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THE MUTINIES IN INDIA. (FRO3I THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE " DAILY NEWS.") BOMBAY, rim 28. This letter will tell Lyon of sad reverses and great misfortunes ; but the melancholy nature of its contents will be relieved by the recital of some some victories, and the gradual suppression of re bellion. Death bas deprived us of men high in rank, whose loss to military and civil services in India wi Ibe severely felt. Incapable leaders raised to greet commands under the system of seniority have been repleced in every quarter by men of ex perteaaa and determination. We may therefore now hope without piesuruption that, with our army. strengthened by numerous reinforcements, energetic measures will be taken finally to punish the insurgents, and re-establish throughout the multi y the dimmed prestige of England. Disorder and confusion—the result of ditaffection —have unfortunately impeded the ordinary chan nels of communication, and the news which is here brought together must be subject to future revisions and contradictions. The painful forebodings with which the position of Sir _Hugh Wheeler was contemplated, the fears which were entertained far his safety, surrounded as he was by an imposing body of rebels, have been unhappily realised. .Notwithstanding the silence of the Government respecting :the fate of Cewn pore, there seems to be little doubt that the follow ing details are substantially correct :—Sir Hugh Wheeler had succeeded in concentrating in a for tified work, expressly raised for the purpose, a small European force, codsisting of 90 men of her Majesty's 84th Regiment, 17 men of the Madras Fusiliers, and a company (the Ist) of the 6th battalion of artillery—a total of 200 Europeans. The wives and children of her Majesty's 32d Foot, numbering upwards of a hundred souls, were also with `him. Sir G. Parker, Bart., of the 74th Native Infantry, the magistrate, seems o }eve been the only officer there. As early as the 17th of June this small force was attacked by overwhelming numbers, but the assault, al though twice repeated, was suc.essfully repulsed. not, however, without considerable loss to the Bri tish. Messengers seem to have been dispatched several times to Allahabad to inform, the officerin command there of the desperate nature of the English position. One of these messengers arrived, and to his coming we doubtless owe the statement mad) in my last letter, that communications were open with Cawnpore on the 24th of June. Several officers, according to the information of the mes sengers, had already met their death. These were Lieutenant-Colonel Jack, Lieutenant-Colonel Wil liams, of the 56th N. I. • Major Prout, 56th N.I. ; Major Lindsay, 10th N. T. ; Assistant-Adjutant- General ; and, Sir G. Parker, Bart. Between the 24th and 28th of June another as sauli must have taken place, for it is said that Sir Hugh Wheeler was shot through the leg and died of his wounds, and that the following officers and others were killed :—Qainn, Eusigns Redman and Supple, Ist N. I. ; Captain Halliday, 56th N. I. ; Captain Reynolds and Ensign Prole, 53d N. 1 ; Lieutenant Smith, Ist N.I. ; Dempster, Cap tain Jervis, 56th N. I. ; Chalwin, and Major Hillersdun, 53d N. I. The rebels had at this time conferred the supreme command on Nana Sahib, of Bhitoor, the author of the-massacre perpetrated on the Futteyghur fugitives, an old , pensioner of the British Government and the adopted son of Baja row, Peishwa, at Poona, where the Mabratta rule - existed. A reference to Indian history will show you the treachery of Bakerow, his unc , asieg effort to subvert our Government in the Deccan, and his hatred to everything British. England gentrously gave him Bhitbor, and 80 leas of rupees yearly, and allowed him to keep a small park of artillery. These privileges were partly extended to Nana Sahib, who was de-, prived of the pension of 80,000 rupees. He seems to have inherited all the wiliness of a genuine Brahmin. He professed delight in Englishsociety, invited Engli officers to shooting parties at Bhi toor, and concealed under these appearances of friendship a deadly hatred, and more than usual fete city. The English force, shorn of its strength by the de Ati of its officers, received overtures from this Nana Sahib, on Sunday June 28, and although I can scarcely believe it possible that Englishmen eheald so far trust to the faith of a Hmdoo as they are stAted to have done, the details of the surrender. are given as follows :—The Nana swore, by tue oaths usually binding on a Brahmin, that if the gar, ison would trust him and surrender, their lives would be spared, and they should be allowed to embark themselves and treasure (2 lacs of rupees) on board of boats and depart down the river to Allahabad. These terms were accepted by the Bri tish, and they were accordingly supplied witlab )ats in which they stowed themselves and embarked their treasure. They were allowed to push out into the middle of the btream, when, at a signal from the Rajah, guns were opened upon them from the light bank of the Ganges. The people in the boats, time treacherously assailed, made for the left bank, where some of them succeeded in landing, but • death nut them in another s! ape. A body of ca valry pieced there for the purpose charged and cut them to teces. Rumour is silent as to the number of those who were allowed to take to the boats. I believe that Nana Sahib saved the lives of the worsen tnd children that he might have hostages for his own future safety. - In the meanwhile active preparations had been made at Allababad for the relief of our countrymen, and the imposing forces were assembled for that purpose. Colonel Neill succeeded in pacifying the town. He recovered a great part of the stolen pro= party and furniture by issuing a proclamation in which severe punishment was awarded to all per sons fouad in possession of ie. Dacoits or gangs of thieves in the neighbourhood were dispersed, and all that were caught hanged. On the lst of July A column of Madras Fusiliers and Sikhs, under Major Renaud, started on their way to Cawn pot e, to clear the road, a steamer, with 100 Fusiliers and two guns , keeping abreast of the force and protecting it. A body of Irregular Horse at the same time scoured the villages on the lefr, and reported them empty and the zemiudars absent. Major Renaud drove all partial opposition before hint, captured several Sepoys of the 6th N. 1., who paid the penalty of their lives, and then made his way as far as Tillage on the 9th. On the 3413ri gedier-General Havelock reached Allahabad from Beaares, and proceeded on the 7th to join Major Renaud,' by forced marche'. He had with him about 1,300 men of her Majesty's 84th and 616, the 13th Irregular Horse, and the remnant of Oude Irregulars. On the 11th he reached Koh, and on the 13th joined Major Renaud at daybreak, within tour miles of Futteypore. Major Renaud had marched 19 miles during the night, and General Havelock 24. A detachment thrown forward to wards Futteypore with orders for Colonel Tytler to reconnoitre, was met by_tha enemy, who marched forthwith to action. General Havelock would have ,declined this engagement and given rest t:) his 'troops, but he . was compelled t o fi g ht, an i th ere f ore prepared to give the enemy a w:am receptioe. The rebels came out with a three• of the ee inf Antry regi ments, two of cavalry, and two bate ries of field pieces. - General Havelock advanced with eight guns in the centre, under Capt. Maude, R. A., forming the whole of his infantry in quarter dist ance column in suppoit. The action was opened by the artillery, " which completely electrified t'ee enemy." They fled, and were putaued. •arddst gai-deas and enclosures into and through the streets of Futteypore ; their guns and ammunition being abandoned one after the other. Such was the panic that no resistance seems to have been made. Not an English soldier was killed, and the only deaths we had to deplore were those of seven men of the 64th, and more of the 780 from sunstroke. The conduct of the troops, in supporting the fatigue of a long march and enduring the heat of a terrible sue, was admirable. The enemy lost 11 guns. Speedy advantage was taken the victory, and at, immediate advance made on Cawnpore. On . the 15th tit° rebels were again encountered, seN early handl, d, and deprived of t gun.. Tuey fle d after this defeat