Per Hannah Sprague.--Messrs. Ellis, Jenkins, Edward Gossett, Horatio S. Rotch, John Duchie, W. C. Codman (supercargo).

Per John Brightman.—Mrs. Viall and 2 children, and 3 natives. Per Madagascar.-Mrs. Capt.Varden, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith, Capt. Varden, Lord Henry Gordon, Lord Foote, Major Hull; Drs. Turnbull, Henderson, and Leslie; Messrs. J. Eager, H. Eager, Couchmen, Simpson, C. Magney, W. Magney, Paske, G. Smith, Steves, Williams, Leveir, Baker, Bowdler, Barclay, Reveley, Howtrey, Bridgeman, Thompson, Green, Stokes, Maxwell, Lindsay, Reid, Heins, and Foster; Dr. Garree; Rev. Mr. Newman; Mr. H. C. Smith, H.M. 31st.-Steerage passengers: Mrs. Keirson, Mrs. McWiggio, Mr. Slady, John Jones, and 2 native servants.

Per Elizabeth.-Mrs. Nott and 2 children, Mrs. Lyster, Captain Forque, 3 servants, 62 emigrants, and 1 native doctor.

Per Sarah, Bawardier Pt. C. M. A., wife, and 3 children, Gunner Gordon and 5 children, Gunner M'Phail and 6 children, Gunner Hall and 3 children, Mrs. Mayley and 3 children, Private Lanqeir, N.N.C., Mr. B. Sherard, 2 servants, and 2 native women.

Do. 22, Ship Hong Kong, H. Dodds, from London 9th Jan., Falmouth, 31st Jan.

Per Essex, for Madras.-Wm. Hunt, H.M. 31st regt.; Cadets C. Ensor, C. Bates, R. Moore, W. Hamilton, A. Hunter Hunter, Mr. George, W. Playfair, H. Nield, W. Wildon, C. Louis, and Combe.

For Calcutta.-Mrs. Burnfield, Miss Strode, H. H. Massey, F. Douglas, S. G. Kemp, John Alexander Richard Meade, Bengal art., Cadets C. Lewis, R. Barber, G. Babington, Pearson, H. Mills, Gordon, Cavanagh, M. J. McKenzie, H. P. Williams, R. Cogan, C. Ross, M. Mothort, Charles Dodridge, and F. Ackman.

Per Mary Ann.--Mrs. Bird, Miss Flamton, Messrs. Lord and Fluit, cadets; Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Pue, and 1 native servant. Per Hope.-Mr. H. T., Mr. Crow, H.M. 94th.

Per Mary Eliza.—Mrs. H. Dick.

Per Sarah Crisp.-Mrs Crisp and child.

DEPARTURES.

MAY 13. Water Witch, Douglas, Calcutta.-15. Fanny, Stevenson, Northern Ports.-19. Duchess of Leinster, Renfree, Calcutta ; City of London, Antram, London.-20. Scourfield, Stevens, Calcutta ; Plantagenet, Domett, Calcutta.-21. Victoria, Norris, Northern Ports; St. Helena, Mann, Table Bay; John Fleming, Rose, Calcutta.-23.-Elizabeth Ainslie, Lyster, Calcutta.-29. Hannah Sprague, Confield, Calcutta; Madagascar, Weller, Calcutta; Gloucester, Beard, London.-JUNE 2. Steamer Hindostan, Moresby, Calcutta.-3. Active, Renant, Calcutta.-4. Sir Edward Paget, Barclay, Calcutta.-9. Eugine, Beauvais, Bourdeaux.

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per City of London.-Rev. S. Hardy, Mrs. Hardy, child, and servant; Mr. and Mrs. J. Milner, and six children; Mr. and Miss Gum; Masters Bayfield and Ovily; Mrs. Antram and son; Private Wm. Gamble, of H.M.'s 15th Hussars.

Per John Fleming from London. Mrs. Rose, child, and European servant; Messrs. Mair, Molony, Bland, Mc Leod, and Hamilton. From Madras. Mrs. Horne, Mr. Horne, Mrs. Gillan, 2 children, and 2 native servants; Major Horne and groom.

Per Elizabeth.-Mrs. Watt and 3 children; Mrs. Lyster; Capt. Frye; 3 serjeants; Ramjam, native doctor, and 76 Indian emigrants.

Per Hannah Sprague.-Edward Gasset, Horatio S. Patch, William E. Edman, supercargo.

Per Sir Edward Paget.-Dr. Jas. Lee; Mr. Palmer and Mr. Teil.

BOMBAY.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL WALLACE.

(Continued from page 379.)

FIFTH DAY.-CONTINUATION OF THE PROSECUTION. The Cross-examination of Captain Jacob, continued. Q. Did the troops under Major Clemons co-operate with Col. Carruthers' force on the 21st of January last, and if so, in what way, under what instructions, and by whose orders? A. They did it by order of Col. Carruthers: they made a movement intended to cover our left flank in our advance over the ridge.

