The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

LETTEBS FROM INDIA.

The following letter is from a lanee-oorporal in
the 78th Highlanders to his relatives, near Edin-
burgh
Camp on the left bank of the River Ganges, Aug. 2.
After all our hard work we were too late to save the
poor Europeans at Cawnpore; every one of them were
murdered, and I. believe they were put to an awfal death
by the bloodthirsty swab. But we are making them
suffer for it now in th,ir turn If they had spared the
holder woolen and children we could have Maier& than,
but now they ere doomed to die if ever they fell into the
hands of • European . We give ems of them cruel Meths.
After we cannot Cawnpore, the min they called the
" Butcher " fell Into our hark There was a very old
ur womb who had mode Mr escape. Having dressed
Meer; w
like • native of , she renoolsodis Can
all the time the mutiseerecmaapommadon d the pis*
and as soon se our army found thakr mg Into the piece, she
came to us Lad told en the sorted troth. It made our blood
boil with rags, and I could bear the men of the 78th saying
ems main another " I will never spare a man with a block
lace." She pointed out the " Butcher " to ne, and he wee
brought up and sentenced to be hanged. Bat before hi. en-
cutka, we took him to the hones where he killed the women
sad children. It wee a terrible sight to behold their long
bete all mind en the door, with part. of dreamt lying scat-
tered shoat the pine whim the horrid =mime took puck.
We made H. ream bawl down on his knee and lick up
port of the kind et Os helpless that he had spilled, and than
ere. hag
.blitt= a wee until he was dead. But hanging
of amass na, we ice so much of it every
dey. Imes as many as thirty are executed in • morn-
ing, end others we blow ftom the mouth of the guns. I have
seen gems terrible eights. Oh, dear It would mate you sick
If I wee to MR yes ell Ilan withered daring the abort
tiros I Mao Ina In llsegel. lem sick tired of it, se we
len Ise math to do. There is only • handfc' of ne, and we
lave le assonster about nineteen to one of us, and some-
time more. I have had some narrow escapee lately, end I
me In Emma of my life every moment; but I still live la
hopes that I will be spared to see this affair finished and
rants haws to old Scotland again. He will be • lucky deg,
Imoweer, that gets through it wife. This war is not BM
the Ye
Imam we. We have oar own drilled Malan
with ear gene and ammunition to contend with. Beddeo,
this lathe went season of the yen that the mutiny could
ban ahem game in, as there le heavy rat= and a scorching
era We 11••• lard marching and hard fighting with very
little to est ; and me ow clothes end show on wry nearly
worn ent, we siejnet UM so way reggsmatens. However,
we am Moung op ear spank in hone of the " good time
coming." -TM war le beginning to tall very much on the
make of the Bend Artillery, 64111 Regiment, 78th High-
landers, mad MA Regiment. After the last semen:met we
had, on the 29th July, these regiments mustered only 1,000
men It for do y—that Ls, 200 men under the strength of a
regiment In India, which are supposed to be 1,200. If you
should chime to see the newegenn you village what we have
had to do better then I can dwelt,' it to you. After under-
going forced marches, at great dieedveatgs, we had to fight
for • place to be down on the ground. We minthed on
without Ming molested by the blacks until we mote to
Fattypore, to which we had marched a diatom of wrenteen
miles on the morning of the 12th July. Han WO babel, end
commenced to pitch our camp. The orderly NM had Pad
gone of to draw the biscuits and grog, when the wood wee
given,' Stand to your arms," and to MX Mg surprise we
saw Be/toy-Jack et no great diatoms asercelag down to
attack en. But he are wee so mach u talon la" In Ma
life. He expected to meet a snail party et the Britbh that
we overtook that morning, with two goo sad shoat 100
men. He came bravely oa, sot lapwing what
was in frost, as the reinforcements were concealed
behind a thick wood, and se lon se he thought
ha was within range he nerd a heavy Ire upon us.
We It him alone for • little, until the 7Stk got a little
nearer, when off went eight gave or after another. He
then looked round to we what we die mean, sad baton
he had recovered from his ormiss the 78th wee on him and
took eleven guns. We chased the enemy about seem miles
that day, after our forced marching for two or three nays.
On the lath we buAt the bettle of Cawnpore. That was
• terrible day. TM 78th charged trim in splendid styto I
got off Ws, but 1 loot my clothes In the charge, having had
them torn eff. The battle commenced about one o'clock, sod
terminated In to Ins shoat tea minutes past seven o'clock
evening. We have crowed the river, and are en route for
Liwknow, to reline a party of the 32nd Regimen which is
hemmed in there. We had another hard dare work on the
22nd, when we drove the matinee,, from two strong positions,
and captured nineteen guns.

