Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

July. After garrisoning the place and securing
its safety, he would resume his march Delhi-wards,
in the direction of. Agra; so that the rebels must
make the most of their time, as before the present
month is out, we believe that they will be driven
from their last stronghold. The _Highlanders are
covering themselves with glory. No power on
earth can resist the fury of their charge, and they
give no quarter.
From Patna we learn that the 7th, 811, and 40th
Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry. whom every
one thought stanch, mutinied at Dinapore the
other day, and that her Majesty's 10th Foot killed
800 of them. It was only very lately that several
conspirators were executed at Patna, and the city
kept from rising by these very troops. The whole
of this revolt is the most mysterious, unaccountable
affair that ever happened in the histroy of this
country. Here are regiments breaking.eut at the
eleventh hour, when the tide was turning in our
favour and when European troops were passing
continually up the river, thereby rendering the
destruction of the mutineers certain, as if they
waited for som mysterious order, just like the
Bareilly.troops. Altogether, the more we ponder
over it the more mysterious the whole matter
appears to us. There has been a good deal of
fighting at Delhi since our last in the shape of
sor'ies by the besieged and repulses by the
besiegers. We have been enabled to defeat the
mutineers in every engagement, but this does not
in the least damp their ardour. Reinforcements
from the Punjaub to the number of about 4,000
fighting men, 1,300 of whom are E eropeans,
were expected to join General Reed to-day (the
15th), and we are therefore led to believe that on
their arrival no time would be lost in carrying the
place by storm. On the 14th of July the mutineers
to the number of 9,000 men, with four guns,
made an attempt to capture our batteries. They
fought under cover from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m ,
when they came to the front, and were beaten back
into Delta. our people, too eager, followed them
close under the walls. The enemy opened fire
with grape and mueketry. Our loss in killed and
wounded was heavy. It is a pity our troops fol-
lowed them, as up to the time of their retreat we
had only about six men hit. Major Turner, Artil-
lery, had his horse killed under him ; Thompson,
Artillery, wounded in the thigh ; Brigedier-
General Chamberlain, Adjutant-General, in the
shoulder ; Chester and Daniel, of Goorkhas,
wounded ; Burns and Faithful, Her Majesty's 75th,
slightly, the former on the knee, the latter in the
arm. The cavalry was not engaged. Altogether our
loss in this action was 171 killed and wounded.
From the 14th to the 23d the rebels remained under
cover. Oa the 24th of July, however, they came
'Cut in force with field guns, round by the Cash-
mere gate ; and moved upon our position at the
Metcalf battery, under cover of the fire of heavy
guns frem the city walls. They were taken in
flank by a force under Brigadier Showers, when
they fled precipitately, saving their guns only by
the rapidity of their flight. Out. loss was small,

but we had a few officers wounded—Colone
Drought, 60th Rifles; Colonel Seaton, 35th Native
Infantry; Major Turner, Artillery; Captain Money,
Artillery; Lieutenant Law, 10th Regiment Native
Infantry, was killed. Our troops have now been
engaged in no less than twenty-three sanguinary
engagements before Delhi, yet their courage is as
high as ever it was, and they can beat the muti-
neers, even when they are a hundred to one ! Gene-
ral Reed, in consequence of severe illness, has
been obliged to hand over the command of the"
Delhi army to General Wilson. The Punjaub
remains tranquil. The remnant of the Sealkote
mutineers have met with condign punishinent.
Brigadier General Nicholson crossed her Majesty's
521. Light Infantry in boats to the island in the
Revee, on which they were posted, captured their
gun, and slaughtered or drove the whole body of
them into the river. A. quantity of plunder was
recovered. Numbers of the fugitives continue to
be-seized and brought iu by the police and people
of the country, and also from the territory of
Maharajah. Gholab Singh. The accounts from
Rajpoetana are most satisfactory, and all the
Rejpoat chiefs have given undoubted proofs of
loyalty to the British Government, and have
afforded substantial support to the troops. Colonel
Dixon, who has done so much for Mairwarrah, was
from our last account, fast sinking at Beawr, and
little or no hopes were entertained of his recovery.
