The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

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will not be dens so Maegregor mast take his chance of
appipipa.. wet heat placid a thousand rupee@ at
hie danasal for befliee, mild written to roma of the men, who
we know were taken. May by fare, to bring him in If
they can. Directly we knew that the regiment had
gene a strung Retard wee rent to the magazine
and to the treasury, awl in two hours we had
the whole of the treasure ant ammunitim under our
guns. Was it not moat providential that we got ;osmotic's
of it, and not the mutineer*, for we had an Immense quantity
of ammunition P So precipitate was their flight that they
left all their cooking utensia, bedding, greet coats, dm., itc.,
in their huts ; indeed I hear that in many huts food was
found ready for cooking. I forgot to mentan that we also
suc..eeded in getting the arms of the furlough men, amount-
ing to upwards of 300. So we have every roman to be meet
awl-rely thankful foe our most lucky escape. On the 19th
and Afth we was engaged getting the ammunition Waldo the
garrieon and also strengthening our defencem, and last night
Lieutenants Barton and Cockburn came in from Suleemakied,
where they had been on command, and told us that their
date hment had advised them to quit, end signified their
intention of going to Delhi. We have aill two companies
with Major Erskino's column; and my follower tells me they
will not stand, so we expect to best of their desertion, or
rather attempt et desertion, for Major Erskine has Euro-
pean artillerymen and analry with him, and these might
make short wort of the two companies if they can only he
caught In time. Of the companies which have gone, Shell, h
Dayanut Allis, havildar major; Salim Bultah, mkt; Dine=
Singh, nick; Gunge Misr, subsdar ; and some 12 Sepoys
only have remained. Jemadar Junbez Khan has, we be-
hove, held out at Kutsugee, where he was in command, and
• few may stand of the Dumoh companies, but, including
drummers and rismies, &c., we do not muster more than N
men. Lall Tribedie, drill havildar, commands the rebels,
with the rank of general. Guam Lolls, Mnthoorn Mier,
and Buldee 800kool, havildare, have been promoted to
imbadars. As far es we know Macgregor ia treated civilly,
but one sentry over his house, and one over hie horse, to pre-
vent escape. The following is the true translation of the
epistle sent in to the colonel by the mutineers
"To his Excellency, the Lord of Clemency, the Bountiful
of the Age, his Excellency Colonel Sahib Balladeer, may his
power be perpetual.
" After mamas, the representation is this, that Shaikh
Dayanut AU,,, havildar major, end Seller Buksh, eaiek,
and Darts Singh, naick, (here follow the names of ten
Sepoye), and other, whose names are unknown, them SeNys,
sir, send here ; and this regiment the havildar major ruM4
and said that the major sahib and Mown sahib told the
padres gems to seize all the arms sf the regiment and kill
the men, then you will receive 30 re. (thirty rupea) per man
a ► reward, awl be promoted to auladar ba.badoor. Tile
the havildar major made to the havildare on duty.
speech
e. not said this we would not have daunted and
saved our lives by flight, as only from the havildar =doe's
speech we deserted ; it is proper that these men should by
some mama or other be sent to ne—let them be seized and
sent ; we committed no Injury to the government, sad as for
the muskets and cartridge-boxes which we brought away
with us, we have loft our pricy in lieu thereof ; having
sold it, take the price; each y left about thirty rupees
worth of property ; also be p eared to send pay for one
month and fifteen dam ; we are men of honour, and are
doing government service here. Your lordship snswered that
the Madras Soppy' as not under my authority, then, hee-
ling become heiplese, we mute Roza here by your order to
save our lives, and on lisp the 1 when your enters fled,
then we, being faithful to our salt, id not say anything to
yore lordship, and at that time the Madera regiment was
not present ; and when the adjutant Sahib wee attacked by a
Sepoy with it bayonet, if we had not been true to our salt,
why did we seize the &pity and make hint over to you ? And
your Uighur is our lord end master, bat when we did not
dal any way to save our lives, we fled sad came hare ; and
we had regard to your lordship's salt, If not at that time we
might have lnEed you ; and if you do not let those Se
go,
then this Sahib we will not kill, but, having bound him, will
take him to Melted, and if yen will send them Sepoye, then we
will came the Sahib to arrive where you are. Moreover, bay-
ing mired those Sepoys, send them with • guard of police,
and it will be well ; and if life remains, we will again be pre-
sent in your eervice, we will not run away. This letter is
written on the part of all the Sepoys and nowcommiamtnted
officers. All Sepoys, non-commesioned and commintioned
Offiellig, send seam."
To this production no answer would have been sent ; but
with the hope that come of the men who were taken stray
against their *ill might be able to come away with Maegte-
ger, I concocted and wrote the following in Hindu' :
" To Buhl«, Jewanee, Sabadar, aner a many nonmom-
misaioced officers and Soma who are well-wirers of the
state, this adrke is given—that the acts you have committed
were without reason, and your ignorance and folly were
great ; in fiat, what has happened has happened. Bat there
Is one way for your good, which, if you pay attention to, for
your whole life you will remain saying ' Baas the Colonel
Sahib and all the officers who wish our gcod.' The advice is
thin --You have deserted, and all know that the panishment
for desertion is great ; but you do one thing, and you will
not be punished here by no; on rho contrary, we officers will
solicit the Governor-General to forgive your offences. The
work is this having brought Mr. Macgregor with you,
coma hem without fear, and never think that any
one will practise deceit with you, because when we
have once written that no harm shall come to you, it shall
not mine. Again, whet you write to send the havildar
major, ke., such • bad thing we cannot do, or ever will do ;
end when we showed them your petition, they ear-eased their
willingness to go, but we will never let than go. Undastand
ell of you, that up to this time nothing so had has been com-
mitted which might not be pardoned ; if Mr. Itargnegor is
in any way hurt, or any robbing takes pima you will not
Nape by our endeavours to save you. Understand, ads,
that you have committed • very bad action, but the Colonel
Sahib believes that many men have been taken away spina
their will, and to these men only is this advice given, for
why should good men be ruined in company with the bad
characters ? Understand, also, that no further cozamenies-
tan will be held with you, and not one logic Letter will be
written ; therefore, if you intend following this advice, do so
quickly, because, afters delay of one or two days, your pardon
will be bombes. Whatever you do, do on seeing this letter.
