The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-13 00:00:00

BANKING DEPAZTMENT.

Pic eons' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • .......... 3,531,247
Public dcpbt,:ts (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 4,991,313
Other deposits ...... 8,804,395
Seven day and other
bills

Government secur!-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 10,598,607
Other securities •. .. 19,919,915
Notes .. •• • • • 2,030,085
Gold and silver coin.. 303,021

921,673

£32,851,628

£32,851,628
M. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
ar, 1847.

Dated the 11th day of Noveml

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—On Wednesday evening
a large and influential meeting was held in the Assem-
bly. rooms, Maidstone, upon this important subject. C.
Gilpin, Esq., of London, and Mr. Spencer T. Hall, at-
tended and addressed at length a deeply interested
audience. A local society was formed, in which nearly
200 persons enrolled their names as members and sub-
scribers.

A GREAT UNKNOWN.—Some curiosity has been
excited in the musical circles at Paris by the report of
the approaching visit of a new singer from Russia. She
is said to have a most extraordinary compass of voice,
combining the most tender and agile soprano with the
lowest barytone. No ono has hitherto been able to dis-
cover who she is, or what the country which has given
her birth. She has sung at the. Court of Naples and
before the Emperor of Russia: in both cases, however,
stipulating to preserve her features concealed by a mask.
It is thus, that she insists in appearing before the public.
By some she is believed to be a noble Russian lady who
had been for years confined in durance vile by her hus-
band, who was married again ; by others that she is an
Italian nun, escaped from a religious life to get a peep
at this wicked world. Others have declared again that
although her arms and bosom are of the most snowy
whiteness, her face and head are those of a negress of
Senegambia, which belief is confirmed by her persistence
in wearing the domino hood, which conceals even the
very form of her head and throat from observation. In
England she will immediately be suspected of being no
other than the pig-faced lady. She persists in signing
no other name to her engagements than that of La
Mascherata, by which she is already famous in many
parts of Italy.
CHARMS FOR HUSBINDS.—At a certain inn in
Southampton two young women, chambermaid and
nursemaid, received sundry visits from an old hag, who
succeeded in deluding them into the belief that she
would, by her powers of divination, show them the
actual forms of their future husbands. She succeeded
eventually in procuring from the chambermaid a shawl
worth seve❑ shillings, two other garments, and half-a-
crown ; and from the nursemaid various sums, amount-
ing in the whole to a guinea, and a garment. In return
for these articles she gave them a bottle filled with red
liquid, which she carefully enjoined them to turn upside
down and bury in the ground; and as the liquid oozed
through the cork the predictions would be successfully
accomplished! Having obtained the money and goods in
question, the mysterious woman was to bury them in the
churchyard at the •• witching hour of night," and forthwith
summon to her presence the two young men who were
to be their future lords and protectors! She would
then cut a lock of hair from each, and present it to
the anxious husband-seekers on the following morning.
True to her promise, she visited them again the next
morning, at seven, but only to require something more,
which she alleged to be necessary for the accomplish•
ment of her purpose; and the foolish girls were still
blinded, and were once more duped; and shortly after
the old woman had left the house, the landlady came
down stairs, and the cook, who was in the secret, but
too wary to be caught, told her mistress of the affair,
and immediately ran off in pursuit of the gipsy, whom
she overtook, and caused the old woman to return. The
parties returned to the house together, where they suc-
ceeded in recovering ten shillings from her, and she then
took them to her lodgings in Simnel-street, where they
were led to an inner room filled with garments and trin-
kets of all sorts, no doubt obtained from other victims
of her imposition, to "bury in the church-yard." Here
they succeeded in routing out the shawl and the other
garments, and in recovering from her more money, and
thus the affair terminated, the old woman—thanks to the
improved humanity of our laws—still lives, instead of
paying the penalty of her "witchcraft" on the gallows,
as would have been the case in former days.—Hamp- '
shire Independent.