Q. Was there any opposition made by the enemy during Col. Carruthers' advance to the Kurwuttee Ghaut from Sewapoor? A. The enemy shewed themselves on our front and on our right flank in small numbers. The column moved a good deal to the left for the purpose of turning stockades believed to be on the direct line to Gotea. The right of our flanking party must have been very near the enemy at one time, but no opposition was offered.

Q. Are you aware if any information was conveyed to me, as to your knowledge of the position of the several stackades on the road, by which the troops under Col. Carruthers advanced

on the morning of the 20th of January last, and the capability of their being turned previous to the capture of Sewapooor by the 1st brigade? A. I know nothing of its having been so communicated.

Q. Are you aware if any information was given to me of the plan of operations of the several brigades for investing the forts of Munobur and Munsuntosh previous to the capture of Sewapoor by the 1st brigade? A. The general, I believe, informed the prisoner, by the letter of the 16th January, 1845, that he had a combined plan of operations, which necessarily included the movements of all the brigades; but I am not aware of any detail having been given.

Q. In the conversation we had on the morning you brought the letter from Colonel Carruthers to me, in what way did I express myself with reference to the General, and my feelings towards him? (The Court is closed upon the propriety of the prisoner being allowed to put the above question. The Court is of opinion that it may be put. The Court is opened, and the above decision is read.) A. The prisoner said that he had the greatest regard for the General, and expressed his regret that there should be any diminution of kindly feeling on the part of the General towards him, which appeared to be the case, and said that he had no intention whatever of disobeying any of his orders?

Q. Did I express to you, during this same conversation, the anxiety I felt to attend to all the Major General's orders? A. Yes; the prisoner said that he was anxious to obey every order that was given him by the General.

Q. Did I not say that I wished particularly to avoid giving offence or annoyance to the General in any way whatever, or words to the same effect? A. Yes.

Q. Were there no advantages gained by the capture and occupation of Sewapoor on the 17th January last? A. I think that the capture of Sewapoor on the 17th was very disadvantageous, but the attack on the 17th down that ridge, before the enemy had time to stockade themselves upon it, may have saved a few lives -moreover, some lives may have been saved in Col. Carruthers' brigade by it. The chance of capturing or killing the chiefs who, with their families, were there to the last moment, was lost.

Q Where did the chiefs go to when Sewapoor was taken? A. They all went into the fort, except Soobana Nikum, who remained outside in a temple. As I was going over the fort ridge on the 21st, Anna Sahib was pointed out to me by my men, and two or three who were near him were recognized by them as the dessais (or chiefs). I lent the men a glass to assist. My remaining knowledge is from the depositions of the people who were taken, one from the Salt Karkoon Bulwunt Row, who was a prisoner in the fort, and went with the others from Sewapoor. Q. How long did the chiefs remain at the fort after the capture of Sewapoor? A. I have reason to believe they were there when I was wounded and disabled on the 25th. I understood that they left the fort altogether when the forts were evacuated, except Soobana Nikum, who quitted the temple previously, which is an outwork of the fort.

Q. When did the families of the inhabitants of Sewapoor quit their houses, and where did they go to? A. I have no informa tion regarding the families of the villagers, I never inquired after them.

Re-examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. In Col. Carruthers' letter to the prisoner you are stated to be proceeding on special duty to the major general; what was that duty? A. The general instructed me to report to him every point affecting the carrying out his plan for the investment of the fort. On marching over the ridge on the 21st, we found that neither the general's letter of the 18th, or Colonel Carruthers' letter of the 20th, had been attended to. It became therefore necessary that the general should be acquainted whether the prisoner did or did not intend to take his part in the investment of the fort, and that with the least possible loss of time. This was the question I put to the prisoner, who authorized me to report to the general that he would obey the order forthwith, which I duly reported the same day; at the same time be remarked his deficiency of troops, and that Col. Carruthers had kept his troops below, but I was fully authorized to report his march forthwith to the points assigned.

Q. On the prisoner complaining to you that his troops were kept below by Col. Carruthers, contrary to his (the prisoner's) expressed wishes, did you tell him that you would report to me, that he (the prisoner) could not act without more troops? A. Certainly not.

Q. Was it, in your opinion, indispensably necessary, for the purpose of being able to carry out my instructions of the 18th, 20th, and 22nd January last, about the Kurwuttee Pass, to have the whole of the 1st brigade, of about 1,250 bayonets, employed in that duty? A. Certainly not.

Q. In your opinion, what number would have sufficed? A. Any number on and after the 21st January. There was then no enemy to contend with. Previously, it might have been prudent to send 200 or 300 men-infantry alone. Guns would have been of little use in a jungle like that.

Q. Did the troops under the prisoner above the Elephant Rock co-operate with Col. Carruthers in the investment on the morning of the 21st? A. Yes, a portion of them did under Capt. Jones, I think, who came down from the Chota Droog in connexion with Major Clemons' movement below, as requested by the brigade major of Col. Carruthers' brigade in a letter to the prisoner, which accompanied the other letter from Col. Carruthers of the 20th. I am not aware of any other co-operation.

Examined by the Court.

