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to leave the country ; an expectation, however, which
the Duke did not afterwards make good.
Her Majesty's Government are quite ready to acknow-
ledge that such a practice is in itself and in principle I
objectionable; but while it continues to exist, a foreign
Minister could not, without discredit to himself and to
his Government, refuse to comply with it; and I must
be allowed to remark, that her Majesty's Government
scarcely expected to find objections to that practice pro-
ceeding from General Narvaez, the Duke of Sotomayor,
and yourself.
With regard to yourself, I need not remind you, that
the Earl of Clarendon, then Mr. Villiers, and British
Minister at Madrid, was able in 1836 to enjoy the great
pleasure and the heartfelt satisfaction of affording you,
when in danger, a temporary reception under the
diplomatic protection of his roof; and that he was
afterwards so fortunate as to contribute to your perms
nent safety by facilitating your removal from thence into
Portugal.
But without dwelling more particularly on what took
place in 1841, when, after the defeat of the attack made
upon the palace of the Queen of Spain, the Charge
d'Affaires of Denmark is well known to have sheltered
in his house some of the conspirators engaged in that
attempt; I beg to remind you that in 1843, during the
progress of those events which ended in the overthrow
of the Regency of the Duke of Victoria, the above
mentioned diplomatist afforded refuge in his hens. to
the Duke of Sotomayor, General Zarco del Valle, and
M. Salamanca ; and it is generally understood that they
nut only found protection under the roof of the Danish
Legation, but that they were able from thence to corn
municate with, and to send money to, General Nerves z,
who was at that time at the head of troops in arms
little
was the existing Government of Spain ; and so
was this transaction considered as a dangerous 01r846
of
objec-
tionable prececent by the Government of
Queen, in
that on the occasion of the marriage of the
as ad-
visedwhich you were the chief, as President of the Council,
October of that year, her Catholic Majesty
-mew Danish
to confer a Spanish title upon th
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thus rendered ; and
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As to the third head, the allegations made are wholly
insufficient as ground-work for the conclusion drawn
from them. With regard to the insurrection of the 7th
of May, at Madrid, the only way in which the Spanish
newspapers even attempted to connect Sir H. Bulwer
with that transaction was by asserting that foreign gold
had been found upon some of the insurgents who were
taken prisoners; but this assertion was afterwards for-
mally and officially contradicted by order of General
Pezuela, Captain-General of Madrid,- wha caused it to
be declared that no money was found upon them, or in
their quarters, exceeding that which might be consi-
dered proportionate to the means of the respective
classes of officers and privates of the regiment which
had revolted.
With regard to the insurrection at Seville, I have to
observe that the circumstance that a particular
Spanish officer may have obtained promotion at
some foßrmoiewrer,if it b
period through the
may influenceserve to
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taining
tries in Spain, though he has not been equally successful
with the present; but it cannot render him respon-
sible for the conduct which an officer so promoted may
have subsequently pursued; and the assumption that
any person is to be held accountable for the
conduct of
! every member of every family with which he may hap-
pen to be in habits of intimacy, is an assumption that
has scarcely been exceeded by the pretensions of the
most jealous tyranny that has been recorded in the page
of history.
It is sufficient to say on this head, that Sir Henry
Bulwer denies any participation whatever in the rising
at Madrid or at Seville, and that her Majesty's Govern-
ment place full confidence in his denial.
As to the mission of Colonel Fitch, that officer was
sent by Sir Henry Bulwer to communicate with the
British Consuls of some of the southern ports of
Spain with reference to arrangements fur affording pro-
tection to British interests in those ports, in the
event of disturbances taking place therein ; and
was also charged to bring back to Sir Henry
Bulwer general informatiuu as to the state of the
provinces which he was to visit, in order that such in-
formation might be transmitted by Sir Henry Buleer,
and be brought to the knowledge of her Majesty's Go-
vernment. The conduct of Sir Henry Bulwer in that
matter seems to have been perfectly proper, and within
the limits of his puolic duty.
With regard to Mr. Sansom, director of the Union
Bank, who has himself been expelled from Spain, her
Majesty's Government have asked what explanations the
zepanish Government has to give of the arbitrary expul-
sion of that gentleman ; but her Majesty's Government
cannot admit that, even if Mr. Sansom had used indiscreet
language about the political affairs of Spain—a fact,
however, which yet remains to be shown—such a cir-
cumstance would afford the slightest excuse for sending
Sir Henry Bulwer his passports.
Lastly comes the assertion that the Spanish Govern•
ment thought Sir Henry Bulwer in danger of personal
violence from the garrison and population of Madrid.
To this it has already been my duty to reply, that it
any such danger really existed, the Spanish Government
were bound to take the necessary measures for pro-
tecting Sir Henry Bulwer from it; but her Majesty's
Government do not believe that any such danger existed.
In the first place, the crime of assassination is not
one to which the Spanish nation is addicted ; and her
Majesty's Government are as little disposed to suspect
the population or the garrison of Madrid of a disposi-
tion to commit so cowardly an offence, as they are to
attach the slightest credit to the intimations which were
conveyed to Sir Henry Bulwer, that an attack upon his
person would be instigated by some of the members of
the Spanish Government.
But her Majesty's Government have no reason to be-
lieve that anything which had happened had excited
any ill- feeling towards Sir Henry Bulwer on the part of
the people or of the garrison of Madrid; though, if
any such ill-feeling had existed, the violent and calum-
nious newspaper attacks upon him, which the Govern-
ment had at that time the power of preventing, might
have sufficiently accounted for it.
Having thus replied to the allegations put forward on
behalf of the Spanish Government in regard to the
conduct of that Government towards her Majesty's Mi-
nister at the Court of the Queen of Spain, I have only
further to say, which I do with much regret, that this
proceeding of the Spanish Government must necessarily
interrupt the diplomatic relations between the two coun-
tries; and that it being, therefore, impossible for her
Majesty to continue to receive you at her Court as the
Minister of the Qieen of Spain, or for her Majesty's
Government, notwithstanding their high respect and
esteem for you personally, to hold official intercourse
with you, you will probably think it expedient to return
to Madrid.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) PALMERSTON.
M. ISTURITZ TJ VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
London, June 13, 1848.
My Lord,—l have just received the communication
from your Excelleney of yesterday's date, in which, after
replying as you have thought proper to what I have had
the honour to state to your Excellency in justification of
the resolution come to by the Government of the Queen
my august Sovereign, respecting Sir Henry Bulwer, your
Excellency apprises me that diplomatic relations between
the English and Spanish nations are broken off, and that
it is therefore impossible that her Majesty the Queen
of Great Britain should continue to receive me at her
Court as Minister of the Queen of Spain, or that the
Government of her Britannic Majesty should continue
official relations with me; concluding with the ob-
servation,. that I should probably think fit to return to
Madrid.