THE RECENT COLLISION AT SEA.—The Liverpool
Mercury contains the following among other additional
particulars, relating to this collision :—." The weather
was at the time clear, and signal lights were shown on
board the Queen Victoria, to indicate that she was a
steamer. In a few seconds the bow of the sailing-
vessel struck the steamer on the larboard paddle box
with tertific force, producing a shock which spread
the utmost consternation and alarm amongst the
passengers and crew. The starboard anchor of the
ship became hooked into the steamer's paddle-wheel,
and the vessel was held fast for some tine.
The officers of the steamer are of opinion that no lives
were lost, although, from the confusion which prevailed
at the time of the accident, they cannot state positively.
The captain of the Queen Victoria finding all tight set
sail, and the first vessel fallen in with was the Merlin,
on her way to Dublin, but as she bad the mail on board,
and the disabled steamer was not considered in imminent
danger, she slid not take her in tow. Subsequently the
screw-steamer Emerald, running between this port and
Dublin came up and took the Queen in tow, but, being
heavily laden, she was unable to continue with her into
port. It is said that she has sustained damage to the
extent of nearly 1,0001., and will require a complete
overhauling and new machinery before again being
placed on the station. she went into the Clarence Dock
again yesterday. No doubt the cause of the accident
will be the subject of investigation, but we cannot help
thinking that, from the numerous collisions which have
at various times occurred, the present regulations of
the Admiralty, with regard to vessels meeting each
other, are inadequate to afford that security which is
desirable.
HALF-YEARLY PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AT SAND-
HURST.—The usual half-yearly public examination of
the officers and gentlemen cadets studying at the Royal
Military College took place on Tuesday, Wednesday,
ofcl
an dthTe heuxrasmdainya,
tbioenfosrtebae cfeollllewegiiantge
ebffioeaerred.
weAret
ptrh ees ot
es de
with the usual certificates of qualification:—Captain A.
Seton, 74th Foot ; Captain H. W. W. Wynn, 7th Foot;
Captain J. W. Fox, 13th Foot ; Lie. Dutenorlyt,Fl.ltSb
S. Dau-
beney, 44th Foot ; Lieutenant J. vv
Foot.
qruieorn cetaolfentthse
aproficiencyr
eomf
ents dCaptainspFl
aoyxe,d a
bn
yd
hneconsequtence
e
Captain Seton and Lieutenant Daubeney in the highest
branches of mathematical science, special honorary ad-
ditions were made to their certificates, and the high
qualifications in military surveying of all these officers
were also particularly noticed. And the
following gen-
tlemen cadets, who had completed their qualificationsn
for commissions were recommended to his Grace the
Commander in Chief for appointment to ensigncies in
the line without purchase :—Henry C. Wise, Richard
L. 0. Pearson, William H. Newenham, Julius 0,
M. Strode, William R. B. M'Guire, Hopton B. Scott,
Simpson Hackett, William T. Baker, John 11. Turn-
Bsemll,itlhl, Robertenry E Jerome, Walter L. In les
Carter, Charles W.g S
Augustus William
l '.
John.
THE
CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT WOOLWICH.---t:
On Wednesday an enteute of a very serious character
occurred on board the Warrior convict hulk, which is
attached to the dockyard at Woolwich. It appears that,
in consequence of the treatment of the convicts being
rather more severe than it had been previous to Mr.
Duncomhe's inquiry, the prisoners refused to obey an
order that had been issued by the guards. One ofthe
prisoners threatened to stab a guard, and the others
were almost in a state of mutiny.
DUDLEY.—We deeply regret to have to announce
the death of the Rev. Mr. Montgomery, the late respected
clergyman of Gornal, who was about to proceed to
Borneo as a missionary. The lamented gentleman died
on Sunday night, after about a fortnight's illness.—
Ten
Towns' Messenger.

