The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-24 00:00:00

"Roua Pass" is a passage of great interest. The
story must be considered as a success, whether it
is regarded as a brilliant social picture of stirring
scenes and striking adventures, or as a sketch of the
deeper and higher sentimnts which relate to the
world of thought. In either sphere the chronicles
of the "Roua Pass" may challenge attention, and
they are further made memorable by the superior
manner in which the scenery is described. Ro-
mance can never exercise its spells more potently
thin when its scene is laid in pleasant places,—
whether in fair gardens, or on sea-washed shores ;
bat for a purpose like the present the sublimity
and beauty, of the mountain pass and the wooded
glen, are most congenial. A nature like Esme's
Could never have developed in a crowded city, in
conventional drawing-rooms. Her free spirit re-
quired its attributes of light and air. She reigned
as on a throne in the majesty of mountain solitude,
where the flowers of earth laid a garden at her
feet, and above her the clouds of the heavens spread
a canopy.

THE LATEI MAJOR-GENERAL MATHIAS
EVEBARD, C. 13., K.H.

This gallant and distinguished officer, who died
on the 20th inst. at Southsea, commenced his bril-
liant career as an ensign in the 2d or Queen's Royal
Regiment in 1804 ; was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant in 1805 ; in 1807, he was selected to lead.
the forlorn hope at Monte Video, the party under
his command on that occasion consisting of 32 non-
commissioned officers and privates, of whom 22 were
either killed or wounded. For this service he was
promoted to a company in the 14th Regiment in
April, 1807. For his gallant conduct on this memor-
able occasion he was presented with a sword bythe
Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's, and honoured with the
presentation of the freedom of the city of Dublin.
In 1809 the 2d battalion of the 14th was employed
in the expedtion to Walcheren, and the siege of
Flushing. On the 12th August the two flack com-
panies, one of which he commanded, supported by
the regiment, stormed. one of the Dutch entrench-
ments, in co-operation with a detachment of the
King's German Legion, carrying the entrenchments,
capturing 1 gun and 13 prisoners, and establishing
a lodgment within musket shot of the walls of the
town, for which service the regiment was thanked
in General Orders, and the flank companies in Divi-
sional Orders ; he also served during the same year
at the battle of Corunna. He commanded the
14th Regiment at the siege and capture of Hatras
in February, 1817 ; he also served in the Pindaree
and Mahratta wars in 1817 and 1818, and. was
promoted to the rank of Major in 1821. In 1826
he commanded the 14th Regiment at the siege and
storming of Bhurtpore, for which service Lord
Combermere stated in his public despatch, "I have
the pleasure to acquaint your lordship that the
conduct of every one engaged was marked by a
degree of zeal which calls for my unqualified ap-
probation, Out I must particularly remark- the
behaviour of his Majesty's 14th Regiment, com-
manded by Major Everard, and the 59 th,commanded
by Major Fuller ; these corps, having led the
columns of assault, by their steadiness and deter-
mination decided the fate of the day." The Divi-
sional Order by Major-General Sir Thos. Reynell
states—" Major-General Reynell congratulates the
troops of his division—European and native—en-
gaged in the storming of Bhurtpore this morning
upon the brillant success which attended their gal-
lant exertions. It is impossible for him to convey
half what he feels in appreciating the conduct of his
Majesty's 14th Regiment, that led the principal
storming columns ; it has impressed. his mind with
stronger notions of what a British regiment is capable
of when led by such officets as Major Everard,
Major Bishop, and Captain Mackenzie, than he ever
before possessed. The Major-General requests that
Major Everard will assure the officers and soldiers
of the 14th Regiment that they more than realised
his expectations." For this service he was pro-
moted. to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the
19th of January, 1826 ; he was made Colonel on
the 23d of November, 1841, and Major-General on
the 11th of November, 1851. Her Majesty was
graciously pleased, ou the recommendation of the
late Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge, Command-
ing-in-Chief, to confer on him 2001. a-year as a re-
ward for distinguished services.

EXHUMATION OF THE BODY
OF A LADY.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, the coroner,
accompanied by his deputy, Mr. Brent, opened
an inquest at the Wellesley Arms public-house,
Robert-street, Chelsea, on the remains of Mrs.
Dinah Heaton, aged 68 years, a lady of property.
The deceaesd was the widow of a Mr. Heaton, a
horse-shoe nail manufacturer, who died about 16
years ago, leaving her in comfortable circum-
stances. For some time previous to her death
she resided at 13, Wood-street, in the same
locality, and was attended by a Mrs. Cutler,
who lived with her as a kind of nurse and com-
panion. She had other relatives, and was
ou very friendly terms with them, promising
to leave them what she was possessed of upon her
demise. About the second week in March last she
was taken ill, and died on the night of the 22d of
March. The body was interred in the churchyard.
of St. Luke, Chelsea. In the course of time, how-
ever, a will was produced, whereby everything that
belonged to her was bequeathed to her friend and
companion, Mrs. Cutler. The immediate relatives
feltvery much aggrieved at this, and memorialised
Mr. Wakley to hold an inquest, and after re-
peated applications he had the remains disinterred,
and summoned a jury. Mr. Rogers, Professor
of Chemistry at the St. George's School of
Medicine, was entrusted with the post mortal'',
examination and an analysis of the contents of the
stomach. As soon as the jury had returned from
viewing the body, which was lying in the coffin in
one of the vaults of the church, the coroner asked
Mr. Rogers to what extent he advanced in his ex-
amination ? Mr. Rogers said that he had pro-
ceeded with the chemical analysis of the contents of
the stomach to a certain extent, but so far with
negative results. The evidence of Mrs. Trafford, a
step-daughter of the deceased, was then taken, and
it went to show that she had always been on good
terms with her mother, and saw her on the day of
her death. She did not see the deceased alone,
Mrs. Cutler being present ; but her mother did not
ask the former to leave the room, nor did Mrs.
Cutler volunteer to do so. In answer to some
questions put by the coroner and jury to Mrs.
Cutler, the latter replied that she had known the
deceased for many years, and she (witness) was to
have been married to her brother, who has been
long dead. The property in questions did not be-
• long to the deceased, but to the brother, and
witness had always been given to understand that
it was to revert to her in the way it has done.
Some other evidence of a formal character was then
i given, and the coroner adjourned the inquest for
the purpose of completing the chemical analysis.