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to induce them to surrender. The Begums do not come in
therefore ; neither the spirited lady who has been the' soul
of the rebellion iii Oude, nor the two young ladies who
sent word that they were about to favour us with their
presence in camp. Deebeel3ux, the-Rajah of Gondah, has
sent in vakeels, but as long as the Begum holds out he,
like Bainie Madhoo, will not surrender. On the other hand,
it is to be noted that there are now in all guide but two or
three chiefs who have not made their submission. All the
country behind us is ours, and the talookdars having been
received in-camp, have gone back to their estates, and are
aiding our 'newly reinstated authorities in pulling don
their own forts, and in establishing the machinery for police
and revenue purposes. Deebee Bus and Bainie Madhoo
are almost the only exceptions, for old Nurput Singh of
Bowes: is not a landed proprietor of any consequence. Of
the two former a native chief predicated that they would
fight to the last. " Why so ?" he was asked: " Because
Bainie Madhoo has said he will never.desert Birjeis Kuddr,
and he never breaks his word; and Deebee Brix will fight
because he is so fond of it, and' has been fighting all his
life." Nurput Singh is a cripple, and he is said to have
vowed " that as God had taken some of his members he would
give the rest to his country." There is- no doubt but that
°fide might be greatly disturbed if those chiefs should
succeed in getting to our rear into the settled districts.
What they mean by fighting is a troublesome guerilla,con-
tinual raids, and forays, and flights, the -plunder of those
who are -not •their friends, surprises, long marches, feints,
outwitting their enemies, a life which has its charms, as it
certainly has its eteitement, particularly with the stimulus
of Enfield rifles, and shrapnel. This " chase au talookdar"
is weary work- for officers and men. It is inglorious and
unprofitable, and the scent does 'not lie, so that the truest
dogs are at fault. Of course the Government at home and
out here find it more weary still. "Why is-it not finished
at once ?" is the cry. Simply because wo cannot catch
Tantia Topee, or' force the Oude party to fight or submit.
" But why don't you' do either ?" Because as yet it is a
physical impossibility, particularly when the action of arms
is suspended by diplomacy. Just consider where we are.
Our forces are within sight of Nepaul. The snowy range
rises above us, and on-the pent-like slopes of the mountains,
towards the dead level of Oude, are forests of untold depths,
in which man has never set his foot. In the ravines formed
by the course of innumerable torrents are paths known by
a few who-are unknown to us, which lead into the dreary
solitudes of the mountains between Nepaul and the Terai.
Here and there some forts are perched amid beetling preci-
pices, screened by densest forests. Between us and the
spurs of the great range, which rises like some giant wall
to shut Hindostan from the outer world, are the plains up
to the Terai. Those plains are to us terra incognito. Maim
Singh, wire is with us, has collected revenue here at the head
of his armies, and Capt. Orr, Capt. Bunbury, and one or
two European officers in the King of Oude's service, may
know a little of the district, but the more one knows the
more he can tell of the difficulty of operating rapidly in a
country which is a plain dotted with swamps, destitute of
roads, abounding in rivers and forests. See how painfully
the Quartermaster-General and his assistants have to pick
out their way from the villagers. Every step is to be
weighed beforehand. " How deep is the river there ?"
" Sometimes up to the neck, at others up to the waist."
"Is the bottom soft or hard ?" "It is middling." "Is
there no ford ?" " Yes, five koss (i.e.; 10 miles) lower
down there is a ford knee-deep." "Could guns get over
it ?" " I don't know ; they might stick." " What kind
of a road is it to the next village ?" " There are open plains,
jeels, or swamps, and streams to cross, then a thick belt of
trees, then jungle." "Can guns go through the jungle ?"
" The path is narrow, they had better go round." Between
Buraech and Intha in one march of 17 miles we skirted a
jungle the whole way; we passed over a plain without any
cultivation or inhabitants, except enormous herds of small
and semi-wild cattle and their few and frightened attend-
ants. I think there were only two hamlets of four or five
houses each to be seen, and around each was 'a small patch
of dall field and cultivated ground. The rest was a desert
covered with sharp prickly shrubs, or coarse tufted grass,
mango topes, tamarind and stinted banyan trees here and
there. Beyond these plains lies the belt of forest and jungle
at the foot of the hills which is known as (" the forest")
the Terai. Of this I shall tell you more when I see it, and
it is only too likely we shall have an opportunity of inspect-
ing a locality which the natives allude to very much as a
London pickpocket speaks prospectively of Milbank or
ilow-stteet.

