognised. The consequent necessity for protecting
dockyards is, therefore, laid down. The difficulty of
Presenting the landing of an enemy is admitted ; and
the Commissioners proceed to consider the means of
defence against an enemy when landed. Our regular
411111 y is, and must always be, small ; and volunteers
sould.not at first be able to meet the regular disciplined
soldiers of Continental armies on anything like equal
terms.

The'conimissioners say, having carefully weighed the
foregoing considerations—" We are led to the opinion
that neither our fleet, our standing army, nor our
volunteer forces, nor even the three combined, can be
relied on as sufficient in themselves for the security of
the kingdom against foreign invasion." They then pro-
teed to direct their attention especially to fortifications.
"There seems no reason to doubt that such troops as
ten be got together from the disembodied, or less per-
feetly.trained, portion of the militia, with local or other
volunteers, would, with an admixture of regular soldiers,
be able to defend our dockyards against very superior
Mailers of perfectly disciplined soldiers." The cora-
eaissioners indicate that either an increase of the army
ar fortifications is absolutely necessary, and they com-
Pare the cost of the two.
it would eost about £8,000,000 rat the outset, and
'toady £4,000,000 afterwards, to double the number of
regulitt troops now at home, viz., abaft 66,000 men,
excinsive of 'the Indian depots; and this would not be
ati extraordinary increase if the aid of fortifications were
be rejected. The same £8,000,000 expended in for-
'entacnas would be far more effectual for the defence of
the Lioekyqrds than any increase of the regular army,
wow
.incitlesktifily provide barrack accommodation for
acme thoisands of men, and would entail no future
annual eharje. It laid down that we cannot fortify
the whole Jusseilable patio)" of the coast, and that forti-
legions shoold be restricted to vital points. The royal
Clockyards are vital points, so also is Woolwich. The
Uzi question is the cost.
The amount of special estimate is £10,390,000, of
Ahicli sum £1,885,000 is for the purchase of the land,
*7,005,000 for the fortifications recommended for
erection, £501,000 for the armaments of works, and
41,000,000 for floating defences. To this must be
added £1,460,000 for works already sanctioned and in
aourse of erection—t N 9 whole amounting to £11,850,000
es detailed below. The` places to be fortified are Ports-
koUth and Plymouth, wh.ich would absorb £5,820,000 ;
Pembroke, £765,000 ; Portilend, £630,000 ; Chatham,
£1,350,000 ; Woolwich, £701,000; Dover, 335,000 ;
Xedway. and Sheerness, £450,000; Cork, £120,000.
The total cost includes the provision of barrack
accommodation, for the most part bomb-proof, for about
30,000 men, and for nearly double that number when
the works are fully garrisoned for the defence. This
accommodation must have been equally provided under
any other system of defence, and is already urgently
posed to fortify.
required in many of the places it is pro

SKOCEING SUICIDE OP A POSTMASTER.—On Monday.
/horning the inhabitants of Stafford were startled by
the intelligence that Mr. Henry Cook, postmaster,
had shot himself, with an immediate fatal result.
The event took place about nine 'o'clock, and the
suicide was effected by means of a pistol, which blew
off a Piece of the temple. Dr. Day was immediately
in attendance, list no medical aid could avail the un-
uaPPYinau. Mr. Cook had been postmaster at Stafford
between three and four years, having formerly filled a
similar situation at Windsor. During his occupancy of
the office great improvements have been introchited in
the management of the establishment, and he was melt
zaspeeted by the inhabitants. His health had for some
months been in a precarious state, and there can be no
doubt that the rash ad had been committed under severe
Mai depression. Deceased was 63 years of age:and un-
married.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LIBEL.

CHARGE OF ADULTERY AGAINST A SURGEON
THE VERDICT.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr
Baron Wylde and a Common Jury.)
BAINES V. BROWN.

This extraordinary case was resumed for the third
day on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Annie Burroughs was called and examined by
Mr. Macaulay—l am the wife of Mr. Burroughs. I
married him thirteen years ago. I have one child, a
son, ten years of age. I have an aunt named Miss
Smith, and had lived with my aunt from the time
I was seven. She adopted me when my father died,
and had no acquaintance with Dr. Brown before he
made arrangements about his children, a boy and girl,
seven and nine years of age. Mrs. Baines occupied
a room upstairs, next to Prior's, the groom. The
little girl slept with her. The boy slept with
his papa. There was an expedition to Worthing
in June, I had not previously observed anything
between Mrs. Baines and my husband. I afterwards
found him constantly in the nursery, and I told him to
desist, as he had no right there. He said it was non-
sense—he denied going there, and said something about
my being jealous. Some time after I came from Worth-
ing. On October 3rd, he came into my room and said
he was ill. I got into bed, and as he did not come
down for some tinie, I went to look for him, and saw
him coming downstairs. (The witness here burst into
tears.) They were the stairs from the passage leading
to the nursery. He was in his shirt. He may have been
10 minutes or longer. He was two or three stairs down.
I heard him whispering, and I heard Mrs. Baines reply.
I could not hear what they said. I was in the

doorway, so as not to be seen, as I had gone to the
dressing room, and not finding him thought there must
be something the matter. I asked him how dare he go
there, and said that when Dr. Brown returned I would
report to him, and have her turned away. He said he
had been to put out the man's candle, and that Mrs.
Baines had thought it was Jane, and said " Good
night" to him. That was all that was said that night.
When Dr. Brown returned I reported the matter to him
in the presence of my aunt. The next morning Mr.
Burroughs came to me in the greenhouse and said, " I
have called out to Mrs. Baines, and said you have
accused me of being in her room—l shall not dine at home
to-day." Mrs. Baines was going for a holiday that day,
_ _

and left ten minutes after Mr. Burroughs—between 11
and 12. He returned in the evening, and she returned
at nearly the same time. She then came into my bed-
room. She said, "You accused your husband of being
in my room." I said " I did, Mrs. Baines, but he had
no business to tell you ; I will not have my husband's
thoughts stolen away by anyone." She admitted he
was constantly in the nursery, and she could not answer
for his views. She said he had not been in her room.
She said, "Do you wish me to leave ?" I said, " Not
at present." I distinctly say I did not say I saw him
come out of Prior's room. I said "If you give me your
wort there has been nothing of the sort, I exonerate
you." I said to the cook I would not have Prior's
candle left burning, for I would not have Mr. Bur-
roughs going about the house to put out his candle,
and told her to see it was always put out. The

