The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

THE "SING" OF DELHI.

The following account of the departure and pro-
gress of the State prisoners from Delhi to Calcutta
will be found highly interesting :—The ex-King,
his family, and attendants, were brought from their
place of confinment at an early hour on Thursday
morning and packed in their several conveyances,
drawn up in line on the piece of road leading from
the Lahore-gate of the Palace to the Grand Trunk;
road, where their former guard of the 2d Bengal
Fusileers made them over to a troop of her Ain"
jesty's 9th Lancers, told off for the duty. This svaB
done in the presence of Mr. C. B. Saunders, Coin-
missioner of Delhi, Lieutenant Onlrnimnr4i- te)
offikor in charge of Bate prisoners, and some other
officers who happened to be present. A squadron
or two of the Lancers then trotted off as an ad-
vanced guard, and the cortege commenced moving.
The first palanquin carriage contained the deposed
monarch and his two sons, Jewan Bukht aad Shalt
Abbas (the latter a youth, the son of a concubine),
the carriage bein surrounded by Lancers on all
sides. Next followed a close carriage containing
the Begum Zeenut Mahil, with whom were Jewan
Bukht's wife, her mother and sister, and an infant.
The mother and sister of Jewan Bukht's wife liver?
allowed their choice of either going or remaining °.;
Delhi. They preferred the former. The thin`
carriage contained the Taj.Mahil Begum, another
of the ex-king's wedded wives, and her female at-
tendants. Next followed five magazine store card
with tilted tops, drawn by bullocks ; these con'
tamed the male and female attendants, four in 0°,13
cart, a party of Lancers accompanying each.
this order the cavalcade progressed very well unt
more than half the distance across the bridge °t
boats had been accomplished, when all of a sudden
one of the bullocks in a magazine cart, probably
discovering the nature of the load he was assisting
across the Jumna, and finding it infra dig. to dO sch
displayed his sagacity by a violent attempt t°
deposit his worthless burden in the river. As the
companion bullock's understanding was not of th°
same calibre, he pulled in the opposite direction,
and only one wheel of the cart, along with the re-
fractory bullock, descended into the boat, a lame"
post luckily placed preventing a complete capsiie;
This little event delayed the line 20 minutes °„
half-an-hour, when the cart and bullock having
been replaced, the cavalcade recommenced its inol
onwards, and reached the encamping ground D't
Ghazee-owl-Been-Nugger without further acciden
or delay of any kind. The band of the 2d FOS
leers played the Lancers out of Delhi, and by bai
past 3 a.m. they were clear of the city. In caul?,
the principal prisoner and his two sons occupy_.!
hill tent. A soldier's tent with kunnaut enclosav
is provided for the ladies of the Zenana, and tl°
pals for the servants ; the whole surrounded bsr
high kunnaut enclosure. The prisoners are secure
guarded by dismounted Lancers, armed with sword
and pistols, both inside and outside the enclosure'
while pickets from the Police Battalion are thre,:
out beyond. The horses of the Lancers, a who'
troop, actually on duty over the State prisoner;
are kept ready saddled, and the enclosed camp a
very judiciously pitched between the Lancers an
Kaye's troop of Horse Artillery. Lieut. Omin°ll;
• ney's tent is pitched just outside the enclosure. Ike
• all accounts the prisoners are cheerful, and t a
women may be heard talking and laughing behin.f
their screens, as if they did not much regard thel
departure from Delhi.—Delhi Gazette, Oct. 13.

Information has been received that part of t 1
tribes of Ouled Kebir, Ouled Aydoun, Ouled Aled, ana
some others of the province of Constantine rose in revolt
few days ago, and attaoked the Caid Ben Restan. A C 00:
bat ensued, but the result is not stated. The general cod'
mending the province immediately c,ollected troops to 99'
tise the rebels. el-
Major Melchior, of the Imperial French Ar,„i'lb,
lery, who was charged with the presentation of the 174
howitzer L' Alliance to the Queen, at Windsor, on Thursnj"
visa.ted the military establishments at Woolwich. I102:;:ts
accompanied by Major Andrews, who has recently
honoured by the Emperor with the distinction of the ripls;.,
and cross of the Legion of Honour. The major's apP7,,,
ance on the ground attracted considerable attention,
only from the circumstance of his being the envoy of 9
august ally, but also from the evident fact of his halo
borne an ample share in the hardships and dangers 0:1, 00
Crimea, having suffered the loss of his right arm at
memorable siege of the Malakoff.
'Pt OS'
EXTRAORDINARY POLICE REGULATION AT (0
TON.—At the conclusion of the police cases at Boston to
Friday last, Mr. Hubbert, who was one of the magistl of
on the bench, asked Mr. Waghorn, the superintenden
police, whether it was true that the force had been orti;;?
by the Watch Committee to attend church every Sun:
—The —The Superintendent replied that it was.—Mr. Hubb,ie
•, Then I must say I think such an arbitrary Foceedirlio
a disgrace to the borough, and calculated to bring one
itth. e clotuinstaTiinfliwineg,
easmemntagionsttrhaetelsibdertyo 11°Otfailf,
subject."—Mr. Smyth: "It will be iemembered, I n0'7:44
that I brought this subject before the bench 0'1;o•
months since, at which time I understood the men were—
eteosntteamgapitnsof
pelled to attend the church, and-it was then resolved to
the bench that the men should be at libert/ 90.
attend what place of worship they might ch°°....-.
I had no idea that the order would be rescinded. en
The Superintendent : " When.l read the order to the I.;s,
I told them that if any of them had been brought litt ifof
senters, and they informed me to that effect, I vi°l?,,`"bie:
the same before the Watch Committee."—Mr. .o°,o
Why inquire at all as to what they have been brelg,st
up to ? Men's opinions sometimes differ very widell,
what they were brought up to."—Mr. Coupland : eh
soldiers if Roman Catholics, are allowed to attend
111,e of
own place of worship."—Mr. Noble : " Yes, the 11 troa
Cambridge has vc ry recently expressed himself in soot'
terms on this subjeot."—The Mayor : " If any aPPocor
is made on the subject, it must be madq to the Watch
mittee," Here the subject dropped.—Staniford Jferetc"