The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

Papers relating to the outbreak of the mutiny is
the Punjab in 1857, were publiehed is tho London Garet&
of Tuesday. It apposes from there documents that when
the revolt burst upon Ilindestan, in May, 1867, that portion
of the Bengal army which was cantoced in the Punjab ter-
Moths amounted to nearly (0,000 soldiers, the number
being thus made up:—Hindoostenees (chiefly I
35,900; Punjabees (Irregulars), 13,430; EuropeanstVgati;
total, 59,668. There was beside a military organised police
numbering 9,000. The Ilindoostanee troops shown in the
above abstract had a few Panjabees In their ranks, amounting
whop to 2,000; but of the Punjabee troop, full one fourth
Were Biacestanees. Oat of 12 cave (including one corps
of cavalry), seven were mused either on the Simla Hills,
north of ITethalla, or in tho Peshawur Valley. Thus there
were left to bold the country from the Sutlej and the Indus
five weak European 'corps, distributed at the stations of
Ferorapme Lahore, Scilicet?, Jullunder, and Kum' Pindee„
The report of Mr. Secretary Temple from which the fore-
going facts have been gathered, proofed. to say :
" When the lomac occurred at Meerut, and Delhi fell into
the hands of the mutineers, it was evident that the European
troops for the oupprearion of the mutiny must be mainly ob-
tained from Meerut itself, or from the hills near timballs.
To Umhalla then ware the Europeans ordered immediately
from the hills by the Commander-in• Chief, Oeneral Anion.
Thus the gloater part of three infantry corps and one
cavalry corps were collected. But there were no ar-
titheymen in sufficient numbers ; there was but little
ammunition, and no heavy guns were procurable, except
from Phnom, on the Sutlej, 80 miles distant, with
the river intervening. But the Commander-in-Chid,
when arranging to move on Delhi, wee further beset with
difficulties. Tae hot winds had set in, rendering the season
most adverse. The commissariat and medical authorities
were averse to an advance; and the three native corps on the
spot were demoralieed, were watching events, and were ripe
for an outbreak. Under these circumstances, the chief own-
miesioner conceived that the first sup wee to dissent these
regiments, whom it wee totally dangerous either to leave at
fireballs or take to Delhi.. This course the chief commis-
sioner tut no time in urging; but when the Commander-in-
Chief took the meter hatid, the local military authorities
painted out that they had pledged themselves not to disarm
the &polo. • • • • • •
Ultimately one come, the 4th Light Cavalry, were
emit off in various detachments, but many troopers
detheted. One corps, the sth Native Infantry, was left at
Umbella; but one-fourth of their number deserted at night,
shortly after the depertere of the Europeans for Delhi, and
the rest made off at different periods afterwards. The third
corps, the 60th Native Infantry, accompanied the field face
for Delhi as far as Kumard. Thence they were detached
to Robtuck, 40 miles di-tent from Delhi, to operate against
insurgents in that district; but shortly after anaing there
they mutinied, fired on their officer., sr d went off to Delhi.
Tour it was, that through mistaken leniency and blind con-
fidence in native soldiers, inopportunity was missed,whereby
at the outset of the disturbances, a whole brigade might have
been successfully dealt with in a vigorous and exemplary
tanner. The chief commissioner presumes that no
officer would now deny that an Immediate advance upon
Delhi was the right comae; but at that time such was net
the opinion of the Cemummler-in-Chiers military advisers."

Our attention has been directed to a paragraph in
a con'cmporary to the efface that Lord Derby had stated to a
meeting of his supporters on th•. pervious day that he would
never again accept office. We (Morning Herald) are 'also.
deed to assure our seeders that no such language was held
on the occasion in question : but, on the contrary, that the
most perfect mutual Confidence was expressed between the
conservative party and their leaders, and the greatest una-
nimity prevailed as to the future course to be punnet

By the death of Mr. J. O'llonoghue, barrister,
on Trteedey hat, the syrointment of one of the crown pro-
secutors at the Comrnieston end City Benton@ at Dublin has
become vacant. The emoluments ace about 400/. a year,
and the office is in the gift of tko Attorney-General.
The Freeman's Journal states that the Earl of
Carlisle will not arrive in Ireland for three weeks.

