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 London ; 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 A.kberpoor, a fe w
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
Bundelas,
and by a reserve of four
,regular regi-
ments in their rear, the basis of their own opera-
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 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 mutineers 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 Colin 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
Bboti, advanced then to a place two coss nearer to
Cawnpore, and left there, with 50 or 60 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 Serai, 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,
guns Witlitanimunition
from Calpee having reached Renniah, the English
marched thither also, and captured them. The
three hurkarus, who reported this, were in the
action, and with great difficulty 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 Muttabelpore, and there,
at twelve o'clock at night, came Koor awlut Sing,
but 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
Roostum 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
theirton ed guns,mparto the rapidity of their fire. They that winking is a slow opera-
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
bravery as signal has been their flight and destruc-
tion. The dead are doomed to dozukh,.

Balla Sahib, brother of the Nana, who was
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 disjointed 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.

As the great want of Sir Colin hitherto has
been carriage, great efforts have been made to
assist him with camels, elephants, and carts from
Agra, Meerut, and Delhi.
On the 7th, a convoy left Delhi, accompanied
by the 7th Punjaub Infantry, Blunt's troop of
Horseers,
a ll
a squadron of the 6th Carabi-
neers, of Hodson's Horse. From Meerut
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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 Dalhi was to take place
on the.l4th or 15th. Generally courts-martial
had been vary busy, and six or eight rebels were
executed every morning. On 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 Jumma Musjid. The four regiments
in quarters have not more than 250 mon each.
The same remarks apply to Meerut, where the
fighting portion 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 SIM. How 60011 it will be possible to send a
column into Rohilcund, under these circumstances,
it is difficult to say.

I bpoke, in my last letter, of an expedition to-
wards Futteeabad, and the departure of Mr.
Phillips to its aid, with two guns. Here are two
letters describing the proceedings of a 'force sent
to Mr. Phillips' assistance
CAMP FIITTEEABAD, DEC. a —We marched from
Agra on the morning of the 2d to this place,
which is distant twenty-three miles. Our mai
we marched out of Futteeabad about 'five miles,
lay past the Taj. Next morning, at three o'clock,
and reached the
enemy just at daybreak. They
soon opened fire on us with their matchlocks
and jingals (which latter carry 8 or 10-ounce
balls) from behind rocks and bushes. We then
stood watching them, until our guns came up,
when our artillery opened .fire. The Sikhs went
right and left in skirmishing order, and we ad-
vanced straight to the front. Through the village we
went—regular deerstalking—such a chase younever
saw. After we had driven them out of the village,
we had to traverse ravines, climbrocks and scramble
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
betweeu thirty and forty men. Horsemen were of
no use in these rocky jungles. We burned three
villages, and hunted the rebel ryots clean and clear