The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-14 00:00:00

shock came, and before he could make out what it
was, thejwall of the house etime down, and he found
himself on his face in the street; as soon as he re-
covered from the shock, and the dust had subsided, he
thought of his wife and children, who were in the
Belvedere, which had not fallen, but was still propped
up; to this he clambered as well as he was able, and
found his wife and children unhurt, supported by one
side of the Belvedere. The other side had fallen. He
brought them down in safety, and went to look for
another child in the kitchen; he found it uninjured
among heaps of rubbish, a door having fhllen over it
in such a manner as to protect it entirely from the
fallen ruins. He says not a stone of Mr. Thomson's
house, next to his, remained on another. He con.
siders the loss of life enormous, as after the town came
down he saw only a few stragglers here and there. He
says there are no streets, all is blocked up with rubbish.
I have written you all these details, as I am sure
you will not consider them tedious, however clumsily,
without method, put together like a journal.
MAY 21.--A shipload of the sufferers has arrived
from the Cape. Amongst them are the Blain family.
Miss Margaret Blain appears with two blackened
eyes, and other bruises. She had an extraordinary
escape. She was sitting in the saloon, with lyr sister.
In a moment she found herself in the street ; her sis-
ter was crushed to death ! Mr. Boden, who was in
the second floor, found himself suddenly on a heap
of rubbish at the bottom of the house, the roof having
disappeared. I refrain giving you any more particu-
lars of the sufferings, as they are too harrowing to
dwell upon. Every day I hear of some fresh scene of
horror. Mr. Dupuy's child was found unhurt two
days after; among the ruins, with the nurse.
THE HEROES OF •JELLALABAD.
The following is from the letter of a young officer
in the division of Sir Robert Sale, and seems worthy
of notice from the interesting evidence which it gives
of the fine spirit which animates our troops. The
letter is dated the 27th of April, 1842, and refers
to the battle of the 7th, in which the gallant
Dennie fell:—
" We had received intelligence the day before that
General Pollock had been beaten back in the Khyber,
and the report was confirmed by a salute of twenty
guns: from Mahomed Akbar's camp. In this
emegencY, nothing remained for us but to sally out
and fight a battle, and under cover of the terror
which would be produced by victory, to march down
to the Khyber, and fight our way to Peshawur. Our
loss would have been tremendous, but I am fully
persuaded that the colours of both the regiments
would have arrived in safety. We marched out at
break of day in three columns ; the right consisted
of :the Sappers and Miners, one company lath
Queen's, and one company 35th Native Infantry;
the centre was the 13th Queen's, and the left the
35th Native Infantry. The guns and cavalry were
formed in rear of the centre. About 750 yards from
the gate there is a ruined ;fort, which Akbar had ,
repaired in a rough way, and garrisoned with 200
men, picked Ghilzies.
" As everything depended upon the rapidity of our
movements, it had been arranged that the columns
were to leave this respectively to their right and left,
and push on without loss of time to our main object
—the camp of the Sirdar. The guns were set to
work; but before they had had time, to do anything,
a ery arose of A breach ! a breach ! ' and the assault
was ordered. Colonel Dennie, on his white Arab,
rode to the head of the column, and said, Thirteenth,
I have led you often before, stand to me now.' And
up they went to the wall ; it was 12 feet high, thickly
pisroe with loop-holes, and not injured by the guns.
Dennie rode to within five yards of the wall,
and was immediately shot through the body ; lie
fell from his horse mortally wounded. The 13th
went up with a most devoted gallantry, and a
hand to hand struggle commenced through the
loop-holes, the Affghans laying hold of the muz-
zles of our men's muskets, and they in their turn
seizing the matchlocks. The men were dropping in
great numbers when Sale ordered a general advance
to.be sounded. Our column had moved on to a con-
siderable distance ahead of the others, and was kept
halted all this time. The enemy's cavalry seeing us
in a measure isolated, came down at the gallop. Wo
immediately formed squares, and made ready to re-
ceivel them. Our position was a; capital.. one, as
one side of the square rested on a walled garden,
which enabled us to strengthen the other three sides,
the space between us and the walls ofa ruined fort was
so narrow that in reality only one side of our
square was exposed to an attack from formidable
numbers. ,IThej heavy fire which we opened made I
them pull up at a decent distance. Their leader, ;
however, was not to be stopped; he galloped
impetuously down upon us, spear in hand, and knocked over the man at the corner of the I
square ; he passed round two sides of the square appa-
rently uninjured, and I thought he was going to es-
cape, when I saw him fall headlong from his horse, ,
pierced with five balls. I have his lance, and shall
keep it to my dying day, as a trophy of the fight.