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AN ARTFUL W11)0 \
OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE'
PRETENCES.
At the Borough Court, Manchester, yesterdd y
(having been remanded from Saturday), a middle-
aged female, habited in widow's weeds, who gave the
name of' Mary Jane Lloyd, was charged by Mc-
Chief Superintendent Beswick with obtaining goods
under the following extraordinary and false pro"
tences :
On the 14th of August, the prisoner, in com-
pany with a lady, whom she represented to be 11,,,r
sister, called at the shop of Mrs. Cameron,e up-
holsterer and furniture-dealer, of 8, Albert-place,
and there bought a sofa, for which her silt 'r
paid. In a day or two afterwards, the prisorrT
visited the same shop alone, informed Mrs. Camerea
that she was about to settle in Manchester, and that
she would require her house furnished th,roughoot.
She stated that she was a Mrs. Lloyd, widow
Captain Lloyd, late of the 10th Hussars, who
fallen in Affghanistan ; adding, that as her fries,
resided in this neighbourhood, she and her daughter
had determined to settle near them. She spike rro st
affectingly of her su&ringe in the East, informies
Mrs. Cameron that she had shared in the captivity ef
Ladies Sale and M Naughton, and along with h r
husband had experienced the vicissitudes of that
and disastrous campaign. She also represented he :-
self as in the receipt of a pension of 701. per ar.nu!n
as a captain's widow, and stated that her daughter
had been allowed a pension of 50/. Added to this,
she said she was entitled to about 750/. priz s-
money due to her deceased husband. She told 111:3.
Cameron that she was not just then in posessiGn of
any money beyond what would suffice for her imme-
diate wants, and, under these circumstances, ached
for credit. She produced a number of papers al 1
documents in support of her story, stating that
had been recommended by Mr. Maude, stipendiae- y
magistrate, who had himself bought some chairs
there, and thought them exceedingly cheap. On ti.e
faith of these representations Mrs. Cameron under-
took to furnish the house, when the widow select, d
and gave orders for furniture, &c., to the amount < f
1501., Mrs. Lloyd undertaking to pay half ti
amount in a given time, and the remaind• r
when she received the amount of her husband's
prize-money. A great portion of the order was exc.-
cuted, the goods being sent to a house taken by
the widow in IVithington-street, Pendleton, al
in order to be assured that all was correct, Mrs. C.—
meron went to the residence of Mr. Maude to malsa
inquiries. Unfortunately that gentleman and ha
lady just then happened to be out of town, and the
servant was unacquainted with the precise period ..f
their return, when, fearing that any delay might
offend Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Cameron did not aweee
their return, but continued to send in goods urel
her account amounted to about 1251. When the
time arrived for payment of the first instalmert
of the debt, Mrs. Cameron, wanting money, appliel
for payment; but the widow, it appeared, was
fertile in expedients, and contrived to put her off.
At length Mrs. Cameron's rent-day arrived; but
in consequence of her having sold so largely t)
the widow on credit she was unable to pay it;
and she told her landlord, Mr. Fleming, when he
called in his carriage, that the non-payment arose
from Mrs. Lloyd's having disappointed her. Singu-
larly enough Mrs. Lloyd happened to drop in at the
time, and by some means fell into conversation with
the landlord, when she contrived so to impress him
with the truth of her story, that he left quite satis-
fied. About the same period another creditor of
Mrs. Cameron's became pressing—Mr. Kearsle y,
timber-merchant, &c., of Stevenson-square, which,
coming to the ears of the officer's widow,
she volunteered to give him his quietus, as she
had already done the landlord. Nothing loath,
Mrs. Cameron assented; the widow and herself
paid Mr. Kearsley a visit; and a pressing creditor
(if not a ruthless one) was bewitched by the " cap-
tain's widow " into a most obliging and kind friend.
Such magic influence did the widow seem to exercise
that Mr. Kearsley ceased to press for his money, and
positively, on the strength solely of what she had told
him, allowed Mrs. Cameron more goods. Unfortu-
nately, all things have an end, and so it turns out
have the spells of the " captain's widow," for though
she contrived to blind both the landlord and the
timber-merchant, she could not effectually cal.n
the uneasy qualms of Mrs. Cameron. Naturally
enough, she (Mrs. Cameron) began to yearn ler
a sight of the widow's money, not a mite of whieh
had ever blessed her eyes, and a restless conviction
that in some way she was victimised, led her to
seek an interview with Mr. Beswick at the police!.
office. Prom that gentleman she was doomed to
receive little comfort, as he recognised the " cap-
tain's widow" at once, not as the companion in
captivity of the heroic ady Sale, but as the wedded
wife of a humble bricklayer, now living ! He had,
it appeared, had the widow to deal with befol e„
and knew her from the description given by Ms.
Cameron, and on seeing her, for he paid his de-
voirs at her residence, recognised her as an old ac-
quaintance. When apprehended and told the charge
against her, she no longer assumed her title to be a
captain's widow, but confessed, as she said, to save
Mr. Beswick trouble, that all her representations wire
false. When brought up in the dock v% itnesses were
called to disprove her story, amongst the rest Yr.
Maude, disclaiming her acquaintance, and she was
fully committed to the sessions to answer the charge
before a jury. We should state that on Saturd.iy
she sold the whole of her furniture in her house for
441. to a broker from Bolton.—.lllanchester Courier
of Wednesday.

