The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
CLOSING PERFORMANCE.
THIS EVENING, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO
Marie, Piccolomini.
Followed by a Divertissement.
To conclude with the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA :
Amine, Madlle. Piccolomini,
Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre.
Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons),
pit and #no pair, 21. 2s; grand tier, 31. 35 ; two pair, ii. 55.;
tb 15s; gallery boxes, 10s; gallery stalls, 3s 6d;
pit. 3e Bil; gallery, 2s.
No etner representation can be possibly given before the
commencement of the Summer Season.
Commence at,B.

the debateable ground in Hindostan. A few
thousands of these men might ♦ery bene-
ficially co-operate with our soldiers, sailors,
and marines in the Celestial Empire.
They would rejoice in such an opportunity
of proving their fidelity and retrieving
their reputations. Whatever is to be done, should
be done quickly. There has already been too
much procrastination ; but, we hope and believe,
that greater activity will now be displayed, and
that nothing will be left undone to bring the
Brother of the Sun to a true sense of his
situation.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMA.RKET
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con-
stance, Miss A. Sedgwick : Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins.
After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan•
borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckstono.
To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d.l Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes 3 01Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit 2 o,Pit 1 0
Gallery

A very interesting meeting took place yester-
day at Drury-lane Theatre, which, by the liberality
of Mr. E. T. SMITH was placed at the disposal of
the Committee of the HAVELOCK Memorial Fund.
A large body of true-hearted Englishmen assem-
bled to do honour to the memory—alas ! that it
should only be the memory—of the departed
hero. A Prince of the blood royal, who by his
conspicuous and unflinching gallantry has ren-
dered his name truly illustrious, presided on
the occasion. As the legitimate head of the
prof4sion of which Sir HENRY HAVELOCK was
so distinguished a member, the co-operation of
the Duke of CAMBRIDGE was peculiarly appro.
propriate ; and there was a dignified simplicity, a
manly, straightforward candour about the speech
of his Royal Highness, that made it far more
telling than if there had been far greater preten-
sion of style and language.
It was one tried soldier bearing his honest
testimony to the merits of another, and asking
from the British people that public recognition of
his services, which the late Government did not
accord, and which the present Ministry can
scarcely render without such a pressure from
without as will justify a violation of Downing-
street etiquette, and a total disregard of the
doctrines of red-tapism.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.

THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play of
LOUIS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean.
After which, a new grand eornie Christmas Pantomime
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor.
►sack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.

T H F.' XT R E-R OYA. L, DRURY-LANE
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING) Saturday, March 20, tho new and
original Comedy THE
_LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs, Leigh
Murray, &c.
After which, A LUCKY HIT.
After which, A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.
To conclude with the Transformation Scone from the Pan.
tomime.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY °TORE.
Mr. Barney Williams.
After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE.
To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR.
Commence at Seven.

Never has there been a soldier who deserved
more from his country. It was not by services
rendered in Pall Mall or Hyde Park that General
HAVELOCK obtained distinction. His were not
the peace campaigns of a Guardsman, who danced
attendance in a lady's chamber. Every step of
military rank was slowly and painfully achieved.
For no less than twenty-three years he acted as a
subaltern, and it was not until he had reached
the mature age of forty-three that ho was
entrusted with the command of a company. His
case was that of many gallant officers, who only
require fitting opportunities to show the stuff
that is in them. We believe that there are in
the British Army many such who only require to
be brought out. We cannot say that they
would prove themselves to be HAVELOCKS,
for such " representative men " are only to be
found at long intervals. If Sir HENRY HAVELOCK
possessed Court influences, if his amiable and ex-
cellent wife had a high place in the Household, or
if he had a brother a Governor-General, with
abilities like those of the Marquis of WELLESLEY
—he would have received not merely a Peerage,
but bequeathed high rank to his family. He was,
however, one of the middle class, and therefore
the worthy son of such a father is only a Baronet.
The manner in which that son earned the Victoria
Cross, the devoted gallantry displayed on an occa-
sion of no ordinary difficulty, proves beyond the
possibility of doubt that he is one who would
confer honour on the House of Lords.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee
and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, will be presented SHE STOOPS ro
CONQUER. Mrs. Dillon and Mr. Toole.
THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. Toole.
Followed by the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY. Mrs.
Mellon and Mr. J. L. Toole.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7.
30x-office open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Tragedy of MACBETH.
Macbeth, Mr. Creswick. Lady Macbeth, Miss Goddard.
Followed by THE TWO POLTS.
Conelading with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE.

