Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

Were being pursued when the message was des- Patched. Their numbir has not been ascertained, nor has the direction taken by them been as yet Intimated. fzirther intelligence has been received from the Army )efore Delhi.—Lakore Chronicle Ettia, duly 10. The following ig a correct translation of the pro clamation issued at Iklhi b . ?' the mutineers. Thus runs the lying and insoleo appeal : II To ALL HINDOOS AND MUSSIZLMANS) CITIZENS AND SIRVANTS OF HINDOSTAN, TBIt OFFICERS OF THE ARMY 2ioVir IT DELHI AND MEERUT SEND GEEETING. " It is well known that in these• days all the English have entertained these evil designs—first, to destroy the tSligion of the whole Hindostani army, and then to make the people by compulsion Caristians. Therefore, we solely on account of our religion, have combined with the people, and have not sp a r e d a li ve one infidel, and have re-establisaed the Delhi dynasty on these terms, and thus act in obedience to order and receive double pay. Hundreds of guns and large amount of treasure have fallen into our hands; therefore it is fitting that whoever 'of the soldiers and people dislike turning Christians should unite with one heart and acting courageously , and not leave the seed of these in fi dels remaining, For auy quaetities of supplies delivered to the army the owners are to take the receipt of the officers; and they will receive double payment from • the Imperial government. NVhoever !hall in these times exhibit cowardice, or credu lously believe the promises of those imposters, the English, shall very shortly be put to shame for such a deed ; and, rubbing the hands of sorrow, shall 'receive for their • fi,elity the reward the ruler of Lueknow got. It is further necessary that all 'Undoes Mussulmats unite in this struggle, and, following t ,:ie instr uc ti on s of som e respectable people, keep iusouelves secure, so that good order may be main the poorer classes kept contented, and they rsmselves be exalted to rank and dignity; also, t i hat all so far as it is possble, copy this proclama- A I", and despatch it everywhere that all true Hin :"°o,B and Mussulmans may be alive mid wa'chful, a nd fiX it in some conspicuous place (but prudently to avoid detection), and strike a blow with a sword before giving circulation to it. Tae first pay of the soldiers of Delhi will be 30r per month for a trooper, and lOr a foot 4 , 10 4 Nearly 100,000 men are• ready, and there are 13 4 ;18 of the English regiments and about 14 standards from differs e parts now raised aloft for our religion, for GA, and the conqueror, and it is the intentioe of Cawnpore to root out this seed of the devil. This is what we of the 'army here wish." TRAGEDY AT CAWNPORE, AND RE-CAP TURE OF THE CITY. The following intelligence is furnished by 'Government : Allahabad, July s.—Colonel Neill report that he had received a note dated night of the 4th, from Major Renaud, Of the Madras Fusiliers, commanding the advance column lent towards Cawapore, that he had sent men into that place mho reported on their return that, inconsequence of Sir Hugh Wheeler being shot through the leg, and after wards mcr' ally, the force had accepted the proffer of safety made by the Nana Saheb and the mutineers, The Nana allowed them to get into bo its with all they had and three and a half lace of rupees ; that after getting them on boats `fire was opened on them from the bank, and all were destroyed. One boat got away ten miles down the river, ayes pursued, brought back, and all in her taken back into barracks and shot. Oae old lady was alive on the 3rd at `Futtepore. Another account says—" When' our poor wretched Countrymen tried to escape by crossing to the Oade aide of the river, they found that arrangements had been made there for their reception, and they were cut to pieces by cavalry sent across for the purpose.' The following intel ligence has been communicated by the government to the - Cakutia Press : Allababad, July 12.—From Brigadier General Havelock to the Governor General, from Futtehpore_ by telegraph, • dated Allahabad, 13th July, 11.35 a.m.— ".I have to acquaint your lordship that I have this morning attacked and totally defeated the insurgents, cap 'taring eleven guns, and scattering their forces in utter confusion in the direction , of Cawnpore. By two harrass leg marches I joined Major Ronaud's advanced column three hours before daylight, and encamped about eight O'clock, four miles from Futehpore, where, pitching our tents, the enemy advanced out of Fnttehpore. and opened fire upon a reconnoisance under Col. Tytler. " I had a vvish to defer the fight until to-morrow, but thus assailed, was compelled to accept the challenge. "I marched With 8 guns in the centre under Captain Mande, B.A , forming the whole of the infantry in quarter distance column, in support. " Captain Maude's fire electrified the enemy; who abandoned gun after gun, and were then driven by our skirmishers and column through garden enclosures and the streets of Fattehpore in complete confusion. " My loss is merely nominal ; not a single European touched. My column had marched 24 miles up to the g r ound I write from ; Major Rlnand's 19 miles. The conduct of the troops in sustaining the fatigue of so long rural', and enduring the heat of a frightful sun, is e yond praise. The enemy's s'rength is said to have bees two regiments of cavalry, three of infantry, and 11 guns." "MOVEABLE COLUMN. Morning Order, 13th July, 1857. indulge his religious aspirations in the proximity of holy cities and the society of kindred Brahmins, he passed the remainder of his life in splendid ease, neeiv*lng a magnificent income from the -Govern ment, which had been driven, by his own faith lessness, to dethrone him. Childless himself, he a iopted, after the Hindoo fashion, the son of a man obscure in position, but of his own nation and caste, a Mahratta Brahmin, and requested the British Government to recognize the adop tion with its consequences as to the succession. The request was refused, and when the old mad died in ism. his life estate lapsed to the Govern ment. The adopted son lontinued reside at Bithoor in the possession of considerable wealth, (derived I suppose from the Peshwa's savings,) and was known at Nena Sat e') fße h'eoe; Doubt less he did not allow the recollection of his sup- pore i wrongs to slumber. It stems highly probable that ho was implicated from the first in the mutiny of the Gawnpore garrison it is certain at least that he placed himself at the head of the mutineers, and drew to hitn the disaffected from all the neighbouring districts. He was first brought prominently into no tice in connexion with the fug; t ives fram Fa ttyghur, who, according to a story never yet contradicted, and probably only too true, were captured by him while dropping down the