HERRING TRADE.---WICK, Nov. 4 —Four vessels
are presently taking on board cargoes of herrings at
Pulteney-town harbour—three of which are destinA
for the Baltic, and one for Ireland. There are still a
good many cargoes to ship, and vessels for charter care
in demand. Stettin and other continental markets con-
tinue to manifest a healthy tone. The entire stock ~n
hand by the various agents in the former is compara-
tively trifling, and the extent of further shipments, at
this advanced period of the season, cannot now be
great. As a consequent, prices will not be expected to
decline in the least. A good many vessels are now on
their passage there, but ere their arrival the quantity
presently on hand will be either entirely exhausted, or
diminished to a mere fraction. Irish markets are not
falling, but are, nevertheless, low, although they pre-
sent considerably higher quotations than at the same
date of last )ear.—lnverne.s Courier.
A NEW ANGLING FEAT.—A blacksmith, living
at Belladrum-bridge, had occasion, the other night, to
fetch in a bucket of water. After setting it on the floor
he went to bed, but was awakened in a short time by
strange noise in the room. Lighting a candle to enable
him the better to battle wiih the evil spirit, he discoverd
to his surprise, that the noise was occasioned by the at-
tempts of his cat to capture a large trout which had been
caught in the bucket.—lnverness Courier.

WESTMINSTER COURT OF SEWERS.— A special
Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the Court.
house, Greek street, Soho-square, Captain George
Bague, R.N., in the chair. The clerk, Mr. Hertslet, re-
ported that he had waited upon Mr. ‘Vingfield, the se-
cretary to the Lord Chancellor, to remind him that a
petition had been sent to his Lordship for a new com-
mission for the Westminster jurisdiction of sewers, as
the present one expired in December next, and to hear
his determination. That gentleman, in reply, said that
it was not the intention of the Lord Chancellor to renew
the commission until the Metropolitan Sanitary Co e-
mission, sitting at Gwydyr House, had made their re-
port. The clerk said that unless the commission was
renewed by the sth of December, the present one would
then run out. The effect of this determination will tie,
to throw the business, alter the expiration of the com-
mission, into the hands of the county magistrates.
GOLD FROM RUSSIA..--lIAMBURGH, OCT. O.—On
Saturdayandlanded
nearlyarrivedsterlingingold,
which we sent yesterday nearly 100,0004 by the extra
steamer Wilberforce, and a similar sum by the mail
steamer which leaves today for London. A similar
sum was sent from St. Petersburgh to London, by way
of Hull, by the Rob Roy steamer, and a considerable
sum is still expected by way of Lubeck, by the steamer
Nicolai, likewise for transmission to London.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—READING, Nov. 12.
x.
The following are
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s w ki
n:
i e on the head several times, and
dreadfully fractured her skull, so much so that there
are no hopes of her recovery. He then cut his own
throat, and died. About two months ago he was takes;
before the magistrates for ill-treating his wife, and was
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TAE LATE DR. AiENDELSSOUN. —The Algemeine
Preussische Zeitun
late r 9 of D
is Tuesdayi contains a report of the
funeral of the
train, at six o'clock on themornin
Lip
. endelssohn in Berlin. The
mortal remains of this
Mozart of the 19th century
fehsic by special
arrived in the 'Prussian capital from
order that they might be interredg
o near
those
st Rol, Ia
his
sister, in the family vault. In Leipsic the greatest grief
prevailed, and all kinds of funeral honours were
paid 10
the memory of the departed. At the various stati,.as
on the route between Leipsic and Berlin the hearse v, as
received with musical solemnities by the artistes of the
locality. Arrived at the place of destination, the bier
was adorned with palms and chaplets, and escorted by
a numerous procession to the old church of the Half
( theE GUEST,
e:0
t m
it D,
e i tt4 . e
room o
Trinity, where a funeral sermon was preached by .11.
Berduscheek. Solemn music accompanied the affecting
ceremony of interment.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES or
T;
BuomeToN.—Yesterday evening a meeting
hospital, for the transaction of general
et
present proposed
a p
p ro.
business. It appears to be a source of considerable re-
gret that the. amount at present subscribed does uvt
warrantchapel.
atsh
byo
& is immediate
means ear e
largecti erection
ward n of
rd‘h a
priated for divine service would be mailable
creasing number of patients.

The guardians of the Witham Union are about to
build sixteen rooms for the use of married paupers over
sixty.

