The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, UM

en our aide. We remained under cover mad rumeapported
for about half en hour, when the reiminder of oar boys
MOW up at the double, and our captain wee ordered to
chine the guns. Off we galloped. They seat several
rounds of grape and cornet., into us, but we dodged
them, As WOW le we Oa, the erpimion down we WWW
OW OW for, and up. off and down spin before we could
say Jack Robinson: We got up to the acne, drove the
nigger, to the devil, and thought we were ell right, when
off went their anowatim. They had put • slow match to
it Our captain (J. Andrews) and four men were killed by
the explosion, and several wounded. We captured the 24
ponder risse_gan and flee others. Their field betteriss they
leek away. They next took up their position in front of a
isswis welled village, end fought like devils. We drove
the. into the village and set fire to it. We were oblige
sheewenle to go through the fire and drive than out. At
Wse broke them. A small bead, about 30, got togrither
et the heck of the village, and stood their ground till the
whole ;were killed. They actually creased bayonets with
owe, sad met their death like Trrana. We returned to
earl
ekeint 9 pin. At 2 o'clock the nest day they came out
and fought the lame battle over again. We drove
thew position, and that was all. They numbered
about 6,000, with o groat runny tans. Their cavalry
charged menu over end over riga Both man and
Milan who ham fought aide by aids with them soy they
could not Lave imagined that any of the native troops could
hen fought so wail. I had several eery narrow
but one particularly co. In the village, I went into
One of; the gents wee behind the dose. Aa mom as 1
showed-wry nom he made a chap. I twigged him in time—
took a step to rear, fired through the door, sad cooked his
(4irpia., the ° second day wasdmiorylin theP•nlifi, which her
Awe bees amputated. We expect to join the forces of the
officiating Commander-in-Chid to-day or to-morrow. As
soon sa that taker place were off for Delhi. No
ke , am they give us none.
raring, obliged togiven shoot their wounded. Thm
fought owes desperately when hurt than when wholi
Wean wearing the ease clothing mwe did on Christmas-
day. and what we have is as ragged as it can be ; bolting
through brambles and briars dos not much Improve one
outward appearance. Our greeted difficulty is in
water, end What we do get is very bad. The river procuringevy
muddy that we cannot possibly ma it."
" Camp before Delhi, June 17.
All quiet till this day. At 6 p.m. the whole of the form,
pickets and guards tempted, proceeded by diffract routs in
two columns to attack and diaiodge • battery. Our companies
anted first at the place, knocked down the front gate, end
nand is in front of • very heavy fire from behind walls,
and ahem lowed two other barricaded gates; about ten of ours
wen craned in, the rest being posted outside the inner walls
iisheet Ell who attempted to escape. We drove them into a
earner sad shot forty-ova, all that remained, the others
having escaped by • gate which we had not guarded.
•• On the 19th the enemy were reinforced with one regi-
ment of infantry and tea troop of sreillery. During the day
their whole force made a wide circuit sad got within a mile
of the rear of our amp Mime they were discovered. The
'Milieu sad cavalry went out to check them ; three coin-
MAIM of our bettalkin were the first infantry form on the
UM, After a very hard light, which lamed till 10 p m.,
we were obliged to retire for the night, owing to the dark-
ness. The 75th and one of our guns fired three rounds into
oar oompaay. We had one officer killed, two wounded, and
sheet 30 men killed sad wounded. Some of the wounded
amid not be found ; they were picked up the nest morning
nest horribly mutilated. Two of than (one a married man
with a large family) were chinned. We went out the next
gefiamain (20th), but they retired after a heavy artillery
n.

`i he weather la eery hot. I had 72 hours output duty
ISs phis, without the shghteet shelter. I felt during the
day aa if I had • hot iron going into my bead.
Our rations. with the eamption of rum and bread, are
simy bad—indeed, martsly eatable. We get IL gallon of rum
le every U sea, eel manstioese a gellon to 10, with •
pesed of heard esei ma daily. We should be • long time
alarvfee IS tint. The Mime toll, Mantling the rum, flys
seers—ekeed 74. per Ilea'

MUOW.
TROY LX OPTIC'S or ♦anLLIIT.

"A Do., July 23.

