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THE LATE LIE UTENA
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The following letter was written by the late
Lieut. Duncan Home (Bengal Engineers) to his
mother on the very dayof his lamented death :
Camp, Malaghur, near Bolundshuhur, Oct. 1.
My dearest Mother,—ln the hurry and work of
the siege of Delhi, the last mail day p tseed by with-
out my knowing it, or b-irag able to write; ttnd I ant
now on duty with the moveable column, whose des-
tination is not known, and which has, as ynt, t nly-
reanhnd thus fa , after an engagement with Walida
Khan's men at Bolundshuhur, on Mondaylast. He
bolted and has left th, fort in our hands, which lem
at present rendering untenable. You will d uhtless
ere this have heard of the fall of Delhi, acrd that the
King is in our Lands ; Mogul Beg and two ol:ee
princes have been killed. The former was the man
who killed uncle Simon.* I must now tell you
something about the siege, and of my goings on in
it. For ton days I was perpetually en day, dty
and night, first on the right and then on the left.
I had charge of the consti notion of our first breach-
ing battery, which was constructed in one .night, a
thing which has only been done in one other siege.
The engineers were highly complimented en it. I
then had charge of the construction of the battery
nearest the city—at only 140 yards from it, which
was finished satisfactorily, and breached the wa. er-
bastion of the city. I remained iu charge of the
battery till the assault, in which my duties were as
follows :—I was directed to take charge of a patty
of 14 Sappers, with three non-commissioned OffiC”s
and another officer of the Engincets, named S
and to proceed and blow in the Cashmere Gate of the
city. Owing to delays, the assault did not take
place till sunrise, and I had to advance from Lud-
low Castle (uncle Simon's house) in broad daylight
to the gate, place powder-bags against it, and ex-
plode them, and then give the signal for advance.
We all arrived at the gate quite safely, although we
were under a very heavy fire of musketry from the
walls and through the wicket of the gate,. which-was
open. However, as we were laying the bags at the
gate, we began to lose men. There were two Ear-.-
peen non-commissioned officers and one native
killed. Salkeld was badly wounded in the arm and
leg. He has lest his arm, and his leg, being
wounded, is in splints. I hope he may recover,
but it seems very doubtful. I had also two .natives
wounded. I escaped with a blow on the leg above
the knee from a stone knocked up by a bullet. Out
of 12 persons who were at the gate 6 were killed or
wounded. For blowing in the Cashmere Gate in
broad daylight, General Wil,oa has put in orders
that Salkeld, a sergeant, a bugler, and myself are
to get the Victoria Cross ; so we are, of course,
proportionably proud, we being the first persona
in the Indian army to receive this decoration.
After we got into the city, owing to the heavy loss
in engineers, 9 out of 17 who went into action
being killed or wounded, I was the third senior
officer fit for duty, so got charge of the left column
of attack, and was continually on duty until the
king evacuated the palace. I had never more
than four hours' sleep iu the 24, and thns only by
spa ches. I had also the pleasure of blowing in
the gate of the palace, though no ono luckily fired
at me, there being so few mew left to guard the
palace, and they were asleep. The gate was blown
in at noon. So now the Delhi business may be
considered over, and I hope the country will soon
begin to get settled.
We had a tolerably sharp action with the rebels
atlßoluudshuhur, which they occupied with about
2,000 wen and some fourteen guns; however, after
three hours' fighting, they bolted.
They 114. d, however, maos,,-',-d to attack our bag-
gage, and to cut up two sickEaropeaurs who were
being carried in dhoo:ies. We found a lot of
European property in the fort which had been
looted from Bolundshuhur. Walidad Khan was
some relation of the King of Delhi, and had con-
tinually intercepted our communications during
the row. He has now, E 13.,Lieve, gone to Rolla-
cund, which has become the refuge for the deai-
tut°. Ido not know where we go to from this
place. I believe that the force is to go to Agra,
but I should not be astonished at its being ord.erod
on to Cawnpore, to join the force under Havelock.
It is quite cool in camp, though the sun is still
powerful. I have not received any letters fr nn
you by this mail, but hope to get some soon. With
best love to you all, believe me, your affectionate

[Pncit 4J. S RIMPED 57) .]

