Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, AIONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1857.

formation was received that the Sealkote: mutineers were
crossing at Trimmoo by a ford. In about tat 1 tu:nites the
column was in motion, and reached within, a m)'° of Trim-
moo by twelve o'clock ; the column here dept ejed. the
nine guns covered by the infantry: All this tine we
could distinctly see the 46:h formed in line, in front of
us, with the 9th Cavalry on either flank. They had alter
vedettes far out watching, who fell back as we advanced.
When within 600 yards of the enemy our guns were un-
masked. Then we advanced within 300 yards, when the
word was given to unlimber the guns, but not to fire,
as Nicholson wished to commence with the Enfield
Rifles of the 52ad, who were placed between the gun.. I
really am not sure whether the first shot was fired by us or
them. I rather think the latter, but there was a very
smart interchange between their muskets and our rifles
for two or three minutes, when our guns opened first with
round shot, then with grape. Smrcely had our gins opened
when the cavalry charged, not from the front but from the
right flank, into the guns on that side and caused no little
eenfasior, but were cut or shot down.
" Then we had a charge of cavalry on our flank and
rear. There was a good deal of scrimmaging and pistol-
ing; no sooner was this get over than the Podys charged
manfully at our guns, and came I suppose within 30 or
even 35 yards. The Eiropeans could not stand this, but
with a cheer they went at them with the bayonet. Two
or three Pandys had bayonets through them in no time,
and the rest turned and fled. The Sixth Punjaub Infantry
then advanced and drove them across the Ravee, leaving
their camp and all their loot on the river bank on this
`side. They had a gun on the other side, from which
they began pounding us with round shot, and though
not one told, yet the gun was, considering the distance,
mighty well served, nor can we imagine who they had to
serve it. Two or three of our guns were brought to the
river side, end plied them with round shot and shell, some
of the latter evidently bursting among the enemy and
taking effect. While this game at long bowls was going
en, Nicholson went to have a look at their camp, at which
the Sikhe flew like vultures. There were three or four
gharees of sorts. I took shelter in one for half an hour,
and bathed ray head with Eau-de-Cologne, a bottle of
which I fonn3, and qualified the Ravee water with essence
of girger' which I also found. Competent judges say that
we killed and wounded 200 or 300 of the enemy. I
should not have put their loss at so high a fir,or3 as the
smaller. Our own loss is said to be tinier 10 killed and
25 wounded, bat I do not know certainly.
" Nicholson felt sadly the want of cavalry, and the
enemy male the most of this deficiency on our part. Their
tactics were admirable. They attacked U 3 on both fl mks
and in rear, which they could not have done had we had
one hundred reliable horse. Their crossing the Rune at
Trimmoo is unintelligible, unless it be that their infor-
mation about the moveable column was defective.
" They have retired to the other side again, and still
have the gun which does not seem to have b en brought
over. I am inclined to think that the whole of their
baggage had not come over ; they are watched of course.
Boswell, wi h the Sikhs, has been left at the Serae
at Trimoo, which the scoundrels have damaged very
much."

THE BATTLE AT AGR&.
(From the lifofussilite of July 15)
The last number of the lifofu,ssilite was published at
our printing-office in the station cf Agra, on Friday, the
3rd ilvtaot, since which time events of the most stirring
nature have occurred : and we now, in consequence, print
the paper within the fortress of Agra, where we, and the
whole of our local subscribers, have been located since
the sth.

At the end of last month it was pretty generally expected
and perhaps actually known in some quarters, that a very
large body of the rebels, consisting chiefly of the men
of the regiment which mutinied at Nasseerabad and
Neemuch, were approaching Agra, and preparations
were accordingly made for their reception—or rather it
would be more correct to say, that preparations were made
to avoid them, inasmuch as day after day the Christian
inhabitants abandoned their houses, and took up their
permanent quarters in the Fort, which the authorities had
previously cleaned out, and made as habitable as circum-
stances would permit, besides placing it in as goad a state
of defence as the means at tbeir command rendered possible
—guns and ammunition being abundant, but experienced
gunners scarce.
On the 2nd inst. the Ketah contingent of Horse, Foot,
and Artillery—up to that moment believed by some to be
loyal—marched into cantonment, to the great alarm of the
majority of the residents; and then, to the astonishment of
all, one detachment was sent to relieve the European guard
over the gaol (in which 4,000 desperate criminals were
imprisoned), and another to guard Government-bouse. It
being known, en the afternoon of the 4th, that the ex-
pected enemy were close at hand, the contingent was
marched oat of the cantonments, in order to take up an
advanced position on the road, but, as might have been
foreseen, no sooner had the cmatingent reached the destined
halting ground, and the opplrtunity offered, than one and
all bolted, and jo'ned the ranks of the rebels. •
The same afternoon, every lady and child in the canton-
ments and civil lines, who had not previously done so,'
removed to the Fort, and shortly after daylight the
next morning probably no man was outside, excepting
the retular European troops and the first division of