Ganges in boats,. dragged. ashore; and butchered upon the parade ground at Cawnpore. This I mentioned in my last letter. Then, a few days later, came the terrible news' that Major Renaud, commanding the advance of Co lonel Neilt r s Fusiliers, had - received informtnion • from spitceetthoin he had sent forward to Cawnpore that Sir Hugh Wheeler had beetr mortally wounded in an attack made upon him by - the rebels; that the survivors, destitute of food aerie of ammunition, sought and obtained permission from Nena Ealleb to embark in boats- for Alahabad, with their treasure, on surrendering the barracks and their arms ; that they embarked accordingly, but had-hardly pushed cif when afire was opened uponehemi under which al perished with the exception of the occupants of one• boat, who for this time escaped, hut were even4aally taken, brought back; and' massacred.. This was probably on one of the last days of Aloe, Maier Renaud's report to his commareting officer being dated the 4th of' Slily. The story may not be—probably is not—true in all its details; but that Nena Saheb ordered. and carried out a general Massacre of the prisoners-who,whether by surrender or capture . , had fallen into his hands, is un qteestion able. Wieeding to the hope that the story is untrue which devotes the women of the- force to a yet direr fate than sudden and violent dissolution, whieh - avers that the miscreant disposed of them to his men by open sale in the Cawnpore Bazinr. But there have fallen, besides Sir flush Wheeler, Colonel ,Tack, C - 8 . ., the Briga:dier ;• Sir G. Parker, magistrate of the station; Colonels Williams and Pruitt, of the 56th. Native rufaeptry ; Hillertelen, com manding the 53'rel ; Major rtindmay, Deputy- JudgeAdvocate-General ; and, -in fine, most, if not all, the offeers present with the two corps above named, and with theist Native Infantry, and the officers and men of the Etteopean company, with theeoffiCers of that two native companies of artillery. It is also-feared, but is not known with certainty e that some of the families• of the 32nd (Queen'syfrom - Lueltnow were in the-station. After `,thus disposing of his- unfortunate prisoners, Nena Sal 4 7 ) marched down to Yuttt hpore, nearly half way to Allahabad, and there awaited the - approach of the English' force from; the south- On - the morning of the 1311(4*J - illy, General Havelock joined (after a long and harassing- - mare) Maier' Renaud's adsvanced column, and the united force e emounting to about 1,800 Europeans, with eight guns, 60a of the 64th 600 of the Vreh, 500 of Madras Fusileers, and the Company of Royal' Artillery, under Captain Maude, brought up from , Ceylon, and a few Irregular Cavaley r was preparing to encamp. about four miles- from Futtehpore, when Nena- Saheb moved out and attacked it. Tired as his troops were, the General wild not refuse the combat, and had the satisfactien of driving -the enemybefore hi-m into; through, and out of the streets and enclosures of the town, and capturing 11 gunamithout the loss.. of a single E teepeen a result which he ascribes to the splendid practice of the artillery. trad the fire from the Enfield rifles of the infantry. He moved' on. towards Cawnpore as soon ssthis Men were rested, twice again met and rotted the thousandeof the enemy, captured 15 nioie guns, drove Name Saheb- hack a fugitive to Bithoor,eandl re-occupied Catenpeee. There-our intelligence. for the present leaves him. 4' His next object would probably be to relieve Lucknoye, for that capital eras still holding out. Bid I grieve to: relate- than the master-spirit which planned 2Vnd:maintained'the defences of the place, was no longer there to cheer the wavering, to awe the di:eaffected,, and to impart additional vigour to the vigourous.. Sri Henry Law rence, admirable officer, and noble man, received , a -wound in a siiirmish on the 2nd, of which he died °lathe 4th. More regarding his end. is not yet known. It was at first reported that the fatal shot was fired by one of the native troops %vie° still remained. by. him. This is now contra dicted,. though it is admitted that, on some day previcus sto the 2nd, the native battery of artillery turned their guns upon him. But the regret for him is deep and universal throughout India, and thus one and the same mail cenvey to England intelligence of the death in the field, by disease or by the sword, of three generals of division and Keights Commanders of the Bath. As for the remaining, stations of the late Oude Contingent, for so it may be called, the list of victims cannot yet be correctly ascertained. :.!When completed it will be sadly large. Very many have escapee!, however, to secure stations, after most perilous_ journeys ; but, as I am credibly informed, more than one woman, while sailing down the Ganged, threw her self into the river, preferring the calaeeity of death to the chance of failing alive into the hands of the mutineers. • • " The General will march to relieve Agra- There a gallant action.has. been fought, which can hardly be called a victory, and yet of which the moral effect has, I think, been considerable. The mu tineers from Neemuch had long been known to be marching upon that city; on. the 4th of this month- they were understood to be within a few miles of the cantonments, The Ketah Contingent (t4c horse, 359 foot, and 2 guns), was first ordered out to meet there, probably that it might be gotrid of, for there were great doubts as to its fidelity, doubts which were-justified la:e its going over-to the rebels cat masse, as soon as they came in sight. T hat af terneon, every European inthe station, except the tfroops and some of the militia; moved into the fort. The enemy, 10,b09; strong, with eight guns, encamped four miles from the city, en the road to Futtypare Sikri. There they were attacked the next day by a. force from the fort, consisting of about half the 31 Europeans, Captain VOyly's battery, and the horse and foot militia. A des ,- perate action ensued, which lasted for three hours. The enemy fell back under the lire of our artillery, and QC Eupied a village in their rear, which was gal lantly carried under a galling fire by the 3rd Europeans, while their guns were silenced by ours, but not till Captain D'Oyly had received. a mortal wound. There being no cavalry, how ever, to follow up the success., and ammuni tion -failing, the little force was obliged to. retreat, and did so in an orderly manner, though under fire of the enemy. The fort was reached shortly before dusk. Of about 50•5 men engaged, 49 were killed or mortally wounded, • and 92 wounded less seriously, making a total of Ln, convincing proof of the severity of the salon, The mutineers entered the deserted cantonments and utterly destroyed them. But then, instead of sit ting down before the fort, as I am inclined to think they might have done, had