" Mose I last web to you we hare had some very hard
work. On the let et this month the troops broke out at •
Indus, 14 miles from here. We were ordered out with our
inNeey, but when we had gone seven miles nod • half news
cane that the ineargents had taken another road, so we re-
turned and found the station in great alarm ; some of the
rebels had brought up two guns while we were sway, but
I they were taken by the cavalry. Two of oar horses dropped
down dead Met u we came in, se you may imagine the rote
at which we epee there and beck, hewing six Donee to each
gas and six to the weave. After dinner we were ordered
to clear out of the hermits into the animal. and we got moot
of the thing. in by dark. About half-past 8 p.m. one of the
native infantry oaken came galloping in, eaying that the
regiment was up ; in came another from the cavalry with
the carne story. Our hones were so knocked up that we
placed the guns Wide so as to pley through the gate in cur
od an attack. We had 40 of the native infantry on gamed
inside; next up came Colonel Platt and said they were out-
ride, and the battery must he brought out. We *mid not,
for it takes half-an-hour to pat in house and get ready.
The lint thing we did was to disarm the guard we had inside,
which was done promptly; we fiend every man with hie
piece loaded, sad some of them with three balls. There was
only one shot tired on our side, and not one on theirs; the
reeson of this ivar we had them ire front of our guns, and
could have sent them to kingdom come' in no time
During the time this wee going on Colonel Platt rushed
mania eking with one of the officers of hi. regiment, and
tried to persuade them to come heck. We were ordered to fire ;
tbe poet fires were lit ; sad se went so they maw that away
they went, ea we had no firing inside. It ware great pity
the old colonel gas In the gateway, or we should have mown
then down nicely with grape. I must not kept to men-
tion that Colonel Platt sue like • father to the men, and
when he had an opportunity of Isavrog them and joining en
Slone= corps hat summer the men petitioned him to stay.
He had been upwards of thirty years with them, end when
the riot took place be had an much coultdeuce in them that
he nide up to their tines before we could got out. When we
fund him next morning both cheeks were blown off, his
leek complete'y riddled with balls, one through each thigh,
Ms chin emerhed into Ma roouth, and three sabre cuts
between the cheek hose and temple; also a cut KlXes the
theeLler and the tech of the neck. Two others were killed,
one native Indian and one cavalry °Hear —total, 3. I never
saw such reengled bodice in my life, and never wish to see
the like again. Heel the colonel not been so rash we should
not tan lest • Ma. Bat I sea wandering from my story ;
when the battery wee reedy away we went, the blare from
the oaken' quarters serving to light us on our way; sa we
wen going there were several shot. fired at us, but we could
not we the Anders, as they generally came from the hackie
of bonne, &c. However, when we got into their lines bells
came pretty feet, so we unlimbered, and gave them three
monde of grape and round shot, from five 91b. guns sad one
241 b howitzer. As soon as the fthat round wee fired they
fled to the other side of the river. We then carnet beck to
our little garrison, but got no sleep that night. Nut
morning we mounted eight guns on the bastions, two at each
corner. We have been hard at work ever since. The first
foie days and nights we got no reel. My face and arms are
*Maud. the some am if they had been ecalded, and my lips
are at the Free nt moment one mar of scabs with the heat
at the man. We are not very regimental now. I have been
I out two days with three gnu recovering stolen property and
setttng fin to village.. Alter the firth day's work all the
satthe drivers left ua ;on the 2nd Mat.), so we had no choice
bat be aunt end drive olnelves. Three of the driven re.
ens ef them so late that we taught him how to dance
epos nothing. We an hanging all we oar get hold of. The
in hest of cote of our siege batteries. We
=is thist
anted twelve beavythans—sox in front and four in
rear, she meta heat eked battery inside, so that if they
take the satin one, they will hove to come through •
geterny gip M theteuthise of oar 18 guns. In all we have
24 ENNA hoes 9te 24 pounders. The imide of the place is
blur • la. It le sot much more than 200 yards square,
sod me base all *sr hones, bulimia, curia, carriage., fur-
Muth Ike. We have everything up from the barracks.
Olken work with pickaxe and spade just the some ea the
issa. MI are alike so far es duty gore. Officers do sentry
at night with Brelocks on their shouldne. It la a mercy
that any of me are alt., and nothing but the hurl of Provo-
deuce sewed us all from • bloody death. It war not known
to the gains in Ilk station when we were when we went
towards I ninth or they would have cut all the Europeans
who reataiaid in the Wears to pieces. One troop of cavalry ,
came up and art us es sever ear vas. They (the natives)
could hews seeds sin week et as fa • marrow road but they
bad so pluck. Moak God we were bark sad had a little
time to spare bake they ceesseeaced. You must curses this
'mewl. We are d belay fa sheds sad doing the beat we
ens. The wpm* is covered with teats sad we sleep in the
epee air every night. I expect we shall move out of this
WIWI WO get • reinforcement. We have about 30 volunteers,
dell ad ethers. Ood bkee you, lam thankful for the mer-
cies He hes shows me, nothrog but Hia hand could have
sand es fa the way we have been saved. I expect
when we get out we shall cut up all we come arrow.
Nark my words, there will be great Woodshed in
thfe ithentry before long. John Company will not
hen his 'objects murdered in this way without
some sathfaction. There ere old oldies. hen who soy this
is twenty times worse than say campaign, for this rearm,
we do not know the toomemt that we may be attacked by the
theitargents, or yet their number. You may Le glad ot thia
letter, for it is • great chance when you may get another, for
dewy stop end rob the mail. Keep up your spirits sad trust
in Oed. lam sore He will not foreake thou who trust in
Him. I have nen His hand put forth in oar defence already,
sal I thnek God for our swap,. Another thing, the reins
Moppet, sad we here had Dose since in her we came, only
ante shower; before the row commenced the rain came down
in temente. This mumcn ha. sickened all Etienne.* and
set them against this country and the black blood that is in
It I shall never like • black man again."

