The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-08 00:00:00

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A singular accident occurred in the heat of the action, just
after clearing the village. As a man of the Horse Artillery
was in the act of taking ammunition out of his limber, a round
shot from the enemy fell in, and caused some boxes to blow
up, and many of the gallant fellows were wounded. Our loss
has been frightfully heavy, and will of itself show how desperately
and gallantly did the enemy fight, as the centre column has lost
some 400 killed and wounded; but the brunt of the action falling
on the Europeans caused their loss to be the worst, as the Queen's
40th has about eight officers wounded and 170 killed and wounded,
and had no less than three commanding officers, as the regiment at
the last position was fought by Captain Oliver, and eventually
brought out of action by him. The 16th Grenadiers lost Lieut.
Newton, killed, and three officers wounded, amongst them the
gallant Maclaren, who so often distinguished himself in Affghanis-
tan, and they had 180 killed and wounded ; the Burdwans had
three officers wounded—one, Captain Maclean, Aide-de-Camp to
the Governor. General, some SO killed and wounded—this is what
report says; the old Candahar brigade has lest, but the returns
are not yet out. The enemy had 14 battalions of infantry lu
the field, some 6,000 cavalry, and sixty guns, all of which were
captured.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YnsrEamer.
The only " feature " of an afternoon remarkable for het
dullness, was the elevation of Mr. Crockford's horse to the
premiership—this was effected by a bet of 50() even, his
backer, who gave a sovereign for choice, having repeatedly
offered to double it ; the highest offer outright against him
was 6 to 1, while in one quarter, 13 to 2 was betted against
the Danebury nag. This pair and a few outsiders were all
that obtained any notice. We have only to add to this that
the two leading favourites for the Chester Cup also changed
places, and the transactions on that race were just as
" hvely-" as those on the Derby. Our price current will
make but a sorry appearaneeq-
-60-sten CUP.
• 12 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan
13 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert
- 20 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita
22 to 1 agst Lord Eglintoun's Jamie Forest
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan
13 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck---takeu
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Saddle Bow
2000 to 45 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice--taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Scott's Sister to Grey Momus colt—t.
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Copeland's Imaum—t. and aft, off.
1000 to 10 agst Lord Orford's Boots—taken and aft. off.
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Hill's Beaumont--taken
1000 to 10agst Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaao—t. several times
OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Bee
11 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade
17- to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss—t.
500 even between the Princess and Fanny Eden.
MANCHESTER RACES-4844.
Tounisr.—The Manchester Cup.
Aristotle, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 4 years—The Attorney-Geneeel,
4 yrs---Jamie Faishaw, 4 yrs--Naworth, aged—Vin Ordi-
naire, 3 yrs—Ambition, 3 yrs—Aurungzebe, 4 yrs--Wine-
sour, 4 yrs—Thirsk, 5 yrs—The Bashaw, 4 yrs—Hooton,
yrs—lrony, 5 yrs—Betsy Bird, 4 yrs—Lady Mary, 6 yrs--
Red Rose, 6 yrs—David, 5 yrs—The Biddy, 5 yrs—Polish,
4 yrs—Micky Free, 3 yrs.
Wares ESDAY.—A.ceeptances for the Free Handicap.
Miss Miggs, Est 121b—Broadholm, 6st—Gipsey Queen, Est
—Poussin, sst 121 b Aurungzebe, sst 101 b Coheiress,
sst 101b—Viscount, sst 61b.
A Cup of 100 SON'S. given by the Owners of the Race Course.
Naworth, aged—Vin Ordinaire, 3 yrs—Aristides 4 yrs--
Brenty (late Egidia) 4 vrs—Miniature, 4 yrs--Mdecatcher,
3 yrs—Phillis, 4 yrs--l'Oussin, 4 yrs—Broadholin, 4 yrs—
The Biddy, 5 yrs—the Attorney-General, 4 yrs--Dr. Hus-
band, 3 yrs—Palremon, 5 yrs—Margaret, aged—Lady
lliil-
ton, 4 yrs—Fair Ellen, 4 yrs—Dog Billy, 3 yrs--Bard, 5
yrs—Hudibras, 6 yrs—Polish, 4 yrs—Micky Free, 3 yrs.
FRIDAY.—The Broughton Stakes of 15 sovs. each, &c.
Ambition—Feronia—Molecatcher—Philip, 4 yrs— Lord.
Saltoun—Surety—Dr. Tapor—Boniface—Scaley—Yarrow
—the Dog Billy—Micky }Tee.
NEWTON RACES, 1844.—WsissiEsissr.
Nominations for the Lord of the Manor's Cup.
