Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

CAWNPORE AND LIICKNO`iv.

A letter, dated Cawnpore the 3rd Sept , contains the
following :—" The ne we •we have from Lucknow is vary
'good : we have often communication with them. A man
;came in yesterday; they are all as jolly as they can be
under the circumstances; they appear to have plenty to
eat, though no luxuries. Fighting goes on daily of course,
but there is no chance of a further assault, as the niggers
got such a lesson last time. I hope we shall relieve them
,beLre the.2sth, certainly.. We have now, I should th'nk,
1,500 Europeans. The cavalry only numbsrs 80, but is
'to be made up to 100. We have a battery of horse
and one of FoJt Artillery, and six 24-pounders drawn
:by elephsntg, besides soma mortars ; and when the
90th and 5 h join us, as they will about the 12 h
!or 15th, we shall be able to give the blackguards
'something they do not expect. I (eel, and indeed we all
feel, very hopeful of Lncknow. The people are gradually
turning towards us; they begin to see it is only a Ma-
Itommedan affair, which would not suit them. A Mr.
and.hlrs. Probyn and two children came in two days ago
from Futtobghur, and also a Mr. Klmondstone ; they have
been staying with a man in Oude by name Harder Bax,
who brought them in himself, and is ready to join no
whenever we make a movement into R3hilcund. He says
'that nearly all the llindoos will join us willingly, when they
see us advancing "
A letter from Havelock's camp 'states that two of the
_mutineer regiments have sent in to the General, offering
to lay down tit- it arms if their lives were spared ; the
reply was, that no overtures from any rebels could be
entertained, but that if they gave ocular demonstration of
their Sincerity, that is by fighting their brother mutineers,
their case would be taken into consideration. One of
these repentant regiments is supposed to be the 22nd N 1.,
'who generously offered to ass et their caws from tho
the Government Treasury at Fyzsbaci, and who, it will be
remembered, spared their officers. The Ghoorkhae being
en one side and the Europeans on the other, with the King,
and Ally Nock), Khan not coming up as was promised and
'fully expected long ere this, they appear to hive taken a
sudden fit of loyalty again, as they now find that their
'visions of double psy and two hundred bighas of land in
Oude promised to each Sepoy, has been merely figurative ;
attempting to grasp these, they have lost the Company's
'regular pay and batta." The following was an intercepted
letter to the Barrackpze Brigade, and more particularly
addressed to ono regiment there Oh! ye warriors greet-
ing! We expected great things from you; you have, how-
ever deceived us ; we consider you as the nose of the army,
but you gave up your arms without fighting; however, it
is not too late to retrieve your characters ; it is true you
have no arm., but hasten up, and Rata will give you arms ;
you will, each Sepoy, get 12 rupees per month, and 200
bighas of land The King of Delhi has ordained that no
More cows shall be killed in the land ; should any one
intercept this messenge-, curses will be upon his head ; if
a Mahomedan he will cat pig, if a Hindoo he will eat cow;
the King of Delhi sends salaams, d says the enemy
outside the walls number ten thousand ; after we have
conquered them, we will coma to Calcutta, to try if the
Yeringhee-'can fight." The messenger wan, however, seized
by an officer of the 70th N. I , and was hanged ; no doubt
heavy curses are on the Feringhee's head— what
is he to eat, for he has, I suppose, no objection
either to pig or cow.