Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1857.

Austria will not be accompanied to Weimar by :Count
Buol, but by General Grunne, who is a persona grata in
the Emperor of Russia s eyes, while Count Buol is th 3
reverse. '

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

THE MASSACRE AT CAWNPORE.

poree. The Zlmeendars and Goojurs plunder outside
the city. Roa Toola Rsm continues to manage the dis-
trict of Rewaree. Yesterday two companies of infantry
and a party of cavalry, with two guns, left the fort for
Rohtuk to bring in treasure thence ; they will return
either today or to-morrow. Various reports are in cir-
culation in the city ; some say that British forces are
coming to Delhi, others give out that Byza Baee is coming
from Gwalior, and some say that the Rajah of Putiala is
expected. The dak is stopped. The rebels plundered
the kuthee of WuLlee Mahomed, merchant, and seized the
horses belonging to the city people. They also plundered
the Post-office and the Electric Telegraph. This mutiny
is said to have originated on account of cartridges. The
city people are in a continual state of alarm night and
day.

What I have heard about Rawul Sheo Singh of
Jeypore I here relate. The day the insurrection took
place he was at this place, After two days he was sent
for by the King, who desired. him to write to the•Jeypore
Rajah, requesting him to come to Delhi with his troops.
The next day Rawul Sheo Singh left Delhi. At Rewaree
he was entertained by Rao Toola Rim. The report about
his having surrendered to the rebels certain Europeans
who had sought his protection is totally unfounded. A
body of 4,000 Jeypore troops i 3 said to be stationed on
the frontier of that State. No one buried the corpses of

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the Christians; for three days they remained in the streets
and before their houses. Afeerwards the King ordered
the sweepers to collect and throw them into the
Jumna.- -It is said that the King did not insti-
gate the rebels to take possession of the fort.
The mutineers suspected Ahsan. Oolla Khan Hukeem
and Nowab Muhbood Ali Khan. as spiv s of the English,
and threatened to kill them. To save their lives they
undertook to supply the, mutiLeers with supplies. Guards
of the rebels are posted at the city gates ; no one is
allowed to enter with let'ers. The Bhurtpore force is at
Ilidul. 'Mr.- Ford, the collector at Goorgaon, is there.
On the 5 h of Jane two companies of infantry were
escorting treasure from Muttra to Delhi; on their arrival
at Hodul the Sabib collector flei. It is not kco vn
whether the Bhurtpore troops are still at Hodul. The
Kotees of Ramjee
.Luekhmee Chund, Mince Raw,
and the Uthurfee Kuttra escaped from being plundered...
Sir Thomas Metcalfe's son was wounded, but made his
escape. The rebels. have plaud guns on Sulaimghur ;
all the city gates are shut—on'y the wickets are open.
Outside the city fi h ing is going on. It is not the rebels
who plunder outside, but the z mindar, who do so and
burn villages. Two Hurkaras were carrying Khureetas
from the Rajah of Patiala to. the Governor-General;
they,were made prisoners and brought before the King.
It is said that the-Rajah of Putiala is rendering every
assistance to the British Government. lie disarms all the
mutineers fre.m the Puojaub who pass throagh Putiala.
Several regiments of the Rajah of Putiala and the European;
troops have erected batteries at Alipore. On the 4'h of
June the rebels took up a position new Suave Mundee.
The, furceeof Europeans from Meerett have batteries at-the
bridge over the Hindon. On the 3)th of Mty an action
was.fougbt in which 1,500.0 f the rebels were slain, and
they were driven Luta the city. Another battl, will shortly
take place on the plains of Stibzee Mundee and Alipore.
The rebels are busy removing tree heavy guns to the spot.
Besides the Pootbeas, a large body of Mohammedans
have assembled to fight, for religion. The King has given
kettle drums and flags to the Goojurs, with orders to
!hinder and kill the European forces. About 1,000 of
them have collected. -About a week ago a fakeer. was
s,iisel by the rebels and taken before the King; they
gave out that be was Sir Henry Lawrence, and .had
.come
as a spy ; that formerly they had seen him in diruise at
Lahore, The efakeer was taken to the Lahore gate. of the
fort and there put to death. Toe day, before yesterday
the King proposed, to the reb Is to nominate their officers
Trona. ammg their own tribe, in place of. Mitzi Sooltan,
Aboo Bultr and otherr.' They declined doing so, saying
that until -they conquered the Eurorean forces from
Utah We and Kurnaul they would not accept of the
appointments. Since yesterday guns and 1 trge supplies
of ammunition are taken to Subzee Mundee. A party of.
400 or 600 sowers hive come in from Cawnpore, and
have encamped near the Cashmeree Mu jid. The numer-
ical strength of the rebels up to this date is 7,000.. Par.ies.
of 50 and 100 join daily.,, It is said the troops at Allighur,
Jalesur, and Mynporee have mutinied. The Eurcpean.
officers have fled. The following is a statement of sums.
brought by the rebels into the city from the different 1
treasuries:— ,