CANTERBI7RY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, 'Sze., viz. Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madße. Marietta, Miss Brunoll, Miss Ray,
Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Joaec,
Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr.
Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs.
T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchaeld, G. Forde, and E. Mackney.
Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ;
Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Sappers, dre., until twelve o'clock.
Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

MIS DAY—MO2II., 52 min. aft. 4—Even., 12 min. aft. 5
TO-MORROW—Morn., 33 min. aft. s—Even., 56 min aft. 5

THE WEATHER—SIR; Orricm, MARCH 20.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
57—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night,
53—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.48.
WIND, S. to ; light, with very mild du:
weather.

It is now for the British people to show their
appreciation of his acts. It is for them to repair
the shortcoming of the late Administration, to
render justice where justice is imperatively
required. They can cause a suitable monument
to be erected, can provide an adequate provision
for the family of one who ought to have been at
/east an Earl. It will be not merely an act of
justice, but of sound policy and wisdom. The
rising men of the HAVELOCK class should be
encouraged. They should be taught that the
nation appreciates such almost inestimable ser-
vices. Every ono of the rescued refugees
from Lucknow ; every woman and child who has
been restored to her friends will be a witness
whose testimony will convince the nation, should
there be any apathetic indifference. We know
what has been achieved by HAVELOCK and his
gallant companions. They have faithfully dis-
charged their duty. The People have now to
show that they will not be found wanting when
put to the proof.

Two O'CLOCK —Wind light and variable—went to S.W,
W., and is now N.W., with dull hazy weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1858.

The Bombay Mail has duly arrived, and several
matters of great interest will be found in another
part of our impression. The trial of the Brum-
magem Mogul—the mock King of Delhi—proves
that the octogenarian miscreant was responsible
for the atrocities perpetrated on the unfortunate
prisoners who fell within his power But he
had done more. He was clearly prov 4d to have
for a long period been conspiring against

British supremacy, and been taking an
aotive part in corrupting the sepoys. Of his
treachery there could be no doubt, and it is only
to be regretted that on the unequivocal proof of
his guilt an adequate sentence was not pronounced.
As it is, however, the hoary-headed ruffisn has
been condemned to perpetual transportation to the
Andaman Islands. We trust that there may be
no mistaken leniency, that he will not be con-
sidered as a state prisoner, or exempted from the
penalties that should properly be attaohed to
crimes such as those of which he was so justly CO!.-
vic' ed.

A CHANT FOR THE FRENCH ARMY.

Une foie, mes Braves, dans notre parlance,
On disait, "Un ldat" ea "La France;
Maio, maintenant, quelle grande malheur ?
"La France" est rim, que " l'Empereur."

THE ENGLISH VERSION.
My Blades, when people used to say,
"Frame is a Soldier," ALL were may ;
But "FRANCE" now mourns a sad mischance,
When "Soldiers" deem "the Emperor," "FR V`.TC ,'

