The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The Bombay mail arrived in London this morn-
ing, bringing intelligence up to December 24. It
adds but little to what we have already published.
The following is the letter of the Daily News'
Bombay correspondent :
BOMBAY, DEC. 24.

We are here at present as far from Calcutta
practically as from Landon ; the latest intelli-
gence we have received from the capital of India
being no later than the 30th of Nov., and there-
fore giving us no additional news from Cawnpore.
Through Agra and the Madras telegraph we have,
however, received a few items, insufficient, how-
ever, to afford a connected narrative of the pro-
ceedings of our army against the Gwalior muti-
neers. Still, such as they are, I transmit them
to yon. A. letters tells us that one of General
Windham's engagements was fought on the 28th
of November at a place called Akberpoor, a fe
miles from Cawnpore. The writer says

The Grenadier Regiment of the Gwalior Contin-
gent charged within our field battery, under the
impression apparently that we were retreating—
this regiment was annihilated, and is said to have
left 800 killed and wounded on the ground. Fight-
ing was continued for two succeeding days. We
are gradually retiring to our entrenchments—the
enemy advancing on the city and holding it up to'
the last accounts. They were aided by some 15,000
Bn
' and by a reserve of four regular regi-
mentstheir rear, the basis of their own opera-
udeliasn
tions being Kalpee. Up to the 29th our communi-
cation with Allahabad was open. The commander-
in-chief of the rebels is said to be a brother-in-law
of the Nana Sahib.

From the statement of an hurkaru, who has
come from Cawnpore, and who left that station
on the I st of December, it appears that there was
an uninterrupted fight between the English and
mutinous force from the 26th to the 30th Nov. ;
that the insurgents placed their guns on Nunhey
Newab's Huveylee and the Church ; that the
Lucknow force in the meantime arrived at the
bridge of boats on Monday (30th November), and
after fighting with the enemy for the whole day,
succeeded in crossing over the bridge, and en-
camped in the plain ; that the whole English force
in the entrenchments, including that in the plain, is
estimated at 6,000 strong, and the enemy double
that number ; that, besides the 12 infantry and
three cavalry regiments of the mu ineers they have
a large number of budmashes from the villages of
the Cawnpore and .orei districts and the Gwalior
territory with them, that reinforcement was daily
from Allahabad, and a detachment of the insur-
gents was sent towards Futtehpore to oppose the
reinforcement on their way.
Sir Cohn Campbell's share in the subsequent
destruction of the rebels is described by a news-
paper of the Maharajah Scindiah, who writes from
Kalpee on the Bth December, as follows :
Three hurkarus came straight from Cawnpore
to-day, and reported that the Gwalior Contingent
rebels, having collected all their force and stores at
Bhoti, advanced then to a place two coss nearer to
Cawnpore, and left there, with 50 or GO men, their
camp and bazaar. The whole force, including
sepoys and chiefs, with their followers of all sorts,
amounted to 15,000 men. Their plan was to fight
with their guns up to 12 p.m., and then to assault
and carry the entrenchments. At Mogul Sergi, near
Cawnpore, the English had a battery, and there the
fight began. The rebels fought very bravely up to
12 p.m., when the English began to retire, and the
rebels followed them until they were two coss from
the rebel camp. Then 500 English with two guns
advancing on the Allahabad road attacked the
rebel camp, and captured it with all that was in it.
Leaving a guard there, they then attacked the
rear of the rebels, when the retiring English
turned and attacked them in front. The rebels
could not endure this double attack, and fled ;
and the English chased them to Sacheindee,
and took on the road their guns, baggage,
magazine—everything. Meanwhile, the two great
guns which the rebelshad sent for with ammunition
from Calpee having reached Renniah, the Evgliat
marched thither also, and captured them. The
three hurkarus, who reported this, were in the
action, and with great dinculty saved their lives,
but none of their property. And of the flying sepoys
no village would admit a man within its walls—
not even if it were his own home. The hurkarus
put up in the village of Muttabelpere, and there,
at twelve o'cloCk at night, came Koor Dawlut Sing,
bit the people would not let him halt there. I
cannot tell how many were slain, but shall hear to-
morrow. The English fought in this battle as
Roosturn and Isfendian, alone, fought before. The
Sahibs dismounted amid the fire of the guns and
slew the gunners with their swords, and, rushing
upon the gunners, stopped them as they ap-
plied the match; while the English so worked
their guns, that winking is a slow opera-
tion compared to the rapidity of their fire. They
fired after the fugitives as their noise directed,
and if they but saw a head, that head was crushed.
The blood of the dead and wounded flowed in
streams.
Whoever shall hear this news will rejoice, for
these men, who injured and trampled on high and
low, have received punishment from God propor-
tioned to their cruelty. And great as was their
arehas
doomed
ed theirt odorttich.
flight and destruc-
tion.Balla Sahib, brother of the Nan; who was
braveryTahse signal l
wounded in the shoulder, took refuge in Calpee,
where he has been since busy in bringing together
guns, ammunition, and provisions. Curt and un-
satisfactory as these di-jointed statements are,
they leave no doubt as to the great fact that the
Gwalior rebels are completely disorganised—a fact
rendered still more certain by this, in addition,
that Brigadier Grant succeeded in dispersing a
large remnant of insurgents who sought to retreat
into Oude. This important news was despatched
from Cawnpore on the 10th, of December by the
Commander-in-Chief.

