Cheered The Censor

Tbe leadiug regiment of our column yraa tbe Fifty-third, commanded that day by Major Payn, afterward General Sir William Payn, K. C. B., a very fine regiment, who, being mostly Irishmen, were eager to meet their enemy. Meanwhile I reoeived orders to cross the river by a ford and get round the i enemy's right flank, and had gone for this purpose, and was crossing about a qnarter of a mile lower down, when snddenly I heard loud cheering and a heavy musketry fire, and then I saw our troops gallantly advancing acrosi the bridge to the assault. It turned out to be the Fifty-third, who, tired of the delay nnder fire, and, it was whispered, hearing that Sir Colin had sent for his pet Highlanders to take the bridge, took their bits between their teeth and without any further orders determined to rush the bridge themselves - which they accordingly did, and with great Buccess. The enemy, once forced out of their posifion, 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, inoluding myself, by the ford, feil On them and pursued them with such success that we captnred every gun they had. The Fifty-third were well pleased with themselves and tbe result of the fight they had so suddenly initiated. But we beard that Sir Colin was greatly annoyed with them, and after the action rated them soundly for their insubordination. Bnt little did these wild Irishmen care; they had had their fight, and a real good one, so far as they were conoerned, and as Sir Colin concluded his speech of rebuke they gave him three cbeers, and giving three oheers more for General Mansfield, Sir Colin's chief of the staff (who had formerly conimaiided their regiment), they quite npset the chief 's eqnanimity, but at the same time cleared away hil