The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-16 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIAN MUTINIES.

We hare received advice. in anticipation of
the Overland Nail. Only the Bombay portion of
the mail has come to hand ae yet, and the latest
date is Bombay, August the 15th.
The following is the general summary of the
Borraboy Tines:

" By the good hand of our God upon us, oar Egg-
lish readers will receive advices from India by this
mail of a decidedly cheering character. Although
rebellion yet reigns in the upper prov'noss, and
mutiny with Its horrors is no longer confined to the
Bengal army, still it is true that the swelling and
inundation of this great rebellion have not merely
reached their height, but are actually refluent.
General Havelock with his chosen band was the
first successfully to stem the wild torrent and
turn the tide. His appointment to the command
of the brigade at Allahabad was the langur*-
, tine of victory. Under God, this h.aic eaptais,
with his brave Highlanders, has saved India. His
march has been so triumphant, his success so mar-
vellous as to impress even the public mind with the
conviction, that he has received Ws mission from
a higher than an earthly ruler—an impression ren-
dered all the stronger, when it is seen that the first
thought of this mighty man of valor,' in all his
despatches, is to ascribe all the glory of his signal
achievements to the Lord of Hosts while Christian
faith throughout the land has thus been re-assured
and animated by the inspiration—' the battle is not
yours, but God's.' Go on in this thy might, great
and good soldier, and thou shalt Nave India.

" General Havelock's force, on the re-occupation
of Cawnpore, had, in eight days, marched one
hundred and twenty-six m;les, fought four actions
with Nana Sahib's army against overwhelming
odds in point of numbers, and taken twenty-four
guns of light and heavy calibre, and that, too, in the
month of July in India. On the morning of the
17th July, the force marched into Cawnpore. The
soul-harrowing spectacle which there presented itself
to them beggars description. The extent of the
frightful catastrophe now became known. A whole-
sale massacre had been perpetrated by the
fiend Nana Sahib. Eighty-eight officers, 190 men
of her Majesty's 84th Foot, 70 ladies, 120 women
and children of her Majesty's 32nd Foot, and the
whole European and Christian population of the
place, including civilians, merchants, shopkeepers,
engineers, pensioners, and their families, to the
number of about 400 persons, were the victims of
this satanic deed. The courtyard in front of the
assembly-rooms, in which Nana Sahib had had his
head-quarters, and in which the women had been
imprisoned, was swimming in blood. A large number
of women and cbildren,who had been 'cruelly spared
after the capitulation fora worse fate than instant
death,' had been barbarously slaughtered on the
previous morning—the former having been stripped
naked, beheaded, and thrown into a well ; the latter
having been hurled down alive upon their butchered
mothers, whose blood yet reeked on their mangled
bodies. We hear of only four who escaped— a Mrs.
Oreenway, wife of a merchant, and three Indo-
Britons. The diary of a lady is said to
have been found at Can opera, written up
to the day on which she was killed, and
containing information of great importance, on
which the general is acting. We shall eventually
obtain full particulars of the horrible tragedy that
has been witnessed there. The small, brave, victo-
rious army of retribution, harassed and worn out by
their unprecedented exploits of the previous eight
days, rested a day or two at Cawnpore, and then
moved on (reduced in their numerical strength,
as the result of their last battle, about one in
fifteen of their whole force), to meet the
enemy again towards Lucknow. After passing
by Bhitoor, which they found evacuated, slid which
they burned to the ground, they met the foe on the
29th July, and the following substance of a despatch
from General Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief
in Bengal, with which we have been favoured, ex-
plains subsequent operations, which ended in the
defeat of the enemy on two successive occasions :
."Carap Bupeer-ul-Gunge,July 30.