Early in the day the enemy, about 10,000 strong (say
7,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and 8, guns), encamped
within 300 yards of an open plain in the rear of the village
of Sussia. close to the fourth milestone from Agra on the
road to Futtehpore, Seekree, and shortly after mid—day
our troops came in sight of that village, which they
approached in a leisurely manner, but unfortunately,
instead of taking immediate possession, and forcing the
enemy to fight on the plain, we commenced firing from
a distance, and ultimately the enemy took possession
of it, and being then under cover, ictlicted heavy loss on
us, till they were driven out.
We are promised a c Nay of the official des atches
respecting the battle, but in the meantime we submit for
the information of the distant reader the subjoined nar-
rative, written by an eye-witness, of the operations on the
right flank of our force.
" The troops' that went to meet the enemy on the sth
inst. marched out of the station about 11 a.m., and pro-
ceeding along the road in the direction of the village of
Sh-Argunge, and which is about six miles from Agra,
entered the large sandy plain that lies on the right of
thmoad, where the line of battle was formed, and in
that order advanced slowly to meet the enemy, who
were then distinctly visible, hovering in large bodies
immediately to the right of the allege. The Bri'ish line
consisted of a horse field battery on the extreme right and
left, the infantry being in the middle, and the mounted
militia somewhat in the rear. When about 600 yards
from the village, the insurgents opened fire on our right
battery by a furious discharge of rouud shut, grape and
shells, which was immediately responded to with
such excellent effect, that after two rounds from each
gun they were seen retreating in great numbers. Loud
cheering and repeated cries of follow them up, follow
them up,' were heard from all parts of the right
battery, and there can be little doubt had a dash been
made, the enemy would have been driven from their
position into the open field with the loss of their guns;
and the action been brought to an end, with less saeri.
fice of life than eventually was the case. Our guns,
however, limbered up and the line 'gain advanced but
the enemy now stood to their guns, and, having got their
range, directed their fire with admirable position, as the
havoc amongst our men and horses painfully attested ;
our attacks was evidently being confined to a series of
deliberate advances, Ter if such it consisted, uotil we
were within 200 yards of the village, which we then
commenced to. bombard, and, it is to be feared, with
small lois on the other side. The most unprac.ised eye
could see our shots were being thrown away on high
mud walls, which siege guns alone could have touched,
whereas had our right battery only moved fifty yards
further to the right, every shot from it must have told on
the enemy's two batteries, whence was issning so destruc-
tive a firo upon us. The consequences of this were just
what might have been expected, the enemy became embol-
dened, their cavalry in great numbers harrassed our right
and the infantry, spreading themselves over the field in
skirmishing order, gave us great annoyance with their ride
firing, whilst we, from the want of cavalry, were powerless
to repel them. A large number of their horse had the
audacity to sweep round to our rear, and riding up the
centre, endeavoured to reach their main body, which many
succeeded in doing. It is true, that our mounted militia
charged through a body of those hanging to the right of
the line, when after fire of them getting cut to pieces,
and others severely wounded, they made a precipitate
retreat into the battery, and from the direction they
took to reach it, intercepted a fire about being opened
from a gun that had been got into position for the pur-
pose, and which would have blown off the field every
, trooper at whom it was pointed.
"The firing against the village continued for fully one
how, during which time a shower of musketry was being
poured on us from behind its walls and the tops bf
I houses'; two companies of the European Regiment then
entered in most gallant style, forcing their way through
and driving out the enemy to the opposite side, and this
they would have done in a much earlier stage of the
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The following is a brief account of the $o
ht with - ceased
the Sealkote mutineers : • Tillage, though that on the right continued exchanging
" 12-h shot for shot with the ene, and it was only very shotly
July, 1867.—About nine a,m4 this morning, in- t before it had susSeedsd ima
silencing them, that her la-

