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

INDIA, AND CHINA.

The Calcutta mails to the Bai of August are now
to hand, also Hong Kong advises to the 24th of
July. As the news is of much interest we proceed
to supply an ample summary
We take the: following from the Calcutta Eng

shman of the 8t 'a August :
" We fear that when this paper reaches our Eng-

fish readers they will throw it away in disgust, ex--
claiming, " Out on you, owls, nothing but songs of
death" It is 'with the deepest sorrow that we say
we have nothing else to record One calamity fol-
lows another, and nothing cheering can_be related
save the indomitable spirit eVeyywhcre displayed by
British soldiers, which carries, them through difll7
culties otherwise ,overwhelming. One serious
misfortune, and one alone, has occurred to them,
which was in pursuing the mutineer from Dinapore.
It is a month at• least since a deputation of mer-
chants interested iCproperty in the neighbourhood
of Dinaporo waited --lin the Governor-Gneral to
entreat that the three native regiments at that
station m4,ht be disatincid. The reply was an ex-
pression of confirlenee in their fiielity. At last
the symptoms of mutiny: became unmistakable
even to the obtuse senses of the military autho-
rities, and then the attempt to disarm was so clum-
sily made as to fail, and to cause the loss of about
200 lives, and probably from 10 to 20 Lacs worth of
property, But after such tragedies as those of
Jhana and (iawnpore others sink into insignifi-
cance. Wo have not yet all the details of this last
terrible massacre, but it is computed that nearly a
thousand Christians loSt their lives in it.

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Cawnpore was formerly an important military
station, but has of lute years been but slightly gar-
risoned. Its convenient pOsition for connecting
the trade of the upper and lower provinces made
it the site of several thriving commercial establish-
ment, and it was also inhabited by a number of
East Indian families,,who had property there or in
the neighbourhood ; and also by pensioners, who
found it an agreeable resijence. • On the breaking
out of the mutiny there all these unfortunate peo
ple. except a few who were able to take shelter with
General Wheeler in the cantonments, were ruth-
lessly massacred, with every possible aggravation
of cruelty and insult. General Wheeler, with his
handful of European soldiers, entrenched himself,
and maintained his position so long that the most
sanguine hopes were enter:ained of his deliverance,
but intercourse was so completely cut off that
nothing was positively kuovin till the arrival of
General Havelock's force at Cawnpore, when the
dreadful fate of that little garrison was ascertained.
Two or three only have escaped, enough to tell the
dreadful tale of unprovoked barbarity and faith-
lessness. Among the sufferers were the women
and children, nearly. 200 in number, of Her
Majesty's 32nd Foot, whose depot it was.. The
feelings of every British soldier in India may
therefore be imagined, and, if they should in
future be accused of cruelty in their vengeance,
it need only be replied,—Remember Cawnpore.!
- . " The most painful reflection in this matter is,
that all the valuable lives thus sacrificed at Cawn-
pore and at Lucknow, all the lose of property
throughout the adjoining provinces, and all the

!murders at Allahabad, might have been easily
preVented. Jung Bahadoor, the ruler of Nepaul,
has written to a friend here thate.at an early period
of the mutiny, he offered to Bond 10,000 wen to
the assistance of Government, and, if desired', to
take the command of them himself. Thinking, as!
as every rational man did, the occaaion urgent, he
pushed on 3;000' al once into the British. terri-
tories. He received a civil answer, declining his
effer, and requesting that the 3,000 men might be
withdrawn. Before they could reach the frontier
another message came, requesting they might occe
more advance on Lucknow ; which was complied
with, but too late, it is to be feared, to be of much
service. New; remarks this saganions ruler, in
the letter above-mentioned, cif this is the way you
treat your allies, you need not be surprised if they
lose all confidence in you.
" Those who have lost dear friends and relations,
those who froneofftuence are reduced to want, may
be expected to express themselves bitterly, but we
think the calmest reflection will justly fix a heavy
load of censure upon Indian maladministration..,
We said on a former occasion that Lord Canning,
as a stranger, unavoidably trusted to those about
him, and has laudably exerted himself to the
lamest, but men in offie:e here, clinging to the
system by which they.. have their gains, could not
or would not see that it was crumbling under their
feet, and resemble those who, seeing house- alter
house swallowed up by an inundation, flatter them
selves it will never reach that which they inhabit.
" It will be asked what are our present hopes
and prospects ? In the Punjaub mutiny has been
quelled and punished with a strong hand, bat
from its frontier thrinighout, the North-Western
Provinces law and government. do not exist, and,
except here and there an isolated garris.en, the
British power is for the time extinct. Delhi has
not fallen, nor is it believed that the little army
which has dared to besiege the numbers collected
there can take it without reinforcements. Agra
is believed, for we have no certain infermation,
to have been plundered, and the garriseu
to have retired into the fort. Descending the,
Ganges, we held nothing but Cawnpore, which
is re-occupied and held by Gsaieral Neill
General Havelock advanced from -that point to
the relief of Ir:knowebut has been, opposed by so
large a force that It is understood that he will have
to wait fer reinforcements, of which, according to
the latest accounts, a small detachment has reached
him. It is supposed that on his' reaehingeLuoknow
the garrison will be withdrawn, and Oude aban-
doned for the time, and that a force will be coo-
centrated at some convenient point, to advance as,
soon as the saaeon permits Bengal and Behar
would have been undisturbed had not the wretched
blundering at Dinapore enabled the mutineers
there to escape, and to do much mischief. Tice
revolt, which according to the latest English papers
was declared by Mr.-Vernon Smith in his place in
Parliament to be entirely subdued, now includee
at least 100,000 men, and extends through whole.,
-1 kingdoms."

