The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

LIFE IN DELHI.

The following statement of a native regarding the
interior stato of Delhi in May and rune is moat in-
teresting :
1 reached Delhi en the 21.8 May, 1867, old stayed there
till the 23rd Juan.

On my arrival there I law eve Inf►ntry Regiments and
the Sowers of the 3rd Cavaby,who were stationed in Idokitab
begh and Salinigurh.
The Sepoys were so much afraid of the English forces that
they looked quite pale. The cavalry mutineers had a little
spirit, and were wishing to ge to Meerut fora tight•; but
the footmen did not agree with them, saying, We are hardly
sufficient to guard Delhi, how can we go to Meerut f I will
give you a wall description of the oppremies eembeiltted by
:envoys in Delhi.

They plundered every rich house and shop In the city.
They took every horse they found in the Sables of the chimes.
They killed a number of poor shopkeepers for asking the
pore prices for their thing.; they abuse the respectable ens
of Delhi in their presence. The guard at Jumneabeidge
looted the pusengers crossing it. On the 11th May the
eneganine was blown up, it did greet damage to the adjacent
houses, and killed about five hundred passengers walking in
different streets. The bullets fell in the houses of people to
such a degree, that some children picked up two pounds and
some four pounde of it from the yards of their houses ; it:ter-
ser:la the cnUtilleciv,togallicr with the low people of the city,
entered the magazine compound and began to plunder wea-
pons, accoutrements, gun•iape, Sc.

The " toe' continued for three deye , each Sepoy toot
three or four muskets, and es many swords and bayonets es
he could. The colonies filled their houses with dna
blacksmiths' tools, weapons, end gun-caps which they
sell by degrees, at the rate of two seers per rupee'
The copper sheets were sold at duce veers per rupee. In
these successful days, tho highest price of a musket was
eight sinus , however the people feared to buy it ; a fine En-
glish sword wee dear for four muss, end one Luna was toe
much fur a good bayonet.

Ponchos and belle were so common that the owners could
not get anything for this booty of theirs. The gunpowder
which wee kept et Mojeoos Tile, more than hall of it wee
plundered by Goujure and countrymen, and the rest wan
brought to the city. Since the day of my arrival till the day
of my departure, I never found the Irma, opened, except a
few poor shops. The shopkeepers and the citimeta are ex-
tremely cony fur lo.ieg their safety, and cum the muti-
neers from mortmag to evening. Poor people and workmen
starve, and widuwa cry in their huts. Respectable English
servants have confined thenrelvee tee their house.

A Kotwal is changed every second day. The Sepoys
plundered very treasury in the city, and put the money
in their own pockets ; they did not give a farthing out
of this to the King ; so the Sepoye of four or Ors regiments
possessed thousands of rupees each, end under
the weight of silver they could hardly walk, conse-
quently they were obliged to change their silver for gold.
The Mahajens charge them 24 or 25 met, for a gold
awhile, which is not worth more than If rupees. Since the
bankers were plundered by the Sepoys, they also cheated
them by giving thou hewer coin. instead of gold once.
The poor regiments arc very jealous of thole who are rich,
as the rich Sepoys don't wish to go to tight, or to the field
of battle simply; they aro very often insulted by their poor
friends. I nut of opinion their private feelings will compel
than to keit with each other, some day or other, as many
times during my stay at Delhi I heard there was very likely
to be a quarrel between the rich and poor regiments.
One regiment from Allyghur, and Mynpoorie 150 80will,
and some unarmed Sepoys Gwen Agra, one regiment end
200 Sowers from Hanoi and Hirer, *otos unarmed Some
from Umbel* 2110 &wars and two oompotis of Nizamut
from Multi., 6th Light Cavalry, two regiments from Jul-
lundur, two regiments and artillery bout NuswersLad, raaehed
Delhi before me, 'adjoined the mutineer,.
I will acquaint you with the names of the stations from
when the rebels brought treasure for the King.
Moradnuggur Tehesel—toil gate, near Minden-bridge,
Robluck, Allyghur, Menai, Mutre, Ilureene.gurhie, Tit-
saili, out of which his Majesty pays four alums to each foot-
' man, and one rupee to each trooper per diem. lam quit*
ignorant of the amount of the money, but I know as far as
this, that on the Cith of June there was left one lac and nine-
teen thousand rupees in the King's Treasury.
The prism are made officers to the royal army— thouunda
of pities for the poor luxurious princes. They are sometime
cou.palled to go out of the dour of the city, in the Lest of the
sun—their hearts palpitate from the firing of muskets and