THE LArg FIRE ANI) LOSS OF THREE
LIVES AT BETHNAL-GREEN.

I ADJOURNED INQUEST. —CHARGE OF ARSON.
Yesterday morning, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner,
resumed the • inquest, at the Prince of Wales Ta-
vern, Bonner's-road, Victoria-park, Bethnal-green,
respecting the deaths of John Metcalf,- aged 52,
Ann Metcalf, aged 48, and Julia Maria Metcalf,
aged 8, who perished in the late fire on -the re-
mises of Mr. Harman, silk manufacturer, of No:,
27, Anchor-street, near the terminus ofthe Eastern
Counties Railway, Shoreditch.
Mr. T. A. Roberts attended for the Liverpool
and London Insurance Office' Mr. Jas. Braidwood,
the superintendent of the London Fire Brigade ;
Mr. Lowe, the secretary of the. Royal Society for
the Protection of Life from Fire ; and Inspector
Dandy, of the B. division, ware in attendance to
watch the case. Mr. C. Sleigh attended for Mr.
Harman.
The following additional evidence was adduced :
Mr. T. B. Christ:e, assistant-surgeon to the
workhouse of Bethnal-green, deposed that he had
made a post-mortem examination of the bodies,
which were free from organic disease. The de-
ceased died from asphyxia, caused by suffocation
from burning.
Maria Brown, 28, Anchor-street, widow, pro-
duced a 'policy of insurance on the household and
pers mai property of Mr. Harman, who-was insured
for the sum of 3001. The chief portion of the goods
was her property. Mr. Harman gave her the po-
licy for safety three days after it -was taken out. I
left borne on Friday a waning at half-past eight with
my daughter (Mrs. HarmanMto proceed to No. 34,
John-street, St. John's-wood, the residence of my
brother. I saw Mrs. Harman on the same evening
at 7 o'clock. She was then crying, and wished me
to assist her in packing up her clothes and baby
linen, together with a small table and work-box.
The articles were obtained from the front room on; the
first floor of Mr. Harman's house. Mrs. Harman
seemed to be suffering from grief, and said, " I
cannot live with him any. longer." Mr. Har-
man has not behaved so kind fo his wife as he ought
to have done, and I have frequently lent him
money. There was no danger of fire from the cha-
racter of the goods. There was a gas-burner over the
mantel-shelf in the kitchen and another gas-burner
in a glass case in the window, with a large quan-
tity of empty boxes. The' boxes] were placed there
until they were required for use. Mr. Harman
was very slack in business, and the boxes were
generally placed in the window. There were no
articles of trimming hanging in the window. When
I left the premises at half-past 8 o'clock, I lowered
the gas in the back room. There was a little fire
in the grate in the back pal lour. There was a side
door in the passage for the entrance of the lodgers.
After I left Mr. Harman's I took the clothes into
my house, and placed them upon the floor of my
own room, as I expected that Mrs. Harman would
take them away. I went into Mr. Harman's shop
at 10 o'clock, and at that time all things were safe.
Mr, Harman when intoxicated was very much ex-
cited, and be bas thrown me down violently. Ido
not consider that he was deranged, but, on the
contrary, I believe be knew what he was about.
He was very abusive, but not generally violent.
He has never threatened to set fire to the house.
Witness denied having ever said that she would
stop him having the money from the insurance
office.
In reply to the coroner, witness said the deceased
persons were on good terms at the time of the fire,
and she never heard Mr. Harman threaten any
one.
Ann FinlaPon, servant to Mrs. Brown (the3last
witness), was next called, and said—l left the
house of Mr. Harman on the night before the fire,
at half-past 10 o'clock. There was only one gas-
light burning at that time. It was in the kitchen,
and was nearly extinguished. There were no com-
bustible materials on the mantel-shelf, but there
were two paper paintings with frames, and they
were 9 inches from the gas burner. This room
was at the back part of the house, and the apart-
ments were in the usual state, and I have no know-
ledge of Mr. Harman having removed any goods.
After some words with Mr, Harman, his wife (Mrs.
Harman) took away some goods, about Good Fri-
day last, but the articles were brought back again