great efforts have been made to
As the great want of Sir Colin hitherto has
abseseins t
hi
m carriage,with
camels, elephants, and carts from
Agra, Meerut, and Delhi.
On the 7th, a convoy left Delhi, accompanied
by the
squadron of the 6th Carabi-
neers, and 500 of Hodson's Horse. From Meerut
the
Horse l
Artillery,Punjsub Infantry, Blunt's troop of
i a
and Agra other convoys were sent at the same
time; and the whole met at Allyghur, on the
11th of December, Colonel Seulon taking the
command.

The trial of the King of Delhi was to take place
on the 14th or 15th. Generally courts-martial
had been very busy, and six or eight rebels were
executed every morning. Oa the 9th December
commenced the trial of the Nawab of Jhuggur.
The departure of so many troops from Delhi
leaves the garrison numerically too weak, not-
withstanding the arrival on the 11th of the left
wing of the Ist Belooch battalion, now located in
the famous Jumnia Musjid. The four regiments
in quarters have not more than 250 men each.
The same remarks apply to Meerut, where the
fighting Fortiori of the community consists of 300
of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 120 of the 60th
Rifles, 4 guns of Tomb's Battery, and detachment
of S khs. How soon it will be possible to send a
column into Rohilcund, under these circumstances,
it is difficult to say.

I spoke, in my last letter,
of an expedition to-
wards Futteeabad, and the departure of Mr.
Phillips to it 3 aid, with two guns. Here are two
letters describing the proceedings of a force sent
to Mr. assistance
CAMP FUTTEEAI3,th,
Agra on the morning of the 2d to this place,
which is distant twenty-three miles. Our road
Neat lay past the Taj.DEC. 3.—We marched from
morning, at three o'clock,
we marched out of Futteolbad. about [five miles,
and reached the enemy just at daybreak. They
soon opened fire on u 3 with their matchlocks
and jingals (which latter carry 8 or 10-ounce'
balls) from behind rocks and bushes. We then
stood watching them, uctil our guns came up,
when our artill9ry opened fire. The Sikhs weut
right and left in skirmishing order, and we ad-
vanced stroight to the fro ut. Through the village wo
Went—regular tit erstalking—such a chase you never
saw. After we had driven them out of the village,
We had to traverse ravines, cdinbrocks sn'lscramble
over small mountains The runaways buried them-
selves in bushes, with the women and children on
the top of them. We hauled them out; and killed
bkwee., thirty and forty men. Horsemen were of
no use in these rocky jungles. We burned three
villages, and hunted the rebel ryote clean and clear ;

out of the place. We took two prisoners—ono of
whom we shot and the other we hanged. On our
side, one Sikh Infantry man was wounded, and
ono man belonging to the 3d Europeans. The
latter was one of a guard of three men and a
corporal, who were in charge of the ammunition,
and were attacked by four sowars. After we
had done this job, we got our dram, and
marched quietly home to breakfist, when some
more work was cut out for us. The enemy
numbered, as well as we could guess, about 400,
including a few sowars. Our party consisted of
2110 Sikh Cavalry, 200 ditto Infantry, 100 Euro-
peans, two 9-pounders, and two mortars.
December s.—We marched from F'utteeabad in
the direction of Gwalior. We went down by the
side of the Kharee, the same river to the banks of
which Colonel Cotton chased the rebels on the 10th.
Every time we have had a hunt these rebels always
doar across the water. They are very shy in show-
ing fight—firing a few shots and then off like deer.
Leaving Futteeabad, we marched through jungles
and ploughed fields, having natives to pioneer the
way for us. That morning we marched ten
miles. After pitching our camp there was a
rumour that there were between 700 or 800 rebels,
with six guns, in a village not seven miles from
us. Twenty cavalrymen, with two officers, were sent
out to reconnoitre, who on their appearance got a
salute of bullets from out the jungle-grass ; and
an artillery officer got one goollee through the skirt
of his coat, the bullet taking a piece out of the
horse's back. This morning we marched out to
see what we could do with the rebels. They soon
opened fire on us with their jingals, but hit no-
body ; our artillery treated them in return to a
shell or two, and a few round shot. Then they
made off. While the artillery were firing, we re-
freshed ourselves with a tot, and then went off in
skirmishing order, driving them over the river.
Cavalry are of no use in these rocky jungles, so our
horsemen dismounted and chased the fugitives on
foot with the carbine. We followed in the hunt
two or three miles. Returning we set fire to the
villages that had fired on us. In this chlse we
killed about 50. We, had one Sikh wounded, one
man of the third shot through the arm. Our men
behaved admirably, no unnecessary slaughter tak •
ing place ; but only those who really deserved it
being punished, while neither woman nor child was
molested.

