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London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, tenth, and twelfth
resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Ha3tings, Bye,
and Ashford Extensi,n),—Report (this day) from Select
Committee on Standing Orders re,,d; Bill ordered to be
brought in by Mr. Darby and Mr. Henry

NOTICES GIVEN- AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Tuesday, June 3, at twelve.
SeleCt COnitnittee on Group N. adjourned till Thursday,
Mav 29, at twelve.
Select CoMmittee on Group A. adjourned till Wednesday,
May 28, at twelve.
Select Committee on Group Q., adjourned till Thursday,
June 5, at twelve.
Exeter and Crediton Railway,-7-Third reading, Wednes-
day, May 28.
Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation), Rail-
war,—Third reading. Wednesday, May 28.11u1l
and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Third
reading, Wednesday, May 28.
Leech:, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Third read-
ing, WiAnesdav, May 28.
Blackburn, baruen, ALAI Bolton Railway,—Third reading,
Wednesday, M:1:;'28.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,--Third
reading, Wednesday, May 28.
Leeti, and TfradAwd Extension Railway,—Third reading,
Wednef day, May 28.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third read-
ing, Wednesday, May 28.
North Wales Mineral. Railway,—Report, Wednesday,
May 28.
Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Second reading, Friday,
May 30.
Dies, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Second reading,
Friday; May 30.
Edinburgh and Hawick Railway,—Report,
,Wednesday,
May 28.
Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Railway,—Third reading,
Thursday;- May 29:
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Berk and IlantS Railway,—Third reading, Thursday,
May 29.
Select Committee on Group KK., adjourned till Thursday,
May 29, at twelve.

TUESDAY, MAY 27.
Whitby arid Pickering Rffilway,—Third reading, Friday,
May 30. -• •
York and Scarborough Railway DCyiation,—Third read-
ing, Friday, May 30.
York and North Midlhnd Railway (Bridlington Branch),—
Third reading, Friday, May 30.
Ely and Huntingdon RailWay,--Third reading, Thursday,
May 29.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third
reading, Thursday, May 29.
London and Greenwich Railway,—Report, Thursday,
May 29.
Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Third
reading, Thursday, May 29.
Exeter and Creditor.' Rairway,-7-Third reading, Thursday,
May 29. -
Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation),—Third
reading, Thursday, May 29.

THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE AT
RAGGETT'S HOTEL.

