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doubtful whether we have captured the at guilty, and
i
there is some danger of our losing n the common herd of
critnioals greater and more important offenders. One of
the ringleaders in the last outbreak at Mehidpore was sur-
rendered with the greatest reluctance; and this is one of
numemus examples to show that we must exercise our
authority in India as much by force as by moral ascen-
dancy.
Frain Cawnpore intelligence is meagre. The
dispositions of Sir Colin Campbell point dis-
tinctly to a combined saries of operations in the
Nab, iu order to clear the country between Cawn-
pore and Delhi of every insurgent. A strong column,
under Brigadier Walpole, left Cawnpore on the 18th,
and reached Akberpore, halfway to Calpee, on the
19th. It remained there for two or three days,
engaged in settling the surrounding country, which
has been so long disorganised by the insurgent
troops. With this column are—the Rifle Brigade,
two battalions ; 38th Foot ; Bouchier's battery, and
Blunt's troop Horse Artillery; Ist Punjaub Cavalry;
and other squadrons of the 9th Lancers. It will pro-
ceed towards Etawah, and follow the left bank of the
Jumna to Agra. Sir Colin, with the main body, was
to move upwards along the right bank of the Ganges,
crossing the Khala Nuddee near Kanouj, to occupy
Futtehghur and Furruckabad, and thence to Agra,
when an imposing force will thus have been concen-
trated. With Sir Colin will be—Remington's troop
Horse Artillery ; Smith's battery Royal Artillery ; the
Naval Brigade, with six 21-pounders, two 8-inch
howitzers, and eight mortars ; two companies Sap-
pers and Miners ; Bengal ditto, and two companies
Puujaub ditto; the cavalry which went down with
Grant's column, the Bth Foot, 23rd Fusiliers, 42nd
Highlanders, 53rd, 64th, and 82nd Foot, 193rd High-
landers, with a regiment of Punjaub infantry.
That the commander in-chief thus :leaves on one
side the Gwalior force and its auxiliaries at Calpee
is a proof that he considers them too dispirited again
to attempt the passage of the Jumna, and that he
prefers moving upon them from Agra to crossing the
Jumna lower down. There seems reason to believe
that the bridge of boats at Calpee has been broken
up. Sir Colin, however, has taken measures to pre-
vent a surprise at Cawnpore by leaving there the
32nd, 34th, and 88th Foot, with "the faithful rem.
nants of the Lucknow native corps, who behaved
with great gallantry and fidelity."
In addition to the reasons which might render a
movement up the Doab preferable to any other, a
powerful motive in favour of Sir Colin's plans was
a complete cessation in the arrivals of transport, pro-
visions, or ammunition, from Calcutta. Sir Colin had
no other choice but to advance towards the convoys
despatched under Colonel Seaton from Agra, Meerut,
anti Delhi.

Thus the complete subjugation of the capital of
Oude is for a time postponed:—
The object of the Government and its generals is for
the present to confine the rebels within the limits of that
province, till such time as our own territories, especially
those bordering upon the Grand Trunk Road, are more com-
pletely pacified, and the communication between Calcutta
and Agra permanently restored. With this view it is that
Sir Jatoes Outran' remains at the Aluinbagh, covering and
holding the road from Lucknow to Cawnpore. On the
Rohticund or northern side of Oude we are less aazious,
inasmuch as the former province is separated from the
Doab, through which runs the Great Trunk Road by the
Ganges. But on the eastern and south-eastern frontier
of Oude it is of the utmost importance to guard. The
British station of Goruckpore, as you are aware, has been
lost tons for some time, by a movement of rebels from
Fyzabad. Azimghur, Jaunpore, and even Benares have
been threatened. An irruption in the direction of these
cities might be productive of the most serious coos&
quences in regard to the communication between Calcutta
and the upcountry.
A letter from Calcutta, dated Dec. 26th, would
intimate that the rebels were quarrelling among
themselves :