they not been so gal lantly met, they turned off towards Mettera, with the evident intention of Delhi. joining tb,e, re bels in " Since writing the begicning of this letter, I have been oblige 1 with the sight of a letter from the camp, dated July 13. The expedition of the Stb, to destroy the canal bridge, had, I find, less re f e rence to the supplies of thy, enemy than to the facilities it afforded- them of attacking our extreme rear, - as they did on the 4tb , and interfering with our communications w;:th Kurnaul and with Meerut by the Ilhagput, bridge. The afrar of the 9th was a very sharp one. Our men buried. or THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, AIONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1857. formation was received that the Sealkote: mutineers were crossing at Trimmoo by a ford. In about tat 1 tu:nites the column was in motion, and reached within , a m)'° of Trim moo by twelve o'clock ; the column here dept ejed. the nine guns covered by the infantry: All this tine we could distinctly see the 46:h formed in line, in front of us, with the 9th Cavalry on either flank. They had alter vedettes far out watching, who fell back as we advanced. When within 600 yards of the enemy our guns were un masked. Then we advanced within 300 yards, when the word was given to unlimber the guns, but not to fire, as Nicholson wished to commence with the Enfield Rifles of the 52ad, who were placed between the gun.. I really am not sure whether the first shot was fired by us or them. I rather think the latter, but there was a very smart interchange between their muskets and our rifles for two or three minutes, when our guns opened first with round shot, then with grape. Smrcely had our gins opened when the cavalry charged, not from the front but from the right flank, into the guns on that side and caused no little eenfasior, but were cut or shot down. " Then we had a charge of cavalry on our flank and rear. There was a good deal of scrimmaging and pistol ing; no sooner was this get over than the Podys charged manfully at our guns, and came I suppose within 30 or even 35 yards. The Eiropeans could not stand this, but with a cheer they went at them with the bayonet. Two or three Pandys had bayonets through them in no time, and the rest turned and fled. The Sixth Punjaub Infantry then advanced and drove them across the Ravee, leaving their camp and all their loot on the river bank on this `side. They had a gun on the other side, from which they began pounding us with round shot, and though not one told, yet the gun was, considering the distance, mighty well served, nor can we imagine who they had to serve it. Two or three of our guns were brought to the river side, end plied them with round shot and shell, some of the latter evidently bursting among the enemy and taking effect. While this game at long bowls was going en, Nicholson went to have a look at their camp, at which the Sikhe flew like vultures. There were three or four gharees of sorts. I took shelter in one for half an hour, and bathed ray head with Eau-de-Cologne, a bottle of which I fonn3, and qualified the Ravee water with essence of girger ' which I also found. Competent judges say that we killed and wounded 200 or 300 of the enemy. I should not have put their loss at so high a fir,or3 as the smaller. Our own loss is said to be tinier 10 killed and 25 wounded, bat I do not know certainly. " Nicholson felt sadly the want of cavalry, and the enemy male the most of this deficiency on our part. Their tactics were admirable. They attacked U 3 on both fl mks and in rear, which they could not have done had we had one hundred reliable horse. Their crossing the Rune at Trimmoo is unintelligible, unless it be that their infor mation about the moveable column was defective. " They have retired to the other side again, and still have the gun which does not seem to have b en brought over. I am inclined to think that the whole of their baggage had not come over ; they are watched of course. Boswell, wi h the Sikhs, has been left at the Serae at Trimoo, which the scoundrels have damaged very much." THE BATTLE AT AGR&. (From the lifofussilite of July 15) The last number of the lifofu,ssilite was published at our printing-office in the station cf Agra, on Friday, the 3rd ilvtaot, since which time events of the most stirring nature have occurred : and we now, in consequence, print the paper within the fortress of Agra, where we, and the whole of our local subscribers, have been located since the sth. At the end of last month it was pretty generally expected and perhaps actually known in some quarters, that a very large body of the rebels, consisting chiefly of the men of the regiment which mutinied at Nasseerabad and Neemuch, were approaching Agra, and preparations were accordingly made for their reception—or rather it would be more correct to say, that preparations were made to avoid them, inasmuch as day after day the Christian inhabitants abandoned their houses, and took up their permanent quarters in the Fort, which the authorities had previously cleaned out, and made as habitable as circum stances would permit, besides placing it in as goad a state of defence as the means at tbeir command rendered possible —guns and ammunition being abundant, but experienced gunners scarce. On the 2nd inst. the Ketah contingent of Horse, Foot, and Artillery—up to that moment believed by some to be loyal—marched into cantonment, to the great alarm of the majority of the residents; and then, to the astonishment of all, one detachment was sent to relieve the European guard over the gaol (in which 4,000 desperate criminals were imprisoned), and another to guard Government-bouse. It being known, en the afternoon of the 4th, that the ex pected enemy were close at hand, the contingent was marched oat of the cantonments, in order to take up an advanced position on the road, but, as might have been foreseen, no sooner had the cmatingent reached the destined halting ground, and the opplrtunity offered, than one and all bolted, and jo'ned the ranks of the rebels. • The same afternoon, every lady and child in the canton ments and civil lines, who had not previously done so,' removed to the Fort, and shortly after daylight the next morning probably no man was outside, excepting the retular European troops and the first division of Early in the day the enemy, about 10,000 strong (say 7,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and 8, guns), encamped within 300 yards of an open plain in the rear of the village of Sussia. close to the fourth milestone from Agra on the road to Futtehpore, Seekree, and shortly after mid—day our troops came in sight of that village, which they approached in a leisurely manner, but unfortunately, instead of taking immediate possession, and forcing the enemy to fight on the plain, we