The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

movement. I wanted to go in, but the persons who
were thero prevented me; and the peasant, ono of them,
pushed me away; and, giving: me four sous, said—' We
don't want you—here are four sous—be off with you!'
I went away. In the night the dead body of Annette
was conveyed down stairs, and her murderers deliberated
as to what should be done with it. One suggested that
it should be placed in a hole to be made in the wall, and
that the hole should be plastered up; but this was ob.
jested to, on the ground that the freshness of the mortar
would attract attention, and that besides the corpse
would cause a strong stench. At length it was resolved
to cut the body in pieces, to separate the flesh from the
bones; to boil the flesh in a pot, and give it to the pigs
to eat, and to burn the bones to ashes. This was dune.
The bones, to prevent any smell, were steeped in quick
lime before being burned. The pigs devoured the boiled
flesh with voracity, and some of them died after from
excess. My rather and mother, the peasant, and M.
Mono's servant, took part in this horrible affair." The
law authorities are now making a searching investiga-
tion; they have already discovered the clothes of the
girl, and in the ashes of the grate a human tooth. The
ashes have been carefully collected, and are to be analysed
by chemists. The sensation which the affair has created
in the peaceable town of Bazas is immense.

RECEPTION OF ROSAS.
With undeniable consistency Rosaa has been received
with all honours under the Government whose head
rebuked the press for its strictures on the usurpation
and tyranny of Louis Napoleon. The Port Admiral of
Plymouth, Sir John Ommenney, who was so remiss and
b tckward in the deplorable case of the Amazon, was
all 'on the alert to receive and honour the deposed
tyrant Rosas. Zeal for humanity was not the thing
re quired for this occasion, and the peculiar zeal not for
humanity was not wanting. All the authorities were in-
spired with the same zeal and nothing but sickness pre-
vented the District Commander of the Forces from pay-
ing him homage. Rosas's letter of recommendation are
writen in characters of blood, he comes to our asylum
with credentials of criminality hardly to be p erdlleled in
atrocity; a place of shelter was his due as an exile, but
that is not what has been assigned to him, but a place
of honour. Marvellous has been the eagerness of Eng-
lish gentlemen, high in military and naval authority, to
grasp the blood-stained hand. -In remarking on the at-
tack on Haynau we raised the question whether the
frequent example of the honour paid by the higher
classes to unworthy notoriety of any kind might not ac-
count for the outrage against the Austrian savage, the
sentiment provoked in many an uncultivated but honest
nature being, "If no one will let this man know what
is thought of his conduct, I will. He shall not get off
with nothing but compliments and civilities." But there
could be none of this feeling if the sense of a malefactor's
offences was marked by the coldness and neglect of the
class of society with which his intercourse lay. The
Plymouth authorities doing honour to Rosas, must suffer
much in the comparison with the draymen of Batik,ide
mobbing Haynau. There was an honest sentiment at
the bottom of the one fault, there is nothing but guilty
sympathy in the other, unless it be servility to a Govern-
ment which is supposed to favour the instruments of
despotism in every part of the world.—Examiner.