Q. Supposing that the general's plan for a combined attack on the 20th of January last had been carried out, would it, in your opinion, have been likely that the attacking columns should have intercepted the enemy between Sewapoor and the northern angle of the fort, and also the eastern gateway of the Fort of Munohur, had the fugitives from Sewapoor gone off by the direct pathway to the northern angle, or by the Gudkurries huts, and the path thence to the eastern gateway? Describe the nature of the pathways alluded to, and the practicability, or otherwise, of the enemy with their families entering Munohur at the northern angle. A. I think that the fugitives could have been intercepted, provided the troops had been judiciously handled. The village is an open village; I mean, not fortified or walled, and there is a little plain around it, from which small pathways go off into the jungle, up to the fort, and up to the ridge towards Gotea. The north-eastern angle is accessible; but if pressed for time, the families would hardly have taken it from its difficulties.

Q. On what day did you deliver Col. Carruthers' letter of the 22nd January to the prisoner, and where was the prisoner at the time? A. I delivered it on the 22nd. The prisoner was close to the edge of the Ghauts, on the top of the Elephant Rock. The prisoner told me at the time that the day was the 23rd; whereupon, thinking that he was right, I made a memorandum on the original letter of the 22nd, regarding the date (of which a copy is No. 13 in the Appendix); but I afterwards found that it was the 22nd. I mention this in explanation, lest my memorandum might mislead.

Q. How did you make this discovery? A. By a little further exercise of memory as to what had occurred, viz, the march to Sewapoor on the 20th, the march to Gotea, and back again on the 21st, my proceeding to the prisoner's camp the next day, to the general's that same night, by leaving head-quarters camp next day, and sleeping on one Tingul ridge outpost; my joining Col. Outram next day on the 24th, and next day taking part in the attack on Munsuntosh, which is known to have taken place on the 25th; therefore it must have been on the 22nd when I delivered the letters to the prisoner.

Q. Do you think that the combined attack of the 20th January was, if carried out, more likely than a single attack from any point whatever to prevent the escape of the chiefs and their families? A. Of course, the proportion of chances were according to the numbers employed in different directions, three to one, or four to one, as the case might be.

Q. Did any injury to the public service arise from the prisoner failing to co-operate with the troops, as ordered by Col. Carruthers, with reference especially to the investment of the forts? A. If the prisoner had secured the Munohur ridge, the enemy may or may not have got out of the fort, but not out of the Sewapoor valley, and they got out of the valley over that ridge.

Q. If Major George's position had been placed at the head of the Sasseedroog pass, instead of being allowed to remain so far in the rear, would it have enabled Col. Carruthers to complete the investment of the forts with greater advantage? A. The mere occupation of Sasseedroog had nothing to do with the investment of the forts.

Q. On what grounds have you arrived at the conclusion that two or three hundred men might have been sufficient to seize on and occupy the Kurwuttee Ghaut? A. My information that I have collected from various quarters shews that not more than a hundred men ever occupied the Kurwuttee pass, and their stockades might have been turned, to the best of my belief, by pushing light infantry through the dense jungle. Once at the head of the Ghaut, it might have been cleared by hand grenades and small mortars with reduced charges. Possessing the top of Sasseedroog, commanded a great portion of the Ghaut, and from that position the enemy might easily have been dislodged. I wish to be understood to express this opinion, without wishing the Court to attach much weight to it, as I speak from information more than direct personal observation.

I saw all below from the Munohur ridge, near Sasseedroog, but I have not been over the ground above; but my experience of the enemy throughout this campaign, even in their own dense jungle, has led me to form a contemptible opinion of them. I have charged them on several occasions with a handful of men, and they never stood to do more than deliver their fire even from their strongest stockades.

Q. As the occupation of Sassee droog point by Major George's detachment would have placed so many more men at the immediate disposal of Col. Carruthers, would he not in that case have been able to complete his investment in such a manner that escape from the forts or the villages would have been almost impossible, and what other advantages would have been gained thereby? A. It would have been of very great advantage. It would have enabled Col. Carruthers then more effectually to invest the valley, if not the fort. In the first place, a chain of very small posts along the ridge would have blocked up the Sewapoor Valley, of which it is the mouth. I know not the number of men at Major George's post, and cannot therefore say how many might have been diposable for the inner line of investment close to the fort. I should say, so as to give due relief, water and every thing considered, 300 men would be required for the ridge; every man above that might have been employed in connecting the position of Capt. Allen's post with Col. Carruthers, thereby leaving Capt. Allen's detachment for the connexion of the line beyond it on the right. This would have been, moreover, the plan -300 men of the prisoner's brigade under Major Clemons already occupying the ground on the left between Gotea and Capt. Allen's post.

Q. Do you know that Col. Carruthers wrote officially to the prisoner to say that the forts had been sufficiently invested before the evacuation ofthe forts by the enemy? A. No, I know nothing about it.