LOSS OF FIVE LIVES.
The following additional facts, collected from statements made
by the Earl of Huntingdon and other survivors, leave no doubt as
to the origin of the fire, and that five persons at least, viz., Mrs.
John Round, the lady of the Hon. Member for Mahlon, Essex;
Mr. Raggett, sen , the proprietor of the hotel; his daughter, Miss
Raggett, aged 27; Mts. Jones, a nurse in the service of the Earl
of Huntingdon ; and a servant woman, have perished by the sad
occurrence.
It appears that the hotel (which is a very capacious one) was at
the time of the outbreak completely occupied by families, chiefly
from the country. The Earl and Countess of Hunthigdon, with
their infant son, Lord Hastings, occupied the front drawing.room
on the first floor, and the corresponding rooms above for their ser.
vents, Mrs. Jones and the nursemaid, &c. The back drawing.
room was occupied by Airs. John Round and her daughter (who
had only arrived there late on Monday afternoon from Brighton, to
be presented at Court as yesterday), and they had also a sitting.
room and other apartments on the second floor. Another suite of
apartments on the drawing-room floor were occupied by Mr.
Richard Poer King and his sister; and beneath these were apart-
ments in the occupation of Lord Louth, the Hon. Col. Bouverie,
and other gentlemen ; the remainder of the building being de-
voted by Mr. Raggett to his own family and domestics, and those
of the families staying at the hotel.
Singular as it may appear, when the fire was first discovered, the
hotel had not [been closed for the night. Mr. Raggett and his
daughter retired to rest shortly before twelve o'clock, as did the
servants, with the exception of the head waiter and the cook, who,
as well as Mr. Raggett, jun., were sitting up for those inmates who
had not then returned home. Mrs. Round and her daughter had
been to the St. James's Theatre to see the Freneh plays, and the
Earl and Countess of Huntingdon to the Opera. Mrs. Round and
her daughter came home a few minutes after twelve, and retired to
her sitting-room, on the second floor, to partake of supper. They
had scarcely sat down when the head waiter, who had seen Miss
King whilst going up stairs entering her bed-room at the back of
the first floor, and who had again descended, was alarmed ,by
hearing screams of fire. On rushing up to the first floor land-
ing he met Miss King coming down in a distracted state, ex-
claiming that her bedroom was in flames, and that she feared
she had set fire to the bed-curtains. He found the whole
room in a blaze, and entrance impossible from the dense
smoke that issued from it. The screams had attracted
the attention of the inmates, and on his rushing up
the second.floor stairs he saw Mrs. Round on the land.
ing in the same dress in which she had arrived from
the theatre. He told her the house was on fire, and to make her
escape. He ran down stairs, supposing the lady to be following
him, and saw no more of her. Miss Round states that she was
with her mother at this time, and either from the smoke or fright
the lady fell on the stairs, but at the same moment a man caught
her up, saying he would save her ; and seeing her, as she sup.
posed safe, she ran back into the apartment occupied by her attend.
ant, but was unable to proceed down stairs, on account of the in.
tensity of the heat and smoke. She and Miss Raggett again went
back to the front rocm, and opened the window ; and when the
fire.escape arrived the fire was coming into the apartment. Miss
Raggett was the first to go out, but did so before the conductor
could get up, and fell on to the pavement and was killed. Miss
Round then got out, with her attendant, and effected their escape.
A minute or two before this occurrence a painful sight was wit.
nessed by the crowds which had already assembled. A poor fel-
low servant to Mr. King, was seen to snake his appearance at an
adjoining window of the second floor to that from which Mies
Raggett fell. The flames were in the apartment, and in the hope
of immediate assistance, he got outside, and clung to the window-
sill for several minutes. The flames bursting through the win-
dow burnt his hands so dreadfully that he let go his hold, and fertu.
nately fell into the balcony, from which he ultimately managed,
with difficulty, to scramble into the street. About three or four
minutes prior to the cries of fire being raised, Lord Huntingdon
had arrived home, and his Lordship states that he had scarcely
put his hat down when he was startled by the alarm. His first
impulse was to run to the room where his son and servants were.
Mrs. Jones, the nurse, had heard the alarm, and was preparing to
dress the child, but his Lordship snatched his son from her arms,
and with the Countess ran out of the house, telling her to follow
him. He believed she did so, but returned for some article, and
must afterwards have mistaken the staircase, and got Into one of the
back rooms, and out of the window, from the position in which
her body was found. The person whom Miss Round sew on the
landing with her mother is supposed to be Mr. Raggett, sen., from
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In attendance within half an hour of the outbreak, and a plentiful
supply cf water, the whole building,
.with the singular exception
of the sitting-room of Mrs. Round, which remains with the supper
flames.th
ings still standing en the table uninjured and untouched, was in

The first body discovered was that of the unfortunate woman
Mrs. Jones, about three o'clock, by Mr. Inspector Aggs, of the C
division, and some of the firemen, lying in a state of nudity, and
dreadfully burned about the head, face,and arms, on the top of some
leads in the rear of the premises and over the kitchen. She had
evidently dropped from one of the second-floor windows. She had
also a frightful wound on her head, but her body was imme-
diately identified by Lord Huntingdon. '1 he ruins were not suffi-
ciently cool to commence a search for the other bodies supposed to
be there until ten o'clock, when, at the earnest request of Colonel
Boucher, Colonel Rolt, and other relatives of Mrs. Round, some
of the brigade were induced to enter, and, after a short search,
they found what are supposed to be the remains of Mrs. Round,
lying on a part of the burnt flooring of the first floor, and close to
them the remains of another person, supposed to Le those of Mr.
Raggett. They presented a truly horrifying spectacle, scarcely
anything but the mere trunks remaining. They were placed in
shells, and conveyed to the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover.
square, in Mount-street, as was also that of Mrs. Jones. Miss Rag.
gett was conveyed to No. 8, Dover-street, exactly opposite the
hotel, where she died almost immediately after.
It appears that the Countess of Huntingdon has lost the whole
of her jewels, the estimated value of which his Lordship stated
yesterday to be as much as 3,0001. ; and those of the unfortunate
Mrs. Round and her daughter, which they intended to have worn
yesterday at the Drawing-room, are estimated at a much larger
sum, In addition to the plate. Mr. King, who is a merchant from
Bristol, had, in one of his apartments, a huge and valuable chest
of plate, supposed to be destroyed.
Mrs. Round's family had, up to the discovery ofthe bodies, enter.
tained a hope that the unfortunate lady had escaped.
Her Majesty had herself witnessed the progress of the flames
from the Palace, and a messenger was at an early hour sent to
inquire into the extent of the damage.

