The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-14 00:00:00

Mr. MAYOW, the Solicitor for the Crown (to Mr.
Bird)—Did you ask the defendant if he drank Blogg's
beer ? Mr. Bird—l did ; and he said he formerly par-
took of it, but since last Christmas twelvemonth he had
not tasted it.

quently the prisoner and his mother (who is charged with
feloniously receiving the stolen property) were both re-
manded for further examination.
Patton, the policeman who was with the policeman on
whom an inquest was held on Friday, when some
whiskey was given them by a Mr. Huntsman, a che-
mist in Holborn, was
UNION-HALL.
yesterdayommwnedrsis.missed the police
force, by order of theu
Sarah Head, a young woman, aged 19, in the ser-
vice of Mr. J. P. Wool, of No. 10, Bowhill-terrace,
Brixton-road, was charged with the wilful murder of
her male infant ; and, Thomas Courtney, a lad of the
same age, and in the same service, was charged as an
stateder that at twelve o'clock on the
paerecFeeoeslsdiiocnreygmtanonfgthhleBt,2mwPuridile on duty in the Brixton-road, he
was called into Mr. Wool's house, and informed that
their female servant was suspected of having shortly be-
fore delivered herself, and destroyed her offspring. He
immediately :proceeded to the water-closet, and, by
the light of his lantern, saw a child lying on its back,
with its legs underneath the soil, and the whole of
the upper part of the body above the surface. With some
difficulty he succeeded in getting the child up, and he then
saw that its throat was cut in a dreadful manner, and
that it was quite dead. Having conveyed the body into the
house, he was informed by Mr. Wool that the girl sus-
pected of having committed the murder was in bed up
stairs, and was in such a precarious state at present,
that the removal would be attended with great danger.
He was afterwards informed that the male prisoner was
supposed to be the father of the deceased, and upon ques-
tioning him upon the subject, and when asked if he
knew anything relating to the murder, his reply was,
that the child was in a bucket of water twenty minutes
before it was thrown down the privy. The witness added
that he refrained from putting any more questions to
Courtney, and then went and gave information of the
circumstances at the station-house. He produced the
body of the deceased in Court, which was that of a full-
grown child.
The female prisoner was at present too ill to be re-
moved, and the medical man attending her said that her
life was considered in danger.
Mr. Corritiamix said it was his duty to inform the
prisoner that the charge against him was one of the
most serious nature, and whether he wished to say any-
thing in reply to the statement made by the inspector ;
the prisoner was not bound to say an thing in the pre-
sent stage of the investigation, unless he liked, but what
he did say he was to rember that it would be taken down
in writing against him.
The prisoner said that at present he declined saying
anything on the subject of the charge, and he was re-
manded until the inquest is held, which will take place
this day. _ _

Mr. MAYOW—What did you say to that ? Mr. Bird--
I remarked that I did not wonder at his leaving it off,
knowing the properties of the stuff he sold him to put
into it.

The Hon. BERKELEY PAGET—Why, coculus Indite is
a rank poison ? Mr. Bird—lt is. There is another ob-
servation made by the defendant which I had almost
forgot to mention. He said that on one occasion he
intimated to Blogg that he was feurful something wrong
would in the end attend their dealings.
Mr. Commissioner STEPnENsoN—Then he knew we
that he was offending the law.
Captain PERCY (to idefendant)—The-penalties in 'the
whole amount to 2,0001; have you anything to urge. in
mitigation ?—He expressed his regret, and prayed the
Court to be lenient with him.

