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STAMPED ....sd.

20th, 27th (Enniskillens), 34th, 42d (Royal High-
lenders), 43d Light Infantry, 48th, 54th, 77th, 79th
Highlanders, 80th, 88th Connaught Rangers, 90th
Light Infantry, 92d Highlanders, 94th, and 97th
Regiments, and 3d battalion Rifle Brigade. The
number selected to embark for Bombay is 28 officers
and 842 men of all ranks, belonging to the 3d (Prince
of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, Royal Artillery, 28th,
33d (Duke of Wellington's), 44th, 56th, 72d High-
landers, 95th, and 103(1 (Royal Bombay) Fusilier
Regiments. The reinforcements placed under orders
to embark for Madras include 20 officers and 752
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battaliontes ofu tthe
Royals,l7th
non-commissioned sos iyoanle
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Ist battalion 18th Royal Irish, 3d battalion 60th
Rifles, 66th, 69th, 74th Highlanders, and 91st Regi-
ments. In addition to the above, 8 officers and 216
non-commissioned officers and men selected from
the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, Ist
battalion 4th (King's Own), Ist battalion 19th, 51st
(King's Own) Light Infantry, and 71st Highland
Light Infantry Regiments, have been placed under
orders to proceed to Kurracbee for reinforcing the
regiments at that station. The whole of the rein-1
forcements will embark at Gravesend as soon as the
necessary amount of tonnage has been taken up for
them by the Hon. Council for India,
The Megiera, screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, arrived at Portsmouth at an early hour
yesterday morning from Alderney, with the remain-
der of, the 55th Regiment on board and two batte-
ries of Royal Artillery. The 55th were disembarked
and joined headquarters in Portsmouth garrison.
Theßoyal Artillery on disembarking were forwarded
by special trains on the South Coast and South-
Eastern Railways to Dover. The two batteries of
the Royal Artillery comprised—Second Capts, H.
W. Briscoe and H. B. Maule ; Lieuts. H. G. Cob-
bold, S. M. Mulremau, J. F. Jenkin, and J. A.
Lawrie ; Assist.-Surg. W. H. Pollard ; 10 sergeants,
2 trumpeters, 13 corporals, 177 privates ; 31 women
and 44 children.

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back a little, as the people mig ;'ilitit-tlavY.
had been fighting and that his re 4' mai Ter
ning away. Melanie came up at the same time
to bid goodbye to the Mexican officer, when
suddenly the French cavalry, without any
warning, charged the Mexicans in the rear.
They were quite taken by surprise; they had
not time to draw their swords or unsling their mus-
kets before 12 of their number were cut down and
15 taken prisoners. Tha rest escaped. General
Melanie was knocked off his horse when the attack
was made. After he had recovered from his sur-
prise he remounted. He then saw a French trooper
order a Mexican lad of about 16 to dismount. He
saw the same trooper draw his pistol, blow the prior
boy's brains out, and then rifle his pockets:, nll in the
presence of the French officers, who looks d on. Two
troopers rode np 'to Melanie and ordered him to dis-
mount under pain of being immediately shot. Me-
lanie turned to them in a cool manner which is
habitual to him, and said, ” I have no doubt you
would ; it is no more than I would expect after what
I have seen. But let me tell you that lam General
Melanie, of the Spanish army, and that if you blow
my brains out you will answer for it." At this crisis
the French officer interfered, and Melanie was al-
lowed to leave at once. He joined Prim, and they
continued their journey towards Vera Cruz. The
English hauled down their flog from the wall of the
town, and saluted the Mexican flag with 21 guns on
the 25th ult. The French have seized the Custom-
' house and revenues, and augmented several taxes.
What appears strange is that the French have not
hauled down the Mexican flag from the walls of the
fort, but left it flying alongside of the tricolour.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF
EXTORTION,

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A most extraordinary case came last TilThlay
before the bench at Mark-cross, East Sussex, Messrs.
Watson, Smyth, and IL Dixon. James Menarge,
25, of 16, Clever-street, Kennington-cross, was
charged with threatening to accuse Wm. Dixon of
an infamous crime, with the intent to extort
money from him, and also, in conjunction with
Robt. Westfield, 22, of 1, Brydges-street,Covent-
garden, of conspiring by false preterces to obtain
money from the said Wm. Dixon. Mr. Dixon was

formerly the senior partner in the firm of Dixon,

Brook, and Dixon, bankers, Chancery-lane. The pro-
secutor, produced a bundle of letters in the hand-
writing of Menarge and Westfield, but principally
the former. In these Menarge demanded interviews
with Mr. Dixon about important matters, hinting
darkly that prosecutor had injured him when a boy
at Brighton, and that if he did not come to terms
legal proceedings would be the consequence. To
avoid annoyance and the injnry to his business
which would arise from such a charge Mr. Dixon, in
an unfortunate moment, consented to give money to
the fellows. From a memorandum book he read the
following items of sums paid by him to the prisoners
and Maynard :—January 11, Menarge, £5O ; May-
nard, £5O ; March 1, Maynard, £2O ; Menarge,
£2O ; 15th, Maynard, £5O (as he said he wished to

