Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-19 00:00:00

THE M&GAZINE AT DELur.

The. following official account of the capture of
the Delhi magazine by the mutineers has been
pu olished in the Calcutta Government Gazette :
" GENERAL. ORDERS BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GuYERNOR-

CZNERAL 01, INDIA IN COUNCIL.
" Fort William, July 24.

_
"The right bon. the Governor•Geaeral in Council is
pleased to direct the publication of the following authen-
tic report of the oecurretces at the Delhi mepzine on the
11th of May last when attacked by mutineers, and of the
noble and Cool soldiership of rt 3 pliant defenders,
commanded by Lieutenant G. Dv Willoughby, commissary
of crduance.
" The Governo--General in Council desires to offer his
cordial thanks to Lieutenants. Raynor and Forrest, and the
other survivors among the brave men mentioned in this
report, and to expresa the admiration with which be
regards the daring and heroic conduct of Lieutenant G.
D. Willoughby and the warrant and non-commissioned
officers by whom he was supported on that occasion. Their
names are Lieutenants Rayner and Forrest ; Conductors
Shaw, Buckley, Scully ; Suh-Concloctor Crow ; Sergeants
Edwards and Stew-art.
"The family of the la'e conductor Scully, who so de-
votedly sacrificed. himself in Utz explosion of the magazine,
will be liberally provided for, should it b 3 ascertained that
they have sur rived him."
" num LIE OPERANT G. FORREST, ASSISTANT COMMIS-
SARY OP ORDNANCE, TO COLONEL A• ABIOTT, C 8.,
INSPECTOR. GENERAL OF ORDNANCE AND MAGAZINES,
FORT WILLIAM.

we could distinctly see the mutineers marching in open,
column, headed by the cavalry, and the Delhi side of the
of the bridge was already in the possession of
a body of cavalry. On Sir Theophilps Metcalfe
observing this he proceeded with Lieut-nant Willoughby
to see if the city gate was closed against the mutineeres.
liswever, the step was nesdless, as the Inurneers were
-
admitted directly to the palace, through which they
pats d cheering. On Lieutenant Willoaghby's return to
them
arid
gazine, the of the magazine were closed and
barricaded, every gates
p)ssliearrangement th it could be
male was at once commenced. lasi le the gate leading to
the park were placed two 6-pounders, double charged with
grape, one under act og Sub-Cenductor Crow and 8 -r-
-rant Stewart, with the lighted lurches in their hands,
and with orders that, if any attempt ws:e made to force
that gate, both guns were to be fired at once, and they
L'cieernatelnoa:st 1 7
fat
b eek ou that pert of the m ,g ziae in which
illoughby cud I vvera posted. Lie nriee'pa/
gate of the magazine was similarly defended by two guns,
with the eheveux de freize laid down on the inFide. For
the further defence of this gate and the m tgezite in its
vicinity there were two six pott.Thders so plec:tr aeeither
to coma:land the gate and a steal basioa in ita vicinity;
Wi:hin 60 yards of the gate and in front of the office, end-
commanding two cross roads, were three 6-pouat'o s and
one 24-pounder hssvitzer, whiCh could be so managed as
to act upon any part of the magazine in that neighh-our-
hood. After all theae guns aed howitzerehol been phe,4
in the several positions above named, trey were loaded
with dauble charges of grape. The next step taken VMS
to pace arms is tle hinds of the native estah!ishnent
-which they most relacttntly received, and appeared to bie
in a state riot oily of exciteosent„ but alenof insult sr-
dinetim, es they refits-ell tee obey any ,or,i,?rs, i-is lei by
the ;Europeans, particularly the Musssalman portion of
the estahishmsett, after the shay, arrangements had
been made, a train- was ihid by Cenducters- ilucklen.
Seteiiyi. and Sergeant Steuart, ready to be firel by a
pre.eorteerted signal, which was that of Conductor
Buclifq raj: inj hls- hat from, his head, on the- order
being giving he aratenant Willeu;htoy., The traits
was ti-ed by Conductor Sadly, .brat not until such time
an the last round from Vie let-wieners had been need.
So soon as the above arrangera,nts lead been made,
guards front the Pelee came and- demanded the pas-
s s-ion of the magaz:ne in the ra.zrte of the King of
1.), hi, to which no reply was given.
" Intreediately slier this the subsder of the guard on
duty at the magsnisz:: info mci Lieu ;nem; Witloughby and
roe that the Kin, of Delhi -Jihad seat diywn word to the
run iaeers that he-would without delay teu-d-se Lag ladders
front the Rafe& ton the purpose of sealing the walls, and
whiei shortly attar orefrcd. On the 'udders being
eveeted against the wall the w"ao'.e of our naive es'sb-

lishtnrn;c. deser ei in- by eintbing• up' the- s!o)ed shed 4
on the inside of the magazine, anti desenicling• the hridera
on iii); outside, after which the enemy app,-aced in great
number on the top of tha- walls; and on wbomt we kept up
an ineefisan! fire of grape, every round of-arhich telt well
as 1 ng' as a single round remainsci. Preview to the
natives desertitg us OF), hid the priatitw vouches, and
one man in par icular, Kurreem 4:Asti, a der Nati, appeared
to keep up a ecostaut connumibation with Lae enemy on
the out icT4,-;_. and kept. them i'afolnel of out' si uation.

