The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

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swept away, and 4`d re 0 • r fisted,
carried away by the'Syetun, by the
activity and presence otudia.:of yfaiaser, his
comrade, who pulled offkhis gliat d plunged
into the. river just in time to carry his friend,
with a spark of life unextinguished, to the bank.
The river was full of struggling men and horses,
and some 40 or 50 of the enemy were swimming
for their lives, but the rest were beneath the
waters, or were riding across the other bank. Our
men had ridden 30 miles. They were exhausted,
and so were .the horses, and so at one o'clock the
cavalry fell back, marched through the jungle, and
joining the rest of the expedition, found their tents
pitched and baggage up at Bankee in their rear at
3 o'clock on the 31st.

JAN. 4.

The force did not move to-day, as there was no
news of the enemy in any direction. The bodies of
the two hussars drowned yesterday were found by
some natives who had been sent out with a promise
of reward for that purpose. Each of the troopers
held a sowar firmly in his arms, so thatit was
with difficulty the dead could be separated. The
bodies were buried this evening.
A sepoy of the 72d Battalion of Native Infantry,
who was taken prisoner yesterday, informed us that
the Nana was positively present yesterday, but went
off at the sound_ of the firing towards the river,
which be crossed, probably long before our cavalry
came up. Several sowars, perhaps 20, camein and
surrendered this morning to. Major Barrow. Their
cases will be considered by the light of the Govern-
ment circular forwarded in my last despatch: They
were so miserably mounted that a shrewd suspicion
has arisen they part with their horses before they
give themselves up, for the sowars we see in the
field are generally very well horsed. These men
were armed with tulwar and_pistol, and were stout
fellows enough, but badly clad. The Rajah of Nan.
parah rode in on his elephant to-day, and paid his
respects to the Special Commissioner. A series of
hospitable camp dinners celebrated the opening
of the New Year, 1859, which was not the
less warmly welcomed because it opens with
promise of speedy repose, and with . the an-
nouncement that furloughs and' retirements are
about to be granted. immediately. It is probable
that several regiments will soon be on their way
home, and that the Military. Train will be the first
asked for volunteer's for India before it proceeds to
England.
Our information respecting the enemy to-day is
to the effect that they are collected in the valley of
the Raptee, beyond the first low range of hills
visible in our front. It is uncertain whether they
are actually in the Nepaulese territory. Our know-
ledge as to their exact position is vague, and we
cannot now determine the frontier line. There is
good ground for believing that the enemy number
2,000 cavalry and 12,000 or 14,000 foot, with 15 or
20 guns.

The body of Major Horne was brought into camp
this afternoon by some natives, who, stimulated by
the promise of a reward, searched the river, and
discovered the corpse in a pool submerged in a quick-
sand below the ford. It was reported that he held
in his death grip a Sowar in each hand, and that
the bodies, one of which bore the marks of a despe-
rate wound, were found beside him; but there are
some doubts as to the truth of the story, as no
European saw the dead Sowers. The gallant and
lamented officer was buried this evening in front of
the camp, under a lone tree, whereon a plate,
with an inscription stating his name ,rank, and the
manner, and date of his death, is affixed. It was
an affecting ceremonial, decoriously conducted. The
staff of Lord Clyde, of Sir W. Mansfield, the head-
quarters' officers, the officers of the Rifle Brigade,
Brigadier Horsford, Brigadier Richmond Jones,
the officers' and a detachment of the Carabineers,
Sir W. Russell and the officers and men of the 7th
Hussars, followed the bier, behind which was led
the horse of the deceased in funeral trappings. As
the procession, preceded by the band of the Rifle
Brigade, passed out of the camp and the sad and
. noble strains of " the Death March" swelled
through the air the native camp followers thronged
to gaze upon the spectacle, and one or two sa-
laamed as the war horse passed them. Sir Win.
Russell, in the absence of any clergyman, read the
funeral service. In the gloom of a murky evening,
with one rift in the clouds, through which poured
a broad thin sheet of orange light from the setting
sun, the deep grave, surrounded by the countrymen
and comrades of the soldier, reminded us how far
we were from our home, how near we might be to
that final resting-place which is everywhere.
Before the service was closed in darkness the yells
of the jackals in the distance made us look to see
the grave was deep. Long may it be before Eng-
lish eyes again rest on the spot where the soldier
was laid so solemnly in his shroud.