. "Brigadier-Goneral Havelock, C. 8., thanks his soldiers
for their arduous exertions of yesterday, which produced,
In four hours, the strange result of a whole army driven
Iron). a strong position, eleven guns captured, and their
force scattered to the winds, without the loss of a single
British soldier

" raem BRIGADIER-GILNPAAL MkTgLOCK, CAMP KULLEN-

FOR; DATED 14TH JULY, 1857.

"We have token every gun from the rebels at Futteh-
pore, 12 in number ; this has enabled me to equip and
taks into the field nine ex3ellent guns instead of six
lighter, and with the facility of also bringing into action
two light six-pounders.
-"PROM BRICADIEE-GENERAL HAVELOCK CAMP PANDOO NUDDY,
DATED JULY 15,1857.
"My troops were twice engaged this morning, snl
captured four more guns, with trifling loss; a strong ad-
vanced guard under Colonel Tytler drove the enemy out
of all entrenched positions in front of the village of
Osung, after a rsistance, of two hours and a half, during
which the mutinous cavalry, in eoaside-able force, made
frequent attacks against my baggage, which compelled
me to use every available detachment and gun against
them ; at noon we attacked their entrenehmont at the
bridge over the stream ; the resistance here was short but
spirited, end two guns were taken of large calibre. The
Madras Fusiliers particularly enitingui:bed themselves.
4‘ PROM BRIGIDIER-GENERAL HAVELOCK, DATED CAWNPORE
CANTONME T, JULY 17.

" By the ble,sing of God I re-captured this place yester-
day, and totally defeated Nana Saheb in person, taking
Mare than six guns, four of Beige calibre. The enemy were
strongly posted behind a succession of villages, and ob-
stinately disputed for the 140 minutes every inch of the
ground ; but I was enabled by a flank movement to my
right to turn his left, and this gave us the victory. The
conduct of the troops was admirable. Nana Saheb had
barbarously murdered all the captive women and children
before the engagement. lie has retired to Bhitoor, and
slew up this morning on his retreat the Ca Inpore maga-
2ine. He is said to be strongly fortified. I have not been
yet able to get in the return of killed and wounded, but
estimate my loss at about 70, chiefly from the fl-e of grape."

The following is we (Calcutta Erigliskman) believe a cor-
rect but not complete list of the officers killed at Cawnpore
Wil
and
liams Seetapore :—At Cawnpore—Brigadier
Jack, Colonel
Lindsay, grout, Sir George P,lrker, Quinn,
Redman, supple. Holliday 'Penolds, Prole, Smith, Eck-
ford, Dempster, Jervi,
Rens, and many others 'have been killed. At Seetapore—
Ch y
allwin, HillersCen, Mrs. Wig-
Colonel Birch, Mr. and Mrs. Christian, Captain and Mrs.
Gowan, Lieutenant and Mrs. .Snell. The above were killed
before the Capitulation, the termination of which was so
disastrous.
The force with General Havelock is as follows-600 of
her Majesty's 78th Highlanders 500 of har Majesty's 64'h
Regiment of Foot, 600 Madras Fusiliers, and a troop
of Artillery.
A letter in the Poona Observer of July 27, save In
their last engagement with the rebels,
the 79th Highland-
ers lost two men killed and fourteenwoundfd, one mor-
tally, since dead. Poor Tullech, the quartet mas.ter-sergeant,
Was amongst the latter, and died, poor fellow, from the
effect of his wounds in a few hours, deeply regretted
by the whole regiment."

