The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

E MUTINIES IN INDIA.

Panics NAPOLEON'S VOTIOE OP THSCOTERT.—
The opredy publication of " La Relation In Voyage fall dans
lea Nero du Nord, par k Primo' Napoleon," on board the
Rehm liortenae, is announmd. This work. revised by the
prince, is from the pen of one of his fellow-tourists,
Charles Edmond. This voyage extended as far ea Iceland
and the country of the Requiems. The work above-men-
dosed will give an account of how the curiosities b
back to France by the prince and some lirae since
at the Palau Royal were obtained, end will contain
new geographical details relative to the countries visited.
THE LATE SIR GEORGE PARKER., BART.—We
regret to learn that Sir George Parker, Bert., has folks with
the other unfortunates! at-Caw/spore through the treachery of
the miscreant Nana Sahib. The late baronet wee second es
of the second baronet, sad was bora la 1813. its mean&
the military service of the Ilea. Rest Indio Company in 1831,
sad beanoe mptskt of the 74th Beagel Native Infantry in
1846. The year before he encessied to the baronetcy,
namely, In 1848, he was appointed Mint mightier. at Meerut
and is charge of Abhor... The dseesasd is oacceeded in the
family bosoms by his battier, sow Sir Rimy Parker, born
in 1822. The late baronet serried is 1847 Miro El ten,
youngest daughter of thalata Liesent-thionet Matte,
bat as may be gathered from the abo tenve doss not kayo mak