A large body of troops are being concentrated
at the Alumbagb, ready for immediate action
against the remaining stronghold of the rebels.
They now only await the arrival of the Com-
mander-in Chief, whose presence will be worth a
dozen brigades. The mere name of Sir COLIN
CAMPBELL will be a tower of strength. It will
be an irresistible weapon in the hands of our sol-
diers, and strike terror into the hearts of their
opponents. He has wisely and prudently selected
his measures, leaving no chance of escape for the
insurgents. The surrounding country has been
cleared, and the rebels have been driven into
Lucknow, to await the final coup that will punish
their ingratitude and bloodthirstiness.
The arch-demon NANA SAHIB has been driven
to despair. He sees that there is no longer the
slightest hope in resistance, and has either been de•
serted by orhas dismissed the bulk of his followers.
He, at last, recognises the full atrocity of his con-
duct, and knows that there is no remaining
hope. To use'the expression of P contemporary,
"he dines in one place, and washes his hands
in another." Nothing more indicative of his con-
dition could be stated. It truly shows the
extremity to which he is reduced, when there is
not a rnotnent'e rest, and he is perpetually antici-
pating the arrival of the avengers of blood, the
agents of the inexorable NEMESIS, whose ven-
geance he has brought down on his devoted head.
From China we learn that the EMPEROR has
not as yet thought proper to return any answer to
the remonstrances addressed to him by the Pleni-
potentiaries from the European Powers, He is
hardening hie heart, and exhibiting the perverse
obstinacy for which his people have rendered
themselves remarkable. will be the Be it so. He and they
"eters, and the nation will ulti-
mately benefit by the rho Allied forces are
ascending the Pellata Piiver
boats and thus eariying the war Witha flotilla of gun-
•
l'ohe interior.
Canton has been garrisoned, and the
wealthY A Cabinet Council assembled this (afternoon, at
tiTos who see that the English are able to def,nd the Chancellor of the Exchequer's, in Downing-
Eizi&t.4
them, are returning to their homes, and bringing street, and was in deliberation when we went to
with them their treasures. This is well, inesp;
over at 12.20 this mornin
seeded
the
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arivred at D
affords the most auspicious auguries for the future t sat: eneY Baron Brunnow, the Russian
admbas:
His gan
pro
of China. by and elan vicenonaul, and 11:7 S-E1 • Latham ExcellencyR
steadily
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We should, however, follow up
petted to leave by the noon train f<l:::l!o"dttleneY ia ex-
The director and the respon!Abie editornua P
energetically the blow already inflicted.
`Sardinia, ozaiero,
are many Sepoys in India who
.have still preserved
the
radical
journal of Oaeglia,
dto 15 days' imprisonment and 2 001ra.7,1),efer,n their allegiance, and who might be trusted
be left on
China, although they could not safely article offensive to the Emperor of the French.
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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY rEVENING, MARCII 2b, 18r18.

LATEST NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL.

We have received our advices from Bombay in
anticipation of the Overland Mail. The date is
Bombay, Feb. 24.
The following is from the Bombay Times :
Tae trial of Mahomed Bahadoor Shah, the ex-
King of Delhi, by the militarycemmission appointed
for that purpose, has been the most interesting
event, news of which has reached us from the
North-`Vest, during the last fortnight. The evi-
dence adduced leaves no reasonable doubt whatever
that the charge which constitutes the gravamen of
this miserable man's offence against us is fully sus-
tained, and that it was by his order that forty-nine
of our race, chiefly women and children, were
cruelly butchered in the Palace at Delhi on the
16th of May last. Meantime the life of the guilty
wretch in whose skirts the blood of our innocents
is found, is guaranteed, and we cannot wonder that
the intensest indignation is felt and expressed on
all bands at the fact. A contemporary assures us,
on the strength we suppose of a telegraphic de-
spatch, that the royal murderer has been found
guilty by his judges, and is sentenced to trans-
portation to the Andarnans for life. So sets the
sun of the last of the Moguls !
Sir Colin Campbell, contrary to the general ex-
pectation that lie would cross the Ganges at Fur-
ruckabad, and direct his march through Oude upon
Lucknow, has moved from that place down the
right bank of the river again to Cawnpore, where
ho seems to have been accumulating stores and
troops for his final advance to join Outram at the
Alumbagh and commence the siege of Lucknow.
There can be no question that the position so gal-
lantly held by the latter officer during the last
three months has been the post of honour as of
danger, during the operations which have charac-
terised them ; and we shall look impatiently for the
netics that is to be taken of Gen. Outram's bril-
liant services in this campaign. With his small
force, not 4,000 strong, he has had to watch a city
covering an area of 28 miles, and garrisoned by
diseiplined troops twenty times his strength, has
had to keep communications open with Cawnpore,
and hold &limn, while attack after attack has been
repelled by him, entailing the severest loss upon
his assailants.