On seeing.their leader fall, his horsemen turned tail,
and galloped away. When the alvance was sounded,
we at once re-formed column, and prepared to move
en. As bugle atter bugle took up the sound, the
troops, white and black, set up a cheer, which made
the hills ring; on hearing that cry, I said to myself;
These men are resolved to come back victors, or die
on the field.' Mahomed Akbar now came on with
about 2,000 cavalry; the sharp and well-directed fire
of our infantry skirmishers had staggered tkem not a
little, but now that the 9-pounders e•:,me into play,
they were absolutely bewildered,
possible for them to keep toget-) T 4,, was perfectly im-
.-er. A dozen of them could t
not collect in a knot, bus
uporn them, scatter;- down came the iron storm
ig them right and left, and crush-
ing horseman 'and horse in its progress. They com-
the,- -'"" °P4 g
menced as'. 'n wildly about in all directions, but
could find safety nowhere. In the meantime
our columns moved steadily on, and we gradually
approached Akbar's camp. All of a sudden a loud
boom was heard in our front, and a round, shot
came whistling over our heads ; it was succeeded by
a second, and then by a third. Our men gave another
cheer, and there was a smile on every face, which
said as plain as words, These were once our guns,
and by the blessing of God they will soon be ours
again.' The enemy continued their cannonade, but
few and far between were the shots, and as badly di-
rected as even my mother would have desired. Not so
our battery, whic'h now concentrated nearly all its fire
upon the spot from which the enemy .fired their guns.
Ourinfantry continued to advance,'and when we reached
their camp, we found it deserted. The great prizes
were the guns ;we found them all together-1 horse
artillery 6-pounder; 1 horse artillery 121 b. howitzer ;
1 mountain howitzer ' • and, lying upon the ground,
the Sikh gun which Colonel Wild had lost in the
Khyber Pass on the 24th of January. We remained
in the camp for about two hours, and burned all the
tents, and then returned, dragging the guns in
triumph to the city. On our way we received a
letter from General Pollock, saying that he had given
the Khyberries a sound thrashing, and had forced the
dreaded pass ; and we soon afterwards learned that
Akbar had fired his yesterday's salute on hearing of
the murder of Shah Soojah by a son of Nuwaub Ze-
inaun Khan. We all, however, blessed the lucky
false tidings which had caused us to gain this glo-
rious victory, and enabled us to boast that we had
raised our own siege three times."

In the case of a disputed will, presenting- how-
ever 10) features of public interest, which is now before
the Paris Tribunal, the following interesting account
was given of the testator, a French officer. Al. Rauh,
who was made prisoner at the passage of the Beresina,
was sent to Siberia. A letter which he wrote from
thence to his relations in France, complaining of the
cruelty of this treatment, was stopped at the Russian
Post-office, and laid before the Emperor. Instead of
aggravating his condition, it became the foundation of
his fortune. Alexander sent for him to St. Peteisburgh‘
and took him under his protection. M. Rauh es-
tablished a great commercial house for French wines,
and in twenty years was able to return to his own
country, with a fortune of 800,000 f., and died lately,
leaving it timong his relations, some of whom are small
farmers in Brittany.
Lusts NATUR2C.—A female child, about three
months old, is now exhibiting in Chapple-street, New-
road. She has two heads, the body and all the limbs
being in every other respect perfect. The child is
named Elizabeth Beelbury, and was born at Wandsworth,
in Surrey, on [the 17th of April last. Her father is a
eostermonger
RETURN OF THE COURT TO WINDSOR.—It has
been .finally arranged for the Court to visit Windsor for a some-
what lengthened reriod, immediately after the prorogation of
, Parliament. The various repairs and alterations which were
commenced at the Castle immediately after the departure of
her Majesty on the 13th ult., will be completed for the Queen's
reception at a very early period in the ensuing month.
