The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1857.

INDIAN MUTEVF RELIEF FUND.

We recently announced among other remittances
sale by the astral committee to It'd* the grant of 1,0001.
to Ifle Jobs Limnos in aid of the bads of the "A.m.:*
Aseissa. The following letter will he road with lama, a
eleartai the emu inanity that mated for this *Wm
berthed= :

" Keswick, Csonbseisied, Oct. 18..

Myr deist beg to tender my hasty thanks to the
Committee des Indian Relief Fund for the get of 1,0001.,
through my biether-in-law, Sir John Lawman" to the
Lawrence Asylum.
" It may be set nemamptable to the committee to red the
fallowing died extinct ea this subject from a Wee received
by the last mall, from one of the late Sir Henry Lowrance's
asters, who Is now taking refuge, with several other Euro-
pean Idiom, in the Lawrence Asylum, at Kamowlee. She
writes thus The c.hildrem at the asylum are Is a mod
pitiable auto ; they are obliged to be pat cm the mealiest pee-
able rations, and there will to se warm abates tor them
this v;eter. Mr. Parker (the superideedeat) in at hie wlb'
end ke resrerces. My husband gave 600 rs. the ether day 10
wiggly their immediate wants.' The committee will see that
Emir liberal gift has been well timed.-1 am your obedient
awasi. "Jar= P. BIRNAID.

tort-Colonel Hoodorion, 800. 800.
to Indian Itelki Fond."

The 6Es/wing oorreepandsnos has beet handed to us ke
pnblleatian :

Wistwood Park, Droitylch, Oct. ID.

" far,—There will be • county meeting held at Worcester
ea deturday awn, erne prim:fad object of which will be to
rune onlorelptions i aid of the Wino Retie Fund.
" I iberelbee maims to trouble you with • letter of inquiry
so to the premedbp of the Ideasdne-leemse committee.
" • lindlmlnary merniag was held at Worcester yesterday,
sad I was there Mid by tereirsl gentlemen, es I have heard
lima away garters elorrbere, that there exists in the public
Wed, la emakdaintem with • desire to subscribe, • feeling that
ao adequate isomity MN yet been offered with respect either
to the reeporibuity under which the fond is to be adroinie-
tend, ar tie primalpies, regulations, or couditiowe under white
II le to be eoptiol.
" I shell theraftee feel obliged to you if you eon send roe
say memory of your plan, or other information which may
teed to mitigate • feeling of distrust which is much to bo
leseested.

" I hope this applioatke wm not to considered inconsistent
with the sincere respect whhdt L genemilly alt, sod t which
I medially rancor, for the chsriesble ezestions of the Lead
Mayor on tine subjeet.—l have the hesour to remain, sir,
" Your cheated eurnat,
" Joex 8. PALI/1070N.
" The Hon. Sec. Indian Maid Pond."
" Manion-how., Oct. 19.
. _

" reply to your litter of the 18th Wei., I me in-
Mrarted to manic to you a copy of the address to the British
public Issued by the committee, and containing a statement
of the general principles on which the fund will be admiale.
tered. The !minim is conducted by a general eceendttee,
whose meetings errs held weekly ; a finance committee, whose
meetings are held weekly ; and • relief committee, who
meet twice a week. I enclose to you a list of the names of
the gentlemen who compose the relief sad finance cionamittere
which you wilt find to include East India directors, bank
directors, merchants and bankers, and °flings, both military
and civil, who have occupied important positions in India.
" The meetings of theme ocaunittere are uniformly well
attended ; the relief committee being satiated by two bosomy
secretaries, whose laborious duty it is to investigate and
report upon every case for the relief of which application is
made to the toad.

" The committee have placed themealvee in *imam:mi.:Atka
with the relief committee at Caicons, inclining to them the
accompanying eddren end resolutions, requesting their sug-
gestions, sad the transmission by every mail of a full recent
of their proceedings, including an account of their receipts
sad expenditure, and the particulars of every caw to which
they afford rend.
" I will only add, that a concuromt audit of the accounts
of the ceseandttee is conducted under the supervision of Mr.
Anderson, of the Thom", Mr. Andre, of the Audit-ounce,
ad Kr. Preseent, at the firm of Grote, Prescott, and Co.

" I bays lb* beMeer to be, ear, on iebalf of tbe commiuee,
your very taltldal servant, _ _

" Tito& Q. FINN 18, Mayor.