Heavy firing has been heard in Lucknow itself,
and it is known that the rebels are fighting
among themselves. They are clamorus about their
arrears of pay, which the rebel leaders refused, alleging
that the Queen Mother ordered them not to pay until the
sepoys had tiriveu the English beyond the Ganges. I give
this statement as I received it in a letter from the Alum-
bagh on the 17th December. Whether it is correct is not for
me to decide; hut, as 1 have before informed you, I believe
the Royal family to be deeply mixed up with the affair.
" The reverse sustained by General Windham at
Cawnpore," writes the Bombay Times," from the im-
pending and disastrous issues of which he seems
only to have been rescued by the rapid advance of Sir
Cohn Campbell, has called for some remark in the
papers; but his subsequent appointment by the
commander•in•chief to an independent command at
Umballah would appear to indicate that no very
serious blame attaches to him in the matter. Reports
were rife at one time to the effect that he had re-
signed his command, and at others that he was in
arrest, but they appear to have been bat exaggerated
statements of Sir Colin's natural impatience of the
reverse."

A letter from Azimghur, Dec. '22, tenii in some
measure to support the view that the longer the
rebels are left undisturbed in Oudot the more likely

is their resistance to our authority to become dis-
organised. "We are catching lots of sepoys,"
remarks the writer, " running away to their homes
from Lncknow"

They are all laden with rupees and gold mohurs, which
of course are divided between the captors and Government.
The sepoys disguise them-elves as villagers, fakeers, and
other characters; but the police are very keen. Last week
they caught six men, who collectively possessed 1,250
rupees worth of gold and silver, in rupees and mohurs.
They will be hanged. Yesterday six more men were
caught disguised as villagers ; they said they had been
looted (robbed) by villagers, but we found 300 or 400
rupees on them. The case of one man was doubtful; he
said he went into Oude with money to buy bullocks and
had been robbed, but on examining him we found the
marks of eight leech bites on his left side; he said they
were the marks of a lancet, but he looked very foolish
when the marks were discovered ; but do what they will
they are sure to be discovered somehow or other, either by
the contents of letters or some mile of their sepoy profes-
sion found on them.

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drawn up in line. With these " they opened fire
long before our force got within range ; our artillery
went at once to the front, and fairly pounded them
out of their ground in less than an hour ; the line
then advanced slowly, but never came into action,
the guns having done it all. They left seven guns
in position, and our cavalry, following them up sharp,
caught them tailing off on the other side for Fur-
ruckabad, I suppose, and stopped the passage of 550
or 000 in a run of some five miles, taking seven
more guns, three elephants, and no end of ammuni-
tion and plunder of all kinds. On one elephant was
a silver howdah with the enemy's commander seated
thereon ; he was called Hukeem of Mhow ; he,
with a young Nawab by his side (name unknown),
was slain as he sat." Colonel Seaton in the mean-
time had attacked the town of Puttialee with his
infantry, and killed between 500 and 600 Pandy
infantry. Their cavalry, as usual, were off at the
first shot, although about 1,500 in number. From
Puttialee the force moved down towards Mynpoorie,
and met the enemy behind some high trees west of
this place on the morning of the 27th. "He
opened," says the colonel, " with four gene, as I
advanced. I sent the Horse Artillery guns a detour
to the right, supported by cavalry, the heavy guns
and infantry following. The enemy, finding his
retreat to the city cut off, soon began to retreat.
We took all his guns, six ; and cut up 250 men ":
The little force ( writes a correspondent) which has
achieved this brilliant and decisive success, under its
gallant leader Colonel Seaton, started from Delhi about a
month ago, and was composed as follows :
Europeans.—One troop Horse Artillery, one squadron
6th Carabineers, 300 bayonets Ist Bengal Fusiliers, 6 rank
and file 9th Royal Lancets.

Natives.—HOdson's Sikh Horse, 7th Punjaub Infantry,
two companies Sappers and Miners.

This important success, in conjunction with the decisive
victory gained by Sir Colin. Campbell at Cawnpore a few
days previously, must render the Doab no longer safe fur
the fugitives, as the whole extent of country between that
city and Agra will now be swept by the combined forces.

