The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES. THE BATTLE OF AGRA• The following is the copy of a letter received from a gallant young officer of the 3d Europeans : " Ara, July 16. "My dearest Mother, —I wonder whether this will ever reach you. I trust it will, as it will tell you that, after a very severe engagement, by the merciful protection of Providence lam well, and have escaped untouched, although my position, like that of most others, was very critical, and I had severalnarrow escapes. My former letters will have told you that every European in India is so far in danger that he must tight for his life, and lucky are those who have to meet their death or escape it in open fight. I know not how the press is depicting our present state in India; but in the North-West we cannot call an inch of ground our awn except what we stand on. With small bands of Europeans scattered in isolated positions, and unable to unite for our mutual protection, we are surrounded by mutinous regiments of infantry and cavalry and batteries of artillery, armed with our weapons, provided with our ammunition, and taught and disciplined by ourselves. Our difficulties, too, are materially in creased by such numbers of women, and children, and helpless people, whom we cannot leave, as they kill unsparingly every European and Christian that is unprotected. But .1 must not dwell ou the diffi culties which beftle us and retard our success, nor yet oa the causes to which we owe our present dis asters. Let me try rather to give you some details about my first time under fire. Two days before this action we ascertained, what we had long ex pected, that the Neemuch mutineers were at a place 22 miles from us, consisting of the 72d Native n fantry, 7th Gwalior Contingent (infantry), three troops Ist Be n galLigh t Cavalry, the cavalry of United Malwa Contingent, who joined them at Nisehidpoor (killing their 2 officers), and a battery of native horse artillery. Our civil lines were accordingly vacated, the inhabi'ants withdrawing to the fort, and the Lieut. - Governor went down to live in cantonments. The next day, as the enemy had such a large force of cavalry, and we none, we thought it likely they might send their Sowars (horsemen) to plunder and burn the cantonments; so our detachments were called in to head-quarters. There was also one con tingent (Kotah) which had been marched up from " Agra Fort, July 16. the south-west to our aid, as they were considered "It is with great thankfulness and sincere de loyal and faithful, and amid all these defections had light I once more sit down to write to my beloved for a month remained true, collecting revenue for parents. I scarcely know when I write last, or us, burning disaffected villages, and hanging mu' i- how to begin the 'little history I hope to send off neei s and rebels ;so we had brought them in to be to day. I think shortly after my last it was that, reedy to go out with us, if necessary, against tie our second in command being sick, I was ordered, Ite.,much mutineers ; and they were encamped half- out from Gwalior, with two companies of my regi way between Government-house and our barracks, ment and a squadron of cavalry to take away 41 and ad et ichment of them rel ieved me the day before lace of treasure from a detachment of the 53d, who from my post at Governmant-house, aftertlieleieut- - were supposed to be mutinously inclined. Well, Governor left it. No sooner had I returned to can- off I went, and in due course got the treasure tonments than a helve , down-pour came on, and we without fighting for it, and brought it into the pre wei e simultaneously ordered to arms ; out we went sidency all right. All this time our own regiment and found that the Kotah Contingent (cavalry), as was almost in open mutiny, and no one ever ex soon as they had reached their encampment, had pected (so they told me afterwards) to see me re fire :l on their officers and killed their sergeant-ma- turn again. This was only the Friday morn in g , jor ; and after them the infantry and artillery also and Sunday, as you will learn from the papers, was had bolted all but two faithful native gunners, who the fatal day for us. It was Sacrament Sunday, had spiked the guns which they had been obliged and I went to church, but at 12 o'clock up went to leave behind them. We were ordered at once to the mess-house in flames, and, there being a strong go and capture the guns ; and so this Kotah mu - wind, it was soon burnt down, as well as the bath Veto disconcerted our movements, as we had al- and another bungalow. The Sepoys were then ready received orders to hold ourselves in readiness even crying out ' Here's a tamasha (or row), but to march out that evening to attack the Neemuch wait and si e the one that will come off to-night.' force. We started forthwith about 7, all drenched But even in the face of this the authorities never to the skin, and got back safe, guns an d all, about doubted the safety of Gwalior. The day passed 9. About 10 next day, July 5, the Neemuch force oft, and we went to bed as usual, but shortly was reported on;y four miles off ; so in less than afterwards we were aroused pretty quickly by the hours we were on the march to meet them, after whole of the troops having risen, and lined all the despatching what we could of our traps into the roade, with the determination of killing all the fort. About half-way on we halted and served out Europeans they could lay their hands on. We grog to our men, but, hearing the enemy were both got up and dressed as quickly as pos forming, we had to stop in the middle and go ahead. Bible, and, putting a bag of money into my bear - As we passed through the village Shahgunge, just er's hands, I mounted my horse to go to my regi outside the civil lines, our men moved onward, ment, telling him to take every care of my poor sin ;in- and giving lusty cheers, such as none but wife. What were my feelings at this moment I Br tons can. We then formed line with half the cannot exactly describe, as I knew what I had to battery on each flank, and to protect them, alas ! expect, and yet it was my duty to go and do my we had none but a few volunteers of militia cavalry best ; so I went away from my home, which I —composed of officers of mutinied regiments, civi- never saw again. As soon as I got out into the Haile, merchants, and writers, all of whom didtheir road I was joined by M'Kellar and Ryves (12th), best, but with untrained horses, and without cavalry w h o had drill, they were a poor su bstit u te for disciplined regularly just escaped from Jhansi, and we were hustled down to parade by crowds of tee. )pers. Besides these volunteer horsemen our force consisted of seven c ompani e s 3d Europ e an Re- the Se syaddles s who ut their arms between our legs and much as to say, 'Do not attempt to g meat (three companies amounti ng t o 200 m e n be- bolt.' Before we got 100 yards we sustained three rug our only garrison to hold the fort), and one volleys from men not 15 yards off, but were not battery of artillery, commanded by poor D'Oyly, touched. The fourth volley saluted us just as we and tour whole force did not amount to more passed the head of the Grenadier Company, one than 500 men, against God knows how many ball of which shot my poor charger right through thousands of the enemy. They say they bad the heart. He fell dead on me, and I had the 5,0 )0 infantry and fully 1,000 (if not more) greatest difficulty in extricating myself, expecting cavalry, and eight guns, six being of the 11 Art , l a bayeuet in my bank vbery rnomont. In 1444tting lery battery. After forming we advanced, and the from under him, I tore off my boot, so proceeded encmy kept retiring, and we continued following t o parade without it, as retreat was hopeless. The till they got to a village, when from behind this first thing I saw almost was poor Major Blake they sent their first round shot just bang over tue lying mortally wounded, shot through the lungs. col ours, which, as senior ensign, I was carrying, They said it was useless even to unfasten his coat, am 1 along with it came several musket shots, t':e but I insisted on it, and did it myself; placing his sharp pinging of whi c h reminded us o f th e r ti e head on my shoulder, and trying to make him company of the 72d, which we had often seen drawn speak ; but it was no good ; the poor fellow was up by our side on the grand p ar ad e ground here. dying fast. They made an attempt to carry him We were ordered to lie down while the art'llery t o the hospital, we went the other way to try and played on this village, in which numbers of the in- get round to the