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Mr. Commt—Where did you sleep the night before ?
Applieatitt--;.I did not sleep anywhere, Sir. I have been
walking about the streets night and day, for the last four
nights.
Mr. COMBE—Why did . you not apply at the work-
house ? Applicant—l did apply at St. Giles's work-
house, but they refused to admit me. The last time I
slept anywhere was in St. Giles's.
Mr. CosinE—Then you should have gone to Marl-
borough-street Police-court. The boy (crying) said he
had been there, and the Magistrate sent him to St.
Giles's workhouse, into which he had been received for
one night, but discharged again the next morning.
Mr. COMBE told the lad he must again apply at St.
Giles's workhouse, and if they persevered in refusing to
receive him, he must again go before the Magistrates of
Marlborough-street, in which district the St. Giles's
workhouse was situate. The worthy Magistrate ordered
him a trifle to supply present necessities.
A man and his wife, and four children, famished-look-
ing creatures, complained to the Magistrate that the
overseers of Clerkenwell parish refused to receive them
into the house, or to afford them adequate relief. The
husband said they lived in Peter-street, and he had been
working in the stone-yard of the workhouse up to the com-
mencement of the present week. He received a shilling a
day, besides some bread ; and on this they were enabled
to exist, but the parochial authorities had now dimi-
nished the employment one half, so that he only received
three shillings a week and some bread. On this, finding
it impossible to live and pay rent, they, applied to the
workhouse for admission, but were refused it.
Mr. ComnsAirected inquiry to be made into the matter.

, tricts a measure which, in its most important elattsee,
is much more required in other large towns than in the
locality to which its operation is proposed to be confined:
One of the provisions of the Bill relates to the con-
struction of the basement story of houses which may in
future be erected within the metropolitan districts. At
present these cellars—or, as they are sometimes desig-
nated, kitchens—although utterly unfit for the residence
of human beings, are inhabited by whole families :
numbers of which—without distinction of age or sex—
are huddled together. In these imperfectly-drained
and ill-ventilated cells do hundreds, and in the large
manufacturing towns, thousands, of families exist, sub-
jected to those visitations of disease which low diet and
a corrupted atmosphere naturally engender. That this
is the case in the suburbs of the metropolis is true ;
that a system of precaution, by which the evil will
be checked and gradually diminished, deserves sup-
port both from Parliament and the public, is admitted.
But why should the Bill be partial in its operation?
If the existence of the evil be general—if it be
unquestionable that the grievance to be removed is
found in a yet more inveterate and extensive form else-
where than in the metropolitan districts—what possible
inducement could be suggested for legislating locally in-
stead of generally? The Marquis of Normanby stated
last night, in the course of his few remarks on the subject,
a fact which is not merely true of one or two large towns,
but is so in a very large number of places in the manufac-
turing districts. "He could name towns where actually
one- h al f of the inhabitants lived in these miserable cellars '
The districts in which these and other descriptions of
ill-formed and closely-packed abodes of misery, filth,
and destitution abound, are the places in which typhoid
and other infectious diseases are generated, and from
which they are distributed to other localities. Every
inquiry into the subject has tended to strengthen the
proof, that around the places in which typhus fever pre-
vails, a line can be drawn with as much precision as
that which divides one geographical district from
another. The causes which perpetuate it in these places
are ascertained. The narrowness of the streets and
lanes, their closeness, the want of ventilation and the
filth of the houses ; and the great number of persons
who are invariably crowded into these wretched habita-
tions—every room, from the cellar to the garret, being
tenanted by one, and frequently two families—these as-
certained facts (while they enforce the adoption of the
Bill now before the House of Commons as a measure of
wise and benevolent precaution, so far as its main pro•
visions are concerned) demonstrate the impolicy of con-
fining its operation within the metropolitan districts,
instead of rendering its provisions as extensive as the
evils it is designed to remove. " The Duke of Buccleuch
made but a sorry excuse for the Home Secretary, by
whom and his subordinates the Bill was prepared, and
to whose conduct through the Commons it is entrusted.

