The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

and as many outside, the object being to recover pos-
session of the furniture. It was with difficulty he
obtained admission; but on doing so an indescribably
scene presented itself. The bankrupt was taking an
active part in the matter, and he and his men
were assailing the messengers with pokers, sticks,
pieces of chairs, or any other weapons that came
within their reach. Some of the men had jugs, tea-
cups, and other articles smashed over their heads.
During the encounter the bankrupt drew a sword-
stick from a sheath, and was about to use it when it
was wrested from him, and broken in two. Mr.
Gashill produced the stick for the inspection of the
Court, and said that, if necessary, he could bring
twenty men who had received severe injury. The
messengers, whe were unable to resist the onslaught
of their more numerous antagonists, were ultimately
obliged to give way, and finally leave the house. The
goods were then removed, but they were subsequently
recovered and replaced in the custody of the officers
of the court. The doors and windows of the house
were smashed to pieces, and other damage had been
committed, amounting in the whole to upwards of
301. The hearing of the case was ultimately post-
poned.

BARBARISM AND SUPERSTITION IN
HAYTI.-7REVIVAL OF 0131 WORSHIP.

A letter from Hayti of February Bth says—" The
Emperor of Faustin has just quitted his capital to
pass a week at the Petit-Goave, his native place.
The object of his going was to celebrate a funeral
service for the souls of his father and mother, and to
witness the marriage of two old negroes, the parents
of the Empress, who, never expecting the elevation
of their daughter, had not thought it worth while to
obtain the nuptial benediction. A dozen of regi-
ments, forming about one thousand men, the princes
and princesses of the blood, the dukes, counts,
barons, knights; the ladies of the court; and in fact
almost all the civil and military employes were
assembled at the Petit-Goave to add to the solem-
nity of the fete. The French corvette the Naiads
came to anchor before this old capital of the French
part, which for forty-eight years had not seen a vessel
of war. During the funeral service, the corvette had
its colours half-mast high, and fired a number of guns,
which singularly flattered the vanity of the blacks,
and has perhaps contributed to smooth down some
difficulties of late pending. After the service, the
Emperor proceeded to a habitation situated some
leagues from the coast,. near which his father and
mother were buried. At midnight, he and the
Empress went out without guards, and accompanied
only by some persons believing in the ceremonies of
the Vaudoux. The Empress walked first holding a
cock in her hand. The priests carried a sheep and a
kid, the mingled blood of which was to serve to pre-
pare the wangha.— When they arrived at the
cemetery, the priests contrived, by means of certain
charms, to fix in a vessel of water the souls of the pa-
rents of Soulouque. The soul of his mother then spoke,
and informed the sacrificators that she was much
obliged to them for the ceremony which had just taken
place, but there was no occasion to feel any uneasi-
ness on their account, as they were well off in the
other world. The three animals were then killed,
Soulouque drinking of their blood, and with it mak-
ing cabalistical signs. Afterwards the vase was in-
terred with all due ceremony. This poor country of
Hayti is marching rapidly towards barbarism. How
can any one be astonished at it when the bead of the
state is seen to revive the religious ceremonies of
Congo and Guinea, which the President who preceded
him took such pains to destroy ? The fete was near
terminating tragically. Prince Anulyese-Ulysse,
after some discussion about a general's uniform, which
he had put on without any right, seized the Emperor
by the throat, and was proceeding to do his Majesty,
as the phrase is, when the Ministers, chamberlains,
&c., interfered, and rescued him. It is not known
what is to be done with the offender."

THE LATE SKIRMISH IN INDIA.
The following is an extract from a letter from a
second-lieutenant in her Majesty's 60th Rifles to his
parents, dated Peshawur, February the 15th :
" Sir Charles Napier and staff arrived here a fort.
night ago, and it so happened that a most horrible
massacre took place the same night. A number of
soldiers who were engaged in making a road, having
foolishly no guard, were every one of them cut to
pieces in the night by the Kaiberees ; some officers
of the 98th were attacked and wounded in their
tents, and several artillerymen killed. Sir Charles,
immediately on hearing this, determined for a just
revenge and full restitution, and a force of 2,000 men
was selected for the purpose. I was not one of the
party chosen, but I volunteered to Colonel Bradshaw,
who, though he at first refused, afterwards accepted
my services, and I was accordingly attached to a
company to do duty. The force was commanded by
the Commander-in: Chief himself, and Brigadier Sir
Colin Campbell and Col. Bradshaw commanded divi-
sions. We had to march to a large village, by nan e
Kohat, about 40 miles away in the hills, by forced
marches. When we arrived there we found the hill
robbers had betaken. Themselves to the hilly, with all
their property and families, while they were shooting
at our party and attacking our pickets, who crowned
the hills, without our being able to molest them in
return. We burned all their villages, spoiled their
crops, destroyed their water, and did all the harm we
could. But the day before we left—unfortunate day
—when we and the 31st Bengal Native Infantry re-
giment were descending the hills from where we were
picketed, the robbers came to the heights, and killed
and wounded a hundred of us. Poor Lieutenant
Sitwell, of the 31st Regiment, was shot in the hand,
and before we could come to his rescue we saw him
cut to pieces before our eyes. He was a most dear
friend of mine, and a very handsome fellow. Lieute-
nant Hilliard, of the 23d Regiment, was shot dead
through the lungs; many native officers were killed.
The pass we had to go through was a very difficult
and dangerous one, and Sir Charles Napier himself
had some most providential escapes, as also myself,
for my horse was shot under me by a matchlock ball
as we were marching across a bad road. Several ar-
tillerymen were cut to pieces before we could come
to help them, from their guns being upset. Never
did I feel so much the horrors of death as I did at
that moment. Poor Sitwell had passed through the
bloodiest battle ever fought in India—viz., Chillian-
wallah, and then to be killed in a skrimmage like this,
where there was no glory or honour, except that he
was nobly doing his duty t. Hilliard was only mar-
ried the day before we went out on the expedition.
We had got up a very large ball at this station to be
given to the Commander-in-Chief, but it is needless
to say it has not come off. The doctors have so fully
shown Napier the unhealthiness of
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