Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

THE MUTINIES
IN INDIA.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail, we have re-
ceived a Bombay Gazette of the 15th August, and
an overland Bombay Times of the same date. The
lettsr of oar Bombay correspondent has not yet
reached us, nor have we received any Calcutta
papers.

We take the following summary from the Bom-
bay Times of the 15th August :
By the good hand of our God upon us, our
English readers will receive advicee from India
by this mail of a decidedly cheering character.
Although rebellion yet reigns in the upper pro-
vinces, and mutiny, with all its horrors, is no
longer confined to the Bengal army, still it is true
that the swelling and inundation of this great re-
bellion have not merely reached their height, but
are actually refiuent. General Havelock, with
his chosen band, was the first, successfully, to
stem the wild torrent and tnrn the tide. His
appointment to the command of the brigade
at Allahabad was the inaugoration of victory.
Under God, this heroic captain, with his brave
Highlanders, has saved India. His march has
been so triumphant, his success so marvellous, as
to impress even the public mind with the conviction
that he has received his mission from a higher than
an earthly ruler, an impression rendered all the
stronger when it is seen that the first thought of
this "mighty man of valour•," in all his despatches,
is to ascribe all the glory of his signal achieve-
ments to the Lord of Hosts; while Christian faith
throughout the land has thus been reassured and
animated by the inspiration—" The battle is not
your's but God's," Go on in this thy might,
great and good soldier, and thou shalt save
India.

General Havelock's force, on the re-occupation of
CaWnpore, had, in eight days, marched 126 miles,
fought four actions with Nena Sahib's army, against
overwhelming odds in point,of numbers, and taken
24 guns of light and heavy calibre, and that, too, in
the month of July in India! On the morning of
the 17th July the force marched into Cawnpore.
The soul-harrowing spectacle which there pre-
seated itself to them beggars description. The
extent of the fright'ul catastrophe now beeatne
known. A wholesale massacre had been perpo
trated by the fiend Nena Sahib. 88 officers, 190
men of H.M.'s 84th foot, seventy ladies, 120 women
and children of Her Majesty's 32nd foot, and the
whole European and Christian population of the
place, including civilians, merchants, shopkeepers,
engineers, pensioners and their families, to the
number of about 400 persons, were the victims of
this satanic deed. The court-yard in front of the
assembly-rooms, in which Nena Sahib had had his
head-quarters, and in which the women had been
imprisoned, was swimming in blood. A large number
of women and children, who had been " cruelly
spared after the capitulation for a worse fate than
instant death," had. been barbarously slaughtered
on the previous morning—the former having
being stripped naked, beheaded, and thrown into
a well ; the latter having been hurled down alive
upon their butchered mothers,- whose blood yet
reeked on their mangled bodies. We hear of only
four who escaped—a Mrs. Greenway, wife of a
merchant, and three Inde-Britons. The diary of
a lady is said to have been found at Cawnpore,
written up to the day on which she was killed,
and containing information of great importance,
on which the General is acting. We shall
eventually obtain full particulars of the horrible
tragedy that has been witnessed there. The
small, brave, victorious army of retribution,
neiabeeo titia worn out by their unprecedented
exploits of the previous eight days, rested a day
or two at Cawnpore, and then moved on (reduced
in their numerical strength, as the result of their
last battle, about one in 15 of their whole force),
to meet the enemy again towards Luc:know.
After passing by Bithoor, which they found
evacuated, and which they burnt to the ground,
they met the foe on the 29th July, a'id the
following substance of a despa.th from General
Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in Bengal,
with which we have been favoured, explains
subsequent operations, which ended in the defeat
of the enemy on two successive occasions:—
"CAMP BUPEER-UL-GUNGE, July 30.
" Arrived at Oanao 29th instant. The town
protected by a swamp, not fordable on its flank ;
houses loopholed, and defended by fifteen guns.
I attacked and captured it, with all the enemy's
guns. The enemy were aided by a portion of
• Nena's force, commanded by Jupa Sing. Halted
four hours, and then pushed on the town, which
is also surrounded by water, and was defended
by four guns. The road to its entrance was
destroyed, and the gate cannonaded. I assaulted
and carried it with its guns. Enemy's loss heavy;
my own severe, being 88 killed and wounded.
Private Cavanagh, 64th regiment, would have been
recommended for the Victoria Cross, but he was
cut to pieces while setting a bright example. I
desire his relations may be pensioned. Madras
Fusiliers ereatly distinguished themselves, Lieut,
Dangerfield being first over the barricade; Lieut.
Bogle, 78th Highlanders, was severely wounded
while leading the way into a loopholed house
recommended to the notice of his Royal Higheees
' the General Commanding-in-Chief. Col. Tytler,
who was scarcely able to sit his horse, set an
example to all of activity and daring. Lieutenant