the ease for the Crown ; Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Smith,
for the defence:
Mr. TnE§IGER briefly stated the ease, and said, the
kesent prose&ition was instituted by the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Customs against the defendants, for a
very serious offence, in having, in company with a num-
ber of other persons, and with great violence, resisted
the officers of the Excise, and endeavouring to prevent
them from seizing a large quantity of contraband spirits.
The Learned. Counsel then proceeded to state the facts
of' the case, and it appeared that on the 19th of July,
the Customs officers stationed at Rochester re-
ceived information that a large quantity of smug-
gled spirits were concealed at a beer shop
about four miles from Rochester, and at night five
Excise-officers, named Blake, Johnson, Arnett, Taff,
and Allen, proceeded to the place in question for the
purpose of making the seizure. Three of the officers
stationed themselves in the front of the premises, and
two behind, and very soon afterwards they were sur-
rounded by a mob of between sixty and seventy persons,
some of them carrying pitchforks, and the rest bludgeons.
The defendants, Baker and Featherby, then abused
the officers, and both of them eventually assaulted them,
and several of the officers were knocked down, and the
mob hustled them away from the premises for some
distance. Featherby, it appeared, was the constable
of a neighbouring village, and on the officers calling
upon him to aid and assist in the Queen's name, he
knocked down the officer who appealed to him. The
officers contrived to get back to the premises, and
prevent the mob from getting away the spirits, and
at length it was found necessary to send to
Rochester for the military, and on their arrival the peo-
ple dispersed. The premises were then searched, and in
a sort of subterranean deposit under the house there
were found upwards of 200 kegs of brandy and geneva,
the value of which it appears was 1,300/., the whole of
which were seized and lodged in the Custom-house at
Rochester. The Learned Counsel concluded by stating
that after the occurrence the defendants came to the offi-
cers and expressed contrition for what they had done,
and said they hoped it would be looked over. The au-
thorities, however, upon having the circumstances re-
presented to them, felt that the offence was one of so
serious and important a character, that they should be
neglecting their duty if they did not institute proceed-
ings against the parties.
Witnesses were called who made out the statement of
the Learned Counsel, and on their cross- examination by
Mr. Clarkson, they admitted that there had been an
opening dinner at a public-house in the neighbourhood,
which both the defendants had attended, and that at the
time of the occurrence they were both intoxicated.
Mr. CLARKSON, on behalf of the defendants, said he
could not deny that they had misconducted themselves,
but he urged that the act they had committed had been
very much exaggerated, and that there was no proof
of any intention on their part to obstruct the officers in
the execution of their duty.
Witnesses were then called, who to some extent con-
firmed the statement of the Learned Counsel.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, the
jury found the defendants guilty of a common assault,
and they were ordered to enter into a personal recogni-
zance to appear and receive the judgment of the Court
when required to do so.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, March 13.

The Lord Chancellor did not sit in Lincoln's Inn-hal
1 eleven o'clock.

BURBIDGE V. ROWE.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
case, which was argued before his Lordship some time
since upon an application from the decision of the Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship said that the
question in the case arose out of a settlement made on
the marriage of the daughter of the late Alderman Win-
chester with a gentleman of the name of Rowe. By the
terms of that settlement, Alderman Winchester was
called on, which he did, to execute a deed for the sum of
5,0001., payable to the trustees under the marriage set-
tlement after his death. lie guaranteed the payment
of that amount within six months after his death, and