THE FLIGHT OF ROSAS.
(FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.)
BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 2.—Since I wrote last we
have experienced a complete revolution, as you have no
doubt heard ere this from Rosas or the officers of the
Coeflict, which was to convey him to England. to the
concluding part of my last letter I told you, I think, that
on Saturday, the 31st of January, the vanguard of Rosas's
army, consisting of some 6.000 men, was completely
routed by a small number of U ,quiz es troops on the fields
of Alvarez, near the bridge of Marques, about 20
miles from here. The next day (Sunday) Rosas led
his troops from their encampment of Santos Lugarez
(4 leagues from this) to a :pot midway between the
village of Moron and the former place, little more than
a league from each, and there awaited the approach
of the enemy, who was advancing straight towards
the city from the bridge of Marques. The Sunday
passed over in town very quietly till the evening.
when the removal of some cannon into the fort
seemed to cause a little sensation. A general impres-
sion prevailed that a portion of the army had expe-
rienced some reverse the day before, but nothing cer-
tain was known upon the matter, nor as to the posi-
tions of the respective armies. Monday passed iu the
same way. People went about their ordinary occupations
as usual, and there were no indications of the approach-
ing change. About daybreak on Tuesday morning
(the 3d) a distant sound of cannon was heard, but did
not seem to create any sensation. At nine o'clock, how-
ever, a rumour began to circulate that a battle had
been fought on the plains of Moron, in which Rosas
was defeated, and that his troops were in flight for
the city. Immediately the place assumed the appearance
of great excitement, which was increased by the firing
of three guns from the fort (by order of General Manzills
the governor of the town), the signal of martial law.
Every shop was immediately shut, and the people con-
gregated in small groups in the streets. About 11, ca-
valry soldiers, by twos and threes, came galloping through
the town, confirming the report of the defeat. As the
day wore on they continued to come in great numbers,
making the best of their way through the town towards
the south, dispersing immediately to their own
homes. At twelve the militia of the town marched
from their barracks, and were posted with arms
and ammunition on the flat tops of the
houses, ready to fire upon any troops entering the
city. Our house has a sloping roof, and therefore we
had not any of these gentry, but the house opposite had
a dozen, and so of others. At the entrances of all the
streets leading to the greet square cannon were placed,
and trenches, about three feet deep, with a breastwork
formed of the earth and stones and yerba (a kind of tea
from Paraguay), sewn up in hides. These barricades
would have been little obstacles to the approach of in-
fantry, and would, perhaps, have made a Parisian laugh,
but they would have retarded the cavalry considerably.
All these measures looked as if an attempt was about to
be made to defend the town, but no such intention was
ever entertained by ganzilla,
who about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, communicated to the foreign Ministers that
he had only 2,000 militia to oppose the invading army,
endeavourci
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Accordingly,
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these gentlemen set out for Rosas's quinta (Palermo de
San Benito), about a league from the town, where fo r them
tthoe
Ur-
quiza was said by this time to have established his head-
quarters. They did not, however, see him until the next
morning (Wednesday), before which the matter had been
arranged. About 6 o'clock in the evening the marines
belonging to the various foreign vessels-of-war were
landed and marched in detachments to the bank, custom-
house, and various public and private houses. The night
during its course the militia were
passed
withdrawn ove
fromq quietly; e
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houses—a circumstance to be re-
gretted, appear. The only casualty
which took place in the town during the day was one
as will afterwards
which befell the master of her Majesty 's ship Locust.
Contrary to the advice of everybody, he determined to
ride towards Palermo to see what was going on. On
into town, because
his way he was shot in the arm by one of Rosas's routed
soldiers, who was coming . he refused
to give up the horse on whicohfherocie. me poor fellow
(Payne) was found by two his brother officers (who
had heard that an English officer had been wounded) in
the Retiro Barracks, about a mile from the town,
whither ho had been taken by some persons who found
him lying in the road insensible. It is supposed that
he must have fallen from his horse in a swoon from loss
of blood. He was immediately taken on board his
vessel, but died in about two hours from lobs of blood.
But it is time I should gm some account of the
battle, particulars of which did not reach us for some
days afterwards.
Rosas, as I said, led out his troops on Sunday after-
' noon from their encampment at Santos Lugares to a
spot distant from it about a league. Here they remained
on Monday, the 2d, and that evening he formed his
l line of battle. It was drawn up on the edge of a gentle
I slope, just raised above the surrounding level country.
It is computed that he had from 20,000 to 25,000
men of all arms. Most of these, especially the cavalry,
wero new levies, having been taken from their farms
only a few months before; some few of the infantry,
especially the blacks, who fought well, had long been
soldiers. He had nearly 100 pieces of artillery, but
they were badly managed. His old cavalry, to the
number of 13,500 men, had been stationed in detach-
ments along the river bank to the north of the province,
and, having been taken in detail, had nearly all been
cut off or dispersed by Urquiza's troops during their
march; so that only about 1,000 crossed the bridge of
Msirques under General Pacheco a few days before the
battle.
Rosas's line extended for about two miles on the edge
of a gentle slope—cavalry on the wings, infantry in the
centre, artillery in front and between the intervals.
There is not a tree or house on the field of battle, ex-
cept a house of brick and mortar, with a tower, called
Monte Caseros, which formed Rosas's extreme right,
and which he occupied in. force, and a round pigeonbouse
of brick, about 70
•yards from it. His arraugemeats
were very bad (his centre and left being evidently with-
out support), for he had no knowledge of strategy, as ho
himself confessed, and he was so demented that he re-
fused to take the advice of any of his generals, some of
whom told him that he must lose the battle. Urquiza,
with a force of from 25,000 to 28,000 men, from Entro-
rios, Uruguay, Corrientes, Santa Ff, and Brazil, arrived
from the neighbourhood of Moron on the evening of
Monday, and bivouacked at a distance of about two miles
from the enemy. At daylight on Tuesday morning he
drew up his men in a line, opposite to Resas's army, on
the edge of an opposite slope, at the distance of about
a mile. He was inferior in artillery, but much superior
in the quality and discipline of his troops. The can-
nonading began at daylight, and as I said was heard in
town. Urquize commenced the battle by outflanking
with his cavalry 11,03ffd3 left, which was Completely
turned and routed, and it was some of these gentlemen
who came early into the town giving out that the
battle was lost, while their comrades were still
fighting. While this was going on Rosas's left
thinize's centre and left, composed of Brazilian
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space. Surrounded on all sides, they surrendered or
fled in all directions, and the rout was complete. It was
difficult to gather exactly how long the battle lasted.
The real fighting began probably at 6, A.M., and ended
near 12. Rosas was on the tower of the heave for some
t ime, and then in the field; at length, seeing all was lost,
he took to flight, and, thanks to a very magnificent
horse, and the (lust and emehe of the battle, he
succeeded in getting into town. After remaining for,
some time in the outekirts, ho came in to Mr. Gore's
(the British Qhares) house, about four o'clock/ and r°7