night of a party we had about a fortnight after this
I saw Mrs. Baines coming out of my husband's dressing-
room, and he had his coat and waistcoat off. I told him
he had better go and dress in my room, as all his things
were there. He said nothing. Previous to that, on
the same day, she had been decanting wine in the
cellar with him. I never gave her any directions
to go into the cellar with my husband. A fort-
night before I left home she became my servant,
because I objected not to have control over her.
Differences arose between us all, and I said I would not
have Dr. Brown or the children unless I had perfect
control over Mrs. Baines. She frequently went out
in the evening unknown to me, but sometimes she
asked. I recollect her child's death. The night be-

fore the funeral I saw my husband and Mrs. Baines
whispering on the landing. Dr. Brown was then
at home. I said to sly husband, " I detest, I abomi-
nate the sight of you." I tore my hair, I dashed my
head against the wall, I was frantic. He said, " Come
and play whist." Miss Smith and Dr. Brown were
there, but I did not say what I had seen. I did not
then charge him with what had happened elsewhere. I
did not play cards that night. The same evening and
the next morning Dr. Brown intervened to reconcile my
husband and myself. He charged me with excitability
of temper, and said I ought to be more forbearing.
My aunt was present when he said this. My aunt
interposed, and took Mr. Burroughs' part. I went
to Cowfold to the child's funeral the following day.
Mr. Burroughs had not spoken to me that night
or the following morning. I objected to go to the
funeral, but my aunt and Dr. Brown begged me to go,
and I went. When we were in the inn at Cowfold Mr.
Burroughs was crying. I said to him, " Forgive me my
passion." He kissed me and shook hands with me, and
Dr. BrOwn joined our hands together. When the
ceremony was over, my husband put his arms round
Mrs. Baines's waist, and led her on to the pavement. He
helped her into an open fly. On the 3rd of December
(the Monday evening) he was going out as usual.
He very rarely spent his evenings at home. I asked
him to stay, and he said I did not want him when
Dr. Brown was at home. I said " Such an accusa-
tion must be made to Dr. Brown himself when he
comes home, before me." He made no reply but
went out. He had never made such a remark about Dr.
Brown before. He never complained before that. He
seldom returned till one or two in the morning. On
December 8 I telegraphed for Dr. Brown. On the
Tuesday I told my husband I intended to have a
Christmas tree party. He said he would have no more
parties. On Wednesday, the 7th, my aunt did not come
down to breakfast. He went to her room, and, on his
return, said she was determined to leave, as my temper
was so bad, and had advised him to send me away. I
went to her, and asked her how she dared to separate
me from my husband. She flew into a passion, and
said she would leave. He said he would send me away,
and I said, "Do not for the sake of my I was
taken with spasms and knew nothing more till the
evening. That same day he took my little boy to the
theatre. He brought him home and made him sleep
with me and went out again. He never slept in my
bed after that. It was the next morning I telegraphed
to Dr. Brown. I sent the child to his father to ask who

I should send for. The child returned with the message
that my husband did not care. (A Mrs. Thomas here
came into court, when Mrs. Burroughs said, " Oh, may
I leave ?" She was then taken out of court in violent
hysterics). _

Mr. Macaulay—Could there be any arrangement by
which this lady would be less subjected to the inspection
of certain persons in court ?
Mr. James—l do not know what my learned friend
means. Though my client is a lady's servant and his
is a lady, my client has as good a right as anyone else to
be in court. I cannot conduct my cause unless she sits
here to instruct me.

Mr. Macaulay—These hysterics are evidently caused
by the apparition of Mrs. Thomas.
The jury having interposed, Mrs. Thomas took her
seat in another part of the court less directly opposite
the witness box.
After a delay of a few minutes,
Mrs. Burroughs returned, and the examination was
proceeded with—l again sent the child to ask his father
to come to me. He came to my bedroom door, and I
asked who should I send for, as I must have some one
to advise me. I said, " Shall I send for your brother
Frank ?" He said, " He would not attend to you." I
said, "Shall I send for Dr. Brown ?" He said, " Yes."
On the 9th, the following day, 'my husband and Dr.
Brown Were out riding the whole day. On the Sunday
following my husband went to London. On Tuesday,
the 13th, Mr. Frank Burroughs came—my aunt had
telegraphed for him. On the evening of that day Dr.
Brown brought Mrs. Baines into my room. My aunt was
there. This was before the outbreak between my husband
and Dr. Brown. I was crying very much because Mr. Bur-
roughs had said in the morning to Mrs. Baines, " Either
you or I must leave the house, because Prior (the groom)
has been making accusations against us." My husband
had said he would clear the house of the whole kit of us.
When Mrs. Baines came into the room she knelt down,
and said, " Forgive me—it is not my fault." She kissed
my hand. I believe I said "Go to Mr. Burroughs and
tell him so." I never saw Dr. Brown again while he
was in our house. Mr. Frank Burroughs told us to go
into the room and not to make such a noise. I was cry-
ing, and all the children were crying. When I was at
church, and my husband was at home with Mrs.
Baines, I did not say to her I was glad my husband had
been with her and that she had not been left alone.
When Mrs. Baines lost her child I went into her on the
Sunday, and put my lips to her forehead, and told her
not to grieve. We went to London on the Wednesday
by Mr. Frank Burroughs' express desire. Miss Smith
and my son went with me. Mr. Frank Burroughs took
lodgings for us in Guildford-street. On the Friday
my husband and Mr. Frank Burroughs came to me in
Guildford-street. He said—" If i did not come back 1
should never see him again." Mr. Frank Burroughs was
there. I said—" When you have shaken hands with Dr.
Brown, whom I have been the means of turning out of
the house, I will return." I said this because he had
said to me—" Annie, we have both been deceived by a
lyigg villain." These were the first words he said. Of
course I knew who he meant by his manner. By my
beingi the means of :turning Dr. Brown out of the
house, I meant by his interference on my behalf.
There had never been any intimacy between me and
Dr.l Brown beyond that befitting a mistress of a house
and a guest. Except when my husband said I did not
want him when I hail Dr. Brown, he never complained
of my demeanour to him, nor made any suggestion about
it. Dr. Brown was very much engaged in photograph-
ing all day long, except at dinner time. I wrote a note
to Dr. Brows, enclosing his letters. Besides that note
and the itejegram, I never held any communication with
him.
The note merely' bere reference to thy health of Dr.

