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TILE CAMP AT CJIOBHAM COMMON.

Lord Seaton marched his division yesterday to Runny-
made, threw a pontoon bridge over the bend of the
Thames there, fought a sham battle in Magna Charta,
Island. and, the troops having rested for dinner on
the field of action, returned by Staines to the Camp.
This was the hardest day's work that has yet been
gone through by the men, and was certainly one of
the most entertaining and gratifying to the spectators who
witnessed it. The site selected, apart altogether from its
historical attractions, was admirably adapted for setting
off the chief operations to advantage. On either side of
the river extend spacious parks, well wooded, but still
abounding in open spaces affording the requisite facility
for the movement of troops. On the north bank the
land is flat, but the south rises to a considerable height,
and is laid out in fine green slopes, whence a splendid
view could be obtained of all that took place yesterday.
Lord Seaton certainly has an eye for the picturesque as
as well as the practical in his profession, to have hit
upon such a spot for a field day. The valley of the
Thames throughout its course scarcely offers a richer
or more striking perspective than at Runnymeade.
Wood and river, swelling upland and fat meadow—all
that constitute the charm of quiet English scenery—are
there combined, and " the blast of war blown in the
ear" in such a retreat produces upon one an effect almost
melodramatic. Things have changed about Staines and
Egham since the Earl of Winchilsea's "proud Barons"
met in that neighbourhood. In spite of the cab strike
several thousands of Londoners got down there to wit-
ness the pontooning yesterday ; and (the military opera-
tions over) many went quietly to fish in punts for roach
before returning to town. Such econway of time would
have rather astonished people in the da''ys of King John.
The example set by Colonel Challoner in letting Lord
Seaton have access to his park, notwithstanding the
considerable sacrifice which it entails, was followed
yesterday by Mr. Prior, the present occupant of Anker-
wycke-house. A similar privilege must have also been
conceded by Sir John Cathcart on the south sides of
tie fiver. ... .
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The operations of yesterday bore some regdrablinoe ter
those at Virginia-water, in the Queen's presence, with
the former division. The troops had a considerably
longer march, however, and the pontooning though less
extensive, had to be carried out under the more natural
circumstances of a strong current. The sham fight was
also much better worth seeing and better seen than that
on the occasion referred to, and if the brilliancy of the
final review at the close was wanting the sight of 8,000
men dining in one field may be regarded as a fair sub-
stitute. With such despatch did Lord Seaton move from
the camp that the Sappers reached the point selected
for crossing the river at a quarter to 11 o'clock. They
set to work with great alacrity, and in less than three-
quarters of an hour the pontoon bridge was quite com-
plete. The first regiment that passed over it was the
79th Highlanders, the light company of which had been
ferried over previously in skiffs, and was already busily
engaged in skirmishing. While the bridge was in course
of formation the attention of the enemy was drawn off
considerably to the left by Sir Richard England's bri-
gade, which formed in imposing force on a fine grassy
slope, and, with one of the batteries thundering over-
head, made a demonstration as it was intended to attack
higher up the river. The effectiveness of this display
was a sufficient excuse for the enemy being misled by
it. Nothing could be finer—the cannonade, the mass
of armed men, and the rattling fire of the sharpshooters
along the river bank, all investing the sylvan beauties
of Cooper's-hill with a new and almost terrible attrac-
tiveness. When the pontoons had nearly reached the
the north side of the river, and the skirmishers of the
79th emerged from the shelter which concealed the
bridge, the enemy at once became aware how they had
been outwitted ; but it was too late. The guns of the
Horse Artillery covered the passage. One of the bat-
talions of Guards speedily followed the 79th, and the
4th Light Dragoons came after them, then the other
battalions of Guards and as fast as it could be brought
up, the rest of the division. The advance through the
rich meadows which lie on the north side of the Thames
at this point was one of the prettiest spectacles that
have been witnessed since the formation of the en-
campment. It had all the precision of a review, and
the discipline of the Highlanders and the Guards, who
bore the chief burden of it, excited general admiration.
The enemy, exposed to a heavy fusillade in front and
a flank fire from the south side of the river, retired
across a small bridge into Magna Charta, Island, whi-
ther they were impetuously followed by the leading bat-
talions of the division. The insulation of the spot in
which the Great Charter was signed is not of a very for-
midable character, but it afforded a good opportunity for
practising the regiments as they came up, in those nice
manoeuvres by which narrow bridges are crossed in
the face of an enemy. The meadow has probably not
till yesterday been put to any public use since a few
strokes of the pen made it famous some hundred years ago.
Like King John, Colonel Vicars, who is to the Chobham
army what Hannibal was to Rome, found himself very
hard pressed in Magna Charta Island. The right of his
little force, resting .upon the river, was turned, and he
was compelled to retreat northwards. Crossing by a
little bridge the brook or ditch which here forms the
boundary of the island, he converted that obstacle into
a line of defence, and, making a sudden stand, arrested
the progress of his pursuers. The Guards deployed into
line, with the 4th Light Dragoons on their left, and
opened a heavy fire. The horse Artillery and one of the
foot batteries were also brought to bear, and the 79th,
by a skilfully masked movement, suddenly poured over
the bridge a large party of skirmishers. But the enemy
were determined not to yield. To obtain shelter from
their imaginary cannonade the entire force in action laid
down till the rest of the division came up. The Horse
Guards appeared on the right. The other battalions of
the Guards came forward, that hitherto in advance re-
tiring. Another great effort was made, but the High-
landers were obliged to recal their skirmishers within
the shelter of the island, and, when everybody was be-
ginning to wonder what would happen next, the whole
division was resting and dining. Their long march had
well disposed them for both. In returning to camp
they did not recross the pontoons, but went round by
the bridge at Staines, the band of each regiment, as it
marched, playing to shorten the road. Music is said
to exercise a remarkable influence in this way. But
the troops now at Chobham are very active, and
stand a heavy field day quite as well as their pre-
decessors.
An accident took place at the pontoon bridge just as
the last field battery was crossing it, by which two
horses were drowned. Such casualties are to be ex-
pected in operations of the kind, and we are only glad
that in the present instance matters were not worse.
The bend of the river at this point has a depth of 9 or
10 feet, and the team drawing one of the guns over be-
coming unmanageable, the six horses, gun and all, tum-
bled in, sweeping along with them several of the sap-
pers. The men escaped with a ducking, and four of
the horses were cleverly rescued, but the two wheelers,
weighed down by the carriage, could not be saved. The
poor animals made strenuous efforts to get away, and
carried the gun a surprising distance from the point at
which it was first submerged.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-JULY 27.

IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD DUNN.
The case again came before the learned Commissioner,
and attracted a crowded court. The former proceedings
were reported on Saturday. It was understood that
Miss Burdett Coutts would be called as a witness, and
public curiosity, from the details already given, was
excited.
Mr. Cooke app eared , as on the previous occasion, for
Miss Burdett Coutts, and the insolvent was himself his
own attorney and advocate.
The case was specially fixed for 12 o'clock, and at that
hour Mr. Commissioner Law proceeded from his own
court to the court of the Chief Commissioner, to whom
the case had been allotted. Every part of the court was
soon filled, and Lord Harrowby and Lord Charles Wel-
lesley had seats on the bench.
The insolvent announced that, although he had issued
subpoenas for Miss Burdett Coutts and Mr. Marjori-
banks, he had not served them, on which Mr. Cooke
observed that they were in attendance.
Miss Burdett Coutts entered the court, accompanied
by a lady and the nobleman mentioned, and being ac-
commodated with a seat on the bench, the case pro-
ceeded.

Miss Burdett Coutts was examined by the insolvent.
She stated that she was at Harrogate in 1838. She re-
ceived two letters signed Richard Dunn, and she applied
to a magistrate of the place for protection. She saw the
Rev. Mr. Rhodes, who was a magistrate there. Mr.
Marjoribanks did not show her any of his (insolvent's)
letters, or she should have declined to have read them.
If he had said he had a communication from Miss Coutts,
it would have been a falsehood.
The insolvent referred to some letters which he said he
had received from Mr. Marjoribanks, requesting an in-
terview with him. The letters were read, and continual
remarks were made as the case proceeded. Miss Coutts
had to hear a number of letters read, and observations
made by the insolvent, the learned Commissioner re-
peatedly interfering, in order that the examination might
proceed in a proper manner.
Miss Burdett Coutts, in reply to other questions of the
insolvent, said Mr. Marjoribanks had told her generally
what had passed. That gentleman was now in court.
The insolvent asked Miss Coutts what was her opinion
as to a lady receiving letters from a gentleman ?
Mr. Cooke objected to the question.
Mr. Commissioner Law said it was a mere waste of
time.
The insolvent insisted that he had a right to put the
question. He would have the question answered.
Mr. Commissioner Law decided that the lady had
liberty to answer or not the question.
Mr. Cooke recommended Miss Coutts not to answer.
Miss Coutts said she did not think a lady was called
upon to answer the question.
Some more interlarded remarks were made by the in-
solvent, who referred to some papers, and was requested
over and over again by the court to proceed with the
examination of the lady before the court.
The insolvent wished to refer to a letter from Sir