LARGE FIRE IN MONTREAL.—.A. firebroke out yes-
terday afternoon, about four o'clock, in an outbuilding
near Mr. Thompkins's bake-house in the Main-street
of St. Lawrence Suburbs. A high wind unfortu-
nately prevailed at the time, which rapidly conveyed
the flames to a number of the surrounding buildings,
which, in the short space of three hours, were totally
consumed. From the Main-street, the 'conflagration
spread through Lagauchetiere to St. Dominique-
street, and twenty-five houses in all are said to have
been destroyed. -We
regret to hear that by this ca-
lamity many respectable and industrious members of
the community have been severe sufferers. As us ual
there was a great deficiency of water at the com-
mencement of the fire,, but this was afterwards reme-
died; and the exertions of the firemen were moat
praiseworthy. The cupola of the Montreal General
Hospital, though far removed from the scene of
destruction, caught fire, but from the vigilance and
activity of those in charge of the institution, it was
speedily extinguished.—Montreal Gazette, June 13.
NEW WAR STEAMER ON LAK. E ERIE.—The Eng-
lisha are building at Kingston splendid war steamer
to be called the Chippewa. Her burthen is 700 tons,
and she will carry two long 82's and four 32-pounders.
It thus appear: that the British continue to arm their
frontier.—New York Herald.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
GUILDHALL.
Tuesday a tradesman in the city, who declined giving la:s
name at present, applied for advice as to whether any criminal
proceedings could be taken against the persons concerned in
the Westminster Discount Loan and Investment Society. He
produced a receipt for the sum of 671. paid as a deposit with
the Societe when it had an office in Buckingham-street, amt
before it opened the great house in Adam.street, Adelphi, as a
Savings' Bank. From the receipt it appeared he was the 150th
depositor who had been caught so early as September, 1841,
and that the institution was enrolled under the sth and 6th
William IV., c. 23, the Act for establishing Societies for making
loans not exceeding 151. The form seems to require the sig-
nature of a trustee, but the space is left vacant, and the name
of n Jelin Simpson, Secretary," is signed below. The omis-
sion of the trustee's name was not material, the law exempt
ing the officers of a Loan Society from individual re-
spensibility for the payment of money received from depo-
sitors or subscribers of the capital for loaning. The receipt
specsties that the money is taken as a deposit for one month at
5/. per cent. interest, subject to withdrawal on four days' no-
tice. The applicant stated that on applying for the return of
his money at the house in the Adelphi, he was referred to a
solicitor in Golden-square, and the solicitor said he was =able
to give him any information.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked who recommended him to invest
his money there ?—The applicant said he was induced merely
by reading the advertisements in the newspapers, in which
there appeared to be some respectable names.
Sir PETER asked if tbere were any names he knew ?—The
applicant said there were not.
Sir PETER observed that applicant was satisfied from seeing
the title of honourable er esquire attached
to the name. Had
he not heard of the West Middlesex Assurance Company
obtaining 300,0001. from the public? Did not that make him
cautious about parting with his money ?—Applicant replied
that he had heard of that fraud, but people were not always ou
their guard.
Sir PETER said, it was not always the law protected the in-
considerate. There was more swindling going on in the form
of Companies than by individuals, and two years ago a Conimit-
tee was appointed by Parliament to inquire into such concerns,
but it made little progress. He hoped, however, the subject
would again he taken up. He asked whom the applicant had
seen at the Westminster concern?—The applicant said be had
seen only two persons, a Mr. Simpson and a Mc. Williams.
Sir PETER asked xe sort of a person Mr. Williams was?
—The applicant said he was a short stout man.
Sir PETER said it was not then the Mr. Williams who figured
in the West Middlesex Company. He was a tall man. Did
not applicant on any occasion see the Board of Directors?—Ap-
plicant said he aid not. He found the place fitted up like a
banking-house in a respectable place, and therefore parted with
his money without any suspicion of wrong.
Sir PETER said the West Middlesex dressed men up in style,
and decked their fingers with dazzling rings, to sit as a sham
Board of Directors at a shilling or two per diem. He asked if
he had any book describing the organization of the concern, or
list of parties concerned in it?--The applicant said he had not.
He wanted to learn who belonged to this concern as share-
holders. He had received a copy of The Sun, wet from the
press, in February last., containing the report of the last ge-
neral meeting, from which it seemed they were thriving, hav-
ing loaned 180,000/. in three years, and divided 8 per cent.
among the shareholders.
Sir P. LAURIE asked if he knew whether there was any
deed of partnership ?—Thc applicant said he did not know.
