Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

MBERPORE.

The following is an extract of a, letter fro=
Meerpore factory, dated July 25 :
When ahoat to write to yna yesterday with my reports,
we were obliged to fly for safety. The Irregulars at
Segowlie mutinied on the evening of the 25th inst., titled
all their officers' wives and et,ildren except one little girl
of Dr. Garner. This news come to Raikes abomt flirt)
a.m. yesterday movzing, and the scoundrels were ex-
pected itnmediatly, but we alt left the station and
came on here as &ton as v:e could get our coroklalces,
and should have gone on to Kon.abur a is Nepaul, about ten
coss from th;s,bnt we have information that the scoundrels,
after doing all the mischief, firing the bungalows, and
destroying all they could, went off in tte direction of
Govingange, though after we. left the station some
troopers came there, anti we are not sure where they
went to. I left the factoey in, th 3 hands,of the s?rvants
entirely ; made over the cash and factory papers, f fear
of the bungalow being set fire to. 1 'tinge, please Gd, wee
shall so in be able to retain the. m•gistralo, and sheik
return as soon as we hear the troopers have left this sidle of
the Gunduck.

" P. 5.-32 indles of rain from, tbo 2nd to noon, of the
23rd July."

33 ENAR ES.

The following is from Benarer, dated the 21st of
July : •
A plot was dif,covered hero yesterday, and three of the
worst characters in the town and a banker, with eight lactt
of rupees, appehended. Letters of a highly treasonable
nature were (Aiscovered ; they purported to be from "a aze tails
great one,'' and eallei on the inhabitants to /isq au*

destroy Messrs. Tucker, Gubbiue, Liad, and all Europeans.
The plan was, that these three we-e to raise the disaffected
characters, and having made away with those I named by
treachery or night attack, were to polish off all the rest of
uP. The banker was mentioned by name as the pereon
from whom they were to ge. funds, and in his house some
200 swords, guns, Ste., were found. Gubbins is trying to
get some further information oat of these prisoners, but I
fear they will not peach. The banker actually offered the
Darogah a Govcrament promissory note for 10,000 rupees
if he would allow him to ere ipe. 'the Darogah played
him a pretty tri( k ; he tcld the banker he could not trust
him, and that he must sign the note, which he did, and'
was then taken away, 'awes and all, to Gabbing. I fancy
all four era ornament tire gellows in a day or two.
"July 23.
Azimgher, with the rest of the division, continues tran-
Major Ersk'ne writes from Jubbulpore on the MI,
that a►t the 4 ffieeis from tiehore have safely reached 11.01)
sengabad, also the foltowingt:—M:jor Kaephereon, Capt.
Ryall, Dr. Stllifant, Captain Carter, Caplain 11.1•Deugall,
Dr.* Wileon, Captain Lemarchaud, Mrs. Letnarehand, and
four children, Mrs. and Mites Hayns, Captain and Mrs.
Harris and three children, Mrr. Captain Burlton and
children, Overseers Watts and Wakefield, their wives and
childr-n. Colonel and Ifrs..Dui and have gone to Poonagb.
All see at /*Timer. Hoosiogebad, Btitool, Nursingpore,
Soonee, Nagcle, and Sauget:. Captain Pinkney, Deputy
Commissioner of Jubbulpore, who had gone out to brine.,
in the treasure from Dnmoh to Saugor,has;safely reaehed
Jubbulpore.

'The following items of intelligence are from the
latest dates at Caloutta.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S BODY-GUARD.

The G•vernor-Generai's body-guard, who were
thought to be wavering in -their loyalty, gave up
their inns on being requested to do 80 by Major
Thomson and ether oflh:ers. .

MONrAY. AUG. 3.

We hear that General Lloyd has been suspended.; pity
it was not three months a,i.o General Hewitt, we are
izif 'rifled, is to be tried for lettiug the Rohileand mutineers
escape.
.A letter from. Ajme3r rislrts the death of Colonel Dix.);
the Commlgsioner. It is aso reported that Aljor Ihriki is
dead at Lutknow.

TUESDAY, Aim, 4.
We h•ar that Sir J. Or!tranl ta.k:s coraoriad of the
Dinapore immesliat«ly.

WZDNEiDAT, At*. 3.

