Cheered The Censor

The leading regiment of our colnmn ■was the Fifty-third, commanded tbat day by Major Payn, afterward General Sir William Payn, K. C. B., a very fine regiment, who, being mostly Irishffien, were eager to meet their enemy. Meanwhile I received orders to cross the river by a ford and get round the enemy's right flank, and had gone for this purpose, and was crossing about a quarter of a mile lower down, when suddenly I heard loud cheering and a heavy musketry flre, and then I saw our troops gallautly advancing across the bridge to the assault. It turned out to be the Fifty-third, who, tired of the delay under fire, and, it was whispered, hearing that Sir Colin had seut for his pet Highlanders to take the bridge, took their bits between their teeth and without any fnrther orders determined to rush the bridge themselves - whioh they aocordingly did, and with great enccess. The enemy, once forced out of their position, showed but a poor desnltory fight, and, as at Cawnpur, feil an easy prey to the cavalry, who, having crossed, some by the bridge, and others, including myself, by the ford, feil on thera and pursued them with such success that we captured every gun they had. The Fifty-third were well pleased with themselves and the result of the fight thay had so suddenly initiated. But we heard that Sir Coliu was greatly annoyed with them, and after the action rated them soundly fcr their insubordination. But little did these wild Irishmen care; they had had their fight, and a real good one, so far as they were concerned, and as Sir Colin concladed his speech of rebuke they gave him three cheers, and giving tbree cheers more for General Mansfleld, Sir Colin 's chief of the staff (who had formerly commanded their regiment), they quite upset the chief 's equanimity, but at the same time cleared away his