rear to escape. All the time we tan try secreted themselves, firing at us from behind were with Blake we were surrounded by hundreds the walls, while their artillery and main army were of mutineers, but none touched us. After we got planted in the rear of it. They had a very strong into the light cavalry lines the firing was very and commanding position, and their rifles did much brisk, and we all thought it was all over with us, ex( cuticn, as also the grape which they kept firing b u t against our guns. We advanced a little, and lay not a merciful Providence watched over us, and ball hit us. Those who were mounted were down again two or three times, when out then able to get off, made a rush for it, crossed the buret their cavalry in such numbers that river, and made straight across the country for they completely surrounded us, and tried to Agra, leaving me in this delightful predicament. get at our baggage, spare . ammunition, &c., but Just at this moment three Sepoys caught hold of our volunteer horseman bravely managed to keep me, and said they would try and save me. They them off. Our small body was then broken up threw off my hat, tore off my trousers and the into three divisions—the main one to attack the remaining boot, covered me as well as they could village, another to protect our right half battery, with my horse-cloth, which my groom had and one company with head quarters and colours brought along with us, and, putting me between to defend the left half battery, where, of course, I the two, the third walked in front, and what be wee ; and being just in front of the village we were tween knocking up one man's musket whose exposed to the fire of these riflemen, hidden be- bayonet was just at my back and declaring I was hind mud walls. Soon after we were in position one of their wives, we got through all the sentries one of our gun carriages took fire, and when we and crossed the river. They then wanted me to came up it was . in full blaze, one of our tumbrils make the best of my way off, saying thatthe chances having been blown up. Just after this we saw the were ten to one that my wife was killed by that cal airy again coming down upon us, so we faced time, but I told them plainly I would not try to about, and the cowardly wretches, instead of charg- escape without her. After a great deal of persuad ing full at us, swerved and galloped past, we the i n g they took me down the banks of the river (the meanwhile letting a volley into them. Oh ! opposite side of which was regularly lined with it was a tine sight to see them rolling over sentries to prevent escape) till we came opposite ou r off thei r h or ses. In the village they had very house, where they set the down, and one man said, sharp work, and the severest loss in charging ' Now I will go and bring your wife to you if she up it ; the first volley knocked over our major, is alive ;' so off he went,land after about 20 minutes he was wounded in the foot, and his horse of the most agonising suspense, dear M— and I received three balls and fell over upon and injured met again. But how ? As beggars, turned out of his head. When our brave boys were well into the house and home, and without a farthing in the villap th e y de a lt destruction on all sides) and the world—no clothes but those on our backs—and in enemy,_ after a f a i n t res i s t ance , fl e d i n con f us ion. t hi s p li g ht' we commence d our j ourne y, deeply They were drawing off in full force, when an un- thankful for our escape, but in despair at leaving lucky shot of theirs exploded another of our ammu- our homes and the little things that made it dear nition waggons, and on seeing this they set up ato us—all your likenesses hung up, our nice books, loud clamour and rallied for awhile ; however, we my dear old violin, and all our plate, glass, clothes, went on firing till we had expended all our gun papers, even our money and letters—everything ammunition which had not been blown up, and we had in the world. My own guard at the house then, being helpless, we had to burn the village, robbed the bearer of the money I gave him to do forn up our force, and retreat. The want of am- what he could for M—; her watch and chain, munition was most unfortunate for us, as the which she had in her hand, were taken from leer enemy were getting short of it. too, and had begun also. I must say the three sepoys with us behaved firing p'ce (farthings) and bits of stone, so that a few splendidly. Seeing poor M— was unable to walk, more rounds would have given us a decided vic- they tied my horseoloth in a sort of bag fashion on toffy, instead of leaving it a half-and-half business, to a musket, put her into it, and placing the butt but such are the chances of war. and muzzle on their shoulders, carried her iu this "About the middle of theaction, whichlamted one .way seven miles, till we reached the Residency, by honrand three quarters, poor D'Oyley was wounded which time I could hardly put my feet to the by a grape-shot in the right side. Ills horse was ground, from walking barefoot over the thorny shot under him very early, and he was stooping ground. On arriving there we met three other down putting his shoulder to the wheel to ex ri- pe o ple just escaped, and I gotanelephant, on which cafe one of his guns when he was wounded, poor we all mounted, intend'ng to seek further protec fellow, dangerously. He was brought in, and after tion in the Lushkur with the Maharajah, where lingering in great pain 28 hours he died on the lots of people had gone ; but before we had got eveng of the 6111. He was much belovel by ad, ' half a mile we met nearly a dozen carriages, all in and truly son y were we to lose at such a time so full gallop, accompanied by the body guard, in full good an officer and so nice and kind and gentle- retreat back to the Residency.' Well, we went ee a of th e n on, a fellow. When woundel he sat down on ' bout ship' in less than no time, aid a party of gnus and went on giving his orders, till at last th q the Sowars were left with us, and we seen after arrived, sa ;_ l, , A.y, I pain was too much for him, and lie where mutual congratulations were exchange 1, and stone oner they have done for me now I Put a in half-an-hour we were all provided with carriages gu es.' Heygeave, and say I died fighting my and set off to Agra. By about 2 o'clock we reached brought in toe ny friends ; and after he was th e first sage bungalow, where we alighted, and house, he had Copt,two or th achell's a brother officer's soon after got a Lit of chappattie (or native bread) in , him, as also his an t/ladies constantly attend- I an d a littl e water, and after some hours we resumed of er Mende. The neat n (arming Griffin), and o u r J our ney, which was one continued series of dap after we came in I alarms, with hunger and discomfort, till we arrive I w tit to see him, but he wa s th nigh he st: 11 spoke in his o hardly conscious, at Dhotepore, from. whence we were provided with kind gentlemanly na ti ve carts (fur the ladies to ride in) and elephants, v.iy, to make the best of our way into Agra (3 6 miles). " But to revert to the sequel of the in; our retreat the enemy followed battle. Dur- Poor M— kept up bravely, but we were so dead and all the way jute the city, the cavalry e. were upon I lie with one gun asleep that we could hardly keep on the elephant ; 1 but the beast's broad b ick prevented our fading off. bosh our Banks as long as we were in open k ao r ed, l By daylight we reached ne Political's, Major Mac bu -, took care not to come within reach ofthe fort I go ns• The very last shot fired from this gun (which most kindly \ Pltersen's, where M— was so exhausted that he sent her on in his cartiaga with his could move about • appears was the only left they . ) sister • and they soon reached Agra, where after caw a just over the colours, and . killed two men in some tim e she ca- I ter recovered, and has been getting bet frr nt of me. And one thing is certain, if their , ever since. Mrs. Polwhole sent her some valry had hail one grain of pluck they might have clothes, ' and I got some from Frazer, of the 44th ; d d ' cut us up almost to a man. One time. lowar s was to a few days we got a quota of our pay, which th, close of the action, some dozen of them gal • - was to last us a preci • ous long time. We have now lobed in actually between the company I was with : a room in the fort, and I am appointed Superin and the se- I tendent of the Ist division , guns we were otectin and cut down 1 of the Commissariat. venal of our volunteer horsemen; we had to form 'We are 7,000 p eople in the fort, all living in gun ow company into three sides of a s s quare and stand ( sheds and casemates ; the appearance of the interior til I they came at us, but they never did. Our loss 'is arousing, and the streAs are named. We have was - very great-30 icilled, and 3 officers and 62 men I Regent, Oxford,' Quadrant, Buirneto „n, and Low wounded, of whom 8 have since died, and 2 others; ther Arca de. Ours is Trafalgar-s q uare, 'Nos. 4 8 of sunstroke to-day. The artill er y lost 3 killed and ' and 49. I can hardly believe all that has happened 17 wounded, among whom were 2 officers, poor to u 3, but I trust a ll will soon be over now, and The following is from an officer in command al Agra : S UN, LONBON, THITRSDAY i D'Oyly (since dead) and Captain Lam b, who se reco : ; the heartless murderers of women and children very is most doubtful. Of the militia an d voltsatee- a strung up by dozens." 