Erb 7Zbition

Mr. WALPOLE trusted, as the Chairman of the
Committe, which was anxious to do justice between the
parties, and as an old Etonian, that he might be
permitted to offer a few observations to the House.
The question before the Committee was, first,
whether the line of the Great Western should
be continued from Blackpots to that line near Slough ;
and secondly, whether the Great Western should be
continued to Windsor. The objections to the project of
the South Western were very strong. They had made
a solemn agreement not to go through two fields, but
they afterwards came to Parliament with a project
which, if it had been acceded to, would have altogether
contravened that agreement. It was also to go through
the Home Park, and as the propwitien was one which
would not have been acceded to in the case a landowner,
it could not be contended that the Crown was not en-
titled to equal consideration.—(Hear.) Besides, the line
was intended to cross Hockley-fields, near the Eton
School, on an embankment, and would have materially
interfered with the amusements, if not the health of the
boys ; whereas the Great Western would expend
20,0001. on an embankment on arches 1,900
yards in length, and had consented to clause.;
which would not interfere with the bathing or boating of
the te,ys, which would compel them, if necessary, to
erect a screen along the port where the boys were in the
habit of bathing, and to cross the river by one arch.
the opposition of the College, was the most
The scheme of this company, who had been put to much
xpense by
preferable and most worthy the consideration of the
House.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord H. VANE corroborated the statement of the
Noble Lord the Member for the West Riding of York-
shire, and completely exonerated him from the charges
brought against him by the Gallant Member for Windsor.
Mr. GLAI)STONE thought that when the Great
Western had access, by the leave of Parliament, iato
the town of Windsor, it would not deny a terminus to
the South-Western Railway.
Mr. SCOTT said he was a director of the com-
pany which had agreed to pay the Crown 60,000/.
for a consideration which the Crown now pro-
posed to take from them, and he must protest
egainst this system of establishing a rule one
year, and reversing it the next. This vascilating policy,
however, had be en pursued by the Crown to enable it to
get 25,0001. from the Great Western, iu addition to the
60,000/. from the South-Western.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

Mr. RICE rose amidst loud cries for a division. Ile'
said he had always entertained the opinion that the
Great Western had the most right to have the line to
Windsor.

Mr. K. SEYMER read an extract from the evidence
given by Mr. Saunders, who, he said, was as capable of
judging of the value of evidence as any man, in which
ho stated that Lord Morpeth had at a former time op-
po:ed the Great Western:
There being loud calls for a division—the House di-
vided, when there appeared—
For the third leading 224
Against it
Majority for the third reading —127
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
(LEFT SITTING.)