In the report made last evening by Mr. Braidwood, he attributes
the rapid progress of the fire to the fact that the whole of the doors
were thrown open, and thus a free current of air tended to in.
crease the flames. The inquest on the bodies is expected to take
place this evening.

A singular circumstance in connexion with this shocking affair
occurred yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock. Lord Hunting-
don came to Inspector Aggs and asked if it was safe to enter the
drawing.room on the first floor, as he remembered that in his
flight he had left a valuable gold watch on the mantelpiece. He
was referred to the firemen, one of whom his Lordship accom.
panied up the ladder and through the window into the apartment,
and shortly after returned, having found the watch in the fender,
partially melted.

Prior to taking apartments at Raggett'a Hotel, on Monday even-
ing, Mrs. Round and her daughter applied at Mivart's, but that
establishment was full.

- -- -
Too much praise cannot be given to the police, under Superin-
tendent Beresford and Inspector Aggs, for the efficient aid they
afforded the firemen in their arduous and dangerous duties ; and it
is also a gratifying fact to mention, that Lord George Cavendish,
the Hon. Charles Cavendish, and several other noblemen, during
the raging of the fire, exerted themselves vigorously, in the cause
of humanity.

IRELAND.
Duet's, MAY `.26,—The weekly meeting of the Repeal As,o-
ciation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the chair was taken by Coun-
sellor Moriat ty.
The SLCRETARY read a letter from the late Lord Mayor, which
acknowledged, iu suitably terms, the vote of thanks which had
been passed to him on the last day's meeting, for his patriotic
conduct during his year of office.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL it was inserted on the
minutes.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN, having handed in his own subscription for the
current month, and several contributions, proceeded to address the
meeting. After a few preliminary observatio.is he commented
verely on the conduct of Mr. Hume in persevering in his inten-
tion to move a call of the House, and accused him of ingratitude
towards the Irish people. The motion of Mr. Hume, however,
was useful in one respect, foe it had been the•means Of deciding
that the law gave the British. House of Commons no power
over the Irish Members. The Whigs were annoyed at the
Irish Members, because they would not lend themselves as
an appendage to an English faction, and he himself had been
taunted by the press of that party with aspiring to the crown of
martyrdom. He would tell the English press, that when he joined
the Repeal Association he had made up his mind to encounter any
extremities or danger that might arise when acting in the service
of his country. But lie considered these taunts, like a great deal
that Caine from the other side, as mere idle vapour. Ile then pro-
ceeded to condemn the Academies Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL would rot remain silent any longer. He came
there to denounce the New Colleges Bill from . end to end. He
spoke authoritatively in condemning this execrable 13111. They
were all united on the point; there was no dissension among
them. He admitted the value of education. The foulest part of
the penal code was that it prevented education; but he saw no
redeeming quality in the new Bill, except merely that it recognised
the importance of education. He s ugt,t nothing fur the Catholics
that he would not concede to the Protestants. He did not under.
stand 'mixed education. Education, if religiOus at all, must be
exclusive. A more atrocious Bill was never attempted. He
would not bid at all for it. A fouler attempt at public pro-
fligacy was never made. It was a Bill to bribe and corrupt.
It was replete with horrors and abominations. He pronounced
his emphatical denunciation of it. It was altogether a graft from
the French system of Louis 'Philippe. Ile read the resolutions
agreed to by the Roman Catholic Bishops at their synod held in
Dublin last week. He thanked the Catholic Bishops for the ex.
plicit manner in which they had condemned this abominable Bill.
He heard a great dal of German education, and then pro-
ceeded to read a report on education in Prussia, to show the pre.