Badly, and ditto, and ditto, 7 ; Mr. Short, and
ditto, 12 ; Miss Jackson ; Mrs. Orr and another
lady • Mr. Duham (my present guest's brother) and
family, 3. _ _

There are more, Mrs. Duhan says, but she can-
not recollect their names at present.
Maun Sing, after all, appeirs to be all right, and
Mrs. Mahan says he told her he would nut fight
against us. My scouts tell me the rebels at Tanda
are becoming daily more tired cf each other. All
the Bunneahs have run away, and the rebels are
cutting up the green crops for subsistence.

TRIAL OF THE EX-KING OF DELHI.
(From the Delhi Gazette.)
The t, ial of the ex-King of Delhi commenced on
Wednesday, January 27 in the Dewan Khas of the
' Palace. The court is composed as follows :—Col.
Dawes, Horse Artillery, President (in room of
Brigadier Showers, about to leave the station) ;
members, Major Palmer, H.M.'s 60th Rifles ;
Redmond, H. M.'s 61st Regiment ; Major Saw-
yers, H.M.'s 6th Carabineers ; and Captain Roth-
ney, 4th Sikh infantry. Major Harriott, Deputy
Judge Advocate-General, government prosecutor ;
and Mr. James Murphy, interpreter to the court.
The trial was to have commenced at 11 o'clock,
a.m., but owing to delays, caused by the sudden
change in the constitution of the court, in conse-
quence of Brigadier Showers' approaching depar-
ture, it was half-past 12 before the prisoner was
brought in, although he was in attendance, sitting
in a palanquin outside, under a guard of Rifles,
at the appointed hour. He appeared very
infirm, and he tottered into court supported on one
side by the "interesting youth" Jumma Bukht,
and on the other by a confidential servant, and
coiled himself into a small bundle upon the cushici
assigned to him. He presented such a picture of
helpless imbecility as, under other circumstances,
must have awakened pity. He sat coiled up on a
cushion on the left of the president, and to the
right of the Government prosecutor ; his son Jumma
Bukht standing a few yards to his left, and a guard
of rifles beyond all. Several European gentlemen
were in court as spectators, and later in the day
some ladies took the seats provided for their accom-
modation.
The proceedings commenced by the members of
the court, the prosecutor, and interpreter taking
the customary oath.
The prosecutor then read the charges against the
prisoner, and then proceeded to address the Court
in a clear, concise, explanatory manner, and con-
cluded by stating that although the prisoner might
be fully convicted by the Court, no capital sentence
could be passed upon him, in consequence of his
life having been guaranteed to him by General
Wilson, in a promise conveyed through Captain
Hodson.
The prosecutor then put the question through
the interpreter, " guilty or not guilty ?" which
the prisoner either did not, or affected not to un
derstand ; and there was some delay in explaining
it to him. He then declared himself profoundly
ignorant of the nature of the charges against him,
although a translated copy of them was furnished
and read to him, in the presence of witnesses, some
20 days previous. After some more delay the pri-
soner pleaded not guilty, and the business of the
court proceeded.
Oa the second day the sitting was closed,in con-
sequence of the indisposition of the prisoner.
On the third day, while the evidence was being
taken, the prisoner, coiled up easily upon his
cushion, appeared lost in the land of dreams ; and,
except when any thing particular struck him, con
tinue I unmindful of what was passing around him.
On the fourth and fifth days he was aroused from
sleep to hear the evidence read. A professional
artist was in attendance on the latter day, making
a sketch of the prisoner as he lay on his couch.
On the sixth day, the translation of a letter,
dated the 24th of Marcb, addressed to the late Mr.
Colvin, Lieutenant-Governor N. W.P., was read,
disclosing the fact that as far back as a year and a
half ago secret emissaries were sent by the King of
Delhi to Persia, through the agency of one Maho-
med Hussun Uskeeree, the object of which was
evidently to obtain assistance to complete the over-
throw of British power in India. The perusal of
the letter, which bears both the Delhi and Agra
postmark, excited considerable sensation in court.
On the seventh and eighth days the prosecutor
examined, through the interpreter, a person named
Jutmull, formerly newswriter to the Lieutenant-
r Governor at Agra. His evidence was most im-
portant, and notwithstanding an apparent desire
to criminate the prisoner as little as possible, it
must be most damaging to the " Royal Cause,"
What was elicited from hint on the second day re-
lated chiefly to the massacre of the European pri-
soners of all classes and ages, on the 16th of May,
and confirmed all we have already heard concerning
the cold-blooded atrocities committed absolutely
under the prisoner's own apartments in the palace.
The canal water, which ran through the place of
execution, was, it appears, used for the purpose of
washing away,all traces of bloody deed.
Capt. Forrest, Commissary of Ordnance, was ex-
amined on the Bth and 9th days, and on the 10th
Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, C.S., gave evidence. no
"soothsayer," Hussun Uskheree' was examined,
and denied all that had been said of his wonderful
pow( rs.
The prisoner was then referred to, and notwith-
standing his recorded statement of his firm belief
in the powers attributed to the witness, he denied
all knowledge of him or his powers. He was re•
minded of his statement made but a few days pre-
vious, but all to no purpose ; he completely ignored
him ; and Hussun Uskheree was returned to his
place of confinement much to the disgust of those
who expected some interesting revelations from
him.

