The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1857.

LIITTIIIS PION INDIA.

A gentleman in Bombay writes to a relative in this
country, u follows :
What they say stout the people of the country not Wag
naiad as is all bosh kis sot only the army, tot ell the
satires, who hats as. Imu give you a very 'trills( masses
titbit is this wry pines. Then is ea English mime)
kin supported by pveremssat ; the young men sad adults
mast woe a week for disomeirm, seat for the purpose of int-
previa( themselves. I gave the • lecture a few weeks ago
on the advantage of midways to ladis ; this lest week the dia-
-1 outelos wee on patriotima, the master having, so doubt,
I selected the subject seas appromiate one at the priest time,
and Waking a great deal would be said in favour of the
gsysnossat OM supported them. To my surpriee if not to
kis, they dilated co the diagram of their having foreign rulers,
the cowardice of permitting other. to govern them ; end in
sheet, there was • petrel feeling againet us—this too bees
flierlaus, the mildest pert of the people. These engaged wen
ellueMed permute, and were thorn who ought to have upheld
us, more particularly as the meat prise to them is looking
forward to bobs( employed la various capacities in our Awe
aud public works.

The following letter leas been received by the
father of the wnter, s gentleman living in ew•
castle. The author is an instructor of musketry with
the 90th :

Camp war Allehabed, Sept. 6, 1667.
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Dear Father,—We left Chinn,on board steamers sad
fiat-bottomed boats, on the 29th July. I should ban very
much liked to have stayed a little longer In barracks. We
arrived at Beihempore on the evening of the Ist of Angust,
about four o'clock. At fies the regiment dimembarked,
formed up, and the coked addressed us, Mating that we
were to disease two &pay veglimmle ; he said we had to
keep perfect Wises, sold net S. lire =al In pm the com-
mend, and if they_ rowed the least miter* to eve up
Oak sums heward set kebabs to rnh them. We bad
to mann sheet twit miles to the ninny Ire& When we
get then we freed a egghead farmed up, under arms • Sees '
tram the Brom We gat haa good position me as to be able
to pt of at all air. The depots were then ordered to
pile Wme
livery beast now quaked—a moment's denim
would decide their seta, ler, from the position we were in, we
cord hays killed ray one of thew We 1, as good luck
word have kthei p up their on =neat the =et
hontstian We la now a corky reennent to deal with.
We wafted &boat en leer kw the= a= Mg= to fancy that
they had ma at It was ninon tenests all this time,
having comisinced shoed breedistely we disembarked.
At last we saw them to the dlitinne. They were halted
within about 200 yards ten es, the dimmed Scoop on
their right. limier been =weir there, they were ordered
to dismount, which tiny did, bet sot without some Wits-
tMs ; in fact, star of ern put their feet in their atimur to
remount, whir win suer Wesel sew, he simmer line
of nMadries *weeds limn wide& ismer he have the de-
sired ear, feesdwust ones meshed up, Yeasts their Donee
aloft with thew. -They new haled riOt in front due,
and were mired be pored their mum, which they did in a