6 were killed and 18 wounded, of whom 8 were offi- cers and civilians. Total loss—Killed or died of wounds, 51; wounded, 90 ; out of about 500 e:1- gaged. Is not this a bloody action for our first essay 9 The enemy's loss is said by themselves to have been over 500, and we spiked one of their guns. Fancy, in the village the women loaded the men's muskets and handed them to the men to fire. Soon after we returned to the fort the whole of the bungalows (houses) were in flames. and a grand eight it was, too. The enemy, we hear expected we had had gone back for ammunition and were coming out against them next day, an , l so off they bolted and went in the direction of Muttra, and never came on hera at all ; it was our own servants and blackguards in Agra who plun dered all the houses and fired them. Numbers have lost everything they had in the world, even to their everyday kit, which their servants de camped with, when on the sth they were told to take them into the fort. My servants, happily, have behaved well ; my kidmntgar accompanied me to the field of action and stuck to me all through, and my bearer brought my bed and traps safe, and I had a pillow, (Sze., to rest my weary limbs on that night. For the first three days after the action we were badly off, asnearly all the servants had bolted, but after that they began to drop m back again. I have, indeed, much cause for thank fulness to be comparatively so well off, with some thing saved, my servants at hand, and above all, a strong healthy frame, unimpaired by hard work and by God's mercy uninjured by the enemy. May I be spared to fight my country's battles, to execute just judgments on those ungrate ful murderous traitors ! I had two remarkably narrow escapes ; one was a rifle ball which just struck the ground at my feet, the other occurred while I was stooping down to get a drink of filthy water hard by, when four rifle shots entered the ground close behind me, one of them whizzing past my left ear, a precious sight too close. We are all now in the fort, and no danger in prospect at pre sent ; all our enemies far away, and we making every preparation against the worst ; plenty of hard work. S•Aid us lots of Englishmen, that we may have a good winter campaign. DELHI. The following is from an officer in command be fore Delhi : " Camp before Delhi , June 23. " This was the 100th anniversary of'the battle of PLAssey, and the Pundits pronounced our fall this day (so it is said). It was likewise the lint day of the new moon—a favourable omen for Mussulmans, and also the Ruth Juttra, a great day for the Hin doos. Fighting began with daylight•, and very for tunately the bridges over the canals had been blown up during the night, which prevented the enemy getting guns across and attacking us in the rear. 0— with his troop, some Sikhs, and a few Euro peans, was escorting a large convoy of supplies. I was sent out with my troop [and a squadron cf Lancers to protect him. The heat was intense. You may fancy setting out on the bare plains on the 23d of J une. " Young B-, of the Lanc9rs, caught three niggers who pretended to be ryots, but they were more probably spies. I could elicit little from them. "It was now near 11 a.m. I heard firing, and Instantly advanced to 0-'s support. Some in fantry and cavalry were harassing his rear, but two shots from his guns knocked over eight brutes, and they dispersed. I formed in his rear, and, after seeing every scrap of baggage safe into camp, went and reported the same. I got to my tents by 12, and was ordered to keep horses harnessed and men ready to turn out. I sent horses to water and theu, harnessed in again. All this time there was the hardest fighting going on on our right and in front', the whole of the gardens of the Subzee Mundee being strongly occupied by the evening. " June 27. " Of course all England is now in an uproar, and though every living soul here may be murdered vengeance will follow. Such an army must now be en route as could reconquer the country from Cal cutta to Peshawur. Henceforth, perhaps, Chris tians, Mehturs, and Choomars* will be considered as best entitled to the highest posts in the land, and the curse of God may be removed from us for sup porting idolatry, and giving the highest instead of the lowest consideration to Brahmins and Mus.!,ul - Oh that reinforcements could come by rail, We get no news from below Delhi except via Bombay. (tE . B." "June 28. "Reinforcements came in this morning of about 1,000 men, and there are some few more in the rear with stores. The heavy rain may have soaked some, but it has proved a great blessing, laid the dust, and now, at 2 p.m., the thermometer, inat , 3ad of being 106, is just over 80. There is no firing going on, and the day being Sunday it seems more like a day of repose and calm than I can remem ber for a long time. " June 30. " An attack this morning, but our forces having been augmented we were able to put a picket in the Subzee Mundee. The mutineers found it a very different thing dislodging our troops from simply walking into the Subz.3e Mundee unopposed, and leaving us to drive them from their strong cover. The consequence was that the attack was feeble and of short duration. A force went at 4 p.m. to seize some guns in position at the Eedgah. Not a gun was seen nor an enemy. This night gassed quietly. " July 1. " The 61st came in with band playing. It is, I fancy, the only regiment in camp which has a band. "Received orders at midnight to send out two guns to escort in Coke's Punjab Irregulars at day break. " July 3. "All quiet yesterday. There are in Coke's corps a great many Poorbeas' or Hindostanees ; one of these brutes, a Sabandar, tried hard to persuade the whole regiment to murder their officers, and go over to Delhi, sayidg it was God's will the Poring hee 'RAj ' t should cease. The Pathan in stantly reported the conspiracy to Coke. The Subandar and Duffardar and one other man were hanged last evening. The Poorbeas in the regi ment were disarmed, and are, I believe, to be paid up to-day, and kicked out of camp. "There was heavy rain last night. Everything arranged to storm Delhi, only we did not storm it ! All countermanded again ! _ _ _ "July 7. "Uuder arms at daybreak. Attack'expected ;it has not come off. " July 9. "Heavy rain this morning. Attack expected. At 9 a.m., none having taken place,l we went to breakfast, and bad not long turned in when the alarm sounded. The enemy's cavalry, joined by some of our own 9th Irregulars, were sweeping through our camp. It was a bold stroke I They tried to carry off the Native Horse Artillery with thorn, failoa. and .vt4.u.t , .0.. r ..