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury, March 11.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Animism)
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
The Rev. John Day, clerk, aged 36, was indicted for having felo.
niously and maliciously wounded seven sheep, the property of one
William Weedon, on the 19th of July last.
Mr. Birch prosecuted, and Mr. Prendergast .and Mr. Sanders
defended the prisoner.
This singular case excited very general interest in the neighbour.
hood of Aylesbury, and the Court was thronged to hear the details
of the trial. The prisoner is a clergyman, and rector of the parish
of Hawridge, near this town, and at the time to which the evi-
dence related he lodged in the house of a farmer named Glenister.
Mr. Glenister held some land as tenant to the prisoner, and adjoin-
ing that land was a pasture belonging to Mr. Weedon, the prose-
cutor. On the 19th of last July the prisoner and Mr. Weedon
met in the high road at Hawridge, and the prisoner told Mr.
Weedon that seven of his sheep had been trespassing in his close,
and he had impounded them. Weedon replied, it was all nonsense,
for that the fences over which they had strayed, if they had tres-
passed at all, were Mr. Day's, and he alone was in fault. The
prisoner upon this said, " Then I'll go and prosecute the sheep,"
and he and Weedon parted. It appeared that the prisoner went
directly to his stable, in which the seven sheep were impounded,
and having called one of Glenister's labourers, desired him to hold
them while he hair strung them. He took out his knife, and
having driven the poor animals into a corner in the stable, he
stabbed them all in the right flank to the depth of about six
inches, after which he turned them out of the stable, and drove
them in the direction of their own pasture. It happened that at
this time Mr. Weedon was going by, and seeing his sheep bleeding
and lame, and in a most pitiable condition, he accused the prisoner
of having cut them, an accusation which the latter denied, telling
the prosecutor he was a liar, for none of the sheep had been on his
premises. The prosecutor replied that was all nonsense, for it was
plain how the matter stood, to which the prisoner rejoined, there
was no great deal of barns done after all, and the parties then
separated. Mr. Weedon then went and procured the attendance
of a couple of butchers, who examined the sheep, and certified that
the damage done was di. ; this was reported to the prisoner, who
refused to pay that sum, but offered 21., and said he hoped he had
not injured them any great deal. They were, however, very
severely injured, and on the following day the butchers recom-
mended their owner to have them dispatched outright and put out
of their misery, and it was done. The prosecutor after this took
no steps to bring the prisoner to justice, and would not have taken
any notice of the matter, had not a neighbouring justice told him
it ought to be followed up, and that he, the prosecutor, as the con-
stable of the parish, ought, of all men, to be aware how wrong it
was to let so serious a matter pass. He, therefore, laid an In-
formation, and the prisoner ,was apprehended and committed to
prison. In his cross-examination the prosecutor said there was
no ill.feeling betwixt him and the prisoner, but that on the con-
trary he had been bail for the latter upon some other charge at
the sessions.
The defence set up was, that the prisoner had no malice or
grudge against Mr. Weedon, and that therefore he could not have
done the act in question from any wish or desire to injure him by
destroying his property; and that the real truth was, that the pri-
soner thought that he had a right to kill or wound the animals
which had committed the trespass in respect of which they were
impounded. If he sincerely believed this, he was entitled to an
acquittal, as such belief negatived all notion of malice on his part,
which was a necessary ingredient in the evidence for the prosecu-
tion in support of such an indictment.
The jury took this view of the case, and acquitted the prisoner.
The LORD CHIRF BARON, addressing the prisoner, advised him
to be very circumspect in future, and endeavour to govern his
temper. It was really most lamentable to see such an ignorance of
the first rules and principles of law in a man occupying the sta-
tion and filling the office which the prisoner occupied and filled;
and he most seriously advised him to profit by the grace and the
mercy which had been shown to him, by applying some portion of
his time in acquiring a knowledge of the laws of his country and
the rights of his neighbour.
The prisoner was then discharged.

it was discussed upon that appeal whether the interest
was payable to the trustees. 'The interest was settled on
Alderman Winchester's daughter for her life, and after
her death, on the children of the first husband surviving.
He was to have the whole income of the estate during
his life, and afterwards it was to be left to his
children by marriage. Now, there were no
children by that marriage, and on the other side
it was contended that there being no children
by that marriage, the principal went to the assignees of
Rowe, who was the first husband of Alderman Win-
chester's daughter. The assignees of Rowe had by
that deed covenanted to pay 5,0001., with six per cent.
interest, after the death of the testator ; but that
covenant must be considered as of no effect in a legal
action. The mortgage took effect, and within three

years after that the mortgage became due, and the
petitioner was a bankrupt. The trustees on that bank-
ruptcy applied to prove for the debt that would become
payable on the death of Rowe, and under that coin:-
mission the parties who opposed the petition contended
that:they had a right to do so. The petitioner's debt was
estimated at upwards of 1,6001., and the deficiency on
that debt had been received.

