The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The review and inspection of the let Regiment of the
Duke of Cornwall's Rangers took place during the past
week at Bodmin, and was conducted by the Commander
of the Western District, Major-General Eden. The
present strength of the regiment is about 270 of all
ranks. Their conduet during the review was of the
most satisfactory character, and stet with the warm ap-
proval of Major-General Eden.
The Royal Elthorne,L;Rht Infantry, stationed at the
Camp, Aldershott, was called upon to give ♦olunteers to
the line, &c., on Thursday last, on which occasion the
Lieutenant• Colonel Commandant, L. Murray Prior, ad-
dressed his regiment, aid strongly recommended them
to come forward at the present crisis, when so many
were required for active service. He particularly recom-
mended any who Wished to be cavalry soldiers to go to
the 3d Light Dragoons, commanded by his brother•in-
law, Lieut.-Colonel Unett, when 50 came forward. He
next recommended them to enter the Rifle Brigade in
camp, when upwards of 150 came forward. Afterwards
several volunteered for other regiments, so that about
250 men offered their services ; but some of them were
rejected, especially those for the Guards, they not being
of sufficient height. This is the second time within three
months that the Elthorne has volunteered in this manner.
This regiment is so popular that, it is said, a few weeks
will bring it up to the full establishment of 1,000 men.
The 2d West York Regiment of Militia arrived at the
North Wall, Dublin, on Friday morning, from Liver-
pool, and marched to the Royal barracks, where they
halted for an hour, whence they marched to Limerick.

THE LATE 1101-4RIBLE OUTRAGE IN

CAVAN.

The following lettei from John J. Hinds, Esq.,
affords no hope that his unfortunate relative, who
was so brutally assaulted .a few days ago, will re-
cover. He brings a serious charge against the peo-
ple of the district where her assassination was
attempted. The place is in a thickly-inhabited
district. The miscreants must have known that
her cries could be heard, and that the attention of
a crowd must have been attracted by the reports of
their firearms. But they calculated upon a general
complicity of their crime. Such is the reasonable
inference in this dreadful case. Mr. Hinds writes
to the editor of Saunders' thus :

"Killeshandra, Oct. 20, Friday Night.
"Sir,--I have just returned from the scene of the late
murderous attaok upon Miss Charlotte Hinds, and found
her still living, but without the remotest hope of re-
covery. Her medical attendants are of opinior that she
may linger for a short time. The strength of constitu-
tion which has borne injuries enough to have killed half
a dozen men may sustain her far a brief space. No one
who has not seen the sufferer and the ground can form
an idea of the deliberate and cold-blooded murder, or the
daring. effrontery of the assasrine. It is on as beautiful
a spot as any in Ireland, on the side of a hill command-
ing an extensive view of a thickly-inhabited country,
perfectly open on one side. I counted more than 20
comfortable farmers' houses within a short distance
and the spot where she was taken off her car and delibe-
rately slaughtered is not a hundred yards from the houses
of her own tenants in any direction. The houses are on
both sides of the road, and both before and behind where
it occurred. To stand on such a spot, and look at the
houses and the open country in broad day, and see the
ground still marked with the blood of a near and dear
relative and that relative a woman—is enough to make
a man doubt the evidence of his senses. I may add, if
.
anything could add to the atrocity of the act, that the
property
has been possessed by the family and name for
centuries. The p.ar lady, after having been beaten with
heavily-loaded whips, one of which remained on the
ground, and by which her skull was fractured and her
wrist and fingers broken, had the muzzles of three pistols
placed in succession close to her head, and the contents
lodged in her head and face ; one was placed on the very
top of the skull and fired-rlowa into the heal where the
contents still remain. I cannot write more.--Yours
faithfully, "Jose T. HINDS."

DREADFUL MURDER NEAR MATFEN IN
NORTHUMBERLAND.

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the night of Saturday last at
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cottage about twelve o'clock on Saturday I
he spoke to the deceased, who was staadiugat the door.
The murder was discovered early next worning, having
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been perpetrated iu the interval. The deceased _
found lying upon the floor, with her hands strapped
mno,
to-
gether with a leather belt, and her feet tied with :1 rope.
Her head was fearfully bruised, and blood, which had
flowed from the wounds, lay in poo' near her head.
She was cold and stiff, showing that the murder had
taken place some hours before.
Every part of the house had been ransacked, and all
the things were in confusion, rendering it evident that
money had been the object of the search.
The village of Waterloo consists only of al.out five or
six detached cottages, situate in a retired part of the
county, and is the resort of tramps, broom-makers, and
vagrants of all kinds during the summer and autumn
months.

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No clue has been obtained to the perpetrators of this
horrible crime, but the county police are engaged in in-
vestigating the matter.