and the loss of many lives, and w 4 ?e met a third time on the 17th—about 10,001) in - ne tuber, attacked and routed by General Havelock. TI ey lost six ann aw s,andflel, abandoning the bla_k ened ruins of c pore, which were re-occupied. imto Not a trace of the rcittrtate Wheeler or his men was fowl& They had all ; but still more terrible to relate, the w r ,, ehe's had laid the it clutches on the d folic l ess N few , r tan 2 10 uffhtte' and al s e o r tiiV c ; l ' ilthe "; et ildretawera sold by_ public aucti on ' ye ? a n" blood n T e l - streets of Cawnpore and afterwards r aessa , zed. of English wives and children cries forrevene ont he relentless enemy, who has outraged every s „ tinmit of humanity and honour. Nana Sahib, retteatinr, to Bhitpoor with the remnant of the rebels, i s s, ill et la ge. Should not a price be set upon his lima? - Three officers, who escaped from the first massacre, Cawnp ()t were caught at some distance fi it . d: iven back thither at the point of the bayonet, and ge two of them blown from gull.. In the laet eng nest the 78th Highlanders lost two men killed and 14 wounded. One of the latter, Sergeant Tullo;:.h, irsinee dead. `From - Cawnpore General Havelock will doubtless proceed to relieve Lucknow, which still hell out on the 18th or 19th of July. The movements of General Havelock will be - senrred in the re ar by the despa`hli of fresh troops mently arrived at Calcutta. IlerMajesty's steamer Simoom, with her Majesty's sth Fusiliers, - from Mauritius, reached Calcutta on the 4th of July, hmving left the 37th in place of the Fusiliers. Her THE _SIN, 110 . N! DON, MoND* :V!-4 E N l'N G I , A ITG. U-S T 31, 1. g;5 7 Majesty's 35th had been for some time at Calcutta from Moulmein, and the Himalaya, with 1,500 men on board, arrived on the 20th inst. Her Majesty's 29th was expected from Pegu every day. Thus, independently of the troops that are now expected to be forwarded overland, we shall have a sufficient force to maintain our present positions, and thus check the further progress of rebellion. Notwithstanding some partial acts of-insubordi nation in the districts of Bengal, about Dinapore, nothing has occurred to create disturbance of an important nature. Her Majesty's 10th Foot at Dinapore has hitherto acted as a check on the native regiments there, and Hnish's battery of European artillery adds not a little to our security in that direction. An attempt at a riot in Patna proved unsuccess full on the 6th of July, although it cost Dr. Lyell, assistant opium commissioner, his life. Mirzapore, deserted by all but the plunderers amongst its own inhabitants, has been restored to order by the energy of a young civil servant from &mares, whose initiation to active life in the dis trict was a combat with six or seven rebellious people, of whom he killed two and wounded the re mainder. . . . The Sontal country is quiet, but was very pro perly adandoned by ladies and children, who were taken board of a steamer and sailed down the Ganges to Calcutta. Until Oude is re-occopied in force and Lucknow relieved, the whole country east of the Jumna up to the bills of Rohilcund will remain closed against us. You may calculate, indeed, that the relief of Lucknow will be the utmost that can be achieved before the periodical rains set in and render opera tions in the field impossible. The monsoon, which usually commences in June, was this year unusually light, and allowed our troops to move on the disaffected districts north and east of Poonab. Btit now that the rains are falling in earnest and the rivers filling, military operations must be impeded or partially stopped. The Bombay government have succeeded in assem bling two columns of troops intended to overawe the province of Candeish, and the borders of the Nizam's territory in that direction, and occupy the whole of the mountainous tract, including North Berar and part of the Gwalior territory south of the Nerbudda ; whilst the Madras government assem bled a third column on the north-west frontier of North Berar. The position assigned to the latter is Edlatad, near Ellichpoor, where Major William Orr has concentrated a force comprising the 2nd, 3rd, and sth infantry regiments of the Hydrabad Contingent, the Ist and 4th cavalry Irregulars of the same corps, and twelve 6-pounder guns. The most important force is destined to relieve Mhow and chastise the Gwalior mutineers and In dore rebels as soon as weather permits military movements. In the meanwhile the troops are as sembled r,t Assenghur, or in its vicinity, forming a • field force, under Brigadier C. S. Stuart, 6th Bom bay N. 1., composed as follows :—H.M.'s 14th Light Dragoons, ore wing from Aurungabad ; H.M.'s 86th Foot, 250 men, under Major Keane, from Poona • 3d Europeans, Bombay army, 300 men, under Major Landon, from Poonah, via Ah mednuggur ; sth Bombay N. 1., 250 men, under Major 6ymons, from Malligaun ; 10th Bombay N. 1., two companies, under Lieut. Blair . 25th Bombay N.I. ; 3d Irregular Cavalry, Hydrabad Contingent, part at Seerpore, under Captain Orr, part at Asseenghur, under Lieut. Clerk ; and a large number of the Bheel corps. Berar will thus be the base of operations for the army of the Deccan, Boorhampoor and Asseen ghur, on the southern slope of the Boora-Moun tains, being the chief strategic points. Asseenghur is the key of the Deccan. Thus with the small force at Ajmeer we have a cordon of troops round the disaffected states of In dt,re and Gwalior, whose rajahs are favourable to us, but unable to control the men of their contin gents, raised as our own Bengal army has been amongst the Hiudoo and Mussulman population of the Ganges valley.. The Nerbudda, however, flows between us and the disaffected states, and this season that river is impaszable, except by boats, whilst the roads become utterly impractic able fromliains. The details of the massacre of Indore (July 2), made public a short time since, are not less horrible than those of other barbarities perpetrated elsewhere. Thirty-four personi 'were killed, and the majority were so mutilated as to afford no clue to the identity of their bodies. A few. only were recognised. Mrs. Beauvais, wife of the postmaster, Mrs. Crawley, a young child, Mr. and Mrs. Norrieg. Mr. Murray, Mrs. and Miss Macbeth, and five children, Mr. M‘Mahon, two Parsers, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Alphonso, Mr. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Bone. Amongst those who escaped were—Colonel and Mrs. Durand, Capt. and Mrs. Shakespear, Dr. aril Mrs. Knapp, Lieut. and. Mrs. Cobbe, Mrs. Robertson and two children, and Capt. Ludlow, Cu!. Travers, Cap'. and irs. Mallingot, Stockley, Mrs. Dutton, Sergeant and Mrs. Murphy, Messr , . H. Hammond and Williams, Mr. Shields, Mr. Martin, Mr. Collins, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Gallo way, Mr. orries, Mr. Tinley, Mr. Farrell; Mr. Moran, Mr. Beauvais, Mr. Crawley, Lieut. Water man, and Dr. Thompson. Col. and Mrs. Durand arrived in. safety at As seenghur ' • they saw their residence at Indore, an imposing building, burnt before their eyes. A detachment of artillerymen, with three guns, and contingent infantry, sent out by the rajah to pro tect the place, went over to the rebels and assisted them in their sanguinary purpose. Mr. Beauvais, the postmaster, saw his wife massacred before his eyes. The Neemuch mutineers, who had lingered in the vicinity of Ajmeer, took a sudden resolution and occupied Bhurtpore, from which they issued again in the first days of July and made their ap pearance before Agra. They called on the English commissariat contractor, John Peraand, to furnish them with,provisions. This was a timely warning to the people in Agra, who abandoned the city and retired into the fort, 'a vast and commodious edifice of considerable ex tent, in which the 3d Bengal Europeans, a battery of artillery militia, and non-combatants t 3 the amount of 5,000, found plenteous supplies and refuge without overcrowding. On the 2d of June the Kotah Contingent despatched by the authori- Ves to keep order in the vicinity of Agra, arrived in the contonments, and were entrusted with the guard of the gaol, tenanted by 4,000 convicts, and that of the Government house. On the 4th the Neemuch mutineers appeared before the city,-and the Kotah Contingent was marched out of canton ments to an advanced position on the high road. They no sooner reached the ground in front of the