JUBBULPORE, JILT 17.

►IOM AN orrlcza OF TAN 62ND NATIT■ INF A AAA .

" . . The men otourregimme long ago declared that if the•
Makes of Sanger and Yagoda held out there was no fear
of cur rrement mutinying, and though some of the men
evinced • bad epirit, we uoutrneed to trust them. One day
• man in the ranks made an attempt to stab our adjutaat,
who bad • narrow escape, as the bayonet pawed through his
jeskot at one Ole. He was declared to be insane, and we
Merhim of, bat we were given to undwitand by some of
ced men, that they herd it was a concerted plan. Even

after that, however, we kept In our own houses, until we
heard that a deb*** which had been mot oat into the
district from Longues bad mutinied, upon which the Chief
Commissioner thought k advisable that we should Wee&
ourselves in the Itealeasy, where be lives. It ie a beautiful
place ; so we all rams here or evening, and such a bona's.
you never saw. Then era 10 ladies, with ever es may
children, and a member of awituntd waard.
The nest rove•bg we *pa Inerenchieg ounalree, Woking
up all the verendell, asly lerrieg losphohn to the through.
We put quantities of simabziaca a ttre=c4 mho house all
round, cut 00101 SO time distance of the
house, laid la stores drein for three months, and staked
the ground all meted, to prune a rem/ We also
m
to find two MI 41h. guns, 'blab we pleated on the fro=
of the house, when they rem* a most imposing appear-
emu. Darlag this hem eir men kept quiet, sad
have done so ems Ines; regimental work went on
as usual; par
as marehing off the guard',
and drill as um*. Of mune we did not allow our
men into the fortifications, but we allowed them to give us
two guards of 50 men each =We at a little distant.. We
inside number about 45 *Atlas Nam, about 20 women, and
as many children. Three of as en of 000110 on sentry duty
throughout the night, relieved every haw by three others.
We feel quite ash now, but were very hard worked at first.
We are very strong, and nothing but goes oonld dislodge Oa.
At Senor they are all in the fort. Curious to say, that
after the officers had deserted their regiments, the 42nd
Native Infantry and irregular Cavalry mutined, and when
they called on the 31st Nativelnfantry to jotn them,
the latter attacked the mutineers, and, though deserted by
their Oars, drove them out of cantonments. The officers
of the 31et, sitting on the walls of the fort, implored
Brigadier Sage to permit them to rejoin their enta, and he
refused. After two days' fighting the 31st drove them away,
and ere now encamped under the walls of the fort protect-
ing their officers, who an not allowed to join them. The
31st I. the only regiment that has actually used :their arms
trthe mutineers. . We have just heard
eires is meting up from lieseptee, conainting of the
33rd Madras, two squadrons dimes, and a detail of Artil-
lay. They are going to pan through this country to
*wee the atrocities of lbseel, Nuessrabed, Banda, ROW.
peg, dm Two commodes of our regiment are to accom-
pany the 110100, and 0— and myself are the lucky ones
be go. Won't we jest avenge ear sentrymen Our orders
an to destroy ltwa, M, and ha
and the order ie not
carelsd out it ircert be my tank. Bona of ths we* atreei-
des leek piste at Mee Neilsen I have named. At I**, for
lesires, St laremsems;inahadieg drills= and oaken, were
Maned ant and had to anvender. They tied them to
truss, ham lad aemisms. WS hid down the children
ja tantAlZ .111.=116 killer In two, eat the men.
bads than vialattug and murdering all the
memo. I have seen the depodttous taken by the Chief
Ceensfeelease lam of natives who WON eyrerhaseses, and
bad escape!, bat they ate Ise hearermalng lie relate.