The Commander-in-Chief was at Cawnpore on
the 12th of February, waiting for the siege train
from Agra, which had not arrived. Troops had
been crossing the Ganges since the Ist February,
and a large force is now assembled at Alumbagh,
to commence operations against Lucknow on Sir
Colin's arrival from Cawnpore. The attack would
take place about the 19th or 20th of February.
The Goorkhas are advancing towards Oude on
the eastern side, and are clearing the country in that
direction. On the 7th February, they attacked the
enemy, about 10,000 strong, under the Rajah of
Gondah, whom they defeated, with the loss of 50
killed. The remainder were completely dispersed.
Central India is being rapidly cleared of the
rebels. The strong fort of Ramnuggur has been
taken and dismantled by a force from Jubbulpore,
and we have now uninterrupted communication
with Calcutta. On the 11th Feb. the force under
General Rose left Saugor, and advanced towards
the fort of Garrakotta, which was evacuated by the
enemy. A flying detachment was sent after them,
which cut up their rear, killing about 100.
An action took place at Shorapore, in the Nizam's
territories, on the Bth Feb., between the Madras
troops and a body of Rohill,s, in which Captain
Newbury was killed, and Lieut. Stewart badly
wounded. The town of Shorapore was evacuated
in the night, and taken possession of by Col. Mal-
colm. The Rajah, who had fled, was subsequently
captured at Hyderabad.
The
71st Highlanders and 18th Royal Irish have
arrived at Bombay, and still remain at the presi-
dency.

The Governor-General, with the full powers of
the Council conferred upon him for six months, is
now on his way up to the North• West Provinces,
the desirableness of his presence in the disturbed
districts having been generally recognised, and the
seat of Government has been removed from Agra to
Allahabad.

The Governor-General left Calcutta on the 31st
Dec., and arrived at Allahabad on the 7th Feb.
The Lieut.-Governorship of the Central Provinces,
and the Chief Commissioner hip of the North-West,
have been abolished, and Mr. Grant has returned
to Calcutta, to resume his seat in Council.
A very respectable and influential meeting of the
native gentry of Bombay voted an address to her
Majesty a few days ago, expressive of their abhor-
rence of the crimes committed in this re-
bellion, and their loyal wishes for the establishment,
of the British power in India on a lasting founda-
tion. The address goes home by the present mail,
signed, as we believe, by all the native members of
the Bombay native community.