enemy than they showed a disposition to join the Neemuch mutineers. "Just about this time," says a correspondent, " a small body of mounted volunteers (about 40) who had been previously sent to watch the proceedings of the enemy, little sus pecting the true state of mattere, rode tip to this formidable fo-ce, and to their astonishment found them preparing for an attack. The volunteers halted, and f)r a time stool facing the Kotah men. What the sequel might have been it is hard to say, had not the God of the Chris tians interposed in behalf of his people, and sent a heavy storm accompanied with rain, at the critical moment, which darkened the atmosphere, and the volunteer 3 were ctreeted to seek shelter. After the lapse of a few minutes the Kotah Contingent, fear ing, it is said, an ambush from the European regi ment here (the 3d Europeans), dispersed in all directions; observing this, some of the volunteers, about 10 in number, made a dash for the guns, which they succeeded in taking after cutting down a number of the mutineers. Tue guns were spiked. The formidable Kotah Contingent, so much dreaded by some of our authorities here, though we had a strong battery of artillery and a regiment of Euro pean troops able and willing enough to annihilate the whole of them, fled, and left the field, with the guns, and some 100 or 150 camels laden with am munition, in the undisputed possession of some mounted volunteers." The following is a correct abstract of the casual ties that cccurred in the action on the sth July, when the European force moved out to attack the rebels, who were 7,000 strong. It will be acknow ledged that the fighting must have been severe, seeing that a full quarter of the men engaged were placed hors de combat. The Artillery had two officers wounded (Captain D'Oyley, since dead, and Lieut. Lemb), 3 men Id led, and 14 wounded, including 6 native drivers. The 3d Eu' opean Regiment had 29 men killed ; 3 officers (Major Thomas and Lieute Pond_ and Fellowe: , ) and 64 men wounded; of -whom 10 have since died. The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had five gentle. men killed (Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Bern, J. C.srl,ton, R. Smith, and Jourdan), one officer (Major Prendergast), and eight geat'emen (Messrs Whit?, Ray, Blackburne, Bramley, •C.S„ Fieeze, Outran), C. 5., and Oldfield, C.S.), wounded. The Civil 1ii1.03 Infantry Militia had one gertic 111%n (Mr. Ilendea) killed; and five gentlemen (Mews. Bagley, Maliye Steadman; Hallygan, and wolided.Th 2 in_ecuanpattat;anelW officers, 10th harI 6 wounded, Alex ricler Lieuts. C l. oCld, l u n W. Light Cavalry; Watson, and cout , iu \ e V t 11i ains , and Bramley, Dr. The number killedor hunter.iee dead, is 49—and the n umber wounded 92, makin g a total of 142 killed and wounded out of a total force of about 500 men engaged. The enemy, fater burning th e t own and canton ments, retired towards Bhurtpor e , a forbess long to since dismantled , but ca p ab e of I]e;ng restored its original strength by judicious labour. Bhurt pore in 1805 cost Lord Lake 3,000 men killed, in four disastrous assaults. In 1826 it was taken after six weeks of open trenches by an assault, which cost us 550 killed and wounded. The mud walls may yet witness a third no less dangerous and tedious siege. The safe arrival of iatelligenco from Agra shows that communications are . still kept up between it and Lahore, but the country in the vicinity is in the hands of the plunderers and rebels of every kind. The Meerut force was unable to prevent the Rohilcund rebels from crossing the Jumna at Ghur muktesur Ghaut, although the height and preci pitous nature of the banks were favourable to the use of artillery. The mutineers—about 3,000 in fantry, 200 cavalry, several guns, 13 eleplanta, and cart-loads oftreasure—crossed the river on rafts be tween the 20th and 23d of June, and made their way unmolested towards Delhi, reaching the village of Haupper on the 27th. A nephew of the King of Delhi collected a num ber of rebels in the vicinity of Boolundshuhur, ob tained four guns, and proclaimed himself a royal commissioner. He took up a position in a fort at Galoutee, about thirty miles from Meerut, and placed his guns on the walls. A force was sent out against him, which he did not wait to see, taking refuge in a precipitate flight, and leaving his guns behind him. It will astonish you to hear that the nature of the orders given in this case was such that the officer in command did not enter the deierted fort, and left the guns where he found them, with out rendering them unserviceable. It is gratifying, on the other hand, to know that the mutiny at Saugor has not been so fatal as was at first anticipated, and that a party of the troops which remained staunch, after the rebellion of the greater number, followed Major Gaussen, on the 23d of June, to the assault of a neighbouring fort, occupied by a number of Boondela plunderers. The fort was blown up, but unfortunately during the operation Ensign Spens was killed by a stone on the head, and Lieut. Willoughby wounded. A letter from Hasungabad announces the safe arrival there, from Augur in Gwalior of the follow ing officers and their families, fugitives from the mutinous contingent regiments :—Major Macpher son, Lieutenant Ryall, and Dr. Sillipbant, of the 3rd Gwalior Infantry • Captain Carter, Lieutenant M`Dougal, and Dr. Wilson, of the sth Gwalior In fantry • Lieutenant Lemarchant, Bengal Artillery, Mrs. Lmarchant, and four children ; Mr. and Mrs. Hayman, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Burlton and one child, Mts. Watts,.-Mr. Wake field, Mrs. Wakefield, and two children ; Dr. and Mrs. James, and Lieutenant O'Dowd. The Madras presidency still shares with that of Boinbay the good fortune of having staunch native troops, but disturbances have broken out in the capitals of Mysore and the Nizam's dominions. Troops have been sent from Bangalore to Mysore, where fears are entertained respecting the attitude of the Rajth's Mahomnaedan troops. Whilst such has been the history of the fortnight in the Lower Provinces .of India, events of no lass importance have taken place in the north-west. In a speech delivered at the Town-hall of Bombay, on the occasion of a meeting for the purpose of sub scribing a fund for the relief of the sufferers by this rebellion, Lord Elphinstone stated that Sir John Lawrence was organising a force 35,000 levies in the Upper Provinces, which would be ready at no remote period. Such a force, recruited amongst, the Sikhs, is likely to be of the utmost service in our present dearth of men ; and the Penjaub troops, which we have had occasion to test in battle before Delhi, have proved themselves trusty and brave soldiers. Letters from Lahore informs us that recruits are numerous, and that the formation of regiments is rapidly proceeding. . Reinforcements have continned to stream down southwards towards Delhi. On the 26th, the Kumaon battalion (Ghoorkasymarched from Rawul Pindee, after being complimented for their good conduct by Sir John Lawrence. They reached Lahore on the 3d of July, and have no doubt gone on to Delhi. The Government has found thee Nepaulese mountaineers extremely useful, from their gallantry and the absence of those prejudices which render high caste men dangerous. - A large • body of them seems to , have been successfully en listed in the neighbourhood of Benares. A party of them have done excellent service before Delhi, and it cannot but appear advantageous to secure the service of a greater number who might be easily obtainable, since Jung Bahadoor, of Nepaul, had occasion to disband most of his army, now useless to him after his successful inroad in Thibet. When the 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied after the late Sikh war, Sir Charles Napier secretly , and rapidly enlisted a regiment of Ghoorkas, march ed them down to Umritsir, and having drawn'them up in front of the 66th, ordered the latter to sur render their arms and colours. The Sepeys did so, and the Ghoorkas took them up. " Now," said. Sir Charles to the old 66th, "go about your bust ness." The Ghoorkas t ok the number, and have kept it. They are now at Almorah, ant have done good. service in keeping Nynee Tal against the in roads of the Bareilly rebels. .. The Beloochee battal'on from Kurrachee arrived at Mooltau on the 9th of July, and the Bombay Fusiliers reached Lahore on the 