Q. Do you know whether the prisoner wrote to Col. Carruthers, and requested the return of his troops from Sewapoor for the express purpose of carrying on rapid operations along the fort ridge, and the relief of the posts on that ridge? A. I believe he did make the requisition, but whether the fort ridge was or was not mentioned in his requisition, I do not know, because Col. Carruthers, on the night of the 20th, told me that Major Clemons had called on him, on the part of the prisoner, to request the return of his troops, to enable him to carry out what he had been ordered to do by the general; and after expressing his views generally to his brigade major and myself, Col. Carruthers directed that if Major Clemons could be sent on any way in the morning in time to assist the prisoner's movements, that same morning, we were to direct him to do so. The reason of his not being sent up was that he could not have been at Sasseedroog in time to cover our advance in the morning, and consequently he was employed on covering our left flank, as already stated.

Q. Did not the want of means which the prisoner complained of arise, in some measure, from his continuing to occupy on the upper ridge an extended line of posts no longer necessary? A. Yes, I think so.

Q. Do you know what number of troops were in the occupation of the Elephant Rock and Sasseedroog at the time you allude to? A. No; I don't know.

The witness retires.

It is now four o'clock, P.M. and the Court adjourns until eleven o'clock to-morrow forenoon.

SIXTH DAY.

Continuation of the Prosecution,

In connection with Captain Jacob's evidence, the prosecutor lays before the Court copies of two letters, one to the prisoner from his acting assistant quarter master general, dated Camp, Hunmunt Ghaut, 23rd January, 1845, and the prisoner's reply to it, dated Camp, near Sasseedroog, 24th January, 1845. The prosecutor here wishes to direct the attention of the Court to the date of the letter from the prisoner, which is dated 24th January, 1845. The prosecutor here lays before the Court the copy of a letter, dated Camp, near Sasseedroog, 23rd January, 1845, from the prisoner to Col. Carruthers, which was transmitted to the prosecutor by the latter officer.

The Court is closed to consider whether the copies of the letter, which cannot be compared with original letters in Court, are to be received in evidence. The Court decide that the original letters having been applied for, the copies of those etters are not to be received in evidence. The Court is opened, and the above decision is read.

Letter No. 48, dated Camp Hunmunt Ghaut, 23rd January, 1845, is read and compared with the original, and appended. (No. 15 in the Appendix.)

10th Witness on the Prosecution. Lieut. Graham, Bombay engineer, is called into the Court, and duly sworn. Examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. What situation do you hold in the force employed in the Kolapoor and Sawunt Warree States? A. That of field engineer.

Q. Were you at any time attached to the 1st brigade? À. Yes, I don't recollect the day on which I joined it; but I think it was about 20th December, 1814. I left it after the taking of Munohur.

Q. Previous to the 18th of January, 1845, did you visit the ground about the Sasseedroog; if so, describe the nature and features of it, and whether, in your opinion, it was eligible for a post? A. Yes, I visited it frequently before the 18th of Jan. 1845, and I selected a place for an encampment, which I consider perfectly eligible for a post. The ground in front of that, up to where the two passes commenced, was very thickly covered with jungle, with the exception of one or two places.

Q. What advantages did such a spot offer with respect to the two passes? A. It would have commanded the two passes, an outpost would have been obliged to be thrown out from it.

Q. Was the spot you allude to which was cleared near Arthur's tree? A. A little in rear of it, about 150 yards nearer Maj. George's post.

Q. Was it occupied as a post at any time previous to the 18th January 1845? A. No.

Q. Is the plan now before the Court by you, and if so, please to explain it to the Court, and point out as well as you can the spot chosen for an encampment? A. [The plan is sketched by the witness, and he explains that part of it which has reference to a place he had chosen for a post or an encampment towards Sasseedroog.] The front of the place chosen was about 150 yards in the rear of Arthur's tree.

Q. Were you with the prisoner's brigade on the 17th of January, 1845, and if so, when were you? A. Yes, I was: I was there early in the morning at the stockade on the Elephant Rock ridge, about 800 yards from the Elephant Rock, and proceeded with the column that attacked Sewapoor. I slept at this place on the night of the 16th, and early in the morning went on with the attacking column.

Q. What time did the column descend from the rock into the ridge for the attack on Sewapoor? A. I can't tell: I was 800 yards in advance of the Elephant Rock.

Q. At what time did the column reach your post? A. I was not at the post when the column came there; when the column arrived there, I was some distance a-head of it, cutting a road through the jungle towards Sewapoor.

Q. Did you proceed with the attacking column to Sewapoor, and were you there in its attack? A. I did proceed with the column, and was with it in its attack on Sewapoor.

Q. Who commanded on that occasion? A. Major Clemons commanded the whole.

Q. Before this attack on Sewarpoor, did the enemy offer to annoy the post you alluded to on the Elephant Rock ridge; and, if so, to what extent? A. No, not at all, after I arrived, but then I recollect there were a few shots fired. The post had been taken in at daylight on the morning of the 16th.

Q. Did the enemy offer any annoyance to the force posted on the Elephant Rock prior to the attack on Sewapoor? A. They fired a few shots.

Q. Could the enemy have successfully stockaded the ridge while we occupied the upper part of it, and have effectually prevented our descent to Sewapoor? A. They might have stockaded it, but I dont't think they could ever have prevented troops marching down direct on Sewapoor without halting.