Why do you stabs an axe in your own feet ?
P.S.— On arrival here you must make over your mus-
kets to the colonel ; afterwards as the order coma from the
Governer:General—will be aeon afterward,.
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Sept. 26.—Our Pews of to-day Is manly, but good ea far as
it goes. Five companies of Madras Sepoys and
for et
tizarow.stne
manned by Europeans have left Miimipore
which plea the whole of the officers of the 50th Native a-
*entry, with 250 good men of the regiment, bad arrived en
route for idtrmpote.
The mutinous ham Revd. are reported to be at Singa-
pore, fifteen miles meth of Negode, the inference being that
they are moving away from this pert of the country.
We hear that the head-quarters of the 62nd mutineer. are
entrenching themselves in &position near the river Hirun.
If this be true, it betake= a pleasing state of perturbation on
their part, end we need not be under any alarm about their
attaching ma.
In the multi= the reinforcements from Nsgporr, and the
Medeas oohuon from Duniohare, are drawing near so fast as
they am, so that in a few day. we will not only be quite sefo,
bat able to take the field against the rubel.. Poo? Mae-
gruor is still a crimper, end we fear the exposure will kill
him. It is raid that the scoundrel. give him food cooked by
• sweeper, and have made his khtdmutgar over to a tuh-
seelder, who is with them.
Latest news from Lueknow is that the enemy intending to
blow our troops into the air, exploded the mine too soon, and
400 of their own party were killed, and the garrison seined
the opportunity of attacking end utterly discomfiting them.
The subjoined letter from Jubbulpore contains
much interesting and important news. According to
it, hoer Sing, of Arrah celebrity, wan in the neigh-
bourhood of the place, having been warned off the
Rewah territories by the Rajah of Banda :
Sept. 18.—You will be sorry to learn that the archsflend
Koor Sing, at the head of the Obispo» mutineers and the
Rawghur battalion, is now in full march for this place.
About a fortnight ago we ;received the intimation that ba
had weeded the Kale& pass, and had entered the Runde
states, the rajah of which sent word to hint that if be at-
tempted to par through his territories be must fight every
inch of the way. Not liking this he descended the OW *gals,
and we were in the hope that he had gone away towards
Onde. It, however, now appears that he merely west
round the outer boundaries of the rajah's territories, estrum-
ing via Bands end Negate, at which place be was expected
yesterday. Whether the 50th Regiment will join his land
which now umbers wen 4,000, it is hard to say ; but I
em afraid the Sepoys will not be able to withstand such a
temptation to loot, and if they do not, I do not see how the
01110 ere of that regiment can possibly escape with their lives,
ea Nagele is in • most twisted portion, and surrounded by
petty chide, who will be but too happy to murder them,
even should they escape that fate at the hands of their own
men.
So fee u we are concerned, we ran, I have no doubt,
hold out In the agency against this bend of miscreants as well
ea our Mends at Arndt did-manly, unfortunately, we see no
chance of success, as the services of the Rditibad tome were
diepensed with by the commissioner, who did not anticipate
Pitch en =dome= visit from these people.

ROTHElllteet.—Wednesdny a public meeting wth
held in the Mechanics'-hall, Rotherham, for the purpose of
inaugurating a subscription in aid of the fund for the relief
of the sufferers by the Indian mutinies. The meeting had
been convened by C. Coward, Seq., the greave of the foams,
in comptianee with a regulation from a number of the
most Mau/offal inhaMtante. Mr. Coward pteeldsd.-1111r.
R. J. Bentley reared a resolution of sympathy.—The Rev.
P. L. liandhey, who bee resided in India, seconded the
motion, end urged that the Indian government had been
guilty of most grave errors In the respect they had paid to
the religious 'Wrens end mete of the natives end the nipped
they had afforded to the former ; es also in receiving into
their army only high caste men, who were embittered
agaiet our rule because we had put down plunder and
lelgandege, by which they had formerly subsietsd, instead
et also opening the army to low caste men whom oar rale
had rally benefited, who were more roaceptible to the in-
diums of our religion, and, consequently, whoer promos la
the away must have led to the disclosure of any rebellious
aeganiestion before it had become ripe for &mica. The motion
wee carried, as also a further resolution. moved by the Rev.
Yr. Miller end eecanded by Professor rallding, constituting
Rail Fitzwilliam. the Earl of Effingham, the magistrates,
the clergy, and Caseating minister', the feoffees, and other
gentlemen& committee to promote the subscription. A wth-
eariplian was commenced, leaded bye donation of 201, frees
Kr. Wary Walks.