It is reported that the city of Agra has been tak-.n. and
is in the hands of the Extufineera. The Euro.:ean inha-
bitants are stated to Fe 411 is the fort„,:and that they will be
able to hold oat six mouths. All the records, and indeed
all kinds of property des r.)yed.
The steamers, the arrival of which was arinnuncld yes-
terday, have brought a strong detachment of troaps from
Madras, and more, we Lear, wid b 3 out immelia•ely.
SATtiItDAY, Atlo. 8.
_ _

We are happy to report the arrival yesterday of her
Majesty's screw s'e tin frigate Shannon, 51 guns, with a
inrthcr portion of ;he Chins expeditiorury farce.
Desks of the 30 h and 31st July, from Garuckpore,
Azimghur the Ist, and ILnates the 3rl have been
ricetvesl is Calcutta.

Advic s from Wieibboom .t .to that th:3 Santhals have
been committing great depred:, boos in that quarter.
The Services of Liantenant III!, Lieutenant Campbell,
and Dr. Bertram have been accepted by Gablvament, to do
duty with the Gaorkha troops.
The 1T,41 o.)mpan:„'a steam troopship Coromandel,
Captlin Campbell, leaves town this morning for Itango)a,
to convey such European t amps as may be available, to
s-rengthen tt e force in the '1 at fare dis'ricts, so as to over•
awe the Mussulmaus during the Mohwrrum.

The following 14 an extract of a latter from
Svlhet, ilated the 21st of July :
Burrisal, Furreedpore, Da-ca, Tipperahl Mymeusing,
Syihet, Assam, the Cossia hills, and Cachar eoritinuts quiet,
and are likely to b 3 so.

The country near Mce-ut is believed to be 'quite safe,
and above it, to the bile, the country is ecnaparatively
trinqui'. The Punj lub temiins, happily, quite quiet.

_ .
Intellipse! has been received from Shergqty, that the
three Native Regiturn!s4 (the 7th, Bth, and 40th mutinied
as Dinat.ore,) and fled towards the Slane, which, by the
la'est intclligenc, they have been unable to cross.
Patna and Gvah, are perfectly quiA and safe. Every pos-
sible precaution has also been taken in the direction of
Bentres. The Graticl Trunk Road is guarded by a detach-
me it of her ilaj :sty's 6ith.
General Neil reports on the 26th frcm Cawnplre that
he assumed command if the station on General Havel• ck's
crossing, and at one proceeded to re-est.tblish police and
British authority in the baz tar and city, and ti put a tstup
to plundering; that news from Ara and Lucknow was
good, and that all was well at Cawnpare.

The following is from Raneegungo, dated Ist of
August :
The fLiztreebagh troops are up; ladies pulped and
-are here; the Fowars had not an opportunity of indulging
in, to them, the pleasing amusement of woman and child
murder. Major Simpson had a narrow escape, his bun-
galow was riddled with ballN; all quirt here, save when some
fellows are boned with arms. Yesterday one of them, armed
to the tenth, get the upgistrate and his pace at defiarico.
The Sikhs ultimately disarmed him, the mlgistrate should
have abet him. If he will make me his Darogah, the only
trouble I would give him would be the disposal of the
body. I wish Mr. Htlliday c3uld hear with my ears for
twenty-tier hours. The native, here ate well-informed of
everything that is going oa in Calcatta. They say the
men sv:-.o a,lod protection from 'ha Lieutenant-Governor
were taking a rise out of him ; if it comes to a mill
the darkies will try the Lieutenant-Governor's throat out
of gratitude.