The Hon. Mr. PAGET having consulted with his wor-
thy colleagues, informed the defendant that he had been
guilty of a very serious offence, and he must pay 2001,
and not a shilling less.
Pin Frederick Blogg, a brewer, in West-street, Skin-
ner-street, Somer's-town, was next charged with having
in his possession the before-mentioned articles, with in-
tent to use them as a substitute for malt and hops.
Mr. G. Bird stated that the defendant was the person
whom he and Mr. Bullen followed from Mr. Walker's
shop. As soon as they were in the brewery, witness ad-
dressed the accused, observing-" I will thank you for
what you have in your pocket," at the same instant
thrusting his hand into one of the pockets and taking out
a parcel. Mr. Bullen was equally quick in easing the
other pocket of another parcel. When asked by witness
how he became possessed of the parcels, he said he did
not know ; but upon being told that they could giv him
a little information on the subject; that they had seen
him leave Walker's shop with it, he said he was a ruined
man. The defendant denied that he had ever
purchased such drugs before, and • more particu-
larly that he had ever used coculus Indite. Wit-
ness, at this stage of the matter, went to Mr. Walker,
and after the conversation with him as previously detailed
returned to defendant, saying that he had ascertained he
was an old customer, and showing him a quantity of co-
culus Indite, which he had obtained as a sample from
Mr. Walker, said, " This you know is about one dose for
your brewing," to which he made no reply. The defen-
dant was then standing by his copper, which was filled
with wort, in a boiling state, witness intimating that
the drugs wouldhave been in the boiler before then, had
they not have interfered. Blogg said he certainly did
put the quantity seized into a brewing of eight quarters
of malt, contending that it greatly improved the flavour
of the beer ; and again denied that coculus Indite, or any
other deleterious article, was ever on his premises. The
defendant having somewhat recovered his self-possession,
desired to know by what right witness and Mr. Bullen
had picked his pockets ; and on being told that the law
gave them that power, and that the dgfendant was not
the first brewer with whom they had taken the supposed
liberty, Blogg said, " Well, you know that all brewers do
as I have done, and why pick me out;" andjwitness tell-
ing him to point out one, and he would immediately, pay
him a visit, he objected to do so, and turned the subject
to a plea for mercy.
Mr. MAYow-I)id you taste the defendant's beer? Mr.
Bird—l did.

The-prisoner, who is quite a youth in appearance,
did not evince the least alarm at the situation in which
he was placed when the examination was going on, but
when he was locked up he shed tears, exclaiming that he
had nothing to do with the murder of the child.

INQUEST ON A SWORD CUTLER

On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Cock and Magpie Drury-lane, on the body of Mr. Sa-
muel Harrison, aged 40, a sword cutler, resident at 52,
Stanhope-street, Clare-market, who destroyed himself
by taking prussic-acid at No. 87, Drury-lane.
Police-constable 93, F division, stated that on the pre-
vious afternoon about a quarter to five o'clock, he was
told that a person had poisoned himself at the house of
Mrs. Ferguson, who keeps a print and pamphlet shop,
No. 87, next door to that public-house. On going there,
he found the deceased lying on his back on a sofa in
the parlour behind the shop, quite dead, although the
body was still warm. Two medical gentlemen were in
the room, one of whom gave him the small phial pro-
duced, which was empty. On the phial was a label with
the address of Mr. Walker, chemist, &c., 108, Drury-
lane, and in the centre were written the words, " Pras-
acid—poison." Both surgeons said it had contained that
deleterious liquid. Two females were also in the room.
Searched the clothes of the deceased and found a silver
watch and ss. 6d. in his pockets. The wife of the de-
ceased was one of the females that was in the room.

Mr. MAYOW—In what state was it ? Mr. Bird—M
experience told me that it was not the produce of ma]
and hops alone. _ _

Defendant—l only put things in to flavour it, and not
to injure any one.
The Hon. B. PAGET—I never heard of Cayenne in
beer before ? Defendant—That gives a hot flavour.
Mr. STEPHENSONL-NO doubt of it.