There is little as yet passing in Rajpootana,
Sir Hugh Rose and Sir Robt. Hamilton have been
actively engaged at Indore in dealing with rebelli-
ous rajahs. They caused the Raj th of Arojherra
and his ministers to be, arraigned for aiding the
rebellion, and the court found the prisoners guilty.
the ministers were all hung forthwith, and the
rajah awaits instructions from Lord Elphinstone.
This occurred at Indore on the 20th. Brigadier
Stuart, in leaving Mundesore, ordered the Hydra-
bad contingent, under Major Orr, to stand fast
there, and Neemuch has been reinforced by 150
of her Majesty's 83d, under Major Prescott ; 150
of the 12th Regiment Native Infantry, two guns
with Golundauze, and 30 Lancers, in charge of a
good supply of ammunition and other materials of
war, which are much wanted. The detachment
of her Majesty's 83d, hitherto at Neemuch, and
the Lancers, were to leave for Musseerabad, where
General Lawrence proposes to take speedy mea-
sures for destroying the rebels of Awah. Thence
his destination will be Kotah. The rebels that
were defeated at Mundesore are said to have fra-
ternised with the Kotah mutineers, with the inten-
tion of making another attack upon Neemuch.
Fugitives from the victorious army in the north
are said to be collecting with the avowed purpose
of going to Nusseerabad and Ajmeer. One thing
is certain, viz.,—that the whole of the fanatical
Mahomedan population of Rajpootana are our
inveterate foes ; and every day's delay in sending
troops up only accumulates the number of the dis-
affected. Thousands of the ignorant people►do
not credit the fall of Delhi ; and look upon the
report of the capture of that hoary headed villain,
the King of Dalhi, as fictitious ; and the "power
and strength" of Great Britain, as represented in
the large army which have left England fir
as a myth ; both being trumped-up fabrications
to disspirit and keep the rebels in awe. Heavy
work is yet before us ; and General Lawrence will
require not only the pluck (and he has plenty of
that), but the genius and generalship of his gal-
lant brothers to 3arry himself and us through these
stormy days.

No news from Sehan.
The South Mahratta country was quieter, and
the disarmament continuing.
P.S.—The news, partly embodied in the fore-
going letter, is officially made known to the
G )yernment as follows :

" INDORE, DEC. 22.

" The column under Colonel Seaton, from
Delhi, moved on Gungree,* near Khasjun. The
insurgents came out, and a fight ensued on the
banks of the Neem Nuddy. 'The rebels were
routed, losing 3 out of 4 guns and 150 killed.'
Our loss, 3 officers killed, and 1 wounded. This
news comes from Mr. Muir, dated Dec. 15.
" INDORE, DEC. 22.

" The Amjheera Rajah, his minister, and three
officials, tried by six this morning, and sentenced
to be hanged. Eight mutineers blown from guns
this evening, ono hung. All quiet here."

Gnngree or Gungeree is 25 miles S.E. of Ailygurh, on
the road by Khasjun to Bareilly.

The following•is the summary of the Bombay
Times of that date :

The Gwalior Contingent has been totally anni-
hilated by the Commander-in-Chief. After their
defeat on the 6th of December, they were pur-
sued by General Hope Grant, of her Majesty's
9th Lancers, who overtook them as they were
crossing the Ganges, and captured fifteen guns,
tesides immense quantities of stores. The loss
on the side of the British was nominal, but Gen.
Grant was slightly wounded. Oar communica-
tion with Calcutta has not yet been re-opened, and
the intervening districts are still partially dis-
turbed. The Punjaub and Rohilcund continue
tranquil. The Governor-General, and Governors
of the minor Presidencies remain at their respec-
tive seats of government. The Commander-in-
Chief of Bombay has returned from Poonab, and
is now at the Presidency.
OITDE AND CAWNPORE.