commenced firing from a distance, and ultimately the enemy took possession of it, and being then under cover, ictlicted heavy loss on us, till they were driven out. We are promised a c Nay of the official des atches respecting the battle, but in the meantime we submit for the information of the distant reader the subjoined nar rative, written by an eye-witness, of the operations on the right flank of our force. " The troops' that went to meet the enemy on the sth inst. marched out of the station about 11 a.m., and pro ceeding along the road in the direction of the village of Sh-Argunge, and which is about six miles from Agra, entered the large sandy plain that lies on the right of thmoad, where the line of battle was formed, and in that order advanced slowly to meet the enemy, who were then distinctly visible, hovering in large bodies immediately to the right of the allege. The Bri'ish line consisted of a horse field battery on the extreme right and left, the infantry being in the middle, and the mounted militia somewhat in the rear. When about 600 yards from the village, the insurgents opened fire on our right battery by a furious discharge of rouud shut, grape and shells, which was immediately responded to with such excellent effect, that after two rounds from each gun they were seen retreating in great numbers. Loud cheering and repeated cries of follow them up, follow them up,' were heard from all parts of the right battery, and there can be little doubt had a dash been made, the enemy would have been driven from their position into the open field with the loss of their guns; and the action been brought to an end, with less saeri. fice of life than eventually was the case. Our guns, however, limbered up and the line 'gain advanced but the enemy now stood to their guns, and, having got their range, directed their fire with admirable position, as the havoc amongst our men and horses painfully attested ; our attacks was evidently being confined to a series of deliberate advances, Ter if such it consisted, uotil we were within 200 yards of the village, which we then commenced to. bombard, and, it is to be feared, with small lois on the other side. The most unprac.ised eye could see our shots were being thrown away on high mud walls, which siege guns alone could have touched, whereas had our right battery only moved fifty yards further to the right, every shot from it must have told on the enemy's two batteries, whence was issning so destruc tive a firo upon us. The consequences of this were just what might have been expected, the enemy became embol dened, their cavalry in great numbers harrassed our right and the infantry, spreading themselves over the field in skirmishing order, gave us great annoyance with their ride firing, whilst we, from the want of cavalry, were powerless to repel them. A large number of their horse had the audacity to sweep round to our rear, and riding up the centre, endeavoured to reach their main body, which many succeeded in doing. It is true, that our mounted militia charged through a b o d y of those hanging to the right of the line, when after fire of them getting cut to pieces, and others severely wounded, they made a precipitate retreat into the battery, and from the direction they took to reach it, intercepted a fire about being opened from a gun that had been got into position for the pur pose, and which would have blown off the field every , trooper at whom it was pointed. "The firing against the village continued for fully one how, during which time a shower of musketry was being poured on us from behind its walls and the tops bf I houses'; two companies of the European Regiment then entered in most gallant style, forcing their way through and driving out the enemy to the opposite side, and this they would have done in a much earlier stage of the THE WHINY AT SEALKOTE. action y h rtr ad ing they e before m b: the eermEtpna emerged t r e e d. e Theleftbat f t r e e r m y the had The following is a brief account o f the $o ht with - ceased the Se a lk o t e mu ti neers : • T illage, though that on the right continued exchanging " 12 - h shot for shot with the ene, and it was only very shotly July, 1867.—About nine a,m 4 thi s morning, i n - t b e f ore it had susSeedsd i m a silencing them, that he r la- . "Brigadier-G onera l Havelock, C. 8., thanks his soldiers for their arduous exertions of yesterday, which produced, In four hours, the strange result of a whole army driven Iron). a strong position, eleven guns captured, and their force scattered to the winds, without the loss of a single British soldier " raem BRIGADIER-GILNPAAL MkTgLOCK, CAMP KULLEN- FOR; DATED 14TH JULY, 1857. "We have token every gun from the rebels at Futteh pore, 12 in number ; this has enabled me to equip and taks into the field nine ex3ellent guns instead of six lighter, and with the facility of also bringing into action two light six-pounders. -"PROM BRICADIEE-GENERAL HAVELOCK CAMP PANDOO NUDDY, DATED JULY 15,1857. "My troops were twice engaged this morning, snl captured four more guns, with trifling loss; a strong ad vanced guard under Colonel Tytler drove the enemy out of all entrenched positions in front of the village of Osung, af ter a rsistance , of two hour s and a half, during which the mutinous cavalry, in eoaside-able force, made frequent attacks against my baggage, which compelled me to use every available detachment and gun against them ; at noon we attacked their entrenehmont at the bridge over the stream ; the resistance here was short but spirited, end two guns were taken of large calibre. The Madras Fusiliers particularly enitingui:bed themselves. 4 ‘ PROM BRIGIDIER-GENERAL HAVELOCK, DATED CAWNPORE CANTONME T, JULY 17. " By the ble , sing of God I re-captured this place yester day, and totally defeated Nana Saheb in person, taking Mare than six guns, four of Beige calibre. The enemy were strongly posted behind a succession of villages, and ob stinately disputed for the 140 minutes every inch of the ground ; but I was enabled by a flank movement to my right to turn his left, and this gave us the victory. The conduct of the troops was admirable. Nana Saheb had barbarously murdered all the captive women and children before the engagement. lie has retired to Bhitoor, and slew up this morning on his retreat the Ca Inpore maga 2ine. He is said to be strongly fortified. I have not been yet able to get in the return of killed and wounded, but estimate my loss at about 70, chiefly from the fl-e of grape." The following is we (Calcutta Erigliskman) believe a cor rect but not complete list of the officers killed at Cawnpore Wil and liams Seetapor e :—At Cawnpore—Brigadier Jack, C o l one l Lind say, grout, Sir George P,lrker, Quinn, Redman, s upple. Holliday ' Penolds, Prole, Smith, Eck ford, Demp s t er, Jervi, Rens, and many others ' have been