THE MUTINY AT DINAPOItE ON THE
25TH JULY.
(From the Calcutta Englishmqn)

" On the arrival of a detachment of her Majesty's
87th at Dinapore en route to Ghazeepore, the
Brigadier-General took that opportunity of remov-
ing from the magazine. (which was most impru-
dently built near the native lines), all the percussion
caps and nearly all the ball cartridges' to the
Artillery Barracks. Some Sepoys immediately cried
out " They are removing our ammunition, stop
it, and kill the officers.' It is said the Assistant-
Adjutant-General, on hearing this, ordered the
guns to be brought forward, but the order was
almost immediately countermanded ! Soen after the
General sent a message to the mutineers, at 6 or.
7 it.m , that if they did not deliver up peaceably by
4 pm. the ammunition, he would punish them;
thus the mutineers had about nine hews time to
arrange their plans of attack, -&c. It seems they
spent that time . is filling their pouches with
cartridges, and in sneaking off in small numbers
out of cantonments. This move was not known
till about half-past two o'clock, when signals were
fired from the outpost stationed in the European
Hospital.
" The alarm be no' sounded, the guns, six in
number, went out and found the 'Jacks' had got
a start of a mile, after whom they sent some
round shot, which seems to have had no effect,
for, probably, not more than one of the rebels
was injured. Two companies of mutineers
took to the boiN, with the intention of calling' in
on the station of Bankipore and the city of Patna,
but their_ intentions were frustrated by the execu-
tion of the rifles of her Majesty's 37th from shore,
and on board the steamer, The steamer's guns
likewise opened upon them, and not a soul of
those afloat lived to see Patna, though their
corpses must have passed the city in numbers.
The rifle practice was superb, almost every ball
knocking a mutineer into the water- Those who
kept to the land bolted in a south-westerly direc-
tion, and it is supposed they will skirt the river
Soane, and cross it at some-distant point, and then
push on for the Grand Trunk Road, and try their
luck at Buxar and Ghazeepore.
"The Brigadier-General, when the cannonading
commenced, it is said, very prudently left the "std
tion for the steamer, and the cantonment yiNtts
under no command ; every officer acted inOt-
pendently and to the best of his judgment, and
consequently matters were at sixes and sevens.
It is :fortunate for us that the Sepoys were such
arrant cowards, for had they made a stand there
was no one to give the necessary orders, and
the cantonments and the whole. province of
Behar would-have been at the mercy of the mu-
tineers. -

" It is not improbable the mutineers may revisit
us ; the Bakreed- is not far off; the question now
asked is who is to command our defensive opera-
tions ?

" Fears are now entertained for the residents of
Mozufferpore and Chupra, as also of Bhaugulpore,
where the sth Irregulars are shaky. We must have
more Europeans at Patna ; 80 men and two guns
are now here, but that is not enough.

JULY 26

, .
"Troops mutinied yesterday, the 25th, the 7th,
Bth, and 40th. Troops were out in a moment, '
together with the Fusileers (the 37th, I believe,
from the Hnorungotta), joining. Artillery were
brought in position, but all this served only to dis-
perse them. A company of soldiers, with all the
civilians, peppered into them as they tried to
escape in boats, the steamer running the boats
down, the men crying out, ' Dhoy Company ka,
dhoy Khamin ka..'
4 The James Hume has gone up with 50 Euro-
peans,
and a portion of the. sth Fusileers to
intercept them on the Soane river, ea route to
Arrah, whither they have directed their course.
" 100, more•or less, of the 40th still staunch, in-
cluding the Band boys. •
" The 7th and Bth have carried theirColours with
them, beating the big drum as they went. -
" We arrived here about a couple of hours ago
very opportunely, f for all the native regiments
mutinied yesterday and fled. It seems it was in
contemplation to parade and disarm them last
evening, ancVas a preparatory measure it was pro-
posed to take away all their gun caps. The ,ammu-
nition cartfs were sent down to their lines, and the
40th gave up their caps ; the others resisted. Upon
this thy) Europeans (10th,
.3‘h) and artillery
turned o'.tt, but they had scarcely time to approach
the mutineers, who were drawn up in line, when
the latter fled en masse. A lot of them made for
the river, and got into boats, but the Lady Thricli-
well, which is lying here, steamed up, and soak
five; many of them then jumped into the water,
and floating down the stream, got across the river.
The main body, hovi ever, are in the country, about
four miles from this, and are said to meditate a
•
descent on Patna and Gva.
" The Lady Thackwell was lying here, with
artillerymen and guns on board. The Hoorungotta
is lying down at Patna.
" The greater portion of the mutineers have made
off with their arms and ten rounds of ammunition
each. but only enough yaps to discharge these.
(' We do nat. know yet whether this vewl or the