A gentleman in the room, who stated that he was an ac.
countant, said, the Company might have afforded to be honest,
for according to their first Report of their loan transactions, and
looking at the terms in their prospectus, they were making
nearly 60 per cent. per annum.
Sir PETER asked if there were any means of knowing how much
the Company had obtained from the public?—The gentleman
said he remembered they boasted in their second Report of
having extended their business to 80,000/., but this did not
mean that they had obtained so much capital.
Sir PETER said he should be happy to assist the applicant,
but he was himself at present not sufficiently informed about
the facts and the parties to be assisted. He must find out,
consult, and act with some of his fellow-sufferers.
'(he applicant promised to make further inquiry.
Sir PETER said, the press would perhaps assist him by
taking some notice of this application. Companies were ex-
tensive advertisers, and the independence and spirit of the
press, in giving publicity to statements affecting such bodies,
was :those all praise.
There was a strong muster of Lumber Troopers to assist in
an investigation of Mr. Beck, the suttler's account, for non-
payment of which he had detained an owl in a glass case, 21
guns, 14 pictures, &c., belonging to the troop.
Mr. Beck's bill was produced.-one of the items in which was
for repairs done to Colonel Charles's picture, somebody having
cut his throat; another was W., paid to professional singers,
and 85. for powder and wadding ; another for repairing the
seal of the troop.
It was alleged that sum of the sums charged had not been
actually paid, and Mr. Beck replied that lie had no check or
vouchers. He relied upon their late Secretary keeping the
account for hina as well as for them.
Sir PETER LAURIE recommended a reference, which was
agreed to, and three gentlemen, named Foster, Wood, and
Clemmitt, were appointed referee'.
111,117L11 Olt 0 UGH-STREET.
OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE ITALIAN OPERA-HOUSE.—,Tames
Malcolm, a footman in the service of Lady and Miss Shelley,
of No. 35, Belgrave-square, war charged with being drunk
and causing a disturbance, and obstructing persons in coming
out of the pit entrance of the Italian Opera-bouse. For some
time past a great nuisance and obstruction has been caused by
the servants of the frequenter. of the Opera persisting in stand-
iug within the pit entrance sender the Opera-arcade, so as to
impede or wholly prevent any persons passing by them : they
were also in the habit of laughing and talking so loudly,
that the ' audience had made frequent complaints ot the
annoyance. Tuesday night several Noblemen who were leaving
the house complained of the obstruction they met with in
attempting to do so. The prisoner, who had been drinking,
bshaved in a violent manner, and appeared to be the ringleader
of the others. The check-takers were at last obliged to call in
she police and the Guards, and the offending parties were
turned out. The prisoner, however, refused to be controlled in
any way:, and having commenced making use of obscene lan-
guage, he was secured aed taken to the station house.
The prisoner said he was so drunk that he did not know whit
he was doing.
He was fined 405., or one month to hard labour in West-
minster Bridewell,

WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. Eart)in Bates, a tall young man of gentlemanlike ap-
pearance, and address, who was stated to be a landscape-
paintrn, residing in Park Village, Regent's Park, was brought
before Mr. Bingham, upon a warrant to answer a charge of
Having threatened the life of William Marshall, Esq., M.P.,
one of the Directors of the Eastern Counties Pailw:ty.
James Steele, a constable in the service of the Company,
stated that on the morning of the 6th inst. the defendant pre-
sented himself at the railway terminus at Shoreditch, and after
distributing some pamphlets outside of the gates, he made his
way through the gateway, and began flourishing a large and
heavy stick, which he had in his hand, at the same time utter-
ing expressions of a violent and threatening kind towards
Mr. Marshall. Mr. Crawshay, and some other gentle-
men, went up to him, and offered to deliver any message
he might wish to send to Mr. Marshall ; but the
defendant answered that he must himself see that gen-
tleman, and he would soon convince him that the stick
he carried was as good as a pistol. The defendant added, that
he had been before the Lord Mayor, in whose presence he de-
nounced Mr. Marshall as a bully and a coward, and he was
determined to have revenge. After using other language of a
similar description, the defendant recommenced the distri-
bution of his pamphlets amongst the bystanders, and soon after-
wards withdrew.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, launched forth into a
long and rambling statement respecting au alleged claim which
lie had upon the Company to the amount of 1,3291., and said,
that he had been unsuccessfully urging it for several years past..