Amabel, 3 yrs—Aristotle, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 4 yrs—General
Pollock, 4 yrs—lrony, 5 yrs—Colin Clink, 4 yrs--Fenella
gelding, 5 yrs—Erebus, 3 yrs--Yardley, 4 vrs—Xanthus,
4 yrs—President, 6 yrs--Molecateher, 3 yrs—able, 5 yrs—
Arinytage, 4 yrs—Martyr, 5 yrs—Phryne, 4 yrs—Princess,
5 yrs—ti ibration, 5 yrs—Sir Robert, 5 yrs—Arnagill, 6 yrs.
—Thirsk, 6 yrs—The Bashaw, 4 yrs—Merry Andrew 4 yrs
—Hooton, 4 yrs—Lady Mary, 6 yrs—British Tar, 3, yrs—
Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Freedom, 4 yrs-_Birdeen, 4 yrs--,Broken
Down, aged—Roderick, 5 yrs—Jamie Forest, aged—The
Prior, 5 yrs.—Betsy Bird, 4 yrs—Polish, 4 yrs—Micky Free,
3 yrs.
The Golborne Stakes. y •
Psalm-singer, Master Stepney, Pluto, Grand Cairo, Hol"
Somers, Anne Page, Yellow Boy.
FRIDAY.—The Borough Cup.
Amabel, 3 yrs--Aristotle, 5 yrs—Philip, 4 yrs—Trueboy,
4 yrs—General Pollock, 4 yrs—The Lily, 4 yrs—Erebus,
3 yrs—Miss Miggs, 4 yrs—Molecatcher, 3 yrs—Cable, 5 yrs
—Martyr, yrs—Armytage, 4 yrs—Phryne, 4 yrs—Princess,5 yrs—Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Venus, 4 yrs-1‘ inesour, 4 yrs
Muley Moloch colt, 4 yrs—Gipsy Queen, 4 yrs—Margaret,
aged—Ambition, 3 yrs—Everton, 4 yrs—Freedom, 4 yrs—
The Brokendown, aged—Erniengardis, 6 yrs—Foxberry,
5 yrs—Aristides, 4 yrs—Quebec, 4 yrs—David, 5 yrs—lludi-
bras, 6yrs--Yardley, 4yrs—rolish, 4 yrs—Micky- Free, 3 yrs.
DUTCH and FLANDERS MAIL.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 3.—The Nimoguer Courant of the let
says :—" The rapid rise of our rivers causes great alarm. On
the 27th of February the water in the Waal had risen to
5 ft. 22 inches, yesterday it was 5 ft. 80 inches, and to-day it
was 6 ft. 22 inches, and it is still rising, so that the lower part
of the town will soon be under water. At Arnlionn, on the
27th ult., the Rhine was 3 ft. 50 inches, on the 28th 4 ft.
65 inches, yesterday at 5 ft. 40 inches, and this morning, our
account tells us that it was at 5 ft. 40 inches, and still rising.
The aceountsfrom the Meuse are likewise unfavourable."
THE HAGUE, MARCH 4.—Accounts from Cologne say that
the Rhine at that place, which on the 29th of February had
risen to the height of 29 feet 7 inches, had fallen, and on then
2d instant was at 27 feet 8 inches. The principal rivers
Geldersland are also falling.
• Tits HAGUE, MARCH s.—The first Chamber in its sitting,
yesterday, heard the report of the Central Section, on the
project of law for a property-tax, &c.; the debate on which
is to be opened on the 6th.
The Dutch papers, with many supplements, are almost
wholly filledwith very long reports of the speeches made uu
the debate on the law for imposing a property-tax, and for a
voluntary loan, which occupied the Chambers for several
day_s, and the result of which has already been given.
IiA3IBURGH, MARCH 2. The Stockholm mails of the 20th.
and 23d of February, are still due, so that we have no news
of the health of the King of Sweden, since the 16th.—
. Haniburgh Borsenhalle, March 2.
BRUSSELS, MARCH, 6.—The average price of wheat last
week was 17f. 42c., and that of rye, 10f. 39c. The import
duty -on wheat therefore remains 37f. 50e. per 1,000 kilo-
grammes, and on rye, 21f. 50c. The export duty on both is
25c. per 1,000 kilogrammes.
The Breslow Gazette, says, there is a report of a projected
marriage of the King of Hanover, to the Dowager Grand
Duchess Alexandria of Mecklenburgh.
The Liege j ournals are full of details of the inundation of the
Meuse, and of the damage caused by it-
POLISH FRONTIERS, FEB. 20.—Since it has become known
in Poland what fate avails those that seek refuge in Prussia,
desertions has almost entirely ceased, at which everybody is
well pleased, as these strangers have for the most part only-
proved the cause of ranch trouble.
