The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-07 00:00:00

LETTER 111101 f .AGRA.

The following letter bee been received from a
yoaas tidy in the fort of Agee :

" net Ape, 16th July, 1857.
"Deena Memma,—To-day we hear that a mad is to be
mat, If passible, to Bombay, and I eat slue you will be very
amnions te know how we are Ebyall when yea
hear that we hare Om yeallye. a=o bony of
mutineers between 3,000 and 4,000 meet. We only at
000 men an all to sand out with Mx gust. The C. 0. Brig►-
dier Polohell did not take out sufficient ammunition with
bus.
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" Tin sudineers wired within three miles of Agra, on
Sunday worming, the 6th d Judy. had eight guns,
1,000 country, sod about three N. I. ments. Our men
fought es Englishmen always tight, and would have driven
the seam from the field bat theyna short a ammunition,
and bed t toiretreat, the fanny following for a mile
or they had oily two or three ram& of ammunition
left, ea It was a Barad mistake an the part of our brigadier
to end our troops with so ; the motisiere might bars
beta awl up to • moo. Hi next edeteke was to order the
troops Into the feet Instead et the osotomment• ; for during ,
the night the villages all came in and burnt and " looted'
the whole easteamsate. Our house is not burnt, but eau
blessed plea of furniture gone, either looted or smashed •
my beautiful canal g I believe, broken into bite. The
pour old parrot, Dhobin begged lard for her life, but they
twisted her neck beau° she bad eaten the Feragbee's salt.
We have only saved our personal property and horses ; some
poor fellow. hare haw's% their own clothes even. We mes
all now shut up is the fat, 7,000 souls in all, waiting till
I=en troops come up. It Is seld we are again to be
on Sunday. I am net shad; bat I hope not,
for the lose is killed end wounded wee awful as the 6th,
about 160 killed and wounded in the 3rd Europium registat
(only about 600 men of it Pint out) ; @eery fifth one was
knocked over, Bob was there with the winery : be and
most of the Ni Akers rode idongedde to protect the gene.
On. odicer—Captain D'Oyly —of the Artillery killed (such •
dos fellow he we.), and • greet many bedly wounded.
Bob was not touched, and Is now • C 0121170 °Neer a
the fort. 7,000 people to feed to no sinecure for the com-
missariat °Steers. I cannot write to you much more, as I
have been very seedy' all to-day with • alight attack d
dysentery. lam now writing from bed ; and se Bob is
waiting to take the Miter to the poet I will finish. Bob is
' going to and me hoots as soon as the rade are passable
for and when we meet I will give you a long account
of our adventures amongst the mutineers. Till then good
bye, and God bless you.'

SCICIDE OP A COtTY.E-110117SE KEEPER.--Yeater-
day (Sunday) morning Mr. Wingfield toffee-home keeper,
of Fertingdon-street, was found suspended by his neck in the
«Mar. Deceased had but a day or two ago been dieehartred
from prison on recognisance' for M-treating hie wife, when
ha returned home end began the lame line of conduct, turning
the whole family into the street. A freak warren, woe ob-
tained and left on his table, which no doubt caused him to
destroy himself.
DEATU ram( Enorox.—On Saturday an inquest
was hold at the Star Hotel, Upper Norwood, Wert Mr. W.
Carter. coroner for Hart Seen,', on the body of Jane Bandon,
aged 46. The dseemed wee Ma wife of a looking-glees ail-
vent, melding la Aar-Wert, Ooodman's-fields, and it ap-
peared that the unhealthy nature of that occupation bad not
only very serionely 'Misted the health of her hothead, but
had rendet.l her exceedingly delicate. She wee, however,
from the cireneminace of her eon—a youth sired 13, forming
pert of the choir of 3,ooo—induced to visit the Cryetal
Niece on Wednesday lest, and during the performance was
taken suddenly ill, exclaiming " Oh, my dear child," and,
pointing to the orchestra, immediately became paralrted Ia
her right side, losing et once the power of speech and con-
soionisess. She wee promptly removed to Mr. Wright'.
°Mee, sad attended by Mews. Holley nud Leese, surgeona,
reekling in the locality ; but, notwithstanding their unre-
"sluing attentions, she nraduelly sank and expired about a
=to 11 o'clock the same night. The cause of her
so Mr. Hanley described, was an attack of apoplexy,
produced by emotion operating 4 her in a delicate mate
of "
CHOwDED CHEAP TRIP.—A CHILD MOTHERED.
Oa Monday about 3.600 people were brought to this town, in
96 corteges, by the North-Sartam Railway from Leeds. On
their way to Hall the preemie in one of the carriages was so
great that • young child In arms was snothend to death.
The weather proved rather =Lemuel,* although the few
showers of ram which fell did not seem at en, 4o deter the

excursioniata from their pleasure. Her Mjosetys ship
Cornwallis sveme4 to be the chief attnitike, sad many Ints-
duds ofpcle visited her daring the day. The pure and
market • wore en animated appearance, and nosey armed
to fly pretty freely. la the ffeliallf the railway station in
Paragon-street was the scene of Us pub* excitement.
Each one seemed anion, to gat into the first
and, u a matter of course. every as could TM
accommodated, and a squabble took plane. The line
woe thronged with people up as far es Dog-kennel-lane.
The railway oflicUla were running here and there, and
all over. Lads wcre amusing themselves by shouting,
end children with crying. Cattle waggons were onsarded
with people, and engines wire whistling louder than ever.
Arimpt harm the ineteet excitement prowled, far name
bed lees there bother and others more onetly articles. One
woman bad given ere to the core of her idea fee a few
minutes, and whoa the vemeel it bath err the pares as.
no mire to he bad ; lereerwr, with • bile polkas% and a
pod deal of marry up mad dews the piethra, the "lest
was bad," sal the 111 e re wee ere sore termed to the
area et he park Deft this ,lane the weird woe gin
increasing, and the deck thawed hall-per earn, end the
tales, It had beat rid thertrosid rat ft erten o'clock.
The reiterant, bereetrer, _
artired, mad the meltitede.
Instead ot deareslag, sera 6a lestere. This etre et
three continued all gar ththt, ram the tram
lett the erre. emit Trine tackle( reed
we tour thr the =est the arm led bent aerider-
ably emigrated by press to by meth • sem et
sebeethe se the Ire reared abed WI-pea area eltdeek.
Aria el the ezitheret, kavere,llll herd et se eselthat,
which is way teedllMle bOr eassfery.—AW Peer.
Tat Nsw Law =UM° TO BANKING COM-
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