Lieutenant "Willoughby was-. so • annoyed at, this matt's
caultict that he gave me an order, to shoct'himenauld he
again epiroackthe gee: •
"Lieneaant Itiveor; with' the other Mrnipeans, did
everyffing that •erSold pcsiby be dole for the -defence ©f
the mag?zine, and where all hale behaved so bravely it is
almost iattroyasible for me to point ont'any partlentar inli-
vidual. However,. lam in duty, bnind to bring to the
notice of Gev rnment the gallantry of Conducterti Bimkley
ant; Scully on this trying oca,-sion. The former, assisted
only by mystlf, loaded and firs far rapid succr'schn the
several' guns above eletaihd,.fi in.i at least four rounds
from Paelt gun, and with the same s`.eudirresi FS if stars-ding
en parade; althm3h.the enemy. were then some hundreds
numbeTsiand k-ept up,la c-mtintral fie clantasketrrtu us
within 40 or 50 yards. After 6 ing the last round Qom-
dm-tor-Mickley receiYed a inosket ba!l' in his-arm, above
the elbow, which has since-been extracted here ; at the
same time, was struck its the left hand by two mu et
balls, which disabled me for the sine; It was at this
moment that Lieu-tenaut Willanghby gave the
order fair firing the magazine, which was.at once-reslonde&
tu by Conductor Scully firing the several' traios. Indeed;
from Ilia very commencemeat he evinced his, gallantry-by
vSlunteering his serv;ces for bloiving up the rmagazine,,
remained true to his trust to-the last moment. As soon as.-
the explosion took place such. as escaped fir-Otn beneath-then
ruins,, and none escaped newt, re!reated• through the-
e-illy-pert en the river Lee. WitiOnglaby atria
I sacceeded in reaching the Cashmere gate. What becanatr,
of the other parties it is imp)ssible for me to say. Lieu--
tenant Raynor and Ceinduc'or Buukley hive escaped to,
this •stalion S irdiapositiota praentud my sandier
in this report.soJEir.,—l have,
"G. FORRE3T, LifV,6nont,
Assistant-Commissary of Ordaenee.
"N.B —Afte7 crossing the river on the n En'.. of the 11th

I observed the whole of the magazine to be on Ere, Ao that
I am in hopes that little of the property fell irro the hands,
of the enemy. Pat k-Sergeant ET yle was shot about Ii
a.m. by the mutineers in attempting t reach the magazine
to aid in its defence.
(True copy) " A. ABBOTT, Colonel,
Itap2ctor-Ganeral of Ordnance and` Magazines
"R. J. 11. Bin.csi.
"Secretary to the Glyernment of -India is the-
Mi i.a-y Dep in:neut."—

POLICE IN I ELL I GEN C E.-YN STERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR, 31AN6FIELD.

A CowAar LT " LOAFER.''— John Goldon, a dock loafer,
vas charged with having committed a violent assault on a
young sailor, named James Mullen. It appeared that the
complainant was paid off the previous day, and this fact
coming to the know edge of a lot of loafere, they followed
him during the day, trying to extract money from him
They kept after him all nigh: and &bent two o'clock the
prisoner caught him at the Prince's Dock, and demanded
two shillings from him. In order to get away he gave
him the two shillings, when the prisoner demanded five,
but this he refused, whereupon the prisoner knocked him
down and kicked him. He did not know the prisoner at
all. A policeman saw the prisoner knock down and lick
the prosecutor. Surgeon Wail said he dressed the wound,
which was an inch and a half long, and was such as would
have been done with a kick; th ee of his teeth were chat-
tered also. The prisoner was sent for trial.
Loss OF Sn UNI"‘)1 TUNATE "SOLES."— John Calder-
wood, a fireman on board the steamer Lyre, plying between
this p rt and Derry, was brought up charged wi,h stealing
six 'soles," value seven shdliage, the property of Me.
Lynch, a fish fatter in St. John's m aket. It appeers that
a consignment ef fide, in boxes, was made up to Mr. Lynch
from Derry, but cue of the boxes was broken, and a
quantity of "unfortunate soles" taken on'. The prisoner
was stopped leaving the vessel with a basket, in which
were six of the aforesaid soles. It was stated that the
case:was brought for the discovery and punishment of some
delinquents, wh3 were in the habit of plundering the
fish boxes. The prisoner alleged that he purchased the
soles in Derry, and that he intended to make a present of
them to some friends. He was let out on bail till Wed-
needey, in order to produce evidence.
Ca ARMS OP FZLONIOUS ASSAULT Ow A GlRL.—James
Smith, a cowkeeper, residing in Devon Street, was brought
up by Inspector Grace on a charge of having committed
a felonious assault on a girl named Alice Bullet), 13 years
of age, who was his servant. Mr. Bluck wee for the
'prisoner. The girl gave her evidence, which if credited, would
lead to the conclusion that the offence was committal, bat on
cross-examination by Mr Bluck, she broke down in all
particulars, and his Worship said he did not believe a
word she had mp-ken. He discharged the prisoner, who
was said to be a respectable and wealthy person, keeping
twelve cows, and was also a marred man.
ASSAULT.—Ferdinand Shewelli, the ma'e of a French
ship named the Esperance, charged a sailor belonging to
the satire ship, whose name is Mignon Marie, with having
assaulted him. The mate ordered the prisoner to do
something, whilst the vessel vas being hauled into the
Prince's Deck, but instead of doing so, the prisoner struck
him on the head with a hend spke, and inflicted a severe
you'll. He was fined 12, or to be imprisoned for a
month.