COMMERCIIL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA, August S.
The disastrous occurrences in 'hi Upper ProvincA, in
which we regret to say the proviuee of Behar has lately
ahared, continue to keep the whole coun'yy in a paralised
state, and in the mieet cf such a crisis; unprece tented
in the emotes of India, it h naturally to be supposed
that trade al 1 occupy but a small portion of the atten'ion
of the mercantile communi' v. Such has been the case
as regards our city since the despatch of the I..st usaii ;
many of the commer. ial community abandoning their usual
occupations, here taken en active and personal part in the
measures aiopted for the preservation of and tranquility is
the city. Three: weeks have elapsed snee our last issue,
aad the stagnation in our produce market, which we then
reported, has continued. Nay, in some its.ances, leis incli-
nation has been shown by shippers to enter into operation,
and we have therefore had but a very limited business is the
interval. 04:r prcspects in the indigo crop have become
less favourable, the heavy rains throughout Bengal causing
much damage to the plants. In sugar very little has been
done. Rcehas scarcely attracted attention for the Euro-
pean market. Saltpetre has continuedeteady, owing to smal
etecks and the denten Is for America. Raw silk has been
in small request, and prices are again lower. Some small
p :reels of curabs hew been placed at redncei prices, bat
we have little inquiry for theta goods. Lac dye has
remained dull. A good demand ha prevailed for shell lac at
extreme prices. No transactions in jute for want of sup-
plies. Linseed firm b the demand is chilly confined to
America. Rapeseed unaltered. Nothing doing is saffhwer.
Bides continue without any change, and in limited request.
We are sill without the means of reporting an improve-
ment in our import marke', which, oe the whole, remains
in ihe same distressed state as for the past two mon hs ;
arid although occasionally holders succeed in finding pur-
chasers for certain descrptioes of go ds at a sacrifice, this
cannot be considered as a sign of coming activity. In
British cotton piece goads the transactions are still limited,
the prices of aim at all aorta of cloths being nominal, and
stocks heavy. We need not allude to the causes which
have such a depressine effect on oar import market, and S 3
long as the North-West Provinces remain in the same
deplorable state es at the present moment, and so long as
the communication with these provinces is not restored,
nothing will help to bring on an improvement. Oa the
contrary, we may yet have to witness a worse state of
affairs than what we are EOW passing through, as the
injurious effects of the destruction and devas'ation caused
by the mu'ineers throughout these provinces will ha more
acutely felt herea!ter.
MoNse Nieves-1.: In consequence of the late firancial
measure o' our government proposing to receive subscrip-
tions to the five per cent. loan in cash and in four per ceue
securities in equal proportions. and again in 41 and 31 secu-
rities in certain proportions, our market has been in a rather
excited state. verging apparently towards an increasing
tighttess. The rates of interest and discount of the Bank
of Bengal have likewise been increased 2 pet cent., the
following being now fuel :
DISCOUNT : Oa private bills ani notes at or within three
mouths, 11 per cent. ; on general acceptances ditto, 9 per
c elt.; on general ace esteuces having 20 days, or 1084, to
ran 5 per cent. ; on Mint certificates, 5 per cent.

THE HISTORY OF THE CA.WNPORE MUTINY.
(From Lee C.Voutta Englishman, July 28.)
We have received the following particulars of
the outbreak and maseacre at CautopGre from a
person w:.o has just come dowu from that plaui
and who was present throughout the affair :
He reports that some eight dais b,fose the mutiny
broke our, or say eight days previous to the sth tilt.,
General Sir Hugh Wheeler, saeing the disaffected spirit of
the troops, applied to Nena Sahib, of liithoar, for a guard

for the protection. of the Treasury. This request was
promptly compl' ad with, and 'Nene sent two guns-and 200'
Nujeebs, armed with matehloetes, and these were placed
at the Collect orate over the treasure. A day or two
before this Sir Hugh Wheeler had sent elephants t') re-
wove the trees are, amounting to about seven lass, to the
entrenchment; but the Sep tys would not a'•tow:this to he
done, saying to the collector, who had told them that he
wee apprehensive of the treasure being looted by the bud-
maithes and m.ratieuirs from the other stations, that if thrive
were twice tit e true= they would guard it from (huger:.
On the 5,h. nit., about 3 in the morning, the Sepeys and
and Sowers •,;ommeoced burning their lines and shouting,
and prceed ad towards Nawahguage, where the treasure
was, leavii g one regiment to prevent the Ear& p -ens trom
going to the relief eif the eollt ear. By-and-by the treasure
havinz biren packed -on elephanta and' carts, this regi-
ment j-iinod the others, and it was then about midday, and
the mutiu.eera set off. to the westward in the direction of
Kolliaepore, and towards Delhi, 'accompanied by the 200
Nojeebs, -with the two guns of Nene Sahib, leeviug the
inhabitants relieved, as it were, by their departure; and ap
to that time there hal not been destruction of property or
loss of life.