11th. Several de tachments for the reinforcement of the guides and Irregular Horse, under Hodson, were also de spatched without delay. The country to the north and north-east of Delhi seems to have been completly pacified by General van Cortlandt's force. The enemy that general had to contend with seems rather to have consisted of insubordinate robb:r tribes than of mutineera from Jullunder. The villages in which the engagements took place, as noticed in my last letter, were at a considerable distance f rein each other, and the attack on each of them not simultaneous as was before believed. The first attack made by the insurgents— . Bhutties—was near a village called Punnu wallah. They numbered about 2, 500. On being reconnoitred there by a detachment of mounted police under Lieutenant Pearse, they followed that officer to wards the camping ground of the main body at Aodah. As they approached our artillery opened upon them, and when the fire had thrown them into confusion, Lieutenant Pearse charged, and completely routed thein. They fled, leaving 50 dead on the field. Teis action took place on the 17th June. On the 19th a second one was fought near Kheiraka, a village on the Gogra, which flows but a short distance and disappears beneath the level of the sands. Cheiraka was entrenched, and surrounded by a moat. It was found necessary to make an assault. The Dogra., a friendly tribe, under Lieutenant Sadleir, of her Majesty's 61st Foot, a Sikh detachment-, under Lieutenant Hunt, of the 45th Bengal Native Infair ry, furnishing the necessary details of men, they crossed 'the mcae, and scaled the place successfully, and put 200 of the Bhuttees to death. Six men on our side were killed and 33 wounded. This action decided the fate of Sirsar, and produced an unconditional surrender of the hostile tribe. It was discovered, on entering the town, that it had been completely sacked on 30th of May by a body of Hurriena Infantry and Irregular Horse under the orders of the petty Nawaub of Raneah, who plundered the treasuries and destroyed the property of Europeans and Chris tians. The Nawaub now surrendered, and the whole district between Sirsar and Loodianah was pacified. The revenue was again collected round Sir-: sar, and a regular course of post organised, which might shortly, it was expected, open a direct route between Lahore and Delhi. On the Bth July Gen. Van Cortlandt left Sirsar for Ghissar, where Lieut. Pearce arrived before him with 1,500 Bshantier Horse, and put everything in order. All the Mus sulmans were under orders to surrender their aims, and it was generally believed that the direct com munication with Delhi wou'd be open on the 18th at furthest. This for unate termin tti n to the c ,m -paign amongst a people inhabiting wild and sandy des:rts subject to great sc trcity of waeer will place anew force at the command of General Reed, C. 8., now at the head of the army before Delhi, in con sequence of the death, from cholera, -of General Barnard on the 6:h of July. dth vigour rbyf frameunex pected, having The sudden death of Sir Henry Barnard was the more meliasnseburoplyinbinecg activity an ause it was h kept him up surprisingly until the sudden attack of cholera carried him off. Sir Henry is admitted on all hands to have had many of the first qualities for command, his energy and spirit heing as remarkable as his great hardiness and cheerful demeanour. Unfortunately 'he was unacquainted with the languages and many of the peculiarities of Indian armies, and is said to have been too de pendent in consequence - on the advice of oth , rs, which imparted a slight wavering character to his military tactics. A most interesting narrative, offic'ally commu nicated to Government by Lieutenant Forrest, gives an accurate derail at last with rospect to the blowing up 'of the magazine at Delhi on the out break of the mutiny. Lieutenant Forrest shares with Lieutenant Wil'Oughby the honour of this brave action. On the morning of the rebelleen these two officers and S'r C. Metcalfe were in the arsenal when they heard of the treachery of the native sepoys, 'and they took instant measures to check their advance upori the arsenal. Sir C. Met calfe, wirer had gone out to see the extent of move ment, did not return. Lieuteria t Forrest closed and b'ocked up the gates, pl tc;ng two six-pounder guns doubly loaded with grape under sub c(mductor Crow and Sirgeant Stewart, so as to command the entrance. Two more six-pounders were placed_ in a similar posl'on in front of the inside of the magazine gate, protected by a row of chevaux de frise. For further defence two six pounders were trained to command either the gate or. the small bastion in irs vicinity, other guns being so arranged as to increase the strength of the position generally. Thee preparations had hardly been concluded when a body of mutineers ap peartd, and called on the defenders to open Vie gates. On their refusal, scaling ladders furnished by the King of Delhi were brought up, and the rebels got on the walls and poured on to the ar senal. The guns now opened and took effect with immense precision on the ranks of the enemy. Four roundi were fired from each of the guns, Conduc tors Buckley and Scully distinguis.hed tbemselve. in serving the pieces rapidly, the mutineers being by this time some hundreds in number, increasing in force and keeping up a quick discharge of mus ketry. A .train had been hid by Lieutenant Wil loughby to the magazine ; and the decisiv6moment soon approached, Lieut. Forrest being wounded it, the hand, and one of the conductors shot through the arm, The signal wis given to fire the train, which was done coolly by Conductor Scully. The effect was terrific ; till. magazine blow up with a tremendous era-drthe wall being blown out flat to the ground. The explosion killed upwards of a thousand of the mutineers, and enabled Lieuts. Willoughby, Forrest, and more than half the Euro pean defenders of the place, to fly to g ether, black ened and singed, to the Lahore gate, from whence Lieut. Forrest escaped in safety to eerut - . Lieut. Willoughby was less fortunate, and is now said to have been killed on his way to Umballa. From Lucknow we hear that piavirnis to the death of Sir John Lawrence that pliant and un fortunate*officer headei a sortie with all his native troops, 200 Europeans, and artillery. The sepoys fraternised at once with the rebels, and the Euro peans in their retreat to the city lost 40 officers and men. cooking and hear them talking, yet it was too dark 1, for them to see us. The fines at this place extend about 14 miles - down the river. Just as we had got past the moon rose. While passing we-came within five yards of dboat, gut our boatmen happened to know those of the other boat, so they asked where each other were going, and never saw us at the bottom of the beat. Copt. Gordon's servant was almost frightened to death, and 1 had the greatest iifficulty in keeping him quiet. A nigger is a great .oward when danger is near. As soon as the thy began to break we had to lie by a sandbank, for there were some forts, and we were within two miles of the first fort. We had nothing tea eat the whole of the thy before, and now our food was flour and water baked in a fire with dried cows' dung, and muddy water to drink. We remained there until 4 p.m., when we saw about 50 villagers running with all their might towards us—some with guns, thers with swords, and the remainder with clubs ; we immediately put into the stream and cockedour pisiols, saw the rascals run into the water breast high, when they stopped and fired a volley at us, but fortunately without effect. It was-toe evident the whole country had risen, and that escape. across the country was impossible. After pulling a short way down the river the natives, seeing they could nut get at us, ceased their pursuit. We then hilted until dark to enable us to pass the forts ; often the boatmen told us not to whisper, but to kee down ready for an attack, for wa had often to go close in shore, and were determined to fight through if possible. Next morning we bad to stay in aen ek close by a village called Gola ; but before arriving. there we were made to put in shet e at a large vil lage, where we paid 10 rupees to a policeman to let us off. The boatmen said it was no use firing, rupees would answer. bet' er. Before the policeman put his head in the boat the men told him it was a yanna,' but as soon as he got into