The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MAIL&

ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES.
(Imole com ov comeroirosart.

WIDNIODAY.

The Indus has swivel with tha Mary portion of
the Indian, CiliDl, and Australian stalk Her data
are—Alexandria, Sept. 23; Malta, 27; Gibral-
tar, Oct. 1.

Her Majesty's ships Desperate and Caradix were
at Alexandria waiting the arrival of the Siamese
Princes ; the }liberal*, Ariel, and Coquetirrwere at
Malta ; and the Curlew wu at Gibraltar. The
Indus pawed the Ripon off Galata on the 28th ult..
and the Alhambra off Lisbon on the 3rd inst. The
Tamar left Nlalta for Alexandria with the Austra-
lian mails on the 21st ult.

Amongst her cargo is roma worth of Aua-
tralian gold.
She has brought home about 150 passengers,
many of whom are refugees from India. The scene
presented by their friends meeting these passengers
was one of overwhelming excitement. Many bunt
into a flood of team and were deprived almost of the
power of utterance.
The Lady Mayoress of London, the Mayor of
Southampton, Mr. Alderman Andrews, and a num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen, went on board the
Indus to receive the refugees. Many of the fugi-
tives were from Cawnpore, Allahabad, and other
places Ui the upper provinces of Bengal. Numbers
also have fled from Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta
in alarm. About 40 children have come home in
the India.

Amongst the passengers is Lieut. Chapman, who
was shot by the mutineers at Benue.. A bullet
went right through his cheek sad carried away part
of the roof of ha mouth ; his speech is sairosly in-
telligible. He is quite a youth, not above 19 years
01 age.

Another of the passengers is Captain Montague,
with his wife ; he belonged to the Irregulars, and
was in command of a company of Sikhs ; he is in-
jured in the shoulder and side. He belonged to
General Havelock's army, and fought on the march
to Cawnpore. He lest his two children through
want and exposure while coming down the Ganges
tram Miami:led. He knew Mena Sahib, and was
present ate ball 1011113 by him at Cawnpore about a
south before the mutiny broke out. It was the
meet magn;ticent ball ever given at Cawnpore ; all
the English were present, most of whom were after-
wards furred/oily slaughtered by the scoundrel.
Captain Montague and his wife left Cawnpore before
it was captured by the mutineers.
The passengers say that almost the only man that
escaped the examen of Cawnpore has gone raving
mad. This lean officer, a ?Ir. Brows, who after he
got away, sneered great hardships, and lay hidden
in a nullah, without food, during three days and
nights. A Mine Goldie. a very beautiful young lady
was taken by Nina Sahib to hie harem, and is be-
lievid to be alive now.

A lady named Collett came home in the Indus,
who escaped from Allahabad , she was one of those
whn got into the fort at that place for safety. Many
of the ladies who have come home in the Indus have
their husbands now before Delhi, and scarcely expect
tosee them again.

When the passengers in the Indus left Calcutta
only three thousand troops had arrived there since
the outbreak.

Cokes Captain Peel makes his way up the river
very quickly, and before the rains cease, it le warmly
believed that he will get his guns up to Delhi; but
if he cannot carry his guns beyond Allahabad be
will, it t. expected, push on for Delhi without
them. Should the water carriage fail, it would be
extremely difficult, oo account of the badness of the
roads, to convey such heavy guns (one of them an
84-pounder) to Delhi by land.
Between Cawnpove and Lueknow there were
about thirtyffive thousand mutineers, and it is con-
sidered doubtful whether Sir .1. Outram will be
successful in poising up the Gogra ; the river is
lined with forts, well manned with mutineers.
Outram's advance, however, up the Gogh will, it is
hoped, draw olf the mutineers from Havelock, and
enable him probably to escape from the dilemma in
which he is placed.

do fear is entertained but tkat the Sikhs will
prose true to the English in fighting against both Nla-
hommedans and Hindooe ; but unless English troops
arrive out soon in India, the Sikhs may, after they
hare put down the Sepoys, turn against the English.

Nene Sahib has resolved not to fall alive into the
hands of the English. He has a body-guard, who
are engaged to deprive him of life, should he be
likely to be taken prisoner by the English.
It is believed by many persona at Calcutta that as
aeon as the English troops arri‘c out in India, the
mutiny will suddenly cease. The Sepoys will bury
the money and treasure they have obtained, and lay
down their arms. They arc in the utmost terror of
the English moldier,.

11.ocknow, it is feared, will fall before assistance
cis come to it.

There were many English at Calcutta when the
Indus left that port who had had perilous escapes
from the Upper Provinces, and who arc expected to
anise at Southampton by the next India mail
packet. A lady is at Calcutta who has had her ears
cut off by the mutineers. One of the lady pamengera
on board the Indus says that before she escaped a
soldier's wife came to her one day and told her with
the utmost glee that she had killed a Sepoy ; and
this turned out to be true . the poor woman had
actually flushed upon a Sepoy, pinioned him, and
taken his hfe. Such is the fierceness and stern reso.
lution which the hideous atrocitiss of the Bengal
mutineers generated in the breast of a woman.

The Collector of Customs at Southampton, Mr.
Clarke, of the landing-waiters' department, and
Messrs. Obree and Knowler, of the tide-surveying
department, were early on board the Indus this
morning, acting under special orders from the go-
vernment to facilitate in every possible manner the
landing of the baggage of the Indian re-
fugee,. It was ascertained that some of the
passengers, brought up gentlefolks, had lost
everything in India ; that ladies, whose hus-
bands were officers, fighting in India, on limited
incomes, had made great sacrifices to send their
families out of that country. This was communi-
cated to the Lady Mayoress, and means were taken
to afford to many pecuniary assistance. This was
managed in the most delicate manner possible.
The following are the names of the passengers by
the Indus, viz.:—From Hong Kong; Captain
Gandy ; Mrs. Wall, two children, and native man
servant ; Mr. Grosvenor, and Mrs. :Stairhead. From
Calcutta Mrs. Elkington and child; Major
English's child and nurse; Mrs. Ikut, infant, and
native female setvant ; Mrs. Colonel Simpson, Mr.
Phillips, Mr. Avers•, Mr. Butler, Mr. H. l'arrott,
Mr..l. Lindley and wife, Mts. Collett and infant,
child, and native female servant, Mr. Chapman, Mrs.
Roberts and infant ; Mrs. Turner, child, and infant ;
Mrs. Bloomfield; Mr. and Mrs. Montagne, and
native male servant; Mrs. Beeckett and infant
child, and European female servant; E. Phillips,
W. King, and W. Macy. From Madras: Mr.