INDIA.
THE REVOLUTION AT MOOLTAN.
The following particulars of the murders at Mooltan
will be read with interest ; they are extracted from a
letter, written at Lahore on the 28th of April:—
" Our worst fears are realised, Lieutenant Anderson
was mortally wounded at the first, but Mr. Agnew was
shot three days after his being first attacked at the gate-
way, his head taken off and hung outside the walls of
the Fort, while his body was ignominously dragged
through the city. A third victim is poor Mr. Wilkin-
son, the apothecary, who quitted Lahore two days after
the other parties, having made a rapid journey from
the Juluntihur to join his appointment. He was
much esteemed by all who knew him in the Queen's
10th Regiment and Artillery. How far Moolraj is
personally concerned in this act of cold-blooded
treachery and cowardly assassination, we at pre-
sent know not. The probability is that, though not
premeditated, the oneute might have been stopped by
him at once had he been so disposed. The version of
the affair, as communicated by his own friends, is, that
after Mr. Agnew had received possession of the
Fort, &c., he told the Dewan that he could not
quit Mooltan for Lahore until he had made up
his accounts, and had arranged the revenue of
the present year in the different districts. To
this Moolraj replied that the Lahore durbar had al-
ready received his accounts, and passed them, giving him
a razee namah. He then quitted Mr. Agnew's presence,
and retired into another apartment, much disturbed and
excited. Here he was joined by his brother, who, after
chiding him for his being to affected on such a point,
significantly 'told him that the Sahebs were at his
mercy, and could be put out of the way at once.' The or-
der, either direct or implied, was then given to some of
his own personal attendants to follow the officers, and they
were attacked in the manner you are acquainted with,
Mr. Agnew being the first assailed, and while separated
from his companion. Lieut. Anderson was much more
severely wounded, as he had no one to assist him, and
though carried to his tent alive, he had in all probability
received his death wounds from the tulwars of his cowardly
murderers. Mr. Agnew was enabled to write a detailed
account of the affair to the resident at Lahore, and
did not apparently at this time entertain any idea that
they would meet with further violence. He sum-
moned Moolraj to his presence, and of course in-
sisted that the men should be summarily punished,
which, as the Dewan states, was done at once by the
parties implicated being immediately executed, but that
he himselt had no concern in the murderous attack.
This so far may possibly be true, but the sube-
quent murder of Mr. Agnew three days after, could
never have been perpetrated without his consent and
connivance. Why they did not quit Mooltan at once
on finding that treachery was intended, we cannot un-
derstand t the probability is, however, that Lieut. An-
derson was too ill to be moved, and that Mr. Agnew,
acting from a chivalrous feeling of honour, would not
quit his friend till death had put an end to his suffer-
ings, and thus he fell a sacrifice to his gallantry and
kindness of heart. None of their servants or
attendants have yet returned to Lahore, and
bow many of them may have been killed
is unknown. The whole affair is a most melancholy one,
and has caused a great sensation in Lahore, where their
loss is much felt by all who know their excellence and
worth. What steps will be now adopted is still uncertain.
The division orders of yesterday countermanded the
matching of the brigade at present, but it is told to hold
itself in readiness.' The Sirdars also. Dewan Deena Nath
and Shere Sing, were recalled after having got some few
marches on their way. Ir the fort hold out, and
Moolraj raises the people of the country in revolt,
there will be some sharp work for our troops and big
guns in the next cold weather. The delay, how
ever (five or six months), before we can avenge
the loss of our friends, is much to be regretted.
I would have taken all risks of illness and started
at once. There is some difference of opinion I
imagine on this point between our politicals and the
military authorities. The most ridiculous reports are in
circulation every day about the unsettled state of the
country, rising of the people at Peshawur, &c., to which
you need pay no attention.
Another account says—
" Agnew and Anderson, accompanied by Khan
Singh, who was to succeed Moolraj, arrived at Mool-
tan on the 18th. They were received with all ap-
parent frankness and cordiality, and on the 19th
Moolraj went through the ceremony of handing over
the place to them. Agnew placed guards over the
gates, and was issuing out of the last about 100
yards behind Anderson, who was riding along with
Moolraj. Whiist in the act of mounting his horse, a
couple of Suwars rode up and cut him down. Khan
Singh, who was with him, immediately jumped off his
horse and protected him from further injury, mounted
him on an elephant, and conveyed him to-
wards the Eedgah outside the town, which
had been assigned as their residence. They
saw no more of Moolraj, but found Anderson lying by
the road side dreadfully wounded, and nearly dead from
loss of blood. Directly they got into the Eedgah, the
guns of the place opened on them, and continued
firing the whole day. The range, however,
was too long, and no damage was done, as
the building was substantial and surrounded by
a purdah wall, which sheltered them and their
escort, consisting of three hundred Seikh troops
(Goorkhas), seventy Suwars, and six light guns. On the
morning of the 20th the Mooltanees moved out and
surrounded them. Khan Singh, in command of the
troops, asked what vies to be done? Agnew replied,
fight it out to the last; on which the Sirdar ordered
the infantry to reserved their fire until the enemy came
close; on these approaching the whole escort moved
out, and went over to them. Agnew on this told the
Sirdars to provide for their own safety; this they
refused, drew their swords, and expressed their reso-
lution to stand by the British officers. Agnew had
scarcely coulclharrily sit up
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rushed in upon them. Agnew presented his pistol at
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and put to death. Their heads were cut and every
the first man; the piece missedfire,bobtuhot
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down, when they were immediately
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Sir Frederick Currie received the rep ,
hand, of the state of affairs up to the evening of the 11th,
and the rest was supplied by native news-writers."—
Delhi Gazette, May 3.
" LAHORE,
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A resolution of this nature relieves me from the duty
i,f replying to the arguments used by your Excellency in
the above communication, and I confine myself to that
of referring them to the Government of her Catholic
Majesty, I cannot, however, but renew on this occa-
sion the assurances which I have repeatedly brought to
your Excellency's consideration, that the Spanish Go-
vernment has had no desire to offend in any way the
English nation or its Government, its constant wish
being to draw closer the relations between the two
countries, instead of interrupting them; and I am con-
vinced that with these friendly dispositions the Spanish
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volved his ruin. To retain them as prisoners, and
to use them as hostages, to ensure good terms on sub-
mission, are most probably the extent of his designs
against their safety. Be that as it may, the dismem-
bered limbs of Agnew and Anderson, it is now certain,
are exposed on the walls of the Fort of Mooltan. The
Seikh force of 500 men attached to the two com-
missioners, had they remained staunch, would, and
could, have held out for three days. Before
that time elapsed the Bawulpore chief with
his men would have arrived to the rescue. After
taking possession of the building outside the walls, to
which the party entered on being unexpectedly attacked,
Agnewai
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During their fire t tillh the
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the guns from the Fort ofi
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building in which the commissioners and their party
had taken refuge, did little execution, the distance being
a long range.