The next witness called was Bukhtawur, a peon
in the service of the late Captain Douglas. Bis
evidence chiefly related to the occurrences of the
Ilth of May.
The court was occupied the whole of 11th day
with the examination of a person named Chunee,
formerly editor of a native paper, entitled the
Delhi 11 ewe, conducted on a novel principle ; the
editor's duty being to mite his paper full, and
then carry it round and read it to his subscribers !
The witness stated in reply to questions, that
the Mahotnedans of the city were in the habit of boast-
ing that the Persians, aided by the Russians, were
coming to drive the English out of the country, and
gave it as his belief tint the Mahomedans were
very much excited about the Persian war. The
Chuppatiel which were he said, for the purpose
of bringing together a large body of men for some
business to be explained to them hereafter ; and lie
said they originated at or near Kurnaul ; precisely
the opposite direction from which Sir T. Metcalfe
traced their origin. The witness in reply to a
question by the prosecutor said, that about five or
six days after the city had been in possession of the
mutineers, he heard that there was a great disturb-
ance in :the palace, and on going to see the cause,
found a number of sepoys and some of the prisoner's
armed servants, killing Europeans, men, women,
and children. There was a great crowd collected,
and he could not see distinctly through it ; but,
after the slaughter was completed, he inquired of
sweepers, who were removing the bodies, and heard
that in all fifty-two persons had been killed. Of
these only five or six were males, the rest all females
and children ! The bodies were being removed
in carts and were thrown into the river ; when he
saw them lying dead, they were in a circle. A
number of Mahomedans were on the top of Mirza
Mogul's house, spectators of the scene, and the
witnes heard that Mirza Mogul was one of those
looking on. These unfortuuat3 people were con-
fined, previous to their massacre, from the 11th to
the 16th of May, in a sort of receptacle for rubbish,
where the prisoner's lowest culprits were con-
fined, and in which it would have been an insult
to confine a person with any pretensions to
respectability. There were many better and more
suitable buildings, but they were not allotted to
the Europeans.
The above is the substance of Chunee's evidence,
elicited by severe cross-examination by the prose-
cutor and the president of the court ; and he con-
cluded his evidence of this day by replying to a
question put by the prosecutor, as to who gave the
order for the massacre of the Europeans—" The
King himself ; who else could give the order V'
On the twelfth day " Golam" was examined and
gave some particulars of the massacre of Europeans
inside the Palace, of which he was an eye-witness.
The prisoners Hakeem, Essam-oola Khan, was
then called in and examined on oath. His evidence
which ought to be and might be, bat for evident
"bias," interesting and important, always breaks
down, when coming to a certain point, viz., crimi-
natiug the prisoner.
The prisoner was more lively than usual to-clay ;
declared his innocence of everything several times,
and amused himself by twisting and untwisting a
scarf round his old head, and asking fur a stimulant
occasionally.
[Tie verdict and sentence are mentioned in the
summary of the Bombay Times, given in another
column.]

The special corr-spondent of the Times in his
letter dated B nnbay, Feb. 24, says :---" In all
probability the great blow has been already deli-
vered at Lucknow by the Commander-in Chief.
Not, as we anticipated, from the direction of Fut..
tyghur and the Rangunga, but along the direct
road from Cawnpore, by which, on the track of
Havelock and Outram, be has once already
marched to victory, Sir Colin advances upon the
rebellious city. The enemy before him is perhaps
100,000 strong; men for the most part trained
to arms by English discipline, or inured to their
Use during the stormy years of the dethroned dy-