Havelock's horse was sliot under him". Lieutenant
Seton, Madras Fusiliers, acting A.D.C., severely
wounded. An entire field_ battery of arms cap-
tured. Without cavalry I cannot secure horses or
equipments. My volunteer horse improve daily."

:The latest accounts by letter from General Have-
lock's camp, dated 30th July, the day after the fight,
state that the enemy were about two miles in front
The force was at Blyeergange, sixteen miles from
Cawnpore. •
The force expected to reach Lucknow on the 31st
ult., when the little garrison there, under command
of Major Banks, which has been so bravely holding
out since the death of Sir H. Lawrence, would be
relieved. After relieving Lucknow, it is the inten-
tion of General Havelock to press on to Delhi, a
distance of about 170 miles.
From Delhi we have received no advices of a
satisfactory character. The enemy make an oc3a
sional sortie in considerable force, but are inva-
riably driven back, after doing some injury to us,
and much more to themselves. Owing to General
Reed's illness, the command of the forces .has
devolved on Brigadier-General A. Wilson, of the
Bengal Artillery. A battle was fought on the 18th
ult., in which Lieutenant Crozier, of H. M,'s 75th
Fuot, was killed. The enemy got back into the
city, after a .very precipitous flight, with all their
guns. Reinforcements were beginning to arrive,
so that it was expected that our force would soon
be in a position to make a general assault, with
the certainty of being able to hold the place after
taking it. Intelligence of the fall of the city is
anxiously expected.
From Agra there is nothing new since the battle
related in our last. There are about 6,000 persons
shut up in the fort there, and well able to hold out,
but anxiously looking for relief.
New mutinies have occurred at Dinapore. The
7th, 6th, and 40th Regiment 8.N.1. mutinied about
the 23rd ult., and H.M.'s 10th Foot shot down 800
of them. The 12th Irregular Cavalry also mutinied
at the same place, murdering their commanding
officer, Major Holmes and his wife. The three
native infantry regiments were considered staunch,