"During the
night, however, there was great corn-
motion in the city, and it WAS reported to the refugees
that a large undieiplined rabble was approaching. the
place where they had placed themselve*. Even
then they were confident of bring able to defend

THE SUN, LOWITO N, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1848.

themselves, but at this crisis :Khan Sing, the governor
elect, rushed into the apartment where the two
British officers were, and announced to them that
the whole of his men—the 500 Seikhs—bad gone over to
the Mooltanees. Now, Sahibs,' he said, we have no-
thing for it but to die; but I die with you.' Agnew ex-
postulated with hp, saying—' Khan Sing, one already
you have siived my life—now leave us to our fate add
save your own.' Anderson and Agnew then shook hands,
and bade each other an eternal adieu.

"Anderson was already dying, but Agnew, though
severely wounded, was still capable of defending him-
self, and soon came the time for doing so. The Mool-
tanees rushed into the building in numbers. They ap
proached the small party. Agnew sprung up and
snapped his pistol. It missed fire ; he then threw
himself upon the man most in advance—wounded
several with his sword—and received a gun-shot
wound which proved instantly fatal. Khan Singh was
either cut down or 'wounded when poor Agnew fell, but
he still survives. The Fort is represented as most for-
midable, and only to be carried by a breeching battery.
Mooltan is two hundred miles from Lahore; our siege
train could not get there under six or seven weeks, fled
early in the rains the country around is quite a swamp,
and in many places inundated quite."
Mooltan, in the Punjaub, is a great ancient city,
which, since the pre-eminence of the Seikh power,
takes an important part in the commercial and mo-
netary transactions of Western India, outstripping
Shikapoor, and being inferior i❑ this respect only
to Amritsir. It is situate three miles east of the
Chenab, the inundations of which reach it. Elphinstone,
who saw this city in 1809, before it had been stormed
by the Seikhs, describes it as surrounded with a
fine wall between 40 and SO feet high.' This is now
dilapidated, but the citadel continues a place of strength,
being more regular in construction than probably any
other place laid down in India by native engineers,
though some of the ravages of the late siege have
not yet been repaired. It stands on a mound,
and is an irregular hexagon, with its longest side.
which measures 600 yards, to the north-west.
The wall, substantially built of burnt brick, is about 40
feet high outside, but only four or five feet from the
ground inside, in consequence of the materials of
older buildings. It is surmaunted by thirty towers,
and protected by a ditch, faced with masonry. The
only buildings within it of any importance are the
battered palace of the former Khan, and a lotty
Mahometan shrine. Mooltan is the largest town is the
Seikh territory after Lahore and Amritsir. The present
Loon is built on a mound of considerable height, formed
of the ruins of more ancient cities. The bazaars are
extensive, and are well supplied with all articles of
traffic and consumption, and the shops amount
altogether in number to four thousand six hundred.
Its principal manufactures are silks, cottons, shawls,
loongees, brocades, tissues. Its merchants are con-
sidered rich, and about fifteen of them are computed
collectively to possess a million and a half of rupees.
Banking constitutes a large proportion of the business
of Mooltan, in which it has in some measure supplanted
Shikarpoor, and the prosperity of the town is in all
respects considered on the increase. It [the district is
meant, we presume.—ED. D. G.] yields a revenue of
5,75,000 rupees.
" The vicinity is coved with an amazing quantity of
ruins of tombs, mosques, and shrines, which show
the former extent and antiquity of the city. North of
