Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

NATIVE STATES.

%k; agent of Nana Sahib has put himself at the
tkrof the insurgents of the Gwalior Contingent,
tlt is thought probable that he may form a
ql"tre with the Disapore mutineers at Banda,
Ti.4t he may march direct to Calpee.
Gwalior mutineers left Gwalior on the 15th
kb4411, with a siege train, field guns, and much
Vaaition, and have been heard of thirty-six
t from Gwalior.
14r• Burton, the political agent at Hadroottee,
%e been foully murdered, with his two sons, by
is ajah's troops.
ketT." RtjAh is said to have been concerned in the

Th
8441,e0 Jodhpore mutineers have gone towards
k lar Lake. The Indore mutineers were
41P4t at Agra, on the 10th, and have fled towards
Pootana. E. T. EDMISTONE,

Secretary to the Indian Government.

folondwelonting is the letter of the Times Calcutta
'esp

CALCUTTA, OCT. 30.
it /14. special steamer starts to-morrow for Suez ; it
otid to bring back troops. I avail myself of this
tl:t rtunity to forward to you a short account of
het events of the past week. They are few and far
theiveen, or rather they appear to be; for although
tra reads are open up to Cawnpore, and the tele
iti.Pl2 is at work for whole days together, but little
the'rtnation reaches the outside world. Fortunately
ttlecwoornunication by Western India is still open,
the fullest accounts of transactions in the north-
reach us.
From ra Lucknow, the great point of interest,
,",ever, the Government itself has little informa-
Z So completely is the force there beleaguered,
kee`the old device of enclosing letters in a quill
to °f necessity been abandoned. The only message
thrAelved for weeks was written on a piece of paper
itb`e inches square, and concealed by a device it
bey be Prudent as yet to keep private. We may
Ihe to try it again after this letter has returned to
la• The few facts so reported are somewhat
terte.oliraging. Sir James Outram's force has been
the 1,13,1 Y reduced. You will remember that about
toth of September he and General Havelock
14ete" ecl their way into the Residency, and relieved
garrison. This feat was accomplished by pressin g
aid rough gardens, small bazaars, knots of houses,
er enclosed places. The enemy fought as
bplitties always fight behind stone walls. The
14,1"8 literally rained upon the advancing force,
ore that single movement cost 460 men. Sixteen
eoNeLers of the 90th were killed or placed hors de
ttC,oe, and almost all the superior officers of the
usileers. I have heard many of the names,
ltie refrain from exciting the regret of their
Othit at home till further information can
tZhti obtained; There had been some hard
tone before the relieving force had
of the enclosures, and the total number
It Ibg°ldiers rendered useless cannot be fixed
Itt sos than 700. The force therefore even after
th banction with the garrison already in
14aesideney, cannnot be more than 1,400 strong,
toregiis small party must be embarrassed by the
to a, „Of sick and wounded, women and children,
of'l-11rtiber in excess of its own. There are besides
dBOO inert at the Alumbagh, with a great array
l'titZZp followers, but they are believed to bo
Aft out the means of communicating with the Re-
ktPle3r. Since this time we know little positively,
tow that little is obtained solely from native
‘llltP. The rumours, however, all point to
0"
te fact, that General Outram, during the
lloina week, in October, attacked' soine large
ltiv'ttlg, probably one of the palaces, and was
4e,,e4 back with further loss of life. I have
ktittmene letter in which the writer, himself in Oude,
tll es this as a fact, but I warn you that this and
tiether accounts must be received with caution
10,0nfirmed. It is nearly certain that there are
Oh".° men, Sepoys and armed retainers, around
111 Lucknow. Every landholder in Southern
41aoe, except one, is in arms, to see what he can
Wtli 14 in the great scramble. The position, you
clt Perceive, is sufficiently dangerous, but it is not
of Ri!'s than that of the garrison after the death
‘„lttrir Henry Lawrence. Five hundred men, with
k•lvilße convoy of provisiors and ammunition, left
intitpore for Lucknow on the 21st October. They,
'ore the assistance of the men in the Alumbagh, may
oti: their way to the Residency, but, immense
so,the military value of every European, a gar-
,llOto",, so small cannot hope to clear a way out
Lh a densely populated town. Nevertheless,
Matra is no cause for despondency. Sir James
t 1 can hold out till the 10th November.
;e 6th or 7th Sir Colin Campbell, with
"PalTirtnY, will be before Lucknow. The Corn-
'7lll'er-in-Chief quitted Calcutta on the
•
Al4.l4stant. He had remained there to
'Be the means of transport, which previous
kith?i arrival wore strangely defective. He
`got-e!ch Cawnpore by the 2nd of November, and
take the command of. some four thousand
Including his own Highland brigade, and
141,,,avalry. With this little army and a very
Aiek train of artillery he will press on to Lueknow,
he A the force at the Alumbagh, and commence
cott`testruction of the city. It is a lath and
tith.ar place, and the heavy guns will smash a
faro for
e°De him without so terrible a loss of
ll 5n life. I hope, therefore, the
ot °f the 20th November to report the
tk Net'
etli,,l°n of Lucknow, the relief of the
)aeattesand the dispersion of the besiegers.
p4ll4`;°nfidence is felt here in Sir Colin Campbell.
°4 mriwill as well as judgment, can be as hard as
Vteeraae_ necessary, and cares nothing about old
' " experienew," " claims," or, indeed, anyth-
,t4 ci•Pt efficiency.
Natant, I may rmark the extraordinary