mented Captain D'Oiley received his mortal wound. But
a few rounds of ammunition remained in out waggon when
that sad event occurred, nevertheless the wounded man
set on a timbril, and continued to give the word of com-
mand until they were expended. Want of cavalry pre-
vented our following up what we had gained, and nothing
remained for us but to retrac3 our steps to cantonment, and
this we proceeded to do in the most orderly manner possi-
ble. Immediately the rebels perceived the movement, they
advanced with their guns, and nearly tke whole way into
Agra fired round shot on u', after a fashion peculiarly
humiliating to experiene., whilst small bodies of their
horse threatened US on either side with such activity as to
prevent our getting a shot at them.
"Tae whole force succeeded in reaching the fort by half
after six p.m., after being actively engaged for full three
hours out of the time it was absent. The official li3t of
killed and woundod will best enable the reader to estimate
the severity of the engagement.
There is no doubt that our men were fearfully out.
nucabeied ; but desple that they would have remained
masters of the fled, had it not been that both men and guns
had fired off the whole of the small supply of ammunition
they had taken to the field. It is now supposed that the
enemy were ill the same predicament, and therefore, had
we not moved off, but had Waited a short time longer,
perhaps they might have gone first.
The Civil Lines Infantry Militia having met the tired
troops coming in, were formed across the road as rear-
guard, a position they maintained until the whole force
reached the Fort.

aided by the mditio'qs.sepoya, are stated to have msAsacred
them all with the usuClatroeith".
The Governor-General, in a p: oclarn a t i o n
.dated
s for the apprehen-
10.h July, offers a reword of tlrty.rapet.-
hose who incite
*dons of matineers, deserters, and of :
have arms in
to mutiny aad desertion, if the offenders
a. Those
their hands, and of thiri rupees if without ax.'
who deliver np alms_ and other property wl,,rigin
vag to
e lue
government, will be rewarded is proportimi WO.,
of such property.

C MMERCIAI.

CALCUTTA, JULY 1 9'.

Onr Troauce market remains much the same as last
represented. The iusecurity in the transit and the dit&
cull in effecting insurance have tended to check supplies
to this market. There see vs a general desire for purchase
by shippers, but the ruling high prices and paucity of pro-
duce restrain operations. - -

But while still two miles from the Fort, we had the
mortification of seeing the euemy's cavalry gallopping
towards the defenceless ststioe, and before we entered
several houses were already on fire. Ater sunset, we saw
from the bastions houses burning on every side, and again
the nett nigh•--so that hardly a house has escaped destruc-
tion—and such houses and their contents as were not con•
sumed by fire have been completely gutted and destroyed by
other mans. In feet, if we are to leave the Fort to-morrow,
there are not four heuseiin the place with roofs remeireing,
under Which we coul I obtain shelter, and as for household
property and other things lett outside, we suspect there is
not a single article in este- tence in serviceable order. The very
doors and windows are removed, and every bit of wood
torn out, so that nothing remains but the bare brick walls.
Things are strewed about the roads and streets in every
direction, and wherever you move you see broken chairs
and tables, carriages broken in bits, crockery, books and
in fact every kind of property wantonly destroyed. This
has not been done, we are satisfied, by the eaetny, but by
the budrnashes of the city and the prisoners who were all
liberated from the gaol. • _

in imports, the transactioas which have taken place in
twist and gray cottons since our last are entirely for lower
BeogaT. The market for metals continues dull; scarcely
any transaction has taken place.
The money market remains much the same as last
reported. Money is plentiful, and the ordinary chanael
for its employment is entirely shut up. Sums to large
extent are available for even short periods on most rea
senable terms. Good papers may easily be discounted in
the bazaar at 6 to 7 percent, and even at lower rates.
The Bank of. Bengal reduced last week its rates of discount
on Government acceptances and mint' certificates 2 .per
cent.

Ghvernmnrt securities bare been fintuating, and there
has not bet n moll doing,

The enemy disappeared the day after the action, and
proceeded to lihurtpore, tart nothing with certainty is
known of their after movements. It is rumoured thLt we
may expect a visit from the mutineers of the Gwalior Con—
tingent, but it is doubted by many whether they will
venture to come—however, if they do came, we are ready
to give tlitm a warm welcome.
The fort is crowded, but not inconveniently so, and all
are in good health and spirits. We are well provided with
provisions and ammunition, and upon the whole we are
pretty comfortable, and have become reconciled to the
.necessary imprisonment.

