The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1857,

INDIA, CHINA, AND

brought fanned, bat the erekg wag ahead immediately
countermanded I Soon after the General cent • wurroye to
the mutheers, at oor 7 LAC, that if they did not deliver up
peso ably by 4 rat. the ammunition, he would punish them.
Thus the mutineer. had .boat nine hours time to arrange
their plans of attack, lie. It seems they spent that time in
tilling their pouches with cartridges, end in sneaking off in
small numbers out of centonments. This move was not
known till about half-pad 2 o'clock, when signal.were
fired from the outpost stationed in the European
Hospital.
The alarm being wooded, the gun., six in number, went
out and found the Jacks had got • start of a mile, after
whom they east some round shot, which seems to have
had no effect, for, probably, not more than one of the
rebels was injured. Two companies of mutineers took
to boats with the intention of calling In on the station of
Bankipore and the city of Patna, but their intention. went
frustrated by the execution of the rides of her Majaire 87th
from shore and oar taunt the steamer. The steuner's guns
likewise opened upon them, and not • soul of those alma
lived to see Patna, though their corpses must have passed the
city in numbers. The rifle practice waa superb, almost every
ball knocking • mutineer into the water. Those who kept to
the land bolted ins south-westerly direction, and it is sup-
reed they will skirt the river Scene, and cross it at some
distant point, and then push on for the Grand Trunk Road,
and try their luck at Bum, and Ghaseepore.
The Brigadier General, when the cannonading commenced,
it is said, very prudently left the station fur the steamer, and
the canter.a, of was under no command; every officer acted
independently end to the beet of hi. judgment, and conse-
quently matters were at sixes and sevens. It is fortunate
for us that the repo) s were ouch *Mat cowards, for had
they nude • stand them was no one to give the nocersary
mares, end the cantonments and the whole province of Behar
would have been at the mercy of the mutineers.
It la not improbable the mutineers may revisit us as the
Bukreed is not far off ; the queetiot now asked is who is to
command our defensive operations.
Fears are now entertained for the resident. of Mosuffer-
pore and Churn, as also of Bhaugulpote. where the bth
Ir-
requie are shaky. We must have more European. at Patna,
80 men and two nuns are now here.

26th July.—Troope mutinied yesterday, the 26th, the
7th Bth, and 40th. Troupe were out in a tootheat together
with the Fusiliers (the 37th, I believe, from the Hoorun-
gotta) joining; artillery were brought in position, but all
this served only to disperse them. A company of soldiers
with all the civilians peppered into them es they tried to
escape In boats, the steamer running the boats down, the man
crying out, 'Choy Company ka, dhop Khamin ka.'
The James Hume up with .S 0 Europeanand a por-
tion of the 6th to intercept them on the Seater
river en route to Arrati, whither they bare directed their
mune.

100, more or lees, of the 40th still staunch, including the
Band boys.
The 7th and 9th have carried their colours with them,
beating the big drum as they went.
We strived here about a couple of hours ego. Very
opportunely, for all the native regiments mutinied yesterday
and fled. It seems it was in contemplation to parade and
disarm them lest evening, and a.
a
preparatory mewaure it
wee proposed to take away all their gun-caps. The ammu-
nition carts were sent down to their linte, and the 40th gave
up their cape, the other. reateted. Upon this the
Europeans (10th, 37th) and artillery turned out,
but they bad scarcely time to approach the mu-
tineers, who were drawn up in line, when the latter fled
en Imam. A lot of them made for the river. and got into
baste, but the Lady Tleackwell, which is lying here, steamed
up, and sunk flee; ninny of them then jumped into the
water, and floating down the stream, got across the river.
The main body, however, are in the country, about four
miles from this, and are said to meditate a descent on Patna
and Gya.
. . . .

The Lady Madmen Is lying here, with artillerymen and
gun. on board. The Horungotta is lying down at Path*.
The greater portion of the mutineers hare made off with
their anus and ten rounds of ammunition each, but only
enough cape to discharge there.
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e do not know yet whether this vessel, or the detach-
meld she carries, will be detained here or not. The com•
mantling officer has gone ashore to report his arrival. The
Lady Thackwell ia just off on her upward trip with artillery.
We hove since heard that they threw away the greater
part of their inns, which have been picked up. At half-
poet sin the Lady Thackwell arrived, end imomdiately landed
Mead fire and his men, with four guile.
The Jame* 1t...., with her Majesty's 6th Fusiliers, got
to the Dinapom ()haat at half-past ten on the 26th, so that
there would be more men at the otation to defend it.

