The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-02 00:00:00

L\DIA:

The Public are not yet Put in `possession of
any accurate accounts -of. the late.. unfortunate
_iransaaiOns.whieh occurred at Ve.llere, intelligence
which had. been received from -india by the last
dispatch overland. In the.absetice of official in-,
formation, .we submit. the sebStance of what has
'been communicated. through the letters of indi •
viduals.. . _
It seems that. orders had been, sent from head-,
quarters to Vellore, requiring that the Sepoys, or.na-
five soldiers, hi that garrison should shave the hair
• from the,upper•dip, and. erase some marks of religious
from the forehead. ,That the native troops,
'froth the moment of the receipt. of the communica-
tion, had shewn themselves extremely averse from
the new regulation, which Jvas directed to have ef-
fea from a certain day. .Lieutenant-CoIoneI.DAR-
.LEY, the Commandant of one of the native batta-
hOns, perceiving the spirit -which discovered itself
among the soldiers,, went down.' to the Presidency
to- represent the probable ill-result- which might en-,
sue from the enforcement of the orders, and the
.Madras Government, from the •representations of
that Gentleman„is,said to havaprdered the. 6th bat-
talion,- commanded by Lieutenant DARI.EY, to Fort
St. George, and. had resolved on rescinding the or-
der which had excited so , strong a manifestation of
disgust in the, minds of the native troops.
Whether theSepoys sufficiently comprehended the
intention of the local Government'is.npt known
but, from the circumstanceS' Which followed, it it to
be feared; that the attention of the... Government to
their feelings were not pertally understood: for, in a
short time previous to the hour when 'they.were or,
dered to commence. their march to the Presidency,
at.about three o'clock-in the morning, the whole of
the 16th battalion slimed a mut inousdispositiorf.i.and
Were immediately joined by a party of. the 14th.bat•-•
talion, which comprised the- whole of: the native
strength of the garrison. , These; forming themselves
into a-body; rushed, with loaded ;pieces, to the
racki,' where ;the only European ,force, consisting'
of four companies of his Majesty's 65th reglinent,
was, stationed. ' The Sepoys,' haliing,;bayoneted; the,
sentinels, and having- planted themselves itesilence.
at the winclowseand passages, -which .were nut-nee--
roils, took a deliberate aim, and, 'at a -signal agreed
on, fired on the- sleeping EbroPeatis, and, killecti.
at an instant; 179! men.. One- Serjeant :and ,six-;:
teen Privates only escaped the massacre of their
coMrades—who, with i-egreat deal of'goodfortune,•
at length reached the gate of the fort, .and`pos-.
sensed themselves of- it- so effedually, as too defeat
every: attack made on that postbrtheuncive forces.,
Lieutenant-Colonels. FANCOURT 3711-IM-KERRASS arid.
Capt. MANN, fell sacrifices to the vengeance of the,
enraged soldiers, in .endeavouring to suppress the
mrititiy•; and Major -:(311.3111;ES AInISTRONG,',WhO
just at the instant- was passing overthe glacis on his
-.Nvay to Madras to take his passage for .Europe, was .
tilled in his palankeen. An ()Meet- who was• fly-
ing -with. his child- in his arms from his -quarters,
was slaughtered, with the infant, in a manner:too
shoclring to be described. .His wife, ,vit-1-1 the other
English'. Ladies of the garrison, was spared by. the
mutineers.- ' •

The. refraaory battalions kept. possession of the.
garrison for more:han two hours; and the followers ,
ofthe Princes ofMysore, who were.cletained as .pri-.
soners in the Palace,-hoisted the Mahommedan.flag
in the. interval. .

" Intelligence was given on the first appearanC'eof
the mutiny to Colonel GILLESPIE, at Arcot, who,
within an hour after the receipt of the itifbrma-
tion, Appeared 'before the- gate of the fort, with a
squadron of his Majesty's igth dragoons, having
proceeded the distance of thirteen miles in less
than. 'an • hour. The gate of the garrison was
blown open by the gallopers, and the European
troops hadimmediate access to the fortress," and
within a few minutes put the whole of the mu-
tineers to the sword ; not a man is said to have
been saved.

The Moorish flag was instantly struck ; and it
was with some difficulty that the European troops.
could be restrained from storming the Palace, where
the" Mysorean PrinceS Were confined,, from an TIM-
Tression that the people within ha-d favoured- the
native troops engaged in the revolt. • Lieu-tenant-
cplpnel, MArtrtiorr assured the - Commandant •of
the
,Cavalry, that the Princes held no
,conirmtnion,d
with the
.sepoyi, and that assurance was deemed.
satisfactory..
kis added, ,however, • •
that several stand. of arms .1
and a quantity of ammunition have since - beett'.
discovered* within the waits' of the ;Palace; . a cir-
cumstance which has given rise to a'suspicion, that
the "discontents of .troops had been fo-
mented by . emissaries from the Palace, and an'
inquiry had been - instituted in order to ascertain
the- fad.

SMITHFI ELD MARKET, IAN. z.

This, day's market was but thinly supplied with
different kinds of Cattle ; Beef and Mutton sold at last
prices ; Veal amt. Pork are rather dearer, and the trade
in general was not over brisk.—The sales in.the.Hay-.
market were somewhat dull ; Ky and Straw fetch-
ed last prices ; s Cloter has got 'up in price since
Monday's' market..--We subjoin an accurate State-
merit of the prices, and numbers : .

To sick the Offal per stone of 81h: ,
Beef 4s'. 6d. toss. od.—Mutton 4s. 4d. to 4s:rod.—Veal
6s. od. to 7s. od.--Lamb os. od. to os. od.—York s's'.'4d. to
6s. 6d.

Beasts. 700.—Shccp and Lambs, 2.lo.—Calvcs, 109.—
pigs, 240. .
SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.
Hay 21. los, toll. os. --Clover -31. os to 0. loS.—Straw
tl. lbs. to 2!. los.

CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 2.—The large expe&ed
arrivals of Wheat have at length made their appear-
ance, but having many buyers in dethand, causes
fine samples to nearly support last prices, and other
qualities -are cheaper; Barley in large supplies, and
is lower; Malt likewise; Beans in-
.plenty, and
vary but little; there are' many fresh arrivals -of
Oats, excepting prime sampleS thistrade is cheaper;
in Flour but little fluetuation.

Wheat 545 a 68s a 825 VA Beans - 44 S a 495 cd
Fine ditto 85s a 87s etc! 'lick Beans 3is a 425 ad
Rye . 4os a 45s od Oats 225 a 26s a 3os od
Farley • -37 s a 435 od Poland ditto 325 a 335 6d
Malt . 68s a 75s od 1k ape Seed 241. 271. os.
White Peas 805 a 87s ad Fine Flour 7:.,s a 7;5 od
Grey ditto 4i5 a 495 od• •Seconds • 6.Si, A 2CI od