detachment she c arr6s will be detained here or not.
The commanding officer 'nas gone ashore to report
his arrival. The Lady Thackwell isjust off on her
upward trip with artillery.
" We liave singe heard that they threw away the
greater part of their arms, which have been picked
up. At half-past six o'clock the Lady Thackwell
arrived, and immediately landed Major Eyre and
his men with four guns.

"The James- Hume with Her Maje:ity's
Viralleer.; gat to the Dinapore Ghaut at half-past
ten o'clock on the `2602, so that there would be
more men at the station .to defend it-.

JULY 30, 6 r. 14.

"We lave
,just arrived, and have learnt very sad
news. It seems a forte left this by steamer the
day before yesterday, consisting of about 350 men
of the 10th and 37th, and 50 Sikhs, bound for Arrah.
They were landed abreast of the place, marched up
to it, and attacked theenetny The result is most
mournful to record;. they were of course immensely
outnumbered, and after hard fighting had to
retreat, having suffered a fearfhl loss of about two
hundred` killed and wounded, among whomo are
eight officers. The remnant made good their
re reat to the steamer,. and returned here about 13
()Week to-day, bringing with them- a great number
of the wounded.

"Tu ) General sent.loo min an.l:two guns away
from here to clay, so that only about 250 men and
four guns now, remain for the protection of this
place- Everybody is cursing •1 s incapacity
whose mismanagement has brougizt about these
disasters.

"TIT 13)ru'lay left an houe alf, on her w.iy
to ni-et the. Charles Mica, an, i hasten the arrival
of the reinforcements she carries. I will now close
this, and hope it may reach Calcutta safely. It
is not at alt improbable now that an attack, will be
madl: by the insurgents upon this place—indeed,
it is reported that they ara on their way down.

The following letter is-from one of
.the- officers
engaged in the dirmstrona of iir at Arrah :
" One hundred and ninety men of the 37th_
Queen's were despatched from Dinapore at. fre'reloek
onthe evening of the 26th inst., in the Hoorun-
gotta steamer and treopboet, destined for the
'relief of Arrah. It being moonlight, they steamed
on until 10 o'clock, when th 3 moon wont down, and.
shortly afterwards the vessel glt aground. In this
position they remained for about 36 hours, when
the Bombay was sent up from Ditiapore on the
morning•of the 29th with 150 men of the 10th and
about 70 Sikhs, the latter nude?: the-command of
Captain Ingleby. The Bombay towed off the
troop boat, but could not stir the Hoorungotta;
leaving her there she steamed up the river with
the Whole foree, now numbering more than 400,
men,: and landed them about four o'clock in the
'evening about 12 miles from Arrah. From this point,
they began their march upon Arrah. On the way
they. were informed that the place had been eva•
' mated by the mutineers, and, relying on this,
Captain Dunba", of the 10113, who commanded,
persisted iu pushing on. It was 11 p.m , and quite
dark when they reached. They were at once-
fired into from both sides of the road; volley
alter volley- was poured into them by the unseen
enemy. and decimated their ranks. What with
the darkness and the confusion arising from an
unexpected attack, they now got separatei, and,
were afraid to fire, not knowing whether they
would be killing friends or foes. Thus they
remained all night, being repeatedly fired into
by the enemy, who were, no doubt, acquainted
.with their whereabouts. As -morning dawned
they found themselves terribly reduced in
numbers, and, knowing they were much too
weak to assume the offensive, began a retreat.
Although this movement was conducted with all
the skill that circumstances permitted, and under
corer of skirmishers, they lost a great many men,
being pursued incessantly by-the enemy, who fired
into them from behind trees and other hidihg-
places. It being impossible to carry away all
those who were too severely wounded to walk,
they were obliged to leave them to their fate. It
is this circumstance which has made the total lose
so heavy, amounting, as it does, to fully one-half
of out' force.

"The remnant made good their retreat to the
steamer, (including all those whose wounds per-
mitted them to be helped along.) and returned to
Dinapore at 12 o'clock yesterday. Thus ended this
melancholy btriness. The march upon Arrah at
night was very injudicious, as our soldiers never
oven had a chance of seeing the enemy until the
following morning. The locality also was unknown
to them. They had no means of carrying away
their wounded, and I am told the men of the tOth
had had nothing whatever to eat the whole day of
the 29th.
.‘' I have heard only a few names of the officers
who were killed, viz., Captain Ingleby, Ensign.
Anderson, Captain Dunb.tr, and the three officers
of the 37th, whose names I don't know."