On the application of Mr. COOPER, on the part of the
applicant, the assignees were ordered to have the
accounts out of the estate.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT, Maidstone, March 13.
The Commission for Kent was opened on Monday.
There are seventeen cases set down for trial, and of
these nine are special jury cases. Notwithstanding the
winter assize, there are upwards of a hundred prisoners
for trial on the Crown Side, but, with few exceptions,
the cases are of a very trifling description.
Baron ALDF.BSON, in his charge to the grand jury,
after some observations upon the other cases in the
calendar, referred to a charge against a party of having
caused the death of his wife by wilful neglect. His
Lordship observed that he felt it was a dan-
gerous thing for him to venture any opinion upon,
matters which were the subject of public discus-
sion, and he should not have done so, but that the
facts disclosed in the depositions in this case
almost compelled him. His Lordship then observed that
it became a matter of very grave consideration, whether
the system of centralisation under the New Poor-law, in
the matter of medical relief, did not fall upon the aged
and the sick with a severity which it was almost fearful
to contemplate. It appeared by the depositions in this
case, that the deceased had a distance of three miles to
go to obtain medical relief, and at this time she was not
at all in a condition to go that distance, and but
for the kindness and benevolence of another me-
dical gentlemen, she would not have received any
medical assistance at at all. His Lordship observed
that he was glad to see that the subject was
at present under discussion in the Legislature,
and he trusted that some alteration would be made, so as
to remedy such a strions evil. The Learned Judge then
proceeded to allude to the facts of the case, and said that
a husband was both morally and legally bound to pro-
vide for his wife; and if he wilfully failed to do so, and
death was the consequence, the offence might amount to
murder, or at all events to manslaughter; and ho said
that to some extent the same observation would apply
to a relieving-officer, who, by his office, was bound to
afford relief to the destitute poor, and if, by his neglect,
death ensued, he might be amenable to one or other of
the charges he had alluded to. His Lordship, in the
course of his observations said, it was a disgrace to a
Christian country that the sick poor should not receive
that immediate and proper attention which !they re-
quired; and he said he hoped such a state of things
would be remedied for the future.
CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Lord Chief-Justice DENMAN.)
HOCKING V. PRICE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday two men, named James Burton, and Henry
Edmeads, were brought up for final examination, before
Mr. Broughton, charged with having been found en-
gaged in the manufacture of spurious money.
It appeared from the evidence, that in consequence of
the police having received information that a gang of
coiners had established themselves in a house, situate in
Green's-court, St. Luke's, Sergeants Brannan and Hull,
of the G division, repaired thither, in company with
police-constables Redmond and Cole, on the afternoon
of Wednesday se'nnight, in order to effect their capture,
Finding the street• door open, they proceeded up stairs,_
to an apartment on the first floor, the door of which
was fastened, but they immediately stove in the upper
pannel, and on looking into the room they observed the
two prisoners, who were actively engaged in their un-
lawful occupation. They were both seated in front of a
strong fire, on which a pipkin was placed, containing
molten metal, and the prisoner Burton was in the act
of pouring some of it from a large spoon into a
plaster of Paris mould, which was held by the
other prisoner. On observing the officers, the prisoner
Edmeads immediately thrust the heated mould into his
mouth and began destroying it with his teeth ; but
Sergeant Brennan, who had in the meantime effected an
entrance, instantly seized him by the throat and forced
him to disgorge the fragments, which he made a despe-
rate attempt to swallow. On searching the room they
discovered a quantity of files, scissors, and other instru-
ments used in the fabrication of counterfeit coin, to-
gether with three perfect moulds and some half-crown
pieces, which had evidently been recently cast. The
whole of the apparatus and other materials were
secured and the prisoners were conveyed to the station-
house.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to reco
ver damages from the defendant for the seduction of hi
daughter.
Mr. Sergeant Dowling and another Learned Gentle-
men were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Platt, and Mr,
Clarkson for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant Dowurza stated the case, and said the
plaintiff had formerly been in the Preventive Service,
and lived with his family at Dover. The defendant was
a shipwright, and it appeared was possessed of consider-
able property. The unfortunate subject of the present
action was a girl, 16 years of age, and it was for her se-
duction by the defendant that the plaintiff brought the
present action, to recover compensation for the injury
he had sustained. The Learned Counsel concluded by
calling witnesses.
Anne Hockings examined—l am the daughter of the
plaintiff. I was in service at Dover, but used to go home
to my father's house at night. I became acquainted
with the defendant first when I was about sixteen years
old. He was then about nineteen, and was working as
a shipwright. After we had been acquainted some time
he made me a proposal of marriage, and I told my father
of it, but he refused his assent, because I was too youn.
After this the defendant frequently came to my father a
house, and the result of one of his visits was that I be-
came a mother. The defendant told me that he should
be entitled to a property of five or six thousand pounds,
and that I should enjoy it with him. I left
my place under the idea that I was going to
be married to the defendant. After I was in
the family way, the defendant frequently repeated
his promise to marry me, and he told me that he had
admitted to my mother that he was the father of my
child, and that he had told her he would marry me.
When my father heard of it, he wished us to get mar-
ried directly, and the defendant went to get a license, as
he said he did not wish to be married in the town by
banns as his friends would all know my state. The de-
fendant never came into our house after the time he
length by Mr. Platt, ancrdeis'
went away, as he said to get the license.
The witness was cross-examined ionuerds.e at considerable
her
evidence
with her father and mother.
she said that she and her sister slept in the same room
this business first happened, she carried on the trade of a shoe. k The father at. present
der.. On the night when
Shewaklesno saidil that she
was sitting on a chair by the fire
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defendant
happened.
witness
said that the defendant gave her money to buyef
with, and that at present she had 41. or 51. worth in furniture
possession.
Mr. PLATT, on behalf of the defendant, commented
upon the circumstances of the case,.and said that it was
clearly an endeavour to extort money from the defendant,
who, he said, had already been compelled to pay 100/.
in damages for the breach of promise of marriage. He
said that the plaintiff, by allowing his daughters to
sleep in the same room with himself and wife, had shown
a disregard of the decencies of life in his own person,
and that he was not, under all the circumstances, entitled
to any damages for the alleged injury he had received.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, the
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
Fifty Pounds.