BXCIIANGE ON LONDON.—The amount sold for this mail
has been considerable, considering the check the, import
market has felt, and the reduend extent of business,. Bank
bills amownting to about seven lakhs which were received
by tha list steamers from China, have gradually :found
buyeri at 2.1. 61., whilst American credits in sraail sums
have fetched the same rater

A considrrable business has done in first rate erg its
generally at DOcutneat bills at 23. 211 to
2s. 2p. ,

Only two or three Christians are known to have been
mas.acred oatside—namely, M,jor Jacob, formerly in
Scindiah's service, and Mr. Hubbard, of the Agra Col.
lege ; but every other Christian inhabitant is supposed to
be safe within the fort. The Maharajah cf Gwalior is said
to be ex4-rting himself for our advantage, and we have no
one else to fear,

17asioTr74—The supply exo,eela the req•iirement, and
ratfs for London and LiverpooV have had a further down-
ward tendency.

BOMBAY, JULY 29.

The tightness in our money market, reported in oaf
last, has if anything, increased (Turing the past fortnight.
and looking at the present aspect of affairs all over the
country, we do not anticipate a change for the better for
some time to come, The banks have not' yet altered the
rates of interest.

Before .coscluding, it is right to mention that our retir-
ing from the field may be considtred an act of necessary
prudence, for had the enemy succeeded in getting into
our rear later in the day, they might have cut us off from
the Fort, and by overpowering the small garrison, have
murdered four or five thousand defenceless man, women,
and children.

Th.? following is a correct abstract of the casualties that
occurred in the action of the sth. It wi'l be acknowledged
that the fighting must have been severe, seeing that
a full quarter of the men engaged were placed leers de
combat.

The artillery had two officers wounded (Captain D'O)ley,
since dead, and Lieut. Lamb)-:--3 men' killed, ani 14
wounded, including 6 native drivers.
The 3rd European Regiment had 29 men killed ; 3
officers (Ssigim Thomas, and Lieutenants Pond and
Fellowes), and 61 men wounde3, of whom 10 have:since
died.

The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had five gentlemen
killed (Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Horn, J. Carleton,
R. Smith, and J)urean)• ona officer (Major Prendergast),
and eight gentlemen (Messrs. White, Ray, Blackburne,
Bramley, C.S., Freeze,„()Aram, U.S., and OldfiAd, U.S.)
wounded.

The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had one gentleman
(Mr. Deedes) killed ; and five gentlemen (Messrs. Bagley,
Mahyo, St.iadman, Hallygan, and Feville) wouaded.
The unattached officers, ace., had 6 wounded, viz. :
PCaptain W. Alexander, 10th Light Cavalry; Lieutenants
Cockburn, Williams and Bramley, Dr. Watson, and
Conductor Hunter.
The number killed, or since dead, is 46—and the
number wounied 92, making a total of 141 killed and
wounded out of a total force of about 500 men engaged.
List of Civil servants within the Fort of Agra, July
10, 1857 : —Hon. J. R. Colvin, E. A. Read-, H. B.
Harrington, H. Unwin, W. E. Money, R. B. Morgan,
J. Dulnergue, C. R tikes, E. M. Wylly, H. Yaneittart, W.
Muir, A. H. C-cks, C. B. Thornhill, B. Thornhill, E.
J. B )Idero, W. J. Bramley, Hon. R A. J. Drummond, J.
Power, J. Best, A. L. M Phillips, R. C. Oldfield, J. W.
Power, A. 0. Hume, H. W. flash wood, W. H. Lowe, H.
M. Chase, R. H. Clifford, C. J. Daniel!, E. Colvin, F. H.
Outrem.

The government have issued a notification to the effect
that, until further notice, holders of 4 per cent. paper can
pay into the open 5 per cent. loan one-half in cash and
one-half in the said promissory notes, the effect of which
has been to lower the price of fives to 93; and raise fours to
85. Our local joint-stock shares keep pretty firm at about
former quotations..
TONNAGE —The rates for Liverpool have been steady,
while those for London have risen materially, on account
of there bin only one vessel available at present: We
quote £2 5 to £2"7a. 61. for Liverpool, and £2 15s. for
London.

EXCHANGE,—The bulk of the transactions for this mail
have been done at 2s. 2k!. ; at one time bills sold 2s. 2d.,
d in a few isolated cases a trifle lower, but for the last
day or two the market has had an upward feeling.