killed. At Seetapore — Ch y allwin, HillersCen, Mrs. Wig - Colo n el Birch, Mr. and Mrs. Christian, Captain and Mrs. Gowan, Lieut enant and Mrs. .Snell. The above were killed before the Capitulation, the termination of which was so disastrous. The force with Ge nera l H avelock i s as f o ll ows -600 of her Majesty's 78th Highlanders 500 of har Majesty's 64 'h Regiment of F oot, 600 Madras Fusiliers, and a troop of Artillery. A letter in the Poona Observer of July 27, save In their last engageme n t w i th the rebels, the 79th Highland ers lost two men kill e d and fourteenwoundfd, one mor tally, since dead. Poor Tullech, the quartet mas.ter-sergeant , Was amongst the latter, and died, poor fellow, from the effect of his wounds in a few hours, deeply regretted by the whole regiment." mented Captain D'Oiley received his mortal wound. But a few rounds of ammunition remai ned in out waggon when that sad event occurred, nevertheless the wounded man set on a timbril, and continued to give the word of com mand until they were expended. Want of cavalry pre- vented our following up what we had gained, and nothing remained for us but to retrac3 our steps to cantonment, and this we proceeded to do in the most orderly manner possi ble. Immediately the rebels perceived the movement, they advanced with their guns, and nearly tke whole way into Agra fired round shot on u', after a fashion peculiarly humiliating to experiene., whilst small bodies of their horse threatened US on either side with such activity as to prevent our getting a shot at them. "Tae whole force succeeded in reaching the fort by half after six p.m., after being actively engaged for full three hours out of the time it was absent. The official li3t of killed and woundod will best enable the reader to estimate the severity of the engagement. There is no doubt that our men were fearfully out. nucabeied ; but desple that they would have remained masters of the fled, had it not been that both men and guns had fired off the whole of the small supply of ammunition they had taken to the field. It is now supposed that the enemy were ill the same predicament, and therefore, had we not moved off, but had Waited a short time longer, perhaps they might have gone first. The Civil Lines Infantry Militia having met the tired troops coming in, were formed across the road as rear guard, a position they maintained until the whole force reached the Fort. aided by the mditio'qs.sepoya, are stated to have msAsacred them all with the usuClatroeith". The Governor-General, in a p: oclarn a t i o n .dated s for the apprehen 10.h July, offers a reword of tlrty.rapet.- hose who incite *dons of matineers, deserters, and of : have arms in to mutiny aad desertion, if the offenders a. Those their hands, and of thiri rupees if without a x . ' who deliver np alms_ and other property wl,,rigin vag to e lue government, will be rewarded is proportimi WO., of such property. C MMERCIAI. CALCUTTA, JULY 1 9'. Onr Troauce market remains much the same as last represented. The iusecurity in the transit and the dit& cull in effecting insurance have tended to check supplies to this market. There see vs a general desire for purchase by shippers, but the ruling high prices and paucity of pro duce restrain operations. - - But while still two miles from the Fort, we had the mortification of seeing the euemy's cavalry gallopping towards the defenceless ststioe, and before we entered several houses were already on fire. Ater sunset, we saw from the bastions houses burning on every side, and again the nett nigh•--so that hardly a house has escaped destruc tion—and such houses and their contents as were not con• sumed by fire have been completely gutted and destroyed by other mans. In feet, if we are to leave the Fort to-morrow, there are not four heuseiin the place with roofs remeireing, under Which we coul I obtain shelter, and as for household property and other things lett outside, we suspect there is not a single article in este - tence in serviceable order. The very doors and windows are removed, and every bit of wood torn out, so that nothing remains but the bare brick walls. Things are strewed about the roads and streets in every direction, and wherever you move you see broken chairs and tables, carriages broken in bits, crockery, books and in fact every kind of property wantonly destroyed. This has not been done, we are satisfied, by the eaetny, but by the budrnashes of the city and the prisoners who were all liberated from the gaol. • _ in imports, the transactioas which have taken place in twist and gray cottons since our last are entirely for lower BeogaT. The market for metals continues dull; scarcely any transaction has taken place. The money market remains much the same as last reported. Money is plentiful, and the ordinary chanael for its employment is entirely shut up. Sums to large extent are available for even short periods on most rea senable terms. Good papers may easily be discounted in the bazaar at 6 to 7 percent, and even at lower rates. The Bank of. Bengal reduced last week its rates of discount on Government acceptances and mint' certificates 2 .per cent. Ghvernmnrt securities bare been fintuating, and there has not bet n moll doing, The enemy disappeared the day after the action, and proceeded to lihurtpore, tart nothing with certainty is known of their after movements. It is rumoured thLt we may expect a visit from the mutineers of the Gwalior Con— tingent, but it is doubted by many whether they will venture to come—however, if they do came, we are ready to give tlitm a warm welcome. The fort is crowded, but not inconveniently so, and all are in good health and spirits. We are well provided with provisions and ammunition, and upon the whole we are pretty comfortable, and have become reconciled to the .necessary imprisonment. BXCIIANGE ON LONDON.—The amount sold for this mail has been considerable, considering the check the , import market has felt, and the reduend extent of business,. Bank bills amownting to about seven lakhs which were received by tha list steamers from China, have gradually :found buyeri at 2.1. 61., whilst American credits in sraail sums have fetched the same rater A considrrable business has done in first rate erg its generally at DOcutneat bills at 23. 