The Press.
London, England, 1857-08-01 00:00:00

THE PRESS, AUGUST 1, 1857.

probably all the four regiments are gone, certainly the
two at Bareilly—the 18th and 68th, with the Bth Irregular
Cavalry and a Company of Native Foot Artillery. Most of
the officers have escaped, it is believed, to the hill station
of Tynee Tal or elsewhere, but the Brigadier, Sibbald, is
said to have fallen, and many civilians are missing.
Cawnpore, we believe, has been saved by the arrival of
the 84th and of the 64th, the latter from Bombay. But the
12th Native Infantry has mutinied in Bundlecund, and at
Allahabad the 6th Native Infantry, which had been loud
in its protestations of loyalty, and of its desire to be
led against Delhi, rose and murdered Captain Bird,
the Fort Adjutant, and all the Europeans they could
lay hands upon. The rest took refuge in the fort, where
they are still in safety, the mutineers having marched
for Delhi. At Benares the 37th Native Infantry mutinied
on an attempt being made to disarm them. Joined by
the 13th Irregular Cavalry and the Sikh Regiment of
Loodhiana, they killed Captain Guise, of the cavalry, and
attacked the guns of the European company of artillery,
hut were repulsed by a discharge of grape, and by the
resolute attitude of a handful of the Queen's 13th and
of the Madras Fusileers. At Azimghur the 19th muti-
nied, and shot their adjutant, Lieutenant Hutchinson.
At Ghazeepore the 65th hiss been disarmed. At Jaun-
pore the detachment of the Loodhiann Regiment
followed the example of the headquarters at Bermes,
killed Mr. Cuppage, the civilian, and badly wounded
Lieutenant Mara, their commanding officer. All this in
the Benares district. The rest of the Dinapore division
has been quiet, with the exception of one deplorable
occurrence at ltohnee. Major Macdonald, Sir Norman
Leslie, and Dr. Grant, three officers of the sth Irre-
gular Cavalry, were attacked one evening when sitting
in the verandah of the major's house. Sir Norman was
killed on the spot, and the other two severely wounded.
The assassins, at, first supposed to be disbanded sepoys,
belonged, it now appears, to their own regiment, and have
been given up for execution by their comrades.
The intelligence from the north-west provinces
and from Central India is not encouraging :
Turning back to the North-West, we pause for an instant
in Oule to see the gallant and able Sir Henry Lawrence
grimly busy in hanging the mutineers at Lucknow, with
loaded field-pieces and lighted port-fires on either side the
scaffold, and to hope that there is no truth in the report
that he has been forced to abandon the capital and fall
back upon Cawnpore. Pass rapidly through the Doab ;
nothing new hiss happened to detain us, though it will take
an army from Allahabad or Cawnpore one of these days to
restore it to tranquillity
It remains to consider the position of the great tract of
Central India to the southward and westward of Delhi,
with its numerous independent chiefs. Approaching this
district from the north, I have first to note that the contin.
gent of the Jheend Rajah has been doing true and loyal
service under the walls of Delhi. In his neighbourhood
are the British stations of Hansi and Hisser. Here the
Hurrianah Light Infantry battalion has mutinied, killing,
it is feared, Lieutenant Barwell, and other Europeans.
The levies of the Rajah of Bhurtpore, to whom was com-
mitted the charge of keeping open the road between Delhi
and Agra, proved faithless, and their officers, Captains
Nixon and Munbee, of the Bombay army, scarcely regained
Bhurtpore with their lives. The Ulwar Horse are, it is
feared, equally false. •
With regard to the conduct of the native
princes the intelligence yet is extremely meagre.
Rumour, writes the Daily News—" chiefly pro-
ceeding from native sources—attributes to the
King of Oude complicity in a plot to subvert
the British sway in Bengal and Upper India,
and restore the Mussulman dynasties. It is
said that to the titular King of Delhi was to have
been allotted the north-west territory ; to the King
of Oude, Lower Bengal ; to his brother, the heredi-
tary possessions of the family; and some provinces
to the Nawab of Moorshedabad.

With respect to the measures of the Government,
it appears that little is done except to pray for re-
inforcements, and to watch with no small anxiety
the conduct of the ruling native princes.
The intelligence from Paris, through Russian
sources, states that General Barnard cannot
attack Delhi for some time to come. He wants,
it is asserted, 8,000 men at least, and an amount
of artillery and ammunition which could not be
brought up very readily during the hot season.
But what is worse still, if true, the military depots
of our Indian army are said to be in a very low
condition as regards ammunition ; that the Govern-
ment has neglected to keep up the necessary stores.
It is declared, therefore, that we shall not hear of
the fall of Delhi for some time to come. The next
assertions are to the effect that, although the forces
of Madras and Bombay are not in open mutiny, we
cannot depend upon them, and any unfavourable
turn of events might obligo at least a general tits-
banding.—Post, second edition.