From Muttra
From Rohtuk
Froin Biolund Suhur
From Glorgaon
From

2.17 000
1.10.000
64 000
20 000
1.19.000

5 30.00

The above is in addition to the amount in the Delhi
Treasury, which has not beet' touched by the King. Toe
lat'er has forced the city bankers to advance him money,
sbying that he would repay out of his stipend of one lac of
ropes. On the n of June a great battle was fought.
lhousands of rebels were killed. The British forces were
victorious. —On she 91h*of June another action took place,
and hundred of. the mu ineers were killed and wounded.
On the 10th the action covtinued and lasted till late in

the evening. Since yesterday the shells from the British
camp f ill in the city, but a 3 yet no lives have been loot.
The rebels, although they have na commander, fight
bravely. 'They, howeve-, rceeiv3 no reinforcements and
are daily eim•nishing in number, whereas the strength of
'he British forces continue to inereasa. It is s .id that two
Europeans, dressed as natives cane into the fort with an
inttn ion of blowing up the powder magazine. They
were detected and killed. Twenty carts laden with sup-
plies for Europeans, consisting of liquor, cheroots, loaves
of bread, &c., were plundered and brought by the
Go(jurs. Rajah Ajeet Singh, nephew of the Rajah of
Putteeala, was seiz d by the rebels and taken before the
King. The latter has given Ajeet Singh a goo 1 reception.
The street.gatqs of the city are kept closed. No one goes
out of door. A shell from the B itish camp fell and burst
In the Citandnee Cnovvk, which killed and wounded many
people.

June 25.
Actions are fought as usual, but nothing decisive has
as yet taken place. From 100 to 200 men of the rebe's
are killed daily. No in'ormation is obtainable of the losses
in the British forces. Firing of guns and musketry kept
up all night. Shells are thrown in the city and fort, which
his cawed the destruction of many buildings near ihe
Cishewre and Cabul gates, and some lives have beed lost.
The Nusseerabad brigade of mutineers came in two days
ago. It is said that the rebels from Jullundor and N,e-
much will be in here shortly. Buidea Brahmin, Doroga
of the bridge over the Jumna, was seized by the rebels,
being suspected of intriguing with the Engl.'s' . His brad
was cut off and suspended to a tree near the Kotwalee
Chuboutra. The rex, day it was taken down by the
sweepers and thrown into the Jumna. The bridge over
the Hindon is b.oken; many of the prison.rs who escaped
from the gaol have left the city, other have joined the
Budmashes; many r! the Idtfer have been apprel ended.
The Goojurs have plulered and burnt down Secunderabad,
and they commit depredations on the road. There is not
a single European or Christian now within the walls of
Delhi.