*.ides, ems osegging their wade in twain and other,
drown= their perime, umbra,and pistols in the air.
After es lag these erne. the Orem were marched off to
their shibles, where link hater ware taken from them,
which =be dielenired than ; be, hang Irregular Ca-
me• tbe herr VIM their own . of then
they wield hueshinght /or It ifpoporty tley hadzan knyown that
they've* he give up their borer.
owl
we our to ear
mine &dr run the whole of the ralsy's were loaded,
wthe fame with the greater part of the infantry. There
• viOrrag gond kept on shore all night. I must
mention not we bed two howitsere, loaded to the mann
With mile,..nni;odre bre =ism The 'text two days
ewe menwere pingrented the tamers in search
ef rumps= net seal lay their hands upon, and
net wilher stessess, for they tees& a many warlike
weeper sway entire= of all remrt We left Her-
hamper en the Sed at A and paned thloorredabed.
Then b ewe at the meet m.gobeent palaces la India hem—
It I. Se mileer of a nabob. We arrived at Burgkpon an
the fob August. Them were here about 460 aepoys. The
=dark= weed not amnion or edema dimming the=
wide& area very foolish, for we as reser got a few miles
Sun So pros then they ran af, with their emu and every-
this( they mid lay their hands upon. I saw a great many
nemesis= Inge alligators in this part of the Gauge.. in
O 0.7.14•••■ S• 111•11_7_ a/ ten Or a down together; we shot
et them. We aleived at Diaspora on the 12th
Auger; the 106 iteement lay there. Atom 23 mike from
Dryer then Is a giro caned Arregh, when there are
two or these therend firer ; •bet they an surrounded,
sad ben been torn, dieted. • party of the 10th was
mareldeg up to ths pros rent the 4th or Sin of August.
They were going through a jungle, marching quite at ease,
end in apparent eafety, when all of a sodden a tremendous
volley wee fired from the jungle, which killed a fourth of the
number of thecirmfial:ws ; of course they had to make a
nay retreat. our stay at Dinapore they hanged about
half • down of the re . I went to one of the executions ;
the fellows, through being so hardened, marched up to the
very scaffold as WA an lions. After hanging until they are
deed, their bodies ere thrown into the Ganges. Then were
about 90 or 100 Anon here who had not rebelled. The day
after we ISt Drapers somebody came down to these
end murdered four of them, and wounded fifty.
The blame the men of the 19th Regiment, but my
opinion is that some of the minion. of them same Berm
came down upon them for not joining them, and of nouns
they would very likely blame the men of the 10th Regiment.
Then are some horrible and heartrending tales told about
the cruelties resorted to by the &prim and, 1 am lorry to
say, all too true. The 6th Fusiliers were on the march whn
one of the men perceived a pair of children's shoes lying by
the road side. He asked to fall out, and went and picked
them up. When be came to look inside, there wen two little
white feet cat off close to the ankles. The way they have
treated our women and children in really diagramed, and
would men the blood of any feeling man boil. They do sot
deserve to be erred on any account. I have no mance to
go Into the field, but under these circutnetances I certainty
shall have a go into them.