--t-, 5 with rain all day long, and we were under arms for hours in the rain after everything was over. Now I suppose the Irregular Cavalry will be disarmed and turned out of camp. "July 10. "A court of inquiry is sitting on the 9th I. C. business. It appears that the enemy deceived everybody, by advancing as friends, and pretending they were the 9th. In fact, on the road, close to my tent, a large force formed up quietly, and when Hodgson, of the Guide Corps, rode up, and asked who they were, the men, finding our whole camp under arms, quietly said 'We are the 9th Irregulars ; go and bring up the rest of your regiment ; the enemy is in front ;' and thus walked slowly to the bridge leading out of our camp, then made a rush, and bolted. It was a bold thing to do but resulted in nothing. Young Hills, of the Artillery, a sub in Harry Tombs's troop, had received a sabre wound, and was just being cut down when Harry shot the trooper with his revolver, and then ran another man through with his sword. " The Subzee Mundee was then swept through by our troops, and some 200 of the enemy killed, and many wounded ; and, though a day of most hard fighting, resulted, as usual, in our complete success. We have now beaten them in the morning, daytime, in the evening, in the heat of the sun, and the wet, which Blackey notes, and they have never yet gained anything by any of their en counters. They must begin to feel that our Raj is not yet over. But how Ido wish we could get some intelligence from below, to know whether we have got hold of the China force yet, and also what troops are coming up ; there must be some. As this letter must go round by Lahore, and through Mooltan, I don't know how many days it will take ; so I think, if we are left in quiet to-morrow morn ing, I may as well post it. MEERUT. " * Sweepers and chnoklers (the lowest of tin castes)." t Raj —rule." you would bo rather surprised. We have been driven out of tents by the rains coming on, and have got some comfortable quarters in a large open ' building with largo arche=s all round, but no doors ; it is, I believe, a place for guns. We have got a strip in the centre, with a kind of matting put up three quarters of the way to the roof on each side for the walls, cn the other side of which, on one side, ate about 50 artillerymen, and the other side is an Office. We look upon our abode as quite a palace, having it to ourselves, instead of on ecorner of a room in which are many other persons allotted to us. The rain is pouring down at this minute and running down the walls inside in plenty of places, but that is nothing William and the children are all in their beds fast asleep, but I am aft; i i of be ug 1 t e wi h my letter to-morrow, and so am writing now. I did not tell you, I think, that we have lost everything we ha 1. On that dreadful morning —the 11th of May—Win. had duty in the city, and left home in a hurry, hearing that something was going wrong. He re turned shortly, but only to tell me that every offi cer with him had been killed in a few minutes. He was saved, humanly . speaking, by t wo guns Lea ki ng their appearance through the city gate at the mo ment of time, at sight of which the wretches turne 1 and galloped off. He left me again in 5 minutes to return to Delhi with the regiment for which he had been sent. We parted then with little hope of meeting again, and, having no one to consult with what to do, I ordered the carriage, in order to go to our major's house, close by, to sea what his wife was going to do. I put all the children into it that we might not be separated by any chant-, fully intending to return in a few minutes, but at our gate I fell iu with nearly all the ladies in the station in their carriages going up with a regi ment to a small tower on a hill in the station. I was made to follow iu the procession, and thus we took leave of our comfortable home and all it contained. That night every house was plun dered of everything in it, and th-n burnt to the ground, and of all our poor servants we have not since been able to hear a word; four came with us —those who left the house both with myself and with William—but of the rest we know nothing, and I have many fears as to what became of them, aslif all had been right I feel sure that they would have followed us in some way, several of them hav ing been with us ever since we came out. Our coachman and children's ayah set off to Delhi three days ago, dres,ing themselves as beggars, in order to make some inquiries about their families. -We begged them not to enter Delhi, and tkey promised not to do so. Should they do so they will be almost sure to be killed ; they will return to us in a few days, we hope. "To return to the 11th of May. We all (which means almost every European about the place) re mained in the small tower which I mentioned all that day, but, it being evident towards the even ing that there was no chance of our lives there, hearing that the brutes were coinine , to murder us all as soon as they had refreshed themselves after their other murderous deeds, we all left in car riages, on horseback, on foot, or any means that presented themselves, and, takinc , any road that parties thought the best, we arrived the next even ing at Meerut in company with some others, hiv ing come the whole distance with our own poor horses, only stopping day or night to bait for an hour or two here and there. We little thought, on making for this place by cross country roads that we should find it much in the same state as where we had left, but so it was—houses burnt and burning met our disappointed eyes, andj ust as it was dark we had to drive through one f the worst and most dangerous parts of Meerut. The mutineers were standing about in group where there had been fighting up to 12 o'clock that very day, but through the mercy of God no one attempted to touch us, and at last we arrived at a mess-house, where the officers carne out (it was then quite dark) and gave us up a house belonging to one of them close by, and sent us everything we so much needed besides, telling us that we had had a wonderful escape in coming through Meerut as we had done, and expressing great surprise. The same work had gone on here as at Delhi—ladies and children murdered alike with the officers." "July 11. " The enemy turned out in force last evening, expecting an attack from us. We, of course, were instantly under arms. It was raining hard and resulted in both sides turning in—thet is, the enemy went back and we therefore turned in again. This() frequent attacks, though always resulting in our suc cess, put some of our men hors de combat. We must have enormous reinforcements from England if we are to hold India, and, in spite of peacemong re and economists, the country must be held as it was won—by the sword." The following letter is from an engineer : "Camp before Delhi, July 12. " Cholera, I am sorry to say, is in the camp, and I write this by the side- of what I fear may b 3 the deathbed of an excellent fellow of my regiment. I have been with him all night, and he appears bet ter now, so he may survive it, but cholera just now is very deadly. . . . I must tell you of a noble action of Hills, of the Artillery. He was in my term at Addiscombes and one of my best friends. Three days ago he was on the picket with his two horse artillery guns, when the alarm was sounded and an order sent him to advance, given under the impression that the enemy were at some distance. He was supported by a body of Carbineers, 80, I believe, in number. He advanced about 100 Tircl , , while his guns were being limbered up to f Vow, and suddenly came on about 120 of the enemy's. cavalry close on him. Disgraceful to say, the Car bineers turned and bolted. His guns being Lm' bered up ha could do nothing, but rather than fly he charged them by himself. He fired four barrels of his revolver and killed two men, throwing the empty pistol in the face of another, and knocking him off his horse. Two horsemen then charged full tilt at him and and rolled him and his horse over. He got up with no weapons, and seeing a man on fcot camoig to cut him down, rushed at him, go inside kis sword, and hit him full in the face with 11;s fist. At that moment he was cut down from behind, and a s wend blow would have done fur him, had not Tombs, his captain, the finest fellow in the service (who had been in his tent when the row began), arrived at the critical moment and shot his assailant. Hills was able to walk home, though his wound was severe, and on the road Tomb 3 saved his life once more, by sticking another wan who attacked him. If th ,, y don't both get the Victoria Crows it won't be worth having. . . . You will be gla.l to hear I have been thanked by the Conamande: - -in- Chief in brigs le orders about a battery which is now named after me. " I hope we shall assault before I write ag Directly we do so the place is ours." The following is a letter front an officer's wife, who, with her husband and children, escaped from Delhi on the 11th of May : " Camp, Meerut, July 9 and 10. " If you could see me at this moment writing T II E .E_V.E.NING, SEP lEMBER 3. very badly, remain in hospital. Th.'? moment - heard of it he staz ted off for Pindee to offer his services for the wounded, and he was sent off at once to Jhelum in a dVr at Government expense. I bad the happiness of hcar g from him this morning, telling me he would arrive at Jhe!um at 2 o'clock i'.ir., on the Huh, and was going day and night, and suffering from terrible heat. I trust the Lord will protect him, but theEe are terrible times. " Ti era was a slight brush at Pindee also on the 7th, when 68th Native Infantry and 200 of the 14th Native Infantry stationei there were disarmed. Some of the Sepoys fired and then took to their heels. Only one officer was wounded in pursuing them, and they were all cap!ured. " The 46th Native Infantry at Sealkote mutinied on the 9th, and I regret to say, murdered several officers. They, however, protected the ladies and children, and some Sahibs saw them safe into the fort. Then the re giment took carriages, hugg,ies, &o , and off they started with their arms down country. Colonel Brown, with all the available (11.1\I ) 24th which were at Jhelum, has started for Wuzeralaad to try and intercept these wretches of the 14th Native Infantry. More of her Majesty's 24th started hit night from Pindee for Jhelum." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at Manchester—Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., the Chairman of the directors, presiding. An abstract of the half-yearly report and state ment of accounts has already appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, was glad to be able to congratulate the shareholders on the increase of traffic, which had amounted to 40,665/. on the Lancashire and York shire line proper. Of this sum 25,5621. was in passengers, and 13,5481. in goods. The increase in goods had not come up to the expectations of the directors, but was nevertheless considerable; while the increase in passedgers had been a most notice able feature in the traffic since the commencement of 1856, previous to which there had been no in crease in this department ,during several years. During the last half-year the increase had been general over the whole of this company's lines, and very little of it was attiibutable to the Art Trea sures Exhibition. The totil increase in working expenses was 20,4421.—(hear, hoar)—of which 4,0001. was expended in repair and maintenance of locomotive stock, 2,1131. in the coaching depart meat, 5,959/. in the merchandise department, 5,8391. in maintenance of - the line, and 1,5001. in law expenses incurred in opposing the Blackburn Company's proposed extension to Manchester, and the Great Northern Com pany's Doncaater and Wake field line, the opposition having bh6h in both cases successful. The increase in working expenses would have been much larger hail not the strictest ezono my been exercised, and was attributable to the great increase of traffic. The saving in consumption of coke, oil, and tallow, as compared with 1852, was nearly 10,000/., while each locomotive was earning nearly one-third more than at that period. Since January, 1854, 481 miles of sidings had been added at the different stations. The directors had offered to the Blackburn Company such terms as they con sidered highly advantageous to that company, in order to settle the disputes between them, but the offer had not been accepted. By ae arrangement just concluded, this company's payment to the Sheffield and Barnsley Company would in future be at the rata of 13,5001. per annum. The ar rangements for a lease of the Aire and Calder Canal by this company and the North Eastern were on the point of completion, the measure being now of the more importance to this company, owing to the unhappy q • errel among some neighbouring companies. Die directors would have been glad to defer the question of a new line from o:dham to Rochdale, but the inhabitants of the district were vary pressing in the matter, and a survey had been ordered with a view to the adoption of whatever routi Seemed most a Ivantageous to the greatest amount of population. So far as experience had shown, there was every reason to be satisfied with the agreement with the East Lancashire Company, sanctioned at the last half-yearly meeting. It was proposed in future to hold the -haif-yearly mee'ings of this company on Ihe third Wednesday in Feb. and the third Wednesday in August, and to make the dividends payable on the Ist of March and the Ist of September. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STITART seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously ; as were also a resolution declaring a dividend of 21. 10s. per 1001. stock for the half-year, and the various pre ference dividends, all payable on the 15th instant, and a subsequent resolution, authorising the direc tors to oppose all bills in Parliament prejudicial to the interest of the company. The proceedings concluded with a ,tote of thanks to the chairman. IPORDOT OP DEAN CENTRAL. The half-yearly mee ing of this company was held at Newnhani on Monday. Mr. J. Teague pre •ided. The directors in their report congratulate the shareholders upon the actual commencement of the works. They state that no hindrance to the vigor ous prosecution of this railway can be reasonably feared, and it only remains for the shareholders to respond to . the calls as they may from time to time be made to insure the rapid completion of this un dertaking. It will now be necessary that the call of 2/. per share due in April last should at once be an swered by those shareholders who have not already done so ; and this, together with the amount now in hand, will provide a balance sufficient to meet the payments that must necessarily be made for some time to come. The sanction and support promised by the Office of Woods in respect of the lands in Dean Forest have been fully accorded. The neces sity of the line being speedily finished becomes day by day more apparent ; the works on the course of the line now in progress will of themselves be suf ficient to pay a handsome dividend immediately the line can be opened for traffic ; and the prospec tiv3 supply of minerals and other products of the district will realise the most sanguine expectations formed in respect of the value of the Forest of Dean Central Railway. The report was adopted, and the meeting sepa rated. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. On-Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of this com pmy was held in Glasgow—Mr. •P. Blackburn, M.P., in the chair. The report was adoptoi, and a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum declared ou the ordi nark stock, and of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference stock. It was also agreed to consolidate the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway Rlid-up shares into a general capital stock. The much-disputed question at issue between the Edinburgh acid Glasgow and the Stirling and Dun fermline Companies, as to whether the Act of Par liament imposed a limit or not on the sum on which the former might be called to payinterest, was then discussed. Mr. SwANwICK, of Manchester, moved a resolu tion, to the effect that the Erlinburgh and Glisgow Company should acquiesce in the decision of the courts of law. Mr. A. PATON seconded this motion. Mr. HARPER, moved as an amendment, that the whole matter be remitted to a committee, consist ing of three shareholders and two directors, to meet with a similar committee en the part of the other comp tny. The amendment wa4 carried by 18 to 15. It was then agreed to adjourn the meeting for the pur pose of making up the votes by proxy as held by both parties. Dr. COWAN then proposed a motion that steps should be taken for an amalgamation between the two companies as the most effectual means of putting a stop to litigation. This motion was adjourned till next day. DUNDEE, PERTH, AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Dundee ; Lord Kinnaird iu the chair. The report stated that the receipts on the Dun dee and Perth line during the half-year amounted to 23,702/ , an l the surplus from the Dundee and Newty le line to 4301., making, with 840/., the balance from the last account, 24,936/. From this 9,5351. was dedu c t e d f or working expanses, 5,1311. fur interest on leaus, and 1,0711. for rents, poor rates, &c., mak ing together 15,6831., and leaving an available sum of 9,2531. Out of this the direc tors propose 16,4591. for dividend on the preference shares, and 2,7931. for dividend on the ordinary shares, which, at the rate of 12 per cent. per an num, or per cent. above the dividend declared at the corresponding period of lost year, left a balance of 1721. The average rate of interest on the de benture debt appeared to be 41. 17s. per cent. Tha CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, sail ha thought they ought to be satisfied with the gradual progress of the traffic. There had been a considerable increase in the local t affic, although the general increase had not been great ; but they should bear in mind that, as the originol capital of the company did not exceed 300,0001., aoy small increase of traffic, after paying the prefe rence charges, would go to increase the dividend of the original sliarel.oldert Since the accounts had teen closed the r.,venue had shown an increase of 1001. a week over the corresponding period of the preVious year. • Mr. KENNDY seconded the motion fur the adoption of the report, which, after some opposition ' from Mr. HUNTER, was carried. The dividends 1857 were declared, and proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the cbairnin. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. TLe half-yearly meeting of this company was bell in Dublin on Saturdiy, Sir E. INl'Donuell in the chair. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring dividend on the preferential stock, and also one at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the con solidated stack of the company. The retiring directors were re-elected and the meeting separated. JUB BULPORE. The following narrative is from an officer whose positionenables him to give accurate informa . ion:— " Jubbulpre, July 12, closed 21. "So far v, e are safe, and have been most mercifully preserved. " On the 2d inst. I sent off my last letter to you ; on the 4th, hearing that the 42d and the 31 Irregular Cavalry, at Sangor, had mutinied, and were coming this way, I held a council of war, when we resolved to fortify my house, and all come into it. "At 8 o'clock p.m. we all accordingly sat down to dinner, some 49 of us, ladies and men, besides 15 chil dren. We also slept here, and next day busily set to work to fortify and provision the gariison. "I appointed three garrison engineers, two commis sariat offietrs, a postmaster, garrison staff, and, in fact, "h ‘ l i qr f e n rlv i e v avalrev man forrugur particular duty. and you would not know it again ; all its beauty is gone ; but who cares so long as our lives are preserved and we keep our hedth. " Clerk and I have your dressing-room as our bed roam ; eight and ten gentlemen occupy the north and south-rooms, and from four to eight ladies and lots of children several rooms. The west verandah and entrwice ball are complete barracks. A few days after we came here we heard of the In dore and Mbow mutinies, and that the mutineers were coming here, but fortunately no enemy came. " The llummow district has gone to rain, and is in a complete state of anarchy. Saugor is nearly as bad. The Brigadier has shut all the officers up in the fort there. " The 423 and great part of the 3d Irregulars have mutinied; the 31st Regt. have nut, but a few days ago (undt r their native officers) attacked the rebels and drove them out of the place, Pinkey and Hamilton, two of my o ffi cers , as sisting the m; an d , a l though all the officers of the 31st witnessed the fight and wished to join, the Brigadier would not allow them. "The 52d are behaving very well here, and I have ordered them full batta to the end of the year, and shall recommend it as a permanent reward if they remain stanch ; but, to tell the truth. I doubt the regiment being much better than any other. Circumstances alone keep them quiet. There is no treasure. We merely collect enough to pay ourselves and them. If they plundered th• country they could not take away the property, as the Boondelas would loot and murder them, &c, I am making arrangements, such as I can, to restore Duni mow, and if I succeed in that object I think we shall held our post safely till you send us Europeans.. • " July 14. et Still, Almighty God has preserved us in safety and health. You may suppose the responsibility I have, but I keep well and sleep well when not woke up by expresses and ordering daks, which come in at all hours day and night. The 521 mess manage everything in the kl t ana pecna line (eating and drinking) ; ladies awl gen tlem• a all dine together —a strange scene, quite a barrack life. In the evening a few of us drive out; others ride and walk in my park, as we cannot afford above six or eight to leave the garrison together. We have stored l o t s o f provisions, and are digging a well in the Zinana compound. " I have not heard from the Agra Government for six weeks, but writs daily to the Supreme Government, and as yet the Governor-General has approved of all my doings. " Pinkey is at Saugor watching the course of events. He is a fine gallant fellow. The Rao of Goorsrai is manag i n g Ja!oun ; the Ranee, Jhansi ; the Rajah of Baupore, Chandhairee ; but I fear the latter is not faith ful. I have now got the post-office in my verandah. They banged the deputy-postmaster at Saugor the other day fur opining my letters and g iving i n form a tion to the mutineers. _ _ _ " A 'moveable column has been ordered up to our assistance by the Governor-General from Kamptee, and when it arrives (about the Ist proximo) I shall accom pany it, first going to Dutninow, then to Bangor, and halt there for the Bombay column, which I hope will come up via Indore and Bhopal. " Alas, alas ! more of our friends are gone. Dear noble-hearted Blake, shot Cand in his own lines ab Gwalior by a scoundrel. The other men threw them selves on his body and wept, and then mutinied. I mt at now stop. The troops in this division are now quiet. We only have the rebellious Boondelas to thrash. All goes on well ; thank God for his mercy ! .4, W. C. THE MUTINY AT JHELUM. The following are extracts from a letter receive 1 from the wife of a medical officer connected with Cork. The Captain Spring whose fate will occa sion grief to a number of families was son of the late Colonel Spring, of Kerry. After 18 years' service he had risen to the position of second on the list of captains of the regiment, and might, there ore h ave naturally expected that his pro:no tion to the rank of Major would soon take place :-- "Murree, July 13. "My Dear —On the let of July three com panies of her Majesty's 24th Regiment, with five officrii, under the command uf Colonel Ellice, were ordered to march towards Lahore, the only orders Colonel E lice got being, When you get to Jhelum, half say to La hore, telegraph your arrival.' It now seems that their movement was intended to disarm the 14th Native In fantry at Jhelum. "On the morning of the 7th they marched iuto Jhelum, and found the 14';11 Native Infantry drawn up on parade to hear an order read. The moment they saw the 24th they fired a volley at them ; the 24th instantly charged the 14th into their lines, and had most awful work, for Ihe wretches had fortified their huts, loop. holed the wa l l 4; &c. " Some of the 14th retired to a village which had also been fortified. There the 24th followed them, and there was a renewal of dreadful havoc. Poor Captain Spring was daking from Rourkee, and arrived at Jhelum the morning of the mutiny. Be, also, was mortally wounded that day, and died ou the following. "Cannel E lice was severely wounded in the neck and thigh, and poor Mr. Streatfield wounded in both legs ; one leg has been amputated, and the other, they fear, must come off: Mr. Chichester was wounded tlirJugh the arm. Twenty-four men were buried with poor Captain Sluing on the 9th, and 50 wounded, some RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices Old Broad-street ; Mr. J. Clay, M-P., in the chair. Mr. - Vian, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the total amount of income received and due for the half-year ending 30th of June last was 8,5551., including 2,9211. for premiums on railway assurance, and 5,6341. on general accident assut auc-. The total amount of income in the correpondiug period of 1856 was 5,9771., showing an increa , e of 43 per (ten+. for the half-year ending June, 1857. The actual receipts for premiums of insurance amounted to 7,655/., which, added to balance from last account and the interest on investments, made 10,4561. to the credit of revenue. The disburse ments, comprising the usual working expenses, and 2,9411. as compensation, amounted to 7,3631. 2 leav ing a balance of 3,193/. 2 which, with the amount due from the clearing-house and agent 4, completed the sum of 4,0931., from which the directors pro posed the payment of interest upon the paid-up capital at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, the balance being reserved to meet the customary charges and liabilities. in the seri ous accident on the North Kent Railway, on the 28th of June last, but one gentleman holding a railway insurance ticket was injured, and that very slightly. Several claims have, however, resulted from the numerous railway accidents that have since occurred ; among them, three from the acci dent near Retford, on the 13th of August. Every claim during the half-year had been settled to the satisfaction of the assured without dispute or litiga tion. The total amount paid as compensation for 27 fatal accidents and 718 cases of personal injury from the commencement to June, 1857, was 25,660/. On the motion for the adoption of the report a discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. L. Stevens recommended the directors to expend 3,0001. a year, instead of 1,5001., in advertising. The report was adopted and the meeting separated. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTRRN RAILWAY.—Traf6 o return for the week ending Aug. 30, 1857 £;70,131 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 £24,5Q6 10 1 Corresponding week last year 21,061 4 9 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fer the week ending Aug. 30, 1857 £6,986 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,823 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 30, 1857 1128,891 7 8 Corresponding week last year 26,273 11. 8 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending Aug. 29, 1837 £276 1 0 Corresponding week last year SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Shorts Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 added Winners after the declaration of the weights 51b extra. 5 furlongs. (19 subs.) Mr. T. Walker's Oltenitza by Flying Dutchman, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb (Ildcroft) 1 Mr. Parker's Blue Rock, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Adams) 2 Mr. La Mert's Maggie Lauder, 2 yrs, Est 71b ...(Bray) 3 The folbwing also ran :—Yaller Gal, Lady Aintree, Meuntain Nymph Repute, and Archibald. Betting—Even on Blue Rock, 9 to 2 agst Yaller Gal, 6to 1 agst Oltenitza. Won by a length and a half. Blue Rock, who got badly off, finished a neck in advance of the third. Repute was fourth, about two lengths behind Maggie Lauder ; Yeller Gal was fifth. The Queen's Plate, of 100 guineas. Three-yr-olds Bst 21b ; fc,ur, 9st 41b ; five, 9st 9ib ; six and aged, 9st 111 b. (Two miles.) Mr. T. Pair's Fisherman, 4 yrs (Wells) 1 Mr. Wilkin's Oakball, 3 yrs Betting-5 to 2on Fisherman, who made all the run ning, and won by a length and a half. The Racing Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. 5 furlongs. (6 subs.) Mr. T. Cliff's Amorous Boy, 3 yrs (301.), Tat 21b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Copeland's Salmon, 4 yr-1 (301.), 7st 13. b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Cock of the N orth, 5 yrs (301), Bit 2 b (Clatlmau) 3 Mr. Parker's Terpaicore filly, 2 yrs (301.), Set 41b (Adam-) 4 Mr. Barber's Nelly, 2 yrs (301.), set 41b...(Pritcbard) 5 Mr. Rose's Augusta, 3 yrs (301,), 7st 21b (Prior) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Terpsioore filly, 4 to 1 agst Cock of the North, 5 to 1 each abet Amorous Boy, Augusta, and Nelly. Won by a head ; a length and a half between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 42 guineas, and the Terpsichore filly was claimed. The Leamington Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; certain penalties, &o. The second to save his stake. Two miles. (70 subs ,47 of whom declared.) Mr. Barbar's Commotion, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Dales) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Redemption, 5 yrs, Est 71b (Pi ior) 2 Mr. J. Merry's ljzslla, 4 yr.i, Est 61b (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Stork, Mr. Sykes, Merlin, Homily, Peeping Tom, Alice, and Tiff. Betting-3 to 1 agst Uzella, 7to 2 agst Mr. Sykes, 4 to 1 ag4 Commotion, 8 to 1 each agst rtedemption and Homily, 10 to 1 agst Tiff, and 100 to 8 agst Merlin. Wou by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third, very bad fonrth ; Homily was fifth, Merlin sixth, Peeping Tom reventh, Tiff eighth, Mr. Sykes (who broke down just before reaching the distance) next, and Alice last, a distinct interval separating each. The Avon Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 20 added, for two and three-yr-olds. Certain allowances. The win ner to be sold by auction for 100 sovs, &c. Three quarters of a mile. (7 subs.) Mr. Halford's Margaret of Anjou c. 2 yrs, Oat 71b (Challoner) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Flora Macdonald, 2 yrs, Est 41b(Bray) 2 Mr. Sax)n's Figdale, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (Dales) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Margaret of Anjou colt, 2to 1 agst Flora Macdonald. Won by a heal ; bad third There was no advance upon the selling price, The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, • for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21h. Allow ances and penalties. Three-quarters of a mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Barber's Polly Peachuin, Bst 91b (in. 71b extra) (Aldcroft) w. o. The Carinthian Stakes (Handing)) of 10 sovs earls, h ft. Gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. Three quarters of a mile. (4 subs.) Mr. Barber's Miss klarkaway, 4 yrs, 9st 81b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Lady Hercules, 3 yrs, 10st 121 b (Mr. Dart) 2 Betting-3 to lon Miss Harkaway, who made all the running, and won by ten lengths. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Tasmania (takon) ST. LEGER. 65 to 40 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 9 to 4 agst Ignoramus (taken) 25 to 1 agst Commotion (taken) CERAREWITCH. 30 to 1 aget Melissa (taken) Several bets of 1,000 to 20 were laid against naming the winner of this race and the Cambridgeshire, a diffe rent horse being selected for each event. DERBY. sto 1 agst Scott's lot (taken) sto 1 aget Mr. Howard's lot (take') 1000 to 60 ag,t Long Range ('alen) 1000 to 20 agst Bray ssimo (taken) A cold and showery day rendered the proceedings still more tedious and uninteresting than even tle paucity of sport could make them. The course was, nevertheless, well attended. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —lt is with pleasure we notice the daily increase of cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. We quote the follow ing : —Southwick Park, Fareham, Hants, Oct. 31, 1818. — Gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for your kind attention. When I began taking the Revalenta I was in as deplorable a condition as can well be imagined. I was confined to my bed, and so weak that I could neither stand nor walk, suffering severely from flatulency, constipation, and indigestion, and being compelled to have i•ecourse to aperients every s.cond or third day; and, upon one occasion, I swallowed no less than seven doses within twenty-eight hours, under medical advice. There was a giddiness in my head, and a singing in my right ear, that when I turned my head on the pillow it resembled the sound produced by a light touch on a musical glass. I had a pain and sort of fullness across the chest, a core throat and a slight cough; bu . 6 the pain around my bolus was so great that I could not remain in the same position for ten minutes all night long. The principal seat of the pain seemed to be just below the ribs on my left side, and about Circe inches f7om the backbone. I commenced taking Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica morning and evening, boiled in water and Salt; and in less than a fortnight my appetite was greatly Faproeed, and flatulency and constipation so far vanished that I have not tasted a pill or drug of any kind since. I am much stronger, can walk steadier, and less like a drunken man, Ste.—Jous Vass, Laud-steward.— Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors cr Chemistry, Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattikor ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de neeies; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other Suitably packed . with full in lib, 2% 9d. ; 21b, 4 ft (1 -.; 51b, s m t e r a u n c s tio of ns. cur l o n had canisters,failed lis ; 121 b, 22g. The 121 b canisters are seat carriage free, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the j c i t o i or imitatingo n h o fearful dangers o f s p urious imitations :— Tho Vice-Chancel lor Sir William P a g e Wood granted an N nl e n v ju i z 10th March; 185 4 , against Alfred Hooper 66 Du parry's Revalenta Arabica Food.', BRITISH AND IRISH PRoDua. A return has just been issued by the Board of Trade of the declared values of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom during the first half of the pre: sent year. From this document the followin; Is s has been compiled, showing the order in which the various communities of the world rank as our cus tomers. Thirty per cent. of our aggregate ship ments go to our own possessions, and 19 per cent. to the United States. Thus far this yemr the ex portations have been at the rate of 121,652,76 2 k per annum : _ _ _ _ _ _ Exports—Six Months ended June 30. British possessions : East Indies ... Australia British America West Cape and Natal Hong Kong Gibraltar ... Mauritius ... Channel Islands Singapore ... Malta Ceylon Western Africa lonian Islands Honduras Other possessions ... £6,230,131. 