The following report has been addressed by Mon-
sieur H.Volkart, the Belgian Consul at Bombay, to
the Belgian Minister fur Foreign Affairs, on the
present posture of affairs in India:
BOMBAY, Sept. 17.
Monsieur le Ministre,—The politioal events that have
Wien place in tho Interior of this ouerniry induce roe to ad-
dress you these bass, sot to dilate on the original mums end
erring, development of the revolt that now rages in the pro-
moms holdalls( on the Ganges —wbieb, besides, will be
@heady stdikiently known to you—but on account of the
mutely that appears to be felt In Europe with referent, to
the overdue] emusquenote of these troubles on the trade o(°
Bombay.
It is Miposible to contest that the revolt of the people of
every belief Inhabiting the Bengal provisoes has manned
elmosing proportions, although no tesiii seems of the Meer-
goats has bees caleially ansoaneed of Me, whilst the fp-
viromisat Men, dispersed el ewe the torrible7, appear to
have pima ben and there same sell adventegen I -regret,
elw demesneserrer, te be compelled to sante Set Me minetnal hotbed.
tbdemesnesam yet be pesselen et Me rebels. Delhi,
Monk beimpd be ems swath% Sill boa/sent. imp
at the deprest et the government Mom lo be t.
It is greatly to be begat that the veraeremmei tom Hemp
will arrive in tins. In any sue, It will cent suck labeler
and time to restore the country to Its morsel Male.
A glance at the rasp of the ladies will edam to arm that

our Anion I. far enough from the acme of trouble ; and
though the government troops are yet too weak vigorously
to name the offstaire, there is a general conviction that
they win be able to confine the revolt within .ta present
limits. The institution@ of our presidency differ from thaw
of E.m, and do not offer elmients for • similar innurec-
Lion ; therefore wo have no fear et all that our population
will follow the example of that of Bengal. The army appears
to juatify this expectation. It has not yet afforded ground
for apprehension, except in some isolated instances that
occurred at Menem distort from thin coy.
The trade of Bombay does not suffer directly, but it in not
imposeible that the events in Bengal may have an indirect '
influence that will be Mt in oar important market. Our
merchants pply su the interior for • great distance. We fur-
nish articles of European muniments to provinces. now in-
surgent. The demand for those dim lets Ma fallen off„ and
the spirit of speculation also suffers under the influence of en
uncertain position. WhiNt in former years tranmetions
became very important et the end of the monmon, b.ecause
there was ales). coaniderenie npoculaticn, the Maninem now
doing shorn that the notice men.houttn prefer confining them-
*elms to mere purlouree fur preening wmts.
A. regards our export trade, I em happy to be able to
state that the districan that supply one market with the;-
produce are in a state of perfect tranquillity, sod cultivation
end produce panne their wad course. A circumstance meet,
however, be mestionni, which may have its influence. The
government -t1 have need of a great number of 1111161/
of traiurport, for the; conveyance of troop., supplies,
and munitions of war, end will lay an embargo an whatever
at the kind it may find on the routes tenting to the wed of
wee, and may time deprive the traders of the possibility of
expediting their goods in the usual way. According to all
appeareacte, this is the only irregularity likely to produce
in our market, and they will not be of any
=liketilispret:noe.
The conviction that the lives and pprrooqpeerrtitles of Europeans
ran seri* in our Presidency is Inn, and I share the
opfidost. The merchants of Europe in general, and them of
Belgium in particular, who may be hennaing to continue
their accuetomed exportatiom to our market have nothing to
fear, as their interests will be as mho so berctofore.—Accept,
ace. 11. VOLIZART.
Consul for Belgium at Bombay.