" P.B.—The committee have already seat out 30,0001. to
Baratta, 3,0001. to Bombay, and 7,0001. to Sir John Lawrenoo,
at Lobate, and me railer* or es diatrees at home.
"TL. Right Hon. Sir Jaw 8. Pakington, Bart., &c."

after landing. We had ea sdvarst gaud of the ;
they enraged a few shots with a loot-out party, hot no
more till reread the river, wirer fell 10, the two ram
betty. =en snout of Sikhs, and an advance guard of alaa
BAhy then followed R.M. 10th detachment, Jr rerearder
of the Saha end 37th, the rear brought tub, th•Ligbt Com-
pany. We rut &merrily along, not dreaming of muck re-
draws with rain but two shots berg Bred at rota of
their spies, rig we come to a bridge li mike distant hoes
the town, wham Captain Hank= (he comma, ded us) sere-
aired to the dicer of the 10th in commend the adulator
dor morning thin till meriting, it being then 12 o'clock
at night and the moon rat gulag down, but be maid hie pod-
Pre orders were to march on se quick as possible to teller
the European }arbiters • to we Martel agar wed ere
into the town, where at Uranium,* there our a wood en the
right for about the length of 1,400 yards. We bad ret got
about the make of it, whin a volley fees sera
reread of the Feria at *Ay pods drama came
oat of k, and almost Moored ne ell. We telling rain
and made a good Mini, but to so rigor could net see the
dogs, and they kept up timer murderous gra cm us so we re-
treated lama mesa rid and took up or prition, whom we
remained till daylight. They meal. SWIM Mtwara to keno
ne, but tone perm ; we always repulsed tire, with our
lento thom end ere* any to as. Towards monk* our
amanraides wand to got mares bowleg had oily le
rondo rob rem, sad likewise having no provrier with r,
we wars ardored to prepare for a retreat le the doter;
at the ems time they got some Dragoons end two Said plena
when we commenced our retreat, they following Mom aftrn
forming up In three parte de circle, aa Mindere% rod bra-
Wally protected by • dense jungle sock Ids bdag7oo Tads
direr bra the road, where they kept up • deadly fee on
ear retreat WI their -multi-- nut abort, within two mire
of the river before mattpord, erre we oommemeof to firma
spa iris and erre the ?matador of our aromunklas, r
we barer that they bed reserved thin to play upon us going
wow the Orr to hoer Wall, we some to the rine's edge
the bore ware there bolted* bank, but to all appearance
the Offer was reefed, and se UM to row us across so we
unksd the bests mid reaped hate them, when the cowerdly
dogs are from hard hedges sad from boors ad opened
Mit murdteous Ire on us spin ea fresh ea ever, strildog
poor Allows that egad not crab Into the boats who st-
tempted to swim the dear, and erre, them. Also the rho-
bitante of the Argo elm and with ricks sad beat the
brains out of the goer wounded 111115, who were trying
to main Into the rate. You may depend that our MIK who
were II the boar wan not tab ell this Mar bat Ibr. was
such erns of the dogs, that as het as nits was bucket of
tea nun would step op in his pros, end try alto bought
two arra geld pietas to bear upon us, when luckily a few of
our sea that morainal on board of Maw Mek beard the
axing, and our down to the wares edge, whore they opened
Ike co the two guns, and prorated site of Ulm kola Wag
say bat as shot; they came to bear ern her at rag nage,
and picked the &rye off as fad ea they our up to load;
they did great execution, and two boats convey's( the
10th and • few of ours ; they Mork. met fire to some of '
the boar. A greet number camped, but moose of the
worded were burned to death that were not able to coots out.
All that could, braved the water, and with the exeirrion of
Mr. Baran of ours, and a cora* of the Sikh Regiment,
Dunderdale, and a dozen men landed mate. Of coweethey were
either shot or drowned. Corporal Lear, of the Light, got Me
leg smashed, but came off alive • he wee canard to hoe.
pital, sad his leg amputated at the centre of the thigh. The
remand* of us, with the exception of what is stated here
after, gat mate to steamer. Total loss of detachment of bin
Maisstea 37th Regiment, 64 Mad, 32 wounded ; detach-
, meet otter 10th Regiment, 48 killed, wounded I cannot
may ; ditto, Sikhs 20 killed, wounded I cannot
say. I ahell give you the names of the Light
killed and wounded. Killed Corpora, Wilson and
Mork; Privates Bally, 8. Canon, Caroming, Dormer,
Riven, Piers Rallis Marshall, Newman, Phillips, Porter,
So*, Vine, and Wounded: As I matimed
dligt., Corporal Lear, not expected to live, sad J. Howell
' through the belly; Dexter, slightly; and Ferry IPoofford
and gamin died this tortaing with cholera. By-the-by, I
forgot to mention the Wren Mod in action ; they an ea
fallows—derchrocat 37th Regt, Lieut. Burnell, Ensign Sales,
Ensign Dirket*, do. 10th Regt., one captain and three marl-
tom officers; do. Sikhs, one captain, some °Moen belonging
lo the regiments that mutinied that served, with four
murkier braider number of gentlemen volunteer.
So no more at present.-1 remain yours, J. RAWSON.
P.S. Sergi. Rawson wishes to be remembred to Serpent
Mena', to let him row be is dill liras. God Imows
how much longer. Be so kind ea to tell Peter 11.111 ahas to
write home to MMilkn's frier as quick as possible about
the few pounds he haa in the bask. I Wall may so mere
at proseat, except that before you naive this we shall lave
gone through another impgrier. God knows who may
be spared to let you know the walk. All the boys join me
in wading their bed romper to all bands. Serge. Ira
wishes to be rereakered r &fgt. Murray and M`Elvoy.
_ _