On Calcutta—sight par.
China sixty days' sight, 224 rupee.°

The following is the letter of the Times Corres-
pondent, dated

quiet, but on the 30th the enemy showed themselves
in force' among the enclosures on our right, and
gave one pickets and supports along Morning's work,
in, the course of welost a-promisingyourig
officer; Lieutenant Yorke, of the. late 31 Native
Infantry. On the next day, the Ist of July, there
was observed from the English lines, on the ridge,
a largo encampment on the further side of the
Jumna, and opposite to Delhi It was the whole
body of the Rohilcund mutineers from the three
stations of Bareilly, Moradabad, and Shahjehana
pion four regiments of infantry; one of irregular
aava!ry, and a battery of artillery. For.a time it
had been hoped, as I wrote a fortnight ago, that
they would find the Ganges impassable, but the
anticipated rise of the river did not take place—
it wee crossed at Gurmukteser, the usual place of
passage, the Dorab was traversed and Delhi was
attained. For two whole days our troops had the
mortifintfen of watching the long train of men,
guns, horses-, and beasts of burden of ail kinds (for
there was a :large treasure with the rebels—say
five laklis, 50;0001, at an average estimate), stream,
ing across the bridge of beats into the city, without
the possibilt of preventing or in any way annoy
leg them. An immediate attack on the partof the
reinforeeinents was anticipated, from the known
practice of the hieurgents in regard to new arrivals.
Accordingly, on the afternoon of the 3rd, they
came out in force; and threatened the right rear
of the English pesition. But, finding our men
well prepared, they drew off and marched away
several miles tonur rear along the Kurnaul road. Ra
far as Alipore, the plaetavvhere our army bivouacked •
the night before the advance upen Delhi and the
first brush with the enemy. They thought, it is
supposed, to meet and capture a train of supplies
and treasure that was under-convoy to the camp.
But in this expectation they were disappointed,
and on the following morning (the 4th) were re-
turning to the city, when' they were attacked by a
body of 1,000 infantry, twelve guns, and two
squadrons of cavalry that had been sent out to
intercept them. They contrived, however, to efteet
their retreat with little or no Tess, rind saving all
their guns. On the sth, the English army lost a
second eornmtniersin-chief. After'a very few:hours
illness, Sir Henry, Barnard died of cholera. He
is succeeded by Mejor General Reed. but that
ofl er is in f ieble health, and may in ail likelihood'
be compelled to relinquish the command. On
the Bth, a party was sent from the camp to des-
troy a bridge over,the canal at the village of Bussy,
some six miles from the city, and performed
the work effectually, closing up one, perhaps tla,s,
principal, of the avenues by which the mutineers
received supplies. On the 9th, the right rear of
,our position, the favourite place,Was again attacked
with the never-failing result. On thiS occasion the
loss of the assailants is estimated in' the official
accounts- telegraphed to Lahore, -and.:those made
public, as high as nearly 04113 thousand kißed.
Hence, perhaps, the quiet' of the four succeeding
days, fur up Ito the evening of the 13th, the date of
the latest news that we have received, no fur.

ther sortie had taken place, and the sustained fi.re
from our batteries was the only incident of the
siege. Supplies reach the camp fa abundance, and
the men 'continue healthy in spite of the great heat
they have undergone. Changes of note have taken
place among the principal officers. Major-General
Hewitt, who commanded at Meerut when the
mutiny brake out, has been removed from divisional
command,.and has gone•on leave to the- hills, as
also has the late Brigadier of Delhi, Colonel
Graves. Major Langhton has been replaced in
command of the Engineers by colonel Baird
Smith, an officer of high reputation-. I need not
remind you that the Adjutant-General is• Brigadier
Chamberlain of the Punjaub.-