Defendant—Mr. Bird, and the other gentleman came
on me so sudden that I knew not what I was about; they
laid hold of my arm:, and
Mr. Bird—That I deny ; there was no force requisite.
If there had been; I should instantly have resorted to it.
Captain PliRCY—It is to your credit that you were
quiet. What then can you complain of ? Defendant—
Mr. Bird was so plausible that he induced me to say.
anything. -
Mr. MA.Yow—Plausible ! What would you have him
be ? If it were not for steadiness and forethought we
should constantly be defeated.
Mr. Millen corroborated Mr. Bird in every particular.
Mr. MAYOW called Mr. Walker, the defendant in the
last case, into the box, as a witness a7ainst Blogg, but
he found his memory so at fault that he could elicit butt
very little from him. He, however, said he had at times
sold to defendant coculus Indiva, and the other goods
enumerated.

Mrs. Mary Harrison deposed that that the deceased
was her husband, and was 40 years of age. The de-
ceased was a sworcreutler, but his business had not gone
on well lately, his mind having become irritated and
much discomposed. Deceased was generally of sober
habits. About half-past two o'clock on the previous af-
ternoon she went to the house of Mrs. Ferguson to see
after the deceased, whom she found there. He was quite
-sober. Soon afterwards he left witness and Mrs. Fergu-
son together in the parlour and quitted the house, but'
returned abotlt half-past three o'clock, and, on entering
the room asked Mrs. Ferguson if she and witness had
settled matters. Witness said they had not, upon which
deceased said, " Well, I'll settle it then," and he then
sat himself down on the sofa; and put his hand upon his
mouth, and on withdiawing it threw something from it
on the Boor. He almost immediately fell back, and
never spoke or struggled afterwards. Several surgeons
were sent for, and three came immediately, and used the
stomach-pump, but their exertions were of no avail.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dismore, attendant at Mrs. Ferguson's
shop, saw deceased there on the previous afternoon. He

Mr. Major, the officer who surveys the defendant,
proved that he (Blogg) brewed last year 4,000 barrels of
beer ; consequently, it could not be said that trade was
bad with him. Defendant—l have had many losses, and
I assure you my trade has become so bad that I hsve
been compalled to discharge my brewer, and do the work

The Hon. B. RA.GET—Does that surprise you at all ?.
1)o you suppose that people, after they have tast. ed your
beer, will ,continue- to deal with you? Sell a genuine
article—that is the way to increase your trade, and the
only way. You and the other defendant, it has been
satisfactorily proved to us, have been in partnership to
deceive and defraud the public, and we call upon you to
pay a penalty of 200/. Defendant—l hope you will be
more merciful.

was quite sober. His wife came after him, but heard no
quarrel between her and Mrs. Ferguson. Had never
known any quarrels between them.
Mrs. Ferguson, a stout, good- looking female, v.emingly
about 40 years of age, deposed that she had known the
deceased two or three months ; had been a friend to him,
and had lent him 2/., 3/., and SL, at different times, for
which she had his handwriting.
Mr. Thomas Jeffreys, engraver, of 250, High Holborn,
deposed that he was a friend of the deceased, whom he had
known for a number of years, and during that time, up
to his forming the connection he had, the deceased and
his wife had lived on the most amiable ,and affectionate
terms. Deceased had a good business. and had been very
successful in it. There was plenty of property in his
house to prevent any embarrassment, and friends who
would have supported him had he acted right. He, how-
ever, left his business five and six days together, and on
the last occasion, having been absent from - Monday to
Friday, his wife wept to look after him to get him home,
an order for swords having come in from Mr. Hart, of
Pall-mall. He had not attended to his business but two
days for the last three months. Said thatif •he . were to
give up going to Mrs. Ferguson's he should make away
with himself.

