The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

A. the chief anxiety connected with the Indian
imMhdes sow tweet ea the pulls of the little and gallant
hand now Wormed Leeksaw, we (11~Uster
assentiu) era end to be able to date, CO unquestionable
entinwity, that a latter was received by the last mail how
file Colin Campbell, in which he states that the whole of
the kern deellsed to relieve Lucksow, and amount-
ing to 2,950 same and bayonets, with twenty field
pas, 'veld be easombled at Cawepore ea the *oth Sep.
tar, odor Gummi Havelock ; and Sir Colin was quite ma-
ddest that the movement would prove ancomsful. Be had
jut receivad a mirage been Coked Leis, who acesniands
it Lateksow, to the following effect:—" We me an eight;
the semere tea heavy gene dliabled, mad they ma alltbar
in sae tam awe

The following letter, giving an account of the
disastrous affair at Arrah, is from a private in the
37th Regiment toa comrade in Ceylon :
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Dinapor;, August 1, 1157.

Dear John,—l take this opportunity of writing you a few
Mrs, to let you know I em well at present, thank Ood, and
brig that this will And you in the same star of health.
Not but that I and my comrade. have just tamped the
most premelitated murder that ever a few men wore exposed
to In British werfcce. One detachment of OM, consisting of
the On. No. 7, detachments of No. 8 and 9, and the Light
Company, left Calcutta on the 9th of last month to proceed
up country In barge boats, towed by steamers. We went on
quietly for sixteen days, calling et several towns for ccels.
The country wee in n state of disturbance. Not actually en-
gaged : until we arrived in Diaspora, when we were called
sabre to mart one Battery of Artillery end the 10th Regt.
of WM., to disarm three regiments of germ the 7th, 9th
and 40th N.I. We formed up our Light Company, covering
the gar es skirmishers. The native troops made very little
resistance, but retired scree a marsh, where our men could
sot follow. TM Light Company Rides did same execution
amongst them at long range, bet they got out of reach, doing
la no harm, with the exception of a spent ball stalking John
Armour, of the Light, in the left shoulder. We were in-
formed that they retired beck on the city of Pultnah, when
40 men of the Light, and the same of No. 7, with 20 Ore.
and 2 guns of Artillery, under Captain Jonas, went down
river by reamer to intercept them. We arrived there the
next morning, that re the 26th, but no Serge came near
ea, so we lay there till the morning following, when we took
56 Sikhs on board reamer with gay and steamed down that
day to Dinepose again, were en order woo waiting for us to
take the remainder of our detachment, and go on to • village
osllad Arab which they hid fallen back on, and had raised
entrenchments, eareted by 6 guns from a rajah. We were
told that ► small number of Europeans and 45 Sikhs wen
blockaded up inn large house and manfully keeping them beck.
You may just think with what *aware we went to their
relict; besides we knew that they had plundered the Curry
to the amount of 2 lacks of rupees (20,0001.). Oar
orders were to plunder and burn, but make no
prisoners. Well, we went off with two deserters
from them, se guides, to lead the way unto the top
of them. We had to go up the Gingen by steam 20 miles,
when we landed, or as I should my expected to land, but
fortunately we were prevented by Lb. reamer running I,n
send bank, 12 miles from where we started. We coal ,1 net got
Off, so we remained two days on the beak before we could get
amidance from Dinspote. At any rate a 'Ammer came up
with 150 men of the 10th Regt., end le more of the Sikh.;
they tea our Sat bt 10wi 9,11,1 proceeded on the other
eight miles. We went tahore at 3 o'clock on the even-
ing of the 29th, and prxewled to march 12 mile, to Arrah.
• We test with so reeistahoe till we came ton river three miles