the place is the magnificent shrine of Sham Tabreezi,
who, according to tradition, was flayed alive here as a
martyr, and at whose prayer the sun descended from the
heavens, and produced the intense heat from which
Mooltan suffers, and for which it is proverbial. The
adjacent country, watered by the inundations of the
Chenab, produces fruits, esculent vegetables, grain, and
other crops, in great abundance and perfection. Mool-
tan is said by Burnes to be to this day styled' Mallithan,'
which he translates, the place of the Malli, and thence
infers it to have been that capital of the Malli taken
by Alexander. But Arrian mentions several such
cities, and his brevity, and the slender acquaintance
which he had of the localities, must render any
decision on such points at the present day hazardous
and uncertain. Mooltan was taken by the Ma-
hometans, under Mahomed Ben Kasim, at the close
of the eighth century ; by Mahmood of Ghiznee
at the commencement of the eleventh ; by Tamer-
lane at the close of the fourteenth. Since its capture
by Runjet Sing, it has been garrisoned by Sh-khs, who,
though only amounting to five or six hundred, keep in
severe subjection the Mahometans, supposed to amount
to 40,000 persons. The number of the entire population
is estimated to be about 80,000. Lat. 30 deg. 8 min. long.
71 deg. 28 min."
;"Mooltan is about 200 miles from Lahore, and the
route lies along the left bank of the Ravee, till its junc-
tion with the Chenak, and then along the bank of the
latter river. The Sutlej would afford the best means
of conveying rapidly any quantity of stores or heavy
guns that may be required, and they could be landed
about 20 miles above Bahawul poor, within 25 of Mooltan

THE CHINA SQUADRON.
HONG-KONG, APRIL 26.—Her Majesty's steamer
Fury, 6 guns, Commander James Wilcox, returned from
Shanghai on the 21st, whither she was sent to demand
satisfaction from the Chinese Government for flogging
a number of missionaries at Shanghai, but Mr.
Alcock, the Consul there, had settled the matter
before the vessel arrived. Mr. Alcock had sent her Ma-
jesty's sloop Espeigle, 12 guns, Commander Camp-
bell, up to Nankin with a letter to the Viceroy of
the province, who came to terms immediately, and
the culprits were all exposed with wooden col-
lars round their necks, and were well bastinadoed
afterwards. Commodore Plumridge, C. 13., Acting
Commander-in-Chief, is now on his way here
from Bombay, in the Cambrian, 40-gun frigate. The
Melumpus, 40-gun frigate is here; her captain is senior
officer. Her Majesty's steamer Medea, Commander
Mason, is at Whampoa; the Daedalus, 20 guns, Cap
fain Al•Quhae, is at Singapore ; the Scout, 12
guns, Commander Johnstone (arrived out), and
the Columbine, 12-gun sloop, Commander Hay, are at
Amoy. The Espeigle, 12-gun sloop, Commander Camp-
bell, is at Ningpo; the Childers, 12 gun sloop, COM-
mander Pitman, is at Shanghai ; H.M. steamer Fury and
Melampus frigate are the only Briiish men-of war now
at this rendezvous. The former is ordered to Bombay,
to repair her port side air-pump. The greatest anxiety
prevails to ascertain the result of the revolution in France.
A French frigate, La Bayonnaise, at Manilla, is sadly
perturbed about it.

THE MASSACRE of the AMERICAN

- -
MISSION IN OREGON.
We have been favoured by the governor and commit-
tee of the Hudson's Bay Company with the following
letters, containing the particulars of the massacre by the
Indians of the American mission at Walla Walla, in the
Oregon territory, of which a brief account has already
been published.

M'Bean is an officer in charge of a fort belonging
to the Hudson's Bay Company, not tar from the scene
of this lamentable occurrence, and Mr. Abernethy, to
whom Mr. Douglas, of the board of management at
Fort Vancouver, addreses his letter, is the provisional
governor of the colony, settled in the Valley of the
Walamet.