Mr. STEPUENSON.--WC have given judgment, and wil
enforce it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
Captain Simmons was summoned before Alderman
Wilson, for not having sold his whole cargo of smelts
within eight days after his arrival at the Nore, agreeably
to the terms of the Act of Parliament. The penalty
upon proof of • the charge in cases of the kind .is' exces-
sively severe, being the confiscation of the vessel and•
cargo without abatement or modification.
Mr. Young, the solicitor to the Marine Society, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr..Hobler, jun., attended for
the defendant. •
Mr. Goldlun, the clerk of Billingsgate market, was
*Sent for the purpose of making a statement relative to
the system pursued by the captains of Dutch steamers in
smuggling great quantities of smelts into the port to the
prejudice of- the English fishermen, and also. to - supply
the Alderman with intelligence generally as to the viola-
tion of the Act upon which the solicitor to the Marine
Society proceeded.
• Mr. Young stated, that by the Act for the regulation
of the new fish-market many years ago established in'
Westminster, it was determined that every fishing vessel
should report to the coast office upon her arrival, and pay
dues amounting to 25., Is. 6d. of which was to go to the
masters of the market, and 6d. to the clerk, for the
trouble of collecting. The market was subsequently pur-
chased by the Marine Society, and the dues were depo
sited as a fund for the service of the boys brought up by
the society, by which means a great public benefit was
rendered. It was also regulated that for the purpose of
preventing the mischief arising from the delay of the.
sale of fish brought to the port of London, every cargo
should, under the very severe penalty of the confiscation'
of the ship and cargo, be sold off within. eight days aftei
the arrival of the vessel at the Nore. • :
Mr. nobler, jun., said that his client admitted his
error, 'but not his guilt, for he supposed that Sunday,
not being a working day, was not included in the eight
days specified by the Act of Parliament: Captain
Simmons was a native of Heligoland, and, acted, as he
believed, upon the fair construction of the Act of
Parliament.
Alderman WILSON-Did he sell the cargo on the day
after the time limited by the Act of Parliament : Mr.
Hobler, jun.;---Certainly he. did. Mr. Goldham can
prove the fact.
Mr. Goldham said it was true the defendant sold the
cargo on the day immediately after the expiration of the
allotted time. He believed, too, that the defendant
acted in ignorance, but it was the duty of his salesman
to have informed him of the exact state of the law.
The salesman deckred that he supposed the captain
•was within the law, and did not consider him to be
capable of infringing it.
Mr. Young said, that under such circumstances
could not think of calling upon the Alderman for a con;
viction, particularly as the penalty was one of so. awful
a description. He thought it necessary, however, upoll
the part of the Marine Society, to state that in all future
cases of the violation of this Act, he should uniformly!
enforce the penalty.
The Captain assured the Alderman that he should pay
most especial attention to the Act of Parliament.
Mr. Goldham then said (and several respectable Bill
lingsgate salesmen confirmed the account) that it is now
the practice of several of the Dutch steamers to smuggle
into London largo quantities of smelts. It was eontrary
to law that foreigners should bring foreign fish into the
London markets. The privileges of the English fisher-
men were, however, most extensively invaded, notwith-
standing the vigilance of the revenue officers, who made
seizures wherever they could, and condemnation tun-,
formly followed. Very lately he had heard of the arri-
val of contraband smelts, and ho had sent to a revenue
cargo.office ,
officer, tuvhee
tsrlittsecteeedderlthuitn
decisiveseizin measures
a yseuartespart
wouldof thehe
adopted to cheek such tr-systemof smuggling, by which'
the poor fishermen, who had already suffered so much by
the horrible mixture of gas filth with the waters of the
Thames above bridge, and by the progress of the steam-'
ers below bridge, were brought to actual.. starvation.
Alderman WILSON said he had no doubt that publid
complaint would operate to the benefit of the fishermen:.
and that he would most willingly represent to the Lord
Mayor the necessity of actively endeavouring to correct
an evil of such magnitude. He did not, he said, see why
Dutch ships laden with eels should be allowed to remain
in the river twenty-eight days, when such limits were
placed to the stay of English vessels laden with smelts.
Mr. nobler, jun., said the reason was that eels were
,:onsidered as an article of merchandize.
The salesman assured the Alderman that the smuggling
of the Dutch smelts knocked down the price of the
English smelts altogether, although Of a very inferior.
quality.
The Captain then paid the expenses and was discharged.'
!Valiant Joseph Browne, a young man of very respect-.
.tl.)le appearance, was charged with robbing his employers
if gold watches, and other property, to a very .consider-
able extent. The prosecutors are engaged in a very ex-
tensive business, and in the habit of shipping, large quali-
ties of goods to India. It was the duty of the prisoner to
superintend the packing .of these goods; and he ab-
stracted the articles stolen front different parcels. Of
lutbrruilvlel ofth the
the robbery could not be discovered until after the
to the prosecuPtoate.sk7,nefsorimn
ilungdit:ht,elmv h eonf
the
hee.d
epfiaeritei
reiseiNels.roitue
the different packages they had received. An inquiry
.vas immediately- instituted, when it was ascertained
'hat several of the missing articles had been pledged by
,e prisoner's mother with different pawnbrokers. The
case could not be one into fully yesterday, in conse-
quence of the absetkeef a material witness ; and cOnse'-