June 27

Two regiments of infantry, one of cavalry and artillery.
which were 00 their way from Bareilly to Delhi, after
crossing the Ganges, were inflamed that European forces
were assembling at Meerut. This in Need them to no to
that place. A portion of the British troops before Delhi
have mtuchea cis Bagput to Macru'. Non. of the reb is
in the city have gone to Meerut. It is said that a great
b ittle will take place Vere. About two or three days ago
a " muhawut" with an elephant from the British camp cime
to the King, saying that he was so mach annoyed by the
Eur, peans that he made his escape. The King ord.,' e i the
elephant to be kept in the Frelkhana and took the muhawut
iwo his service. For two or three days the muhawut went
ab nit examining the different places in the fort, and then
suddenly disappeared. It is supposed that he was a spy
from the British camp, as, since the day he left the fort,
shells are continually thrown on the palace, part of which
is demolished. Tee Europeans have sacked Sobece Mundee.
and burnt the surrounding villages, as the inhabitants re-
fused to give them supplies. The night before last a shell
fell in Oneelpoora, red killed a stonemason's wife. Every-
one is in a stare of anxiety, mill business is at a stand.
May God grant that matters may terminate w(11. There
is no likelihood, Lo vever. of tranquillity being speedily
restored. The eleplia it, which was brought from the
British camp, the king has offered at the shrine of Jo ,tub
Sha.

July 11

Traders have commenced opening the btzsar. The re-
port which has gone abroad of grain selling here at five
seers for the rupee is wrong ; whe it is sold at 30 see s, and
gram 35 seers for the rupee. The mu'ineers pay read.,
cash for everything they purchase. P undering is ceased
in the city. The shells from thy British camp c use great
destruction. GA knows what will happen th,, day the
English assault Delhi. The rebels are from 15.000 to
16,000 strong in the city. It is said the European forces,
including Sikhs, amount to upwards of 6,000. No news
has yet reached this place of the expected battle at
Meerut.

July 22.
The ether day the King sent for the Subadar Baba-
door, who commands the troops in the fort, and desired
him eith-tr to re-nue him out of the fort or do something
to stop the British shelling, which was very destructive.
The Subadar begged the King to remain in the fort
another day, and that during that time be would devise
means to put a stop to the shelling. Early the next
morning the Subadar, with a party of 1,000 Porbeas
(natives of the Eastern provinces), armed only with
swords and muskets, attacked the British troops. They
fought desperately, but the Europeans and Sikh troops,

I who were elbout 10,000 strong and we-e on the alert,
opeued a fire a grape on tha Subadar. With the. eicep-
Lion of a few men, the whole-of his party was destroyed.
After a day or two the Porbeas, in a body, waited on the
King and begged thatrin consideration of their sacrificing
their lives and those of their families iu his service, he
would prohibit the killing- of bullocks
.and goo.ts in the
Eed. The King agreed to do so. A party of Mabon:medans,
who were in opposition to the Porbeas, p'aced a vard et
a well in the Begum's gaid nr with or 'era not to ht the
Porbeas draw water. When the Porbeas heard this they
came to take water by force, which causerl a dis'urbance,
and people were killed on bo'h sides. If anything takes
place between tile Mahommedans and Poi bear on the E 3?
day, Delhi wi'l soon fall into the hanla of the English.
It is reported that the P”rbeas sent a message to the
Rajah of Putts,eala, inqui ing why he was aseis'ing the
English, and telling him not to do so ; olarnAise, on the
establishment of the King's authority and the ex inction
of the English, he should be the first p rson to suffdr for
it. The Rajah sent an answer that it respired an age to
remove the English, and that it was folly un their part to
wait for that event ; that whenever they took the trouble
to cause to his place he would be ready. to receive them.
The Rjah of Putteeala 11.3 sent a large force to join the
British guava before Delhi. .

= August 6.
The rebe's attacked the British position on the night
of the Ist, and continue I 'assaults.. at intervals
throughout the night—a desperate attempt to raise the
siege, but quite unsucc,ssrul. They were repulsed wish
great slaughter. British lots not kn,)wri. .

Aug, s'.,, 8.
Intelligence received from the Br:fish camp that on
that diy one of th i, slit Its hEcl blown up the powdtr
manufactory of the rebt.ls.in the ci.y. Soma 500 it tificers
and others said to have bean killed by. t',e explosioa.

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(Cheers.) He regretted that he did not see those prepara-
tions for, what was required being made in this country
which the importance and emergency of the case demanded.
(Hear, bear) He should like to ask how it was that the
navy—the great and ui.matehed navy—of England had
never playel any part in this most inn ortant era ire our
history ? (Cheers) And again, why bad they not bad a
single gun boat in India when they were told that by a few
gun boats our be eagwed countrymen could be helped.
(Cheers.) Nit many days ago the Shannon reached India,
and her very approach —being of light draught and well
armed—was a signal. for the grea'est enthusiasm. Then
how was it, when there were huodreds of oth r gun boats
almost lying idle., that none could be sent to Indio ?
(Hea-.) It, thereforP, became the imperative deity of
tli? country to watch over the Operations of government.
(1/43Leers

SIR E.L. BULWER LYrroN ox TIIE INDIAN WAR.

