The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

THE PRESS, DECEMBER 12,1857.

them on the back and telling them not to be frightened,
that they would be well treated.
Another correspondent writes to the Times that
letters have been received from Lieutenant Osborne
at newah, dated 10th October, stating that reinforce.
ments had reached him.

Agra appears now to be safe, the defeated rebels
moving towards Culpee. Jounpore and Goruckpore,
however, are in " a terrible condition, great bands of
ruffians marching everywhere and committing horri-
ble atr3cities." On the 3rd of October one band,
about 1,200 strong, was overtaken by Jung Baha-
door's Ghoorkas in Jounpore. " The brave little
men, with their short carved knives, dashed at the
foe lik3 tigers, closed, slashed away, and in ten
minutes were driving them behind them in heaulong
rout." The insurgents left 250 dead on the field.
The following despatch from Agra had been re-
ceived at Calcutta :

FROM W. MUIR, ESQ., TO G. F. EDXONSTONE, ESQ.
From Ah,ra, Oct. 22, via Cawnpore, Oct. 27.
Showers column occupied Dadree on the sth, taking
six guns. Nawab came out to meet Showere, and pro•
raised aid in seizing the mutineers on the 16th. The
Cashmere troops, under R. Lawrence, joined the column
on the i7th. They moved towards Jhujjur. The Nawab
came out and surrendered himself.
. .

Opposition was expected at Jhuijur ; bat the canton-
ments were found evacuated. Twenty-one guns and much
ammunition. R. Lawrence, with Cashmerees, takes
charge of Jhuijur. Joudpore mutineers have moved to
near Saingliai Lake, supposed to contemplate a flight to
Rohilcund. Indere mutineers at Futtehpore side have
Red towards Beane, in the direction of Rsipootana. All our
own provinces to the north-west generally quiet.

FROM W. MUIR, Esq., TO 6. F. ROMONS'TONE, Esq.

From Agra Oct. 20, via Cawnpore, Oct. 28.
Wednesday, 5.50 p.m.
Showers' brigade took possession of Kanoond with
five lacs, cutting off 400 of Nawab's troops on the 20th
instant.

The following has been received from Govern-
ment :

.
Extract from a letter from Mr. Muir,
dated Agra, Oct. 20, l8.)7.
500 Muzbee Sappers and Miners left Delhi for Agra by
left bank of Janina, under command of Captain Tuylor,
on 10th inst., as a reinforcement for us.
Tire force that had a second time attacked Nynee Tel
has retreated. All quiet here and to the north west.
The Times correspondent tells a good story of the
Highlanders :

En passant, I may remark the extraordinary effect pro-
duced on the native mind by the appearance of the High-
landers. The sepoys on this side of India have never
seen them. At first they took them fur women sent out
to avenge the massacre of the ladies at Cawnpore. The
battle of Onao disabused them of that ides, and the High-
landers were pronounced " petticoaten devils." Still they
were a puzzle. The sepoys could understand the existence
of devils, but could not comprehend why they should be
barelegged. At last the truth came out. The devils
were barelegged in order more conveniently to break
sepuys across their knees! A sepoy of the 73r.1, who hap-
pened to be in Calcutta on their arrival, reported on his
return to his regiment that the English were sending out
monsters, with legs like elephants, faces covered with hair
like wild beasts, and blood-red eyes. The Highlanders
are, in truth, a singular contr ist to the people of the low
country. On the arrival of the altnd a sircar or Bengalee
clerk had occasion to go on board the vessel. A High-
lander stepped up to lutn, and looked at him long and
curiously; tben, catching him by the waist, he held him
above his head, exclaiming, with a chuckle of amaze-
ment, " Sandy, be thae the things we're to fecht wi'?"
I need scarcely say that a sepoy is very different from a
Bengalee, heing usually taller than an Eudlishman, though
he weighs less.
Indian papers (Nos. 4 and 5) of considerable in-
terest have been published this week. They con-
tain copious local details of events between the 15th
August and the 7th October. With respect to the
rising at Patna, it is said that a plot was rife for
months before the revolt., and that money was dig.
tributed and men regularly paid to excite the people
to fight " for religion and the Padishah of Delhi ;"
while the letters found in Peer Ali's house disclosed
an organised Mussulman plot to reestablish
man supremacy and to overthrow the British Go-
vernment. The Patna rising was directed (as it is
thought) from Oude. Narratives also of the re-
capture of Cawnpore, the fall of Delhi, and the
engagements before Lucknow, are given, but all these
have been anticipated. Perhaps the most interest-
ing of the papers is a memorandum by the acting
commander-in-chief, Sir Patrick Grant, dated the
:25th of July, in reference to the future 'movements
of General (now Sir Henry) Havelock :
I entertain a decided opinion (writes Sir Patrick Grant)
that Brigadier• General Havelock, after relieving Lucknow,
abould remain in Oude and restore order and re-establish
British authority in that province. If he merely relieves
the beleaguered garrison at Lucknow, and, after accoro-
plishing that object, instantly recrusses the Ganges into
our own provinces, it will be thought and believed through-
out India that he hail signally tilled to reconquer Oude,
and that he was driven out of that province by force of
Tho insurg tnta, though beaten before Lucknow,
would assuredly collect again, and follow up the retiring
army, prevent, supplies from coming into camp, sail retluoe