and had actually but a short time before their tiatt.•
tiny kept the city of Patna from rising. Here are
regiments," says the Poonah Observer, " breaking
out at the eleventh hour,when the tide was turning
in our favour, and when European troops were
passing eontinually up the river, thereby render-
ing the destruction of the mutineers certain, as if
they had waited for some mysterious order, just
like the Bareilly troops. Altogether, the more we
ponder over it, the more mysterious the whole
matter appears to us." These fresh mutinies have
caused much excitement at Benares, as the muti-
neers are making their way, plundering, towards
that city.
All was quiet in Calcutta, although considerable
apprehension was felt in connection with the
approaching Mohurrum. The Governor-General
has formed a carps of cavalry, to be called the
" Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry," with the view of
giving employment to the many Englishmen and
others in Bengal and the North-West Provinces,
whose peaceable avocations have been interrupted
by the disturbed state of the country, and who,
although in no way connected with the Govern-
ment, are willing and eager to give an active sup-
port to its authority at the present time, by sharing
service in the field with the troops of the Queen
and of the East India Company.
We have remarked that mutiny is no longer
confined to the Bengal army. The infection has.
reached our own presidency—our own troops. In.
consequence of the mote scrupulous withholding
of intelligence on the part of the Government, the
community is kept in a constant state of painful
suspense and of liability to alarm and panic.
There is no good reason for this scrupulous
secresy, as the Queen's and Company's troops, the
civilians and the Europeans unconnected with
Government, and the loyal portion of the native
community, are really strong enough to put down
any attempt at insurrection. It would therefore
tend greatly to the peace and quiet of the timid
if Government would allow the press to receive
and publish the intelligence from different parts of
the presidency. We know that mutiny has
broken out in the 27th Bombay Native Infantry
stationed at Kolapore. The only particulars that
have reached us regarding it are that a portion of
the regiment mutinied on the Buckree Eed—the
lstinstant. When the officers were assembled in the -
billiard-room after mess, a Jemadar rushed in and
gave them warning that the men were coming to
fire on them. They immediately repaired to the
place of rendezvous previously appointed ; but
three young officers, ignorant of theerplace or be—
wildered in the darkness, went astray, and were -
taken and murdered by the mutineers. The
mother of the Jemadar, an old woman, went to the
house of Major Rolland, the commanding officer of •
the regiment, at the same time that the Jemadar
went to the mess-nom, to warn the ladies of their
danger, and afford them an opportunity of making
their escape. No sooner had the ladies effected
their escape than the house was surrounded by
the mutineers. Disappointed of their prey, they
revenged themselves on the faithful old woman—
her fidelity cost her her life. & number of the
rebe!s were seized, the rest made their way to other
parts of the country. They have since returned,
and there has been obstinate fighting there ;
but we have not learned the result. Belgaum, Dhar-
war, Rutnagherry, Sattara, and other places were
thus thrown into great excitement. Our reports
from those places are, however, so conflicting that
we do not feel justified in attempting any state-
ment regarding them. The Collector of Sattara,
Mr; Rose, a man in every respect equal to the
occasion, has thought it advisable to send the ex-
Ranees and the adopted son of the late deposed.
Rajah to Bombay, and they are now in confine-
merit on Butcher's Island—a depot of the Indian
navy. A plot was discoved at Poonah, concerted
between the Moulvies of Poonah and Belgaum,
for the massacre of the Europeans and
Christians of those stations. Letters were
intercepted at the Poonah Pest-office, which.
contained full details of the conspiracy, and which
enabled the authorities, timely advised, to shun
the coming evil. The Moulvie of Poonab, with
several accomplices from fhe station, are now pri-
soners on board the Hon Company's frigate Akh-
bar, awaiting their trial at the next criminal
sessions for high treason. Arrests have also been
made at Belgaum and Ahmednuggur of parties im-
plicated in this Mussu!man conspiracy. Matters
had proceeded so far in Poonah that arrange-
ments had been made and materials prepared for
blowing up the arsenal. The community of thee
--
station have suffered great anxiety for many days.
The authorities have disarmed the natives of the
Cantonment Bazaar; but left those of the city, the
most to be suspected, in possession of their arms.
From the principal out stations the women and
children are being sent to Poonah and Bombay,
under military escort. Our own city is perfectly
quiet, and our citizens free from any serious appre•
hensions of evil. There was considerable alarm,
occasioned by reports of the worst character,
at the time of the Buckree Eed ; but those
who experienced it have been fully re-assured.
The community have the most entire confidence in
the wisdom, vigilance, and firmness of the Right
Honourable the Governor, who is the Commandant
' of the Garrison, eel who has left nothing undone
in the measures which he has adopted to prevent
an outbreak, or to crush it the instant it should be
attempted. His Lordship is fully alive to his
serious responsibilities at the present crisis, and in-
most indefatigable in his Exertions, thus setting an
example to all under his authority. Heads of de-
partments receive orders from him before they are
out of their beds in the morning, and they are not
unfrequently called upon by him to report on the
execution of them after they have gone to bed at
night. He enjoys in the highest degree the grati-
tude and confidence of all the well disposed in the
community, and he is a terror to all others. He
has made every possible preparation for the accom-
modation and comfort of the additional troops ex-
pected from England, and has retained in Bombay
her Majesty's 33rd Foot, the Duke of Wellington's
Regiment, just arrived from the Mauritius In
every department of the service there is prompti-
tude, activity, readiness ; and in the bosom of every
member of the community there are quietness and
assurance.