Brown's children, and to ordinary topics, and was
signed, "Yours sincerely.")
Rcarnination continued—lt is not true that my hus-
band and I lived happily until Dr. Brown came to
reside with us. We had differences at times—great
tr.fferences. On the Saturday I got the note from my
husband, commencing " Dearest Annie." I returned
with him on the Sunday night. On the Saturday
night my husband slept in Guildford-street, but not
in my room. I had written to him that I would
return if he would do as I desired about shaking
hands with Dr. Brown, have all my ser-
vants back, and turn all the remains of Mrs.
Baines' family out of the house. I had heard from
Mr. Frank Burroughs that Mrs. Brown, Mrs.
Baines's mother, was keeping house for him. I did not
know Mrs. Baines had returned, and was there. On
the Sunday he asked me to return, I asked him if he
had done as I asked. He said no, he had not, and would
not do so. He went on his knees and asked me to
return, and said he should become a beggar if I did
not do so. He then went to Forrest-hill fur his child.
At five o'clock he returned with a note from his
mother, begging me to return, and thus urged I
did so. I remained in my husband's house until the
4th of January. I never left my room all the
time. I was suffering from low fever. My husband
came to me three or four times during that seventeen
days. On one occasion he brought Dr. Winckworth
to see me. I said I should like to go from home for
change of air, but my husband took no notice. Dr.
Winckworth had advised change of air. I believe I
was really ill. I went away with my aunt and child on
the 24th, and Dr. Brown met us at the station, and
accompanied us to the lodgings. I went to see Mr.
Webb, my solicitor, on the Monday, with the view to
right myself. I have filed a petition against my hus-
band in the Matrimonial Causes Court. I concealed
my address by my attorney's advice. In all the lodgings
I was in Dr. Brown never slept under the same roof
with me. There has never up to this moment been any
undue familiarity between Dr. Brown and myself. I
wrote a letter to my husband on the 25th of February.
Cross-examined—I was in Norfolk-street. I put no
date to the letter. I expected my husband's reply
through Mr. Webb. Dr. Brown had not written to me
during the 17 days after I returned to my husband, nor
did Ito him. Ido not know how he happened to meet
us at the station. My aunt was constantly writing to
him. I did not know Dr. Brown was to meet us
at the station. I believe my aunt did, but I can-
not say. I was ill. I went to the Adelphi the
night after. Dr. Brown was one of the company.
I do not believe I ever went to Mrs. Dalliston's with
Dr. Brown alone, my aunt and little boy having gone
on before. I told my aunt, Miss Smith, to tell my hus-
band that I wanted to go to town to see the Billings.
They called at my lodgings while I was out with Dr.
Brown. My aunt said on my return that the Billings
had been there and said it was not proper. I had gone
with him to Pratt, the chemist, in Oxford-street, as I
had a bad foot and leg. Mr. Billing married my cou-
sin. He is a clergyman. I said I would go with her
to the Billings, and explain the position we were
in. We left the lodgings in Stanhope-street,
because the drains were so bad. We left Stan-
hope-street on the sth of January, and went to
Westbourne-terrace. Dr. Brown was there for an
hour or two. We were sitting by the window watching
for him to come. He came two or three hours after we
arrived. I don't think he was there on the 9th. My
son wrote a letter to his father without any address.
The envelope is in my disguised hand. The child in
his letter asks his father to write to him. I have never
from that day to this given my address to my hus-
band. We remained at Westbourne-terrace a fort-
night. The defendant called there five or six times.
He dined or took tea there when he came. I don't
think he was there ten'times. I never went out with him
there without my little boy or my aunt being with us.
I was not constantly walking about London with him
and my child. From Westbourne-terrace we went to
Southend. The doctor came down there two or three
days after ; he was an invalid, suffering from diphtheria,
at the time lodgings were taken for him. Before the
lodgings were taken for him he slept at the Royal Hotel.
My aunt kept up acorrespondence with him. I saw the
letters. His children remained with me about 10 days.
We often went out together there. He breakfasted and
took his meals with us. He passed the whole of his time
with us, and we never went out without his accompany-
ing us. We were 13 or 14 weeks at Southend. From
there we went to Nelson's Portland Hotel, Portland-
square, and remained there one night. The defendant
called upon me the next morning. 111,Y aunt had tele-
graphed to him. He did not drop in "promiscuously."
He had advised us previously to go there. We addressed
him at 33, Great Russell-street. We were not surprised
at his calling there. The defendant took the lodgings
at Downshire-hill, Hampstead, at my aunt's request.
We remained there a fortnight or three weeks. He
was constantly there, and might have remained as
late as eight or nine o'clock at night—certainly not so
Lite as eleven o'clock. I did .not go in a cab with him
and my servant to London. He hailed the omnibus on
Hampstead-hill, and put ine and my servant into it. I
never went with him to London. I once went with him
and my little boy to my present residence. I decline to
say where it is, for fear of my child being taken Trom
me ; but upon being told she must, she said, at "4,
Ashburnham Cottages, Highbury." I took lodgings at
the house first, but afterwards I took the whole of it
in my aunt's name. The Doctor frequently calls and
leaves about 'ten o'clock. He has never slept there.
He resides in Tavistock-street. He has not paid me
any money for his continued entertainment. I believe
he has lent my aunt money. I don't know that he has
paid the expenses of the house. My aunt's plate is at
Dr. Brown's banker for money he has advanced her.
Part of the money has been spent on the establishment.
He might have dined there three or four times, but he
usually comes to tea, and spends the evening, from seven
to nine &clock. I believe he has lent my aunt
have no means. He lent her some at Southend, and she
gave
roeneeveder.
him her
ings in the Divorce Court. Ido not impute adultery
been with me tpolamteyasatseetornareiytY's.
to the plaintiff on the night of the 3rd October, when
relative B rtoow tnhehasp
my husband said he had been up to put out the
grooms ' candle. I don't charge her with having
with having done so. between the Ist and 6th
com-
mitted adultery with my husband then. I charge her
of
November, when I was away from home—the scene, the
groom must describe. Jane Howard, the woman who
has been with me ever since I left hoine first, told me
of it ; on that I have made the charge. Jane Howard
first told me of it on the night Mr. Burroughs threatened
to turn me out of the house. I told Dr. Brown of it
at Southead. I believe he knew of it before. After
Mr. Burroughs said he would not dismiss her, and after
I saw her in his dressing-room at the time of the party,
I put my husband's clothes in her charge. I was
excited, and tried to think it was not my husband
on the stairs. My aunt left me at one time, and
then Mrs. Baines attended on me when. I had spasms.
She never complained of my temper being intoler-
able until the time of the dreadful quarrel. Mr.
Frank Burroughs took me 'to Guildford-street ; he
said in doing pa he should offend his brother, but it was
an act of humanity. I was willing Dr. Brown should
never become again an inmate of the house—all I
wanted of him was to shake hands with Dr. Brown
and exonerate me. I never asked for Dr. Brown to
be admitted into the house again. My husband was
frequently away in the daytime, and I was in the habit
frequently of being in the photographic room alone
with Dr. Brown, but not more when my husband was
away than when he was at home. The room was in
the yard, where the servants were about. I have been
in the room locked in with him when he was taking
photographs. The room was locked to prevent the
children from coming in to disturb the taking of the
portraits.
By Mr. James.—Had he got your likeness in his
bedroom ?