BOMBAY, jelly, 30.
-` I closed my last letter with a somewhat confi-
dent expression of hope that when next I wrote I
should be able to announce to you the capture of
Delhi. In that expectation .I was not singular. It
was shared by those best able by receipt of accu-
rate information to reflect the opinion of parties
nearer to the scene of action than we are here
But there soon appears reason to believe that we
had been too sanguine in assigning so early a date
for the fall of the rebel stronghold ; and for many
days now I have been prepared to repeat the old
story that, by our latest accounts, Delhi
stilt holds out against us. • The reinforce-
ments, indeed, of which I spoke in my last,
have reached our camp—one wing of the Bth
(Kings), one of the 61st, a company of Feet Artil-
lery, Major Giphert's troop of Horse Artillery, &_nd
two guns of a native troop, the 17th ,Irregular
Cavalry (escorting a large • aminunitinn train),, the
2nd Punjaub Cavalry, the Ist Punjaub Infantry, and
the 4th Sikh Infantry ; but the native portion of
the troops thus added to the besieging force are
not entirely and uniformly trustworthy, brigaded
though they are with European, The Sikhs
and indigenous Punjaubees, indeed, one may
venture, in these days of .delusion and dis,
affection to pronounce true as steel. They are
doing excellent service, showing themselves on all
occasions zealous and eager' to encounter the
Sepoys, towards whom they entertain a national
feeling of animosity which has been stimulated by
a report, true or false, that the mutineers have
murdered all people of Sikh extraction that have
fallen into their hands. Even with the Ghoorkhas
of the Sirmoor battalion, who fight magnificently'
or the Guide Corps, which is the admiration of
every one,' (I quote private letters from the camp,)
these excellent soldiers will hardly lose by compari-
son. But the cavalry regiments of the Punjaub
force contain many. Mussulmans and high-caste
Hindons. from Hindostan (Proper) and Rohilcund,
while the Bengal Irregular Cavalry regiments are
mainly composed of such elements. These men
are as a class utterly disloyal, and their presence
with the force in any numbers must be embarrass-
ing. And so it has proved. In the 2nd Punjaub
Cavalry it has been found necessary to disarm some
70 Hindostan men and to hang three, one
a superior native officer. The 17th Irregulars
have not, so far as we have heard, behaved amiss
yet, but of the oth Irregulars, which have been
some time with the force, several troopers have
deserted, and the 4th Irregulars have, I believe,
murdered their adjutant, while on detachment
duty. Still the strength of the army is respectable,
no doubt. There are three infantry brigades,
each about 2,000 strong, commanded by Colonels
Showers of .the Company's army, Lougfield of
the Bth, and Jones of the 61st Pe senior Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the Bth) Hartley, after bringing
the wing of his regiment to Delhi, went to
Umballah, to fill the post of brigadier, vacant
by the death of Colonel Halifax (from cholera).
The cavalry and artillery are also in considerable
strength, the field branch of the latter arm
especially. But it has not been considered pru-
dent to hazard an assault before the place. For
although an attack would probably be successful,
that is to say an entrance would be effected, still
the difficulties attendant upon the complete sub-
jugation and occupation of a city nine miles in
circumference, containing 150,000 inhabitants
mainly hostile to the assailants, and large numbers
of armed and disciplined mutineers are not lightly
to be encountered. Let us for the present be con-
tent to know that our little force holds in check
the great body of the, mutineers of the Bengal
army ; that it will shortly receive further reinforce-
ments of English and Sikh troope from the
Punjaub; that the enemy, though largely
augmented in numbers, have never yet shown
themselves outside the walls without being
repulsed with heavy loss ; that there are internal
dissensions among them, and that they must be
suffering severely, not only from our shot and shell,
but from fever and cholera, while our camp is com-
paratively, healthy. When the not far-off day
of final reckoning arrives, " God' will " defend the
right." I may appear, perhaps, unduly vehement
and vindictive. I endeavour to write temperately,
but I assure• you it is no easy matter to preserve
a uniform tone of unimpassioned narration, when
oppressed by the recollection of the litindreo,
treacheries and murders and horrors unutteral-P,o
that have been perpetrated by the rebels since The
Merut outbreak on the 10th of May.
"In my last I brought down the journal of the
siege to the 27th of June, when the mutineers made
their first appearance_ outside the City, after rlie
severe handling they met with on the 23d. The
fighting on this day, though hosting some hours,
was confined to the outposts, and ceased towards
the afternoon, when a heavy fall of rain, the first of
the Emma, occurvocl, The two following days were

" Before leaving Delhi• for other parts of the
disturbed districts I must copy a paper which I
have received with• the •ass«rance of excellent
authority that it is a correct translation of the
proclamation issued at Delhi. Thus runs the lying
and insolent appeal :