Q. Do you know of any sufficient reason that should have prevented the prisoner seizing with the troops under his command, the head of the Gotea or Kurwutty Ghaut, and sending a detachment down it on the morning of the 21st of January 1845? A. No, I am not aware of any.

Q. Were you in a position to be acquainted with a reason for the prisoner not seizing the Gotea or Kurwuttee Ghaut, and sending troops down it, on the morning of the 21st; had there been a reason? A. No; I was not in a position to know the prisoner's reasons, for I had no communication with him between the 16th and 21st, for I was at Sewapoor.

Q. With regard to the nature of the country, do you know of any weighty reason? A. No, I know of no weighty reason why the prisoner did not move down the Gotea pass on the 21st.

Q. Did you go up with a detachment from Col. Carruthers' camp to the head of Kurwuttee or Gotea pass with Lieut.

Smyth, and did you find any detachment on the top, or any thing that would indicate that preparation had been made to render assistance to Col. Carruthers' advance in case he met with any resistance? A. Yes, I went up with Lieut. Smyth. Lieut. Smyth did not command the party. I believe that Captain Jephson did. I found no detachment at the top of the pass, nor did I observe that any preparation had been made to render any assistance to Col. Carruthers' brigade. The witness retires.

11th Witness on the Prosecution. Lieut. Col. Carruthers, 2nd or Queen's royal regiment, is called into court, and duly sworn.

Examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. What troops did you command with the field force under my command on or about the 20th January last? A. The troops in the Southern Konkan..

Q. What instructions did you receive on marching into Sewa. poor on the 20th January, in carrying out the investment of the forts of Munohur and Munsuntosh? A. To assume command of all the troops.

Q. Do you mean all the troops of the field force, or only of those in the valley engaged in the investment? A. I conceive that the whole of the troops, both in the valley and on the Elephant Rock, the 1st and 2nd brigade, were under my orders.

Q. On assuming command of the troops, did you give any orders to the prisoner commanding the 1st brigade to co-operate with you on that occasion, and if so, what were they, and what was the date of the orders? A. I produce a copy of my orders on the occasion. A copy of the above order is already appended to these proceedings. (No. 12.)

Q. Were those orders obeyed, and did you consider them positive? A. They were not obeyed. I did consider them positive.

Q. Do you know of any due cause for the prisoner's having neglected to seize and occupy the Kurwuttee or Gotea Ghaut or pass, as directed by you on the 20th January, 1845? A. I know of no cause.

Q. Did the prisoner asssign any reasons for not having car ried out your orders, and if so, were they satisfactory? A. There was no reason that I recollect. My letter, No. 44, of the 20th January, 1845, Camp, Sewapoor, was never replied to, but I received a long letter from the prisoner, dated Camp, near Sasseedroog, 23rd January, 1845. The original of this letter has been applied for, and is in No. 17 in the Appendix, which is explanatory on some points, and has allusion to my letter of the 20th.

The witness retires. The prosecutor having no more evidence to adduce, the cross-examination of his witnesses by the prisoner will now commence. It is now half past 3 o'clock, and the Court is adjourned until one P.M. to-morrow.

SEVENTH DAY.

Cross-examination by the Prisoner.

The prosecutor begs to state to the Court that since the Court was adjoured yesterday, three natives who had been sent for, and were not expected to be here in time to give evidence on the prosecution, have arrived. The prosecutor, therefore, wishes to proceed with the examination of at least two of these witnesses.

The prisoner objects to the evidence of these witnesses being received, as their names were not on the list of witnesses on the prosecution given to the Judge Advocate, but has no wish to urge any legal objections whatever.

The Court is closed, and the Court decides upon the examination of the witnesses being proceeded with by the prosecutor. The Court is opened, and the above decision is read. 12th witness on the Prosecution. Ramchunder, a native, is called into court, and makes affir

mation.

Examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. Were you in Munobur when the British troops came before that fort? A. When the British troops first came, I was one of the guard at Dewsoo; afterwards, when Colonel Outram's troops came, I went to Kahm's, and the troops coming there the next day, I went off to Sursinghee, and next day, which was Sunday, I ascended into the fort of Munohur.

Q. How many days did you remain in that fort? A. I remained there six days; on the seventh I came out of it.

Q. Under what circumstances did you leave the fort; and when you left it, who did so at the same time? A. I left it, as well as everybody else, in consequence of the bursting of shells, which gave them no peace; a few sick persons remained only. Q. At what hour did you leave with all the rest? A. It was between eight and nine o'clock at night.

Q. By what road did you effect your escape? A. We went down by the gateway and Pagoda into the Race Jungle." On getting out of the jungle we turned to the left towards Sewapoor

over a more open space, then turning to the right, and crossing the Kurwuttee pathway, we got upon a ridge where there was a Sahib loge's battery, and then descended to Sursingee.

Q. What chiefs escaped with you at the time by the same road? A. There was Phont Sawunt, Pain Sawunt, generally known by the name of Nana, Than Sawunt, commonly called Baba Suwunt, Appoo Sawunt, Hunner Sawunt, and four of their younger brothers.

