The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

VTZABAD.

The following extracts are from the letter of an
officer boldiag civil charged the dittriet of rytabed, in the
premier of Ode, dated Allababed, August 4
=MI t bis Teleell you you vrtU hove heard all shout
thbe /am* It bas been indeed au awful outbreak,
mad ft Is not improbst.le that things will get worm before
thsjost baiter.
I arrived at F) salad on the 9thof May, and hoped I
W got steadily mottled for long time. On the morning of
the 9th of June, Or, Tharburn, and I hal to ride for it.

" We went on fri'm bad to worse, getting more and more
unsettled, and before lug it bromine paint ally evident that
there roust be a grand smash. For day. before the mutiny
all but a few who would not see knew what was coming, and
I asked Rajah Man Singh to take charge of the women and
children ; which he at mice agreed to do.
" Soon after the beginning of our troubles an order came
front LACIRIOI/ to arrest Man Singh —. 0— was at
Imbed, end he carried out the order in spite of my urgent
rememennote and written protest. I gut penniasion to
release him just in time, and started the ladies off to
Shaligonj. Mos. Lennox and her daughter, Mra. Morgan,
and Mn. Mill (she intended to go at lint), remained at
Fyeabad. The very next night I think the troops mutinied.
The Invokes (15th Irregular Cavalry, one troop) were
very bed—mated to murder every officer. The Artillery
and 6th Oede Irregulars were aim bad; the 22nd Regiment
Bengal Native Inhintry the least bad of all. After a long
altercation It was determined that the officers should be
allowed to go. They went off in boat., but just opponte
Begamganj they were seen by the 17th Regiment Native
Infantry, mutineers from Armighur, who gave chase, and
here poor Goldeey, Bright, and a sergeant appear to have
been shot, Mill, Currie, and PllllOl. drowned, having
left the boats and attempted to escape inland. The rest of
the part got to the Tehaildaree of Kuptamguni, where they
were well treated, and received 50 rupee. to prosecute their
journey to Goreckpore. At a large bazaar, called Malts
dews, a large body of armed men sallied forth, and, without
the slightest provocation, nit the unfortunate fellows to
please. Here English, Lindesay, Cautley, Thomas, and
Ritchie, with two marginate, fell. One Artillery sergeant
(Boehm') alone escaped. Another party—U' Brien, Gordon,
Canon, Anderson, and Percival—clianged their boat and
got a covered one at Ajoodbia ; they lay prdo, and were not
Warned by the 17th Regimeet Nstivelafantry. Hiding in
the daytime and travelling at night, they managed to reach
Gepalpore, in the Goruckpore district, where a power-
ful Ilajah took them under his protection and for-
warded them to Dinapore. A third party consisted
of Morgan and his wife, Fowls, Ouaeley, and Daniell.
They were robbed, imprisoned, and suffered great
hardehipe, almost starvation, but they, too, eventually es-
caped. I wait now return to my own party. The troops
mutinied on the night of the Bth, but did not tome down to
the city till the morning of the oth of June. Orr and Thur.
bare slept at toy gateway—Bradford, being obstinate, slept
at the Dilkocelia. We had about 100 armed invalids. We
tried to rains levies, and with Men Singh's co-operation,
might have succeeded. As It was, we failed. We col-
lected 400 or 600, but the werether
a seam of apprehmaidon, and f7.llrobrgionto rather
a rid of
them.

" baring the night of the Silt the gaol guard (6th Chide
Irregular.) end others left their poem, and the mutineers
mallard themselves so as to prevent all communication
through the city. I we. unable to warn Bradford. They
tame down upon us in three division., with two guns at-
tacked to each, and, hating no means of resistance, we
bolted from my gateway towards the Akburpore road. We
at first intended to go I. Shabgunj, but, fearing the sowers,
who were most bloodthirsty, I turned off as soon aa we got
out of sight and made for 'tamper*, but finally went to
Goerreh. I know the Zeminders well in these pmts. We
changed quarter. in the evening to a pundit's at no great
distance, and thence went to Rabaul* We had at that
dm the Aa:mabot mutineers coming on the Tends-road,
and those from Bmarm on thane:Mime end Akburpore
Bradford managed to get away= foot. I had lent him ray
Arab for the flight, -but he could not find him. We were
afterwards told that these brute, of sowers followed tia as far
as Rhoden', bat we saw nothing of them.
" The day after we reached Shake:Lei, Man Singh sent to
sty that the troops would not harm the ladies and-children,
bet insisted upon our being given up, and were coming
to search the fort; that be would get boat., sad that we
must be off at once. We were all night going envie
country to the Ghat, et Jclalooden.nugeur, during which
time we were robbed by Man Singh'. men of almost all the
twilling. we bad managed to take with us. The ladies took
some of their trap. to Shaligunj—of mum we had only the
clothe. on OS/ ; however, we got off first in two boats,
but afterwards in one--eight women, fourteen children, and
seven men. We eufferedreat misery and diemenfart. The
heat, too, wee terrific. Wge were plundered by Oodit Herein,
meal the Bieber men, and when they took Orr sad me into
one of the forte, I fully expected to be polished off, and ell
the ladies got ready to throw their children into Ike river and
jump after them. However, God it otherwine, and
Medlin Parsed, the Birhur Belem, came to the mem, enter-
tained ea hoimltahly for five or six days, end thee forwarded
us to Ye pore. where we ware comparatively safe. Hem
we parted front Bradford.
Madho Pemad has lately been making Maims attacks
upon Aziinghur, end Imo got well beaten two or three time.:
but of course the 66th Regiment of Native Infantry will
mutiny, when he will have it ell his own way.
.• Orr hoe gone on to Cawnpore. Thurburn Is to have
chine of the Maser here. Bradford was employed at
Bename, hat volunteered to serve as local captain with the
artillery, .ad hie services have bean accepted. I have beta
appointed tooponally to the Contaisearlat, and eased to

move no shortly. We are &Tidally in difficulties now, and
if regiments come not immediately overland we must expect
more disasters before this mutiny can be quelled."