India has received a blow from the effects of
which. she will take long to recover—a check to
her career of improvement and progress which,
will retard her for many years to come.- A large
dis,rict of the country has been, as it were, sowed
with salt; public buildings and property of every
kind have been destroyed ; public treasuries have
been spoliated, and the sinews of national improve-
ment, as well as of war, have been cut ; the minds-
of many have been unsettled, and infected with
disloyalty; a vast multitude of precious lives have
been sacrificed, and among these the lives of the
greatest and wisest men in the land.
The right wing of Her Majesty's 33rd (or the-
Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot, under
the command of Lieutenant• Colonel J. D. John-
stone, C. 8., arrived in Bombay, from the Mauritius-
on August 4, in the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Pottinger, which left Port
Louis on the 23th of July. The ship Canning,.
which left the Mauritius on the 25th of July, also
arrived on the same date, with another company
of the 33rd Regiment, besides a company of Royal.
Artillery. The whole of these troops have been.
brought on the strength of the Bombay garrison,
and will be located in the Town Barracks.

The following officers were at Neemuch on the
7th July:—Major Barton, Capt. Showers, Capt..
Lloyd, Lieut. Ritchie, Capt. Laurie, Lieut. Barnes,.
Capt Sir J. Hill, Lieut. Ellice, Lieut. Stapleton,
Lieut. Williams, Dr. Murray.
Casualties.—Col. Menteath, 69th Bengal N.I. ;
Colonel Case, H. M.'s 32nd Foot, July 2 ; Colonel
M‘Nair, Bengal army, July 20; Captain Burlton,
Gwalior Contingent, Colonel Brind, C. 8., Bengal
Artillery ; Major G. M. Prendergast, 44th Bengal
N 1., July 31; Captain Greensill, H.M.'s 24th Foot,
July 21; Ensign Stephens, 60th Rifles, July 10;
Lieutenant H. Simpson, H.M.'s 78th Highlanders,
July 18; Lieutenant F. E. Plowden, 10th Madras
Native Infantry, July 22; Lieutenant Cro,zier,
H.M,'s 75th, July 18 ; Lieutenant Rivers, ditto,
July 19 ; Major Renaud, Ist Madras Fusileers ;
Dr. John Kirk, Bengal Medical Establishment;
Lieutenant Ellis, 6th Carabineers ; Ensign S. Ross,
9th Native Infantry ; Lieutenant D. E. C. Twy-

I

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1 Bombay Europeans, August 10 ; and
kthiohardson, Aladras Fusileers•

ri THE
LitURE OF OAWNPORE.

litiker•Ganeral Havelock; dated Cawn-
til Pore Cantonment,. duly 17 )
11°1)14814 of God 1 recaptured this place
,tm.
4 lotslly defeated Nena Sahib in per ,tilitt)re than six guns, four of seige calibre.
vilI:1„er: strongly posted behind a succes-
let.'!" sod obstinately disputed for 19
ti,.."Ylach of the ground, but I was enabled,
ti7tenlent to my right,to tura his left, and
1t: the victory. Neua Sahib had bar-
p beflirdered all th 3 captive women and_ IN ere the engagement. He has retired
'thy
and blew up this morning, on h s
,13,1,,,altilpore magazine. He is said to
the rified. I have not been yet able to
1t416/14111 aboutl and wounded, but
%s at 7O, chiefly from the fire