THE SUICIDE OF A FOREIGNER AT

CHELTENHAM.

The attempt made upon his own life by Baron
de Chastellain, at the Eight Bells, Commercial
Hotel, on Thursday last, the particulars of which
have already appeared in The Sun, has terminated
fatally, and an inquest has been held on the body.
The evidence then taken corroborates in every par-
ticular the account previously given of the melan-
choly event. Deceased shot himself in the chest
with a pistol while lying in bed. •
Mr. Peter Skeolan, photographic artist, stated
that deceased had made proposals to him for the
hand of his daughter, but on account of his (the
Baron's) affairs being in an unsettled state he re-
fused his consent, and ultimately forbade any inti-
macy whatever, although he admitted he had
allowed the deceased and his daughter to corres-
pond with each other. Deceased had before at-
tempted suicide by poison.
Mr. Peter Paul Skeolan, jun., said he saw the
deceased after he shot himself, and asked him the
reason he did it. He replied because he had no
position and could not live as a gentleman.
Letters written by the deceased before he shot
himself were produced and read. They were as
follows :

"MISS MARY JANE SlCEOLAN,—Circumstances are such,
dearest Mary Jane, that I cannot open quite my heart as
I could wish. You may perhaps, take several things as
reproach, but I will not have the slightest reproach to
make to you. All that I have to say is, that I have
loved you immensely. lam unfortunate, Mary, but
don't forget me or my memory. I have weeped tears of
blood for you. I will watch over you ; I will protect you
against every wave. I shall give you great pain, but for-
give me. I had a beautiful dream : I did pray to God, and
ask him to help me, and not to forsake me. I had a vision.
I saw our blessed Virgin, with the Holy Child Jesus in her
arms. He said to me, ' Thou halt suffered enough, come
to me.' I said, How can I come without committing a
crime ?' He said, 'lf thou wilt conic and art anxious to
come to me, you know the way, thy sins are forgiven thee.'
And I said, ' I shall do so.' In those hoops when you have
nothing to pre-occupy you, think of me, dearest angel. If
it is true that our soul has the power to appear to those
most beloved on earth I shall do so to you ; do not be
frightened, and I shall see you as a friend.—PHlLlßEnt
DE CIIASTELLAIN."

" DEAREST MARY JANE,—Please to do as I wish. Take
my watch and make use of it. It is not for a lady I
know ; but you may have it as remembrance of a friend,
and also my rings. One is the wedding-ring of my father
dear; another has the images' of my armoury; keep
them in honour as I did, and do not allow them to be in
the possession of Jews. The other—the blue one—darling,
it is for you; keep it on your hand till you die; and so
all the other things you may find. Take them as relics,
I respect them; they are sweet remembrances of friends I
have lost. Keep them in your own hand, and in no other.
Have the kindness to get your father to write to old Bent,
86, Bloomsbury, Manchester, to tell him to send my papers,
back to my mother to Baden-Baden so that she may bo
able to give those titles we have from Piedmont's King in
1662 back to Victor Emmanuel. Your father must insist
on Bent. Tam the last of the name, and so my mother is
expected to give:back to the King what is the King's"
After a very lengthened inquiry, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The
deceased had formerly been employed as secretary
to Mr. Parish on an embassy from the Court of
Naples to France. The news of his melancholy
death was transmitted to Meyer and Co., bankers,
Baden-Baden, who gave instructions for his funeral
and the payment of all expenses incidental thereto.

