The Press.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

THE PRESS, AUGUST 22, 1857.

the evecing. They were engaged by the force of the
Rajah of Jbeend, attacked by Major Tombs' battery
of field artillery, and charged by the 9th Lancers.
Night appears to have put an end to the engage-
ment, which was renewed on the morning of the
20th. This time the mutineers were beaten off with
great slaughter, but on our part we had the misfor-
tune to lose Colonel Yule, of the 9th Lancers ;
Lieutenant Wheatley, of the 54th ; Lieutenant Hum-
phries, of the 20th N.I. ; and Lieutenant Alexander,
of the 3rd N.l. Colonel Beecher, Captain Brown,
Ist Fusiliers; Captain Daly, of the Guides ; and four
other officers, were wounded. Although the enemy
was thus repulsed, he nevertheless held his ground
in the rear up to the 23rd, for the message sent to
Lahore was as follows :

" The enemy attacked ns in great force from the Subzee
Mundee side (on our right flank and rear), and fought
most desperately the whole day long. They had a strong
position in a village and among the garden walls. Our loss
has been great for us, but the loss of the mutineers has
been very considerable." Later accounts say that the
enemy's dead were counted at the close of the day by
hundreds, the aggregate being estimated at not less than
I,ooo.—Times cur.

The 24th, 25th, and 26th appear to have passed off
quietly. Upon the 27th the fight was resumed, but
with what result is not stated, beyond the usual fact
that the rebels behaysd with great bravery and were
repulsed.
The monsoon had broken at last, and had given
our troops refreshing rain. The Jumna immediately
rose and carried away the bridge of boats at
Bhaugpul. " This accident," writes the correspondent
of the Daily News," cuts off for the present the com-
munication between the camp at Delhi and the
positions of Meerut and Agra :
But the rains will have important conselnences. They
must put an effectual stop to the operations of mutinous
detachments, and prevent any further increase to the
rebels in the besieged city. The Bareilly mutineers, who
were unable to advance further than Gurmuktesur, had
marched thither in hopes of passing the river by the bridge
of boats. This fortunately was prevented by the destruc-
tion of the bridge a few days before by a party of dragoons
from Meerut. The rains will have another result in Delhi
itself, which, being low on the banks of the Jumna, suffers
at this time of the year from miasma. This will distress
the sepoys in the place, already uncomfortable from our
fire and from overcrowding.

The quantity of stores and ammunition in the hands
of the rebels in Delhi was enormous :

I now find, from excellent authority, that they have been
firing two 2 t•poundera for every ;13.pountler °fours. They
have the largest arsenal in .ndia, 200,00011). of powder,
many millions of percussion caps, and hundreds of
thousands of rounds of ammunition. Their practice has
been as good as ours—if not better. We have been very
short of artillerymen. One day a party of the Ath Lancers
attacked and took some of the enemy's guns, and worked
them for the rest of the day, bringing them into the camp
in the evening amid loud and welkleservedcheers.—Times
cor.

With respect to the rest of the country, Peshawar
continues in a state of siege. No natives are allowed
abroad after gun-fire, and the mutineers were being
hanged or blown from guns is fast as courts-martial
could condemn them :
The safety of Peshawur, and its escape from the fate of
Meerut and Delhi, is due to the activity of the authorities.
A general rising had been determined on, and would have
taken place two hours later, on the very day of the disarma-
ment. This fact was elicited on the trial of the jemadar,
who was executed for mutiny. The death of forty of the
55th, mutineers taken at Murdan, is described as a fearful
eight. The culprits were fastened by the arms and legs to
the gun wheels, with their back to the muzzles. The die.
charge cut the body in two. As there were only ten guns,
the mutilated remains had to be removed four times. The
men who thus suffered were supposed to be honoured by
this kind of death, which was reserved for high caste men
only. This 55th thrived badly in their mutiny. They took
refuge after the defeat of Martian with the Swat tribe of
hill people, who, after subjecting them to the forcible
adoption of the Mahomedan religion. sold them back to us
at twenty rupees a head. Two hundred and fifty prisoners
of this regiment and the 51st were in gaol waiting for trial,
and twelve of the 51st had been hung. The 27th Native
Infantry was disarmed a second time, as it was discovered
that, not content with their muskets and bayonets, each of
the sepoys was in possession of swords and maces. Of
these it is said that no less than 70t) were discovered. A
similar process of searching seems to have been carried out
successfully (June 22) at Subathoo, Dagshai, and
Russowlie, nearer Lahore, 150 swords having been found
at the latter place, 70 at Dagshai, and a similar number at
S übathoo.—D. News cur.

At Lahore everything continued quiet up to the
28th June.

The mutineers of Jullundur and Phillonr,
after they were dispersed at Loodhiana, divided,
some 300 in number making their way to
the south-west, towards the Junin& to Rajghaut ,
where they were attacked and beaten on the 18th of