In the morning of the following day, about 8 o'clock,
the mutineer', headed by Nena, with 600 of his followers
and tour guns (having, it seems, previously made up their
minds to destroy all the Christians, whether European or
native), returned to Cawnpore and halted about two miles
to the west of the intr. achment, planted tram:lards, and to As
up a position, with loud beating of drums. Immediately
atter about 50 Sowers were despatched to the cantonmens
to slay all the Europeans, and 50 Sowats to the town where
the poorer eople lived, to kiol all the native canverts and
clerks. Daring this time Nena Sahib hoisted two s An-
dards, one to the honour of Mahorner, and the other of
Hunamnn; to the former some 2,000 Methom-20ans repaired,
to the latter but a few Flimboor, none from this city, but
some of the budm ashes. The main body of the insurgents
first attacked the Ntwab's palace, sal having blown open
ilia gate with their cannon, they entered the place and
gutted it, and took the Nawab prisoner. Nena Sahib being
under the impression that the Nawab had cone, sled some
Europeans. They then proceeded to the intrerchmeats,
and tram 2 o'clock commenced the attack with cannon, at
first with two of the puts, and on the following day with
six. It appears that the Europeans within the ietrench-
ments, were not well supplied with ammunition, a 3 it is
supposed they did not exp-.et an assault with cannon, and
thus were only able to reply with one gun to 20 of the
enemy's. For 17 days continuously the mutineers used
every now and then to make an assault, with 4,000 or 5,000
men from all quarters, with the view of carrying
the intrenchmeet by storm, but, were invariably
repulsed with heavy loss. By tbis time the Nene's
forces had increased with the addition of budmashes aid
mutineers from other station* to about 12,000 men.

On the 21st or 22tukult. Sir Hugh Wheeler sank under
the wounds which he had received, and the garrison,
three or four days after his death, being short both of pro-
visions and ammunition, reduced in number by several
casualties, hoisted a flag of truce. Nena Sahib then
stopped the assault, and sent to inquire what was meant
by the fltg. Answer was returned by the Europeans to
the effect that they had neither food nor ammunition, and
they proposed to give up the couutry to him on his allow-
ing them to depart. To this Nena, consented, and for two
days supplied them with food, and in that time prepared
boats for their departure. At the end of this time Nena
gave the Europeans his word in writing, and he, his
officers, and head people, confirmed it with an oath. The
Europeans then g ore up their arms and the treasure in
the ititrenchment, amounting to about three lacs, were
conveyed in Ilialoostanee gharries and hospital dhoolies,
most of the ladies being in the latter, under an escort of
Sowers, to the ghat, where they embarked in 17 boats out
of 19 that had been provided, with the exception of some
32 ladies with children.

As soon as the boats hal pushed off from the ghat the
boatmen jumped overboard and swam to the shore, and
then the mulineers opened fire on the boats from a
masked battery of eight guns, which they had previously
erected for the purpose. All the boats were sunk, and the
people on be rd killed, with the excepthn of one boat that
had passed down, and some 20 Europeans who had
managed to swim to the shore.

The boat was pursued with 500 Nujeebs with two guns,
who came up with it on the second day, And sunk the
boat and destroyed every one on board off a place called
Goshein-ka-Seerajpore. The twenty and odd Europeans
who swam on shore at Cawupore were blown away from
guns in the course of two or three days, some each day.
The thirty-two ladies and children who were left
behind were conveyed by Nena into a pucca-house called
the Subhadhur, and; kept in custody by Nena Sahib's
People, but without being insulted.
One Portuguese woman, the daughter of a bugler, was
made captive by a trooper of the 2nd Cavalry, and carried
to his house, when: the mutiny first broke out ; but whet;
he was absent she took his sword and killed his wife and
two children and then herself.

Our informant states that when he left. Cawripore on the
Ist inst. the ladies and children were fed by Nena's own
servant.

RETIREMENT OF THE BRITISH FROM DELHI.

Private telegraphic despatches received in
London report that General Reid is dead, and that
the ravages caused by exolera had complied the
British forces to retire from Delhi to Agra. The
despatch, however, adds that the intelligence
comes from an indirect source., •There have been
seven actions with the rebels at Agra and at
Azinsg,hur. Colonel Havelock was within a day's
march of Lucknow, when the forces under his
command were unfortunately compelled by sick-
ness to return to Cawnpore.