Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-01 00:00:00

a eee hey vi er- veol If the regl r of the Of; tett" the P ll3- , the a o. r me n u t ee )f Angus .a,,, :re driven "...? ards Erielol; r coniredidei e ac bay Pfe s . ve ne ral feellob is ie interior. h.O rtniuht a g ° the _ • ce pervert e l.lO hav e arrILA )ry majesty be e oopS ha re a itr It il the es nd the Pli: to denowi nati • nceet l° .j a co— h e 11 fives o f S h er i o The weit t i l it luringtheft water f ur de ; was unTte considere_st I been res aw r ie Cosama Da s e t ior I the fore! m service in avant, 00 W it 4 d term „ ste t nuallY I 1 ", bis him an_utoriii Pre but Obser'f' ith or wil l t ° l , lll , affiiro petit ditto ; ided se f ` b iogi a away' sick Ca ix, a dieu ay, j 5 tl 46 dit )roug ,,t ^ gone 11 t i f f ~ (54th L od ) ;igau Aor to Br d. mackeo 0 a, rtifinate e i, • g° 9 , t al as pd Lieut e o il Ato see r op ths, sic i ‘ • and PPeg,r g, kal• Lientegiattotti) nenga i ,„" v d as! , ker, V l' to. 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The Names of the two e 4a d er' are Lieutenants Thomson and Delafosse, of t te e r nti ß on e ll e g d al , Native Infantry ; the men's names are not Th e i f treth urkaru states that there is no reas)n to doubt the tf t l ° ' the rumour regarding the death of Major Ba n k s , L tie r 33rd Bengal N. 1., commanding the garrison at 4:141 11 ". This otHcer was shot dead, but under wha t e Pre' l tances is not stated. Maj )r Banks served with ! - 1 s:::::ll.luctitiabguithe Affghan campaign of 181'2, being Atly ent kt , zeena and the subsequent actions during t (medal), The TUE MADRAS MUTINY. %ki n _ graS T tis conduc imes t of the 8 t h gives the following account of the se 4 clry. tith e e a l of the Madras regiments bad been sent to pal aaci the embarkation of other troops was quietly 4 11th ttab kr : ll ,:-e Bth cavalry was on its march for the place of DIU f i l `twe ! on arrivin about 26 miles from Madras, i d Detiej e : rw ard a Claim fo g r the rate of pay, (Batta), an d the which ex'sted before 1857. Toe olliFers nferre thriltnattet to government, w!iich weakly complied with the s lie tt ihe Sep eys • encouraged by this success, the Sjoy eell red they Would not march on any termi, d . on obily/ttituel state ot matters, they were disarmed, retaining •Ih e ; l i r swords, to which they quietly submitted. % tem °riles of the Mutineers have been despatched . to leoe la t where they would be useful in mounung the Y• r Aoral igen once from K u r rac h ee s t a t es t h at i n t h e course o f r elx weeks four powerful steamers will be i sr the navigation of the Indus. Th e , , p on ioilo de n , Wing is the letter of the special corres theb o f ~ Imes:— AtY let BOMBAY, AUGUST 31. tl artati te r of the 15th of this month brought down fourtlie lte e , t !eel the siege of Delhi to the 27th of July, when ae_ !lest e „ l .,.ileYs of quiet had followed the lates., engage -3e Me 4 , - o ' l4l the enemv, that of the 23rd. For number ... of 'etee. e , r , e t naakin,, in all the unprecedented 4 1Ir hi ` 44 t is to ° v pto the eve , iing of 'he 30.h— -rietsriebtileta remaia s e a d , un a nci - rlested, and an occasional shot areal'.ee bastions alone testified to the prese . nee , of the o a aiday, the 31st, was the anew ersary ed,,, t ,illd i t tlB3olna3n festival called the " Buokree .e.; Q 'Y the aa reasonably anticipated in camp that on broken. Wa g + l° ' g silence of the mutineers would be one e eka ,- te.re that our spies from that city had at o h t l ' d o . e ) Prtecl the existence of an ill reeline , b3tween t e Nei, al Mahornedan S.povs, which tended towards a y ° tit le in Vleiforneer to j , in in the cehbration . of a feas,- - la 11114 4 4tt "' But later and mire corcect intelligence . re:- 11114%i tbat the je 1 ilvies of the Hindoos hA . been t4e hind the Watchfule care and unsparing promises d o N'att, of Delhi and his principal Mussulmenotao tai)e•aail that for the present - , at leas', no waf al ..it t , i th e : Was to be !coked for in the proceedings 3l. ,; k t ga ~t ` v , al races 01 the miming, then, of the s, e'eei t ; ,little ser . ptise to see the enemy issuing off il 6 hte l yi force. One large body, coming out (!f thete i r !of e e - ,laie, moved rapidly to the right to avoid i. a lled ih " r 'eft battery at Ilindoo R io's house, and in i range *Ili) -r°ughoot the day a desultory fire at long ran,. truelibrati:tt, piques at Metcalfe-house, and npaa the ra,,,‘ er At the same time a powerful force of all ':, , ot k - ' ieu out b the A'rnere-gate, and took the road to t, " l e !! u e t i h t e ll ..° 4 rrig y ht rear, j as far as Bossy, on the canal, Rid he p i ,/ made an attempt, .rendered abor,ive by a rise ‘a hi e 'er, to replace the bridge at that point which we ) i t h e i e:, ° ,4. The fire from the walls was hot and tit i l li or - en e d throughout the day, especially from laY,teh. tion, at the north-western angle of the liar t tl f re l ei ch mounted 24-peund. rs. Towards evening the lide I h s canal returned, and a general attack upon glait.-peed t mmenced, which lasted all Ti t ' l e i l ' e " ;Yi a th e e o la P y os a a nd e night of the Ist, and well into t4 J) lai 8_ I the 2 ad. Never before had the enemy 4 .. 14 0101 7 great an g amaunt nw of determination as in 104141 field ienga.emnd, anima a ov n e g red by the fire of i each other with t t esr e °ri es of P'easa,lo and (' On, brother'), they came " e kr: ta aer breastworks than they had ever done t e e 'll , 1 eitll°lgh theircourage failed them for the fiaa h l 1 - ghti -4 ' men were kept well under cover, and with l e o: et e rs t4 ss v . t 0 them„... elves inflicted heavy punishment upon w a lila [ i e when about neoa on the 2nd the rebels at lia ied li,e/ tilt and the firing ceased, their dead and of tart e " , oct heaps before our works, and long strings g l 'ete t e "ere i Athe rest of the day in reinovin,, of t .:4 thstrip Dyed all . te r ' 4 e P a P site . On our side fall Captain Travers, : e witte ° lull) - Rifles, an officer of note ia the war -I;4v, 36 4 1 '1 tribes ie'f the Alfghan border, and nine Oa the day follow tlei/44it of Zr i :nk b s loo were y wounded. d repulse, the 3rd, the enemy, Rl'llsi4cl,dti,SPirit'aed their enthusiasm, due mainly to potent '' ca,-;7ll'n'ants, chilled and dead, never fired a shot. t ,elle er il „'gr 4th and'fith. On the 6th they exhibited a little alla." Vitality. Their attack on the picquets was but aity i i; and the party that made it soon returned to the d vott t ,ll , the fire horn the artillery la-t:d some hours,. a 3 n Itatt th e Life of an officer, Lieutenant Brown, of the 3 .d lit ere Infantiy, attached to the Kemaen Batt.a thtt Their prncipal and most annoying d.ts thaytre came from a battery of heavy guns, which tte e ll ,a,d just erected in a portion of the suburb", Itl 4 ",elch is now known as the Kishnagunge battery. Whie,l advance, and to the left of the Nloree bastion, t ",ere have greatly damaged, and being skilfully placed, ettia:iiMner etfi'a l .es our right battety at Hindoo Rao's litt .kt 'lld the batteries on the ridge generally. It i li isee'l l t .8 troublesome that on the B . h, Brigadier •rab tree 0 - attack it with the ion st ~ almost determined to tf aeh i ~, out eventually abandocel au idea the carrying out itilttAie.' would have lost him many men, and bringing nu ,,'° rei - e g, a ils to b ar upon_ the obn xious point, succeeded a lre 4; 4 ,8 the fi e. Far the next two or three days there e leth --„tht're skirmishes. On the 10 h the enemy . opened .` atteprimew b attoutside the walls; this time in _front e i ry stator 'Oft, b e t • te et Zea at th e at ing . tiyo , i i. all tcalfe-house and the picket The e fire ' from these guns proving 4i ii t . i lt,% e d i ' itl t t° R e L t it web resolved to take them, and a force under . 4. ll "eutl i- ''''..ewers did so en the morning of the 12th, with „ —. 4, 4 i Three 1E -ers were wounded—one Lieutenant 1' 1) 1 1,.„1 of 2nd ° F ileers mertalle, The captured 4 ° 47 1 ;14 . 4 : . 