From Nynee Tal we learn that the outposts were
attacked on the morning of the Bth December by the
Bareilly insurgents, who cut off the cavalry vedettes
at Kale Doongy ; and after firing on the Thakoor
cavalry (just raised) who were on parade, being
drilled by Captain Crossman, they attacked the
police-station a few hundred yards off, and cut up
eight of the Thanna people. The cavalry not having
any arms with them at the time, the insurgents were
able to retreat without molestation, killing those of
the cavalry who were at picket duty on the road. As
soon as intelligence was conveyed to Nynee Tal,
prompt assistance was rendered. One hundred
Ghoorkas, under Captain Ross, and one hundred of
Read's levies, under Car.. Baugh, proceeded to the
spot with all possible despatch, but " without
result." _ _ .

Fifteen hundred Ghoorkas have at last arrived at
Burm Dee from Nepaul, and one thousand of these
are on their way to Nynee Tal, where they may be
expected by the 20th. Some movement would then
be made against the large body of insurgents located
at Bundle, reported to number 5,000 men of all
arms.
In the South Mahratta country measures more active
than any yet undertaken have become at last neces-
sary. The Rajah of Shoorapore has at last declared
himself against us. Her Majesty's 56th was sent
on to Belgaum from Bombay some days ago, by the
Feroze, reinforcements of new recruits for her
Majesty's 64th and the 2nd Europeans basing been
forwarded previously. With a portion of these and
detachments from Kurnool of 170 12th Lancers, 100
Artillery, 1,000 her Majesty's 43rd, and 450 Mysore
Horse, the borders of the Nizam's dominions are to be
settled.
The remaining portion of her Majesty's 72nd
Highlanders having arrived, the whole of the
regiment was to be despatched immediately to
Tankaria Bunder, to join the Deese column. The
51st remains here, and the Bth Hussars were to start
about the 20th for Mandavi.
In Lower Bengal the position of affairs is as
unsatisfactory as can be expected. " We are
not yet," writes the Calcutta correspondent
of the Daily News, " at the end of our dis-
turbances in Lower Bengal. The Chittagong muti-
neers,after killing the women thataccompanied them,
proceeded in the direction of Sylhet. The Light
Infantry battalion there located was despatched
under the Hon. Captain Byng to intercept them.
The two parties came in contact close to Sylhet: an
action ensued, which resulted in the repulse of the
mutineers. On our side there were only four or five
killed, but amongst them, unhappily, was Captain
Byng himself."
The most important item of intelligence from
Calcutta is that which announces the arrival there
of two cargoes of elephants from Burmab, numbering
in all seventy of these creatures. They were
landed in excellent condition, and an amusing
account is given in a letter from Calcutta of the dis-
embarkation. At first they were hoisted out of, the
ship and landed alongside, ,just on the bank of the