Witness (hesitating)—Well, he had Mrs. Baines's
likeness there as well—(laughter)—and many others.
I believe I had his photograph in my bedroom. Mr.
Burroughs asked me to sit up with Mrs. Baines's baby ;
I declined, being too ill, and Mr. Burroughs went and
sat up with it until four o'clock in the morning, and on
his return I reproached him for his conduct. I told
Dr. Brown, when I was sueing for a separation, what
had occured with my husband at Hailsham. My
husband's conduct before`' marriage was publicly known ;
it was in the newspapers.
Re-examined—Dr. Brown never made a model of
my mouth. He prepared the wax, and I made the
model myself, for fear of the doctor's hurting me. My
husband was in the room at the time. I never told
Mrs. Baines that the defendant had taken a model of
my mouth. The model was taken before Mrs. Baines
entered the service. lie once put his hand on my
shoulder when I was in his bedroom, and old Mrs.
Burroughs was present. It was about unpleasantness
about the children.

By Mr. James—The doctor's children are not now
with me.

By the Judge : The servants told me of the groom's
story, and that Mrs. Baines often walked out at night
with Mr. Burroughs., I consider a part of the £ll6
arrangement is due to me. The doctor's children are at
school now, and will be with me in the holidays.
Ann Itudgeman deposed that Mr. Burroughs used to go
into the nursery and Mrs. Baines into his dressing-
room. She had known him remain in the nursery for
an hour when the children were not there. He was alone
with Mrs. Baines. The door was open. Mrs. Baines
did not remain longer than ten minutes at a time in the
dressing-room with Mr. Burroughs. The door was partly
open on each occasion. • She noticed that, latterly, the
visits were more frequent. On ony occasion she saw
Mrs. Baines run out of the day nursery, and Mr. Bur-
ropgha standing close against the wall in the nursery.
She afterwards told witness that she had come down
from her bedroom ; that Mr. Burroughs was standing in
the room to frighten her. She asked witness if she bad
seen Mr. Burroughs, and she replied, Yes." She had
known them to In in tip 40441 g-room and nnrserY

THE DAILY TIMES, T

talking with the doors nearly shut. Mrs. Baines told
us in the kitchen that Mr. Burroughs had said she should
not garter below the knee, as it would spoil the shape
of her leg. (Laughter.) Jane asked her how it was
master knew where she tied her garter. (Laughter.)
Mrs. Baines replied that he saw it as she was going up
the cellar stairs. Mrs. Baines was often alone with Mr.
Burroughs iu the cellar. She used frequently to go out
evenings about the same time Mr. Burroughs went out.
On one occasion witness put the children to bed for

Mrs. Baines, and she desired her to say she was gone to
bed it she was inquired for. When Mrs. Burroughs was
at the theatre the plaintiff and Mr. Burroughs were
together in the day nursery for about au hour. He
then left and fetched Mrs. Burroughs home. The door
was not quite shut. Mr. Burroughs sat in front of the
fire, and Mrs. Baines near the table. He used to laugh
and talk more with Mrs. Baines than the other servants.
Mrs. Baines said " She could not say Mr. Burroughs
had not kissed her, because he had."
Cross-examined—She left because Mrs. Burroughs
left. Dr. Brown took her to Mr. Holmes's, at Capel,
near Dorking, where he resided some time. She was
still living with the Holmes's. Dr. Brown spoke about
the sad affair, and Mrs. Burroughs leaving. Jane told
him of what she had seen of Mrs. Baines's
going on as she ought not to have done. Witness
had said nothing. She afterwards admitted that
she had told him about the nursery and the dressing
room. (Laughter.) She waited upon Dr. Brown
when at Capel, but he had not spoken to her about it.
Prior went to Capel in Mr. Holiness service. Mr. Holmes
is a large farmer. Prior had not gone out with the
doctor with a large cockade on his hat. (Laughter.)
She left Holmes's service a week ago, because they could
not agree. Jane Howard left Horsham and found Mrs.
Burroughs, three or four days after the latter had left.
Dr. Brown told her to join Mrs. Burroughs. She told
Mr. Lloyd, upholsterer, Horsham, that she had not
seen anything improper between Mr. Burroughs and
Mrs. Baines.
By the Judge—Had you seen anything improper ?

Witness—No.
By the Judge—Then what you told Mr. Lloyd, was
true ?

Witness—Yes. Some of the times Mrs. Baines went
out at night was when her baby was ill.
Re-examined—Mr. Lloyd said, if you have not seen
anything improper, you cannot make much of that.
(Laughter.) Jane was chaffing him, and Mr. Lloyd
said Jane was jealous that Mr. Burroughs had not
given her medicine instead of Mrs. Baines. (Laughter.)
The further hearing of the case was adjourned till
Wednesday.
The case was resumed yesterday morning, when the
examination of witnesses on the part of the defendant
was continued, but their evidence was so unsatisfactory
as to call for frequent interruptions on the part of the
jury, who have more than once expressed an opinion
that it was simply a question of damages. The learned
Judge himself was compelled, in one instance, to
threaten a committal.
As we learn by telegraph, a verdict has been returned
for the plaintiff with £350 damages.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROMAN
CATHOLIC PROSELYTISM.

On Mondry afternoon the Norwich magistrates were
occupied with a case of very considerable interest and
importance ; the Rev. Canon Dalton, priest of the
Roman Catholic Chapel in St. John's Maddermarket,
Norwich, two jewellers named Beha, and an auctioneer
named Foulsham, being summoned with reference to an
attempted flight from Norfolk to the metropolis of a
young gentleman named William Henry Vansittart, son
of Mr. W. Vansittart, M.Y. for Windsor. Mr. Van-
sittart attended to watch the proceedings, and was
further represented by Mr. Carlos Cooper, barrister, of
Norwich ; the parties on the other side being defended
by Mr. W. L. Mendham, the town-clerk.
William Henry Vansittart, a youth about 16 years of
age, was then examined. He said—l am the son of Mr.
W. Vansittart, M.P. for Windsor. My father lives in
Dover-street. He is a Protestant in religion. On
the 25th of May, I was placed with the Rev. Mr.
Hodgson, rector of Rackheath, Norfolk, for the purpose
of being educated, and in order that I might be out of
the way of the priests. I remained at Mr. Hedgson's
till Saturday, between five and six o'clock. On
the morning of that day I left his house, and
came to Norwich. I went to the Catholic chapel,
in St. John's Maddermarket. I looked about for
a little while until I heard some one tap at a window.
It was Canon Dalton. Lie asked me what I wanted.