We have been very much crowded on board these flats and
steamers, and altogether a perfectly miserable trystre—black
biscuit and stroking meat, rooked by a miserable lot of dirty-
looking blacks ; no plane to In but on the deck, exposed to
the weather night sad day, and almost eaten up with amid
Mies, and mesquites, rats, and beetles running over you all
night law After Ira ring Diaspora we went se far so
place caned Dan, about ISD miles from Dinapore, which
took on about five days. When we arrived here, we ware or-
dered back to what for we never could End out.
Skkness had now ken out. We lost one of our surgeons
the second time we were at Diaspora he, poor fellow, having
been curled off by cholera. You would have pitied the poor
fellows to have seen them lying about the deck half dead,
afflicted with fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera, and no
*oft bed or hoepital accommodation, or any other comfort at
all. I thank God I managed to keep in good health, with
the exception of a slight bowel oomplaint now and then.

We Mvired et Alfahabed on the 4th September, after •
voyage of severe trial, having lost nearly 30 men corning up
the Ganges. Some of the poet fellows we had to throw
into the river, for, dying of cholera and such dilemma, they
would not keep until we got Into • station. The
up here certainly would have been very delMhtfullrg
had had proper accommodation. We landed bete last
night about seven o'clock, and marched about live miles
to camp, arriving when it was dark , but it was • beau-
tiful night, and It wee really a relief to get on dry land
sr-sin. There were detachments of her Majesty's fifth and
of the let Madras Families in the same encampment, but
they marched airily the morning, and we have to march
off to-morrow morning at one o'clock—that being the only
time we can march in India. Oar destination is Comport,
which place is about nine days' march, or about 100 miles.
Oar Move are In Cawnpore, and are surrounded by the
rebels; they are consequently in want of reinforcements.
Our troupe there say they cannot hold out any longer, end
if they do not get relief short) they have made up their
minds to blow themselves up. I trust to God that we will
be up in gad thee. I am now witting under canvas., in a
very disagreeable polities for writing, for I have no table,
end am sitting en my bad writing on my boo. You must
mews my serape of pert, for wo are so unsettled that we
ham b pat up with every inconvenience. I have got a severe
eidee en the (mildew sif my right hand ; but I was deter-
mined to write from hme, for I may not have another chance
of posting a letter kw some months to come. I know not
wheats" you may receive this or not, for the rebels have
stopped and robbed • peat many of the melte. I got a lever
Me, send to Peetemedb, from mother. Ime by the papers
that the pear bibs, as board the Transit were wrecked, but
• sou saved. We have • king march before us, some five
or NW bumbled slap, Ibr der finishing at eswnpore we will
bars to goes to DAM; but I think. with God's help, that I
shall =OO go through it. Writs me often, and be
to sand me • few nape's. The tent I ma
good•en miry saddled with, and being thee that on
bond ths redeseable river flats. T are about 600 wounded
from Data and Catnips., fa the fart at Allehatad. Remem-
ber me to d at boa" It, 0., Me., A., and all inquiring
friends. nohow set what oey tete may bo, but only let an
Mss, r Is the bag, and I stall set let It pose by.—
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EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL FOR FRAUD.

At the Reading Sessions on 'Thursday, a young
Area gentlemanly appearence sad said to be well ceenseted,
mined John Singleton Copley Hill, described fa the Wender
es ea " emountant," =a tried before the Bacorthe of the
borough (Mr. Serjeant Mereweether) at es lediantent,
charging him with having on the 19th at Jens hot =dr-
eamed to obtain the sum of 601. by mew of fake preseces
has Mr. Edward Pole, s moor residing et Raiding.
The =el involved a question of great ammonia'
im-
pmtatoq sad the cant was crowded during the bearing.
Mr. Smioant Parry and Mr. Lawrence appeared for the
pressratka. The defendant oonductsd his own cre, and
onertnel the witnessed la • shrewd and intelligent meaner.

The dehedant having pleaded not guilty to the indite:met,
Nr. Berkent Parry mated the cue for the prosecution.
The learned gentleman having expressed hie regret that the
de dent was unrepresented by counsel, observed that the
ease which the jury would have to dritsrmiss was cue of
gmat commercial importance and interest. The deisadant,
when taken into custody on the present charge, was dirk to
en
agency house, trading or carrying on hominess ander the
mete of Caster and Co., of No. 13, Old Jewry, Landon.
• Edward Pole, the Immediate prosecutor, was a respect-
Irbil tradesman, who led carried on the Inseam of a grew
Bies&g tor upwards of three years. The weeny cam la
which the deimisat was employed was of a peculiar character.
The gam wee caned Castor and Co., but it represented the
"British Commercial Mgeacy," an undertaking which was
supported by many "hobos]e houses of the greatest respects-
bility in the City of London. Those houses having essay
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of retail customers, subscribed
a mint of from 20 to 25 guniness per sanum to the British
Commercial Agency, and In consideration of that subserip•
Caster and Co., or the agency, undertook to collect, oa
being authorised to do so, all debts dos to their subscribers,
enforce claims, enter into compromise with insolvent trader;
and, infect, transact all that kind of business which was some.
time undertaken by accountants and sometimes by solicitors,
fa their indivkluel capacity. It was quite possible that a so-
ciety or agency of this deaf conducted upon honour-
able pelaciplea, sad with ct integrity of purpose, both
to the witebeale tease, w o had to see that he gave credit
only to wok pereoes ea were entitled to twelve it, sad to the
retell eider, who might be led by its action to look into the
state rills asks, sad merman whether ho was in solvent
or insolvent eiramesteaces. If the instructions which he

