The Press.
London, England, 1858-10-23 00:00:00

THE " AUSTRIA."

The Norwegian ship Cattarina arrived at Quebec,
on the 3rd inst., with twenty-two additional persons
saved from the ill-fated steamship Austria. The
following is a list of their names :—Passengers :
C. Stoepel, Andrew Lundstein, Conrad Eiffert, Jorgen
Fitchen, Wilhelm Braunsdorf, Heinrich Fourier,
Joach'n Pless, Edward Alters, Christophe Barcker,
Sven Neilson, Peter Svensen, Winsentz,Jobannes
Daumeller, Christophe Danker, Joseph Smertzeck.
Crew : Martin Folize, cook ; Joseph Karze, fireman ;
Frederick Thefeldc, thernan ; Johan Rohmoudt,
sailor ; Johan Heinrich, sailor ; Jaht, sailor ;
Heur Rieper, fireman.

THE FEVER.

The yellow fever continued very fatal in the
southern cities. The British brig Esperanza, from
Vera Cruz for Liverpool, with a cargo of mahogany,
was picked up in the Gulf of kiezioo and towed into

Apalachicola. One despatch ways the captain awe
dead, and all the crew were sick with fever; while
another reports that only two men acd a sick boy
were living ; the captain, officers, and remainder of
the crew having died.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
OUTR WI: ON CHRISTIANS.
The execution► of three Christians at Salonica, in
contempt of the amnesty of 1855, and particularly
the insult offered to their remains by the Turki•ah
populace, had created so great an excitement in Ma.
cedonia that the English Consul had requested the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands to
send some English ship of war into the Gulf of
Salonica.

INDIA.
THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the overland mail we are in pos-
session of correspondence and papers from Bombay
to the 21th ultimo, which give us details of the
transactions advised in the telegrams id last week's
impression.

THE PUNJAUB.
THE RISING AT MOOLTAN.
The most stirring intelligence of the fortnight is
the rising of the disarmed troops at slooltan, on
receipt of the order for their disbandment, and the
all but total destruction of the force, numbering 1,400
to 1,500 men. The disbanding of the troops in the
Punjaub having been deoided upon, it was thought
desirable to dismiss the men to their homes at the
rate of twenty per regiment per diem, a route being
marked out for them from each station, and the
places at which they were permitted to halt on their
way. At Mooltan they consisted of the 62nd and
60th Bengal Native Infantry, and a troop of Horse
Artillery. On the 28th of August the 60th Regiment
was paraded, and listened in silence to the order for
their disbandment from the 1:t September, at the
rate of twenty men per day. Nothing was said to
the disarmed Horse Artillery, or to the 62nd, the
fact being that the latter regiment, which was supposed
to be free from disaffection, was to have been ex.
empted from the disbanding order. On the 30th an
unhappy report seems to have spread among the
men tbat the Government, in thus sending them
away in detail, was but preparing for their easier
destruction. The idea that they had divined our
policy in separating them, seems to have united the
sepoys to resist, and as the mid-day gun fired on the
31st August they rose as one man. An eye•witness
of the event narrates it as follows :

On the 31st of August, before noon, in consequence of
the increasing uneasy feeling, the Brigadier resolved to
call out the European troops, for the purpose of compelling
the 69th to go into tents on the parade-ground within range
of the guns. The officers proceeded to their different
companies, and just as the mid-day gun fired the men were
in the act of falling in. The Royal Artillery had already
fallen in close to the verandah of the barrack facing their
guns, and some of the men were engaged in the lines in
harnessing the battery horses, when, as they were pre-
paring to fire the midday gun, the whole of the 62nd were
seen to rush out from their tents at the opposite side of
the parade-ground and make for the quarter guard then
held by the Punjaubees, for their own vacant lines, and for
the battery pickets. Immediately after the gun was fired
a yell proceeded from the empty Artillery Barrack, which
was now seen to be full of 69th sepoys brandishing hatchets,
clubs, Sac., evidently expecting to have caught the Euro-
pean gunners asleep on their cots. The Artillery upon
this turned round, and fired a volley from their carbines
into the barrack amongst its new occupants. In the mean-
time, fresh yells 'proceeded from the horse lines, and the
unarmed gunners were seen escaping, leaving four of their
number dead and four being very badly wounded. This
party had been attacked by the native troop of Horse
Artillery, assisted by a number of sepoys concealed with
them in their huts. Since the night before, these ruffians
were reinforced by the main body of the 62nd, who over-
powered the Sikh guard, killed some of them, and captured
seven muskets. During this time a rush was made from
the 69th lines on No. b Company of the Fusiliers, but
seeing the " Old Toughs" drawn up ready to receive them,
Pandy lost heart and joined the party then in the act of
being repulsed by the Royal Artillery; No. 5 Company
then cleared the 69th lines and officers' quarters in that
direction, killing some sixty-six sepoys. Simultaneously
with the attacks on the Artillery and No. 5 Company, a
rush was made by the 62nd towards the hospital of the
Bombay Fluffier', which, however, was quickly checked
by a fire from the convalescents,who were armed with rites.
On the first report of the firing, the Adjutant, Lieutenant
W. M. Mules, turned out the band of the Fusiliers armed
with their rides, and having put them at the double, pro-
ceeded through the Horse Artillery lines in the direction
of No 2. Company barrack room, riding a long way ahead
of the men, who were unable to keep up with him. On
turning a corner of the Horse Battery lines, be sal met
by a crowd of sepoys, whom he charged ; hi Colt
revolver missed fire, and would not revolve, and he was
seen to fling it at a fellow's head, when be was surrounded,
and there killed, his death being instantaneous ;
the entire
side of his head was driven in by the blow of an axe. Thus
fell this gallant officer; a better soldier or a better win
the glorious old regiment never had upon its master roll.
The men of the band arrived too late to save, but not too late
to avenge him, one of his murderers being bayonetted over

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lattiligentr. THE NATIONAL BANK.
A decree has been published in the official gazette, another reports that only two men and a sick boy
according to which the National Bank of Austria is, were living ; the captain, officers, and remainder of
from the Ist of November next, to discount bills and the crew having died.
'- make payments on account of public loans with new
THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
sv that blink notes. The old notes are to be taken by the
OUTRAGE ON CHRISTIANS.
-utes National Bank at 105. The execution of three Christians at Salonica, in
NAPLES. contempt of the amnesty of 1855, and particularly
A ROYAL MARRIAGE. the insult offered to their remains by the Turki.fi
letter from Munich, in the Gazette de Cologne, populace, had created so great an excitement in ita.
*hat a courier arrived in that city on the 7th, cedonia that the English Consul had requested the
-oatch to the Neapolitan Minister at the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands to
art, directing him to demand officially send some English ships of war into the Gulf of
lien the hand of the Princess Marie, Salonica.
-is of Austria, for the Prince Royal
'ln to sign the marriage con- INDIA.
•d. The marriage is ex.
THE BOMBAY MAIL.
'••s on the 12th of January
-o years of age. By the arrival of the overland mail we are in pos-
e. session of correspondence and papers from Bombay
(larafli, having to the 21th ultimo, which give us details of the
\etwewers,en the
.) • transactions advised in the telegrams last week's
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impression.
THE PUNJAUB.
THE RISING AT MOOLTAN.
The most stirring intelligence of the fortnight is
rising of the disarmed troops at Dlooltan, ou
• of the order for their disbandment, and the
'al destruction of the force, numbering 1,160
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