4410,„:_
interesting
codt!t"6°l? la taken from a 11°17 in
ofg4l3Pore chef 18th of July, from the
I iralleer of til'a gallante
Madras Fusiliers.
idu of
of the proceedings of the
'tlll a
sate to 4 eventful period : _
liewh:,‘Ye it quiet day to-day I will try and.
'll!ter datifer letter than usual As I told you
,tll to,,11?), and as we had expected all along,
thnd ell na pssition at Fatteypore, with
• twelve
kirp',,4j,,,the 12th incl. we arrived within two
,4,, ?in; ?I 02_ at about seven o'clock ; I was sent
; Nlt *1;1 utle nisa (let Madras Fusiliers) to
1.°11:, the We had advanced about half a mile
'', 44- "rateenced firing on us with their__e
„itietn,
but their esvalry came towards us. We `,.,'' IN retreats onr party consisted of about ,:,' we ed leisueely towards the camp.
:'itw,l3,gbc't titers:a the whole force was under
14itat4lb°11t7 o'cloek, am. We now advanced
1;14 „A.,tl; and in abet three hours we drove
14 '''''ttert tool- 12 gene, and drove from
bite No
.r.,
1 tut . Ir we had only had some cavalry
%Itte-b-o,t_he.na, . nearly all up We halted the ,
lah,4redri",' 'flat day, and also the. next more-
be dietZe taarehsd eixteen miles to Kul-
1, ,Itisi a, "Meet with ent.my. On Wed
lii enid Ab ,fi iles and foun
att6',l 48 ~ - Oil, ve To ,
-`" g 't" 'th six guns. We
ii th . posi 1011, WI
td
tar gtloB, and advanced against
1,4'1 eye two hours' sharp firing, we th -
rhere
the they retreated to a bridge about
t. 04 -,,'-'eY had another very strong poaitiwone
!P1 th • .u4fiells did splendid work, and
arl,e,r, batter I was in frost with the
Olt ih.,,;` daY• YWe rushed up to their battery
,5404hee 4d guns when they all fled before
ht fik'll) :. they really' are arrant cowards.
litt teLtit (4,18 Work. Poor Major Renaud, who
lit,'T le„711111ent, was wounded early in t e
littsiT' "e la now better, but I fear his leg
ilt latteballPotated ; he is a very pliant officer.to
til4(lG,e tHtle, your would not allow me
.'44y ~, ' °ll with y men."
;11,115 ,ie lalaTched agaiust the enemy, about
an,
tlf ere ill position about five miles from
11)iyilld 5i11:44 the hardest day's work we ever
!ho 114' or eight guns, in two separate
liirt''kA :nee straight against thstn, and to. y
te.ditlvr°ll4lBhet'in`o mt, like so may hail-
t ilin.l3 ot very ...mat. We lay down, and
lii iitsrlt-;lheir first 'battery, which was taken
q'ti ',l With email party (about 40 men)
4.',eit'iwuere the cavalry were threatening us,
Pfa4liNcealfil2trY had 4 stning position. Weliepo
ft
Gltilllt 60ou our rifles, and once, when somed a
1'0441 ) Cole dowd upon us, we
.forn!e _
4%,arr'rett dare coma near us. This elicited
.tio th, ''e G.neral and' everybody. My
'l'llter ba-Ittairlyin column, and. we now advanced
Came within range,
trell,t tZiln,d '')'• 8 Ilhde:rawpeee. aWe wasr ordered
ti:lrr. ;e4intirels la d (rot their distance so
to "44,-, waooded. a Sigb men of Her kl.,ties-
vtrEverekilled, and poor Captain eurrie,
'slr, .1 W3ta
e, •le(1. 1, ed by a round shot. 'tlall 4 nal a bullet on my topic (felt hat)
' air Y1414,,e a
. °ralit, ''. off, and Cantata Rakes had a
th,tl;l7rl Eta; iellarrled 'away. Well, fancy ! when
1(11''4,1 (I t"Y thought we were afraid to
I'lle'le,%l°A)s„tll„e advanc ~ and then the doable.
d,'ll' I. -;:w Ra‘e his order—" Rise up.,
lee'lni4; the 1.411:617e a sheer—iuch a cheer !
11 'a litioll '"''')e tremble from head to foot
t'ae"le tt, 4g'inst their battery, under a
.414,,c, no-L'e, kept verwel', but did not
' and ti,r7,4l°Y fir-dup high-They evacuated
';:e 01;i'_4,,eirtridisroeL.tion. We fired into
and then rushed up the
1004 ;°1 range,
0.1, Cawnpore about half a mile in