The Levant Herald reports that en the morning
of the 14th instant there was a great gathering of people at
the catholic church of S ante Maria, Peru, to witness the un-
common ceremony of the baptism of a negro woman who had
abjured Mahometism to embrace the catholic faith. The
ceremony was performed with unueuel pomp by the catholie
archbishop, bfoostigneur Brunonl, assisted by a great num-
ber of his clergy.
AGRICULTURAL GATHERING AT SIR JOHN
TTRELL'B.—On Wednesday there was a Tery interesting
gathering in Boreham Park, Rase., of the gentry and suit.
cultariets to witness the oprndions of the mowing machines
and other impls mews which the scientific hand of the sari-
cultural mechanic is bringing to &twist in the work of the hay
field. About 200 giantism= and egriculturistv were scat-
tered aboic, watchlog, approving, and eriticleing the
working of the Implements. Amongst thaws present
were Lord Rayleigh, Lord Kinnaird, Right Hon. W.
Nesbitt Thruiltoo, Hon. Mr. Justice Bennett (New
York) Sir R. Picot, Bart., Sir Claude de Creepigny, Bart.,
Admiral lib:Joel!, Admiral Mimi,. W. Ormsby Gore,
Eeq., Major Ormsby Gore, M.P., William Becket. Esq.,
Colonel Bottom, H. Got dor, J. Hodgson, Philip Bennet,
Ilenry Wismes, Benjiroin Fitch (New York), Edgar
Disney, J. Joliffe Tutnell, jun., J. fliamaton Slane. Charles
Haseltoot. Francis Palmer, Thomas liemble, W. Fisher
Hobbes, W. M. Trebel', J. O. Parker, J. H. blood, T. H.
Gepp I. Letgb, G. Hilton, O. Ilillierd, Liget. ; the Rev.
C 'Way, Centel* Johnson, R.N., Mean". J. Wood, Gls
•
Hart, T. Crooks, T. Abrey, 1. Perry, W. Tinier, T. Mee,
Kemp, Malden, F. Chancellor. Pmtwee, Clarke, Christy,
Reeve, k..—Chelettford Chronicle.
DRINKING FOCNTAIN IN ST. LURE'S.—On Tun-
dap the Countess of Falmouth inaugurated a Dew drinking
tunnlnin in Golden-lane, St. Luke's. A meeting was bad
In toe arlexibroorn, which was bristly addrea•oi by the Rev.
W. Roger.: He told a contract Lad ban eaterei into with
the New Ricer Coup toy far a supply of water, which, with
the coat of keepirg the (dental's in repair, was estimated
would require a sum of from 51. to 61. a year, of which nearly
half had been already promised. Mr. (lumpy said that on
the lSth of June, between the bouts of firs in the morning
and nine in the ev. Ding, II period of Mitten Doerr, 7,040
parser' were counted as urleg the fountain in Giltepur-
street.

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BONINAIIIIIILISII.—An extraordinary instance of
earunasulmulism occurred In Stamford ate: Sy after midnight
on Monday !mt. Between twelve and one u'vlock Sergeant
Harriron, while on minty at the lock-no, observed a person
clothed in wLite Welk log toward* Si. raurs-street. Sup.
td-ing It to to some one wl.o bad aseuu.c.l a disguise for the
purpose rit play g •joke, he walked up to the iodividual,whom
be found ^o be the wile of Mr. J. Oliver, cabinet maker, hay-
ing nothing on b r but her nightdress ; sloe was walking about
with her eyaa wide open, apron oily awake, but in reality in
• state uf p..rfiwt somnambulism. She was taken
to Ler home, which was does at hand, and her husband
was an used, by whom the was pieced In bed. It
appears that she got up. walked downshifts, unlocked the
frost door, and went into the street without either disturb.
log bar both ad or ear ousthg Imrself ; nor was she conscious
of who,. hail taken place whoa she awoke in the musing.
But the most remsrkabis feature in the case is that, althougb
she had been unable to walk without ceutobes or assistance
for the lest year or two, she will, when discovered, t
n. well as any other person, and without either the snppat
of the wall or a autth.—Siatolorei Mercury.