I said I wished to speak to him. He then asked
me into the house, and when I had got in I told him I
had run away from school. He asked me who my
father was, and I told him he was member for Windsor,
and a Protestant. I told him that I had been at school
in the country at Rackheath. He asked me if I had
any Catholic relations, and I told him I had. I also
told him that I had seen a Catholic priest at Rackheath ;
that I was acquainted with some Catholic priests, and
also knew Bishop Grant, of Southwark. He gave Ina a
glass of wine,and after-I had taken it I felt rather stupified.
was asked to have another glass, but I did not take it.

I went with him to mass, and after it was over, accom-
panied him to his private room. He asked me to break-
tast with him, and inquired what I was going to do.
I told him I was going to London to see the Bishop of
Southwark, and he then offered to advance me some
money for the purpose of paying my railway fare. I
said I had got a watch to dispose of. He looked at
it and said I ought not to take less than two guineas
for it, as it was a very good watch. He then said he
would take me to a German watchmaker's named Beha,
and get him to buy it of me, adding that, if my
father saw I was determined, he would no doubt let
me become a Catholic, as I wished. Mr. Dalton
gave me a little relic of the immaculate conception.
(Laughter.) When we got to Beha's, Mr. Dalton
asked one of the Beha's to speak with him privately.
He afterwards said to him in my hearing that I had
got a watch to dispose of, and asked him to buy it.
Beha looked at it, and said it would not be of any use
to him. Beha afterwards took the watch away, and
when he came back said he had sold it for 15s. Canon
Dalton gave me 6s. more to make up a guinea for my
railway fare. He then gave me his card, said he hoped
the affair would go off pleasantly, asked me to write to
him, and then left. I was having dinner with the Behas
when a police inspector came in.

Mr. Cooper—What induced you to leave Mr. liodg-
son's ?

Witness—l had seen an old Italian priest. I think
his name is Giugini, or something like that. I saw this
Italian priest about on the Tuesday before I left Mr.
Hodgson's. Mr. Hodgson had left his home on the.
Tuesday for the purpose of celebrating a marriac,e,
had seen the same Italian priest when I was at school
at Brighton, about three weeks or a mouth ago. I saw
him crouching down under a hedge, so as not to be
noticed. He had on a large loose cloak, and a little
Italian hat, and his features were rather muffled up. I
had some conversation with him. It was through the
persuasion of the priest that I was induced to leave. As
soon as he came up he said to me, "How do you du, my
hope
you young friend ? lam very glad to see you. I -
you will not desert our faith." He also said, "Before we
proceed further, I must get you to take a most solemn
oath upon this holy relic not to say that you have ever
seen me, or that I have been here." I took the oath
upon the relic. He then said, "As you still wish to
become a Catholic, I will advise you (as your school..
fellows vulgarly call it) to cut and run. Remember,
whatever you are doing it is for the glory of God." I
asked him what I should do. He said there were plenty
of Catholic chapels about, mentioniug the Jesuitical one
in Willow-lane, Norwich. He then kissed me on the
forehead, and said, "Adieu, carissimug ; we shall meet
again," I had no idea of leaving Mr. Hodgson,
before this conversation. Saturday afforded the first
opportunity of leaving. I attempted it on Friday, but
without success.
In cross-examination the witness said : I also men-
tioned to Mr. Dalton Mr. Bowyer, M.P., as a gentleman
whom I knew in London. Mr. Bowyer is a very dis-
tant relation of our family. When I got to London j[
was first to communicate with Mr. Bowyer, and when
my father saw that I was determined, Canon Dalton
said he had no doubt that he would give in.
Mr. Vansittart, M.P., on being sworn, stated that
the youth who had been the subject of inquiry
was his only son. As regards his own religious
opinions he was a strong Protestant. His son was
originally intended for. the navy, and he had obtained
a nomination for him. The boy failed, however,
to pass the very severe examination, as he could
not grapple with mathematics and double decimals.
He was then placed with a Mr. Jansen, who kept
a military seminary at Brighton. Mr. Jansen was in
the habit of taking some of his pupils abroad with him
during the summer vacation, and as he (Mr. Vansittart)
thought it would be 13 very advantageous thing that
his son should see the continent, he permitted him
to go. The boy had spent' his last winter in Ireland,
with some relations ; when he came back he seemed
restless and uncomfortable, and on his going back
to Mr. Jansen's he showed evident symptoms of having
imbibed Roman Catholic principles. Perhaps, when
abroad, he had been struck with the chapels and the
"nunneries" connected with the Roman Catholic re-
ligion. He was telegraphed for to Brighton, and on
going down he found the boy had been secreted some-
where in a place known to a Mr. Clery, a Roman
Catholic priest. He called on Mr. Clery, and insisted
on his son being restored to him. Mr. Clery agreed to
do so, and afterwards, on looking about for a good Pro-
testant clergyman in the country, he (Mr. Vansittart)
heard of Mr. Hodgson, and sent the boy to him.
The Mayor, after consulting with the other members
of the bench, stated that they considered the case a
very serious one. They should remand it for a week,
and iq the meantime issue a warrant for the apprehen-
sion of a person called Father Giugini. All the parties
summoned were admitted to bail.

TUE Rry. J. BONWELL.—In the Court of Arches,
yesterday, this case was advanced apother stage, and is
n9w ripe fur fAtiler hearing,

RSDAY, JUNE 14, i 8662

CURIOUS REVELATIONS AS TO THE
GALWAY PACKET CONTRACT.