the boat and saw live tellows armed to the teeth he was well pleased to take the dibs,' and shouted for us to proceed im media- ely. The people on shore shouted out for him to rob the boat, but he knew better. Ac Gola we were so tired that we all fell asleep, and upon my awaking I discovered that all the boatmen and our only servant had run away, taking with them the few rupees we had. However, there was a large village close by, where a native'prince and an indigo planter (a Frenchman) resided, so we set off to walk in a blazing zhot sun. The prince happened to be one of the few remaining fait .ful to the British, and the planter' seeing the while country up around him agreed to start, with his wife aed family, along with us the following morning. We got the first meal there that we had had f'r three days, and from that place our diet was spare and bad, and the water extremely dirty. We had a guard of 30 Sepoys from the Rajah to take us to Dinapore, for we had to pass_ a very strong fort about 10 miles below Gola, and it was on account of this place, no doubt, that our boatmen deserted us on the previous day. However, we got on all right after this, and arrived here on the morning of the 17th, when we heard that many officers who left Fyzabad on the morning of the 9th had been murdered and drowned. Upon our arrival here we were received most heartily by the officers of the Bth Native Infantry, who do their u. most to make us comfortable. All the ladies were left at Fyzabad under the charge cf Rajah Mann Singh, who pro mised to protect but, as he was, our prisoner within two days of the mutiny, I doubted his fidelity. I was to have remained with the ladies at Fyzabad, but as my regiment promised to fight I was kept with it, and then sent off with the other officers. Almost all the ladies arrived here last night from Fyzabad in a pitiful condition. They had been robbed of everything at Gorrickpore, and only escaped with their liral. They were kept l ri soners in a fort on the river for a week, and were almost starved to cleat . % I cannot describe half the miseries they have endured. " I have lost nearly everything I have, but Ad ju. ant Grant, of the Bth Native infantry, with whom Gordon and myself are staying, has given us abundan6 of shins, flannels, Ss c., and he is a noble specimen of a Scotch man. We seem to have escaped by Providence, as almost every man who started with us from Fyzabad has been either murdered or drowned. To give you an account of men coming up the country and the way in which Europeans are murdeied and natives hung in return would occupy too much time, but every day brings us some fresh accouut of bloodshed." MADRAS. We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following order, issued by Government yesterday 1. The Governor in Council has much satisfaction in announcing to the army that the undermentioned corps bays expressed their desire to be employed in the North. Western Provinces, or wherever else their services may be required. 2. The Governor in Council directs that the thanks of Government be conveyed to the whole of the oaths officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of these corps, whose loyal and soldier-like ffer of service will be brought to the favourable notice of the Government of India : B Company sth Golundauze Battalion of Artillery E Troop Horse Artillery Detachment of SAppers—Cannanore 3d Light Cavalry Bth Light Cavalry 3J Light Infantry 11th Native Infantry 16th Native Infantry 27th Native Infantry, right wing (head-quarters).— Spcctator, July 4. We give prominent insertion to the following order published iu last night's Gazette : The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has much gratification in adding the undermentioned to the list of corps which have expressed their abhorrence of the traitorous conduct of the mutineers of the Bengal army, and their desire to be employed wherever their services may be required. The Governor in Council desires that the thanks of Government may be conveyed . to the wh le of the native officers, nor-commissioned officers, and men :- sth Regiment Light Cavalry 17th Regiment Native Infantry 30th Regiment Native Infantry 474 h Regiment Native . Infantry. • The Governor in Council considers it just to notice that the 36th Regiment volunteered their services nearly a month ago. —Spectator, July 8. Arrangements are being made for transmitting to Calcutta large supplies of arms, ammunition and camp equipage, for the conveyance of which two large ships in harbour were duly surveyed yesterday morning; a first instalment, of these supplies haying been forwarded a few days previously by an American vessel.—Spectator, July 8. In the suppement to the Bengal Ilurlcant of the 20th is the complete list of ail the troops—cavalry, infantry, and artillery—which up to this (lite have mutiniei, with the datas and stations at which each outbr, ak took place. As decidedly the most authen tic list, and one which conveys the best idea of the extent to which this vide-spread plot has mani fested itself, it will be 'perused with melancholy interest : (A) LIGHT FIELD BATTERY. sth—May 11, at Delhi 6tla--•May 30, at Nuseerabad 13:h—June 8, at Fyzabad and Oude 15th—at Bareilly 18th—at Nowgong FOOT ARTILLERY. 7th Battalion, 2,1 Compuy—May 30, at Nusserabad 3d Company—May 11, at Delhi sth Company--June 8, at Fyzobad, Oude B,h Battalion, 6th Company—at Boreal)? 9th Battalion, 4th Company—at Noagong Sappers and Minerh*—May 10, at Meerut LfGll7 CAVALRY. Ist (s wing)—June 5, at Neewuch 2 , l—June 5, at Cawnpore 3 , l—nay 10, at Meerut • 7tii—May 31, at Leekuqw NAnvz INFANTIIY. Ist—June, at Cawnpore and Hutneerpore 6th—June 6, at Allahabad and Futtebpore - 9th—May 27, at Allygurb, Bullaudahuhur, Etawab, and Mynpoune llth—May 10, at Meerut 12th—June 5, at Ifowgong and Jhansi 13th—May 31, at Luckuow 15th—May 30, at Muß,erabad 17th—June 7, at A.zitngurh 18th —At Bared ly 19titt —At Berhampore 20th —May 10, at Meerut 22d—June 8, at Byzabad and Adjoodia 28th—At Shabjehanpore 29th—At Moradabad 30th—May 30, at Nusserabad, Ajmere, and Jeypore 34a4:—At Barrackpora and Chittagong 37th—June 4, at Benares 38-1 —May 11, at Delhi 41st—At Setapore aid lgullaon 45th—May 14, at Ferozvore 48th May 31, Liclinlw 531—June, at Cawnpore and Ooraie 54 t h— May 11, at Delhi 55th—Nowsbera 56th—June, Cawnpore and Banda 57th—May 14, Ferozepore 68th—June, Bareilly 71st—May 31, Lucknow 72.1—June 3, Neemuch 74th—May 11, Delhi Loodianah Regimeat—Juue 5, Benares and Jaun. pore Hnrrianah L'ght Infantry —At Hansi, Sirsa, and Hissar IRREGULAR CAVALRY. 13th§ —At Benares. 14th—At Jhansi and Nowgong 15th— At Sultanpore, Seetip.ire, and Fyzibad 'OUDE IRREGULAR FORCE ABTILLEY. 15th—No. 1 Secrora CAVALRY. • 1411—At Secrera 2d—At Lucknow 3.lll—At Pertabghur and S_crora INPANTY Ist—At Pershadipore 2d—At Secrora and Baraitch 3d—At Gonsah sth—At Durriabad oth—At Fyzabad Bth—A t Sultanpore 9th—At Seetapore 10th—At Mullaon GWALIOR CONTINGENT. INFANTRY. Vth—June 3, at Neernucti UNITED MALWA CONTINGENT. Cavalry—At Mehicipore The following is an extract from a letter written at Dinapore, June 30, by an officer of the 6th Oude Irregular ; Infantry : " The troops mu.inied here on the eve of Sun day, the Bth June. Capt. Gordon and myself w?,re prisoners at the quarter-guard all night. About 3 o'clock on the morning, of the ith we were told to prepare to go to the river, and were only allowed to take a change of clothes, when we were put on board a little country boat and told to shift for ourselves. There were four boat', and in one of them were our Colonel, Captain Gordon, and my self, and one officer of the artillery, and one of the 22d. Col, Guldney and the remaining officers were in the other boats. In this manner we started. Before we had got far down the river we saw the officers of the 22d had got into au English cuter, and were sailing away at a great ra'e, s we put in shore and got a larger boat and some boatmen, to pull. In the afternoon we passed them, and on we went until we came neir a fort called Turd* by which no boats are allowed to'go and all Euro peans are killed. As we passed down the river we had to lie in the bottom of the boat, for if we had b, en recoguised we should have seen murdered. Abaut six miles below Adjudhea we were ordered to go ashore by some policemen, but we toll the boatmen to go ahead as if they did not hear them, whereupo n they said ter'-y would shoot