MroeOrge Ellis Griffiths stated that he was staying on
a visit at. Mr. Walker's, chemist, 108, Drury-lane, and
was present in the shop when the decased purchased the
poison on the previous afternoon. Deceased appeared
perfectly sober and quite collected at the time. The
shopman refused at first to let the deceased have the
poison, who said he wanted it for the purpose of trying
an experiment with it on steel, which he had already
tried with aquafortis and nitric acid. The shopman still
refusing to supply him unless he produced some person
who knew him, tho decased threw down his card, saying,
" Do you think I'm going to bilk the earthquake ? " and
added, that he could get it directly at Apothecaries
Hall, upon which he was served with thirty drops.
Verdict—Temporary Insanity.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARGIT-14, 1842

CAPTAIN GRAY'S NARRA.TITE
OF .AN-ESCAPE FROM THE GHILZIES.
(From the Bengal Harkaru of Jan. 3.)
We have:. the pleasure to-day to lay before our
readers a most interesting narrative of the escape of
Captain Gray, of her Majesty's 44th Foot, from the
design of the Ghilzies ; and it will be Seen from it
that the quern Beyer& perdere principle was in full
operation on the fate of poor Burnes, who entirely
disregarded the correct ;information sent to him by
Captain Gray, himself an ekcellen linguist, and there-
fore welcapahleofcomprehending what the friendly
chiof related :--
" I commenced my march from Cabul at daylight
on the, morning of the 2d of October, with an escort
of twenty Ilazir Bash horsemen, furnished me by
Sir A. Burnes, and proceeded as far as a village
called Boodkhaii, about six miles from- Cabul, when
one of the dak runners came up to me, stating
that a Kafilla• had' been plundered by the Ghil-
iies the previous night; at a place called Te-
zeen, and advised me not to proceed till I had heard
from Sir A. Burnes, to, whem they had reported
the circumstance. I, in, consequence, went. off the
road, and remained there. till I could hear something
further, but was not kept long in suspense, when I
perceived a horseinan -galloping up in my direction.
It was one from Sir A. Burnes, with a note for me,
wishing me not to proceed any further, as the pass
was not Safi; but to•go into the village of Boodkhah,
and there-;r'em'ain till I should hear from him again.
I therefore took his'advice, and on the evening of the
3d got another note from him, saying there was a
party of 400 horsemen going in my direction, and
that I might embrace the opportunity of accompany-
ing them as far as Gundamuk ; that the chief was a
very respectable and trustworthy man, requesting me
at the same tithe -to be altogether guided by his
advice. I accordingly left the village and joined his
camp on the evening of the 3d; and at daylight on the
morning of the 4th, we commenced our march
towards the Khoord•Cabul Pass, and on gaining the
mouth of it,' found it'in pcissession of the Ghilzies, who
were so strongly posted on the heights, that the chief
thought it•advisable not to attempt a passage, but en-
deavour to get through anothir pais called the Chi-
naree. We then shaped our course for it, and on
reaching it, found it also in possession of the enemy ;
finding this to be the case, the chief held a consulta-
tion with his sirdars, whersthey•unanimously agreed to
try another pass, stating at the- same time that the na-
tural difficultieS OM Were so great that he was afraid
we should hot be able to surmount them ; however, it
was decided that the: attempt should be made, and I
am happy to say we surmounted every difficulty, and
having got safe through by four P.M., took up our
camp in the dry, bed of a river between Sa Baba and
Tezeen. Everything, appeared to be quiet until be-
tween eight and.ninio'clock, when some people ap-
peared on thehills that surrounded us, and challenged
some of our escort, saying that if they would give up