" To ALL HIND3f.S-, AND • MUSSULMANS, CITIZENS AND
SERVANTS OF HINDOSTAN, THE' OFFICERS' OF THE ARMY
NOW AT DELUI AND ,1111EERUT SEND, GREETING.,

"It is well known that in theee days all the
English have entertained theee designs—first,
to destroy the religion .of ,the whole Hindostani
army, and then to make the "people by nonieulsicee
Christians. Therefore_ we, solely on account of our
haYe combined with the people, and have
not spared alive one infidel; and have re-established
the Delhi dynasty on these ternia, and thus act in
obedience to order and receive double pay. Hun-
dreds of guns and a large amount of treasure have
fallen into our hands : therefore it is fitting that
whoever of the soldiers. and people dislike turn-
ing Christians should unite with one heart and
acting courageously, and not leave the" seed of
these infidels remaining. For any quantity of sup-
plies delivered to the array-the owners are to take
the receipt of the officers; and they will receive
double payment from the Imperial Government.
Whoever shall in these times exhibit cowardice, or
credulously believe the promises of those impostors
the English shall very shortly be put to shame for
such a deed ; and, rubbing the hands of sorrow,
shall receive for their fidelity the reward the ruler of
Lucknow got. It is further necessary that all Hin-
doos and Mussel vans unite in the struggle, and,
following the instruction se of some respectable peo-
ple, keep themselves secure, so that order may be
maintained, the poorer classes kept contented, and
they themselves be exalted to rank and dignity ; alsc
that all, so far as •it is possible, copy this •procla -
ftlation, and despatch it everywhere, that all tru
undoes and Mussulmans.may be alive and watt}
ful, and fix it in some conspicuous place (b ut
prudently to avoid detection), and strike a hi( )w
with a sword before giving circulation to it. 'The
first pay of the soldiers of Delhi wi Ibe 30r. per
month for a trooper, and lOr a foot-man. Ne arly
100,000 rner. are ready, and there are 13 fla gs of
the English regiments_ and about 14 stani lards,
from different parrs now raised aloft for oar re-
ligion, for God, and the conqueror, and it' is the
intention of Cawnpore to root out this seed. of the
devil. This is what vie of the army here ayishe•
" This precious document has not appetered here
in print, nor would it be prudent at pr esent to
make it generally known. There can, howevee, be
no harm in sending it' to yme. I need -not stop to
erticise it in detail, but. I may -remark the
allusion to the intending outbreak at Cawnpore
as demonstration of -organisation and concert
on the part of the mutineers. And new, with
the mention of Caw spore, I am brought to
the narration of one of the. saddest episodes
of the rebellion. The condition of the mili-
tary division of which that station is, or rather
eras, the head-quarters, was, as far I knew. when I
closed my last. fetter, ahartly as follows. The troops
of every station, save • Nagode, where the 50th
Native Infantry were, and, I believe, still are, to all
appearance, firme lead mutinied. But at Allahabad
the fort and its occupants had been saved by the
timely arrival. of Colonel Neill, and the admirable
use he made of his own Madras Fusileers, and of
the Sikh Regiment of Ferozepore, under Lieut.
Brasyer. whn has received promotion for his ser.
vices. The -mutinous 6th Native Infantry, whose
treachery to their. officers appears to have been of
the most refined description, were thoroughly
broken anti driven out of the station. At Cawn-
pore Sir Fiugh Wheeler had fortified a barrack in
the best -way he could with his small means, and.
would be able, we hoped, to hold out till relieved
by the force rapidly advancing from Allahabad, dis-
tant only 124 miles. Unhappily this hope has not
been. realized. Loth as we have been to believe it,
ant greedily as we have fastened upon any little
circumstances that might seem to discredit it, we
are no longer able to doubt the correctness of the
report that Sir Hugh, and all who were with him,
have perished. The leader of the rebels in this
quarter was Nena Saheb, of Bithoor. It may be
well to give you something of the history of this
man, the most thoroughly and most deservedly
detested of all who have taken part against -us in
the insurrection. Forty years ago, whoa Bajeo
Rao, the .last Peshwa or Sovereign of Poonah,
was overthrown, and his dominions annexed to
the British presidency of Bombay, a retreat
was marked out for him at Bithoor, on the
Ganges, 12 miles from Cawopore. Then far re.
moved from all Mahrette, aesoeiations, bat free to