Ne, led ...
ltshe'ell the Thing ground for the nig ht
k' ke ~r'nl the cheer we gave as our gallant
iitt,e:r,tillave'ock, rode down the lines. It
td„? k°, ll', on every occasion, praises
't,,.''iC..',;l,°! to make a special report of us t,
'it,'lste,,„'Ler• Only fancy our horror on
11-, tht.,," ;tight we gave them such a beating
rr t4k,ey jhithileirettio' or rather massacred, all the
'list/ 06 ' had spared in Oawnpo.re,
IL, e heeler Were concealed by their native
' 6 tb daughterof SrEl Wheeler,
;tt v,, ~ H.
Ihlleir 'hr. these fiends with a revolver... before I,4t,siet,'r• Whst an heroic spirit she must. tti lii in' t-f the place where these poor ladies
"Nth-teed awful. Long tresses of hair—
L. lo ,`'here and there a work-box or
ne,
•,,. - are i
t,dlltl k, 4 a well. I hope we shall be able
itsit ItilYl.the last honour to their remains....
tr: t,inng are all snore or less 'IL. d
kit„sll-o`447ilnagine their delight on seeing
l' h`Qit 11", in a dreadful state of mind, as
it,;tlt, fo;•itertir
Bervan:s migLt be tempted to
tteardetbee, these natives did not.
tt).l. h. I, • 're oar great regret we heard
e hhp't to L Il'ireoca died about a week ago. W.
,lii;,_ lir44'low, which is about fifty miles
`:ha' i 4et ,„e r°BB the river Ganges to o—,
`ti,•"", sh„,,s4lehed position which the enemy !t,,, Ike 1,4.4
,three miles up this bank of t e
!tli.'t ViiinnLa, own. villaze ; he is entrenched
'llt lN ''',. we shall make short work to-
I oa di
Lettktilh RI reat to Lueknow, which we hope.
!he, are r -the barracks which were occupied
e;,l4l,e;allianly riddled with shot, so youat
to ' Willi,;:e held out. Brigadier General
le .tui pother column of 1,000 men from
(tit" sli -;readY left, or wfll leave imme-
-1 '. 'ell sorry ho is not with us."
qe,
klit6 'dated
tkih•l',:ry,t,laits ote4alviin3l3:7;estahyast—Re .were the
,I' ttl: 1,00"oght ; the enemy. numbered about
'lit " 12 „e'v`lirY• There gut were three.
tt4 arjr'eliders, and two 9-pouaders,
'it, 1,1 I lery,,, which they took off, as we
di',4414,11ue them. We marched twelve
, j.", D'', 4ni encamped "Ifni miles from
45 Nllii)''') the fighting part ef the force
41,
tletttl th:l the L
0 , oaggage with a guard At the
th '4l th ‘4° enemy had thrown up
.an
latter road, so instead of advancing
t I, die
. k,ik or
.0 oblioued to the right, when
ti,i 4 reit" Iblie from them, for the pu p
tll ft' we °al Ivre that saved us some hundreds
r,'6('' Exee",:tt the road they found. us out, and
"I:ti 44 w'tkion with shot and shell before we
A r`1,8,. It .11;cil determined not to commence
'4l:lltotin,.T4 rather unpleasant, progresing
vitttr'',e}r„,)n.'.efT heavy marsh and ploughed
, "'tom range, which we u .
' Ili 'II h
,It ,e het
,tlr, we soon silenced
: °,ael,i, "-Pounders and two 1 2-poniid-
‘o:N the- Bo much in the entrenchment
tnilky f whole line advancing, we soon
r
:illesocaritotil them. As we got into dam
:_i44-.l,,aring upon us with two 9-
kt.,4 the 'Lae in front, a took
:tiCill tti,tll With the 84th,while the other
It't 14:ld off t) the right, and pep-
tltVl, hkntrY. pep-
We then all came back
Po 'ttt 2314 olen and cattle were tired,
liqii'lld, rOailes since morning, and over
:. !arried°„l4 ended the fiTst part of the
, Clil tuern 's ioaition and taken
4re % hat .
d r
t"t they still had one 24-pun t
,a, 5 Co.
,L4i - tkk voPore, anti the Horse Artillery.
It°,eilenn by the 78th Highlanders and
11Vre * ttdvancing to hell) them, and
'10,4%, t) thfgold deal cat up with p,
1 41,:edi, . last in this action, and their
'Aibli.tt,.ll%.tilent (though it rarely is so),
o'
y', it recttertrlinic.igshhtwasw aby
iinto
a?inia7:.
rho 1/oho, daring the Whole ugme, had
lattl, I'Llanks and towards the rear,
4040 Was the battle of Cawnpore.