vailing ignorance of the people, particularly on the subject of re-
ligion. Education, he insisted, must be religious ; any other might
corrupt, but could not enlighten. He would go to London, if ne.
cessary, to oppose the Bill. He objected to every part of it except
the money part. As to Trinity College, he repeated his opinion
that the Protestants ought to have it .to themselves. He wished
the Catholics to have one also for themselves. Under present cir .
cumstances, Trinity College proved a sort of snare to many Catho.
lies, who were tempted to recant by the good things which it had to
offer As to Lord J. 'Ruisell, his political hardihood—not to say
impudence—was unmatched. He was himself the first repealer;
for It was his unjust partial Reform Bills which had
first greatly excited the repeal agitation. No living statesman
had done such injustice to Ireland as Lord John Russell. They
were all agreed about the Bill. The Government refused to alter
the Bill; this he knew ; but they would all unite and rally—all
Ireland together—to defeat this atrocious measure.
Mr. GRarraN next addressed the meeting in a long speech. He
denied that they were hostile to British connexion; they were
only hostile to British tyranny. They would be on their guard
against a desperate Minister, who wanted no more than to reduce
them to perfect captivity. The people of Ireland were not agita.
tors. They were only too quiet. If they were agitators they
would be up in arms against their oppressors.—(Hear, hear.)—
They would not, at all events, be deluded by any insidious bribes
from Ministers. They rejected the colleges Bill—nay, they would
kick it over the bar of the House.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the idea of turning out in arms; it
was quite contrary to his system. The people of Ireland would
continue peaceable.—(Hear.)
Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke against the new colleges, and parti
cularly was very hard against the system of mixed education
German education he looked upon as equivalent to sheer infidelity
and such was the system which he argued it was sought to intro.
duce here. He contended, with his learned sire, that Trinity CO
lege should be left to the Protestants,

Mr. BARRY, a barrister, also denounced the Bill, but was favour.
able to mixed education, providing there was a sufficient guarantee
for the religion of all parties receiving it.
The rent at five o'clock amounted to 3001., and was not likely
much to exceed that sum.

ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
The following is a copy of the memorial proposed by the Roman
Catholic Bishops of Ireland, in accordance with the resolution
agreed to at the late synodical meeting in Dublin :
"To his Excellency Lord Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant-General
and General Governor of Ireland.
" The Memorial of the Roman Catholic Archbishops and
Bishops of Ireland,
" Humbly sheweth—That Memorialists are disposed to co.
operate on fair and reasonable terms with her Majesty's Govern-
ment and the Legislature, in establishing a system for the further
extension of academical education in Ireland.
" That the circumstances of the present population of Ireland
afford plain evidence that a large majority of the students be.
longing to the middle classes will be Roman Catholics ; and me.
morialists, as their spiritual pastors, consider it their indispensable
duty to secure to the utmost of their power the most effectual
means of protecting the faith and morals of the students in the new
colleges, which are to be erected for their better education.
" That a fair proportion of the professors and other office.
bearers in the new colleges, should be members of the Roman
Catholic Church, whose moral conduct shall have been properly
certified by testimonials of character, signed by their respective
prelates. And that the office-bearers in those colleges should be
appointed by a board of trustees, of which the Roman Catholic
prelates of the province, in which any of those c.illeg-s shall be -
erected, shall be members.

" That the Roman Catholic pupils could not attend the lectures
on history, logic, metaphysics, moral philosophy, geology, or
anatomy, without exposibg their faith or morals to imminent
danger, unless a Roman Catholic professor shall be appointed for
each of those chairs.