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doubtful whether we have captured the most guilty, and is their resistance to our authority
to become dis- drawn up in line. With these " they opened fire
there is some danger of our losing in the common herd of organised. "We are catching lots of sepoys," long before our force got within range ; our artillery
critnioals greater and more important offenders. One of remarks the writer, " running away to their homes went at once to the front, and fairly pounded them
the ringleaders in the last outbreak at Mehidpore was sue- from Lucknow ":
reudered with the greatest reluctance; anti this is one of out of their ground in less than an hour ; the line
numerous examples to show that we must exercise our They are all laden with rupees and gold mohurs, which then advanced slowly, but never came into action,
authority in India as much by force as by moral ascen- of course are divided between the captors and Government. the guns having done it all. They left seven guns
The sepoys disguise them-elves as villagers, fakeers, and in position, and our cavalry, following them up sharp,
dancy.
caught them tailing off on the other side for Fur-
they characters but the police are very keen. Last week From Cawnpore intelligence is meagre. The
soil
gmoeldn, who collectively possaleissdedmolh,u2tl
dispositions of Sir Colin Campbell point dis- ruepyeescawuogrtht ruckabad, I suppose, and stopped the passage of 550
tinctly to a combined series of operations in the They will be hanged. Yesterday sixr more men were or 600 in a run of some five miles, taking seven
Deals, iu order to clear the country between Cawn- caught disguised as villagers ; they said they had been more guns, three elephants, and no end of ammuni-
pore and Delhi of every insurgent. A strong column, looted (robbed) by villagers, but we found 304) or 41)0 tion and plunder of all kinds. On one elephant was
under Brigadier Walpole, left Cawnpore on the 18th, rupees on them. The case of one man was doubtful; he a silver howdah with the enemy's commander seated
and reached Akberpore, halfway to Calpee, on the said he went into Oude with money to buy bullocks and thereon ; he was called Hukeem of Mhow ; he,
19th. It remained there for two or three
days, had been robbed, but on examining him we found the with a young Nawab by his aide (name unknown),
engaged in settling the surrounding country, which marks of eight leech bites on his left side; he said they was slain as he sat." Colonel
toSsfeoaoit,ouantntidainiefletoolsewiiminandniys-
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has been so long disorganised by the insurgent were the marks of a lancet, but be looked very foolish
troops. With this column are—the Rifle Brigade when the marks were discovered ; but do what they will
they are sure to be discovered somehow or other, either by y,
two battalions ; 38th Foot ; Bouchier's battery, and the
thecontents of letters or some relic of their sepoy proles-
infantry. Their cavalry, as usual, were off at the
Blunt's troop Horse Artillery; Ist Punjaub Cavalry; Sion found on them. first shot, although about 1,500 in number. From
and other squadrons of the 9th Lancers. It will pro- Puttialee the force moved down towards Mynpoorie,
The fate of these double deserters is not stated.
ceed towards Etawah, and follow the left bank of the and met the enemy behind some high trees west of
Jumna to Agra. Sir Colin, with the main body, was Sir James Outram remained at Alumbagh with one this place on the morning of the 27th. "He
to move upwards along the right bank of the Ganges, Royal battery, two Bengal field batteries, a heavy opened," says the colonel, " with four gene, as I
crossing the Khala Nuddee near Kanouj, to occupy Bengal battery, a company of Madras Sappers, the advanced. I sent the Horse Artillery guns a detour
Futtehghur and Furruckabad, and thence to Agra, military train, two squadrons of Dragoons, some to the right, supported by cavalry, the heavy guns
when an imposing force will thus have been concen- Irregular Cavalry, her Majesty's sth Fusiliers, 78th and infantry following. The enemy, finding his
traced. With Sir Colin will be—Remington's troop Highlanders, 84th Foot, 90th Light Infantry, Madras retreat to the city cut off, soon began to retreat.
Horse Artillery; Smith's battery Royal Artillery ; the Fusiliers, and Ferozepore Regiment—in all some We took all his guns, six; and cut up 250 men ":
Naval Brigade, with six 21-pounders, two 8-inch 4,000 men. A telegraph from Madras confirmed The little force ( writes a correspondent) which has
howitzers, and eight mortars ; two companies Sap- his success achieved on the 22nd Dec.:— achieved this brilliant and decisive success, under its
pets and Miners ; Bengal ditto, and two companies Outram attacked and dispersed the enemy near the gallant leader Colonel Seaton, started from Delhi about a
Puejaub ditto; the cavalry which went down with Alumbagh on the 22nd of December, and captured four month ago, and was composed as follows :
Grant's column, the Bth Foot, 23rd Fusiliers, 42nd guns, one elephant, and much ammunition. Our loss was Enropeans.—One troop Horse Artillery, one squadron
Highlanders, 53rd, 64th, and 82nd Foot, 193rd High- very trifling. 6th Carabineers, 300 bayonets Ist Bengal Fusiliers, 6 rank