Revelations have unexpectedly been made respecting
the manner in which Mr. John Orrell Lever and his
friends " worked up" the Galway contract. The
Transatlantic Irish Line forms no exception to the
modern mode of obtaining Government assistance. We
have "promoters," "agents," and " dangltrs on the
lobby," and regular agreements strictly drawn up
between the promoter and the agents he employed.
The public understood that the inquiry respecting the
Galway contract was all over, when suddenly the com-
mittee announced on Friday that they would hear some
evidence from Mr. George O'Malley Irwin.
Mr. Lever, Mr. George O'Malley Irwin, and a Mr.
Thomas Knox Holmes, met at the Golden Cross Hotel,
London, on the 2nd of June, 1858, to settle a treaty
intended to be advantageous to all the high contract-
ing parties. Mr. Holmes was represented as all but omni-
potent with the members of Parliament, and, happily,
in high favour with Governments, whether Conservative
or Liberal. A word from him was the making of a
company, his frown was its destruction. Mr. O'Malley
Irwin also thought himself powerful either as an enemy
or a friend, and both gentlemen set no small value on
their services. They were to use their best efforts,
and to exert all their powerful influence, in order
"to procure a subsidy from Government, or from any
persons having power to obtain or grant such subsidy
from Government, in favour of John Orrell Lever, in
the matter of the Galway Line." On the other hand,
Mr. Lever, having a high estimate of the value of their
services, engages to reward them liberally. If the
subsidy amounted to the sum of £172,840 per annum,
then Mr. Lever was to pay to Messrs. Irwin and Holmes
the sum of £lO,OOO. Should the subsidy be less or more
than £172,840, then he was to reward his indefatigable
agents with a sum of money having the same proportion
to the subsidy granted as £lO,OOO bears to £172,840.
Nothing could be more clearly or concisely expressed
than the terms as they are stated in legal documents
presented to the committee. But small fish, as well as
great, were to be enclosed in the net. There was a
chance that the Government might not be induced to
bleed, and provision had to be made that the labours
of the two gentlemen should not be altogether fruit-
less. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland
is to be "influenced" and coaxed into granting
a subsidy or subscription in the matter of Mr.
Lever's " projected undertaking of starting the Indian
Empire steam vessel in an experimental trip from
Galway to America and back." The proportionate
reward to be given to Messrs. Irwin and Holmes are
laid down with all the exactness of an arithmetical
progression. If the subsidy or subscription amount to
£3,000, they are to receive but £lOO. If to £3,500,
they are to get £l5O. £4,000 is to produce £250.
£4,500, £350; £5,500, £450; and, to stimulate exer-
tion, if the subsidy exceeds £6,000, the agents were to
receive £l,OOO. All, no doubt, very satisfactory to the
parties immediately concerned. Great was the uproar
raised by the Liberal members when Lord Eglinton
granted a subsidy to the Galway line. Lord Eglinton
knew the wants of Ireland, and granted the aid of the
State to an endeavour which he sincerely believed to be
made for the purpose of opening up Irish resources. He
knew nothing of Mr. Lever, and could know nothing of
these proceedings. It was to the Galway Line he
granted the subsidy, not to Mr. John Orrell Lever.
But, according to Mr. O'Malley Irwin, the influential
parties whom he " worked " were all Liberals of the
first water. There is but one Conservative in the list
of personages won over by the insinuating chloroform of
Mr. Irwin. Baron Rothschild, Sir J. Duke, Messrs.
Peabody and Scholfield, Lord Clanricarde, the Duke of
Leinster, Colonel French, &c., were the patriots upon
whom he manipulated. Had Lord Eglinton refused to
listen to such parties, he would have been accused of
rejecting a grand national endeavour, because the noble-
men and gentlemen who supported it were of politics
opposite to his own.

Mr. O'Malley Irwin, according to his own account,
worked hard. He introduced Mr. Lever to the parties
named above ; he induced Mr. George Alexander Hamil-
ton to receive a deputation; he drew up memorials,
" which distinguished people signed ;" he went to the
Irish Office, to the Post-office, and the Admiralty. Nay,
with a bundle of pamphlets under his arm, he waylaid
Lord Derby,walked beside that nobleman from St. James'
Park to the Treasury, " where he was left at the door."
The fragment of his conversation with Lord Derby
which he remembers is not over complimentary to his
Galway friends, for "he wishes that a wisp of hay was
stuffed into the mouth of some of the Galway chaps," a
phraseology expressive, no doubt, but not very classical.
But Mr. O'Malley Irwin's own opinion of himself
throughout the business is, that he acted with " very

great tact and consummate judgment."
Mr. Lever, as all the world knows, did obtain the
contract, and Messrs. Irwin and Holmes wished to
receive their £5,200. Five thousand two hundred
pound's is a large sum, and one not to be parted with
on the moment. Mr. Lever thought twice about the

matter, and then decided not to pay. A writ is
served upon him in the joint names of Messrs Irwin
and liolmes, and Mr. Lever answers that by a plea
of fraud, under the advice of Mr. Chitty. The commit-

tee partly examined Mr. Lever, but ceased to do so when

it was found that a trial for the amount claimed wil

take place on Thursday ; but he said quite sufficient,
when under examination, to show that his estimate of
the services of his agents is wonderfully small, indeed.
The Galway Line must be judged of, not by its pro-
moters, but by the benefits it confers. The trial will
determine bet ween Mr. Lever and these influential
gentlemen. But one thing is already proven—namely,
that, the parties who were most urgent with Lord
Eglinton belonged to that section of the House which
afterwards accused him of political corruption because
he granted their request.—From the Irish Times (a
Dublin daily paper)

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MINISTER. - Henry
Hatchett Corrard, an Independent minister, residing at
Small Heath, Birmingham, was, on Monday, charged
with a disgusting offence. The prisoner was appre-
hended on Sunday, at Leamington, after preaching a
sermon at a church in that town.

Two CHILDREN FOUND DEAD.—Ou the morning of
the 3rd inst., six young children—the eldest not more
than eleven, and the youngest scarcely five years of age
--went out a crow-nesting unknown to their parents,
and lost their way in the hills which separate Kirkurd
from Broughton parish, in Peeblesshire, owing to the
dense fug which that night prevailed, and which ended
tu a heavy rain with east wind. The two youngest
were found quite dead within a few yards of a shepherd's
lonely dwelling skirting the mountains, into which the
four survivors had found their way more dead than
alive.