24 . - p o u u ' ad howitzer and two 9 and one 6- T he " Be itibi Tnis, at present , is the latest news that has kil y i str e , B 2 from the camp, ci tatil lgi vea i of the army before Delhi on the 31st of 11, 20 „itt ea _la a little paper printed at Roorkee for p.ivate 1 0 t . aEfe e lL!'ad called the RoorkeeGctrr isoll Gazette,_ as Thera had th at Beet a ;:eaa and 1,060 sick an d wounded . kill` had b w aY 340 sick and wounded. In the 23 actions W ed '2 e " fought ne to that date there had been k ii i" th 9 9o 2- in i e ffi n Oen! ini 208 men, and wounded 72 officers elitiAle:eLatateiner To the n numbers shown as effae ire to be accurate, liie4taCaticied by t twhhelc2oii apprehendof this month of August, - :; ; t ed ' , - ; °11 t 5 000 men. I know that it was the ex eOtaleith4 r , and belief of the Chief Commissioaer of the te. elle b ea t at the date I have given, the Brigadier in ihl u _tt li i lu a r i f i or e n • elhi could muster 11,000 men. Thei Ke- G 1 4 1 2 1. g rip With a large convoy, r o e n ach th e e d the Bth, eamp on having It h :v: 04 leacher NicLolsen arrived Of ". i ld , s ltl advance of his column, which was li ,et .s e litTa4 the 13th,and which consisted the remaining wing toe 6 1' 41 Light Infantry, a w i ng of he fie a ta B rurahier's field battery, ttle Pa... Mooltanee !te e . an d eleub Regiment, and some a powerful 11 4: I rli ti ' c r cbota the whole escorting I '4 e a lort e .: ro rn Ferozepo e, which included several ten ‘„„ r o, t , it:is,. howitz re. The remaining wing of the ail t i Sty ti uree eom? inits of the 24th, with three horse IN the ' 1 : 1 8 of Captain Pawn's troop from Peshawar, re' 4 of "d and 4th Pu jamb Infantry and the other t4 - e le a r eN th e 6tb, e ' emple:e the present tale of the ettitn °llte s upplied by Sir John Lawrence. It is aeave:Y Probable h re that, with his hands thns ell e ! for :I`l, General Wilson would make ara- PreP ke t :all t; speedy assault, and many are li ' th at - hope that in a very few days we sanguine shall i vlp al l resells Place is at last in our possession. I :ted a te of n K ; e 13 W har be true, the mutineers them h - 1 - 'ltte' -eta,. e -e- eon that the attack . wouli not be mere a rt; hit 4 ° .,''' The King of Delhi is said to have sent N t .at, t e e',!ana to RAl:eh ; or, according to another tr lll 'te th at Autub, on the road to kluttra. One report t 4 Y it e nte U lla letter station will he the next resort of the ktl`,'iti 4 s ti a ed that they are fortifying it, or the . approaches t he t f`Pete tie .i °ll ce• But this, Ido not credit, and h rather htt_ a l Of the the flight of such of the rebels, w u ) survive rem, (I f th e Place, will be across, rather . than _d htil,' e 0 far ° J uMna. Either course is perec I open the t o hat 4 4 as our power to intercept them is li Y concerned ; 30 ai ll 9eel tia that they would most natura h ym make for 4 0 ellstiP(l Onde, and, unfortnno'ely, t e t b h r e id r ge ve o r. f et ,atteith,te existence for their passsge across . i ei t-hellielaVierEFen_tly made by ns to destroy fa th r lm h e a a n n k s l a e /p atron between the city and the 1 04. the `aria WaS unsuccessful. liaaLialheee°ll.l4etliate neighourhood of . Delhi' things are t he: a ci. A The district of Hisser is becoming Iran lat'ePPos:P°4B other prisoners had been apprehended telltiet-a`.l Murderer of Mrs. for 4 0 - 40 4 e w — as i my . last, the authorities a we . re on the look- titt li atat, t as ps in to Htssar for examination, and has. lit t at th e re t his been evnated. Near Meerut a detach e,tv't taa is c ar bi , r oe ra ndte a neers and volunteers routed and N mieetita ~fieigeolevaedrenr named Sak Mull, and afterwards asc o 'ask 1 1 I"age whose inhabitants had been engaged in t i p. Don ''' they , e ___ Ment post. ".re still in the field A , a do good seam e date ot the last ng THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, - THUIISDAY, OCTOBER L 1857. towards the restoration of order. Agra. when last wa beard from it, was safe and unmolested, awaiting the upward march of Grant and Havelock. It is doomed, I bar to wait long and anxiously. Sir Patrick, indeed, has returned to M idras, to resume his command of the army of that presidency now that Sir Colin Campbell has arrived, but circumstances of a most untoward nature have occurred to interfere with and delay the advance of General Havelock. When I last wrote that enterprising officer was in Oude, as we supposed, where we had last beard of him twice in the same day, defeating large bodies of the enemy, driving them from strong pasitions ' and capturing their guns. We ardently hoped that we should next and very speedily learn that he had been able to reach and to relieve Lucknow. But the strength of his heroic little band had been overtaxed. It was reduced after the last engagement to less than 900 men ; it was hampered by its own wounded and by the stor,s and gns of the enemy which it had so gallantly cap•ured ; in i front, and covering the object of its hope and wishes, were bodies of mutineers, mastering, probably, more thousands than it could show of hundreds. It was, doubtless, not without a bitter pang of disap pointme it that the General, a man as kind as brave, saw himself necks itated to retreat, and to abandon for the present the hope of relieving his imprisoned friends. But there could be no doubt of the pro _ refused to believe a havildar who reported the cireamsi:lnce to them, and subsequently, at the sub idar's trial, when the commandin.; officer was asked if he knew of the d'saffec tion, he answzred " Not officially." I need not stay to comment on this reply. Happily, the disaffiction, which had a very real existence, was checked by the arrest and execu'ion of the subadar and his abettors, and the tone and the manner of the sepoys of the regiment (a splendid one, by the way, to look at) is described as being far less swaggering and insolent than before. But the story I have told, and which I repeat, I have every reason to be sure is in the main correct, or I would not have told it—is worthy of remark as bearing upon the qu-s•ion of discip , ine in the Bengal army, acd of the rela tio bewee - i the cffi ers and th .ie men, I leare it to you to judge how far it is likely to ba a solitary case. The-a is nothing els', I think, of impartanle fr)m the Punj .üb, if I eicapt a contemplated raid from Peshawur into the Easufzlie cmttry, more as a demonstration of force than to redress any actual wrong. Each of the Eng lish regiments there, the 70th, 87th, and 27th, contributes to the little cilum^, as does also the 21st native infantry, n Bich I thoight had been disarmed with the rest of the native portion of the brigade. Gaolab Singh, ruler of C tshmere, died on the 3rd instant, very staunch and true to us to the last. The Skh troops that he had arrangsd to to send us, will still, it appears, be for.hcataing. priety of the measure, and he fell back accordingly to'the river. The enemy took heart, and followed him up. Then he turned and stood at bay, like M ,ore at Carunua, struck once again fiercely and decided y, and with an additioa of two more guns to his numerous trophies, crossed the Ganges at his leisure, and rejoined General Neill in the recovered station of Cawnpore. From the ruins of the cantonment, and from houses and places of concealment, the officers under General Neill have recovered a ctinsider able amount of pr , perty, whica they are desirous to make over, where practicable, to the relatives of its slaughtered owners. Many other memo►ials have been fount of the seige and the massacre, and two or three officers, supposed to have fallen, ate said to have alreafy appeared from their kidini, places, to tell an appalling tale of horrors witness :d and survived. I met with, the other day, but cannot pat my hand upon it at this moment, an ex,ract from a journal said to have been picked up in or near the barrack where e European inhabitants took refuge sad were besieged. It is scarcely to be read without tears, as. in simple language it notes day after day the death of this or that member of the family of the writer—'Annie died ; Mamma died'—and then abruptly ceases. Are