The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

rAY S.

THE INDIAN MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS FROM
LUCKNO W.
The Indian mail pact<et Pera, Captain Hick,
Admiralty agent Lieut. Greville, R.N. arrived at
Southanipten yesterday morning with the heavy
portion of the India and China mails, She left
I Alexandria on the 20th ult., Malta on the 23d ;
and Gibraltar on the 27th.
Amongst her cargo were 240 packages of treasure,
the value of which was not stated ; 1,593 bales and
147 cases of silk, 23 cases of shawls, 20 cases of
despatches, and 4 chests of tea.
Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hibernia,
Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Wanderer,
Caradoc, Coquette, Swallow, Urgent, Vulture,
Vigilant, Medina, Harpy, and Tartarus, were at
Malta. The Curlew was at Gibraltar.
The Pera spoke the India mail packet Colombo
on the 26th ult., and the India mail packet Indus
on the 4th inst. Also the Peninsular packet Sul-
tan on the 28th ult. Dr. Mackenzie, of the India
mail packet Oriental, died on board the Pera on the
23d ult.
The Pera has brought home 67 passengers.
None of the ladies who escaped from amongst the
garrison of Lucknow, have arrived by her, but they
may be expected by two next packets. -
The Pera's mails were landed early yesterday
morning, but the ship was unable to come into dock
until the middle of the day, owing to its being low
water. Two small steamers were despatched out
in the stream in the forenoon to bring in the pas,
sengers and their baggage.
Amongst the passengers who landed were Mrs.
and Miss Wilson ; Mrs. Crump, Lieutenants Charl-
ton, Harmer, and Clery, of the 34th Regiment ;
Lieut. Knight, of the 90th Light Infantry ; Capt.
Cornwall, 93d Highlanders; Lieut. Gilry, 88th
Regiment ; Capt. the Hon. L. B. Mills and Ensign
Travers, of the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade ; Capt
Anderson, 26th Regiment N. I. , and Capt. Saunders,
70th Regiment. Mrs. and Miss Wilson are the widow
and daughter of Brigadier Wilson, who fell at the
head of the 64th Regiment during the disastrous
fight at Cawnpore, between Windham'e force and.
the Gwalior rebels. Mrs. Crump is a widow lady,
whose husband was killed at Lucknow.
Lieutenant Charlton was in Lucknow during the
whole time of the siege. He was wounded at the
commencement by a bullet in the head, which could
not be extracted, and h sufr-red dreadfully in con-
sequence. Last Saturday Lieutenant Charlton was
enabled to pull the bullet out himself. Lieutenant
Harmer was wounded about the same time as Lieu-
tenant Charlton by a round shot, 'which broke his
leg. His sufferings also were very great. Lieu-
tenant Clery was not wounded, but he suffered so
much from cholera and paralysis that it was neces-
'sary he should be invalided home. He was also
present in Lucknow during the whole siege.
Lieutenants Charlton, Harmer, and Clery are
the three young officers whom Brigadier Inglis in
his memorable despstole mentions as " haviug
nobly distinguished themselves in the performance
of their duty." They declare that all the put lished
accounts they have seen of the sufferings of the
woman, children, and garrison of Lucknow fail to
describe adequately what was endured. Out of
23 officers of the 32d Regiment to which Lieu-
tenants Charlton, Harmer, and Clery belong 12
were killed, 1 died of cholera, and 7 were wounded.
Those three young officers, as well as all the other
passengers connected with Lucknow or Cawnpore,
were received on landing by the crowd who waited.
to welcome- them with the greatest sympathy and.
respect.
Lieutenant Knight entered Lucknow with Have.
lock's relieving force, and was severely wounded
while assisting in capturing 'two guns in a narrow
street. He, with 26 other wounded men, were
surrounded by the enemy, and all but himself were
cut to pieces. He, however, received another
wound ; and as a Sepoy raised his tulvrar to de'
speech him, Lieutenant Knight rolled out of the
dho ilie, and crawled in the confusion away.
Whilst doing so, he received a third wound, but
he at length regained a party of English soldiers,
and was saved. Ho has two wounds in his right
leg, and another in his left thigh.
Captain Cornwall fought under Colonel Powell
at Futteypore, and then joined the Commander 47
Chief at Alumbagh, on the advance to the final
relief of Lucknow. On the return to Cavell/leen
he was wounded by a bullet from a shrapnel
between the shoulder and collar bone, which bullet
was afterwards extracted near the spine. It was
Captain Cornwall who commanded the party men-
tioned in Sir Colin Campbell's despatch as having
attacked the Lucknow barracks t, driven le
hag been
rebels
out out of it, and captured three guns.
22 years in the army, and is a captain
e goef 10 years
standing.
Lieut.° Clery fought under Windham at the battle
of Cawnpore, and just as a detachment of his regi-
ment had caps tired two of the enemy's guns, he was
wounded by a bullet in his left arm, where it still
remains. •