_
"'Arrived at Oonao 29th instant. - The town
protected by a swamp, not fordable on its flank ; houses
loopholed, and defended by fifteen guns. I attacked
and captured it with all the enemy's guns. The
enemy were aided by a portion of the Nana's force,
commanded by Jape' Bing. Halted four hours, and
then pushed on to this town, which is also sur-
rounded by water, and was defended by four guns.
The road to its entrance was destroyed, and the
gate cannonaded. I assaulted and carried it
with its guns. Enemy's Ices heavy ; my
own severe, being eighty-eight killed and
wounded. Private Cavanagh, 64th Regiment,
would have been recommended for the Victoria
Cross, but he was cut to pieces while setting a bril-
liant example; desired his relations may be pen-
sioned. Madru Fusiliers greatly distinguished
themselves, Lieutenant Dangerfleld being first over
the barricade. Lieutenant Bogle, 78th Highlanders,
was severely wounded while leading the way into a

loopholed house; recommended to the notice of
his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief. Colonel Tytler, who was scarcely
able to sit his horse, set an example to all
of activity and daring. Lieutenant Havelock's horse
was shot under him. Lieutenant Seton, Madras
Fusiliers, acting A.1).C., severely wounded. An en-
tire field battery of arms captured. Without cavalry,
I cannot secure horses or equipments. My volunteer
horse improve daily.'
" The latest accounts by letter from General
Havelock's camp, dated 30th July, the day after the
fight, state that the enemy were about two miles in
front. The force was at Supeergunge, sixteen miles
from Cawnpore.
" The force expected to reach Lucknow on the
31st ultimo, when the little garrison there, under
command of Major Banks, which has been so
bravely holding out since the death of Sir 11. Law-
rence, would be relieved. After relieving Lucknow
it is the intention of General Havelock to press on
to Delhi, a distance of about 170 miles.

" From Delhi we have received no advices of a
satisfactory character. The enemy make en occa-
sional sortie in considerable force, but are invariably
driven back, after doing some injury tons, and much
more to themselves. Owing to General Reid's ill-
ness, the command of the forces has devolved on Bri-
gadier-General A. Wilson, of the Bengal Artillery.
A battle was fought on the 18th ult., in which Lieu-
tenant Crozier, of her Majesty's 73th Foot, was
killed. The enemy got back into the city, after a

very precipitous Bight, with all their guns. Re-
inforcements
were beginning to arrive, so that it
was expected that our force would soon be in a posi-
tion to make a general assault, with the certainty of
being able to hold the place after taking it : intelli-
gence of the fall of the city is anxiously expected.

: -
" From Agra there is nothing new once thebattle
related in our last. There are about 8,000 persons
shut up in the fort there, and well able to hold out,
but anxiously looking for relief.
" New mutinies have occurred at Dinapore. The
7th, Bth, and 40th Regiments B. N. I. mutinied about
the 23rd ultimo, and her Majesty's 10th Foot shot
down 800 of them. The 12th Irregular Cavalry
also mutinied at the sante place, murdering their
commanding officer, Major Holmes, and his wife.
The three Native Infantry Regiments were con-
sidered staunch, and had actually but a short time
before their mutiny kept the city of Patna from
rising. ' Here are regiments,' says the Poona Ob-
server, breaking out at the eleventh hour, when the
tide was turning in our favour, and when European
troops were passing continually up the river, thereby
rendering the destruction of the mutineers oertain—as
if they had waited for some mysterious order just
like the Bareilly troops. Altogether, the more we
ponder oyes it, the more mysterious the whole matter
appears to us.' These fresh mutinies have caused
much excitement at Benares, as the mutineers are
making their way and plundering towards that city.

" All was quiet in Calcutta, although consider-
able apprehension was felt in connexion with
the approaching Moherruin. The Oovernor-Oene-
.