nasty. The city which they hold is said to have been
greatly strengthened by them since the masterly
movement of the Commander-in-Chief withdrew
from their tiger-clutch the long-imprisoned Eng-
lish garrison. We read of works being thrown up,
not of earth only, but of solid masonry. But whe-
ther the rebels will attempt to hold them against
the tremendous fire of the English artillery is at
least doubtful. Many men in Sir Colin's force
were disposed to think that no serious resistance
would be offered.
Ou the 12th, the date of our latest accounts, Sir
Colin had returned from Allahabad, but had not
yet crossed into Oude. The report that has
reached us, on fair authority, apparently attributes
this delay to the non-arrival of the siege train and
convoy from Agra, and adds that considerable
anxiety was felt for the safety of this impor-
tant addition to the attacking force. But this,
I think, is a mistake, for the convoy appears
to have been but two marches from Cawnpore on
the 4th, with the siege train only one march in its
rear. And an officer writing from the Chief's camp
on the Bth, states expressly that the train
came in on the 7tb, and was to cross about
the 12th. I conclude, therefore, that Sir Colin was
only waiting to see the whole force over before he
himself crossed, and that within a day or two after
the date of our latest accounts he once more set
foot in the rebel province at the head of probably
from 12,000 to 15,000 men, and about 140 guns,
some 80 of them pieces of heavy metal, and the
remaining 80 field-pieces, the whole under the
command of Sir Archdale Wilson. The road to
Alumbagh he would find quite clear, strong bodies
of troops being stationed at Oonao, Busserut-
gunge, and the Bunnee-bridge. From Alumbagh
itself our latest news is of the 12th inst., when all
was well. No attack had been made by the enemy
since their bloody repulse on the 16th of January ;
but one was expected on that very day, and the
writer of the letter to which I am referring—an
officer of the 78th—says, " We are all in harness."
"Meanwhile, Jung Bahadoor, with his Ghoorkas,
was lying before Fszsbad, in eastern Oude, but,
for want of ammunition, was unable to take the
place. Supplies were consequently ordered for
him from Benares, and, pending their arrival at his
camp, the march of Brigadier Franks on the road
from Jaunpore by Sultanpore to Lucknow was
halted at Budlapore. These were the respective
positions—when last we heard of them, about the
7th of this month—of the two auxiliary forces des-
tined to aid the Commander-in-Chief in the re-con-
quest of Oude.
" Turning to the north-west of Oude, where the
great province of Rohilcund yet remains to be
tranquilised, we fled that fire Sikh regiments of
foot, with horse and artillery, are moving down the
roads from Lahore ; and already within the bounda-
ries of the province, and without the aid of the Sikh
force, a considerable blow has been inflicted upon
the rebels of Bareilly. Three large bodies of these
men were at the beginning of this month stationed
at three several points between Bareilly and the
hills. One party, under Fuel Huk, held the road
to Peeleebheet at a point 14 miles from the bottom
of the Nynee Tal hill. A second was at Rudapore,
further to the west ; and a third was in the centre
on the main Bareilly road, 24 miles from the Nynee
Tal hill, or, rather, from the camp at the bottom of
the hill, where lay Col. M'Causland with the 66th
Ghoorkas, some 500 Nepaulese and hillme.n, and
some irregular horse and four light field-pieces—
in all about 1,200 men. With this little force
IVl‘Causland, on the 10th, attacked the rebels on the
Bareilly road, who were: commanded by one Kalee
Khan, and had approached him within 13 miles,
and utterly routed them, capturing three guns and
killing and wounding 500 of the enemy. His own
loss in killed and wounded was 35 ; among the
latter there being two officers of the 66th, Gepp and
Tytler. The action over, the Colonel prudently
marched back to his camp, lest he should be
attacked in flank by the other rebel forces, having,
within 24 hours, marched nearly 30 miles, and
fought a pitched battle. It will be the turn of
Fuzl Huk next, and we may expect shortly to hear
that he has attacked or has been attacked by
M'Causland.
" All is quiet in the Punjab, with Sikh regiments
marching down into Hindostan and English ones
coming up from Kurrachee to take their place. Sir
John Lawrence arrived with the 17th Punjab In-
fantry at Loodhiana on the 4th on his way to Delhi
and Agra, the districts lately handed over to his
management. From Mooltan the 7th Fusiliers had
arrived at Lahore, setting free the 81st, who go up
to reinforce the somewhat crippled garrison of
Peshawur.
" From Malwa we learn that the contingent of
that province, of which the greater part has mu-
tinied, is to be formally disbanded. At Indore the
Rajah of Amjhera, one of the very first to commence
disturbances in those parts, was hanged on the 10th.
He was spared by Sir Robert Hamilton when his
Ministers were executed, on the score, as I under-
stood at the time, of imbecility.
" Further to the eastward in Central India, Sir
Hugh Rose and General Whitelock are pressing on,
helping to confine into an over-narrowing circla,
the yet blazing or smouldering fire of rebelling.
"During these operations of Sir H. Rose, and
pending the arrival at Jubbalpore of Gen. White-
lock's force, the small Madras column, sent out from
that station on the Great Deccan road to the
Ganges, has not been idle. Several rebel villages,
and one altogether unknown and provoking little
fort, had been destroyed, and an attack in some
force on the village cf Sleemanabad repulsed by
detachments of the 28th and 33d M.N.I. Commu-
nications were opened with Captain Osborne and the
Rajah of Rewa, when it was fourid that the fort
of Bijrajorghur had fallen to them. The Rajah
of the place had escaped, but the Killadar (Com-
mandant of the fort) and 94 other prisoners were
taken. These men Captain Osborne hesitated to
execute, doubting the temper of the Rewa men,
and accordingly sent them down the road to the
Madrasees, by whom they were all shot. General
Whitlock's force was expected to leave Jubbulpore
on or about the 15th, and would advance in two
divisions, one along the great road to the Ganges,
the other to Saugor by way of Dumoh. The 4th
and 6th Madras Cavalry had marched up the road
past Sleemanabalfor Benares and Allahabad some
days before the execution scene of which I have
briefly written.
" The Calpee rebels, thus urged upon in the rear,
have twice come to blows with our troops—once to-
wards Etawah, where 125 of them fell in a walled
enclosure before Mr. Hume, the Collector and
some Irregulars; the second time towards Cawn-
pore, where some of the 88th attacked a patty that
had crossed the Jumna and slew 80 of them.
"In this Presidency nothing has occurred of