we to have a reoetiti Al of these dreadful scenes at Lucknow Gol forbi.l! But we cannot but feel very great anxiety for iLa safety of this long beleagured party. Still, when last heard 4f—which, I believe, ttorgh lan not sure, was as late as the 11'11—'hey were well and hearty. But now, in regard to their relief, comes in the other most untoward circumstlnce, or chain of circumstances, to which In the Saugor and Nerbudda territories all is well. The column from Kamp'ee, joined by three companies of the 28th Madras Nalive Infantry at the detached statio , . of Nursingpore, has crosses the Nerbudda and reached Jubbulpore. By this )inie it is, no dnuht, at Saugor. John Peter G:ant is appoirted Chief Commiss;oner in these territories. In the neighbouring native State of B3phal the troops are still hostile to us, spite of the good feeling of the Ranee, and nre longing to get across the Nebedaa, and att ck the Madras station of Hoshungabad, but the full, broad, rapid stream prevents them. Seindia remains neutral; his mu'inied c mtingent, it is said, is unable to march upon Agra, in consegnenc of the flooded sta'e of the river Chambul. Prim Mhow there is news by telegraph. Up to last evening all was quiet, both there aid at Indore ; but "the temper of Holkar's compromised troops is not good." There is an uneasy feeling prevalent throughout the province of iktilwa. We have lost a good friend in the chief of Rutlaum, who is just deal. "Of R.jpaotana I have grievous things to wri'e. Nits se:r ibad and Neemuch leave bath been a second time defied by mu'iny, and this time not by Bengal Sepoys, but by the troops of this Presidency which replacel them. True it is that at each station it was a portion—at fie latter a very small portion—of the sepoys or tioepere that failed in their duty, and, moreever, that all of the principal offenders were Purdasees, or men from ITU lostan, I mean, of course, fom Hindostan proper, or Ueeer India. Nevertheless, takiag int) c insideration all th at his occurred in the way of disaffection throughout this Presidency, whether in Raj pootana (of which more presently), or in the Southern Mahratta country, one cannot but see that the discipline and I , yelty of the Bombay army is slowly but surely giving way under the temptation. Let Delhi fall pretty quickly, and we are s afe ; but let there be a neck, or a disaster, there or elsewhere, or even much delay, and I fear we (I spe tk of course of the Presidency generally, not of Bombay itself) shall see trouble° lie tims. Well, to narrate what hap pened at Nasseerahed and Neemuch. At the former station, the let Bombay Lancers are quartered, and 200 of the 12th N. 1., with a portion of tie Q teen's 831, and a half-troop of European horse ar'il'ery. Oo the 10th of this month, a fanatic Mahomedan of the lancers, maddened by " bhang," appeared on the lines of his regiment, rill by his furious and inflammatory ges'ures and addresses excited a emsiderable commotion which spread through the can tonment, and was representel as due to a mutiny of the re giment. As previously arranged, all the infantry were at once ordered out to protect the gang. But only a small num ber of the detachment of the 12 h followed Cap'. Holbrow, their commanding office. It was soon discovered that it was one madman only of the lancers that was at fault, and that he hal betaken himself to the 12th lines. Thither the whole force pmeeedei under Brigadier Macan. The lancer role out and fired at the Brigadier's head, fortunately without effect, and he was himself br aught from the saddle by a pistol-shot Geed by Lieutenant Swans an, of the Artillery, which inflicted a wound that shortly proved fatal. The recusant 12th, moody and silent, but perfectly cutlet, were then disarmed after an address by the Brigadier. The affair is now under investigation. It appea-s certain that it was not premeditated, but some of the men behaved, I am told, very badly, and will be selected for punishment at once. They are Purdasees. At Neemuch the mutiny seems to hive been confined to the 2nd Light Cavalry, and to about 20 of the corps only, of whom eiget have deserted. The 12th detachment at this station, unlike their brethern at Nusserabad, appear to have behaved quite well. One of the 83rd lost his life in the affray, it is said, by a stray shot from a comrade. But we shall have faller particulars era long. To-day we hear of yet another outbreak near, if not in, Rajpo Aana, at the sanatorium of Mount Ahoo, near Deese, in Guzarat The men of the J.ouip are Legion at that place rose on the 219*, and after firing into the com manding officer's house and the barracks, aul plundering the baz tar, were repelled by a volley from the convales cents and Invalids of the 83rd, and descended the hi 1. One of their viou nied was taken and hinge I. The others they carried away in the dense, fog. M's. Lawrence, wife of Colonel George Lawrecce, the Agent in Rajpootana, was staying on this hill. (Her letter lies before me, edged with black, mourning for poor Sir Henri.) At her house was pasted a guard of the .1 audpore men. They left quietly early in the mo-ning, in obedience ti one of the servants, who bade then remember by whose favour they had s) long eaten the English salt, and do no harm to the family of the Colonel. The mutineers are thought to have gone t r join their comrades at Erinpoora, where, however, I believe' the authorities are on the look out for them. I alluded above when speaking of the non-arrival of Gen. Havelock at Agra—l mean the mutiny at Dinapore, which has set all Behar in a blez', and thus necessarily retards the approach to Cawnpare of reinforcements for operations in Oude an i the Doab. Bat for this unfor tunate occurrence—rather let me say, but for the gross and culpable mismana7ement of General Lloyd, commandiog at Dinapore, the 37th, 5.b Fosileers, 90th, and 84 h might all have been at Cawnpore long era this. You, no doubt, received all the Dinapore details from Calcutta by last mail; I will, therefore, only remind you that General Lloyd, with the 10th Foot, p irt of the 37th, anal ai European field battery at his command, allowed the 7th, Bth, and 40th Native Infantry to leave the. station in open mutiny, to crass the river Soane, burning, plunder ing, and destroying, and to lay siege to Arrah, where were a few European and S khs in garrison, and a number o refugees. That place, indeed, his since been relieved, and its besiegers scattered, but not before a terrible disaster bad befallen a detachment of the 37. h and 10th, under the cmsamand of Captain Dunbar, of the latter regiment, which, despatched by steamer to relieve it, were landed by night, led by traitorous euidee into an ambuscade (a sort of gravel pit, it is called in a letter I have seen), and there half destroyed. The 37th, out of three campataies, lust three officers, B 'gnat!, Birkett, and Sale, and 61 men kiiled, and Captain Har rison and 23 men wounded. The 10th, out of 150 men, lost Chettain Dunbar, killed, and had half their numb 'r placed hors de combat. Then the 12th Irregular Cavalry at Segowlie, near GJruckpore, broke out, murdered their commandant, Major Holmes, stad his wife, and the doctor, and then moved down up in the Ganges, at first apparently for Caupra, a little above Dinapore, but then marched further up, alarna , ng even Benares. The 65th Native Infantry, at Galax it pare, is hardly to be expected to hold out in the midst of so much disaffection. Nearer Calcutta there were, at Beth impore, the 63rd Native Infantry and .11th Irregular Cavalry. These, it was thsught well, after the specimen of native loyalty at Dinapore, to disarm-, and for this purpose the 9 ith Regiment was halted on its passage up. Everywhere along the river are stations requiring to be guarded— Patna, Dinapore, Gazeepcor, Benares, Mirzapore, Chun. argur— now that the province of Behar is disturbed. Chunargar, for instance, is a place of great strength, a fort perched upon a cliff rising sheer from the river, and calculated trom its position to give ui great annoyance it surprised and held by an