I did not get touched, but the killed and wounded are
about 1 in 15 of our whole force.

" We had two fights en the 15th, one in the morniilg
and one in the evening; captn ing three light guns m the
morning; and two heavy guns in the eveniLg.'
Extract of a letter from CawlipQre, dated
July 19 :
IntelFgeece came in late last night that the Bitonr
Rajah had destroyed himself in despair, that the Sepoye
had all fled towards Delhi, and that B;toar was evacuated.
This morn:ng the news is e_ mfirmed as actually true,
and a detached force of li Mulres Fusiliers, Sikhs, and
two guns, are gone out' to take possession of the. place.
The whole face is now rested and in high spirits, feels
that its hard marching and fighting has not been for
nothinr, and four days hence I hope we shall be in Luck-
now triumphant.
The aceounts men give of the state of cantonments are
fearful. They have visited the house where our women
were murdered. That house and welt are described by men
of not weak nerves as the most fearful sickening sight they
ever saw. Four wetness are saved, Mrs. Greenway, wife of
a merchant, aad three half castes.

Extract of a letter, da,,;ed Cawnpore, 17th July--

We fought our wai int, this place yesterday, and a ver
hard day we bad of it. We lett our encampment at Nun-
doonuddy at 3 a•m., halted for breakfast about 10 a.m.
in a top?, after a march of 13 miles, and again moved on at
2.30 p.m. in search of the enemy, who were reportel to be
at no great distance. It had been ascertained that the
insurgents had their guns iu position at the point where
the Delhi road diverges from the road leading to the
station of Cawnpore. Gen.ral Havelock, by a movement
acron c untry, took the enemy on their flank, but they
served their guns well nevertheless. It was the good for-
tune of the Highlanders to take three of the guns ; the regi-
ment advanced inline right at them, and charred up to them.
Tne General gave the men influite praise. You can form
no idea of the hordes we had to encounter—lnfantry
and cavalry—their numbers are beyond calculation, for
they were here, there, and everywhere. Notwithstanding
the heavy fire which the Highlanders encountered, mar-
vellous to say, not an ofiller was wounded ; oir loss was
only two men killed, and 12 or 13 wounded. Where we
fa,l is in our want of cavalry. Two squadrons of dragoons
with us yesterday, and nova man would have escaped.
The naives here tell us that the last of the European
ladies and women, were put to death two days ago (15th);
the horrors and tortures they endured are beyond utter-
ance. Such brutality makes one's blood run cold. Please
God, we may meet the ruffians, and give them their just
due. The 73th is encamped on the parade ground, in front
of the cavalry barracks.
The following is from an officer with General
Havelock's force, dated Cawnpore, July 17 :
You will sea from the heading of this letter that we have
arrived at Cawnpore, but, alas ! a fortnight too late to save
our countrymen and women. They say that the women
w.ci children ware shut and oat up only two or three days
ago.
1 have bad a look at the barracks in which the unfortu-
nate people were entrenobed • they consist of a couple of
oblong buildings; in one of ;hem the roof is completely
fallen in, and bolt are battered with round shot. The
verandahs as we'l as the walls have been torn up by the
shot, and round the buildings are some pits dug in the
ground and breastwork. The ground inside and out is
strewed with broken bottles, old shoes, pieces of chairs, and
quantities of books and letters and other documents. It
was a melancholy sigh', and the suffering must have been
more than humanity conld bear.