Sergeant Brennan stated that the prisoner Burton had
been convicted of highway robbery, and had been since
repeatedly in custody for other offences.
Mr. Powell, jun. who attended on the part of the
Mint authorities, also proved that Edmeads bad been
convicted of uttering spurious coin for which he had
been sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
The prisoners, who reserved their defence, were com-
mitted for trial.

Maidstone, March 13.
(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury..
THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM BARER ♦ND BENJAMIN FEA.

THERBY.

This was an indictment against the defendants for a
misdemeanour, in having unlawfully assaulted and in-
terupted the officers of the Excise in the execution of
their duty.
Mr. Thesigar, Ur. Platt, and Mr. Ryland, conducted

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1844,

a crowd around me. I cut the horse to get away from
them. The defendants caught at my bridle, the two
old Burkes at one side and " young Burke " at the
other.—(Laughter,) I saw I could not get away, so I
gave myself up a complete prisoner. They took the horse
to a place where four streets met, that every one might
see what was done, and that they might collect a large
crowd. The mob was furious, and cried out, " Down
with him, he's a Tory ; up with her, she's a Liberal."
—(Roars of laughter.) They cried out, " Pull her out
of the gig." I swear that " young Burke" came up in
the gig without any one assisting her. I did not get her
by, the neck ; " young Burke" stamped on the girl's foot
who was in the gig with me.
Cross-examined by Mr. THORP—I am acquainted
with this female intimately (alluding to Miss Frizell).
The child is a relative of mine, is also a relative of her's;
it's as closely related to me as to her. I have known
the young lady five years. I had the honour of her
acquaintance before I knew " young Burke."
Mr. Thorp—Did not your affections change from her
when you became acquainted with '• young Burke ? "
Lord Galmoy—No, they did not.
Mr. Thorp—Didn't she get inside of Miss Frizell ?
Lord Galmoy—No.
Mr. Thorp —What 1 Didn't you marry " young
Burke" after you, knew Miss Frizell ?
Lord Galmoy—l did but that's nothing to the purpose.
Mr. Thorp—Now, wasn't it a love match between you
and " young Burke ?" '
Lord Galmoy—No, indeed, it was not.
Mr. Thorp—Not a love match ! Didn't you marry
her a second time, lest the first wouldn't do?—(Laughter.)
Lord Galmoy—That's irrelevant.
Mr. Watters—Don't answer it.
Lord Galmoy—l could if I wished. The fact is I made
the second marriage under the influence of a damnable
falsehood, that I was to get 30,0001. with her.—(Loud
laughter.)
Mr. Butler—She was Burking you.
Lord Galmoy—Aye, they all Burked me.—(Loud
laughter.) Here name is not Burke at all. I did not
know what they were when I met them on the car.
They might have been driving to Mullinahone for all I
knew to the contrary. After I got the spirits " young
Burke" got hold of my reins.
Mr. Thorp—You call her " Ladyship" " young
Burke."