enemy. It was garrisoned merely by a few invalids. These have been reinforced by a half company of the 37th, but more probably are wanted. You may judge then of what grave effects this outbreak at Dieapore, this unchecked outbreak, has been productive, in what serious jeopardy it has placed Lucknow. Moreover, it his endangered not only Behar, but the neighbor ring provinces or divisions of Ram. ghur and CLota Nagpore, thus threatening and ren d-ring insecure the western frontier of Bengal, We trust that the three other regiments of the China force-82nd, 23rd, and 93rd—will very soma be at Calcutta. Sour of the first may, I think have been picked up by the Shannon from the wreck of the Transit, and be among the 1 700 men who, according to the papers. Lard Elgin and Captain Peel have taken to C , lcutta. Probably the greater portion are Mariaes from the Sanspareil, which I observed reached Hongkong four days before the Shannon sailed from that port for Calcutta. SI James Outram has gene up to Dinapare in supreme command of that and of the C awnpore divisions. General Lloyd was summed y removed from his command, and there are strong rumours, and jet stronger hops, that he may be brought to a court martial. In the se uthern Mahratta count-y, you will remember, occurred the first intrance of open disaffection in a Bombay regimen', in the mutiny of part of the 27 h at Kulapore, of which I wro e in my last. Since thee the remainder of the regiment at head-quarters, and also the detachment at Rutnagherry, have been disarmed by Colonel Le Grand Jacob, who has gone down to the district with special powers. At Dharwar and Belgaum respectively are the 28th an 1 29 h R..giments, raised at the same time with the 27th. Both were undoubtedly wavering, and have probably only been saved from open outbreak by the timely arrival of the 2nd Europeans, who by the excellent arrange ments of the Government an I the naval authorities, were presented at the various stations at a time of the year when, as some of the 28th exultingly declared, the cost was closed, and no English could be brought down. Many executions have taken place of mutinous prisoners at Kola pore, and at Belgaum of seditious agitators and of one native officer of the 29th. At the latter station all the sentences were ordered by a native court-martial. Here the Mahomedan festival of the Mohurrum is passing, or, as last night was the grand night, I may say has passed off quietly. The authorities were on the alert with bayonets and field pieces. We are anxious to hear that Ilyderhabad in the Deccan has been equally free from disturbance. Up to the evening before last (the 20th) the telegraph announced all quiet. The wing of the 12th Lancers reached the station from Poonah about ten days ago. For Madras, too, where exists in the suburban village of Triplicane a very turbulent Mussulman population, we are anxious. But as late as the day before yesterday nothing had occurred to disturb i . s ordinary tranquility. I greatly regret, however, to announce a mutiny in the cavalry regiment of that presidency (the Bth). which, ordered to Madras to embark for service at Calcutta, refused to go. Its horses were taken away and sent to C ►lcutta ; the men were disarmed of their pistols and carbines,'but were allowed to retain their swords, and in this condition are now doing duty at Arcot. One's first impression is, that they have got off rather easily. iviag Calcutta and its virility with a passing mention that it has been found advisable to disarm even the Governor General's body guard, I ietern to the Pun jaub and Sir John Lawrei.c.. The Chiel . C immissientr Is at Lahore. I have written already of wh it he has done for the army at Delhi i i the way of reinforcements. He continues hard at w,rk, enlisting aed training the new levies. He has already nominaLd the officers fir s , xte , n new Punjub Irregular Infantry corps, to be numbered from the 7th to the 22nd inclusive, and hopes to have, before the year is out, an army of 30,000 men, entirely Sikhs, hill-men, and Puaj thee Mussulinans ; not one Ilindoo, or Hindostani Mahome lan. llis province was, at the latest dates, quite tranq i 1 We have, however, heard during the fortnight, of one distil , b ince rapidly an] terrib'y put d :we. Oa the 30th of J ily the disarnoe 1 26th Native Infantry mutinied at Lahore, killed their commacdiag officer, M,ijor Spencer, and two native offi_iers, and then broke away, anti del up the 1 ft bank of the Et ivee chased by the police and sum of the new levies. At a place forty miles from Lahore they attempted to cross the river. When the Depu v C of llmri seer reached the spot the next afternoon, he found Vow. about 150 men had been shot er drowned by the police, aided by the villagers; 160 were captured on an island in the river; 35 were coon ed drew i in in trying to get off. Numerous fugitives ware been lit is from all Ttaiters during the night ; '237 were summarily ex , cived yesterday (.due. 1); 41 died frAn fatigue, and about 21 In ire had been apprehended in neighbonhlne lii round numbers, ,500 men are thus account Ir t ) these be added the furlough and tick men, the Bhoojpore met, the Silas, and Purij iheev, and some guar Is who remained, the total Fteeingth of the while regi ment is approximately given. This is from the official bulletin. Twenty-nine more of this regiment hive since been executed—retribution swift aryl severe, bet am e ly merited and most necessary. At such tomes it is lenity that is the real cruelty. At 'Meehan, an outbreak in the port of a regiment under similar circumstances to the 26th, that is, disarmed, was at one t i me imminent. The corps is the 69:h Native " You will have received by last mail the Calcutta pe Infantry, which in a let er from Mooltan that !Ls before tition for the transfer of the Government of this country me is described as " entirely mutinous ;" but for the timely to the Crown. I have just seen it. I cannot yet say appearance of a regiment of Panjsub Infantry on the whether it will flail here the favour which is solicited for morning of the 7th of Jane, there is, lam ass fired, little it from the mercantile and other bodies, but I, for my doubt, that unarmed as the men were, a desperate attempt own part, think it will not. For a document emanating at mutiny and massiere would have been made on that from men of eminence, I believe, among the merchants night. It was the Subadar-Major of this regiment who was and anion& the lawyers, it is, I think, eminently weak, blown away from a gun in pretence of the Boinbay Fuel- and unfair. By a convenient petitio principii it lie s, as I mentioned in my last. Five or six others of the assumes--what may be true—hut what it does not , as it should, attempt to prove—that the mutinies are the result corps have since been similarly disposed of. The guns of an organised and deeply ramified conspiracy, and used in these execn:ions were these of a native troop of covered proceeds and to censurerovided agai n st the Gove r nment thi l t for t not utterlyha having o d r i e s s - Hcrse Artillery, which, is spite of this service, have since, as a prudential measure, been disarmed. But L or d Canning 's r sending to China e a p ri o d to Englan d for recur to the case of the subadar of the 69, h. On forcements, blames him for declining to accept the the trial of this man, face came out which are worthy proffered services of the militia, then asserts that his of note. I am assured, on authority which I have policy up to the hour of writing had undergone no change, every reason to believe correct, and which I know and yet in the next sentence mentions the enrolment of will be so represented in high quarters at home, that the the volunteer guards and of the yeomanry—inveighs against t mutinous speech to the men for which the subadar sufferei,he censorship of the press, which, with a studious half was reported to the adjutant by a sepoy, and that his story truth, it says was unnecessary with regard to the Engl ish paers, and u a er tho im mediate was disregarded by that o ffi cer, why, when