go to Australia) ; April 1, Menarge, £5O ; 18th,
Menarge, £5O; May 9, Menarge, £5O ; June 5,
Menarge, £7O; 29th, Menarge, £100; July 22,
Menarge, £lOO ; August 17th, Menarge, £5l; 29th,
Maynard; £52 ; September 13, Menarge, £52 ; 28,
Menarge, £5O; October 10, Menarge, £10; Nov.
10, Menarge, £2OO ; Dec. 11, Menarge, £5O ; 20th,
Menarge, £250 ; 30th, Maynard, £5O. This was all
in 1858, but in 1859 still larger sums were extorted
from the unhappy victim :-January 17, Menarge,
£400; Feb. 26, Menarge, £4OO. It was with things
in this state that Westfield was brought upon the
seeno, he and Maynard tendering their assistance to
rid Mr. Dixon of the enormous extortions to which
he was subjected by Menarge. In some of the letters
Menarge said he had Mr. Dixon under his thumb,
and it would be folly to let him slip. Arrangements
were also entered into for getting further sums, and
especially pointing out what Westfield was to do in
the matter. In this state of things the game of ex-
tortion in 1859 proceeded as follows :--March 27,
Maynard, £22 ; Westfield, £22 ; April 3, Maynard,
£25 ; Westfield, £25 ; 11th, Menarge, £4OO ;
18th, Maynard, £25 ; Westfield, £25 ; 19th, May-
nard, £5O ; Westfield, £5O ; May 8, Westfield,
£100; 21st, Westfield, £5O; 29th, NI enarge, £100;
June 10, Westfield, £100; 11th, Menarge, £53;
Westfield, £4 ; 22d, Maynard, £4 ; Westfield, £4;
Westfield, £204 ; Menarge, £lO2 ; 27th, Menarge,
and Westfield, £lOO ; July 27, Menarge and
Westfield, £lOO ; Westfield, £2. In this state
of things Mr. Dixon, who has been paralysed for
25 years, was, by the advice of his medical atten-
dant, removed from this country, and the system of
extortion ceased. About a fortnight ago, however,
Mr. Dixon came to Frant, on the borders of Kent
and Sussex, to see his sisters, who reside there.
Scarcely had he arrived before the prisoner Men-
arge was on his trail, and he actually had the im-
pudence to tell his story first to a policeman named
Dennis And afterwards to Superintendent Bennett,
of the East Sussex Constabulary. Mr. Bennett
asked him why he was staying at Frant. He said
" Mr. Dixon has used me very bad. He took me
away from my place at Brighton when I
Mwa!, only
14, and committed an unnatural crime 011 MO. The
last offence, he added, was 21 years ago. r. Ben-
nett cautioned him, and that evening Westfield
arrived at Frant. The wife of a coachman at the
Miss Dixons proved that Menarge had acedat the
house for an answer to a letter he had sent by a
lad named James. She told the prisoner there
was no answer to his letter at all. He said he
should wait several days to see him, and asked her
if she remembered him at Reigate. She told him
she did, because she remembered him and two
others watching Manor - house, Wray - park,
for an hour. Miss Dixon was living there,
and Mr. Dixon visited her once a week. Mr.
Dixon said, " I saw Maynard and Westfield to-
gether at Reigate. The moneys were given to
both at the same time. I gave it because they said
they required it to punish Menarge for some crime
he had committed upon a Jew boy, which I believed
to be true at the time. The money I gave to Me-
narge was to prevent anything that would be an-
noYing or prejudicial to my partners in the banking
business." Mr. Dixon, who appears infirm and ad-
vanced in years, was accommodated with a seat on
the bench. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Morgan and
Humphreys, Giltapur-street, was for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewis, Ely-
place), who defended Westfield, said, as the pri-
soners must be committed for trial, he should re-
serve the defence. Westfield was bailed to appear
at the assizes by his father, Robert Westfield, cab
proprietor, Eagle-yard, Holborn, and his partner in
the Star Coffeehouse, 1, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, a fashionably-dressed young woman, who
appeared much affected, in £lOO each. The bail
offered by Menarge, his father, was refused, and be
I was committed for trial at the Sussex assizes.

anneal
HOME TEACHING FOR THE BLI ND.
meeting of the society for supplying homTd
Scrip-
books in Moon's type to enable the blind
t°'rse:ocans, King-
ht ©teachers and
tures was held yesterday afternoon at Willuids
on
street. Mr. J. C. Colquhoun presided,oaeorge the platform
Smith, Mr.
were the Rev. Robert Maguire, Rev George
A. R. Fowler, Mr.
Moon, Mr. Assistant-Judge Payl,mv,o a
very interesting ac..
Consul Parkes, &c. The reportth gsaociety during the year in
count of the proceedings of the
of the world. The receipts
this country and in various partsafter meeting the necessary ex-
had been £319 Os. 51
'lanG 40. 10d. remained in the hands of
penses a balance of
Lad support was earnestly requested
the treasurer. might extend its operations. The
in order that theisuoiccuoielt!
importance of the society was not to bo
chairman said
ththeeamount of its income. Ile had examined
estimated by
into the operations of the society, and he could say it de-
the most cordial support. In this country there was
served
ablind population of 30,000, of wham 2,000 had been reached
by the agency of the society. In London there were 2,300
blind persons and the society had reached 700 of them.
These figures conveyed no adequate idea of the benevolent
results which accrued from the society's agency. lie
earnestly hoped that those who had means would show their
sympathy to the blind by giving increased pecuniary assis-
tance. ; Mr. Pennefather moved the adoption of the report,
and earnestly advocated the claims of the society. The Rev.
G. Smith, in seconding the motion, said the more the societyl
was known the more liberally it would be supported.nt The
motion was carried unanimously, and several gentlemen
afterwards addressed the meeting,
which
was
well
voN attended.sHlßE.
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DE
opseindsal
SQUARE, CITY.—The aggregate number
re-
lieved during the week ending, 3ia3l,
was—Medical,
a—atii‘etie
wyhich 651 were new
1,269 ; Surgical, 633 ; total 1,902, of
• cases. •

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