much importance. In CheSawniit Waree district, a
state prisoner—ono of the insurgent of 1841—having
escaped from prison, and collected a couple of
hundred followers, attacked a small Government
Treasury, at a place called Tullowam, defended
only by a havildar and ten Sepoys of the Ghaut
polio:). Refusing to surrender their post, the
little garrison sustained and repulsed a series
of attacks which lasted during four hours, and
in which several desperate attempts were made
to fire the place over their heads. Failing in open
assault, the rebels demanded a rarloy through an
influential man of the eeigbouring village, and,
during the conference, attempted a surprise, but
were again foiled. As a last resource, they remem-
bered that the wives and children of the faithful
soldiers were in the village—them they seized, and,
ranging them in front of the little fort, threatened
all kinds of atrocities if the place were not given up
to them ; but to threats and terrified shrieks the
garrison were deaf alike, and their assailants at
length marched off, taking the women and children
with them. They have not hitherto been heard
of again, but the news of the affair is yet
but a day old. If I add to this gallant achieve-
ment the record of a successful attack upon
Bheels in Candeish by Major pottinger, where 33
of these troublesome hill-men were killed, though
their leader, Bagojee, escaped, I exhaust, I believe,
the fighting news from Bombay.
" I enclose a copy of an address to the Queen,
which goes home by this mail,
.bearing, as itself
asserts, 3,000 signatures. It is well, thought-
fully, and temperately worded, when we are so
very strong—but that may pass. The facts stated
in the address aro unquestionable ; we will hope,
and, in the absence to the contrary, believe,that
the truth of the views and hopes expressed regard-
ing them is equally beyond dispute
" NATIVE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.
,‘ HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 'THE QUEEN.

your Majesty,--Wei the undersigned
native May
inhabitants pleaseitantsof Bombay, venture to approach your
Majesty with an humble expression of our loyal attach-
ment to your Majesty's Crown and person.
" Having long lived under the protection of the British
Government in India, and become more and more attached
to that administration which assures us of equal laws, im-
partial justice, and complete security of person and pro-
perty, we have witnessed the shameful atrocities committed
by the mutinous soldiery of Bengal with grief, in no degree
less poignant than that felt by the British nation, and with
horror, enhanced by the reflection that the criminals were
natives of a portion, though a distant one, of our common
country.
" ' We earnestly hope and trust that, notwithstanding
the deep indignation which the frightful barbarities of the
mutineers have naturally excited in the breast of all classes
of your Majesty's subjects, it will not be forgotten that the
offenders, with few exceptions, belong to a single crass--thesepoys of one presidency, and that the main body of the
people have re'uained unaffected by the spirit of rebellion,
while the majority of the chiefs, even in the disturbed
districts, have given prompt and effectual aid to the
British Government ; and we trust that it will be remem-
bered, in favour of the Bombay Presidency in particular,
that its population has been alinust uniformly loyal, the few
exceptional cases of treasonable conduct having been at
once exposed and easily suppressed by the united action of