The accounts from the Carpatheans are very unfavourable;
it continues to sninv almost without interruption, and we may
therefore experA destructive inundations which may affect the
beautiful valley of the Vistula in Poland, but more probably
perhaps West Prussia; for if the river (which often happens)
is covered with ice after it has broken up in Poland, the whole
injury will fall on that province, as it did some years ago.
In Poland itself, especially in the eastern part, the roads are
so blocked up with snow that the communications are ex-
tremely difficult. This has caused a decline in the prices
of corn in the markets of Warsaw.
The carnival was not so animated at Warsaw as former?y,
though the Governor gave several splendid fifes.
By a decision of the Governor, the mode of applying far
passports to foreign countries, which has hitherto been so
tedious, has been shortened.

A dividend of 7s. per share was declared at the
meeting of Shareholders of the Croydon Railway held
yesterday, the ,balance of profit and loss for the last
half-year, including the sum formerly set apart
for depreciation of stock, showing an amount of
14,6551. 18s. Hid. It appears from the Report that
the traffic between Croydon and London continues in
a stationary condition ; but so soon as the oppor-
tunity shall be afforded by the proportionate tolls of
the Bricklayers' Arms line, the Directors state that it is their
intention materially to reduce the fares to that station ; and
as they have no doubt that the consequent increase of traffic
will warrant the necessary expenditure, they propose at
the same time to add as much as possible to the public ac-
commodation and convenience, by the greater frequency
of trains and other means, which, they say, they feel
would be perfectly valueless as inducements to traffic under
the high rate of fare to which they are at present compelled
to resort. Negotiation with the Greenwich Company on
the subject of a reduction of toll has ceased, and little
disposition was manifested to induce the Directors to re-
open the matter, after the late unsuccessfnl attempt to
bring about an arrangement. Mr. Wilkinson, in, the
course of his address to the meetinatepltfinintgeda at
est
sethofe
able terms were tphreobGarbeielintywiocfh tlitieneC, Croydon
inCgomreapanz
sub-
mitted to ; but it does not seem that the Croydon Company
are inclined to allow a lease of their line to the South-Eastern
Company, since prospective advantages are considered to
be of paramount importance, and as not likely to re-
ceive due attention in any arrangement which might,
under the present aspect of affairs, take place. The Croy-
don Company supports the project of a line of railway from
Chatham, to form a junction with the Croydon and Brighton
lines, to open a communication with the western parts of
England ; and the Directors propose to allow the traffic of the
Chatham line to pass free of toll till the shareholders receive
4 per cent. The works on the Bricklayers' Arms branch are
proceeding satisfactorily, and it is confidently expepteci,that the line will be opened for public traffic by the Ist of next
May.— Times.
DEATH OE ADMIRAL HALL.—We have received.
by the Queen's messenger, who arrived yesterday morning, a
letter from St. Petersburgh, dated February 20, containing
the fallowing account of the sudden death of Admiral Hall :
The writer states--" We had a very melancholy circumstance
on Sunday before last, during Divine service at the English
church. Admiral Hall, the much-esteemed friend of the
Emperor, fell suddenly down in a fit and expired, at the age
of sixty. He was formerly a lieutenant in the British set.•
vice, and was afterwards made an admiral in the Russian;
navy. The Emperor, in honour of a faithful servant, will
attend his Ameral.
AQUATICS AT ETON COLLEGE.---The captain, Mr.
Codrington, has just selected his crew for his eight-oared
boat, for the approaching season, which consists of the
following Etonians :—Mr. Codrington (captain), and Messrs:.
Errington, Luttrell, Speake, Slade, Babington, Dixon, and
Woodridge. Lord Cecil has been selected by the caßtaia coxswain.

that had been Dist/tined the wh4le day'; and It was fearful to see
bow the grape mowed down the Europeans and Sepoys
.....the stubbornness displayed again by the enemy, in compelling
the bayonet alone to clear the battery, showed us, that great in-
deed was the mistake raised that it was a rabble we were to oppose
—ter only after desperate hand to hand work was the battery
carried, and the enemy fled. A harder contested action has
never occurred in this pirt of India, and I believe that fought by
General Littler was equally severe, but I cannot give you any ac.
count, as after he passed through the village and moved by our
rear to attack the enemy's left, I never saw them, though the
cannonade and musketry in his direction convinced all that a
severe engagement was taking place. I must tell you that after
the 2d Grenadiers, under Colonel Hamilton, and part of the 16th
Regiment, under Colonel Maclaren, had in the most gallant style
eleared the village, or rather the part which fill to their share, the
Commander.in.Chief personally ordered the old I3urdwans to halt,
and the 16th were unable to regain their position alongside the
right wing, owing to the rapidity of the advance, but several from
being more active got up into their places, and handsomely did they
do their work.