Q. What number of the people escaped by that road with you? A. Between 250 and 300, which was the number of people in the fort.

Q. What was the name of the ridge you got on after crossing the Kurwuttee pathway? A. I don't know.

Cross-examination by the Prisoner.

Q. From what place have you come, and when did you arrive at Belgaum? A. I have come from Kuhm's, and arrived at Belgaum after the gun fired at noon yesterday. I heard the gun when I was on the road.

Q. When were you told that you would be required as a witness, and by whom were you told? A. I received the summons to come here as a witness on Sunday last. The requi. sition for me came by a horseman, who went to Mr. Price at Warree, who then wrote a letter to a Jemadar at Kuhm's, to send me and two other men, who are come with me here, to Belgaum.

Q. Were you taken a prisoner, or did you give yourself up? A. I was not taken a prisoner, but my son, who is in Mr. Price's service, was desired by Mr. Price to find me out, and to make me give myself up, which I did.

Q. Were there any promises made of safety and protection which induced you to give yourself up, and if so, by whom and when? A. Yes, I got a written promise of safety after I had been about four days separated from the Bund, when concealed in the jungle, which I have here. I don't know the gentleman's name who passed. It's about twenty-four or twenty-five days ago since I got it.

Q. How near to Sewapoor did you go before you turned off towards the battery on the ridge on the night you all escaped? A. About five or six musket-shot distance.

Q. You have mentioned that you crossed the ridge where there was battery, how near to that battery did you all go on the night you escaped? A. We did not all follow each other; we were in parties of eight or ten crossing the ridge, and scattered. I myself, as near as I could guess in the dark night, might have been between three and four musket-shot distance from the battery.

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Cross-examination of the Prosecutor by the Prisoner.

Q. Having 400 men already down upon the ridge, as well as two mortars, for the attack of Sewapoor, before the receipt of your instructions of the 16th January last, what do you think would have been the result of my attempting to bring the men up the scarp again, since no means at my command would have enabled me to supply so large a force with water for four days? A. I am not aware that the prisoner had 400 men below the scarp before the receipt of my instructions of the 16th January. I had reason to believe that the prisoner had not that number below, as the letter was delivered to him on the evening of the 16th in sufficient daylight to read it. Had that number of men been below, it was the prisoner's duty to have recalled the men, as a great many days previously the troops were in the habit of going up and down the ladder daily. I saw the men with my telescope every day going up and down the ladder. In fact, there was a tent and outpost established on the ridge below the rock for many days before.

Q. Were you aware on the 16th January last that I had the greatest difficulty in supplying my advanced picquets with water on the ridge during the nine previous days; that, in consequence of want of space, complaints were already made to me of its filthy state, and also that there was no room to pitch tents to

Q. Did you at any time acquaint me with the details of any plan formed to surprise the rebel chiefs in Sewapoor, or convey to me any information that could have influenced me, either on or previous to the 16th January last, to have delayed the capture of Sewapoor under the then existing circumstances? A. I did not acquaint the prisoner with any detail to surprise the rebel chiefs in Sewapoor, nor did I convey any information that could have influenced him previous to the 16th January, further than repeatedly desiring him not to descend into the Konkan; and his descending previous to the receipt of my letter of the 16th was contrary to my orders. His premature descent into the Konkan after the receipt of my letter of the 16th precluded my giving him any detailed instructions, as I had given myself, from the 16th to the 20th, time to deliberate on that point.

Q. Can you imagine for a moment that enterprizing leaders, such as Phont Sawunt and Soobana Nikum, were to be found at Sewapoor when their troops were resisting the advance of the several columns through their stockaded portions on the 20th of January last? A. I cannot answer that question as to my ima. gination.

Q. Supposing that, on the 20th of January last, having deferred my attack till that date, I should have been successful in overcoming the obstacles created to my advance from the ridge, and also that Cols. Carruthers and Brough, or either of them, had forced their way to Sewapoor, the forts having command of observation over the ground so traversed, can you imagine it possible that either the enemy would retreat upon, or their families remain in, an open town, neither stockaded nor provisioned, like Sewapoor? A. I cannot answer for that whether or not they would have remained.

It is now eight minutes to four o'clock, and the Court adjourns until eleven o'clock to-morrow forenoon.

EIGHTH DAY. Continuation of the prosecution.

Cross-examination continued.

Q. With reference to the last question, is it probable the retreat of the enemy and their families would have been in the fort of Munohur and Munshuntosh, where they actually were on the 17th January last? A. Very probably they might have gone into the forts.

Q. Be pleased to point out, then, in what manner my attack of Sewapoor was injurious, either to the public service, or even to your plan, of which I was then ignorant. A. In the first place, by disturbing their families and chiefs from Sewapoor, when I had reason to expect they would have remained until a general attack could have been made, the families thus early going into the fort enabled them to leave without any molestation before the place was regularly invested.

