Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

AGRA

It is some time now since we heard anything of or from
friends "far away," nor have we had an opporthnity of
communicating our situation to them. Living in "the
midst of alarms," some anxiety must be felt on our ac-
count, which we will endeavour to dissipate by showing how
far we are prepared to resist any attack from without, and
the precautions taken to prevent any local disturbance, by
disarming the tag-rag scum, the friends, and arming the
wealthy and respectable, the enemies, of disorder. And
we doubt not but our present issue will fiad its way even
to Bombay and Calcutta.
It must be remembered then that we have A.khbar's fort
here, and never during or since the days of the old hero
has his citadel been the scene of such rapid and complete
preparations to endure a siege, or form the lair whence
the British Lion, in-all the confi fence of undaunted c mrage
and unsubdued strength, miglit leap on the insurgent foe.
The walls bristle with cannon, with ammuuition in abund-
ance and handy, in fact the whole place exhibits a perfect
paraphernalia of war. Our old friend, Jotee Persaud,
has again shown himself the bast commissariat officer in
the world, by laying in, within thirty, hours of receiving'
the order, stores and provisions to last 10,099 men for a
month; old buildings have been repaired, and rendered
somewhat habitable, and acconimodation for upwards of
3,000 Individuals secured. In the search for these habita-
tions, and the consequent clearings and excavations, many
strange nooks and eubterraneous passages and buildings
have been discovered, which will, in more quiet times,
form curious objects of research for the antiquarian ;
among them is a large well, having six ranges of apart-
ments piled one above the other, with steps leading down,
the last range reaching the water's* edge. The fort, how.
ever, is a last refuge, and will at first be"used merely as
a place of safety for the families of the soldiery, or those
requiring special protection, so as to allow them complete
freedom of action. However, the European inhabitants,
although not in the Fort,
.are not on that account
scattered, nor defenceless, but with a prudence taught by
incidents of the mutiny, the largeet and strongest build-
ings in the station have been fixed on by authority as
places of rendezvous; of these there are fire or six fixed in
convenient parts for the residents. Arms and ammunition
are provided from the fort, and these living in the neigh-
bourhood are desired to resort to them in case of any
alarm; All men Christians have volunteered to form a,
garrison for one or other of these posts, the defences of
the buildings, which already present a pretty formidable
appearance, and the discipline of the men, which beine,
willingly submitted to, already does them credit, are
entrusted to military officers. Those capable of riding
horses are formed into cavalry corps, of whom some have
already seen service on the Allygurh road. A few men
have already been dismissed from artilery practise, being
pronounced unfit to m huge cannon.
We regret, however, to oberve a want of system and
unity in al these efforts, which has a tendency to create
selfiehness and disunion. We would recommendthet all
the different parties be considered as forming but different
sections of- one corps, which, though separately trained,
may occasionally bs'taught to act in concert. Tne officers
of the insurgent corps, who form so numerous a body here,
may be placed in commend ; a regiment of a thousand
men may thus be formed little inferior to the European
rrgelares. The overgrown jail in the 'heart of the civil
lines, against whose existence and extension we formerly
protested so long and warmly, besides an increased guard
of Barkundazes, is commanded by a couple of cannon and
a party of European soldiers posted on an adjacent hill.
In short, forewarned and forearmed, the station has
hitherto been shunned by large bodies of the insurgents,
who little like any opposition, and have hitherto been only
succeesfel
.against single unarmed men and weak women
and ehildren.—From. the Mofussilite, June 23.

GWALTOR

The following is a list of those who have los,
;heir lives in Gwaiior

, .
Major Black, 2nd Infantry, Gwtlior Contingent; Lieut.
Proctor, Adjutant,•4th Infantry ; Dr. Kirk, Superiatonding
Surgeon; Cap Sin Hawkins and Captain Stewart, Artil-
lery ; Major Sliirriff, 4-h Infantry ; Rv. Mr. C opland ;
Sergeant Major Twitcham ; Qaar zerat aster Sergeant Webb ;
?Ir. Collins, Brigade Major's Clerk; Sergeant Cronin.—
Mofussilite, June 23.

The following: is a list of officers and the families
who hwe arrived at Agra from Gwalior
`Major Macpherson, Brigadier Ramsay, Mr. Innes, Mrs.
Hennessy, son, and infant, Mrs. Christian and child, Mrs.
Ferris and three children, Captaia and Mrs. Meade and tvr6
children, C4tain and Mrs. Murray and child, Lieuten7:nt
and Mrs. Pearson; Lieutenant Smalley, Dr.-
Sheet, Mrs. Bryant and child, Sergeant Lynch, Art;:llery ;
-Mr. Martin, Customs ; two gentlemen of the 'Electric
Telegraph avrtrnont, Captain Meade, her Majesty's 8:h
Foot; Lieutenant Ryies, 12th Native kpfantry.
I Mrs. Raikes sad child, Mrs. Gatiertaad children, Mrs,