2 1 1 to 2s. 2p. , Only two or three Christians are known to have been mas.acred oatside—namely, M,jor Jacob, formerly in Scindiah's service, and Mr. Hubbard, of the Agra Col. lege ; but every other Christian inhabitant is supposed to be safe within the fort. The Maharajah cf Gwalior is said to be ex4-rting himself for our advantage, and we have no one else to fear, 17asioTr74—The supply exo,eela the req•iirement, and ratfs for London and LiverpooV have had a further down ward tendency. BOMBAY, JULY 29. The tightness in our money market, reported in oaf last, has if anything, increased (Turing the past fortnight. and looking at the present aspect of affairs all over the country, we do not anticipate a change for the better for some time to come, The banks have not' yet altered the rates of interest. Before .coscluding, it is right to mention that our retir ing from the field may be considtred an act of necessary prudence, for had the enemy succeeded in getting into our rear later in the day, they might have cut us off from the Fort, and by overpowering the small garrison, have murdered four or five thousand defenceless man, women, and children. Th.? following is a correct abstract of the casualties that occurred in the action of the sth. It wi'l be acknowledged that the fighting must have been severe, seeing that a full quarter of the men engaged were placed leers de combat. The artillery had two officers wounded (Captain D'O)ley, since dead, and Lieut. Lamb)-:--3 men' killed, ani 14 wounded, including 6 native drivers. The 3rd European Regiment had 29 men killed ; 3 officers (Ssigim Thomas, and Lieutenants Pond and Fellowes), and 61 men wounde3, of whom 10 have:since died. The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had five gentlemen killed (Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Horn, J. Carleton, R. Smith, and J)urean)• ona officer (Major Prendergast), and eight gentlemen (Messrs. White, Ray, Blackburne, Bramley, C.S., Freeze,„()Aram, U.S., and OldfiAd, U.S.) wounded. The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had one gentleman (Mr. Deedes) killed ; and five gentlemen (Messrs. Bagley, Mahyo, St.iadman, Hallygan, and Feville) wouaded. The unattached officers, ace., had 6 wounded, viz. : PCaptain W. Alexander, 10th Light Cavalry; Lieutenants Cockburn, Williams and Bramley, Dr. Watson, and Conductor Hunter. The number killed, or since dead, is 46—and the number wounied 92, making a total of 141 killed and wounded out of a total force of about 500 men engaged. List of Civil servants within the Fort of Agra, July 10, 1857 : —Hon. J. R. Colvin, E. A. Read-, H. B. Harrington, H. Unwin, W. E. Money, R. B. Morgan, J. Dulnergue, C. R tikes, E. M. Wylly, H. Yaneittart, W. Muir, A. H. C - cks, C. B. Thornhill, B. Thornhill, E. J. B )Idero, W. J. Bramley, Hon. R A. J. Drummond, J. Power, J. Best, A. L. M Phillips, R. C. Oldfield, J. W. Power, A. 0. Hume, H. W. flash wood, W. H. Lowe, H. M. Chase, R. H. Clifford, C. J. Daniel!, E. Colvin, F. H. Outrem. The government have issued a notification to the effect that, until further notice, holders of 4 per cent. paper can pay into the open 5 per cent. loan one-half in cash and one-half in the said promissory notes, the effect of which has been to lower the price of fives to 93; and raise fours to 85. Our local joint-stock shares keep pretty firm at about former quotations.. TONNAGE —The rates for Liverpool have been steady, while those for London have risen materially, on account of there bin only one vessel available at present: We quote £2 5 to £2"7a. 61. for Liverpool, and £2 15s. for London. EXCHANGE,—The bulk of the transactions for this mail have been done at 2s. 2k!. ; at one time bills sold 2s. 2d., d in a few isolated cases a trifle lower, but for the last day or two the market has had an upward feeling. On Calcutta—sight par. China sixty days' sight, 224 rupee.° The following is the letter of the Times Corres pondent, dated quiet, but on the 30th the enemy showed themselves in force' among the enclosures on our right, and gave one pickets and supports along Morning's work, in, the course of welost a - promisingyourig officer; Lieutenant Yorke, of the . late 31 Native Infantry. On the next day, the Ist of July, there was observed from the English lines, on the ridge, a largo encampment on the further side of the Jumna, and opposite to Delhi It was the whole body of the Rohilcund mutineers from the three stations of Bareilly, Moradabad, and Shahjehana pion four regiments of infantry; one of irregular aava!ry, and a battery of artillery. For.a time it had been hoped, as I wrote a fortnight ago, that they would find the Ganges impassable, but the anticipated rise of the river did not take place — it wee crossed at Gurmukteser, the usual place of passage, the Dorab was traversed and Delhi was attained. For two whole days our troops had the mortifintfen of watching the long train of men, guns, horses - , and beasts of burden of ail kinds (for there was a :large treasure with the rebels—say five laklis, 50;000 1 , at an average estimate), stream, ing across the bridge of beats into the city, without the possibilt of preventing or in any way annoy leg them. An immediate attack on the partof the reinforeeinents was anticipated, from the known practice of the hieurgents in regard to new arrivals. Accordingly, on the afternoon of the 3rd, they came out in force; and threatened the right rear of the English pesition. But, finding our men well prepared, they drew off and marched away several miles tonur rear along the Kurnaul road. Ra far as Alipore, the plaetavvhere our army bivouacked • the night before the advance upen Delhi and the first brush with the enemy. They thought, it is supposed, to meet and capture a train of supplies and treasure that was under-convoy to the camp. But in this expectation they were disappointed, and on the following morning (the 4th) were re turning to the city, when' they were attacked by a body of 1,000 infantry, twelve guns, and two squadrons of cavalry that had been sent out to intercept them. They contrived, however, to efteet their retreat with little or no Tess, rind saving all their guns. On the sth, the English army lost a second eornmtniersin-chief. After'a very few:hours illness, Sir Henry , Barnard died of cholera. He is succeeded by Mejor General Reed. but that ofl er is in f ieble health, and may in ail likelihood' be compelled to relinquish the command. On the Bth, a party was sent from the camp to des troy a bridge over,the canal at the village of Bussy, some six miles from the city, and performed the work effectually, closing up one, perhaps tla,s, principal, of the avenues by which the mutineers received supplies. On the 9th, the right rear of ,our position, the favourite place,Was again attacked with the never-failing result. On thiS occasion the loss of the assailants is estimated in' the official accounts- telegraphed to Lahore, - and . :those made public, as high as nearly 04113 thousand kißed. Hence, perhaps, the quiet' of the four succeeding days, fur up Ito the evening of the 13th, the date of the latest news that we have received, no fur. ther sortie had taken place, and the sustained fi . re from our batteries was the only incident of the siege. Supplies reach the camp fa abundance, and the men 'continue healthy in spite of the great heat they have undergone. Changes of note have taken place among the principal officers. Major-General Hewitt, who commanded at Meerut when the mutiny brake out, has been removed from divisional command,.and has gone•on leave to the - hills, as also has the late Brigadier of Delhi, Colonel Graves. Major Langhton has been replaced in command of the Engineers by colonel Baird Smith, an officer of high reputation-. I need not remind you that the Adjutant-General is• Brigadier Chamberlain of the Punjaub.