At the Herbs- Agricultn-al Society's annual dinner, held
on Wednesday, at St. Albn's, Lord Vernlam in the chair,
after the usual loyal toasts h,ti been done honour to, lb:,
health of the members of the county was drunk with
enthusiasm.

Sir E. L. Hewer Lytton rose to respond to the honour
that bad been done to himself and hs colleagues, one of
whom (Sir H. Keel.) was absent on a tour in Scotland,
and the other being linable to attend in consequence of
the domestic sic ittn which had befallen him (the death
of his mu hei) in which he was Aire all deeply syrnoathis--ed
with him. After complimenting the chairman for mani.
festing his love for r iral pursuits and agricultural im-
provements, while following the higher ambitionaeof
polidoal life, the Hon. Baronet said that the exhibition
on t ,whole hoce had been somewhat scanty as to. quantity-.
compare] with former years. but es to quality there had
'been admirable specimens of cattle, and the show of lin-
plements had been very good. Exhibitiots of this kind,
required quantity as well as quality, arid if gentlemen
would only suggest to the pr:z --givers and the landowners
anythin r that would' increase competition, it would be
readily listened to. r It was no use for a man to s.:y ‘• I
have (*clue my brit, and I can do more ;" but he should
sly, " I think I have done my best, but I will try and
improve it." ft was the oldest adge he knew, that 'it was
never too late to learn." and man should always be
trying to do better. Tan) was represented with a
scythe in one hand and an hour-glass in the ..t,t'oer.
It was by consulting the hour-glass- and using the
scythe that the agriculturists of this country had
obtained from the, naive glory of its own labour
:he most . glorious harvests. They had feailised the
fens of Line Ans hire and the sands of lit•rrolk, and they
had turned the wood!auds of their own count:y itito the
higbtcst 'state of cultivation. Ha behaved they would
continue to flourish and improve so lung only as they con-
tinued trying to do.their best, or, in other ward.. sn long as
they coasulted the hour glass, and used the sc, the. The
speaker then_proceeded to allude to the pres2nt state of
things in India ; unl sa'd, in reference to Cawupore, atd
Delhi, the walls were red with the blood of violated women
and innocent children., The conduct of our troops there
had been most &dour. Tpey hail fought with mote than
Spartan fortitude and Spartan endurance.. After en*ozi-
sieg the 'discipline of the Hertfotdshire militia, which, he,
said, had, supplied more recruits to the regular army during
the Russian_ war tban any other_ county of England, he.
said this was not a Russian war, but:a war to punish traitors
end to chastise rebels. He had ''commenc, ti his life in the
army, and he new the spirit.-that animated young men in
his day to embrace that profession. The same spirit sti 1
pervades the country. but eien now if he thought it was
possible that the entbusiatn of the young, the robust, the
-adventutous, would want an. example from men of position
and rautk, he, for one, wool 1 at once volunteer to fight in a
cause like this, and Eght for injured and outraged women.
He thought when young men vo'unteered from the same
neighboui hood they should be firmed in corps by them-
selves, so that theo might ehesr and encourage each other
lie most strongly urged the adepi-m of the volun•eer
system, as it would supply the army with a cavalry, which
the militia did cot, and would be a means by which they
could at all times k-ep up the strengli of the Et?nding
army. He might, however, al this—that this revolution
which appeared to them au Idea, coul I not have rcc'arred
without giving to the government some sig is of its ap-
•proaching
on break ; if an explosion were to take place it
could not b 3 done without breaking the groun ', p acing the
powder, laying the train, sad other signs by which the
catastrophe might be foreseen, and yet Vey asked, this
country to believe that no foresight could have fares en
and no energy prevented it. Ho believed the public were
more to barns than the-Government for inattention to
Indian affairs.