Unfortunately they do not lutow how to command an
army; their fortes laugh at their itoperfoctione, and abate
thew foe their bad arrangement,. The King sends sweet-

mutts for the tones in the &W, and the guard at the door of
the city plunder A like the property of en enemy. The bravery
of them* troops deserves every praise; they are very clever
indeed; when thoy wish to have the field of battle they
tie a piers of rag on their leg, and pretend to have Leen
wounded, cud come into the city hum end groaning, accom-
panied by their friends.
On the night of the 30th June, at the Ilindun bridge, the
mutineer. were quite out of senses; a good many of them
threw their awaken. and swords in the wells, end scattering
on the road, ran towards villages and jungle., ea they
thought themselves to have been pursued by English soldiers•
Had the English forces taken them they could have taken
Delhi the eamot night, because the Sepoye did not return to
the city till nest morning, and many of them disappeared for
ever; they were plundered and beaten by Goojurs, add did
not bring a farthing back with them.
The old King u--very seldom obeyed; but the priocoo aro
lever.

The soldiers never mind their regimental bugle ; &marry
their officers, and neglect their duty ; they we never mus-
tered, and never dressed in uniform. The noblemen and
Bevels, together with the princes, regret for the loam of their
joyful days. They consider the arrival of mutineers at Doihi
• sudden misfortune for thews.
The princes cannot understand the Sepoys without an in-
terpreter. The shells have deetroyed tote of houses in the
city; and in the fort the marble of the King's private hall le
backers to pieces. His Majesty Is very much alarmed when
• shell is beret in the met* and the princes show his Majesty
the Oscar( it. limy of the royal family have islt the
place through fees. The Delhi college wee destroyed the
first day. English Ueda see lying in the streets still. The
&pay, best and imprison people for speaking Embed.—
Lahore Cbroniele.

Raton Macaulay, says the Augsburg Gazette, is
at present at Tries.

Prince Charles de Windischgraetz married, a few
day. ago, his cousin the Princess Matilda, daughter of the
Field-Marshal of that name, at Schotten, in Hungary.
The Swabian Mercury announces that a Dutch
company him just obtained the concession of a railroad from
Frankfort to the baths of Homburg.

M. Alexandre de Humboldt completed hie R9th
year on the 13th Mat.

On the let a fire broke out in the large village
which ferns a sort of suburb to the town of Nijni-Novgored,
acid shawl the whole of it was destroyed. Merchandise to
the mount of 300,000 silver roubles (1,200,000 Sane.) and
about forty horses were burnt. The ere originated from the
earelewsneas of a man who went into a etahle with a lighted
torch.

The Ituasian government has decided that the
German language shall be no longer taught in the public
school at Itkoutsk, but shell be replaced by the English
language, which, considering the trade with America, is
thought more requisite in that part of Russia. It is •
curious fact that the Gazette de St. retereboarg, in promul-
gating the decree, calls the English language, la lava*
ARIOri dam%

The cholera now extends over nearly the whole
Botta.= continent of Europe. At Gluckstadt four per cent.
of the population hare died, and et Upset the university has
been dread until the 12th of October, on account of the
epidemic.

- A carious document has just been discovered in
the Library of Weimar, namely, a diploma of citizenship
conferred by the French republic on the poet Schiller. The
deems Is dated in year 1 (10th Oct., 1792), and is signed by
Roland and Dutton.

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