Lord Galtroy—Aye, and I will call it to her. If you
knew as much about her as I do, you'd call her " young
Burke" too. What she attacked me for was alimony, or
maintenance. I bid her go to the Court. She might
have asked me to take her into the gig. When I began
to back the horse, the two old Burkes caught him. I
deny that she is my wife. I might have cut at her with
my whip. I did not hear old Burke bid his daughter to
leave the horse.
Mr. Thorp—Do you swear that this tender creature
held your horse?
Lord Galmoy—Oh, how tender she is; she is as strong
as you are. She is stronger than any man in Court.—
(Loud laughter.)
Constable M‘Govran- stated that he went down to
Byrne's stores and saw a crowd there. The people were
all laughing. Saw no stones thrown. The crowd said
Ellen Burke was his wife, and bade her stick to him.
There was no breach of the peace. Took her into cus-
tody, and brought her to Mr. Tuckey. She went of her
own accord.
The case closed here.

The Court then withdrew, and alter deliberating some
time, returned and ordered all the parties to enter into
their own recognizances to appear at the Quarter Sessions.

THE FIGHT AT MAHARAJPOOR.
The following spirited description of the attack is ex-
tracted from a letter written by a Lieutenant of her
M ajesty's 40th Regiment, who commanded the light com-
pany :