- BOMBAY, jelly, 30. -` I closed my last letter with a somewhat confi dent expression of hope that when next I wrote I should be able to announce to you the capture of Delhi. In that expectation .I was not singular. It was shared by those best able by receipt of accu rate information to reflect the opinion of parties nearer to the scene of action than we are here But there soon appears reason to believe that we had been too sanguine in assigning so early a date for the fall of the rebel stronghold ; and for many days now I have been prepared to repeat the old story that, by our latest accounts, Delhi stilt holds out against us. • The reinforce ments, indeed, of which I spoke in my last, have reached our camp—one wing of the Bth (Kings), one of the 61st, a company of Feet Artil lery, Major Giphert's troop of Horse Artillery, &_nd two guns of a native troop, the 17th ,Irregular Cavalry (escorting a large • aminunitinn train),, the 2nd Punjaub Cavalry, the Ist Punjaub Infantry, and the 4th Sikh Infantry ; but the native portion of the troops thus added to the besieging force are not entirely and uniformly trustworthy, brigaded though they are with European, The Sikhs and indigenous Punjaubees, indeed, one may venture, in these days of .delusion and dis , affection to pronounce true as steel. They are doing excellent service, showing themselves on all occasions zealous and eager' to encounter the Sepoys, towards whom they entertain a national feeling of animosity which has been stimulated by a report, true or false, that the mutineers have murdered all people of Sikh extraction that have fallen into their hands. Even with the Ghoorkhas of the Sirmoor battalion, who fight magnificently' or the Guide Corps, which is the admiration of every one,' (I quote private letters from the camp,) these excellent soldiers will hardly lose by compari son. But the cavalry regiments of the Punjaub force contain many. Mussulmans and high-caste Hindons. from Hindostan (Proper) and Rohilcund, while the Bengal Irregular Cavalry regiments are mainly composed of such elements. These men are as a class utterly disloyal, and their presence with the force in any numbers must be embarrass ing. And so it has proved. In the 2nd Punjaub Cavalry it has been found necessary to disarm some 70 Hindostan men and to hang three, one a superior native officer. The 17th Irregulars have not, so far as we have heard, behaved amiss yet, but of the oth Irregulars, which have been some time with the force, several troopers have deserted, and the 4th Irregulars have, I believe, murdered their adjutant, while on detachment duty. Still the strength of the army is respectable, no doubt. There are three infantry brigades, each about 2,000 strong, commanded by Colonels Showers of .the Company's army, Lougfield of the Bth, and Jones of the 61st Pe senior Lieu tenant-Colonel of the Bth) Hartley, after bringing the wing of his regiment to Delhi, went to Umballah, to fill the post of brigadier, vacant by the death of Colonel Halifax (from cholera). The cavalry and artillery are also in considerable strength, the field branch of the latter arm especially. But it has not been considered pru dent to hazard an assault before the place. For although an attack would probably be successful, that is to say an entrance would be effected, still the difficulties attendant upon the complete sub jugation and occupation of a city nine miles in circumference, containing 150,000 inhabitants mainly hostile to the assailants, and large numbers of armed and disciplined mutineers are not lightly to be encountered. Let us for the present be con tent to know that our little force holds in check the great body of the, mutineers of the Bengal army ; that it will shortly receive further reinforce ments of English and Sikh troope from the Punjaub; that the enemy, though largely augmented in numbers, have never yet shown themselves outside the walls without being repulsed with heavy loss ; that there are internal dissensions among them, and that they must be suffering severely, not only from our shot and shell, but from fever and cholera, while our camp is com paratively, healthy. When the not far-off day of final reckoning arrives, " God' will " defend the right." I may appear, perhaps, unduly vehement and vindictive. I endeavour to write temperately, but I assure• you it is no easy matter to preserve a uniform tone of unimpassioned narration, when oppressed by the recollection of the litindreo, treacheries and murders and horrors unutteral - P,o that have been perpetrated by the rebels since The Merut outbreak on the 10th of May. "In my last I brought down the journal of the siege to the 27th of June, when the mutineers made their first appearance_ outside the City, after rlie severe handling they met with on the 23d. The fighting on this day, though hosting some hours, was confined to the outposts, and ceased towards the afternoon, when a heavy fall of rain, the first of the Emma, occurvocl, The two following days were " Before leaving Delhi• for other parts of the disturbed districts I must copy a paper which I have received with• the •ass«rance of excellent authority that it is a correct translation of the proclamation issued at Delhi. Thus runs the lying and insolent appeal : " To ALL HIND3f.S-, AND • MUSSULMANS, CITIZENS AND SERVANTS OF HINDOSTAN, THE' OFFICERS' OF THE ARMY NOW AT DELUI AND , 1111EERUT SEND , GREETING., "It is well known that in theee days all the English have entertained theee designs—first, to destroy the religion .of ,the whole Hindostani army, and then to make the "people by nonieulsicee Christians. Therefore_ we, solely on account of our haYe combined with the people, and have not spared alive one infidel; and have re-established the Delhi dynasty on these ternia, and thus act in obedience to order and receive double pay. Hun dreds of guns and a large amount of treasure have fallen into our hands : therefore it is fitting that whoever of the soldiers. and people dislike turn ing Christians should unite with one heart and acting courageously, and not leave the" seed of these infidels remaining. For any quantity of sup plies delivered to the array-the owners are to take the receipt of the officers; and they will receive double payment from the Imperial Government. Whoever shall in these times exhibit cowardice, or credulously believe the promises of those impostors the English shall very shortly be put to shame for such a deed ; and, rubbing the hands of sorrow, shall receive for their fidelity the reward the ruler of Lucknow got. It is further necessary that all Hin doos and Mussel vans unite in the struggle, and, following the instruction se of some respectable peo ple, keep themselves secure, so that order may be maintained, the poorer classes kept contented, and they themselves be exalted to rank and dignity ; alsc that all, so far as •it is possible, copy this •procla - ftlation, and despatch it everywhere, that all tru undoes and Mussulmans . may be alive and watt} ful, and fix it in some conspicuous place (b ut prudently to avoid detection), and strike a hi( )w with a sword before giving circulation to it. 