ral Las formed a corps of cavalry, to be called
the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry,' with the view of
giving employment to the many Englishmen and
others in Bengal and the north-west provinces
whose peaceable avocations have been interrupted
by the disturbed state of the ;reentry; and who,
although in no way connected with the government,
are willing and eager to give an active support to
its authority at the present time, by sharing service
in the field with the troops of the Queen and of the
East India Company.
" We have remarked that mutiny is no longer
confined to the Bengal army. The infection has
reached our own presidency, our own troops. In
consequence of the most scrupulous withholding of
intelligence on the part of government, the com-
munity is kept in a constant state of painful sus-
pense, and of liability to alarm and panic. There is
no good reason for this scrupulous eecreay, as the
Queen's and Company's troops, the civilians and
the Europeans unconnected with government,
and the loyal portion of the native com-
munity, are really strong enough to put down
en attempt at insurrection. It would, there-
fore tend greatly to the pence and quiet of the timid,
if government would allow the press to receive and
publish the intelligence from different parts of the
presidency. We know that mutiny has broken out
bi the 27th Bombay Native Infantry, stationed at
Kolapore. The only particulars that have reached
us regarding it are, that a portion of the regiment
mutined on the Buckrec Eed—the let instant. When
the officers were assembled in the billiard-room
after mom, a Jemadar rushed in, and gave them
warning that the men were coming to fire on them.
They immediately repaired to the place of ren-
dezvous previously appointed; but three young offi-
cers, ignorant of the place or bewildered in the dark-
ness, went astray, and were taken and murdered by
the mutineers. The mother of the Jemadar, an old
woman, went to the house of Major Rolland, the
commanding officer of the regiment, at the same
time that the Jemadar went to the mess-room, to
warn the ladies of their danger and afford them an
opportunity of making their escape. No sooner had
the ladies effected their escape than the house was
surrounded by the mutineers. I fisappointed of their
prey, they revenged themselves on the faithful
old woman—her fidelity cost her her life. A
number of the rebels were seized; the rest made
their way to other parts of the country. They have
since returned, and there has been obstinate fighting
there ; but we have not learnt the result. Belgaum,
Ithanvar, Rutnagherry, Batten, and other places
were thus thrown into great excitement. Our
reports from these places are, however, so con-
flicting that we do not feel justified in attempt-
ing any statement regarding them. The Collector
of Satter', Mr. Rose, a man in every respect
equal to the occasion, has thought it advisable
to send the ex-Ranees and the adopted son
of the late deposed Rajah to Bombay, and
they are now in confinement on Butcher's
Island, a depot of the Indian navy. A plot was dis.,
covered at Poona, concerted between the Moulvies
of Poona and Belgaum, for the massacre of the Euro-
peans and Christians of those stations. Letters were
intercepted at the Poona Post-office, which contained
full details of the conspiracy, and which enabled the
authorities, timely advised, to shun the coming evil.
The Moulvie of Poona, with several accomplices
from that station, are now prisoners on board the
Honourable Company's frigate Acbar, awaiting their
trial at the next criminal sessions, for high
treason. Arrests have also been made at
Belgium and Ahmednuggur of parties impli-
cated in this Mussulman conspiracy. Matters had
proceeded so far in Poona, that arrangements had
been made, and materials provided for blowing up
the arsenal. The community of that station have
suffered great anxiety for many days. The authori-
ties have disarmed the natives of the Cantonment
Baum; but left those of the city, the most to be sus-
pected, in possession of their arms. From the
principal outstations, the women and children are
being sent to Poona and Bombay, under military escort.
—Our own city is perfectly quiet and our citizen
free from any serious apprehensions of evil. There
was considerable alarm, occasioned by reports of the
worst character, at the time of the Buckree Eed ;
but those who experienced it have been folly re-
assured. The community have the most entire con-
fidence
in the wisdom, vigilance, and firmness of the
Right Honourable the Governor, who is the com-
mandant of the garrison, and who has left nothing
undone in the measures which he has adopted to
prevent an outbreak, or to crush it the instant
it should be attempted. His lordship is fully alive
to his serious responsibilities at the present criaia,
and is most indefatigable in his exertions, thus
setting an example to all under his authority.
Heads of departments receive orders from him
before they are out of their beds in the
morning, and they are not unfrequently called
upon by him to report on the execution of them
after they have gone to bed at night. He
enjoys in the highest degree the gratitude
and confidence of all the well-disposed in
the community, and he is a terror to all
others. He has made every possible preparation
for the accommodation and comfort of the addi-

tional troops expected from England, and hu. re-