ecornpere is mid to have pee, mad every Utopias mur-
dered, among them Captain and Mrs. Winger, of oar regi-
ment, and two childen. No punishment ma be too great for
them brutes, sod our revenge will be &win', aa wo have no
fees of speeches now about the mild Hindom. We Is-
pect to be out sit or seven months, so it I should not be able
to write that will be the reason. The revolver you sent me
is always round my wain loaded. I could get 501. fur it
hen, as there are only two others hare. I have but a short
time to write, having charge of the west side for.
Orations, as we are, of mares, still Improving every day,
and shall mon be impregnable. My own battery c*nes of
a musket from my company, a double ride, two double guns,
besides the Colt. . . . . . We are as jolly as sand-
bop, and to hear the lad* singing and playing aftw dinner
you would not suppose that we dare not leave the place for
any distance."
" July 20.
" Here is what I call a cheering incident; a party left
Benares in pursuit of rebels; they soon twee
upon them; there were about 700 of them drawn up
in a was.. The first two shells from our guns
fell in the midst of them and killed 65 of
their number. Nothing daunted, the rebels made a deter-
mined rush at the gene, bat the Highlanders opening
fire at 100 yards with their Min* checked them. The
Sikh infantry, seeing the executios done by the Min*,
tried their weapons, but finding their balls fall short they
maimed firing, though DOOM of them made splendid shots. The
rebel. beganto give way and our party charged • the cavalry
were of course le•ding, but on coning up with thierebeh, who
called out • Deen, dam' (meaning ' the faith,' but always
used by native troops as a war-cry), they pulled up and
fired their carbines in the air. The rebels did not appear to
appreciate this proceeding, for they fired, killing two or
three of the troopers' homes. This put the man's blood up
again, and they went at them, cutting down some thirty or
forty. At length the rebels were completely routed, with a
low of 300 killed and 60 prisoners. The rimier, were
placed in • row on the reed, sad meat to Paradise, or some-
where ales, immediately."

Rain IntdUsaut.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS.-BErr. 8.
(Before W. Boron Chiessal)
KONTAOVE v. MAzateoir—euseneN OP PRIVILOOL

This ;;;;;;,; e;(7,1 app&atlon m the part ciii:;;Ziii.r-
riaon to be discharged from Whiter:roes-street Prison on the
ground that he was privileged from anent by attending the
Marylebone Police Court to prosecute certain parties on •
charge of felonyi
The application wee before the learned Judge on • former
ociasion, and stood over for an affidavit as to a former sum-
mons before Mr Justice Wightman. An aMdavit was put
in, but it was denied that the question had been fully heard
before Mr. Justice Wightman.
A gentleman, named Dina, cm the part of Geemsl Har-
rison, urged that it was vis 7 hard on him to be waded
under the circumstance. be had while attending • polies
. _

16. Baron Channel asked for an authority aa he yeretived
hie lamed brother had done.

Mr. Dixon arid there was unfortunately no authority save
the general principle of protection. This woe the lint cam
of the kind as far as could be sacertained.
A clerk from the °Moe of Mr. Hum, attorney for the
plaintiff, mired ior the rummons to be dismissed.
Mr. Dixon urged his lordship to hear the matter, as he
could bring it before him on a writ of habeas oorptia. The
came concerned the liberty of the subject.
His Lordship mid he was of the same opinion as Mr.
Justice Wighthaim, that there was no privilege, end thinfore
refused to make en order.
The eummoss was diamlind without outs.