(the leaned serjerd)bed received were accurate—and he had
no rerun= doeht it—he thought he would be able to prove
that the messy, by the inetrnmentslity of the defendant, a
parson end rasa istellionce, and pours= of an education
tar beyond that arena= loudly to be found in his pebble
in society, had tended materially to prejudice the credit of
Mr. Pole, the prow:cuter, and to injure the pecuniary In-
terests of the clients of Caster and Co., who were in bet
the British Commercial Agency. Whether the defendant
was • partner with Cuter and Co. or not the proiscalor had
no legal evidence to prove, but as Mr. Caster was pees= la
ex= the defendant could call Dim if he plewd, sad thee
sodeavour to relieve himself of some portion of the rasima-
dbility.of the offence with which he wee charged. However
that might be, there was no legal evidence to thow that he
was mined op with the occurrences into which the jury
would have to-Inquire, as he only visited Reading on the way
to Bath, and was only seen on the platform of the railway.
Having stated the nature of the Briush Commercial A
he would now mist to the particular transaction out orrhieri
the t charge woke. On the 16th of June last the &-
dtndsgt Hill called upon Mr. Pole, and represented himself
as the clerk of Center and Co., authorised by them, ea the
age= of mime large wholesale houses in London, to wait
upon the =meet of certain debts due to them from Pole. It
was hers nsouriary to state that Mr. Pole was in the habit of
dealing with Conway and Co., of Mincing-lever, Means.
Hicks, Baylis, and Co., Moms. !Janson aid Co., Marrs
Puke Brothers, and others, whose names it was not materiel
to mentien. Those bus supplied Pole with goods,
which hs retailed in Reding and the surrounding
districts. Oa the 10th of June Pole owed but thawdebte—mosely, 461. lb. 3d. to Haman and Co. 1141. 14a. to
Hicks, Baylis, and Co., sad 171. as Paths Brothers. There
were sccounts cornet with other lees= but the trade credft
had not expired, sad thsrelowe the sums wars not really doe
and owing: When Rill sabred the shop of Mr. Pole, be
mid he had called fee 46. lb. N. des es Hewn s= Co.
Mr. lesle said, " Very well, I will give you a cheque for It ;"
end le gave him the cheque sooordingly, drawn upon his
banhere In Raiding, Messrs. Stephens, 'Handy and Co.
Wale he was in the act of writing the cheque, dill pushed
a emit into the boa= *fhb waistcoat, sad said that he did se
in osier to cover the expenses. H. then added that he had
another demand to make kw 1141. 14a, dos to Hicks, Baylis,
and Co. Mr. Pole ewer= his wlllingssee to give a cheque
for that amount also, whoa HID mid, "There is no an in
your doing that, for to-morrow morning I will receive by
poet authority to dome= of you 8001, due by you to your
crediors." Pole said this was an immediate', enrol, sad
oppressive proceeding, and that he was quits startled at the
intelligence. Hall then said, " Yon had better let me
look into your books and affairs to see how you
stand, for I tell you there was a meeting of your cre-
ditors held yesterday at Cuter and Co.'s. We are authorised
to act for them, and they intend to wind you up. I have in
my pouission notice, of bankruptcy signed by Conway
and Co. and Hicks, Baylis, and Co., and it is folly for you
to pay a sinje debt ; indeW, I think I have been Pero= in
tithing the se you have given me." When the defend-
sat said he hd the nottres in bankruptcy, he produced a
printed paper, saying that it wasone of the =Nom Mr.
Pule did not know what to do under the chenzastancee ' • and
as he felt that he was solvent, and would tie able to collect
3001. or 4001. on • journey then due, he Wall at s for to na-
dards= the true nature of Hill's mirk= He knew that
Conway and Co.'s debt was not then
id emend that they
could not, under such circumstances, y sign a =the
of bankruptcy. It then occurred to to go to Mr.
Neale, his solicitor, and, In the "MOWS of Mr. Law, that
gentleman's clerk, he detailed what had In thelater-
view with Hill. Hill, it should be elated, socompanied Pole
to Mr. Beebe Mike ; and on the hitter offering to go up to
London immediately sad sae Conway and Co., of whom
rghad bean purchased to the amount of