" That if any president, vice-president, professor, or office.
bearer in any of the new colleges shall be convicted before the
buard of trustees of attempting to undermine the luith or injure
the morals of any student in those institutions, he shall be imme-
diately removed from his office by the same board.
" That, as it is not contemplated that the students shall be pro.
vided with lodging in the new colleges, there shall be a Roman
Catholic chaplain to superintend the moral and religious instruc-
tion of the Roman Catholic students belonging to each of those
colleges; that the appointment of each chaplain, with a suitable
salary, shall be made on the recommendation of the Roman Ca.
tholic Bishop 01 the diocese in which the college is situate, and
that the same prelate shall have full power and authority to remove
such Roman Catholic chaplain from his situation.
" Signed on behalf of the meeting,
" X D. MURRAY, Chairman.

Dublin, 23d May, 1845."

The first vessel direct from the West Indies, with sugar, that
has for several years arrived at Galway, is the Paella, Leggett, from
Trinidad, now discharging there.
_ . . _

A Limerick paper says :—" The extraordinary progress of the
crops, notwithstanding the continued prevalence of dry weather,
has been the subject of general remark and thankfulness to Divine
Providence. Not a single failure has been reported in the potato
crop ; on the contrary, so rapidly is it shooting forth, that the
trenching of them up is going on with general celerity. Should it
please Providence to continue the same favourable prosperity, the
next harvest will be one of the earliest and most abundant ever
remembered in this country. The rain of Thursday evening last
has produced a most beneficial effect in field and garden. The
growth of grass, MA on light soils, was never better so early in
the season.

LI TERA T URE.

