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

Army Head Quarters, Delhi Cantonments, Jane It.

We are now encamped on the Flagstaff hill, having dis-
lodged the insurgents on the Nth. They fought most
obstinately, and disputed the ground inch by inc.,: ; but
British courage and, I may add, ferocity forced all before
them. In the enemy's camp was found a Eur.Tean
actually laying the guns ! He was li-.erally cut to pieces by
the enraged soldiery. It is suspected that there are others
in the city. 300 of the mutineers tried to escape by getting
into a Serae, but they were seen by some of our fellows,
and a party went to dislodge them ; they fired from the
windows, when our fellows burn open the doors, and,
rushing in, killed everyone. Not one was left alive.
We marched dawn to the lines by the Artillery bridge,
the centre one having been destroyed by the enemy. We
were under heavy fire till we got beyond the canal, but not
a single casualty occurred.
Yesterday they came out in force, but were driven back
with great loss. The Guide Corps ant the 60th Rifles hail
nearly all the fighting. Poor young Bettye of the Guides
was mortally wounded. We have three batteries in posi-
tion now, and they are pitching shot and shell into the
city very fast. The Ghoirkas who belong to our force are
behaving splendidly. The city is hermetically sealed at
present, so I can give you no news from thence.
All was quiet at Lahore, and up as far as Sealkote, to the
oth inst. It is supposed that the check the Delhi muti•
nears have received have prevented other corps from
showing their teeth • but there can be no doubt that the
whole native army has been tampered with, and the will is
not wanting to show their disaffection. Delhi once more
in our possession things will probably quiet down again—
not before.

Although General Barnard " hoped to open on
the town without a moment's delay," and did so, as
it appears by the above letter, yet several days appear
to have elapsed without the bombardment having
hid any serious effect, for on the 19th of July was
issued at Bomoay tbe following notification :
Judicial Codhaissioner's Office, Lahore,
19th June, 1837.

On the 18th up to four p.m. all was quiet before Delhi,
and no fighting; 3,000 of the rebels are encamped outside
the Ajmere•gate, and the force of the mutineers in Delhi
appears not to exceed a few thousand, even after the addi-
tion of the COth N.I. and some others who have lately
joined them. The 60th N.I. led a sortie on the 15th and
suffered severely.
Our army is awaiting reinforcements, a considerable
portion of which left Umballah on the 1 nth, and proceeded
by forced marches to Delhi.
The Guide Corps and Ghoorkas have continued to dis-
tinguish themselves as heretofore, on all occasions. In
one of the late encounters, Sirdur Kanh Sing Houma,
formerly a leader of great distinction amongst the Sirdars
of the Punjaub, accompanied Captain Daly, commanding
the Guides, chsrging ou foot with great bravery. He was
unfortunately severely wounded, and has received a hand•
some present from the chief commissioner, in token of
his admiration, with a letter assuring him that his interests
and those of his family will be carefully looked to by the
British Government.

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(Signed)
R. MONTGOMERY, Judicial Commissioner.
It is difficult in believe the statement that there
should be but a few thousand men in Delhi. The
immense number of disatEicted who have doubtless
marched to Delhi from various places must have
swollan, not diminished, the defenders of the city,
and the best proof that the defence is strong is
General Barnard's determination to " wait for rein-
forcements."

The Times correspondent, writing from Bombay,
July Ist, upon the position of our troops before
Delhi and of the moans of defence possessed by the
mutineers, remarks :

Whatever else may be uncertain, that Delhi was not
taken on the 12th of last month is perfectly certain. it
was still in possession of the mutineers on the 16th, the
date of our latest accounts from the army. On the Kith
or 11th a second sortie was made from the city, in which
the mutinied 61th, late of the Uinballah garrison, took a
leading part. Like that of the 9th, it was repulsed with
eevete loss, and on this, as on the former occasion, the
gallantry and conduct of the Corps of Guides was eminent.
I find that not only, as I supposed, the cavalry of the
corps, but also the infantry, arc with the army, the latter