The following letter is from a gallant young hero,
who only four years ego wee • pupil in the Edinburgh
Academy :
" Camp Wore Delhi, July 19.
" My dew Jack—Here we are, still going on in the same
way, besting back the Psndies' attacks; and this is all we
,an do until we get reieforoements. You must have seen
accounts of their rush into our tamp on the 9th; it was a
very bold thing; eu much so, that when they were in they
were taken quite aback at their audacity. Illy guns were
ridden over before I could get them into action, and I was
very nearly polished off, Tombs wiring my life by potting •
Bandy who was in the act of splitting my skull. I Ina down
on the ground, regularly done up, wit bout a single thing to
defend myself with. I have got great kudoe for my conduct.
This is it : the storm went, and off I started with my two guns
to a position laid down for them, when, to my astonishment,
through an opening on my right, only 60 yard. of, dashed a
body. of cavalry . Now I tried to get my gun. into action, but only
got one unlimbered when they were upon me. I thought
that by charging them I might make a commotion, and glee
the run tittle to load. So in I went at the front rank, cut
down the first fellow, slashed the nest acmes the fee se hard
as I could lick, when two Sowers charged me. Both their
horses crashed jou- mine at the same moment, and of course
both horse and mrelf were nest II) tag. We went down at
y such • pace that I escaped the cuts made at me. one of them
giving my jacket en awful slice just below the left arm—it
only, however, cut the jacket. Well. I lay quite mug until
all the beggars had ward over nA., and then got up and
looked about for my sword. I found it full tee yards off. I
had hardly got hold of it. when three fellows re-
turned—two on horseback. The &at I wounded, and
drop& him from his horse; the seemed cher= me
with • lanerroel pat it adds, and awiW an
awful gash en the head sad face. I t t I
had killed
phirrne:yeaparently he must have clung to hie
for he dim . The wounded Man then came up, but
got his ski I split. Then came on the third man—a young
active fellow. I found myself getting very weak from
want of breath, the fall from nip horse having pumped
me considerably, mud my cloak somehow or other had got
tightly fixed round my throat, and was kindly choking me.
west, however, at the fellow, and cut hint on the ehoulder ;
but some ' kapra ' (cloth) on it apparently turned the blow.
He managed to seise the hilt of toy sword, and twisted it
out of my hand; end then we had a hand-to-hand fight, I
punching his head with my flsta., and he trying to rat me,
but I was too clues to him. Somehow or other I fell, and
then was the time, fortunately for me, that Tombs came up
and shot the fellow. I was so choked by my cloak that more
I could not until I got it loosened. By-the-bye. I forgot to say
I fired at We chap twice, but the pistol snapped, and I was so
enraged I drove at the fellow's head, miming him, however.
Then, when I got up, Tombs wady, eager to get up to • mound
near us that I only picked up my sword and followed him.
After being there some time we came down again to look after
the unlimbered gun which was left behind. When we got
down I saw the very man Tombs had saved me from moving
off with my pistol (the brute had only bean wounded and
shammed &ad). I told Tombs, and we went at him. After a
little slashing and guarding on both sides, I rushed in at him
and thrust; he cleverly jumped aside and cut me on the head,
knocking me down, not however stunning me, for I warded
hit next cut when down. Tombs following him up made him
pain, and up I jumped and had a slash at him, tutting him on
the left wrist, nearly savoring It. This made him turn round,
and then Tombs ran him through. He very nearly knocked over
Tombs, for be cut through his upend porde, but fortunately
did not even cut the skin. I fancy I am indebted again
to Tombs for my life, for, although I might have got up
and taught, mill I was bleeding like a jig, and of course
would have had a bad chance. One thing, however, If
Tombs had not been there the second time I should have
fought more carefully. It was the wish to polish off the
fellow before Tombs could get up to him that made me rush
at him in the way I did. I wanted awfully to bone the
swords of the men I killed se trophies, bat I was getting very
faint and had to come Into my test as fast as I could end
before I got the wound bound up the swords had been looted
off. I lost an awful lan .f blood, as two veins were cut
through, but I fancy it did me good, keeping off infiaimma-
Moe. The wound was a beautiful one, just as if it had been
done by a razor. It was four Inches long, and down to the
skull, a line being left on it ; so I had a marrow
escape. However, if I live to see the end of these
mutinies, I shall have good reason to thank the
• Sower, • for their charge, Tombs' name and mine
having been sera up to the Governor-General by the Com-
mander in-Chief, the latter recommending us ' worthy of the
highest honour for distinguished bravery and gallsntry.'
isn't this doe, old boy P —worth a cut on the hes& I think,
especially a. it has healed up, and now I only require to
recruit my strength to he fit for duty. This I hope to be in
a week or two. Wounds on the head, they say, tell on one
some time after they are healed and, as the sun is not to be
resisted at any time, I ass afraid I shall not be allowed to try
the effects of it for some time yet. If these horrid Cora-
bineers had only charged, the • Sowers' would have caught
it in style. Our cavalry, lam sorry to say, have not dis-
tinguished thenmelem, though they have itad some good
opportunities, but never one like that morning. They would
have got these fellows In flank, and sent them to awful grief,
ineread of which they bolted (cowardly hounds), leaving not
only me and nip guns to look miter ourselves, but their offi-
cers also, who ehouted to them to charge.—Your affectionate
brother, "J. HILLS."