NEW COLONY AT THE RED RIVER. Intelligence
from Red River points to the conclusion that the pro-
ject of erecting it into a separate colony will give as
much satisfaction as anything else that could be done.
Some of the colonists are in favour of annexation to
Canada ; but the more the question is considered the
less powerful do their arguments appear, and the stronger
does the party in favour of a separate colony become.
The objections to annexation are obvious and powerful.
There would be small guarantee for the proper administra-
tion of the affairs of a colony, distant from 1,200 to 1,500
miles from the seat of administration, and not entitled to
over one or two representatives in an assembly of 120
members. Besides, it is not to be expected that Canada
would be willing to incur any extraordinary expense fcm
such a colony, from which she could expect no adequate
present return, and perhaps not during the present
generation. On the contrary, if the affairs' of the
colony are administered on the spot, they will be
handled by meu who understand them ; it will be
self-government, instead of government by another
province, situated at an immense distance and to whose
revenue the Red River colonists would contribute out
of all proportion to what they at present pay. There
are some of them who think that even the government
of the Hudson's Bay Company would be tolerable com-
pared to this. The erection of a separate colony will
give the local magistrates an opportunity of satisfying
such ambition as it is permitted the inhabitants of a
very young colony so indulge; and this will, no doubt,
be a consideration. On the whole, I incline to the
opinion that the project of the Imperial Government
will give as much satisfaction at Red River as any
other that could have been adopted.—Correspondent of
the Canadian News.
A CANTING THlEF.—Robberies of poor-boxes having
been committed a few weeks back in different churches in
Paris, the police were ordered to be on the watch, and
after a while one of them on duty in a church perceived
a sanctified-looking man, who carried a prayer-book
under his arm, groping in a poor-box with a short stick,
to which glue was attached. When this person had left
the church, the officer tapped him on the shoulder, and
said that he must accompany him to the commissary of
police. "I !" exclaimed the other, casting up his eyes to
heaven. " Yea, you !" " But what have I done ? I have
just been praying in the church !" "You have been doing
something else than praying ; you have attempted to
steal money from the poor-box!" " You are mistaken,
my dear sir," answered the man ; adding, "May God
parden you fur your injustice in suspecting me—as I
pardon you with all my heart!" "Amen !" responded the
officer,
" but come to the commissary !" When before
that official, the man said he was a Belgian, named Ver-
mesch, and on being searched, a box containing glue,
and a small stick to which glue still adhered to one end,
were found on him. "Is it with such things that boxes
in churches are robbed ?" remarked the commissary.
"Not by me, I assure you," answered the man, "and the
proof is that I have the glue to employ as a remedy for
corns." "But how comes the stick to be covered with
glue ?" "Because, sir, every Sunday, after vespers, Igo
into the country to endeavour to catch birds." On Thurs-
, day he was brought before the Tribunal of Correctional
Police on the charge of robbery, and tbough with raised
eyes and clasped hands he in a whining tone protested
his innocence, he was eoadcmued to fifteen. months' HD-
prl9Onnießt,

THE INSURRECTION IN
NEW ZEALAND.

DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE.

The Sydney correspondent of the Times gives a
graphic sketch of the unfortunate affair in New Zealand
between the military and the natives. Ile says :
The native discontent in New Zealand has burst into
open insurrection. Notwithstanding that the Governor
collected all the available naval and military resources
at his command, and fully paraded them before any con-
flict began, Wirimu Kingi remained undaunted, and
prepared for attack. There is a deliberateness and deter-
mination about his conduct which betoken a settled
purpose and a long-meditated scheme. The insurrection
is still local, though it is spreading ; some even of his
own tribe stand aloof from him, and the powerful
neighbouring tribe of the Waikatos, who occupy the
centre of the island, have repudiated all connection with
this movement. Still he puts himself forward as the
representative of an idea that has great fascination for
the native mind—that of the restoration of a Maori
nationality, and its preservation by the refusal to alienate
any more land to the colonists. This idea, under the
name of the "King movement," has agitated the
natives for some years past, and led to much discussion
among them. Some, afflicted at the decay of their
race, have earnestly contended that their only hope lay
in a consolidation of the various tribes under one
monarch, and the strict retention of the land they still
possessed. Others have contended that such a position
of hostility to the white race would only commit them
to a hopeless struggle, and that it would be better for
them to surrender frankly their distinctive nationality,
and by coming under English law strive to attain to
English civilisation.
The immediate cause of the quarrel was the sale of a
small piece of land by Te Teira. Wirimu Biagi for-
bade the sale and obstructed the survey, though
without offering personal violence. The Governor could
not admit this opposition, as the seller was anxious to
sell, and his title was undisputed on any valid grounds.
The interrupted survey was completed, under the pro-
tection of the troops, on the 13th and 14th of March,
the seller being present, and pointing out the bounda-
ries. The rebel natives offered no opposition beyond
erecting a slight " pah " that commanded the road
between the land and the town, and threatening inter-
ruption to the carts carrying supplies to the troops.
The firmness of the mounted escort, however,
overawed resistance, and there was no collision
brought about. Shortly afterwards the pah was
evacuated on a summons to that effect from the
Governor. This, however, was the last act of submis-
sion, and from that time Kingi assumed a position that
made a conflict inevitable. On the night of the 15th,
he built another pah, of considerable strength, in a
corner of the purchased laud about a mile from the
camp, and his followers performed the war-dance. A
further act of defiance was exhibited by them next day,
when they began to pull up the survey pegs and make
fires along the line. On the 17th, the officer in com-
mand of the troops sent a written summons to the pah,
but its reception was refused, and the messenger was
warned off. Patience had now reached its limit, and it
was resolved to drive the natives from their pah. They
thus succeeded in causing the first shot to be fired by
the Europerns—a point to which they attach great
importance.
Shortly after noon Colonel Gold, who was in com-
mand, opened fire. He had with him two 24-pounder
howitzers, one 12-pounder howitzer, and one rocket
tube. He had also with him 300 soldiers of the 65th,
25 men from the Niger, and a mounted escort of
colonists. As the troops advanced, the natives blew a
born in token of defiance. The artillery opened at
the respectful distance of 800 yards, on the north-
west angle of the pah. After a few discharges, the
natives ran up a red flag on their flagstaff, indicative
of their determination to resist. The guns were
then moved round to the west side, and planted this
time within 200 yards, the distance being gradually
reduced to 150 yards. A fresh move was sub-
sequently made round to the north side. While
this last movement was being effected some natives were
seen to be leaving, and, under the impression that they
were cowed and beating a retreat, some of the mounted
escort rode close up, but were received with a volley that
killed one of them on the spot ; and two privates, who
were in the rush to the rescue, were wounded, of whom
one died subsequently. The men were with difficulty
restrained from making a rush at the pah. It was
now evening, and the ammunition was expended.
The pah had been greatly knocked about, but not
destroyed or rendered untenable. The guns were
withdrawn, breastworks thrown up, and the troops
camped under arms on the seaward side of the pah. For
a long time during the darkness the natives kept up an
incessant fire, which did no harm. After breakfast
Colonel Gold advanced his guns to within 30 yards of
the stockade, and opened a heavy fire with shell and
common case shot. When at length a broach was made
a rush took place immediately, when, lo! the pah was
found empty. The natives had retired during the night
on the side that remained unguarded, having left only
two or three behind to keep up a deceptive firing.
The pah, on investigation, was found to consist of 10
chambers excavated in the clay and communicating with
each other, and capable of holding 250 men, though not
more than 150 were lodged in it. The chambers were
overlayed with rafters and a layer of fern and earth,
about two feet thick. The whole was surrounded by
I:
double fence, filled in with earth and fern, and loopholed
for musketry. Provisions for two months were found
stored up. Though rifle-proof, this native fortification
had been considerably knocked about by the artillery.
It was destroyed by the troops, who then returned to
camp.