the two officers, K— and himself, they should re-
ceive 3,000 rupees for each of us, and that the es-
cort would be permitted to proceed without moles-
tation. The answer: they received from our party
was, That- the Officers were under their protection,
and protect.theni they would to the very last.' The
sentence was scarcely:finished, when a shrill whistle
was heard in the hills, folloWed by a tremendous volley
from the sides, and directed on my teat, which was
the only one in our camp. I immediately jumped out
of bed, put on my clothes as quickly as possible, and
had the tent-Jstruck. then got our escort to saddle
their horses; and•be prepared in case the enemy might
descend; but, fincling•they-had no intention of doing
so, but were determined to pick us off without ex-
posing themselves, our party thought it necessary
that they should be dislodged, and commenced
ascending the, hills, on each side, . the enemy all the
time pouring on
.us rpOst destructive fire ;• and, after
a contest of several heurs,.they succeeded in driving
them, from the heights. We were engaged from
between 8 and 9 o'clock, at which time the moon had
just got above the: hills that surrounded us, and threw
her light on our party. below till four o'clock
the following morning, .the •sth. On the re-
turn of our party a council of war was held, to which
we were invited; the 'chief said, he had sent for us to
know what eitrwishes were, whether we wished to
proceed or return, that the whole of the passes of
Gundamuck were in possession of the Ghilzies, that
one of them had 5,000 Men in it, and that none of
his escort had a..single ball. left. I replied, 'lf such
is the case, ,I would certainly advise our returning to
Cabul,' when:-*Very,young man, a sirdar, son of the
Naib Shurreef, at Cabstl, started up and said, am
directed to escort these officers as far as Gundamuck ;
we have sustained the attack of last night, and why
should we fly ?•No ; forward' is the word with
me,' and, stroking his 'beard at the same time, which
is considered in the light of an oath with them, they
all followed his 'example, saying, Pesh,' which is
Forward.' Tile chief then directed me to have
my cattle loaded, and 'to disguise ourselves,
which I accordingly did, _borrowing from amongst
them one thing or another, and by day-
light on the sth we were- on the move towards
Gundamuck, and on reaching the Parree Durra or
Fairy Pots, -we found it.literally alive with Ghil-
zies.- We in consequence halted• for a few seconds to
consult ;: h(i•Over; it -.was thought advisable not to
attenipt it, but tot take another direction across the
Doblee andlrdtilt Ilialruk Mountains into the Leigh-
non Valley, we' did, ' and it is only wonderful
• •
how We ever effected it • the ascent was dreadful—
only one at -a time -could ascend; however, we got
overithe diffic4its, keeping. on at a pretty good pace
for fear cifthe enemy overtaking us, which they did not
do till abOtit the close of the evening, when they came
up with or straggling rear, cutting up every one
they could lay hands on ; we had a great many camp
followers who were returning to • the provinces, and
mostly all on .foot ; they• were all cut up, poor fel-
lows ; and several servants of K-- (six of them),
his tent, bed-clothes, and two tattoos ; and it was not
till abOut four, o'clock ..on the morning of the
6th we halted 'lt 'a village called Mumrour, our
party coming 'in by twos and threes, having been
on the move for
.23 hours, without even a halt.
You may guess the state, we were in when I tell you
that the moment we got .into the village, K._ and
I just tied our horses to a tree, and fell down fast
asleep in one of the public roads of it, and had scarcely
lain an hatir, when the chief sent for me; and informed
me that we' were not safe in the village, and that he
advised our proceeding on to one that we would be