5,502,573 ... 2,222 552 955,07 ... 909,597 ... 283,617 ... 275,6. 1 6 ... 2Z5,185 ... 273,378 ... 271,726 ... 253,016 . 231,470 ... 177,811 ▪ ... 107,791 ▪ ... 70,527 • ~. 49,958 18,155, 77 ,, 8 2. United States 11,722, 9 : •4 3. Germany. Hanse Towns ... £4,881,149 Hanover, &c. 689,690 Prussia 667,470 6, - 33,3 15 4 5 .. France ifoiiatid :0 3,17 3 6. Brazil... • R 1 ••••• 2 3 :650, 038, 0.r, 7. Turkey 1,760,0 8. Foreign West Indies • 1,269,2 1 ' ' 9. Russia *** 1,088, 5 10. Spain 1,022,L 4 11. Belgium ... 30,"" 12. Egypt... 892,8;51 13. Portugal. :•.: 72, 7 ,1'4 14. Chili „,, 723,' 9 '" / 15. China ... 594,4 h 16. Sardinia • ••• 572, 01 ,`; 17. Buenos A —• ••• ••• 654,P1 18, Naples ▪ ••• ••• 519, 57 4 19. Austria ••• 475,9",,0' 20. Western Africa, Foreign ... ••• 21. Peru ... 442, 4 1; 22. Syria and Palestine... ...• 416,3'1' 2 Java . . 375,,, 41 ," 24. Denmark . 370,u4 25. Tuscany 3653'1,1 26. Uruguay ,„ „., 282, 5 ,1 27. Philippine Islands ... „, 262,: 1 3 '4 23. New Grenada 236, 29. Sweden •••••• 230. 9 8 6 145 30. Mexico 21 •.• 31. Venezuela ... 21' ..• ••• ••• t4tgl 32. Norway 184,59175, 33. Papal Territories ... ••• ••• 05,72 1 34. Wallachia and Moldavia, ••• 11 0,47, 35. Central America ••• ••• 84,8. 17 36. Greece ••• ••• _ _ EEO 37. Morocco ... 38. South Sea Islands 39. Algeria 40. Other places ... Country Markets. • st,r;,,z • 10 ,8 v • 11,_„..0 r • 269,826f°' EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW lIA.RO / ' SEPT. 1. Oat s Supplies of all kinds these last slt days small. 11 ,,,n T0 e0 traw, from 6s 6d to lis Od per Lample of 1 6 " tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 9s Od. ; barley do.. 4s 6 i to 6d. Hay from is Od to is 4d; new do., 9d to 12d• GH EAL—SEPT. L b eso There were in EDINBU the market to M -clay 12 sacks oatme al, weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and ----°' DALKEITH MEAL iIARKET—AUG. 31 ' oof There were in the market to-day 20 bags of oatine3', barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Thi r nA j ‘ Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs Firsb. Second. ..,-- imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od -- , 3 04 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, now, per ditto -s Od —5 Od ---. Ci Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od ---"' DUBLIN, SEPT, 1. gat There was a good demand for new grain at the tba to-day. Wheat and oats muse be quoted at a boo. o same rates as Friday. Bare 6d cheaper. The est o p barley were taken at about last day's rates. Ear . I d 6d to Is dearer. In Indian corn almost nothing doing, priceWhi must bo reduced Is s cl s ea te what, 35s Od to . 37s 6d ; red ditto, 31s Od hi • Od; ditto new, 355; barley, malting, 188 Od to t o2os 6d ; 6 "14 0 ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 61 to 18s; ditto, ve vi :'„ 11 0 61 to 15s 6d; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bare, new, 1 60 '"" 19 0 Od ; rapese. d„ 28s Od to 30s Od per 111 ; bakers' floo r, pet Od to 21s Od per cwt; Indian corn , 341 6 d to 36, w" 460 lbs. SEPT. 2. the close of the market Wallsend, 6, Cassop 16 6 1 6 6 H0ugh............... 17 roes D erwen t wa t e r Hartley _ Stewar is . l6 0 Plummer .................21 Lyon's Stone Coal ' South Kelloe ............. • l5 V Coundon Tees ........... ;, 50; sold, 43. COAL NARK Prices of Coals per ton al s d Tantlold Moor Butoa 14 6 Haswell Gas 13 6' Wylain Htl'pool West Hartley 16 6 Hastings Hartley 17 0 Holywell l6 0 Wallsend, tze. Braddyll l6 9 Ilaswell 17 9 South Hetton 17 3 Ships at market LOCAL SHARB MARKBTA LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2. a rlo l • thi s 111- 0' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in ble have been active, and prices steady, at a considers 000 vance on yesterday's rate., closing at the best point•joil Northn, A Deferred, 11—Lancashire and VA! Oi 104 B-- er Caledonian, 40I—North Eastern, Berww" 4 o 1 1) —Ditto York, B—London and North.WesteVit.el 4 fl—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 4 1 ; 82e r o Counties, 11.8.9.—Great Western, 55i—Midl an , u, —South Eastern, 21/ :—Great Luxembourg, 74 . 1 - 14)°;/ British, 12 x n.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12.16: 3 8 ye casbire and, Preston, 35 p. --Lancaster and Car' -,S '" thirds, 74 p—Dutch Rhenish, 4 d. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market was rath er to-day, and a moderate business doing. Blucl"'pev —Sheffields, 40/—Leeds, 99 B —Dovers, 21 /f/ .a/ Counties, 11.3.9. Great Western of Canad it, Great Western, 56—London and North Weste ri e , h l —Ditto Eighths, 9-16 d.—Grand Trunk of Cana a '',;ol o Cheshire Junct., 66—Midlands, 82j—East 96i—Sheffields, 101. Pref., 1181—Ditto, New Pre BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 2. rl'l STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market has ueen , th .1 3; day, and prices have been about the same, 0 .`," 0 0 I to f ° business doing, London and North Western, ". ji Midand, Birmingham, and Derby, 5.4 55i—S ot wet fords, 9.3.9.---Shropshire Bank, 3i 4—Crystal Pl' Birmingham Waterworks, Art hors 4 DOMESTIO POULTRY.—" Allow me," said - looking pleadingly at Angelica the other 1 0 ,, ril (1 ,!; breakfast—" allow me to send you a little d ue ni less," he timidly added in a half whisper, " sending coals to Newcastle." The little duck it; le that he was a great goose, but did not altogetP— 'lO as if she thought so.—Punch. f' [A.DVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointrnenrl n . cl ool ' for the cure of bad legs, sores, and wounds.-- lu % ov; ordinary number of cures effected by f10110w69- ment and would appear incredible, if th e lgro Pi s, not vouctied fur by the patients themselves, win ok tj d g ful for the benefits received from this wonder s ere aunt, permit the facts to appear before the ditii public. These remedies, if used conjointlly, WI / 0 01‘ 0 1 old wounds, ulcers, and scrofulous sores, if, v ., 5 8 0 !* years standing, And for erysipelas, and other ° i ll 0 17 : 10 , the shin, they are equally bene fi cial.— Sold by a' 00,' 0 tine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor so d ; way's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, l ',„opl e Maiden-lane, New York i,by A. Stamps, Constaat' A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. •41M1111M=MMIMI BIRTHS. OF A SON. fit On the 2d inst., at 16, Montague - squ are, tb° Edmund C. Marriott, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Grafton House, Cambridge' 00 of the Rev. Sparks B. Sealy. ,if e Ot' i OF A DAIJOUTER , f LiB On the 31st ult. at Barnes, Surrey, the o- .00 Colonel Simmons, C.B. g 0 " On the Ist inst., at the Cedars, Battersea, G. Baker. Ja o MARRIED. boll!' V', On the Ist inst., at Christ Church, St. Mary 01090% Humffreys Parry, Esq., sergeant-at-law, ° of Mead, second (laughter of Edwin Abbot, Esq" c h e ster-place, Blangord-square. 0 13ri V On the 2.1 inst., at Kennington, Henry Thc ) , — to ° eldest son of Mr. Page, of Witnpole-street, to uei /spy second daughter of the late Ralph Robinson , ° ton. ./ E , q ,, DIED On the Ist inst., at Gravesend, John liollow• y aged a , 74. wife e n o t f he F l l s e t et in w s o t o ., d ~ Ag Pt t , Maier , of On the lst inst at Norwich, Anthony ty- 11--° " cord banker, aged 75. " St° t, a P t el M le George-yard, Lombard-street, aged 26. aw lve lv rn il W son el , le tEs P ci rf u e° 3o B l.o l : o o . l b ow A Ou the 31st ult., at Er b h .LE eas tife c V f ,in tug , 1 1 S , W.S. tof• 1 On the 29th ult. Hampden, infant son o f the Tv oo' Gurney, rector of 'St. Mary's, Marylebone. v-ePt' , On the 29th ult at Ash, nest Sandwich, -L" fold' ~ OS e vS M. Tomlin, Esq. aged 78. t=at W. . 2 ,3 On the 28th ult., at 77, Whopole-stree_ id , Y ° Esq., of Walton rfall, near Fenny aged 80.---Illet Ile , LONDON : Printed and Published by M 13 119 O .e,e, 0 to 9 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27r is . to co 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo 18'"r. 1117. of l i iiddl ese x, Thureday, Septomber 3. abl • cas sar Tt Hon • trist the 4 ing 0 Of c o be e 0 XV and and z T and I the I ready BuPpl Desti WHE SPLI A p forar Te; bat s 4 b 7 11( liars Dart t °I . not ar for Sea Th( are r( tract No thellded or to ( or to Lndl With delive honed o f the V:Z., TIN der s there, tot ec As der f o tende re; Tend, Thi folloo Of j, 1858 ; 6 r an ferr et selren 11Se c Onl y tiOnS A, se en Eris, ta rt' cond i Alen Na Or Jo 1 to 1 Its eel, tits,