Yesterday afternoon we fought a hard battle, forging a
strong intrenched positiln about four miles to tlit east of
cantonments. We made a flank movement to-the right,
then advanced in a zigzag manner, and then parallel to
our old front thus. We marched 24 miles, and fought
about four hours—of course at the end of the fight we
bivouicked on the plain, and the night passed over but
with one alarm.

The Volunteers charged the enemy, cat up 10 or 12 of
tham, and lost one officer and two horses. The grape shot,
bullets, and round shot fell in showers around me, but,
by God's blessing, I came out of action all safe.
We hays now fought the enemy four times, twice in one
day, and taken 24 guns. Their practice, esp'cially with a
24-pounder, was very good, and their position skilfully
chosen ; one ball took our lines in tlink, a-d cut down
eight or ten of the 64th like grass before the scythe.
We are at present encamped on the parade ground, and,
no:withstasding our loss in killed an; wounded, we still
look formidable. The steamers will, I hops, be hero
to-morrow, and give U 3 an additional 100 meu. I have no
time to writs more at present.
Extract of letter dated July 17th :

This force in eight days his marched 126 miles, fought
four actions, and taken 24 guns, light and heavy, and that
too in the month of July in India.
We m ached on the, 16.. h, and then learned that the
enemy had come out fro _a Ca wnpore to mike their last stand
at the place where the grand trunk road forks to Cawnpore
and DAM; that they had there entrenched themselves in
a very 'strong position, with heavy guns in front and
I mks, to sweep the road, and that all the force, up-
wards of 4,000 men, had turned out to make their last stand.
Si it was determined to try and turn their flank. Ac-
cordingly we struck off the road at an angle, and then
turned down towards them again. We bivouacked under
the trees, and started at 14- p in. The heat was fearful.
Many man dropped from the tffeats of the sun. At last
the enemy caught sight, and op •nod a very heavy and
well-directed fire of us, which we had to pass till we got
to the turning point. 'Ten we moved down in line upon
them, and opened fire upon their guns, which were in a
very strong position is a village. We silenced two with
our arti lery, but all we could do we couldn't get at the
third heavy gun, it was so well ranked. The 781 west)
ordered to charge and t ,ke the gun. I never saw anything
so fine. The men went on, with sloped arms, liko a wall;
till within a hundred yards not a shot was fired. At the
word " Charge," they broke just like an eager pack of
hounds, and the village was taken in an instant. I was up
almost as• soon as they, and one man told me, with a grin,
he had just killed three men out of sue house. The enemy
were now in retreat, for we had turned their position, but
the fight was still hard, for their cavalry came round down
upon our rear, and the guns had to be halted and opened
on them. After that we got so far forward towards Cawn-
pore that, without kneeing it, one of their heavy guns in
position was passed, and they maimed to slew it round acd
open fire on our rear. So we had to turn, and go bock
and take it. This was done by the 64th. In feet it was,
in point of heavy fire and fatigue, a very hard fight, but
the end was that we took eight guns in all and utterly
routed the enemy, who evacuated Cawnpore during the
night and blew up the arsenal and magazine. We
bivoucked on the field, with little bed and supper, and
marched into Cawupore this merniog, where we hold a
potitim—the barracks. All the force is knocked up, and
must rest a day.

Alas, alas! all the women and children were murdered
by these devils ye3terday, when the fou3d the day
going against them,—their bodies were thrown into the
Ganges.