(Copy.)
"TO TUE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT AT FORT VANCOUVER.
" Fort Nez Perce, Walla Walla,
Nov. 30, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—lt is my painful task to make you ac-
quainted with a horrid massacre which took place yes-
terday at Wauletpu, about which I was first apprised
early this morning by an American who bad escaped, of
the name of Hall, and who reached this half naked and
covered with blood. As he started at the onset, the in-
formation I obtained was not satisfactory. lie, however,
assured me that the Doctor (Whitman) and another man
were killed, but could not tell me the persons who did it,
and how it originated.
" I immediately determined on sending my interpreter
and one man to Dr. Whitman's to find out the truth,
and, if possible, to resell?, Mr. Chief Trader Manson's
two sons and any of the survivors. It so happened that,
before the interpreter had proceeded half way, the
two boys were met on their way hither, escorted
by Nicholas Finlay, it having been previously
settled among the Indians that these boys should not
be killed, as also the American women and children. Pe-
loquoit is the chief who recommended this measure. I
presume you are well acquainted that fever and dysen-
tery have been raging here and in this vicinity, in con-
sequence of which a great number of Indians have been
swept away, but more especially at the Doctor's place,
where he attended upon them. About thirty of the
Cayuses tribe died one after another, who eventually
believed the Doctor had poisoned them; and in which
opinion they were, unfortunately, confirmed by one of
the Doctor's party. As far as I have been able to learn,
this has been the sole cause of the dreadful butchery.
" In order to satisfy any doubt on that point, it is re-
ported that they requested the Doctor to administer me-
dicine to three of their friends, two of whom were really
sick, but the third only feigned illness, and that the three
were corpses the next morning. After they were
buried, and while the Doctor's men were employed
slaughtering an ox, the Indians came one by one
to his house, with their arms concealed under their
blankets, and, being all assembled, commenced
firing on those slaughtering the animal, and in
a moment the Doctor's house was surrounded. The
Doctor and a young man brought up by himself were
shot in the house. His lady, Mr. Rogers, and the
children had taken refuge in the garret, but were
dragged down and dispatched (excepting the children)
outside, were their bodies were left exposed. It is re-
ported that it was not their intention to kill Mr. Rogers,
in consequence of an avowal to the following
effect, which he is said to have made, and which
nothing but a desire to save his life could have prompted
him to do. He said, " I was one evening lying down,
and I overheard the Doctor telling the Rev. Mr. Spald-
ing that it was best you should all be poisoned at once,
but that the latter told him it was best to continue slowly
and cautiously, and between this and spring not a soul
would remain, when they would take possession of your
lands, cattle, and horses.
" These are only Indian reports, and no person can
believe the Doctor capable of such an action without
being as ignorant and brutal as the Indians themselves.
One of the murderers not having been made acquainted
with the above understanding shot Mr. Rogers.
"It is well understood that eleven lives were lost and
three wounded. It is also rumoured that they are to
make an attack upon the fort. Lot them come !
If they will not listen to reason, though I have only
five men at the establishment, I am prepared to
give them a warm reception ; the gates are closed
day and night, and bastions in readiness. In com-
pany with Mr. Manson's two sons was sent a young
half-bred lad brought up by Dr. Whitman ; they are all
here and have got over their fright. The ringleaders in
this horrible butchery are Peloquoit, bis son Big Belly,
Tamsuchv, Estacie, Toumonlish, &c. I understand from
the interpreter that they were making one common
grave for the deceased.

"The houses were stripped of every thing in the shape
of property, but when they came to divide the spoil,
they fell out among themselves, and all agreed to put
back the propt.rty. lam happy to state the Walla
Wallas had no hand in the business ; they were all the
Doctor's own people (the Cayuses). One American
shot another, and took the Indian' part to save his own
life.

" Allow me to draw a veil over this dreadful affair,
which is too painful to dwell upon, and which I have
explained conformably to information received; and with
sympathizing feelings.—l remain, with much respect,
gentlemen, your most humble servant,

" WILLIAM M'BEAN.
" N.B. I have just learned that the Cayuies are to
be here to-morrow, to kill Serpent Jaune,' the Walla
Walla chief."

" Fort Vancouver, Dec. 7, 1847.
" Sir,—Having received intelligence last night, bp
special express from 'Walla Walla, of the destruction of
the missionary settlement at Waulctpu by the Cayuse
Indians of that place, we hasten to communicate the
particulars of that dreadful event—one of the most atro-
cious which darkens the annals of Indian crime.
" Our lamented friend Dr. Whitman, his amiable and
accomplished lady, with nine other persons, have fallen
victims to the fury of these remorseless savages, who
appear to have been instigated to this appalling crime by
a horrible suspicion which had taken possession of their
superstitious minds, that in consequence of the number
of deaths from dysentery and measles, Dr. Whitman
was silently working the destruction of their tribe by
administering poisonous drugs under the semblance of
salutary medicines.