effect produced on the native mind by the appear-
frme of the Highlanders. The Sepoys on this side
of India have never seen them. At first they took
them for women sent out to avenge the massacre
of the ladies of Cawnpore. The battle of Oonao
disabused them of that idea, and the Highlanders
were pronounced " petticoat devils." Still they were
a puzzle. The Sepoys could understand the ex-
istence of devils, but could not understand why
they should be barelegged. At last the truth came
out. The devils were barelegged in order more
conveniently to break Sepoys across their knees.
A Sepoy of the 73rd, who happened to be in
Calcutta on their arrival, reported on his return to
his regiment that the English were sending out
monsters, with legs like elephants, faces covered
with hair like wild beasts, and blood red eyes. The
Highlanders are, in truth, a singular contrast to the
people of the low country. On the arrival of the
42nd, a Sircar, or Bengalee clerk, had occasion to
go on board the vessel. A Highlander stepped
up to him, and looked at him long and curiously.
Then catching him by the waist, he held him above
his bead, exclaiming, with a chuckle of amazement,
" Sandy, be thee the things we're to fecht wi' ? "
I need scarcely say that a Sepoy is very different
from a. Bengalee, being usually taller than an
Englishman, though he weighs less.
It is reported that Man Singh, the great land-
holder of Southern Oude, has repented him of his
treachery. This is the scoundrel who promised
General Havelock aid if he would alvance, and
then attacked him. He now promises, if the
British will spare his life and his estates, to turn
round once more. I do not know what answer he
has received, but I believe Government is firm. If
he could bring an army or a kingdom he should
hang, but he can do nothing of the kind. The
victory must be ours at last, and the more of these
landholders who stake their all again'st us the better.
From Delhi we have !little further news. The
fate of the King is not yet decided, and the British
are complete masters of the town. Some further
incidents of the siege, however, have come to light,
and among them one which has driven every Euro-
pean, except the higher officials, almost frantic.
The Sepoys took all the wounded Europeans they
could catch during the siege, and burnt them alive.
The charred bodies, tied to stakes, were found by
the stormeas, with the Queen's buttons still
recognizable. It must be remembered that the
men who did this were Sepoys, the comrades for
100 years of the victims—men who had been led
by them from victory to victory. You have
endeavoured I perceive, to account for these
atrocities. The cause is not far to seek. The
Sepoys are Asiatics, and there is not an Asiatic
who, having the power, would not go and do
likewise. The educated, smooth, silken Bengalee,
who talks English and quotes Milton, is exactly as
cruel as the Sepoy, and just as much a gentleman.
The Hindoo Patriot, for instance, a journal edited
by the ablest
.educated native in Bengal, afraid to
express his sympathy with these atrocities, coolly
denies them all. They are invented, he says, by
the English press for the shopkeepers. I need not
describe the proof that exists of their perpetration.
I would only mention that in every instance in
which stories of atrocities have been circulated, we
have had native as well as European evidence,
and not one-tenth of the truth has as yet appeared.
The Hindoo Patriot, I need not say, has neither
been warned nor suppressed, and is a warm
upholder of the existing administration.
It appears to be proved that there was at least
one European at Delhi who lent aid to the
mutineers. Many letters report the capture of an
Englishman in the dress of a native officer. He
was a sergeant-major of the 28:h Native Infantry,
formerly an artilleryman. He rendered,. it is said,
important services to the besieged, and was created
a general of artillery. He has not been executed,
and, despite appearances, I am indisposed to
credit the stories of his guilt. It seems
incredible that a European should have de
liberately aided the devils who were burning
his wounded countrymen. I hope it will be
found that he was simply a man of weak nerves,
unable to face the dread of death by torture. In
that case his own conscience will be his own suffi-
cient punishment. • It is in his favour, also, that
the Portuguese drummer, Antonio Seraphim, who
was kept to play to the General, and who escaped
at a very late period of the siege, does not accuse
him, but considers him rather a prisoner. Four
Europeans at Moradabad turned I\lusselmans to
preserve their lives. These five appear to be the
only Christians about whose conduct during the
rebellioh there is even a suspicion. Nearly 6,000 of
our countrymen were exposed to a danger to which
that of death is trivial. One may have yielded,
four more purchased life by- a temporary apostacy,
and that is all, while hundreds have met death or
torture as calmly as reward, fighting like Tucker
after hope had gone, or like Mrs. Boyso clinging
to her husband's breast to shield him from the
balls. I question if since the day when the
Christian persecutions ended, the world has seen
such another spectacle ; and remember these are
the men whom England was accustomed to call
dissolute, haughty Anglo-Indiana, and to suspect
of sanctioning torture. As they are now so they
were then.