On one occasion, some years ago, he went with a loaded pistol
to demand his rights, and he was thee taken before the Lord
Mayor, who committed him for trial, and he was sentenced
to a year's imprisonment, which he underwent. He alleged
that the Company had virtually acknowledged the justice of his,
claim by making him pecuniary advances at different times to
the large amount of 9001., but he considered that sum an in-
sufficient compensation for the injuries and sufferings he had
sustained at their hands.
Mr. Davis, a surgeon, who happened to be present, was asked.
by the Magistrate whether or not he felt justified, from what
he had seen of the defendant's conduct and demeanour, in
giving any opinion as to the state of his mind, but that gentle
man declined doing so untihhe had an opportunity of examining
him in private with the assistance of another medical man.
Mr. BINGHAM, addressing the defendant, said that after
what had taken place he felt it to be his duty to detain him, in
order that a medical examination might be made to ascertain to
what extent his mind had become affected by the real or
imaginary wrongs he had sustained. He should therefore
remand him until Friday next, but should give directions for
his being treated in the interim with a proper degree of Idrid-
ness and consideration.—The defendant was then removed.

_ .._..-
The Commerce says—" Immediately after the
1
King's late visit to the forts of Issy and Mont Valerien, orders
were given to increase the number of workmen not only on
these works, but on those also at Vanvres, Arcueil, Eicetre,
and Ivry. The fortifications on the right bank of the river
are going on, it Bpi-years with all the desired activity, as well as
the additions to the fortress of Vincennes, which are being
made contrary to all the provisions of the Legislature."
A German journal gives the following account of
the export and import trade of the port of Stockholm :
In 1821 the exports of merchandise of every kind.
amounted in value to 12,161,000 rix dollars. In 18401
the amount was 20,437,000 rix dollars. In 1821 the
imports were 11,143,000 rix dollars ; and in 1840 they
were 18,308;000 rix-dollars." "The finances of Sweden
are in a most flourishing state."

ROYAL EMBARKATION AT WHITEHALL STAIRS.
—Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, her Majesty the:
Queen Dowager, together with her Serene Highness thes
Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and the Hereditary Ptir,ce of Saxe Meiningen, embarked oa
hoard her Majesty's royal barge at Whitehall-stairs, when the
Royal and distinguished party wereconveyed toWoolwich on their
return home. Oe of her Majesty's steam-boats was in readiness,
to receive the Royal party, and a Guard of Honour, consisting .
of the 73d Regiment of Royal Artillery, &c., with their bands
were in attendance, who struck up the National Anthem on the of the Royal and distinguished party. Her Majesty the:
Queen Dowager looked extremely well in health.
Aioitr, TORY LOYALTY.—Sir Robert Peel gave no-
tice on Monday evening of a bill to provide more effectually for
the security of her Majesty's person. I think the Right Hon.
Baronet ought to be made aware that the introduction of bis

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measure for the protection of our beloved
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to a discussion in the Library, where a Member of his Giatsinouccoelgcte_ners-kt
ment, expatiating on the punishment administered to Colonel
Dundas, for speaking disrespectfully of his Sovereign, said,
sa-
lary, a‘h,
rgotoyuhes.nlaedttt
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Queen,lea, her fkri-pay,
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of the Ordnance, it is said, will not soon forget the rebuke of
itth the
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a clause in Sir Robert Peel's Bill, subjecting any
trudge
jesty's paid servants, who choose to hear their
unnoticed, to an hour in the pillory, and a six d—
on the tread-mill.—M.—Chronicle.

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1 EMPLOYMENT OF PAUPERS---CHOULTON UNION.---
Some time
re Manchester, iat.onstryofththe eexupenrtal
Some timeneaargoA,latnh(etheis)
or employing the able•bodied poor applying for relief in re-
claiming and cultivating a portion of waste land, by means of
Evade husbandry. For this purpose, they applied to Sir
Thomas Joseph de Trafford, of Trafford Park, for
permission to reclaim
land on a part of the moss, or bog
his estate and he immediately in the most
liberalre manner
from rent, gave them permission to use for that purpose,
f, a considerable part of Trafford Moss, situate
about a mile from Stretford. It is now upwards of two years
since the experiment was commenced, and in that time nine
statute acres and a half of land bare been thoroughly drained.
heavily marled, and worked by the paupers of the Union, and
are at the present time covered with crops of wheat, potatoes,
and turnips, which are not to be surpassed on the best managed
farms, in the beat cultivated county in England.-44T45 Times.