" With a goodness of heart and benevolence truly his
own, Dr. Whitman had been labouring incessantly since
the appearance of the measles and dyFentry among his
Indian converts to relieve their sufferings ; and such has
been the reward of his generous labours.
" A copy of Mr. M'Bean's letter herewith will give
all the particulars known to us of this indescribably
painful event.
_ _

" Mr. Ogden with a strong party will leave this place
as soon as possible for Walla Walla to endeavour to
prevent farther evil; and we beg to suggest to you the
propriety of taking instant measures for the protection
of the Rev. Mr. Sptulding, who, for the sake of his
family, ought to abandon the Clear Water Mission
without delay, and retire to a place of safety, as he can-
not rrmain at that isolated station without imminent
iu the present excited and irritable state of the
Indian population.
" I have the honour to be. Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" JAMES LOLIGLAS.

" Mr. George A bPrneth v."

THE CATAMARAN.
It having been announced by advertisement that on
Tuesday last this patent life-preserver would make a
trip from Dover to Boulogne, on that day, long before
the hour appointed for the " demonstration," the beach
in front of Waterloo-crescent was thronged with all
sorts of people. A tent was erected on the beach, under
which the catamaran was put together and prepared
for sea. During its progress, and after its completion,
vast numbers of people inspected it; and it is only justice
to Mr. Hely, the inventor, to say, that his courtesy
and kindness to all visitors and inquirers were emi-
nently conspicuous. The hour of sailing arrived ;
but, as there was a stiff adverse breeze blowing, it
was deemed impracticable to launch the catamaran.
Indeed, the highest nautical authorities declared
it was quite impossible for such a craft to
reach Boulogne on that day (Tuesday) ; and Mr. Hely
was, therefore, reluctantly compelled to abandon the
idea of taking ,the trip that day. On Wednesday the
wind was equally adverse ; and it was not till Thursday
morning at six o'clock that he could attempt the pas-
sage. At this early hour our drowsy citizens were
disturbed by the booming of cannon--the given signal
for the departure of the expedition; and those who un-
derstood the signal, and could muster sufficient courage
to throw off death's counterfeit, hied them to the beach
to witness it. All having been got ready, the catamaran
was carried down to the water's edge by a few sturdy
boatmen, and in a trice launched for the first time on the
briny deep amid the roar of artillery and the plaudits of
the people. The catamaran, being now fairly afloat, lay
at anchor in the offing for a short time. The anchor
being got, the life preserver was pulled clear of the land,
and then she was put under the pressure of a lug sail,
and took her course across the channel, with an expres-
sion of the hearty good wishes of the spectators. She
was accompanied by a lugger, with some 30 people on
board. The catamaran showed evident symptoms of
ber sea-going qualities so long as she remained in
sight, and it was doubted by none but that
she would make the trip at a reasonable rate.
The catamaran is exceedingly simple in construc•
tion. This specimen is 30 feet long by 8 feet wide.
The cylinders were stuffed with different sorts of
munitions, and when on the water it looked in shape
not unlike an elongated basket, through the bottom and
sides of which the water has free ingress and egress.
Its flexibility protects it from damage on rocks or sink-
ing ships, and it would seem next to impossible for any
sea to upset it. It will, therefore, be serviceable where
no boat could live; and though it does not keep its crew
dry-footed, this is a matter of minor import in cases of
life or death. We have no doubt of the success of Mr.
Hely's invention, and believe that every sea-going vessel
will shortly adopt the catamaran as a lite-preserver for.
passengers arid crew in case of need. In the case of a
vessel taking fire at sea, getting on a sunken rock, or in
any way becoming in a sinking state, were each sailor
provided with a cylinder case, he could bundle his
clothes and a little "grub " into it, and the strength of
the united crew could very soon construct the cata-
maran raft. The catamaran arrived sefe at Boulogne
at seven o'clock P. M. Here Mr. Hely was received
most cordially by the authorities, arid presented to
the French Government, through them, a model
of his invention. The return voyage was favour-
able as far as Blackness, when the catamaran fell in
with heavy calms, and did not arrive on Dover-bay
beach until eleven P Si., having about five miles encoun-
tered a heavy north-east breeze, with much rain and a
heavy sea. A great number of persons assembled on the
beach opposite the baths to greet the catamaran, as she
beached in gallant style on the shingle. We understand
every lashing was as secure as at the hour of her start-
ing from Dover-bay, and she was only an inch or so
deeper in the water. All her wood-work remains per-
fectly staunch. She shipped no water over her bulwarks,
steered steadily, and held her wind by means of her
shifting-keel with wonderful nicety. She has been pro-
nounced a craft of first-rate sea-worthiness and safety,
and the result of this salt-water trial, during which about
ninety miles of water were traversed, may be considered
as conclusive as successful. This day she will be taken
to pieces on the beach. We understand that two offers
to purchase the catarman were made to the inventor by
parties at Boulogne, previous to her departure from the
spot.--Lover Chronicle.