We gave in our last summary a string of short
telegraphic notfees, bringing down our intelligence
from Cawnpore and Oude to the 6th of December,
at which date the Commander-in-Chief had de-
feated and scattered the Gwalior Contingent, cap-
turing 16 of their guns. The only additional victory
we have to chronicle is that of Brigadier Grant,
who, on the 10th, attacked and defeated
them, capturing the remainder of their
artillery. We have, however, to revise
and correct the summary formerly given,
by means of the information since received
direct from the north-west provinces and from
Calcutta. It must be remembered, in the first
place, that the Contingent consists of four bat-
teries of artillery, two regiments of cavalry, and
seven regiments of infantry, all as highly disci-
plined as any native troops in the service ; and
they had not, from the time of the mutiny until
their approach to Cawnpore, been weakened by
defeat. They had been joined by the remnant
of the Dinapore mutineers, the contingents of all
the ill-disposed Rajahs in this part of India, with
the whole body of ruffians and bandits from the
country around. I❑ all, they probably amounted
to at least 20,000 men, with about 40 pieces of
ordnance. On the advance of the Commander-in-
Chief towards Lucknow, the force at Cawnpore,
amounting to about 3,000 men, had been left in
charge of General Windham. On the 24th the
first detachment of the rebels crossed the Ganges
and approached Cawupore. General Windham
went out to meet them on the 26th, and attacked
and defeated, following them up for a couple
of nailes----not deeming it wise to pursue them
further, lest, with such large masses in the
field, the enemy might get ints his rear. Having
returned to Cawnpore the same evening, he en-
camped at Nawabgunge. The force he had gone
out to meet, seemed in all likelihood to entrap
him and draw him from his supports. The re-
mainder of the contingent appear to have joined
almost immediately after the defeat, and to have
made arrangements for attack. On the evening
of the 27th, accordingly, they poured down an
overwhelming force on Windham, and compelled
him to withdraw into the entrenchment. They
then burned the camp, destroying 3,000 tents,
with our baggage and supplies. On the following
day they attacked the entrenchment, but were

met by a sortie from the troops, and retired under
discharges of grape from our heavy guns. Our
troops suffered severely, especially her Majesty's
'64th Foot. Col. Wilson, of this corps, was, how-
ever, the only officer killed. The mutineers were
now able to occupy the native town of Cawnpore,
when no opposition appears to have been attempted
against them for several days. On the 28th Sir
Colin Campbell, who had left a division at
Alumbagh, under command of General Out-
ram, reached Cawnpore with a considerable
portion of the relieving force from Luck-
now. Having made arrangements for sending
down towards Calcutta the wounded, the sick,
the women, and the children, he on the sth at-
tacked the enemy; and, it is said, by a feigned
retreat, drew them for several miles from their
position. A detachment of 500 men had mean-
while sent round to attack them in the rear ; and
so soon as time had been allowed them to take up
their position, the retiring force faced round,
attacked, and defeated them with great ,laughter.
The enemy were routed, and driven fourteen
miles along the Calpee road. Sixteen of their
guns, twenty-six battery carts and waggons, with
an immense quantity of ammunition of all sorts,
were captured. Our loss was insignificant, Lieut.
Salmond, Aide.de-Camp to General Grant, was
the only officer who fell. The Commander-in-
Chief had thus succeeded in capturing no fewer
than thirty-two pieces of artillery within little,
more than a week. On the 9th, Gen. Hope Grant
of her Majesty's Ninth Lancers, who had been
sent in pursuit of the enemy, overtook the fugi-
tives at Serajgham, when they were beginning to
cross their guns over the Gripes. The folowin
telegram from the Cowin iiider-iii-Chief to the
Governor-General, dated 10 h December, the
latest received in Bombay, will explain subsequent
operations : _ _

A despatch has just been received from General
Hope Grant, H.M. s 9th Lacers. It narrates that
be came up with the fugi ivy s at Serajghan, when
they were beginning to cross the guns over the
Ganges. He attacked them instantly with his
cavalry and artillery with great spirit, and after
half-an-hour's sharp firing, ti)ok 15 guns, including
one 18-pounder, eight 9-poun lets, hi ee 12-pounder
howitzers, two 4-pounder Howitzers, one 0-pi)tindei
—native---with all their sores, cats, w4ggon,,
large quantities olatninuintiim, bullocks, hacketit's,
Sz'o. General Grant estimates the loss of t tie t-n,.my
at about 100. He did not lose a man in the ope-
rations, he himself being slightly wounded. I con-
gratulate your lordship on the happy finish of this
particular campaign.