Such intelligence as we have this morning leads
us to believe that the rebels may not be in Nepaul,
but that they have moved to a place in the
valley of the Raptee, about .14 miles in our front.
At 11 o'clock our camp was struck, and we
moved out with the intention of crossing the
Raptee, when spies came in with the news that
the enemy were actually discussing the pro-
priety of coming down and crossing the river
to attack us. As it was desirable, above all things,
to place the river in their rear in case of an
attack, so that they could not escape or get away
their guns. Lord Clyde gave orders for the camp
to be pitched about a mile from its original site, and
hero we have halted for the day close to the spot
where the affair of the other day began. It is re-
ported that on the evening of our engagement the
Begum, with her followers, marched towards the
north till she came to the Ghoorkha post at the
entrance to the hills, which consisted of 200 men
only. The officer in charge said he had no power
to permit her armed soldiers to pass, but that she
and her officers and domestics might some in if they
liked. The Begum thereupon exhorted the Sepoys
to disperse and go to their homes, but they followed
her up to the post, and pressing after her by their
numbers forced their way past, and marched seve-
ral miles up the country. The Ghoorkha officer of
the district informed the Begum he could not per-
mit such a violation of his master's territory, and
thereupon she went out next day, followed by the
Sepoys as before, and joined the rebels under the
Nana Sahib, Mehundie Hosein, Bala Rao, Bainie
Madho, and others. The rebels are in three dif-
ferent camps, and are said to extend over a space
of 14 miles. In order to hem in the enemy, if pos-
sible, Colonel Christie, who was at Pudnaba, on our
west, on New Year's-day, has been directed to
march towards us with all speed. Colonel Pratt,
her Majesty's 23d, has been summoned from the
Gogra; the wing of the Belo Battalion is to
come in from Mejiddiah ; the five companies of
her Majesty's 20th, left at Nanparah, are hastening
up with the guns of which they are in charge.
The force at present under the command of • Lord
Clyde is constituted as follows :—Fraser's Horse
Artillery troop, 6 guns ; 7th Hussars, 390 sabres ;
her Majesty's 6th Dragoons, 150 sabres ; 6th
Madras Cavalry, 80 sabres • Ist, or Hughes's Pun-
jab Cavalry, 350 sabres; Lennox's Company :Royal
26th;sRttroeogwnighm,iecahnnta,
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five companies
be
co
added
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ad nn
Engineers, 50 ; Rifle Brigade, 750 ; her Majesty's
wing
se Belootf ho
eohraehrwßattaliongMajesty's
about
440000
20th, about 360.
The weather is fine, but cold at night.

PAUPERISM. —£1,910 , 6 0 8 was the sum expended
in 645 Unions during the half-year ended Michaelmas,
1858, of which £469,258 was for in-maintenance, and
£1,441,350 for out-relief. The cost of relief to the irremove-
able paupers was 30.5 per cent. on the cost of relief of other
paupers during the half-year, but during
the half-year
ended Michaelmas, 1857, the ratio was 28.4 per cent.
788,248 paupers were in receipt of relief on the Ist of July
last, and this is given as a fair average of the number re-
lieved in the half-year. The cost of in-maintenance and
out-relief is 72 per cent, of the entire cost of the relief to
the poor.
FALL FROM DOVER CLeaIFF. re of age, son of the ar-
-On Thursday after-
noon, a little boy about nine y
mourer sergeant of the 60th Rifles, while playing on the
edge of the cliff, immediately iu front of the military skittle-
ground, overbalanced himself and full. Although the pre-
cipice is nearly 300 feet high, it has by different falls lost _
its perpendicular, or rather at the depth of
0 feet from the
summit forms an inclined plane. The velocity of the boy's
fall was thus broken, but ho afterwards rolled down to the
garden in the rear of Mr. Tharp 's house in Suargate-street.
He was immediately taken to the Military Hospital, and is
under the skilful care of the surgeon of that establishment,
doing well. Strange to say, no bones were either broken or
dislocated, and the poor little fellow escaped with a slight
scalp wound, and bruises.—Dover Chronicle.
SHIP
riNG.—ln 1838, 10,313 sailing ships, of
788,113 tons, and navigated by 37,971 men, with 372
navigated b
steamers, of 90,739 tons, y8967,251a.rmen,, were
employed' solely as home-trade ships •
and 62 steamers were employed partly' at homeal inangd‘eist tellys
as foreign-going ships; 7,9992aning vessels, of 3,09,226
tons, and 428 steamerssolely as foreign-pin,
57,861 tons, -were employed
109,090 and 17,821 ships,men; 19,209 .employing. respectively
vessels, of 3 9a6 0
tons, and 862 steaanindertos,'lf.369,;a4ilitnogns,were employed aSin.
trading in, from,
trade ships Great Britain and Ireland. Home
are ships trading en the coasts of the United
Kingdom, or to ports within the limits of the River Elbe
and Brest; foreign-going ships are ships trading beyond
those limits. In the above return of foreign-going ships
it is possible that some ships may be included which have
now ceased to exist, or are no longer employed as British
ships; but such vessels have, whenever found possible to
ascertain the fact, been struck off, and in no case has any
ship been included which has not been reported as a
foreign-going ship within four years. No home-trade
ship is included which has not been reported within one
year. In the above return of men employed masters are
not included ; a very small deduction ought however,
from
however, to be
made for the case of men who ' after being ischarged fro
ono ship, join another immediately, the tamer vessel re-
maining is port,

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