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Mr. Joke submitted that it was not evidence.
Mr. Commissioner Law said it was not evidence in
any shape or way.
In answer to other questions put by the insolvent,
Miss Burdett Coutts stated that she recollected whed
the insolvent was before the magistrates in Yorkshire.
She recollected generally what passed, but not the
details.

The insolvent said he would read what passed.
Mr. Commissioner Law told the insolvent he wouhd
not he allowed to read from the pamphlet he field in his
hand.

Miss Burdett Coutts stated, in answer to the in,solvent,
that she stated she was alarmed by being addre.Nsed by
a stranger. She did not recollect what he (the inscllvent)
had said to her.

The insolvent wished to know what he had don'e to
frighten her or put her in fear. He declared that he ,N,au
never done anything of the kind. He met her in t tie
fields, and took off his hat, saying he was very sorry if
he had done anything to hurt her feelings.
Miss Burdett Coutts was then examined by Mr.
Cooke—She stated that she never knew the gentleman
till he came to Harrogate.. She never told any of her
servants to give him any encouragement to come down
She received two letters signed by this person.
went down to Harrogate for her health. She went 4to
a hotel there. She heard that Mr. Dunn had taken
apartments there, and from what she had heard, she
was apprehensive of danger, which made her apply to a
magistrate. She had before visited Harrogate, without
being annoyed. The circumstance she had mentioned
occurred about Aug. 1838. She applied to Mr. Mar-
joribanks, and he came down. Mr. Doilln was com-
mitted to custody to the Petty Sess:ons. She left
Harrogate and took no further notice of the matter.
After Mr. Dunn's release he came to London and con-
tinued his annoyance. She was obliged to haVre a police-
man in her house. She could not visit a place of divine
worship. She went to a chapel near her house, because
she thought it would be more safe. She undorstood
this person was there, but she did not see him, an
the
clergyman took some steps to prevent this annoys
She had applied to a magistrate in London to protect

her.
Mr. Cooke asked the lady hether she had ever
written to the insolvent ?
Miss Burdett Coutts declared that she never had
written to him, or authorised any letter to be written.
The letters she had received from him she handed to her
Attorne,y,, Mr. Humphries. Further, Miss Coutts, in
-her examiliairon;'skid she-cent the leeits..to beff attorney
with the view of being protected from the ineolyent't
annoyance. She never authorised this person to draw
on the bank in the Strand. She had been examined
before Lord Denman, when he was indicted for peljury.
The authority, as it was called, to draw the for
100,000/., beginning " Send to Coutts your bill, theiv's
lots in the till," was handed to the lady, and she state'd
that she did not authorise him to write it, or anythinV,
like it. She had exhibited articles of the peace against
him in London.
The re-examination of the lady then commenced, and
continued for some time. The insolvent read some
doggerel verses, and made observations. He called for
some letters which he said he had received from Strat-
ton-street, and Miss Coutts was all the time seated oft
the bench.

Mr. Commissioner Law interposed several times, re-
questing the insolvent to finish h examination of the
lady.
Mr. Cooke several times asked whether she might
retire.
The insolvent further read some correspondence)
which he said he had received, and which he answered.
Mr. Commissioner Law at length said, only one more
letter should be read.
After some further examination, the lady was al-
lowed to retire, having been in court for nearly three
hours.
In answer to the Court, the insolvent admitted that
the letter containing the authority was a " gull" one,
but not such a one that a lady would not write.
Mr. Marjoribanks was examined—He told the insol%
vent the authority was not in the handwriting of Miss
Coutts, and Mr. Robinson, a clerk, also said the same.
The insolvent then gave his evidence, and made obser-
vations. He had acted bona fide in the matter, as he
believed the letters were written by Miss Coutts. He
also complained of the manner in which judgment had
been obtained against him.
Mr. Cooke addressed the court, and, at six o'clock,
the insolvent begged an adjournment, as he was unable
to reply at that late hour.
The case was adjourned to Saturday, and as the reply
is not given, the complaint of the learned counsel is
reserved.

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