SIEGE Ok CLIAPULTEPEC.
The following interesting description of the siege
and capitulation of Chapultepec was written by an
eye-witness :
The negotiations of the commissioners did not
last long, as neither of the negotiating parties went
about it earnestly, both knowing that it would he
impossible for the Mexican Government to accept
the conditions proposed by the American envoy.
In consequence, Santa Anna had resolved from
the very beginning to disregard the conditions agreed
upon in the armistice, and went on fortifying all the
western points of the town with the utmost speed,
and perfecting the existing bastions, in order to
prepare himself for a desperate struggle for life or
death.

The propositions made by the American envoy,
Mr. Trist, for the conclusion of peace were the fol-
lowing :—Mexico was to cede to the United States
all the territory north of a line beginning three
leagues south from the mouth of the river Bravo,
then running along the course of this river upwards
to Paso del Norte, and thence due west through
the country to the mouth of the river
Colorado, which flows into the bay of California,
by which Mexico would lose Texas, Coahuila,
Nuevo Mexico, Altaybaja, California, and a part of
Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa; moreover,
Meaico was to give to the United States, for the
a►,,ace of twelve years, the usufruct of the isthmus
of Tehuantepec, in order to make experiments, and
open, if possible, a canal, connecting the two oceans,
and other minor conditions ; in consideration of
which Mr. Trist declared himself empowered to pay
in the city of Mexico a certain sum of money, not
specified ; to regulate all claims of American sub-
jects against the Mexican Government, and to admit
them as an American debt; to deliver up all the can-
non and armament taken away by conquest from the
Mexican army, and to make no further claims for the
expenses of the war.
Santa Anna declared hereupon, that disregarding
all the other conditions he would never consent to

give up New Mexico, as this province had, by its
heroical rising, clearly shown its determination to
abide by, and remain a part of, the great Mexican
family, which was the more laudable and affecting, as
all the former Governments had for a long time con-
tinued to neglect and disregard it, leaviqg it to be in-
vaded and plundered by the savages.
On the sth of September General Scott sent an
. .

official communication to Santa Anna, in which he
informed him that he would consider the armistice as
broken, if within 24 hours after receipt of this docu-
ment satisfactory explanations had not been given for
the repeated disregard of the conditions stipulated in
the same.

Santa Anna sent him in answer a very talented
exposition, in which he tried to throw all the blame
on the Americans. _ _

Scott did not deign to answer it, and in conse-
quence the armistice was over on the 7th of Septem-
ber, at twelve o'clock A.M.
Everybody expected that the hostilities would
commence the same day, but not a shot was fired.
At four o'clock the next morning, however, the roar
of the cannon awakened the inhabitants of Mexico,
and called them on to their azoteas.
Behind the castle of Chapultepec, which is situated
on a high porphyry rock placed on the plain at the
foot of an even sloping rise towards the mountains,
called in Spanish lonia, the fight commenced. Santa
Anna had displayed his lines on the gentle slope
behind, and there the Americans attacked them.
From five to nine in the morning the firing was
very heavy, and the Americans took by storm a forti-
fied powder magazine which stood higher up on the
lama, and also a fortified watermill, situated upon
the low ground on the outskirts of the castle park,
and between this and the ascending slope. Here they
destroyed the cannon foundry, but were then obliged
to retire, as the point was completely commanded by
the fire of the fort.
This battle, named from the mill, the battle of
Alolino del Rey, was very bloody on both sides. At
ten o'clock the Americans blew up the powder maga-
zine and retired to their original quarters or positions,
higher up on the sloping plain, south-west from Cha-
pultepec. Here they formed in battle, defying their
enemy, and as none appeared they quietly returned
to their quarters at Tacubaya, at three o'clock in the
afternoon.

In Mexico the bells were triumphantly rung as for
a great victory, and in fact, the Mexicans, though
beaten, were justified in regarding the fight as a vic-
tory, as the enemy found himself obliged to give up
his conquered positions, and had suffered a serious
and irrepaiable loss for his small numbers. If Santa
Anna had renewed the battle on the same day it is
very probable that affairs would have turned out very
differently for the Americans, as the discontent at the
signing of the armistice, combined with the dejection
produced by the heavy loss of blood in the morning,
bad had a very demoralizing effect upon the army.
But Santa Anna did not attack, as his army had
likewise suffered a severe loss, and had lost two able