shortly afterwards because the quarrel between
them had been satisfactorily arranged. Mrs. Met.-
calf did not pass through the cellar from her own
house to Mrs. Brown's residence on the night.hefore
the fire. The Metcalfs were very sober persons,
and 1 knew of no ill-feeling between them and Mr.
Harman. I never heard any threats between them,
and they always seemed on friendly terms.
George Cole, the sub-engineer of the Watling-
street Engine-station, was recalled, and said that
he had made an examination of the premises of Mr.
Harman since the fire, and lie was of opinion that
the flames fiat broke out in the shop.
Barton, the fire-escape man from Shoreditch,
stated that he assisted in getting the engine and
the fire-escape to the scene of the fire. He had
charge of the latter machine, and in consequence of
the flames which were issuing from the windows, he
found it impracticable to place the escape against
the burning building. He therefore passed through
No. 28 on to the roof, and got into the attic by the
,
window, to assist Cole, the engineer, who was then
in charge of the deceased persons on the second
floor.
James Vicat, a watchman, said—On Saturday
morning last, at about three o'clock, I was passing
the front of the premises. I saw flames issuing
from the upper part of the door of Mr. Harman's
shop. I went to the back of the house, and saw Mr.
Harman, who was excited, and exclaimed, " Where
is my bull-dog." I assisted Mr. Harman over the
wall of the yard. He returned with the dog
in his arms. The animal was afterwards loosened,
and ran away. Mr. Harman was not sober.
Wm. Adams, a licensed victualler, landlord of
the Three Compasses public-house, nchor-street,
was then called by the wish of the son of the deceased
man Metcalf. He said, Mr. Harman, on Saturday
morning, about a quarter past 12, came into my
parlour and asked for a ladder, as he wished to go
,to bed. I told my potman to take the ladder with
Mr. Harman, and bring it back again- The potman
returned with the ladder, accompanied by Mr.
Harman, who said, "I am a ruined man, I have
been robbed of everything I possessed. I have a
great mind to cut my thr at," but he did not harm
himself. He added, "My wife has robbed me, and
lam a ruined man." Mr. Harman, at half-past 1
o'clock, took a can containing two quarts of half-
and-half away from my house, He had been drink-
ing, but was capable of taking care of himself. Mr.
Harman asked my son and others to accompany
him to his residence, but all declined, as they were
going home to bed. I took the knife from Mr.
Harman.
The Coroner said he was of opinion the case could
only be properly investigated by being sent to ano-
ther tribunal; and the inquiry was adjourned.
The Coroner then called in the son of the deceased
man (Metcalf), and after a short consultation, Mr.
Hannan was given into the custody of Inspector
Dandy, who immediately conveyed the accused in
a cab to the Leman-streetpolice-station, Goodman's
fields, where he was charged with wilfully setting
fire to his own premises, whereby the lives of the
deceased persons were sacrificed. .•
The prisoner will be taken before the sitting ma-
gistrate at Arbour-street, Stepney, to answer the
charge of arson.
The inquest was then formally adjourned for ad-
ditional evidence.

son, Dux CAN C. Homo.
*The Uncle Simon" mentioned in this letter is the late
Mr. Simon Fraser, Commissioner of Delhi, who was one
of the first victims of the mutiny.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE LATE MONETARY CRISIS.

The Mayo Constitution announces a case of mer:
cantile embarrassment in that county, which ap-
pears to have caused very general regret there. The
old and respected firm of Pinkerton and Thompson
have been compelled to suspend payment. These
gentlemen became so far back as 1822 the successors
of the wealthy house of Smith and Patten, of West-
port, and throughout a long career maintained a
high character as mercantile men. The amount of
their liabilities is not stated. in order to meet the
demands of their creditors they have offered for sale

the residue of their private property, consisting of
mills, dwelling-houses, farms, arida salmon fishery,

MR. JUSTICE MOORE.

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