and file 9th Royal Lancers.
hinders, with a regiment of Punjaub infantry. Further to the eastward, a strong brigade, under
Natives.—Hod, son's Sikh Horse, 7th Punjaub Infantry,
That the commander in-chief thus ;leaves on one Colonel Franks, has been organised at Benares, for two companies Sappers and Miners.
side the Gwalior force and its auxiliaries at Calpee service on the eastern frontiers of Oude. The 20th This important
success, in conjunction with the decisive
is a proof that he considers them too dispirited again and 97th Foot, with a wing of the 10th, and a Royal victory gained by Sir Colin. Campbell at Cawnpore a few
to attempt the passage of the Jumna, and that he troop and battery, will form part of this force, with days previously, must render the Doab no longer safe fur
prefers moving upon them from Agra to crossing the Madras troops and Ghoorkas. While the 7th Hus- the fugitives, as the whole extent of country between that
Jumna lower down. There seems reason to believe sari are to be formed at Allahabail, where horses are city and Agra will now be swept by the combined forces.
that the bridge of boats at Calpee has been broken being collected for them. Jung Bahadoor was ex- From Nynee Tal we learn that the outposts were
up. Sir Cohn, however, has taken measures to pre- pected to occupy Goruckpore with 10,000 Ghoorkas. attacked on the morning of the Bth December by the
vent a surprise at Cawnpore by leaving there the From the north-west we have intelligence up to Bareilly insurgents, who cut off the cavalry vedettes
32nd, 34th, and 88th Foot, with "the faithful rem• the 27th December. at Kale Doongy ; and after firing on the Thakoor
nants of the Lucknow native corps, who behaved A column had left Delhi in charge of the King, cavalry (just raised) who were on parade, being
with great gallantry and fidelity." who is to come down to Calcutta. Nothing had drilled by Captain Creasman, they attacked the
In addition to the reasons which might render a transpired as to the treatment winch will be meted police-station a few hundred yards off, and cut up
movement up the Doab preferable to any other, a out to him. That he was an accomplice before the eight of the Thrums people. The cavalry not having
powerful motive in favour of Sir Colin's plans was act rests " upon the most unquestionable authority :" any arms with them at the time, the insurgents were
a complete cessation in the arrivals of transport, pro- in the month of May his agents, it is said, were able to retreat without molestation, killing those of
visions, or ammunition, from Calcutta. Sir Colin had discovered tampering with the native troops at the cavalry who were at picket duty on the road. As
no other choice but to advance towards the convoys Benares ; and abundant evidence is at hand to prove soon as intelligence was conveyed to Nynee Tal,
despatched under Colonel Seaton from Agra, Meerut, that on the 10th of May he supplied the mutineers prompt assistance was rendered. One hundred
amt Delhi, at Delhi with scaling ladders and munitions of war. Ghoorkas, under Captain Ross, and one hundred of
Thus the complete subjugation of the capital of "At Delhi," writes a correspondent, "the course of Read's levies, under Caps Baugh, proceeded to the
Oude is for a time postponed : justice no longer suffers any impediment, so far as spot with all possible despatch, but " without
The object of the Government such its generals is for the minor agents in the rebellion are concerned :" result."
the present to confine the rebels within the limits of that On the 22nd of December the Nawab of Jheyghnr was Fifteen hundred Ghoorkas have at last arrived at
province, till such time as our own territories, especially hanged. At an early hour the Chandney Chowk, where the Burm Dee from Nepaul, and one thousand of these
those bordering upon the Grand Trunk Road, are more corn- gibbets are erected, was thronged with natives, principally are on their way to Nynee Tal, where they may be
pletety pacified, and the communication between Calcutta Hindoos, who appeared to take a lively interest in the expected by the 20th. Some movement would then
and Agra permanently restored. With this view it is that spectacle. A strong body of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, be made against the large body of insurgents located
Sir James Outrem remains at the Alumbagh, covering and preceded by their band, marched up about a quarter past at Bundle, reported to number 5,000 men of all
bidding the road from Lucknow to Cawnpore. On the four, and drew across the road on all sides of the gibbets,
Itohticund or northern side of Oude we are less anxious, while the gallant Ghoorkas lined the right side. All the ar_ms:
inasmuch as the former province is separated from the buildings in the neighbourhood were crowded with Euro• In the South Mahrat country measures more active
Doab, through which runs the Great Trunk Road by the peon spectators, some females appearing here and there. than any yet undertakenta
have become at last neces-
Ganges. But on the eastern and south-eastern frontier About twenty minutes past four the cart containing the sary. The Rajah of Shoorapore has at last declared
of Oude it is of the utmost importance to guard. The prisoner appeared, drawn by bullocks, and guarded by a himself against us. Her Majesty's 56th was sent