safe in. Away we started, and between seven and
eight o'elock that evening, reached the fort of Teer
Ghurree;.K.Tigree,as it is called ;. we were then put
into a hut, which waaattqouncled by a high wall, and
there remained for: seventeen days, expecting every
moment to have our .throats cut. On the morning of
the 7th, the chief .of*our party, Mahomed Uzzeen.
Khan, came to me and. said he had something to
communicate. I consequently took him aside, when
he told me •thilt he was very much alarmed for our
safety ; in fact, that the • whole of Affghanistan were
determined to make one' cause of it, and to drive
out and murder every Beringhee in the country,
that there was not the least reliance to be placed on
our escort, and that the country round about, and
Cabul itself, , were ready, to break out. On hearing
this from so respectable
,a ;chief and several other
people, I thooglh4, it, j-hy, 'duty to apprise Sir A.
Burnes of it. I immediately. sat down and wrote him
an official letter, acquainting. him with what was '
going on, and that treachery was • at the very
threshhold of their doors,•and also 'informing him of
the attack upon us. near Tezeen. °A new difficulty
new presented ;itself—how the- letter was to be con-
veyed tohiin ; however this was very soon settled by
the chief, WhO said that lie would give the man who
took it and brought* back an' answer twenty rupees
.and a khelat. -taken and delivered to Sir
Alexander ,Burnes,..and the bearer of it brought
a letter,.te
:the thief, acknowledging its receipt,
but I' lieVei heagd'.' a line 'from Sir A. Burnes.
This can easily he accounted for—the idea of my
writing and telling ,such bigwigs that treachery was
on foot ! Had I *been a little political' they might
have, given ear twit. What has been the consequence
of his credulity ? Why. he, 'his brother, Swayne,
Robinson, and • Raban, of -ours, and several others,
were murdered in his house ! I only regret I did
not keep a copy of the.:•Acial letter I wrote, for I
Certainly 'Would Vtiblish' the whole transaction. As
it was official, .-13`urtieS' ought to have laid it before
Sir William 3PNaghten and the General. lam
not aware he did not, but strongly suspect so, other-
wise he would
,nqt have suffered as he did. Whilst
we were, I may,say, prisoners, several old Mollahs
used to some tin; and, .see"us; and I very soon found
out the•chift of one man's visits, and therefore begged
of K-- to- leti'm.e conduct the whole of our plans
for-leaving the place We were in. During our con-
finement I hadreceived several letters from a Captain
P. Burn, at Gundamuck, requesting me to proceed
with the estort With 'me' to his support. On
the receipt of hie. 14ter I Skit over to the
chief Of our party; and
,requested him to allow me
to take the party to his assistance ; -he said he could
not, that he , was sent for the • sole protection of
the property en the Leglinon Valley, and that on his
leaving it the Ghilzies would immediately attack
the places and- destroy-the -whole valley. I wrote to
Burn to this effect, .e.quitinting him, at the same time,
that the party:was!, not, ,under my command, but, on
the contrary, that my hands had been completely
tied by SirA. Burnes previous to my leaving Cabul.
however, several notes passed between Captain Burn
and myself, and his chief object appeared to me to be
to get',Us out
,ilif'th'e dhlentmii we were in, and he
wrote 'rather a Severe lhittO to the chief, who appeared
to be much aniloyedoind'Catne over to us, and asked
me if we were an,,cious te,go.. I replied, We are, and
that if he would 'give trio.2o horsemen, I would make
the attempt to Gundamuck: He said, Very well; the
day after to-morrow be ready to start ; in the mean-
time I will 'send. ,Data lieople end find out the state of ,
the pass to ‘JellalabadA said, wished to go to
GundirMick Captainißurn.'. However, before the
day arrived for sair4devar4urrei, ;he came and said it