J. HAzauow.

The follow* are extract, from a letter dated
Armband, Begisales 6:
" General Osimosis farces marched in two columns. The
first, of 683 am, leg this yesterday (Mb) at one ealcook.
The 'mead, Wm of NO ram, marched with the genera at
10 o'clock last night. The advance column It is intended
should reach Dowagers an the 10th that., End the guissal is
the I lth of 13s7Ssobsr, end If General Havelock ham by that
time managed the eme12.6.• whole force till at own move
on to Lueknow, end the has every chums of bin en.
lieved by the 15th or sad, seen allowing foe dela fa
the crossing, by the 9111 h. The ithershave .11 to wa
Hilly, the Juntas Imam gene down 30 feet in a week; this
wall bell the meelast greatly, end enable us to am ea the
enentv's Sante advantageously on the march to Lneknow,
whip b eould not le dose at the time of the previous advisee
owing to the whole country thing under water. We
have information that the Lucknow garrison have
to lei them until the 90th inst. General OutransVitarta:
ease heavy gone drawn by elephants."
in another letter it is mentioned that Mr. Colvin is pre-
pared to ad a column advancing on Delhi with camels and
other carriage at they approach A.gra At Meerut they have
aso collected carriage to mon extent. The bth and 90th are
armed with Enfield ado..

la =Other letter, dated the 29th of August, writes
from Altai:Abed . . _

.....71Wehsveseint on 400 men this weak to Curnpore by
train (40 mike), sad the idch and wounded men of Naomi
Havelock's force are now on their Way here, and will come
in the Met forty eillem by railway."
It appears from the 'bore extracts that, in additioe to the
two columns of Ontrare's force 0(68301680=1,303, a detach-
ment of 400 men haddreceded him, which would glee a total
reinforcement of 1,7 .

TWO ENGLISH LADIES SAVED BY AN INDIAN
ZUBSULILAN.

" An English Lady " writes to the Times :—" At
a time when the public pinta are teeming with o'er true tales
of the treschery, ingratitude, and cruelties of the Indian sol-
diery, it will be a relief to all right-minded people to hear •
congesting story. and one equally hue, of the gmeronty and
good faith of au Indian Mumulman, • sower o the Hydera-
bad Contingent, to whom I and another English lady owed
our misty ea the night of the mutiny of the Ist Cavalry at
Anningeted. There are few indeed of such Mks to break
the monotony of horror of the story of the revolt of the Ben-
gal army and it seems an imperative duty not to hide under
a baahe.fthis welcome little ray of light shining in • dark
place.
. . .

the 12th of June, the day pnoeding the more open
mutiny of the Ist Cavalry, Hy dnaW Contingent, we heard
that some part of that oorps had armed itself untie previous
night with the intention of advancing on the cantonment,
but that from the Ammo of unanimity among the men the
plan bad been, for the time, abandoned.. We heard also
that they had spoken of murdering their Mikan. These
and other reports made ite Mel very uneasy; but in the
course of the morning a bower of the 3rd Cavalry, Hyderabad
Contingent, named BOOTS° Buckeh, whom we had known
for twine little time, and whine character we had always es-
timated fur it, truth:mimes and simplicity, came to my
husband and told him he need feel no apprehension for
hie family, for. he had made every provision for their
safety and P.A. that of a lady who was staying with us, to
whose bu`Mand he wee greatly attached. He said, ' nay
shall tilavel to Ahmednuesear es my family,' and, looking
uP Heaven, he swore by Allah' that he would never
fr...ch that play alive alone. He added, will leave my
children behind, and if any evil happen to yours you may
destroy them.'
" On the evening of that day we thought It prudent to go
as usual to the band to avoid the appearance of eimpicion,
and as it became dusk we observed souse horsemem watching
us from a distance, and on going home we heard that some
of the sowers of the let Cavalry had bent be the Uses of the
2nd Infantry to which of the houses In the cantor
meat were occupiedubyy English dicers (the corps hod only
recently arrived at Aurangabed), and also to eecortehe the
state of feeling of the llnd, and thoir intended lino of cm•
duct should receive oohs& to much towards