The news that the natives had all escaped capture
was heard with dismay by the colonists, who loudly
condemned the commanding officer for not bringing his
artillery into closer quarters at first, and " rushing" the
pah over night, or at least surrounding it so as to pre-
vent escape. From the testimony of one of the natives
who has since been into the camp, it appears that they
were terribly frightened at the effect of the artillery on
their defences, and that though none were killed, a
great many were wounded.
The natives, after recovering from their fright, began
to construe the engagement as a victory, and the effect
of this indecisive action on the native mind was soon
seen. Manahi, a Taranaki chief, who had quite recently
taken the oath of allegiance, began with his men to
Plunder the neighbourhood. A party of 100 volunteers,
supported by a company of 200 of the 65th, were sent
out to look after him, and halted within half-a-mile
of his encampment. But Colonel Murray, who was
in command of the regulars, declined to take his
men into the bush; and the volunteers, though
anxious to advance, would not do so unsupported,
anti so they returned to town without doing anything.
Natives now begun to muster round Manahi, and two
days after this ineffective reconnoitre news arrived that
three settlers and two lads had been found murdered.
Great anxiety was then felt for several families, number-
ing about 35 souls iu all, who were still in the bush, and
who, it appears, had congregated in the house of Mr. Brown,
the Episcopalian clergyman. An expedition was organised
to bring them in, and this led to a second and more de-
cisive engagement, that takes rank as the battle of Wai-
reka. The expedition consisted of about 80 volunteer
rifles, 60 militia, 25 of the naval brigade, and the light
company of the 65th—in all about 260 men, under the
command of Colonel Murray. The two former parties
followed the beach, the two latter took the road.
Starting at about 1 o'clock, the first-named, after a
short march, perceived the natives on the opposite sida
of a stream in front of them, principally in the valley of
a small affluent, their pah being entirely on the ridge
between themselves and the sea. The Europeans
advanced in skirmishing order, and then began an
irregular fight, principally in the flax gullies at the
mouth of the little stream and on the fiat above, in
which the attacking party made up by their superiority in
weapons for their inferiority iu point of numbers. After
about an hour of this irregular firing the naval brigade,
who bad come by the road, appeared on the inland side
of the gully, and, getting into pretty close quarters, did
considerable execution. In another hour they were
joined by a detachment of the 65th, who also proved
very useful. The greater portion of the regulars
were halted about three-quarters of a mile off, and did
not take part in the engagement. Notwithstanding
their losses, the natives were so numerous that they
managed to enclose the volunteers and militia on two
sides. The ammunition these latter had brought with
them was nearly expended, and their position was
getting critical. They sent a messenger to Colonel
Murray to tell him how they were situated, but
without getting either sympathy or help. He returned
answer that his orders were to be home before
dark, and that, as they had got into a mess with-
out his orders, they might get out of it ; and
he forthwith sounded the recall, taking back with
him the naval brigade, whose commander, Lieutenant
Blake, had been wounded at the commencement of the
action. The volunteers, thus left to themselves, and
expecting every moment to be "rushed," reserved
what little ammunition they had left, and, thinking a
retreat dangerous in the face of an expected attack,
hastily protected their position as well as they could by
a low breastwork of logs and straw. Shortly after dark
they heard a great cheering, and could manage to see
that the flag iu the pah was down. They were preparing
' to join in the rush, but, there being no response to their
own cheer, their leader thought the whole thing a
ruse to withdraw them from their cover. It was
however, no rues, but a most fortunate diversion effected
by Captain Cracroft, of the Niger, and 50 of his men,
who, arriving late, "rushed" the pah with cutlass,
bayonet, and revolver, took the flags, and returned on
the road and over, took the troops, reaching town with
them about half-past six. The natives had been so
astonished by the sudden assault of Captain Cracroft,
that they quitted their attack on the volunteers,
and returned in haste to the defence of their little
stronghold. The volunteers, finding themselves no
longer mottled, began, at seven o'clock, cautiously to

effect their retreat, bringing their wounded with them,
and reached home a little after midnight. About half a
mile from home they met a relief party, which had been
rather tardily despatched in search of them. The num-
ber of the natives engaged in this contest is estimated
at from 600 to 600. It is thought that at least 100
were killed, and it is known that 10 influential chiefs
fell. On the European side, the loss was only 2 killed
and 11 wounded. The effect of the engagement was in
this respect very decisive, though the immediate object
of bringing in the settlers was not achieved. That,
however, was effected safely on a subsequent day, the
natives baying fallen back into the bush.

The want of harmony between the regulars and the
volunteers has created a very bitter feeling in the small
community of New Plymouth. The latter complain
that while bearing the brunt of the fight they were
cruelly abandoned, and but for the timely and unex-
pected assistance of Captain Cracroft they would have
been cut off to a man ; while the military men
complain that the volunteers, from their rashness and
ignorance of the art of war, are always getting
into useless scrapes, and expecting the soldiers to
get them out again. The volunteers declare they
will not serve under Colonel Murray again, and.
ask to be enrolled with the naval brigade. The
Governor, in order to moderate the vehemence of the
prevalent feeling, has personally besought the editors of
the local journals not to discuss the subject. Meanwhile
he has sent to Australia for help, and his request has
been promptly responded to. All the vessels of war on
the station have left for Taranaki ; the City of Sydney
has started from here with 120 men of the 12th Regi-
ment, 40 artillerymen, and 6 sappers, with a large supply
of ammunition. The City of Hobart has also been
chartered to take 216 soldiers from Melbourne. The
force thus concentrated will, it is hoped, be sufficient to
bring the war to a speedy conclusion.

week'sAP
RIL 2 l.
later
We have received by sailing vessels a
news from New Zealand. There had been no more
fighting. Some further particulars are given of Captain
Cracroft's gallant attack on the pah. It appears that
the Niger arrived from Manakau after the expedition
had started from Taranaki, and that the captain, finding
what was going on, landed at once with fifty of his
men, and hastened to the scene of action, and, though
it was dark on his arrival there, he resolved at
once on storming the pah. Having, harangued his
men, and promised £3 to the man that pulled down
the rebel flag, and finding the practice of a rocket
tube he had brought with him altogether too unsatisfac-
tory for his ardour, it was left behind in charge of a
small party, and the pah was "rushed." No single
man could claim the honour of seizing the flag, the rush
was so instantaneous. Four of the men were severely
wounded, but great execution was done among the
natives, who were shot and bayoneted as they tried to
hide themselves in the chambers of their pah. The
rebel flag has been publicly presented by Capt. Cracroft
to the Governor of New Zealand, who has ordered the
staff of it to be properly inseribed with an account of
its capture. The steamer Airdale had sailed from
Manakau for Taranaki, taking 85 men of the Goth
Regiment and a supply of warlike stores.'