questioned by intr p oduction of winds halt p with a dozen ra ra y dical for changes, for the Major Chamberlain (I presume it is meant after the story majority of which it has shown no reason wh atever. had been told to him), denied the existence of disaffec:ion W h en I add to these special faults of the petition the in the regiment. Moreover, when the men, roused by the general error °fits promoters in endeavouring to.straiten address of the subadar, w e re mov ing about the bells of the hands of Government at such a vnoment e anili in acting arms, and refusing to leave them, the officers at the mess I than,, as, it appears to me, umpattiotica4, k have g,iVoell " Here, in Bombay, we may consider ourselves safe, even should disaffection declare itself among the 10th and 11th regiments, of which at prsent the intelligence de partment which has been right in its previous warnings, and deserves respect fur general success, declares itself ignorant. At. Sattara the townspeople have been dis armed. At Poona a similar measure has been once or tw,ce praposed, but as often abandoned, which is singular, if th-re be danger sufficient to warrant the bringing out loaded six-pounders to the church on Sundays. This has actually been done more than once. my reasons for thinking that the Calcutta petition wil not find many supporters in Bombay. "The fall of rain. has been ample, and agricultural prospects are good. Exchange on England, 23 lid." ,' rulers. Then as the 10:h had to divide into three parties t o chase the three bodies of mutineers, a native brought a mesa age by word of mouth from the magistrat to one of these parties (250 strong) to relieve a particular place• The officer in command believed it ; the detachment soon found itself in an ambuscade, and (it being night) was completely cut up ; ninety only made their escape. No pursuit had been organised at all till the mutineers had ; got safely away. This brigadier will be brought before a court martial (like his companion in trouble, Hewitt), unless the Government considers themselves implicated for allowing an imbecile of seventy-two to retain so re sponsible a situation. Other court martials will be held at the bar of public opinion, from con•letnnation in which there are men numbered among the dead whom not even death will save. Strange rgnorance and stranger trash that refused to believe in the existence of the disaffectton till it left tracks of blood wherever it went; that carries out the same principle in detail to every regiment and every criminal. Will it be believed that such a conspiracy could have existed, as this is proved to have existed, for months ? We were all sleeping on a volcano, and government. dreamt not of it. And then, when the explosion came, when the dill. rent communities in Calcutta presented addresses to Lord Canning expressive of their desire to help government as volunteers, or in any other way. he repudiated their services ; "he dotrhted not but that tranquillity would speedily be restored." The volunteer guards were not organised till long after. And he must have written in the same self-satisfied manner to Lord Elgin, or we should have had the China troops. He wrote to Jung Bahadoor for Goorkha troops, which would have been in time to relieve Lucknow, and perhaps rase the siege of Wheeler's camp at Cawnpore, but in an evil hour he countermanded them, and now has sent for them again. But we dare not penetrate thus- into the region- of might have-been, and recount haw mony horrible massacres— how much shame and sorrow to England—might have been avoided if idle laisse faire and coward hesitation did not bear sway in our highest places. That massacre at Cawnpore—the most fearful of related or imagined horrors—it is too horrible to think that it was not inevitable. INCOgE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE EAST INDIAN GOVERNMENT. There are four principal sources of revenue, which, large as is their yield, hive not been found sufficient to meet the expenditure of the Indian Government As this will form one of the most important subjects for inquiry whenever our rule has been reinstated, some re narks at the present moment may not be thrown away upon it. The sources to which we allude are the lane tax, which yields nearly sixteen millions sterling; the opium monopoly, yielding nearly five millions; the salt monopoly, yieldino two and a half millions ; and the Customs, which yield nearly two millions. Thus we have an income of up war3s of twenty-four millions, with which one might reasonably expect the Indian G tvernment would be able to pay its way. Against this, however. there are some formidable items in the way of expendi ture, which present a balance on the wrong side. The military charge amounts—or dii before the outbreak of the mutiny—to something over ten millions ; the civil and political establishments, to upwardt of two millions ; cial and police, two millions and a half, and the interest on a debt of over fifty millions, somewh tt above two mil lions. But in additton to these, there are other items which have made a deficit at the end of the year the rule, and equilib ium the exception. So differently have the British rulers of India applied the resources from the native governments. But it is at the same time to be remembered, that we have had to maintain an army gene. rally of about 40,000 European soldiers in India, and that this is a cost which the native princes have, of course, not had to bee-. The public debt of India, up till the 30th April, 1856, was £5O 483,360, and the interest pay able upon it £2,140,577. Of the former sum, the Pre sidency of Bengal owes £47,598,204 ; the North Western Provinces, £238,403 ; Madras, V ,383,664 ; and Bombay, £1,503 095. It will thus be seen that of the three presidencies Bengal owes the public creditor f r and away the lion's share of obligation, due, no doubt, as much to the mismanagement of the presidency as to its extent ; for it is a rule that more money is spent on things done badly than on things done well. But it is also to be observed that while the company has been in debt, the cultivators of the soil have been impoverished, and their physical condition impaired, especially by the monopoly of s This article, fir which the consumer in England pays 30s. a ton, coats in India £2l per ton. These are circumstances which must be borne in mind, whenever a happier state of things leaves us at liberty to consider the state of India. And, in reviewing them, we shall be bcund to take into account that, whenever the disaffection of the people of India, apart from the Sepoy', it has not taken an offensive form.—Morning Advertiser. STATE OF AFFAIRS IN INDIA. There is nothing to confirm the report of the relief of Lucknow. _ _ _ The Post, in its leading article, does not advert to it, but says there seems to be every ground for supposing that we may reckon on the ability of the garrison of Lucknow to hold out till fresh and sufficient troops can be brought to their relief. The Ti/saes regards in a gloomy light the Indian des patches published on Tuesday. It remarks that there is reason to fear that General Havelock has thus far gained no substantial advantage. Indeed, it is too probable that by the union of three large bodies of mutineers hovering about him he would soon find himself as much besieged at C ►wnpore as Wheeler hal been bsfJre him. It is not Delhi that is now the chief point of anxiety; nor yet do Lucknow and Agra monopolise interest. The whole line of communication is threatened and disturbed. But it is the general condition of the country—the questionab e spirit, the conspiracy, the threatening demonstrations, and the doub ful alleigance, that impart the most anxious features to Tuesday's intelligence. For several weeks more we must make up our minds to the probability of fresh disasters. Give thus, the month of September ; let us tide over those thirty days, and there is still cause of fear. We are now almost powerless spectators. Whether the British government has done well or ill it can do little more. Tha Bomboy correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the Ist of S p'ernb r, states aa a rumour, th►t a R ijah of the S .uth Ma'irattu country, had rais , d the standard of rebell on, and had already been joined by 20,000 men. If this report should turn out true all the malcontents of the Niz ins terri.ory would rally there and we should have heavy w irk in that quarter. The Northern Bee of St. PetersburE,rh, which is as well as other Russian jou-nal:4, under the control of Govern in:Alt, has published three friendly articles in reference to the India crisis, which contains many expressions of goodwill towards England. Tne Bee says, we shall not rejoice at England'. losses. Odr commercial relations to those, of England are so materi illy dependent th it while rejoicing at another loss we draw it up , n ourselves. We have learnt much from E igland—much remains for us to learn from her, and we have ever considered England an I not France, at the head of the civilisation of the day. Tno Bee coneu les by enumerating various grounds which bind Russia to England, in preference to other countries. THE OVERLAND ROUTE FOR TROOPS. The Horse Guards have at length decided on despatch ing a portion of the Royal Artillery by the Overland route to India. An order has been received at Woolwich for the fir the embarkation of Capt. Thriug*s and Capt. Culvert's companies of Royal Artillery to go on board a Southampton steamer on the 10,h of October, fir Alexandria, to proceed thence via Suez and Point de Gale, for Bombay. CO\I?(FRCIAL INTELIGENCE. The tone of the import market at Bombiy looks rather improved, and some articles though not generally. 'Yards exhibit an upward tendency, and are in good enquiry. Prices of all descriptions •of cotton wool improved since last mail from England. Freights slightly declined to Liverpool and London, 47e. 6 to 555. RUSSIAN OPINIONS UPON THE INDIAN 111UTINIES. (From7,the Northern Bee of S2pternber 3-15.) Shortsi ;toted would those people in Europe be who should wish England to suffer sensible losses in India In the present state of industry and commerce England is indispensable for Europe. It is true that she receives great advantages for herself from such a state of things, but at the same time others as well are benefitted thereby. To the enterprising spirit of the English Europe is indebted for the development in its centre of manufactures and industry. The example of England, the advantage; drawn by her from the working up of raw produce, have showed to others what the present position of civilised Euurpean society is in an industrial point of view compared with that of societies which are less civilised and less developed in what relates to irilustry and commerce. In Eugland, at the present time, that uuiversal steam.machine has taken up its place which puts into movement enormous capital, encourages commercial speculations in all the countries of the world, and thus procure benefits not only to private individuals, but to kingdoms, the revenues of which are increased in proportion as private industry flourishes. To the latter great liberty is given in England, which it cannot obtain for itself yet in the other kingdoms of Europe, and this is the cause of so great a development of the commercial and industrial strength of England. It her strength br comes tottering the other people of Europe feel it also in different degrees. The political relations of England to Europe and the other parts of the world are another affair. It is indis pensable that England should change its form of action. To effect this we must have greater confidence in other Powers, and endeavour to strengthen this confidence by our own actions as well. It is easy to remove every mis ' understanding, at its commeneement„ to, render justice to the just, to show the wrongdoer his. error, and by possible concession. to,terminate a dispulie world,is,still so extensive that there is sufficient room for all to'enlarg end extend their influence. Russia, England, France; an& the United Sta•es of North America have before them a oroad field for their views of dominion. By a peaceful policy by requiting every one with his due. the apple of d scord may be destroyed be h in America, Africa, and Asia. There is a limit to the streriat hof every kingdom. The extension of their limi s to that given point wone is tiuth beneficial to the people an I without danger to the k ngdom, b CIUBO tt a utmost endeavours on that pat% t .rrninate like the cz se )f the frog who wished to be like a bu 1 in size. (From the Norther); Bee, September, 3-17 ) From the conflict of op . nions truth arises. Tile war of 1853-6 was indispensable in order to persaade Europe anew of the necessity of peace fir her, and of all the benefits which flaw from it both far kingdoms ants for people. The evolt in Ent India was indispensable in order to show E Igland that is her po!s'Asions, too, there ciist those per r,iciuus abuses of power wkick engender discontent and re volt. A general demand fur peace hen shown itself, a' wish to strengthen it on firm foundatnns, and to prevent thme occurrences which may give a prttext to new and important confl'cts in Europe Toe principal mans t► (free this are , the removal of 911 ambitious projects and" the restoration o mutual c9nficience between the four head' Powers, Russia: erance Eogland, and Prussia. The journey of the Em- , p ror Napoleon - to Osborne and then to Germany, where he may have an interview with another Imperial personage,. must hay important resul sin the future. We see in this the plelge of the cunsolidation of peace in Europe, and we observe with pleapre that even in England itself the ne cessity is f-lt of friendly relations between these four Powere. We wish th,t each a manner of thinkilg, drawn from experience, way be corsDlidated on the firmest foun dation, and not be a momentary allurement, the echo of the events which are taki:ig. place in East India. (From the Nortk-rrd Bee, September 2-14 ) The English papers are attemptieg to persuade their' readers that in Ilussi), more particularly than in other European countries, people rejoice over the East Lushest events, and that our contVry especially will gain by the losses which are brouzht upon England on this occasion .• Thus, for example, even the organ of Lord Patmerton, the Horning Poet, lady expressed itself. We have ahead bad ceJasion to declare that in s ene other countries the ill , succ ss of the E , gl:sh is Eist India is more likely to be read with deligh*, nut not in We should be jus t,fi d in consi tering those bloody dramas as a retribution for Kertch, °Jesse, 1T eab,rg, ste ;: but we do not venture to take such high 1,,r - und, and ie the decreas of the Most High to read what is i com?rehensible for us. As men, at rnkmhers of a cisfised cmurnunity, we torn away with horror from the p eture o the events in East India. With disgust do we read the letters of the English respecting the barbariy o' the S-pays, but at the same time we do net j 3in in the cries of England for a bloody vengeance. By justice, by ju-tice a'on •, can the equilibrium betwe to the outraged and the outrager, between the victim and the bioxithirsty, to restored. We shalt not rejoice at Englan . .'a losses. Our com mercial relations and those of Eadland a-e so mutually dependent that, while rejoicing at another's loss, we draw it upon ourselvrs. We have learnt much from England. Much remains for us to learn from her, and we have ever considered E 'gland, - and n , t Frence, at the head of the civilisation of the day. We do not reckon as civilisation. the superficial abstract ideas of the Frerch and Germans respecting our communitr, but the positive deductions of the English respecting the rights of man, his welfare, aud the application of the newest aepi•ements in arts and sciences far his advantage and the lightening of his labours. In teis respect the English have gole far be yond even the North Americans, because with the latter the equilibrium between the advantage acquired by man through money, its necessity for him, and his exclusive endeavours after it, is completely d-stroyed. Iu a word, in England there is ni such bowing before the golden calf as has infatuated all people in North America and a portion in Fiance. This is what binds us to England in preference to other countries. BRAZILIAN MAIL. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. (By Telegraph.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. The Teutonia (s) his arrived from the Brazils * Her dates are—Rio de Janeiro, Ist September Bahia, 6th ; Pernambuco, 9.h ; and Lisloon, 26th. She has twenty-eight passengers, and a large cargo of coffee, tobacco, molasses, figs, & chiefly for Hamburg, whence she allied an hour or two after her arrival. Coffee at Rio was quiet, good first, 53.00 to 54.00 superior 55 00 to 56.00. Freights dull. Exchange on London, 27d to a ; Paris 34 ; Ham burg,- 650. Flour market without animation at Bahia. Sugar dull and quotations nominal. Cotton stocks mostly in second hand, trans— actions of no importance. Coffee slightly improved ; a small lot of an washed seconds changed hands at 50.00 per arr. Hides at nominal quotations. Exchange, 271-d. Cottons in demand at Pernambuco, at 82 40 is 83.50 per arr. Prices of sugar at declin). Ex 'hange, sixty day's sight, 282. MARCUS'S CHEAP EXCIIRgI)N to the Art TrOlillrea Exhibition, to-morrow and Saturlay, will leave the Lim:- street station at a quarter past ei2,l“, and return from the . Exhibition at a quarter before five. Tne fare for the double journey will b.: iacluding admission to Exhibition. Maitcus's CHEAP EXCURSIIN to the Art Treasures Exhibition, to-morrow and S iturdav, will leave the Lima street station at a qu trter past eight, and return from tke Exhibition at a qu irter before five. The fare for the double journey mill be 33., in-luding admission to the THE 17TH Lsxcrits.—This re?iment will I?ave Dahlia to-day (Thursd,y), for Cork, whew it will emhark is the Great Britain stea - r-ship, fir- B unbar. Till: pliant re;iment has now been quartered in Dnhlin garrison for twelve monthr, and we cannot allow it to leave us (says Saunders's A'ews Letter) out expressing the admiration the inhabitants of Dubin have felt at the uniform good unduct of the rvn, and the regret th , y exper:ence et the sudden departure of th 2 regiment for the seat of war in Some bigotted ruffians broke the wildlws of Castletown Arra Church, on Sand ty rooming., last.—N.wayh Guardian. HIGH PRICE OF BUTTER.—In Cashel., on Wednesday, 115 s per cwt. was Oven for butter. What a season far farmers !—Clonmel Chronicle. The master and chairman of the County Limerick Hunt is about to lead to the hymeneal al'ar an amiable and accomplished lady in Wales.—Linterick Chronicle. General Havelock has received £lOO per annum as a pod service pension ! Had he been a d incing or music master to one of the Royal Family he would have rec.ived double the amount out of the fund provided as a reward for "literature" (?)—Sun. Sikandi hes made a " hit" by his performance of Othello in Paris. In the last scmle he did not stab himself—indeed he could not very well do so, as ho wore a curved dagger. This h iwever, he drew across his throat, and the public looked rather astonished. On Tuesday, as tivo respectably a tired females were scanning the picture of the " Three Mars " (at the Man chester Exhibition), one ohserved to the other, " Who are the three Marys ?" " Why, you soft (was the serious reply), one is the Virgin Mary, another is Mary gieen of Scots, and the other is bl ,ody Mary." One very sad case was mentioafid the other day with refersnce to the failure of the B itish Bank. Three ladies, past the prime of lif., hal quite sufficient to live com fortably on for their lives. L was all invested in British B ink sh ires. Every pc illy is lost . , and even their fund ure has been taken, and they are no.v in situations as governesses. I)E.tTu OF FOiT FR BELL. -This well-known jockey breathed his last on Monday, in the Medway Union, Chat ham. Whilst riding a horse on Chatham racr.coats', on Friday, Sept. 11th, the horse fell, and rolled over him, breaking his collar bone, as well es causing concussion of the brain. Poor Bell never rallied, and after seventeen days' illness expired as above. RESIGNATION —A certain o'd lady, who has been famed for sour looks, and not very swEer, word:, toncaing the accidents of lite, was observed to become very ami " What happy change has came over you ?" slid a neigh bour. " Wny," said the transformed, "to tell you the true h, I have been all my life striving for a contented mind, and have finally concluded to sit down contented without it." On Friday morning last the steamer Queen broug ht to Carlisle a large number i.f cattle and sheep from Dublin- The cattle were upon the deck ; but the sheep were stowed away in the 'tween decks, and when the vessel arrived at I .Vhitehaven upwards of 100 of them were found to have died from suffocation. We are informed that the caresses were removed to a large yard on Harmless Hill, where they were dressed.—Cumberland Packet. MADRAS. The Bombay Greette contained the following communi cation from Madras giving an account of the mutiny in the Bth Madras Light Cavalry, which had caused con siderable excitement in the Southern Presidency : " The Bth regiment of Mtdras Light Cavalry, which was to form part of the column en route for C ticutta from Madras, has Mutinied. Tnis toak place on the 17th or 18th. The regiment had volunteered for fo-eign service, and was on its march down from Banga lore for the purpose of embarking at Madras. But on its arrival at Streepormatore, 26 miles from Madras, it put forward a claim for tha rates of pay, batta, and pension, which existed before 1837, and were more favourable to the Sepoy than the present rates. Such a claim put forward at such a moment, was most distressing and p-rplexing. Nevertheless, the officers (some of th'm) started by train at once for Madras, to see what could be done. I believe that the Madras government agreed to guarantee the concession of the terms demanded from the Supreme Government, and that the officers returned to Streepormutore and informed the Sepoys that their requests were complied with, The corps the corps then proceeded to Poonarnallee, 13 miles from Madras, and then the truth came out. They would march on no terms whatsoever ; they would not make war upon their coun trymen.' Fortunately two guns and some artillerymen had arrived at Poonamalee in the very nick of time. The sowars were at once deprived of their horses, their pistols, caps and ammunition, and left only with their swords. Why those were not taken away also, I cannot tell, The partial disarming was quietly submitted to, and the corps was halted. The 3rd Madras Light Cavalry is now at Arcot. and is at once to proceed to Bangalore. As soon as it has well cleared the station the Bth Madras Light Cavalry is to march to Arcot, and do dismounted duty there. But what :is in reserve fer the ,mutineer s I eannot tell. Would that I could assure the safeto of the officers, now alone:with them. This affair has caused the greatest excitement in Madras. The volunteers were warned that their services are to be available at a moment's notice. There are patrols in all the streets day and night. The Government compound presents the appearance of a camp, surrounded as it is with artilery, and filled as its banquetting-hall is with soldiers. Mortars are placed on the south side of the fort, facing Triplicane. Yet Madras is so extended a place, the dwellings of the chief inhabitants so dispersed, that there is a very painful and general feeling of inse curity. The force is thought to be most inadequate. The Mussuloaan inhabitauts of Triplicane are notoriously disaffected ; so are those of Arcot and Vellore ; and since the plague spot has touched Madras, it is impossible to predict how far it may be spr: , ad. Every one is hoping, rather than believing, that this mutiny is the beginning and the end of a rebellion in Medras " The horses of the mutineers were taken in charge by a Commissariat sergeant, ridden to