o, .1., be said there would be no us in coiling upon
them as he would have all the nodose la the
morning, and that Conway and Co. would rely rase hint
to Cuter and Co. Mr. Law then asked Hill to serve the
notices in bankruptcy if he had them, and Hill replied, " I
have not got them in my pocket at thin moment, but they
ere in my to
at the hotel." Mr. Neale then re-
commended Pole to show his books to Hill, and an inspec-
tion of them took piece on the following day. It was then
ascertained that the book debts due to Pole amounted in
round numbers to 1,0001. At this interview Hill mid to
Pole, " If you will give me SOL we will get yen through for
124. 6d. In the potted. We will divide Henson and Co.'s
debt which you have already paid me, and I will return the
amount in the statement I will send up to your creditors in
London," Pole indignantly refused to listen to such term=
In the mean time he had telegraphed to Conway and Co. he
Leaden, and in the Marne of the afternoon a Mr. May, one of
their traveller., come down, and then Mr. Pole ascertained
that the statements of Hill were wholly lake—that no
meeting of creditor, had taken place at Cuter and Co.'., end
that no notice in bankruptcy had been signed by Conway
and Co. The latter arm, in fact, were not in a position to
by bankruptcy, became, although an acceptance of
rlcef:dfor 4001. was due In a few days (and was paid in due
nowise) there was nothing due to them on the 11th of June
fur which they could have proceeded. Hicks, Baylis and
CO., on the rentrtry, were in a position to proceed, but they
had not done so. Had it not been for Meson. Conway's
Minnow in this matter Mr. Pole would probably have been
ruined, and it would not have barn possible for hint to bees
up soh= the preen= put upon him. When Mr. May
came down Hill was engaged examining Pole's books, and
when the latter gentkman heard that Hill's statements
wore wholly devoid of truth, ha snatched the papers from
him on which he was writing out • bet of trade credi-
tom, and told him that if he did not leave hit oho` he
would kick him out. On the 'Berne= of the 16th of June
Mr. Caster met 11111 on the platform of the Great Western
Railway, at the Reading eatlon. Mr. Cuter was then on
hie way to Bath. and Hill reported to him that he had got
Hannon and Co.'. matey, end that he was waiting to look
into his books. He (the learned esrjeant) hoped that what-
ever be might my of Mr. Cuter, or of his alleged oomplldty,
would not weigh with the jury sgainst Hill, for if Hill was
an innocent agent, and was only acting upon instructions re-
ceived from Cuter end Co., he hoped they would acquit
him. He feared, however, they would not be able Ci come to
that eonclaaion; for although the defendant might be equally
guilty with others, still he (Mr. fterjeant Parry) thought he
would be able to show that Le well knew that the statements
he woe making were Ulu, and that they were made with the
intention of dcfniuding the prow-obit. The learned serjeant
concluded by directing the attention of the jury to the fact
that although the fraud which the defendant had attempted
woo not wholly completed, the attempt was regarded by
the law es an oboes of greet magnitude, end that if =eh
proceedings were tolerated in • commercial community, these
would be an end of anything like confidence and fair dealing
between man and man.

—Mr.EdwardTole, the prosecutor, was called, and sub-
jected to a searching examinatice. He woo also crow
examined by the damedast. The other triturate wire Mr.
I. Naar, solicitor, sad Ida clerk, Mr. I. H. Low, Mr. May,
traveller to Hams. Conway sad Co., Mr. T. Hicks, partner
in the titre d Hicks, Heals, sad Co., sad Mr. T. Conway.
The delmsdant I,4oolllded to address the jury in a lone and
aaoannectod daturas He declared be lad bow an insane
matt la the heads at Outer sad Co. Mr. Caster, hoverer,
robtatoored to give evidmase, sad gave the statemeadm of the
dialmat a as
dada Mr. Castor was caowel-
makned by llorismat Perry. Hs said :—I tut beard that
Pat had wok dim aware against tis dsadant tram
Mr. Hicks. I moot ma to data, but It was shoot • week atter
ais Milt Jim 1 asolived the mama= imandell kr Hill