British station of Goruckpore, as you are aware, has been party of Sikh cavery. The Nawab, a tall, stout, good- on to Belgaum from Bombay some days ago, by the
lost tons for some time, by a movement of rebels from looking man, dressed in plain white clothes, with a figured Feroze, reinforcements of new recruits for her
Fszsbad. Azimghur, Jaunpore, and even Benares have muslin turban, having been pinioned, mounted the plat- Majesty's 64th and the 2nd Europeans hating been
been threatened. An irruption in the direction of these form ; his eyes were covered with a cloth, and the hang- forwarded previously. With a portion of these and
cities might be productive of the most serious coose. man having descended, the drop fell, and the traitor was
detachments from Kurnool of 170 12th Lancers, 100
quences in regard to the communication between Calcutta launched into eternity. He struggled for some seconds,
Artillery, 1,000 her Majesty's 43rd, and 450 Mysore
and the upcountry. and then all was over. The crowd was very orderly; not a
A letter from Calcutta, dated Dec. 20th, would sound or sign escaped them during theceremony, but very Horse, the borders of the Nizam's dominions are to be
intimate that the rebels were quarrelling among few Mahomedans were present. On
the morning of the settled.
'2lth three rebels were hung, one of whom was the leader The remaining portion of her Majesty's 72nd
themselves : of the attack at the Hindun and the plunderer of Gems Highlanders having arrived, the whole of the
Heavy firing has been heard in Lucknow itself, gaou. His rank in the rebel army was " General." The regiment was to be despatched immediately to
and it is known that the rebels are fighting other two were "small fry." Tankaria Bunder, to join the Deese column. The
among themselves. They are clamorus about their The following message, announcing the reoccupa- 51st remains here, and the Bth Hussars were to start
arrears of pay, which the rebel leaders refused, alleging
that the queen Mother ordered them not to pay until the tion of Mynpogrie by Colonel Seaton's column, about the 20th for Mandavi.
had been received at Bombay by telegraph via In Lower Bengal the position of affairs is as
sepoys had iiriveu the English beyond the Ganges. I give
this statement as I received it in a letter from the Alum- All bur : unsatisfactory as can be expected. "We are
alynpoorie, Dec. 27, 3 p.m. not yet," writes the Calcutta corresrondent
bagh on the 17th December. Whether it is correct is not for
e o
of
the city. west
mile Found the enemy this morning posted behind some of the Daily News, " at the end of our dis-
theme to decide; hut, as I have before informed you, I believe
high trees a
Royal family to be deeply mixed up with the affair.turbances in Lower Bengal. The Chittagong muti-
" The reverse sustained by General Windham at guns as I advanced.
The Horse Artillery guns made a detour to the right, neerstafter killing the women thataccompanied them,
Cawnpore," writes the Bombay Times," from the im- supported by cavalry, the heavy guns and infantry follow- proceeded in the direction of Sylhet. The Light •
pending and disastrous issues of which he seems ing. The enemy, finding himself cut off, soon began to Infantrs battalion there located was despatched
only to have been rescued by the rapid advance of Sir retreat. i
under the Hon. Captain Byng to intercept them.
Cohn Campbell, has called for some remark in the Took all his guns and cut up 250. As yet none re- The two parties came in contact close to Sylhet: an
papers; but his subsequent appointment by the ported killed on our side. action ensued, which resulted in the repulse of the
commander-in-chief to an independent command at Colonel Seaton in all probability will now push on to- mutineers. On our side there were only four or five
Umballah would appear to indicate that no very wardsCawnpore,escorting thither such portions of his killed, but amongst them, unhappily, was Captain
serious blame attaches to him in the matter. Reports convoy as have not been distributed amongst the Byng himself."
were rife at one time to the effect that he had re- divisions of General Walpole and the commander- The most important item of intelligence from
signed his command, and at others that he was in in-chief. Calcutta is that which announces the arrival there
arrest, but they appear to have been bat exaggerated The action at Puttialee, announced last week by of two cargoes of elephants from Burmab, numbering
statements of Sir Colin's natural impatience of the , telegram, was fought by Colonel Seaton, with the in all seventy of these creatures. They were
reverse." loss of only two men. The force followed the rebels landed in excellent condition, and an amusing
A letter from Azimghur, Dec. '2, tends in some from Gungeree step by step till eight o'clock on the account is given in a letter from Calcutta of the dis-
measure to support the view that the longer the morning of the 17th, when they were discovered in embarkation. At first they were hoisted out or
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rebels are left undisturbed in Oude, the more likely position west of the town, with at least seven guns ship and landed alongside, just on the bank of thth •
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