We have received our advices in anticipation of
the Overland Mail. The dates are : Calcutta, July
28; Bombay, July 30; Hong-Hong, July 10.
The following is the summary of the Bombay
Times of July 30:
During the lut fortnight the career of rebellion
has remained unchecked throughout India, except at
lattehpore, where the mutineers under Nana Saheb
have been thrice defeated by the British troops. On
the morning of the 17th instant, General Havelock,
who left Allahabad with about 2,080 Europeans,
ausisting of the 04th Regiment, 78th Highlander%
Makes Fusiliers, and a company of Royal Artillery,
atiatiari and totally defeated the insurgents, capturing
eleven guns, and scattering their forces in utter
esehision in the direction of Cawnpore. By two
lewessing marches he had joined Major Ressaad's
alhanesd column three hours before daylight, ea
arrived about eight o'clock four miles from Futtehpore,
where he encamped. The enemy advanced out of
Futtehpore, and opened fire upon a reocasseanances
Oder Colonel Tytler. General Havelock arawdelei
with eight guns in the centre under Captain
Maude, Royal Artillery, forming the whole of the
infantry in quarter distance column in support.
Captain Maude's fire electrified the enemy, wise
abandoned gun after gun, and were then driven by
ear skirmishers and columns through garden enclo.
wares, and the streets of Futtehpore, in complete con-
fttsion. This splendid victory was gained without
• single casualty on the aide of the British, not a man
being touched by the fire of the enemy. The
enemy's strength was said to have been
two regiments of cavalry,three of infantry, and eleven
c:hich were all captured. After this battle
Havelock continued his victorious progress
towards Cawnpore, which he re-occupied, after hav-
ing beaten the enemy three times, and capturing
twenty-six guns. Nana Saheb, the rebel leader,
had fled to Bithoor, which is about eight or ten
miles distant from Cawnpore, and we have no doubt
that General Havelock would follow the treacherous
Mahratta up to that place.
These glorious successes are dimmed by a fright-
ful tragedy which has occurred at Cawnpore, where
Sir Hugh Wheeler and a small band of Europeans
had long held out against fearfal odds. It appears
from the conflicting reports published regarding
this melancholy catastrophe, that after Sir Hugh
Wheeler was killed the force at Cawnpore accepted
the offer of safety made by Nana Saheb and the mu-
tineers. The treacherous miscreant, however, whose
hands were already stained with the blood
of the luckless fugitives from Fottyghur, opened
fire on the boats in which the party were allowed to
enter, and destroyed them all. Other accounts state
that the wives and children of the officers and sol-
diers, consisting of 240 persons, were taken into
Cayman, and sold by public auction, when, after
being treated with the highest indignities, they
were barbarously slaughtered by the inhabitants.
There is, notwithatanding,a faint hope that some few
have escaped the general massacre, es it is said that
Nana Saheb has more than a hundred European
prisoners in his hands, whom he intends to hold as
hostages. These are probably the remains of
General Wheeler's force at Cawnpore. Such I
atrocities u those committed by Nana Saheb are
almost unparalleled in the history of the world, but
we hope the punishment for his crimes will not I
be long deferred.
Lucknow still held out at the date of the latest
advices, but its heroic defender, the brave and noble-
minded Sir Henry Lawrence, is no more. Theintel-
ligence of the death of this gallant officer has raaelhal
Bombay from Lucknow, and has caused mimed vet
gret, as the event is truly regarded as a national Isis
in the present crisis. lie was wounded in a sae*
against the enemy on the 2nd July, and died of
lockjaw on the 4th idem. The garrison, nothing
daunted by the death of their intrepid leader, con-
tinued to hold out against the hordes of mutineers,
who surrounded them, and it is expected that they
will maintain their ground until relieved by General
Havelock. Major Banks had assumed the command
of the garrison, which continued in the highest
spirits.
The capture of Delhi has not yet been accom-
plished, and seems to be as as far off u ever. The enemy
made several sorties and attacked the British forces,
but were always repulsed with heavy loss. On the 9th,
the mutineers assailed our right rear in force, but
were driven back into the city, leaving 1,000 dead
on the field. Several other attempts were made
to tarn the British position, but failed. Sir
Henry Barnard, C. 13., Commander of the Forces,
died in the British camp before Delhi on the
sth July, of cholera. He has been succeeded
in the command by General Reed, who acted with
ea much decision and judgment in the Punjaub on
the first outbreak of the mutiny. The latest intelli-
gence from Delhi is to the 14th instant, when
everything remained in the same state as heretofore.
An officer in the camp, writing on that date, says,
"We are doing nothing here towards taking
Delhi, and are merely defending ourselves
against sorties of the enemy. We have parts of
five European regiments, but can muster only 2,000
Europeans for any effective attack, large detach-
ments from each regiment having been left to pro-
tect Jullundcr, Loodianah, Dugshaie, Substhoo,
Kussowlie, Umbels, Meerut, and Phillour. In fact,
small detachments only of each regiment have joined
as. The enemy are far superior to us in artillery."
This shows the necessity for the prompt despatch of
large reinforcements from England, and we fear that
nothing can be done to stem the tide of sedition
until the arrival of fresh troops in this country.
At Agra matters have approached a crisis. The
close neighbourhood of the Neemuch and Nuseeer-
abed mutineers, who encamped about twenty miles
from the city, compelled the European residents to
abandon the cantonments and take refuge in the fort.
The garrison consisted of the 3rd Bengal Europeans
and a battery of artillery, besides which a corps of
volunteers, about five hundred strong, was raised
from among the Christian population. The rebels
having approached the city, with the evident ob
ject of plundering the cantonments, the troops in
the fort marched out to attack them on the
sth of July, when a battle ensued, in which the
British suffered considerable loss. Our troops, who
had no cavalry to support them, after having beaten
the enemy, were obliged to retire into the fort, in
consequence of their supply of ammunition having
failed through the explosion of the tumbrils. There
were 49 Europeans killed and 92 wounded in
this affair, out of a total force of about
five hundred men engaged. The mutineers, after
the battle, destroyed nearly all the houses in the
cantonment, in which they were assisted by the bud-
mashes of the city, and the prisoners liberated from
the gaol. The European inhabitants, however, had
previously taken refuge in the Fort, which prevented
a general massacre from taking place, the only
people killed outside being Major Jacob, formerly
in Scindish's service, and Mr. Hubbard, of the
Agra College. Captain D'Oyly, of the Bengal Ar-