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is in a state of the utmost confusion, and is reported to
have suffered greatly at the bands of the enemy on this
occasion, though it escaped with impunity on the last. It
will, I apprehend, be very many days ere the natives re-
turn to their avocations, and business is resumed.

Dec. 10.-1 hasten to let you know that news has just
come in that Brigadier Grant's column, that went from
the commander-in-chiefs camp the night before last,
attacked the rebels at Bithoor yesterday, committed great
slaughter among them, captured the entire of the staff of
the Nana, and took all the guns, ammunition, provisions,
money, and property of every description, that had been
removed to Bithoor. It is said many of the scoundrels
have fled in terror into Oude. Yesterday some of Sir J.
Outram's treasure and camp came in, and he is said to be
following with his force. May he come across these
scoundrelly fugitives ! A havildar of the rebel force was
executed last evening, who stated, w ben examined, that
the Nana was not here during any portion of the time we
were besieged, but remained at Bithoor—that his brother,
the Bhalab Sahib, reached Calpee on the 18th ult., and
was honoured with a salute of twenty-one guns on his
arrival—that he crossed his force there on the 21st as
chief, with Surdial Pandy as general in chief, and Tothea
Topah second in eommand—that the rebel force consisted
of little more than half of the Gwilior Contingent, some
of Scindia's, Lloyd's own loysls Prom Dinapore, a large
body of miscellaneous troops from Furruckabad, four regi-
ments sent by the Nana, a number of men from Oude, and
forty-two grins from Calpee, besides some sent by the
Nam ; that the Rajah of Gbopslpore (in the Kutchwar-
ghur district), and the Zemindar of Tongrah, with their
men, were with the rebels; that their treasure consisted of
Rs. 5,b6,01242-8 —rather precisely calculated, I should
my, to define the balance with such nicety.
Deo. 11.—We had no poet from Calcutta yesterday, and
ye have none to-day, even from Allahabad. The cause, of
emus, we do not know. Communication by telegraph
matisaes uninterrupted, but the instrument is steadily
• for service messages. We hear this morning
that eral Dupuis and hie eteff will leave to-morrow by
tWrCalcutta, it being ambled the head-quarters of the
are to be established them. His Excellency the co ra-
metadar-in-chief will march with a strong force for Furracks•
lad lassorrow. A v perseove in the right direction,
slam k is vitally esseatl we should open the road with the
Memel practicable speed, for the importation of grain
fee Bareilly and other adjoining districts. I saw a
Misr this morning from an officer of H.M.'s 78th High-
leaders, stating Sir J. Outram did not purpose to vacate
the Almallegh immediately, as the enemy were gathering
mead !deposition, and evidenced a decided inclination to
give hiss meeting on the open, which is all he wants, and
Asa our fellows will read the 'mandrels a lesson.
Nothing definite is stated relative to General Wind-
ham, but it was reported he had been removed to
Umballah.

From Delhi we have news to the 10th. The trial
a the Nawab of Jhujjhur was still going on at that
date. The evidence of Sir Theophilas Metcalfe is
said to be oonclusive of his guilt. Executions of
criminals of lower degree take place daily.
Rohilcund still remains in the hands of Khan
Bahadoor, who has set himself up as Nawab of the
province. This man, once. principal Sudder Ameen
in the Company's courts, has regularly assumed the
=orship of the province, collects revenue, and
pointed as hib Ministers a number of Maho-
melba% nearly all of whom, it may ba remarked,
wore cilleials in the East India Company's service.
Hoer Singh was said at the time of the attack on
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Guapore i.o have been with the Gwalior troops.
Another account now has it that he is pushing to-
wards Mirzapore, with a view of threatening that
station.

In Bengal, matters are as quiet "as could be ex.
pected." The remains of the 11th Cavalry at Jul-
pigoree mutinied on the sth of December. They
rode off with their arms, and were soon joined by the
troop out in the field, to meet the Dacca mutineers.
They rode off towards Purneah, evidently intending
to plunder that station on their way to the north.
west. Fortunately, Mr. Yule, the Commissioner of
Bhaugulpore, is a hunting man, and not a civilian of
the desk. With 50 of her Majesty's sth, 100 sailors,
and 2 guns, he marched to intercept them. He
came up with them near Parneah, and dashed at
them at once. They refused the challenge, made a
rapid detour, and pressed on. Mr. Yule, however,
was not to be foiled ; he had been marching all day,
but he is a mighty hunter, and his stud of elephants
were to the fore. He mounted fifty sailors and forty
soldiers on them, marched all night, and but for an
accident would have cut them to pieces. He did, as
it was, compel them to charge, and killed eleven
without toe loss of a man. So rapid had been his
pursuit that the enemy's horses could hardly move.
The men of the 73rd, who mutinied at Dacca, have
escaped to Bootaa. They:were caught by fifty Euro-
peans and forty Ghoorkas, sent out from Julpigoree
on the 12th of December. They were, however,
strongly posted among nullahs, the attacking party
were up to their knees in sand, and were ultimately
obliged to give up the pursuit. No one was killed.
The three companies of the 34th, who mutinied at
Dacca, have, it is said, arrived on the frontier of
Tipeerab. They have murdered their women, who
impeded their march, and are now said to be starving.
When last heard of, they had just turned their faces
towards Sylhet, and the Sylnet Battalion have been
firdeled to intecoept them This battalion is sup-