Q. From your knowledge of the impassable nature of the country, the numerous stockades, and the stout resistance made by the rebels at Munohur, do you think they would have allowed troops to have advanced unmolested but for my previous capture of Sewapoor enabling my Brigade to assail them in flank and rear, as expressed in my letter to your Assist. Adj.-Gen., No. 71, of the 19th of January last? A. I never expected they would have allowed us to advance unmolested. The premature attack on Sewapoor, so far frustrated my plan, that all hopes of attacking them at three or four different points at the same time were lost, when I expected that they would have met with considerable loss, and many of them would have had great difficulty, I conceive, in getting into the fort.

Q. Beyond the circumstances alleged in these charges during the two years which I have had the honour to serve under you in garrison and the field, have you ever had reason to believe that I at any time shewed the slightest disposition to disobey your orders? A. No, certainly not, with the exception of the period shortly after which the prisoner arrived in the neighbourhood of Sasseedroog, from which period I certainly thought he evinced a disposition to do so.

Q. Is the order conveyed to me in the letter of your Assist. Adjt.-Gen., No. 54, of the 16th January last, a positive or qualified order? A. I consider it a positive order. I desired him to abstain from offensive operations.

Q. Is the order conveyed to me in the letter of your Assist. Qr.-Mr. Gen., No. 36, of the 18th January last, a positive or qualified order? A. As connected with former letters on the subject of occupying the head of the Kurwuttee pass, I considered it sufficient to force compliance from the prisoner. The prosecutor resumes his seat.

Cross-examination of Lieut. Graham, B. Engineers, by the

Prisoner.

Q. On what date, and under what circumstances, did you recommend me to establish a camp 150 yards in rear of Arthur's tree, to which you refer? A. I cannot say the exact date that I recommended a post being put below 150 yards in rear of Capt. Arthur's tree, but the ground was cleared for a post by, I think, the 7th of January. The ground that I cleared for an encampment was pointed out to me by the prisoner from above-above means Major George's post.

Q. What extent of ground was thus available for a camp, or capable, with the means at your disposal, of being made so? A. I never measured the ground, but the ground that I did clear was never very thickly studded with jungle, and when it was cleared, I suppose that it might have been about 250 yards long by 150 broad. With the means at my disposal, it was cleared by the 7th of January, I believe.

Q. At the time above alluded to, had it been positively ascertained by you that there was water in the neighbourhood to supply that camp? A. No, I had not ascertained it, but there was a waterfall about 300 or 400 yards from the right of the ground that was cleared for an encampment, and there was also abundance of water in rear of Major George's post.

Re-examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. Was it not ascertained before the 18th of January, that there was water near where the ground was cleared for an encampment? A. It was known before the 18th of January that there was a waterfall, and that there was water in the rear of Major George's post. It would have been necessary to cut a road from the right of the cleared ground to the waterfall in the same manner as was done on other occasions.

(To be continued.)

CIVIL.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

HEBBERT, H. to be senior assist. judge and sess. judge of Ahmednuggur for the detached station of Doolia, to remain at Tanna until relieved, May 21.

JENKINS, E. L. to be 1st assist. to coll. and mag. of Broach, May 16.

LIDDELL, H. to be coll. and mag. of Rutnagheree, May 21.

RIVETT, L. C. C. to ch. of off. of senior mag. of police, May 28. ROBERTSON, J. M. to be 3rd assist. to coll. and mag. of Surat, May 21.

ROBERTSON, A. D. to be 2nd assist. to coll. and mag. of Poona, May 21.

TURQUAND, W. J. to be assist. and sess. judge of the Concan, retaining his app. at Ahmednuggur, May 21.

WARDEN, A. B. to be 2nd assist. to coll. and mag. of Surat, retaining his app. of acting assist. judge, May 21.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

APPOINTMENTS.

BADGER, Rev. G. P. to be chaplain to brigade at Kolapoor.
Cook, Rev. G. to resume his appointment of junior minister of St.
Andrew's church, May 28.

STEVENSON, Rev. J. M.D. reappointed senior minister of St. Andrew's church, May 28.

MILITARY. APPOINTMENTS, &c.

AGAR, Capt. E. W. 3rd N.I. to com. Goozerat Cooley police corps, May 21.

BARR, Lieut. J. T. 7th N.I. to be 2nd asst. to pol. agent in Kattiwar, May 21.

BIRDWOOD, Capt. to asst. ch. of comm. duties at Ahmednuggur, May 22.

FARQUHARSON, Lieut. col. F. to be col.

HART, Capt. S. V. W. to be postmaster of Poona, May 24. MACDONALD, Lieut. A. 18th N.I. to res. app. of postmaster in Kandeish, May 21.

MORISON, Lieut. B. G. 24th N.I. to be fort adj. at Asseerghur. MUNBEE, Lieut. G. to res. off. as executive eng. at Poona. MUNDSLEY, Capt. res. ch. of post-office at Sholapoor, May 16. SCOTT, Lieut. C. eng. to relieve Lieut. G. Muubee in Southern div.

SHAW, Capt. acting dept. asst. com. gen. to assume ch. of comm. duties at Mhow, May 22.

WOOD, Ens. H. H. A. 4th N.I. to be lieut. fr. May 11.

VALLADARES, the wife of Daniel, at Doolia, May 15.

MARRIAGES.

