The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

THE MASSACRE AT DELHI.

We give below a detailed account of the masnacre
at Delhi from the columns of the Delhi Oazette
Extra, published at Agra:
No detailed account having yet appeared of the fearful
masaarro in Delhi, we may be pardoned fur offering the fol-
lowing, though somewhat late m doing so. It is from the
pen of an eye-witness :—On the morning of the II th May, a
party of the 3rd Light Cavalry, viariounly elated at from 26
to '2,0, made their imparance at Delhi. They had come
over from Meerut der tho night, end were evidently pre-
prod to perpetrate the moat awful crime., as they were fully
tinned, and apparently Wild with rage Rude:cite:neat. They
entered lha Calcutta Gate without opposititta farm any of the
pollee, and made their way dimity towards Detiow-
gunge, shooting down in their program all Euro-
peans they met with, Amor g the Brat victims
were Mr. Simon Fraser, the Governor - General's
agent ; Captain Douglas, hie amistant ; and Mr.
It. Nixon, chief clerk in their oilier. Notice was
immediately sent up to the brigadier, and a Re-
giment (the rtith N.N.) with two guns from Do Trawler's
battery, were rod down. The 54th marched through the
Caehmere Gate in good order, but on the approach of wine
of the Sown", the lapels sorbed suddenly to the side of the
read, leaving their officers in the middle of the road, upon
whom the trooper, immediately came at s plop, and,one oiler
the other, shot them down. The tinkers we re, with the ex-
ception of Colonel Ripley, unarmed. The colonel shot two
of theta bet re he fell ; hut with this exeeption, and One said
to Lave been abet by Mr. Fraser, none fell. After butcher-
ing all the officera of the 54th the troopers dismounted, and
went among the sepia of the 54th, shaking hands with
them, and, it may teramposed, thanking them for their for-
Warsaw in net firm on the murderers of their °lams. The
troopers were perfectly collected ; they rode up to their vic-
tims at full gallop, pulled up suddenly, brad their pistols,
and retreated. The countemanois of the troopers wore the
expression of maniacs. Ono wee a mere youth,
rushing about flourishing his sword, and display-
ing all the fury of a man under the influence
of Bleang. They were in full uniform, and some bad
medulla. Had the °likens of the 2Mb, 51th, end 74th Na-
tive Infantry been armed with revolvers, they might have
shot some of them; but had they done eo, it is still a
doubtful Iniestion whether their own men would not have
bayonetted them. The slth made some show of tiring their
muekete, but the shot* went, of course, over the heeds of
the troopere, who had evidently full oinfidense in the recep-
tion they were to meet with. Their lieu must have been
well matured. Meanwhile the people of the city were col-
lecting for mischief; severed bungalown at Dee-immense had
been And; and as the day advanced, the Giajurs of the
villages around Delhi became slim to the chances of loot,
and were ready for action. The whole city was op in woe,
every European residence was searched, the troopers de-
cbering that they did not want property but life; and when
they retired, the rabble rushed in. and made a clean sweep,
from the punkah., to the floor none.
it IN ditlicult to form an estimate of the nwuber killed ;
most of the hots 'already published ere incorrect; happily
several persons said to be killed are still in existence, and
some who escaped are not down at ell.
As soon so the extent of the outbreak was known, it be-
came neoveary for the residente to seek some place of rarely ;
and tenet of then made their way to the Flagstaff Tower,
where the gun is Mal. A company of the 38th Native
Infantry and two guns were stationed here, and s Imre
pa
rty of War and gentlemen, including the brigadier,
-ma jut, fa., were hem well armed, with the inten-
tion of defending themselves against the troopers. The
tower is round and of solid brickwork, and wart well adapted
for the purpose—letter in fleet than soy other building in
Delhi. In selecting this spot the brigadier displayed eon-
, siderable judgment, but he did not then know the extent
of the catastrophe; for although the general demeanour
of the troops was anything but stibordinate, the actual
state of the ewe was unknown. Many of the officers
of the 38th Mill had oratidence in their men, and en-
I clamoured to ramie with them when they showed symptoms
of insubordination, but an Colonel Graves haranguing the
company @Lambed at the negated Tower it became evident
that they were in a elate of mutiny, and that the slightest
thing would induce time Mtn= at once against their officers
end this other European assembled on the hill. About a
quarter to four the impairs, la the alp aqdwisd—a puff of