The consequences of letting tho mutineers go
away arwed, will be seen by the following extracts
of letters from ])inapore, dated 27th July :

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I have just escaped with my family from Arch. We
were obliged to be off just se we were, nut having time to
take a change of clothing. I do not know tho enact par-
ticulars, but I believe they tried to disarm the merry*, but
went about it so clumsily that they all escaped. The
blackguards fired everything on both sides of the
Rees Burn and Co.'s bungalow at Sudffirepore
was looted, their bungalow at Boomer: Nulls is burnt
down, and their house at Arrah used as barracks by the ,
Rebels. The Seem" works and Bungalows were blazing
before I left Arrah. Mr. Boyle or the magistrate sent •
message that I ought net to lose a moment in looking for
• sole place. The Arrah people proposed to defend them-
selves in Mr. Boyle's fortdication. If they have done so
I hops for the best, but dread the worst; what could a
handful of Europeans do with hundreds of lawless soldiers
and savage conercts from the Arrah jail ?
211th Jnly.—l wrote you on Monday test, stating my
escape from Arndt. Since then others have come
in from there; they had diffieul'y in escaping. The plunder
did not commence till 10 ass., and I believe the villagers
began the work. We have no news as yet as to whether
the Europeans moped up in Mr. !Joy's's fortification
are in existence or not, It is reported that Coomer
Sing had joined the sepoye and that yesterday they
were driving a mine under Ate Bungalow, Coomer Sing
having given them some powder. To make a bed matter worse,
the steamer Horungotta and fiat sent off yesterday to the
relief of Arrah, stuck on a bank within sight of Dinapore, and
nothing could be done till the Bombay was stopped last
night on tho down trip, with 160 additional troops, Pent up
thus morning, when, I believe the Bombay took the
Hortuigutta's Hat in tow and I hope the doomed band
in Arieh may be relieved some time during the night or
to-morrow morning, that is,. if by some extrarinlinary cir-
euntstenee they may be still in flIBIell(*. MOW. CUM In
last night; the ente e country from the Somme to Buxar is
In the hands of lawless bands of plundering blackguards, and
until an European force, sufficient to overawe the district, is
placed at Arrah, it is impossible with safety to enter it; both
ernes and flat are full of refugees. Some people went in
boats yeffienlay to see the extent of the conflagration; the
ruin Is moat templets. A heap of coal on the west side of
the Swim, stout 160,000 emends, on Ore in several places
The Bombay Slimmer left this yesterday morntng with
only ISO of the 10th, as she could not take more on board,
ender the command of Capt. Dunbar, and not Colonel Fen-
wick as was first intenthd. There is a great panic at
Mootufferpore, Tirboot (and not without cause). The
Enropeans have got together to make the best possible
defence, should any rise take place, since Dina-
pore is not In a position to seed them help. The
above ISO with 260 gone up by the Horungotta, meat be at
Arrah before this 2 est. bat so yet we have no news from
them. There le a report that Comer Sing has joined the
0111Iitler11. I have jest learned that the ladiee from
Moerufferpore, Tirhoot, have jest come in. Neither the
Allen nor Bemires steamers from Calcutta has yet arrived.
The authorities of Patna are still arresting conspirators,
mutineers, and rebels, and they will have enough to do in
trying them.
A consultation was now held to decide upon a return to
Ckupra, for the purpose of saving the treasure left there,
amounting to about 50.000 Rupees. A party of 30 men and
2 faeces of the detachment of the sth Fusiliers on board
were permitted by the officer in rammed to accompany the
officials for this purpose, upon condition that they ware
to return early next morning, so as not to delay the pro-
' pea of the steamer to BUM,.

" On anchoring at Domeringe, Nils little force started in
native boats with a hie mud. The expedition entailed
some danger, as it was considered probable that the Nujeeb
and a few Irregniars at Chuprs, might be found to have
looted the place and released the 500 prisoners. The party
arrived safely at 12.30 in the night, everything being in
stair two; they were hospitably entertained by the collector.
The treasure was parked in a few hour., and the whole
party were back to the steamer at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing. They marched on their return, finding the program
down the nultah in baits very slow ; the 15 Seikhs in ad-
vance, the treasure on coolies in the middle, and the men of
the Sth wider command of Captain Scutt, in the rear. The
Europeans were all in high sprits at tho success of their
midnight excursion' and unly sorry Ywt these had been no
°evasion to display the capacity of their Enfield'.
We are now approaching Boxer, and hops to be there
before the insurgents, who may perhaps have abandoned
their intention of visiting Chum., on bearing that the trea-
sure had been 11114Tra. The officers and men of the sth
only hope they will ham a chance of encountering some of
the wpoys, when they will no doubt be able to give a good
amount of thew'.

July 30.—Wa reached Bazar lest evening, and found
errything quiet. During the 'tight the Lady Thackwell
arm ed with the artillery; they Lad gone co far ex (flume.
pore. but were sent back by the authorities there, with 2.5 of
the Highlanders, with instructions to land at Haw, sad
endeavour to cheek the progress of the nautincera in this di-
rection. Major V. Err in command of the attillerz at once
asked the co-sparation of the detathrurnt on board the. averiel,
and an expedition to Arrah luta been organised, consisting of
150 of the 648 Fusiliers and 3 gone. They leave Boxer this
evening.
Yesterday we passed the 25th N. I. in boats a couple of
miles below Bazar. Apl °pond was mole by the efticer in
command of the detachment of sth Feathers, to disarm thoes
Sepoys, but this measure was nbjeuted to by the officer row
manaing them, no it WA not carried ont. They ailed up past
' Bazar last evening, sod may roach Oharsepon to-night or to •