'The first pay of the soldiers of Delhi wi Ibe 30r. per month for a trooper, and lOr a foot-man. Ne arly 100,000 rner. are ready, and there are 13 fla gs of the English regiments_ and about 14 stani lards, from different parrs now raised aloft for oar re ligion, for God, and the conqueror, and it' is the intention of Cawnpore to root out this seed. of the devil. This is what vie of the army here ayishe• " This precious document has not appetered here in print, nor would it be prudent at pr esent to make it generally known. There can, howevee, be no harm in sending it' to yme. I need - not stop to erticise it in detail, but. I may - remark the allusion to the intending outbreak at Cawnpore as demonstration of -organisation and concert on the part of the mutineers. And new, with the mention of Caw spore, I am brought to the narration of one of the. saddest episodes of the rebellion. The condition of the mili tary division of which that station is, or rather eras, the head-quarters, was, as far I knew. when I closed my last. fetter, ahartly as follows. The troops of every station, save • Nagode, where the 50th Native Infantry wer e, and, I believe, still are, to all appearance, firme lead mutinied. But at Allahabad the fort and its occupants had been saved by the timely arrival. of Colonel Neill, and the admirable use he made of his own Madras Fusileers, and of the Sikh Regiment of Ferozepore, under Lieut. Brasyer. whn has received promotion for his ser. vices. The - mutinous 6th Native Infantry, whose treachery to their. officers appears to have been of the most refined description, were thoroughly broken anti driven out of the station. At Cawn pore Sir Fiugh Wheeler had fortified a barrack in the best - way he could with his small means, and. would be able, we hoped, to hold out till relieved by the force rapidly advancing from Allahabad, dis tant only 124 miles. Unhappily this hope has not been. realized. Loth as we have been to believe it, ant greedily as we have fastened upon any little circumstances that might seem to discredit it, we are no longer able to doubt the correctness of the report that Sir Hugh, and all who were with him, have perished. The leader of the rebels in this quarter was Nena Saheb, of Bithoor. It may be well to give you something of the history of this man, the most thoroughly and most deservedly detested of all who have taken part against - us in the insurrection. Forty years ago, whoa B a j eo Rao, the .last Peshwa or Sovereign of Poonah, was overthrown, and his dominions annexed to the British presidency of Bombay, a retreat was marked out for him at Bithoor, on the Ganges, 12 miles from Cawopore. Then far re. moved from all Mahrette, aesoeiations, bat free to INDORE. From information supplied by the government we (Bombay Times) learn. that Indore has followed in the track or iebelion. On the Ist, Ilolkar's Artillery, which was placed at the Residence to protect the Europeans, trecherously attacked it, and a retreat was deemed prudent after a vain attempt of Co , . Travers to charge the enemy with only " five or six horsemen!" The following is the list of those who effected their escape:—Col. and Mrs. atrand, Colonel Travets, Captain and Mrs. Magniac, Colonel Staekley, Lieutenant Waterman, Dr. and Mrs. Knapy, Dr. end Mts. Rice, Lieutenant and Mrs. Shakes peare and child, Mrs. Robinson and two children, Captain and Mrs. Cobbe, Captain Ludlow, Dr. Thomson, E. Beauvais, Esq., J. Craudley, Esq , J. Ilatrimond, Esq., SerAcant Murphy and wife, Sergeant Orr, Messrs. O'B►Ln and Collins. FROM GENERAL 'E[LL, ALLNHA,BLD, DATED JULY 16, 1657. I started 227 of the 8 tth Regiment, partly in bullock vans, they are to march 25 miles a-night, to reach in five fiari. t st-trt this altJnoan by dark, and shall overtake the 81th and move up wilt them; I will go on before them if I can; I shall lose no time. The mutineers are out of caps, and have c mverted all the detonators into matchlocks. A CAsid from Lucknow declares that the mutineer 3 there are is want of shot, fitinz stones from the galas. News has been receivel that Sir Henry Lawrence was wounded on his return from an attack on the rebels advancing on L'icknotv, on the 2❑d instant, and that ho sank under the eff , cts of his wounds on the 4 h instant. It is reported from Lucicnow (ou the 10th July) that the attacks of the rebels are less frequent and more feeble than heretofore. LIST OF EUROPEA.NS ARRIVED AT HOOSIIINGA.BAD FROM AI.:GEER ; ON THE 15TII JULY, 1857.—Major Macpherson, Lieutenant Ryall, and Dr. Silli;isnr, 3rd Grwslior Infantry ; C.lptaia (Tartu, Lieutenant itriacdougal, and Dr. Wilson, sth Gwalior Itfrntry ; Lieutenant Lemarchand, Bengal Artillery, Mrs. Lemarchand and four children ; Mrs. Heyman and Miss Ilrym.in ; Mrs. Harrison (wife of Captain Harrison, Gwalior Cavalry) and three children, arrived two days before with some teleE;raph signallers ; Mr. Barltou and child; two overseers, Watts and Wake field; the wife and mother of Watts and three child.ren. In all twenty-seven. Of the Angeer party, Dr. and Mrs. James and Lieutenan' O'Dowda vvre murdered. The death of Lieutenant-CW.43nel W. IL Tottenham, of her Tilajesty's 121 i Llneers, is ann.outx'acl. The Poona Observer ammancem the death of Major F. W. Follett, commanding, the 25th R,:ginaent Native Infantry. Among the unfortunate victims who were massacred at Sealkote, in the Panjaub, when the two regiments at that station mutinied, we observe the name of the Rev. T. Hun ter, a missionary of the °hutch of .3cotland, who, with his wife and child, are reported to ive been killed. Major General Hewitt, commanding the Mee s rut division of the Bengal army, has been removed from divisional command, and ;Major General N. Penny, C.B , has been appointed to succeed him. Until the arrival of Major General Penny, Brigadier A. Wilson, commandant of artil-, lery, is to command the Meerut division, with the rank of Brigadier General. The Englishman has received a letter which confirms the ,report previously reteved, that the European inhabitants of Jhausi had perished. The leoal Mahoroedau authorities