and courageous generals—Antonio Leon, from
Oajana, and Lucas Iralderas, from the city of Mexico;
in consequence of which he did not think it prudent
to leave his entrenchments and stake everything upon
one die, as he would have done by venturing another
pitched battle.
The 9th and 10th of September passed quietly
over, the belligerent parties only saluting each other
at daybreak two or three times with cannon shot and
grenades, each party occupying itself in repairing
the damages received and preparing for new and
more terrible struggles.
On the 11th of September the cavalry was ordered
to make a movement on the lamas or sloping plains
above Chapultepec and Tacubaya, and attack, if pos-
sible, the latter place.
However, the enemy kept a very good look out,
and no sooner did the cavalry begin to move nut of
town than their scouts appeared upon the lamas, and
soon after a small force appeared to defend the plains.
The Mexicans attacked the advanced United States

cavalry, and a short skirmish ensued, in which these
were made to retreat by the overwhelming force of
the former, and in their hot chase they incautiously
advanced too near a hollow in advance on one side,
where an American battery was lying hid. This at
once opened a destructive fire upon them and drove
the squadrons back in the most precipitate flight.
On the 12th the cannon began to rear again, south
and west, at the garita of San Antonio and at Cha-
pultepee, but it very soon became evident where the
real attack was intended, for on the south side the
fire was slackened, and after a time it left off alto-
gether; while on the west it grew more and more
violent, and about eight o'clock, A.M., the enemy
opened his battery of mortars upon the castle and
began to throw shells with a most uncomfortable pre-
cision. This fire was kept up by three batteries, each
of one large mortar, situated in a small segment of a
circle to the south of the fort, the whole day until
seven o'clock at night, and a strong division of their
army was drawn out in line of battle on the loma be-
hind as simple spectators awaiting an attack.
The Mexican army was formed along the two
aqueducts which join at the foot of Chapultepec, but
not a man stirred, and only the castle answered the
enemy's fire out of its heavy guns until near two
o'clock, when they had all been dismounted or dis-
abled. From two to six o'clock the castle silently
received the enemy's fire, and from then till dark it
answered again with the newly mounted pieces.
The night passed over without disturbances, but
early on the 13th the bombardment began again with
renewed force, and by the unusual movement between
the enemy's troops we could see that a very impor-
tant stroke was about to take place.
At half past seven o'clock a column came hastily
descending from the lornas towards the castle, and
soon after a heavy firing opened upon all sides,
and Chapultepec wrapped itself up in a dense cloud
of smoke. In the meantime the mortars continued
playing upon the castle until a quarter past nine
o'clock, when they ceased. During this time the
firing in and about the castle had three times appa-
rently reached its climax, and then suddenly slackened,
ao that we believed the assault had been beaten off;
but at 25 minutes past nine o'clock the Mexican flag
suddenly disappeared, a blue flag was shown, and
directly after the stars and stripes arose and waved
sav7Rehe
eonquered fortress.
garrison
ofChapultepec, commanded by
General Bravo, had been
about 850 strong, and along
the aqueducts, at the foot of its hill, were stationed
about 8,000 men (infantry), the flower of the Mex-
ican army ; whilethe
cavalry (aboutoyraasi a
18e ,aogouoe stt roo nt gh
e)
was hovering .about h
north-west, waiting for.
uer anoopportunity to pounce
down upon the enemy,
, it did no such
thing ; it remained a quiet spectatorwev till all was over,
and then precipitately retired into the town.
to leave as
Santa Anna's plan seems to have been
few men as possible in and about the
tchanestlsei
,it order
not to expose them unnecessarily to
then at the proper moment, when the forlornaonpd
was advancing to the assault, to throw strong rein.e
forcements into the park, and heat them off. The
plan was not bad, and he remained himself close by
Chapultepec, in a house, to direct it ; but it turned
out to have been misplaced confidence, for at the de-
cisive moment, when succour was most needed, it
failed why, has not yet been explained ; most likely
because disorder prevailed among the officers, add
most certainly because the Mexican troops could not
muster up sufficient valour to face the fire of the

enemy.
Directly after having taken the place the Ameri-
cans hauled down the light field-piece from the
castle, and fired them upon the retreating enemy,
9 9,1,
upon whose heels they closely followed. The firing
came nearer and nearer, and about two o eLotis.
the innermost entrenchments began to open their fire,
and balls to whistle in the town.
In the evening, about oration, the suburb of San
Cosme, to the north-west, had already been taken,
and in the west the Paseo, so that only the fortified
tobacco manufactory, christened with the pompous