GILISM.
ALEXANDER KEENE AND T. WELSH, FOR 1001. ASIDE.
•The " passage of arms" between these knights of the
knuckle, which has for some weeks past been the topic
of debate and difference of opinion in the little world of
pugilism, was on Tuesday brought to an undeniable con-
clu•iou at Eight Mile Bottom, 56 miles from the metro•
polis, in the direction of Newmarket. The battle-field
of Tuesday has been in years bygone the scene of several
contests of greater or lesser note ; the most remarkable
being that in 1805, when John Gully (afterwards the
owner of Hare Park, hard by, subsequently M.P. for
Pontefract, and now a leading turfite) defeated the giant
Gregson for the championship—something more in those
days than an empty or a questionable title. But we must
hasten from the past to the present. The lads who on
Tuesday stripped to do battle are both known as public
gladiators ; Keene, who numbers twenty-two summers,
has conquered Wm. Cain, of Leicester, and Joe Phelps,
of Brighton, his height 5 feet Eti- inches, his weight 9st.
41b. 'Welsh, his opponent, is better known as Young
Sambo, a name justified by his skin and wool, which are
certainly more African than Caucasian. Sambo is
twenty-nine years old, measures 5 feet 51 inches, and
weighs 9st. 51h., his frame being altogether more thick-
set, and his arms more muscular than his lengthy adver-
sary. At a few minutes before eleven o'clock, the select
few who had been whirled down the Eastern Counties
line, per special train, " under the special care" (as the
tickets specified) " of Jem Burn and Henry Whelpdale,
Esquire," were gratified by seeing the men shake hands
and stand up. Barnash and Jem Turner attended to
Sambo, while Robert Fuller and Hannan esquired Keene.
The artistic style of the dark-coloured athlete was
remarkable, and the first Jew left-handed attempts of his
long-reached opponent were stopped with such elegance
as to excite general applause. After several dodges and
feints, however, Keene, by a sudden spring, in the
manner of the late Young Dutch Sam, popped in such a
sharp rap with his lett over Sambo's guard, and reach-
ing his right eyebrow, left his mark. This was ominous,
as, in addition to youth, length, and freshness, Keene
had the advantage of both his optics, while it is well
known, Sambo's left eye never possessed the gift of
sight. Ilia skill, nevertheless, having in former battles
countervailed this detect, his friends were still confident.
A few more seconds, and the men got near, smart ex-
changes took place, and a rally ended by Keene again
showing he could get at Sambo's head, and filially send-
ing him down wilts a right-handed blow on the ribs, as
he was jumping backwards. The second round decided
the question in all but partisans minds. Keene again
over-reached Sambo in the counterhittiug, getting home
most effectually. Welsh again down. In the fourth
round Keene had his opponent at all points, and Sambo
turned round in confusion, and actually walked to his
collier. Keene, with great forbeararce, opened his
hands, and did not follow him. The next round brought
the battle to a close. Sambo received so heavily, and
returned so short, that it was clear his vision was seri-
ously interfered with, the sponge was therefore in hu-
manity thrown, the useless punishment of a brave fellow
being a thing to be avoided in a case where the display
of science, rather than that of mere animal endurance
was looked for by those who backed the losing man.

MONEY ORDERS.—The following notice to the
public, and instructions to all postmasters, sub-postmas-
ters, and letter receivers, issuing and paying money
orders, was posted at the General Post-office this morn-
ing :—" On and after the 6th July, the post-offices at the
under-mentioned places will be opened ror the issue and
payment of money orders :—Carnborne, Cornwall ; Pont-
y-Prid, Glamorganshire ; Ventnor, Isle of Wight ; Coat-
bridge, Lanarkshire ; Dairy, Ay rshire ; Johnstone, lien-
freTw.shsir.e ;DCuassctloemlnslEa,ndE.
slcite ,rrY ; Glenarrn, Antrim.
M.P.—We understand
that this lien. Gentleman, who has been prevented from
attending Parliament for some time, in consequence of
severe and protracted indisposition, came to town on
Monday, for the express purpose of being present at the
debate on Mr. Hume's motion. We are sorry to learn,
however. that he experienced a severs relapse after his
arrival in town, and has been interdicted by the highest
medical authorities from attending the House of Com-
mons at present.