us ; but we Still kept on, as we harta go el stiff breeze in our fay.ur. About six miles further we came upo3 the re tr-guard of the 17th Native Infantry, which war mat ch;n4 towards Fyzabatl,.and here they had mus kws *oiled and sen'rtes who looked and shouted at. the .b )at, bul - : not seeing any Europeans, dd 1,0; make inuch_noise. Two miles farther on we saw six Irregultr Cavalryinerr en the bank of the river, and although they looked hard at Vie boat, and shouted, 'et none firel. When within ten miles of Tandah we' had to halt until dark, so as to pass the fort ; -h re Gerdou's bearer and oue of the boatmen ran away, and I had to bring the only servant we had and the four remaiuing boa men down the bulk inta the boat at the point of my sword ; talking to them was of no use. Passing Tandah we ha' I t a go within 20 yards of the shore. The water was so shalow we could see - the natives SEETAPORE. N. H. R. says—" I have as yet seen no account in the papers of the mutiny of the 41st Regiment at this station, excepting the report -that the major-' and several officers hail fallen ; and the following pariicu'ars, which I will condense from two letters received front an officer of that regiment and his wife, may be interesting to those who may have had friends or relatives at that station. The mutiny hr. ke ( - utt on the 3d June. A Sepoy came in the morning of that day to acquaint .my friend of the determination of the soldiers to mutiny; bui., stated that they would not harm their officers if' they would leave the place. The regiment was divided, a part being st atiened about a wile and a half from the others, and as more plunder was to be had in the town itself the mutineers first attacked it. The Colonel, although warned by a friendly Sepoy, would not believe that the regiment intended to mutiny, and conducted two of the disappointed companies to the treasury, andthere hO and anot er officer were shot. The sergeant-major was also killed, and one other officer wounded. The officers had received orders, of course, to remain with their men, but on hearing the firing in the town the men at once disbanded themselves, rushing there to join in the plunder. A few faithful Sepoys now implored the offieers to escape, and, seeing 'the bungalows and lines in -a blaze, they left about noon in their buggies. The party consisted of 12 officers, 6 ladies, and as many children, with a number of the wives and children of civilians—about 50 in all. Dur ing their journey they had to avoid the high road, and were obliged to go over ravines, ploughed fields, and places where no wheeled carriage could ever before have passed. The party halted for an hour only and were pursued by the mutineers, after they had satiated themselves by murdering about 50 people in the town, men, women, and children ; but fortunately they reached Lucknow, a distance of 50 mile, in safety, escorted by 20 Sepoys who remained faithful to them. The 'party were two days and a night on the road, and the heat was intense. They lost all they possessed, and escaped with only the things they had on. The station was burnt to the ground. "My friend, - with his wife and family, were, when he wrote, staying with a-civilian at Lucktioy, entirely dependent upon the kindness of a stranger not only for - food, but for clothing. May the Almighty protect and guird them from the perils of the siege 1" SUNDAY BAtipS IN THE PAEKS.--eYesterday afternoon the '" People's Bands" played in the -Regent's and Vic toria Parks as u.,ual ; and, the day being fine, very. many thousand persons assembled. 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[The following appeard in our late edition of Saturday evening :—] The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held this morning, at the London Tavern, Bishop-gate-street, W. E. Denison, chairman of the board, in the chair. Then was a very full attendance of shareholders. The chairman and directors, on enter ing the room, were received with a volley of hisses and cheers, and the meeting throughout was of a very stormy character. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that the act of Parliament made it clmput-ory on the chairman, the first thing at the half yearly meeting, to affix the seal of the company to the register of shareholders. He had no option in the matter, and he therefore affixed the seal and signed his name to the register of stock, amounting to 8,414,0721. 10s., and the number of sha►eholders 6,130, as reported by Mr. Mr, J:WILsoN—Can you do it without the authority of the meeting? _. . Mr. LEECH (solicitor to the company)—Yee, the act requires that it should be first done. Mr. WILSON said the act only stated that the seal should be affixed at each ordinary half-yearly meeting. Nothing whatever was said about the chairman, and he maintained that the consent of the meeting was ne cessary first to be obtained before the seal was affixed. (The Chairman in the meantime affixed the seal to the register.) The Chairman having affixed the seal to the register, Mr. Wilson protested, and called on the professional gentlemen present to state to the meet ing if the act gave the chairman power to affix the seal against the consent of the shareholders. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he saw no use in consuming their time in a discussion of that nature. He had put the seal to the register, and they could not reject it. (Uproar.) Ile had acted in what he had done under professional advice, and he should stand by it whether right or wrong. (Oh, oh.) The act stated that at every halt , yearly meeting the seal should be affixed, and he had been Lifortned that it was a ministerial act only, and necessary to constitute the meeting. (Hear, hear, and No, no ) It was waste of time to discuss it, and those who objected to it could protest and welcome. (Uproar ) Mr. WILSON protested against the proceeding, and appealed to the meeting to express their opinion on that point, when nearly every one in the room held up their hands in approval of Mr. Wilson's prJtest. Mr. HUGHES said that it it was a ministerial act the ehairma,‘ was right in doing it. A SHAREHOLDER.—Wbat is the effect of your affixing the seal ? Tne CHAIRMAN.—That's a legal question I can't an swer (Upr. ar.) A SHAREHOLDER said the chairman ought to be in posseesion of that opinion. The act involved an im portaLt question affecting the interestof the shareholders. Mr. 'METCALFE. w are we to know that the regis• ter is comet ? (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—I have stated to you Mr. Grindling's report. (Oh, ob.) _ _ _ Mr. METCALFE.—What do we care for that. Will you vouch for the truth of Mr. Grindling's statement ? The CHAIRMAN.—I don't know. (Confusion.) Mr. METCALFE —And you don't care. (Laughter.) Mr. BILLINGS asked the chairman if he caul./ give the meeting the details of the various stuck to which he had affixed the seal. Ti.e CHAIRMAN—No. Mr. BILLINGS asked how it was possible, without that information, the shareholders could know whether all the stock was legal, or that the creation of fraudu lent stock was not going on. (Hear, hear.) He c)n tended that the shareholders should have the information he asked for. (Hear hear, and confusion.) The CHAIRMAN said he was ready to proceed. A SHAREHOLDER—On what. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BILLINGS—Answer my question. (Bear, hear, and cheers ) The CHAIRMAN—I shall answer no more questions about the register to which I have put the seal. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) The greatest confusion prevailed during the above dis cussion, or rather continual questioning, three or four shareholders speaking at a time. _ _ Mr. STAINSBURY said it was not a waste of time in one sense in discussing this question of affixing the seal to the regi ter, b e cause it showed the chairman that he had fairly lost the confidence of the shareholders. (Hear.) Tilers was a time when the Chairman cool I have affixed the seal to the register or any other document, the con fidence of the proprietors being with him; but what had occurred within the last five months ought to have shown him that that confidence was now entirely gone, (Loud cheers.) No time could be considered as wasted that might tend to relieve them of their pre,,ent Chairman, and to redeem, save, and rescue this vast property from the present disastrous management. (Renewed cheers.) He did not charge the Caairinan with personal culpabi lity in connection with the frauds, but he considered him guilty of the grossest mural dereliction of duty it was possii,le for any man to be guilty of. • (Cheers ) Mr. HUGHES said that as there was nothing before the meeting he wa4 prepared tl move a vote of censure He had heard it was the intention of the Chairman to move the adjournment of the meeting, and he asked if that wag true. The CHAIRMAN—Yes. I have virtually done so. Mr. HUGHES said he would advise the chairman not to propose the adjournment of the meeting because it, would prevent any shareholder from moving an amend ment on it—(hear, hear) —although notice of two or three had been given to impugn the character of the chairman. (Hear, hear.) He asked the chairman if he would venture out of respect to his own character to put a motion for adjournment to the meeting wh'eh would prevent the shareholders frprn expressing their opiLion on his conduct. (Hear, hear.) It would be better to adjourn the consideration of the dividend, and let Clem take the other part of the report into con ideration, but for God's sake don't adjourn' the meeting. (Cheers.) Mr. J. WILSON—Fur God's sake let him. (near, and loud laughter.) Mr. MALINS expressed a hope that the chairman would not propose the adjournment of the meeting. (Hear.) He hoped they would go on and discuss the report, be cause although they had met with a heay . , loss the pro perty was sound. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUGHES suggested that he should be all,)wed to move a vote of censure, and the directors move the ad journment of the meeting thereon. The CHAIRMAN said he was asked by Mr. Hughes if he intended to move the adjournment of the meeting, and he answered that he did, and if Mr. Hughes had been content with a plain simple answer to a plain question, and had sat down, he (the Chairman) should have made such observations thereon as occurred to him, and then it would have been competent for Mr. Hughes to have replied to them, but that gentleman having got an answer to his question from him—(the Chairman) — as a matter of courtesy, had thought proper to make some remarks thereon. The practical question for their consideration would be the adjournment of the meeting as he had given notice. In that he intended to persevere, and would give his reasons for so doing when it would be for the shareholders to resist the naniou or not, just as they liked. (Hear.) Mr. Hughes was right in his statement that an amendment could not be moved on the motion for adjournment. (Hear.) Mr. HUGHES—I rise to order. The CHAIRMAN—You are out cf order in rising to Order, because I think I am in order. Mr. HUGHES said it was an universal thing to I tell a person that he was out of order in rising to a point of order. He wanted to ask the legal adviser of the company this question. (C infusion.) The CHAIRMAN--I shan't allow him to answer any question. (Renewed uproar.) Mr. HUGHES—Then I ask you The CHAIRMAN—I shall not, nor will I allow him to answer questions likely to interrupt the proceedings, if I can help it. (Flear, hear, and uproar.) Mr. HUGHES—If it is legal now to move an amend ment for the adjournment of the meeting, I appeal to the meeting if the amendments should not be taken in their order of notice. (Hear, hear.) .If so the motion of censure should be taken first. (Hear, and uproar.) The CHAIRMAN —Certainly not, and I will anticipate the answer to your question by now moving the adjourn. rnent. I will now do it without making any observa tions, but I will not be stopped in moving it. (Uproar.) Mr. HEATH objected to the chairman moving the ad journment of the meeting. Mr. Malin's was iii the pos 'sessiin of the chair, and was about to move a resolu tion, when he was interrupted by some hon. pr price. tor introducing some observations. The CHAIRMAN said such was not the case. So long as be was chairman nothing should deter him from doing his duty. (Uproar, and cries of " You shan't be Hon. proprietor:, would lot make him quail by the ob servations they had made. He had not the honour of knowitip, , that gentleman (Slr. Stsinsbury). Mr. STAINSBURY—I aid thankful for it. (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN said be could not say he was very sorry for it. (Laughter.) Mr.WILSON—He knows Mr. Josiah Wilson very well. (Hear, and laughter ) The CHAIRMAN—Yes, be knows more of him than be approves. Mr. Wilson had been driven to the painful necessity of taking him (the chairman) into a court of justice to admit that he did not slander his cherac er. It was the chairman's duty to open the proceedings, and by it he would stand and not give way on the point. Mr. BILLINGS—You have opened tbe pioceedinity, and now you want to abruptly close them. (Uproar.) Mr. WiLsorr-Suppose we show the chairman that we will not pass the adjournment for the present. (Uproar.) Tne CHAIRMAN said he had one other proposition to make to the meeting, viz., that he would either move the adj.iurcinent at f nee without observations, divide the meeting, and go to the poll at once—(oh, ob)—or preface it with some observations that bad occurred to him. Several shareholders rose and addressed the chairman in an rscited and energetic manner. As soon as silence was obtained, The CHAIRMAN said that he was not to be driven from his intention, if he remained there for a tnontb. lOh, oh, and hisses:) He contended that, notwith!;tannipg the difference . ot opinion that prevailed with reference to the right of the preference shareholders, he was cer tain that everybody in the room must rejoice at the progressive prospvrity of the railway. (Hear, hear, and cries of " No, no,") Wny they_ could lilt dispute the fact—(cries of "Yes, we can")—that the traffic on the line increased, and but for those unfortunate frauds a better dividend would hare been offered than bad even been paid at this period of the year. He asserted, and in that he waa confirmed by Mr. Malins, that the rail way was in a healthy and sound condition, and if they would,endeavour to avoid such unfortunate squabbles, as they now witness,ed, he WM certain their property would rise in value in the market, as he was sure they ought to stand Jaigher,than they unfortunately now did. With respect to the parties who had hal money lodged in this railway fora considerable number of years, and who did not intend to sel out. it weuld not male a great difference in end excpt tie I of a portion of their dividend ; but as the value of the property re mained just as good as ever, he hoped they would firmly stand by it, because he was sure it was very nearly, if not quite, the best railway properte in the kingdom. (Hear, hear.) The parties for whom he and the directors felt the greatest sympathy were those wiio relied prin cipally on the dividends in which their property was einbalked, viz., widows, and many persons who were depending for !newsy on trustees, who could not sell out the stock, aed had no means of raising money for them. (Hear, hear.) He seriously commiserated their unfor tunate position, but he confessed he cenld not help it. (Cries c , f" You could have helped it.") He begged and entreated every person connected with the railway to look calmly, and, if they could, dispassionately on this painful subject. After referring to the remarks that had been made on the directors both at meetings that had been held in connection with the company, a nd by the press, though he admitted they had a right to coin' merit on the cenduct of the director?, and he timed no fault with lion. gentlemen who gratified themselves by pitching into hies. (Hear.) They were welcome to do it for a month, and he should stand just a- unmoved a 3 he was at present, and he told the meeting that as soon as a majority of the 'shareholders wished it he would re' tire, but not before that. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman then entered into a detailed statement of the Itedpath frauds, the meetings th a t h a d b een h e ld i n consequence , and the proceedings in Parliament, and in reference to the decision of Sir W. Page Wood, said it was the intention of the directors to appeal against it, and he moved the aeij , urornerit of the meeting to such time, but not more than 10 days after the decision of the appeal in Chancery. Mr. WinsoN—That will be for seven year's. (Hear.) Mr. Paoyee ( lirector) seconded the motion. A lengthened discussion, in which much personal feel ing was mardfeeted, then took place, having reference to the preceieings in Perliareeet and in the "V:ce- Chancellor's Curt. Some amusement was created in c insequence of Mr. Valet tine Knight calling Mr. Denison, Q C. (the chairman's son) the " Young May Moon," in reply to which, Mr. Deeison, in his speech, charged Mr. Knight with " squirting out venom ous observations." Tee meeting called upon the learned gentleman to withd raw his offnsive oh , ervatione, and amidst much confu-ion and laughter we understood both hon. gentlemen withdre s any offensive expressions they might have used to each other. In the diFcussion that ensued it was urged that the directors onght not to use proxies given in favour of the report in support of the adiournmenr, because m any did not receive the notice of aoj 'urement till it was too late to send er cancel their proxies, and Mr. Malins sug gested a kind of c , inprorniee, by the shareholders taking a dividend of 1/ in-tead of 21., which would enable the directors to py the preference shareholders in full. The CHAIRMAN, in reedy, read the terms of the proxies, which he said gave the directors authority t° use them for an adjournment. When the chairman was about to put the motion se' veral shareholders attempted to address the meeting, one of them, Mr. Heath, protested against the l a w proceed' ings, and asked if the decision in the Vice-Chancellor s Court had been in favour of the directors, they would have appealed, on which the chairman, who was much excited, exclaimed "Do you think I'm such a d—d fool as to answer such a qu es ti on ." T n i s was me t with loud cries of order, and that a religious ma n and a magistrate ought to be ashamed of using such ex pressions, and he w a s ced e d on t o re t rac t. T ue utmost confusion prevailed, amidst which the Chairman put the , question, wh en th e amen d men t f or th e a dj ournmen t wag ltnt on a show of hands ; but this result was reversed oa a p , 11, in which the directors used their proxies. a A report fro m a c micnittee of investigation, appointe e in March l as t, was presente d , b ut i ts cons id erat i on Wag deferred. The meeting shortly after separated. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Ana. 27. Qrs. Best. Current. 301 Wheat 603 Od 329 Oats 333 Od. 211 Barley 403 Od 303 5d .. . ..... 1 2 2n 5 16:11001 323 14d 6 Yeas &beans 46s Od 44i Od. lIADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET— AuG. 2 3 . WHEAT. I BARLEY I OATS. 1 lii" l ' A ° l First 64s Od 39s 6d j 34s Od 523 O a 43s 5d 3ss 4d ) 313 51 i 475 ‘ , 6 1 Third 303 Od 1 313 Od 1 28s Od i4 O v , Total quantity of wheat in market, 233 qrs., 190 sol; PP PP barley „ 300 qrs., 299 so o !1 PP P oats •.; 279 qrs., 268 gi3 PI PP beans IP 23 qrs., 2 3 5° AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 0 0 Wheat, 21. 3 5 4-12ths 1 Barley, ...IG. 15 4 11- 1 -'' 0 Oats, ... 1/. 11 5 7-12ths 1 Beans, 2L 7 6 9.122 ABERDEEN-AUG. 28. Potato oats 24s 01 to 24s 6d 1 401bs per bugle' Common oats 2.is 6d to 24s 01 Bero 9 0s 01 to 3 s 01 1531bs ~ Barley 30s Od to 31s Od Wheat, red (spring)3ss 01 to 40s Od 1621bs ~ ~ white 36s Od to 45s Od Oatmeal 19s Od to 20s 01 per boll. Flour 44s Od. to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. la Beef, per lb Gd to 9d I Butter, p ib, is 2,1 to is ‘' 3 Mutton, per lb Gd to 8,1 Eggs, p doz. 03101 to Os 119 Lamb, do., Os Gd to 0,8 d 1 Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 03 0" Veal, per lb ... 61 to Os 9 * Chickeus,do.2s 6d to 0:; 0 1 Pork, per1b...03 01 to Os 01 Ducks, do., is 61 to 2, , 0 1 Salmon, per lb .........1s 21 Ducklins,ols 61 to 24 0 „1 Grouse, per brace.....Os to Os Turkeys, each 0, 01 to 0 , ', l l Tallow, p stone, Os to Ils 01 Potatoes, pr peck, 01 — 4° ' Rabbits, each Od to 01. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 10Is to 1° , 7 :1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen _.. L i to i RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....0s 01 to 2s Gd Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 25 .. 2 0 1 fl Oatmeal Os 01 to 2s ld dust, Beremeal —.Us 01 to 2s 01 , per lb 2d to 2r Id Peasemeal... Os 01 to 2s 4l Sihs, ............ . .............. Cheese, per imperial s 4-Ib. 10af...8d. tone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d I 2-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, AUG. 28. There was an increased supply of now grain at m 3 r to-day, but buyers were not disposed to purchase, eV e r it at reduced rates. Wheat must be quoted i s to Ls 6cl I ° llc , - 0 than on Tuesday. Oats were taken at a bout the 1 3 "; rates • bore 6d cheaper. The samples of barley which 1 `; peered were of very various quality, and were taketl n , i 18s to 203. Rapeseed supported last day's p r ices. Di ec i dian corn almost nothing doing, and prices mast be rattl e is to 2s. White wheat, 35s 01 to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 3is 01 l'0:13d• 01; ditto new, —5; barley, malti n g, 18 s 6d t o 20 3 0,1; gr l ,o ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 183; ditto, new , 1 7‘ 6d to 153 6d ; oatmeal, 14s 6cl to 16s; bore, new, 163 to ;90 Od ; r3p.,•• d, 27s 01 to 29s Od per brl ; flour, :t Od to 2 , 13 01 per cwt; Indian corn, 353 01 to 36i 0 1 480 lbs. ISLE OF MAN.—The Legislature of this island 119 : passed a bill which closes public-houses entirely on S li d : day, and compels them to close at an early hour on turday night. , ease PEEL PARK LOCAL ART EXHIBITION.—Tbe ipe ing circular has been sent to the contributors of vi° , , r eo of arts to this exhibition, with a view to keep ° r•ee to the middle of October :—" Sir,—The exec o , o committee of the Local Art Exhibition desire to inf o `o you, as a contributor to the collection of paintings, 10 in accordance with the resolutions agreed upon at i l f opening in April last, the exhibition is now virtu° l a closed, and in a short time the paintings W°, f tl b e be returned to their respective contributors. executive committee, however, have had an urgolit,s quest made to them to the effect that, if possible, urgent, dispersion of this popular and attractiv e co ll ec t i on wig s o be pstponed a few weeks longer, as it would doubt be a great disappointment to distinguished s traog l i visiting Manchester, and to th e many t h ousan d s of o ,t- f . visitors to the Salford M useum to l ose t h e rar e o f* 'u n ity of examining the paintings, and other works t 0 1 ical artists. The executive committee concur in request, and they so li c it your ki n d consent th a t 1 3111 . - he ings or other articl es th a t you have contributed to el Exhibition may be permitted to remain in the* Sa lf° , - ,e Museum until the middle of October next. The - Cl tive c immittee also wish to solicit from the re'i',. e e it artists who may be disposed -.to exhibit other of r d works that they would forward the same to the Sa l Museum as soon as possibl". The collection wi" be filly insured against fire or damage to the end of 0 exhibition. Unless the executive committee hear i ff s o you to the contrary before the 29th inst., it will be ta bs , that you agree to this request, and your contribu tio :4 will r.einain in the Exhibition until the time st ilt above." BIRTHS. OF A SON. Li On the 27th inst., at Lynby Rectory, Notts, Mrs. • Prior. A •On the 27th inst., at Ewell, the wife of Arthur Raseh, Esq. OF A DAUOUTER. On the'2Bth inst., at Esher, Surrey, the wife of 137 ' Leville, Esq. On the 23th inst., the wife of H. R. Eyre, Shaw House, Berks. MARRIED, Ca tai! On the 29th inst., at St. James's, Piceaiilly, Thomas Fitton Warlow, of the Royal Artillery, t° of Eliza, only daughter of Lieut.-Colonel tienry ConO r ' Birdhurat, Croydon, formerly of the 93d Highland er°. On the z9tu inst., at St. Mich ae l' s, Ch es t er -squ' i r „ e ;te Grant, only 13011 of Francis H ar t we ll , E sq , o f Bc e ' - to square, to Eliza Sophia, youngest daughter of the Every, Esq., of the Ist Life Guards. D I E D. On the 27th inst ., James rwt, Esq., M.P. Of 113104 House, Oldhatn, aed tit On the 29th inst.', at Stockwell, Surrey, Edwin 1 13rf°l Esq. I,A ow. On the 29th inst , at Florence, Caroline Buffo, t'''' daughter of Mr. D. Craeklow, of 11, Minoing - la"' r too l On the 29th i us t., M r . Henry Brawn, of Thr o g ei° street, heg aed 59. , VOl 4 On t 28th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, J. G. 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