BARR, Lieut. J. T. 7th N.I. to Jane Anne, d. of the late Col. Pogson, May 28.

REDMOND, Ens. H. E. 2nd or Queen's Royal regt. to Maria, d. of Surg. W. H. Young, H. M. 28th foot, at Colabab, May 28. YOUNG, W. J. to Anne, d. of the late Thomas Eaton, May 22.

DEATHS.

BRODRIBB, Georgiana Cathcart, d. of Qu.-Ma. T. 14th drag. at
Kirkee, aged 9, May 14.
REYNOLDS, Augusta Louisa, d. of Rev. F. C. P. Chaplain at Kir-
kee, at Singhur, May 8.

SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.

MAY 16. Faize Rubahny, Stewart, Mauritius.-18. Steamer Semiramis, Hamilton, Vingorla.-20. Euphrates, Gordon, Aden.-22. Olive Branch, Murdock, Aden; Hindostan, Lamb, London.-23. Actress, Conry, Bushire and Muscat.-27. Earl of Eglinton, Niven, Aden. -28. Levant, Lane, Glasgow.-29. Lord Glenelg, Johnstone, Glas. gow; Nereid, Adam, Aden; steamer Phlox, Wheeler, Gogo.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per Faize Rubahny.-The Rev. L. S. Spain, Atholl Burnet, Esq., Mr., Mrs. and Miss Chapman, Miss J. Hobbs, and Mr. Theodore Dogherty.

Per Semiramis.-Mrs. Rippon, Major gen. R. McNeil, Lieut. col. S. J. Cotton, H.M.'s 28th foot; Lieut. col. J. Lloyd, C.B. art.; Lieut. col. W. Wyllie, C.B.; Captain G. Rippon, Surg. H. R. Elliott, Lieuts. G. A. Leckie, A. C. Moyle, and J. J. Laurie; Ensigns J. R. Palmer and Gifford, 21st N.I.; Lieut, col. J. Outram, C.B. 23rd N.L.I. resident at Sattara; Major F. D. George, C.B. H.M.'s 22nd foot; Lieuts. G. E. A. Tobin and Piercy, H.M.'s 2nd foot; Ens. R. C. McCrea, H.M.'s 17th foot, and 1067 European and Native troops and followers.

Per Hindostan.-Ensigns J. Meacham and C. G. Walsh, H.M.'s 28th foot; Ensigns J. Buchanan, H.M.'s 94th foot; Cadets D. S. McD. Gleig, and H. A. Tatam, Bombay army; and Mr. W. Watson. Per Actress.-Mrs. Conry, child, and servant; Mrs. Carapiet and servant; Mrs. Essai, child, and servant; 20 sepoys of the Marine battalion; 3 Moguls and 2 women; Capt. Nott, I.N. and 3 servants; Mr. Litchfield, late commander of the H.C. schooner Emily; Mr. Jermyn, midshipman, I.N. and servant; J. Wilson, seaman, sloop Coote; Charles Farelland, 18 lascars, crew of the schooner Emily.

DEPARTURES.

MAY 21. Fort William, Matthews, China.-23. Palinurus, Roman, London.-25. Sulimany, Monk, China.-26. Charlotte, Leebschawager, Singapore.-28. H.M. sloop Pilot, Jervis, Persian Gulph.29. Rachel, Scott, Liverpool.

COMMERCIAL.

Bombay, June 3, 1845.-A few trifling sales have been made, since the despatch of the last mail, in grey madapolams and shirtins, at about the prices previously current, but the active season being over, the market is very quiet, and only such goods as are adapted for local consumption are now saleable; with the exception, perhaps, of a few descriptions for Malwa, to which country exports ean still be made. In cotton yarn about 4,000lbs. of mule and 6,000lbs. of water twist, are reported to have been sold, at annas 8 and 9 per lb. for Nos. 30 and 40 of the former, and annas 9 for No. 30 of the latter. Thus the price of mule has somewhat declined.

Nothing has been done in any variety of iron, though Rs. 28 per candy are obtainable for British bar. Prices of copper are rather lower than before, and the following sales, we hear, have taken place:

The tile here noticed, however, was of 19 lbs. average weight, which is heavy.

In beer, 100 hhds, of Saunders' are reported to have been sold at Rs. 35 per hhd.

The cotton market has been very quiet, and prices have been giv. ing way, owing to the accumulation of stocks, and the high rates of freight now ruling. We may quote broach at Rs. 83 per candy, Surat at Rs. 81, Oomrawuttee at Rs. 78 at 80, Candeish at Rs. 73 at 75, Dollera at Rs. 76, and Comptah at Rs. 61.

In other produce we hear of little doing. A purchase of 35 cwt.

of Senna Leaves is all that has been communicated to us. Freight is steady at 41. 2s. 6d. to London and Liverpool, and Rs. 20 at 21 per candy of Cotton, to China.

Exchange on London is at 1s. 10ld. at 1s, 10ĝd. per rupee at 6 months' sight-at which rates some transactions are reported to have taken place within the last few days. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, exchange is at par-on Madras, at sight, at 1 per cent. premium,