Madras by the horse_ keepers, and embarked for Calcutta this,m9rning, where they will be a valuable acquitition." MISGOVERNMENT AT C ALCUTTA. The Birmingham Daily Press publishes 'a letter, written by an English resident at Calcutta, and addressed to Mr. George Dawson. The following extracts will, doubtless, greatly interest our readers . The fact is, Lord Canning is not the man for his post. No one would ever have chosen him for it. The Horne Government, little knowing, in their innocence, what a storm was brewing—(how should they, when their informants here upen t. e spot could trace no shadow of the coming struggle ? mixing with the discontented and disaffected, they found but nothing of their diicon tents), the Home Government then requiring a man to consolidate, to keep things cool and quiet, after the fuss and bluster of the last vice-royalty, picked out of their own ranks the nobleman they could best spare, and packed him off to Calcutta. I know little about his politics —we don't call men by political names here—but I suppose he belonged to the Whigs, or the Peelites, or the Liberal_ Conservatives. or some other of those safe little pigeon holes for undecided men. Well, such is not the man to muzzle a revolution. The art of navigation, as learnt on Bala Lake or your own Sato Pool would not be of much avail in a stiff sou'-wester off an iron-bound lee shore The Governor-General of India should always be a man of tremendous energy, moral ani physical, a man who has passed his life in doing, and been knocked about he must be prepared for every emergency, for India is always smouldering above a volcano ; above all he must have his own way. He may bluster like Ellenborough, or s orear and fume like Sir Charles Napier (the dead lion. not the living bear), or better, he may prove like our beloved and lamented Lawrence, the "still strong man in a blatant land." But strong he must be, or he will fail egregiously, and bitterly fail. And Lord Canning, if the voice of the whole of the intelligent Earopean population of Calcutta may be trusted, has so failed. Industrious and self-sacrificing as heart could wish, he has not yet succeeded in satisfying the English of India by one singe act. He vacillates ;he is led by his councillors ;he is afraid, not of the natives, but of being harsh with them. He trusts them ; if one fails, he still believes another ; he is like charity, " hoping all things, believing all things," if a native or a native regiment make any profession. But let Europeans appeal, he is deaf and dumb, he mistrusts them ;he is unfair'' to them. For it is not impartiality in these times to deal out equal justice, (Taal harshness, to dark and light. When the existence of a terrible con spiracy against the lives of every one of us English is proved, it is not impartial to forbid European and Asiatic alike from carrying arms in the streets of Calcutta; the European carries his for self defence, the native for ag gression. It is not impartial to bind by one constraint the low scurillous native papers which the respectable class of natives (who speak and read English and conduct. 'their private correspondence in Eaglish) would never look at, and the loyal, honest, gentlemanly European press. The Friend of India withers under treatment which a contemptible native paper,_by reason of its very man ners, would not feel. And the worst of these dealings with the newspapers is just this: that the very meanness and slightness of the native press show that the blow was directed, for some unaccountable reason, against the European papers. Government had had from these the most kindly and cor dial support ; Enot a paper but praised Lord Canning's energy and activity, feeling as they did how much moral strength the confidence of the English inhabitants would give him. And all this support has been wantonly dissi pated; Government felt themselves not strong enough to face a breath of adverse criticism, and determined upon gagging the press. This was their ostensible ground : In the Doorbin, a Hindustanee paper, published at Cal cutta, appears a proclamation, promulgated by the Delhi insurgents, calling upon the natives throughout India to rise and massacre the " Feringhees." The proclamation is inserted seemingly only as a piece of news, and with adverse comments. Another Hindustanee paper copies it, appending similar comments ; and a Bengalee paper, about the same time, inserts several obscure editorial pare graphs, which the Government interpreters construe into treasonable sympathy with the insurgent Sepoys. Straight way the three papers are seized, the editors bound to ap pear at the next sessions, and Lord Canning goes down and passes a " gagging act," giving power to the Govern ment to stop the publication of any paper or book contain ing seditious matter, and to punish the editor with imprisonment and fine. Well, this looks energetic enough, but what follows converts it into a farce. The grand jury found a true bill against the three editors, who were tried by the law of libel, and the act,of course not having a retrospective effect, when the trial came on, it was intimated to the three editors that if they would plead guilty they should be let off with a nominal fine. The two Hindustanee editors did so; the Bengalee one refused, and as there was a great confusion about the meaning of the suspicious passages, the jury, liking natives little, but government less, found him " not gully.'' So then government have cut their own throats, thrown away the support of Anglo India, and of the home press (which of course will be loud against the insult to the craft), and disgusted every reasonable-man because of three articles, two of which according to its own estimation, were sufficiently punished by a fine of cele rupee, and the third was pronounced innocent by a jury composed principally of educated Englishmen. There must surely be something more in this than meets the ear. The editor of the Doorbin is a clerk in the Home-office, and people do not scruple to hint that the obnoxious article was inserted at the inspiration of the Home Secretary. * * * Then take this Dinapore business as a specimen of their way of managing things. Dinapore, as you all know by this time, is a military cantonment on the right Dank of the Ganges, in the province of Saber, about eight miles from the troublesome Mussultnan city of Patna, in which plot after plot has been traced by the exertions of individuals (rewarded for their energy, sometimes, as Lord thick Browne was by a most triumphant snubbing). Well, at Dinapore were three Sepoy regiments and one Queen's regiment—the 10th ; and the station was com manded by an old brigadier, named Lloyd. When the Calcutta and Barrackpore regiments were dis armed some six weeks ago, a deputation of merchants of Calcutta and Patna waited on Lord Canning, begging him to disarm the Dinapore troops also, and sug gesting that some European regiments passing up the river should stop tor a day or two and see it done, as the 10th were not strong. These merchants, of course, feared for Patna and their goods there, while Government, with 31 croves worth of opium in their stores there (a crove of rupees is a million of our money) was so gloriously unsel fish as to care nothing. The lord bowed them out with, " I have reason to place implicit confidence in the fidelity of the Dinapore troops." Well, in a fortnight, Govern ment thought better of it, and sent Brigadier Lloyd a carte blanche to disarm them or not as he thought well. The brigadier put it in his pocket. The other day Go vernment waxed courageous, and wrote to ;the brigadier, " Disarm them at once.' The brigadier went and an nounced it to the troops. They said " Give us 24 hours." He gave it, and in a very few hours they had rushed off, burning their barracks behind them .to spread destruction and devastation through the hitherto quiet province of Behar. When the er.sis came, the poor old brigsdier was aowhere to be ((mad, till at last he.was discovered tremb. ling on board. & steamboat., in, Lilo. alver.Ejantut nitre our