Agra, as I informed you last week, is now safe,
the • defeated rebels moving towards Calpee.
Juanpore and Goruckpore, however, are in a
terrible condition, great bands of ruffians marching
everywhere and committing horrible atrocities.
On the 3rd of October one band, about 1,200
strong, was overtaken by Jung Bahadoor's Goor-
khas in Juanpore. The brave little mon, with
their short carved knives, dashed at the foe like
tigers, closed, slashed away, and in 10 minutes
were driving them in headlong route. The insur-
gents left 250 dead on the field. Both Goorkhas
and Sikhs attack any odds with a contempt the
result proves to be well deserved. The whole
Sikh nation is hear:ily on our side, and if the
worst came to the worst, or if England should re-
solve to abolish caste, we might let loose the
warrior nation on the plains. God help the
Hindostanees then ! 3,000 more Goorkhas
are expected from Nepaul. Jung Bahadoor,
and, indeed, all the great chiefs, have behaved
singularly well throughout the Rebellion.
Jung bore the contradictory orders of the Go-
vernment, who first asked for troops, then sent
them back, and then asked for them again, without
resistance. Holkar exposed his own life to a
furious rabble, and Seindiah, though from less
perfect motives, still helped us through the crisis
at Agra. This aid we owe entirely to the policy of
Lord Dalhousie.. Whatever the wishes of the
chiefs they knew the strength of England, and,
though willing to risk a battle or two, would not
risk the terrible word annexation. In fact, Lord
Dalhousie made them fear, the only way to rule
A siatics.

In Bengal the insurrection is dying out. There
are no more troops to revolt, except the 73rd and the
Shekawattee battalion, and they will scarcely make
the experiment. The mu•Lineers are all pressing north
wards, and the deceit bands in the Seane valley are
skulking out of the way of the Europeans in pur-
suit. Patna is still quiet, and Gya is in our hands.
The feverish excitement manifested by the Santhals
has been allayed, and the Coles have not yet risen.
The revenue is paid throughout Bengal, the great
teat of Indian order. This subsidence is owing
simply to the arrival of troops, who are pouring
in at the rate of 2000 a week. Since I wrote,
the Sydney and the Hotspur, and two screw-
steamers, names not known, have been announced
and the Barham is reported at Madras. The men,
as they come in, are sent to Raneegunge, Barrack-
pore, or different buildings in Calcutta, and for
warded generally to the north-west. Our Transit
Company has agreed to take fifty a day in car-
riages. Hundreds of carts are to be constructed,
and all along the Trunk Road Bengal may be said
to be in requisition. Porters and carts are impressed
everywhere, to the extreme anger of the land
holders, who would see the Empire perish sooner
than loose a penny a year.
The remainder of the 32d have delivered up
their arms, and are now at Barraekpore. That
station is now occupied by tart of the 34th,
part of the 20th, the 2nd Grenadiers, the 70th,
and the 43d Native Infantry. This great
force, 3,000 men in all, is, though disarmed,
dangerous, and is watched by a wing
of H.M.'s 29th, 350 of H.M.'s 35th, 100 sailors,

and some Royal Artillery. Calcutta is loud in
complaint that 1,500 men should be kept idle rather
than slaughter 8,000 mntineere. The complaint
seems a little unjust, even if these regiments have
deserved death, and one would prefer a milder
doom. There are 17 or 18 other regiments who
certainly, on hearing their comrades' fate, would
make one desperate attempt for revenge.
I enclose a list of persons believed to be dead,
but alive ; it will bring comfort to manysaa house-
hold.<

P.S.—I have just received certain information
as to the fate of the King of Delhi. His life is to
be spared; for the officer who arrested him in
violation of orders, gave him a pledge to that
effect. The blunder is disastrous in the extreme.
The hoary scoundrel deliberately ordered the
murder of 48 English women and childen, and
his exemption from punishment will be inter-
preted by every native into fear. They will
only laugh at the story of the pledge as an inven-
tion to conceal the inability of the Government to
carry out its will. It seems indeed somewhat
Quixotic to say ,t a police officer can save
a murderer by promising him life. You must
remember the King is only a simple subject.
He is protected by no treaty, and is in no
sense a prisoner of war. The Court of
Directors 50 years ago exempted his palace
from the authority of the courts of justice. but
only by an order, not by a treaty or agreement.
He ought to be transported for life. As it is, he
has played a winning game. If he had succeeded,
he would have gained an empire, as he has failed,
he loses simply nothing—a perpetual encourage-
ment to every native scoundrel with a few provinces
and an army of ragamuffins.
Lieutenant Osborne, at Rewah, has been saved
by the advance of a force from 3.ilirzapore.

OM= I KNOWN TO lIAVE BEEN KILLED AT LUCXNOW UNDER