It is reported that the Peruvian Government
propose to contract in this country a new loan of £10,000,000
redeemable within five years, the whole of the guano
revenue being mortgaged for its repayment. The lipids-
tion of the existing foreign debt of Peru, £5,400,000, is said
to form part of the scheme, and it is supposed that the pre-
sent stockholders will have the option G. exchanging their
securities for bonds in the new loan, or 'of receiving pay-
ment on terms to be hereafter adjusted.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday
afternoon, the 10th instant--viz., the Queen of England,
1,256‘t0n5, to sail from Liverpool for Sydney, New South
Wales, at £l5 19s. 3d. per statute aduit, and the Bride, 565
tons, to sail from Plymouth for Algoa Bay, Cape of Good
Hope, at £l4 9s. sd.—the former vessel to be ready for the
reception of passengers on such days as may be appointed
between the 21st and 28th of March, and the latter any day
between the 7th and 14th. The Commissioners have given
notice of their intention to receive, on Monday next, the
14th inst., tenders for the supply of beds and bolsters, either
of cotton, flock, cork, or other approved material, for the
use of emigrants embarking in Government emigrant ships
from the three ports, Liverpool, Plymouth, or Southamp-
ton, or each port separately, or two together.
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SUSP ECM) MURDEP AT DARLINGTON

On Monday afternoon a yoting woman, named
Elizabeth Hall, about 24 years of age, died
at the house of her uncle, in Whessoe-street, Dar-
lington,-and the testa of apost mortem examina-
tion, together with the contents of several letters
which have been found, led to the belief that her
death has been caused by internal violenCe; or the
administration of poisonous drugs, for the purptse
of precuring abortion.
An inquest was held on Wednesday, at Darling-
ton,- befOre W. Trotter, Esq., coroner, and trom the
evidence it appears that the parents of the deceased
reside at Winlatou, near Newcastle, and that so far
back as October suspicions were rife in the village
of an improper intimacy between the unfortunate
girl and Gloster Smith, a married man, who is
national schoolmaster and organist at Winlaton.
Subsequent circumstances tended to confirm this
conviction, and the parents of the girl charged her
with being enceinte but she indienatitly denied .
that such was the case, and attempted to leave her
home. in order to break off the connection—the
girl's mind being constantly excited—the
_parents
inchiced her to go and stay a few weeks at Darling.
ton with an aunt. This was on the sth of la.st month,
and since that time she has made three visits to New-
castle, twice without her parents' knowledge. On
the last occasion of her returning from there, a fort-
night last Monday, she complained of fatigue, and
next day became seriously ill. Up to Sunday she
persisted in not having a doctor,but on that day Dr.
Fothergill was called in, and he was given to under-
stand she-had had a miscarriage. Notwithstanding
his efforts to rally her she died on Monday last. The
day previously a sealed packet of letters was found
in a work-box, on which was written in pencil,
" These are only to be read by one person in the
world ppm. my death." Only one of the letters
bears a signature, that being " Gr. Sth.," but the
jury thought the others were in the same hand-
writing, although disguised. One letter particu-
larly, which can be distinctly traced to Smith, says,
" It is utterly impossible for me to go with you to-
night, but don't fail in going yourself. . • . Do
implicitly as he tells you, and then all will go
right. . . . I have no tin by me to-day, but
whatever it costs you at R— I will pay you.
again." Th• other letters tend to prove the 'sus-
picions long entertained of an improper connection
existing between the deceased and Smith. It was
in consequence of the contents of these letters that
the post nzortenz examination was made, and Dr.
Fothergill stated at the inquest that he was firmly
of opinion death had been caused by internal vio-
lence. He had found mortification, which could
not be accounted for in any other way than by the
introduction of instruments. He thought medi-
cines could not have produced the appearances he
saw, but, at the suggestion of the coroner, in order
to exhaust every other possible cause of death, he
proposed to inspect the stomach.
The inquisition was adjourned for a week.
The schoolmaster was arrested on Wednesday,
and was brought in custody to Darlington the next
day. He was remanded by tho magistratiS.