" Camp near Gwalior, Jan. 17.
" Our orders the night previous were to ad-
vance and take up ant position to the left of the
village Mungawlie, my company (the light) form-
ing the advanced guard`.` We had no sooner
reached our position than they began to play at long
bowls with us, and the precision with which they fired
was beautiful. We immediately deployed into line, and
some of the Company's artillery came on our right,
fired a few ill-directed shots, and limbered up. We
continued steadily advancing in line, under a very
heavy fire, across -a perfect plain, expecting to
receive assistance from- cavalry, it not being the
duty of infantry to take guns in that position.. How-
ever, no cavalry coming, of course the sooner we got to
the guns the less fire we should receive, and the order
to charge was given and nobly executed, the 40th rush-
ing to the guns and bayonetting the enemy, who fell
fighting, sword in hand, with the greatest' coolness
and determination. Stopford was hit here by a
matchlock ball at the head of the regiment, and fell
by my side. However, the 'fellow who wounded him
was bayonetted by a sergeant instantly. We then
charged after the retreating infantry, who took cover
in a piece of cotton. From this place they were soon
dislodged, after a smart tussle with the light company.
We were no sooner clear of the left of the village
than we were again within the range of another battery,
and on our getting near the guns, we received repeated dis-
charges of grape and chain shot, which committed dread-
ful havock in our ranks ; but forward' was the word, and
with a loud cheer the men rushed on. We now found our-
selves opposed to a very strong position, which the enemy
had taken up at a well ; this well being surrounded by a
wall afforded good cover, and besides this, they had taken
possession of a traveller's resting-house and made holes
in the walls to fire through. Here they fought like
devils : the loss on - both sides was very severe ;
amongst the number poor Codrington was cut down by
a sabre, and Nelson `shot in the arm. We marched
into the thick of it, and drove them out with the bayo-
net; scarcely a man escaped, but presently we found
that some trees near the well were occupied by the
enemy ; these, however, came falling out pretty fast
under our fire, when we discovered where they were.
We now began to feel the fatigue very much, having
been engaged for about two hours, under a very
hot sun, and having charged over nearly four
miles of cultivated country, besides the march to
Mungawlie, a distance of seven miles ; however, we
saw before us a third battery, and advanced to take it ;
we were received with a most severe round of grape, and
the loss in the ranks was very great, particularly in the
light company. Here Thomas, Huey, Dawson, and
Eager, received their hits. Nothing could exceed the
coolness of the enemy, and had it not been for the British
bayonet, the result would, I think, have been very different.
It, however, maintained its deserved reputation as an effi-
cient weapon, and soon settled the' matter. This was the
last we saw of the enemy, and I assure you we were all tired
and not sorry to get into camp, which we did at about
11 o'clock—having been engaged since 8. I then
volunteered to go out with a party to bring in our
killed and wounded, which I did, and I feel the
satisfaction that I saved many a poor, fellow's life.
When out on this excursion, I saw the last six guns left
unprotected on the field, with several waggons of ammu-
nition ; this I reported to the Genera!, and I was ordered
to take a company and get some bullocks to bring
them in, and at about seven o'clock in the evening I had
the satisfaction of parking the guns in front of our
quarter-guard. The 40th alone took twelve guns. . .
All our officers who were hit are recovering rapidly,
but we have lost a great many men. We buried the
next morning twenty-two poor fellows in one grave,
and many have since died from the 'effects of their
wounds. We have about twenty-five who are to go
home immediately. . . . . Everything
is now settled, and we are in possestion of the fort, with
our whole force encamped about four miles from it. At
first we expected another brush with the enemy, but they
have now all acceded to our terms,and have enlisted in the
Maharajah's service, or else dispersed and given up their
arms. We are to return to Meerut, when lam not certain,
but I fancy it will not be long first. It has been altogether
a pretty warm affair, as you may judge when I tell you
that in my company alone we had thirty-six killed
and wounded. . . . . . I went yesterday all over
the fort of Gwalior ; it certainly deserves its name
of the Gibraltar of India, as it is an ex-

tremely strong place ; there are a great many very
large, but old guns, in the fort, and there certainly
would have been many broken heads if we had had to
besiege it ; in the interior of the fort there are several
old temples and buildings, very hansome and curious,
and altogether I was much delighted with my trip."

FACTORIES BILL.—SILS TRADE.—A large meet-
ing of Members of Parliament, representing the silk trade, on Tnes.
day morning received, at the sing's Arms Hotel, Palace.yard, the
deputies from the silk.tbrowing districts now in London, for the
purpose of procuring a separate Bill for the regulation of their
trade. William Tatton Egerton. Esq., M.P., for Cheshire, was
called to the chair, and after a (till exposition of the views of the
trade, and an expressidit oflhe general willingness to have the silk
mills regulated by provisions applicable to their peculiar circum-
stances, it was resolved that an application should be made to Sir
James Graham for an interview, at which should be urged the
reasons for desiring to have silk mills placed in a separate Legisla-
tive enactment, ..s had been recommended by the Committee of the
House of Commons, of which Lord Ashley was chairman.
STATE OF TRADE AT lakticnEsTEß.—There was
another quiet market yesterday ; the demand for nearly all
ordinary counts of yarn, and for all descriptions of goods
(With the exception of 40-inch shirting, in which a large
business was done at improved rates), being still limited.
Prices, however, were generally firm ; and the market on the
whole bore a healthier appearance than at any, time during
the previous fortnight. —Manchester Guardian.
THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con-
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ducing the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very
limited period; whilst " Rowland'a Macassar Oil," with a
reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too well known and appreciated to need much comment.
The very facts of the high and.distinguished patronage it
enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu-
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attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the " genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materals (imported
solely by them), renders Abortive any attempt to discover its
component parts—thus proving the imposition of all other
articles bearing the title of "Macassar- Oil." The genuine
article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the
wrapper.—All others are fraudulent counterfeits !
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