SCENES AND ADVEATI7RES IN SPAIN
from 1833 So 1840. By Poco Mo.v. 2 Vols.
The writer of this work describes many of the
singular events which took place during the civil
war carried on by the Carlists, and though facts of
importance are not exhibited always with the striking
effect that might be expected from art eye-witness,
they bear the stamp of truth. The author performed
a part in the dismal tragedy which so long afflicted
Spain ; he .was 'acquainted with the leading men of
the Constitutional party, but he neither overrates
their deeds nor fails to do justice, when merited, to the
chiefs of the other side. We only regret that the
descriptions of the stirring scenes which occurred
are so few, and that he should have filled up so much
of the book with minute details of adventures at
inns, conversations with the worthy hosts or their
daughters, and descriptions of yentas, and cathedrals,
and convents, which are already so well known to
the reading public. - The account of the downfal of
the Liberal Ministry at Barcelona, the deceitful con-
duct of Queen Christina, and the plots of the new
race of Alisolutists which now govern Spain, is so
well written, end contains so many interesting facts,
that we only regret the writer did not devote more of
his work to similar features in the brief history
which he relates. The following conclusion of the
Barcelona affair will show what confidence could be
placed on the honour of Queen Christina. After
having formed an absolute cabinet, after being corn•
[wiled by the public voice to break it up, she at last
appealed to Espartero, and he obeyed, though un-
willingly, her commands. We give the result :
" He speedily firmed a ministry at Madrid composed
of men well-known for their attachment both to the
Sovereign and the Constitution; hastened, in their com-
pany, to Valencia, presented his colleagues to the
Queen-Regent, who expressed her approbation of his
-choice, and acceded to their programme—which ens the
same as that originally proposed by the Duke to her
Majesty at Barcelona—signed the decrees, appointing
theth her Ministers, received their oaths in due form,
and when his colleagues had retired, her Majesty an-
nounced to the Duke de la Victoria her intention to
embark immediately for France!
'' The Duke's astonishment at this startling declare.
tion may be easily imagined. He implored her Majesty,
in energetic but respectful language, to change her re•
solution, and it is even said that, on his knees, the tears
flowing from his eyes, this faithful veteran besought her
Majesty not to abandon her adopted country, her infant
daughters, her faithful subjects ; and pointed out the
evils and the perils which must arise from adopting so
fatal a course.
" All was in vain. Queen Cristina embarked, shortly
afterwards, in a steam-vessel for Port Veedres, in
France, leaving her two royal daughters under the
charge of the Duke de la Victoria, notwithstanding his
earnest and dutiful entreaties that she would remain, and
not deprive them of her maternal care at their tender
age.
" When Queen Cristina and her agents arrived in
France, they lost not a moment in denouncing the Duke
de la Victoria, in whom her Majesty had, but a few
hours previously, declared that she placed such implicit
confidence as to leave her infant children in his charge
—as a traitor, and an unpolished military adventurer!"
The subjoined description of a military execution
will be read with melancholy interest :
" The place appointed for the execution is called the
Campo del Sepulero, an ample space at a short distance
outside the city. The battalion to which the deserter
had belonged, and smile cavalry, infantry, and artillery
of the National Guard, were drawn up hi the Campo, at
ose angle of which there is a tiled shed, its blank wall
facing the troops. At a short distance in advance of
this wall was a wooden post, from which at about a foot
and a half from the ground a narrow seat jutted; three
musket-balls which had evidently traversed the body of
some unfortuaat:, malefactor were imbedded iu the post
6"l'he concourse of pereons was not very great ; a
considerable portion consisted of women and boys. The
Campo del Sepulcro is pared all over, and is used as a
threshing-floor for the corn gathered from the neigh-
le,uring fields. There were several heaps of bean-straw
ready placed for being trodden out; some of them were
close to the spot where the man was to be shot, and
great numbers of boys were amusing themselves by, at.
one moment, examining the fatal seat, and the next,
tumbling over head and heels on the bean-straw, cover-
ing each other with it, and laughing and leaping with as
much buoyancy of spirit and action as though they were
beuiling the time until the arrival of Punchinello, or
any other puppet dressed out for their diversion.
"Soon the sound of the funeral drum was heard, and
the melancholy procession approached. It passed
behind the ranks of the troops drawn up, and entered
the Campo del Sepulcro at an open space between the
cavalry and infantry.
"Immediately afterwards came an ecclesiastic carry-
ing a large crucifix; the wounds and flagellated back of
the Saviour were prominently marked. Close to the
bearer of the Cross was the prisoner, attended on each
side of him by a military chaplain bareheaded. The
prisoner, a man of about thirty, wore a green military
jacket, coarse white linen trousers, and &pat yatas, or
sandals ; on his head was a foraging cap. Ills hands
were tied before him, and fixed between them was a,
small crucifix ; the procession was closed by a few
soldiers. The countenance of the culprit was forbidding:
the colour of his face was a dark yellow ; he was
perfectly collected, and kept pace with the beating of
the funeral drum. The chaplains were constantly ad-
dressing to hint short sentences iii under tones, and, ap-
parently by the movements of his lips, lie was making
responses. Ever and anon the large crucifix wW.eh was
carried in front of him was lowered by the ecclesiastic
who bore it, so that the penitent might kiss the hands,
side, and feet, whist' he did with apparent reverelice.
When the procession arrived in front of the regiment to
which he had belonged, he was instructed to kneel down
whilst the Town Major of Zaragoza read the sentence
in a loud voice.

" A new white cotton handkerchief, doubled trian•
gularly, was now tied over his eyes and face, and the
chaplain who had retired about two yards pronounced.
the creed in short sentences, which were firmly repeated.
by the penitent sinner, now on the brink of eternity.
The effect was most solemn, singular, and affecting; the
voice of the robust young man who was so soon to be a
corpse, coming from under the white handkerchief ; the
black brethren with their lighted tapers standing to the
right and left; the chaplains performing their last duties;
the solemn silence which reigned around ; and, just as.
the creed was being finished, the quiet approach of eight
soldiers belonging to the culprit's own regiment under
the command of an officer; all this, I say, was imposing
and affecting. The soldiers were drawn up in tau ranks.
—four in each. The credo being finished, and every
one having retired from the soldier's side—his breast
having been previously bared—the chaplain, who stood
by the officer, absolved the prisoner in a clear and
elevated voice. Whilst this short cerentrmy was being
performed, the four soldiers in the f,•ont rank were
ordered by the officer to make ready and present.' As
the chaplain uttered the last word, the officer said fire!'
and in a second the soldier's breast was pierced with
four musket balls. He fell dead without a groan."