He must, however, have derived some satis-
faction from the good feeling manifested by
the Mairwarrah battalion, who have resisted the
greatest temptations to betray their trust. The
arsenal at Ajtnere has been placed in a perfect
state of defence by Lieutenant Carnell, of the
above corps, who has under his command a
detachment of 100 mea of her Majesty's 83rd
Regiment. Two mortars placed in position to
shell the city on the least symptom of a disturbance
have overawed the large and fanatical Mussulman
population, who are discontented and ripe for a
revolt and the destruAion and plunder of the
Hindoos. The district around is in a compara.
tively quiet state, and no further symptoms of
disturbance have taken place than an occasional
dacoity, but the surrounding population would
instantly rise on any symptom of weakness being
shown. Lieutenant Mildmay is raising a body
of horse in Bikaneer, and he will doubtless
effect a junction with Captain Hardcastle, who,
with a large body of Marwar and Jeypore
horse and foot, is on its way to Agra
The force cantoned at Nusseerabad consists
of the Ist Bombay Lancers; 270 foot and 60
horse of the Joudpore Legion, the 2nd Troop
Bombay Artillery, 2nd Regiment Bombay Cavalry,
450 men of her Majesty's,B3rd Foot, and the 12th
.Regiment of Native Infantry. Every precaution
for the preservation of order has been taken, and
(:additionalMairs are_ being entertained, for the
liairwarrah battalion, and another company of
''.l3l:rels is being a lded to fhb Joudpore egion.,
The Nizam, true to the policy of his house and to
his hereditary loydlty, which has efr-icted so much
for him, will remain qtaist. For Madras there need
be no fear ; the hopes of the rebels in
.Oude are
at an end, and those in the Delhi district may well
des_eair. But our forces are yet scarcely equal to
the task, all India is on the tiptoe of expectation,
and the speedy capture of Delhi will alone deter-
mine whether every regiment may with perfedt
safety be despatched from Calcutta .to share in the
easy task of putting down disorganised bands
of marauders, or whether the disairnned taking
heart shall again place us in jeopardy. The
moveable column of Brigadier Steuart has reached
Mhow, and will be sufficient to keep in subjection
the whole of Central India. Holkar remained stanch,
and his loyalty will no doubt be appreciated as it
deserves to be. All continues tranquil in Calcutta,
although, as in Bombay, the inhabitants are not
without alarm regarding the approaching fes-
tival of the Mohurrum. We believe, however,
that the authorities both there and here have
taken every precaution to secure the public safety,
and in the event of any emeutt taking place it wid
be promptly and sternly put down. Several
arrests have been made lately in Calcutta, which
have placed Government in full possession of
information on all points concerning the Mahorn-
mecian conspiracy. The Moonshee Golam Hossein,
or Golam Khan—we are not sure which is. his
proper name—who was arrested near Wellesley-
square, is a personage after whom the Govern-
ment has for some time been making inquiries.
He is said to be one of the most active of
the conspirators, and a plotter whose arrest
was of the greatest importance. He contrived
to escape froin Calcutta when the ex-King
of Oude was taken into the fort, and it is said pro-
ceeded with haste to Lucknow, where his presence
gave additional vigour to the insurrection. What
brought him back to Calcutta we can only guess at,
but he did not arrive there without his coming hav-
ing been notified to government by the military
authorities. His arrest, it is said, was attempted
more than once since his return, but without
success, until Friday night, the 231 of July, when
a number of town sergeants and some soldiers,
all in gharries, proceeded to the neighbourhood
of Wellesley-equare to the house of a wealthy
Mahommedan, where the Moonshee was reported
to be. The man was pointed out to the Commis-
sioner of Police—who as a magistrate was present
—disguised as a burkundauze, and .so well dis-
guised that his master failed to recognize him