Captain Miller was wounded on the hip joint,
the hall passing through his right leg, during the -
last attack of the enemy at the battle of Cawnpore.
He had been slightly wounded in the morning
while attempting to prevent the rebels, 3,000
strong, with artillery, from gaining possession of a •
bridge across the Gauges. Ensign Travers was
the first who was wounded in Windham's retreat
at Cawnpore, He was hit in the shoulder while
assisting a sailors' party in bringing in their 24-
pounders.
Captain Anderson was assistant commissioner at
Lucknow when the mutiny took place there. Hie
house was formed into an outpost by Sir H. Law-
rence, and fortified with a stockade ditch and
mound. Here the captain, with 20 men, defended
, his position night and day during the whole siege
against the enemy, who were only 40 yards dis-
tant with nine heavy guns. Once the enemy pene-
trated the stockade, and were all shot down there.
Captain Anderson lost his wife and one child, from
want, during the siege. His little boy, three years
old, survived, and was brought ashore yesterday
at' Southampton. Whilit on board the Pera,
when the ship's guns fired a salute, and while the
other children on board were frightened, he used
to clap his little hands and hurrah, in imitation
of what he had seen during the firing at Luck-
vow. After the relief of Lucknow, Captain
Anderson joined Brigadier Hope Grant's force, and
helped to cut up the Gwalior rebels, subsequently
to their defeat at Cawnpore, by Sir Colin Camp-
bell, Capt. Anderson was wounded slightly soon
after Havelock entered Lucknow.
Captain H. F. Saunders commanded the out-
lying pickets of the 64th Regiment, which defended
Windham's camp after the battle of Cawnpore.
He also commanded the right wing of that regi-
ment during the disastrous battle. His was the
first officer to reach the Gwalior guns, and though
several volleys were fired direct at him, and eight
officers of his regiment were killed, ho escaped un-
touched. While at the enemy's guns he shot down
five men with his revolver, and ran another through
with his sword. He speaks of a drummer-boy of
the 64th running up to a gun of the enemy and
thrusting some brickbats into it, hoping to render
the gun useless ; the poor boy was afterwards cut
to pieces. It was Captain Saunders'
brother, a
lieutenant of the 84th, who shot five men at Cavin-
pore with his revolver in the presence .of Nana
Sahib and then aimed at the Nana, whom
he would
have also shot but his pistol missed fire. Lieut.
Saunders was for this crucified by the order of
Nana Sahib.
The officers who were near Peel's Shannon men
in battle describe their conduct while fighting as
very amusing. ,They were chaffing each other dur-
ing the action, just es if they were "out for a
spree." After the relief of Lucknow it was their'
delight to get hold of the Lucknow children who
had survived the siege, whom they denominated
"siege babies." The poor children were handed
about from one rough sailor to another, and
smothered in kisses.

Few of those who landed at Southampton yes-
terday, although men who are deserving to rank
with the heroes of antiquity, and men who are
maimed and shattered for life, will get any reward
for their E ervi co.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the
Sfnhisiesi.:7,lls,lboth candi-
dates
in Hanover-square—the Right Hon. Sir G. Gerk,
'art., Vice-President, in the chair---/dessrs. P. aardhf
KR-S.. and H. A. Deane were tlected fellows o
the society ; Messrs. L. M. D. Speuce and A. C.
Blackstone were proposed as candidatess for
it. the fellcor-
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a Po, as a
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recorded in the rerrt of the council was a valuable
c:3llection of living animals presented by Earl Fitz-
williarn.
THE DISASTERS AT CAWNPORE.—A corresiondetn.cti
saysq i
ell
,—" Having seen in your paper a paragraph u .
s
from the Scotsman, stating that `Sir Cohn Calipb d 82d
reported to have put the Colonic of the 88tb an
Queen's Regiments under arrest, in consequence o' th
umconduct ~:t those corps at the disasAer of CawnporWi
e
under General Windham,' I hope you in jostice l
ksert tho following statement A detachment only of the
BSth Regiment vi, re undo. G,neral Windham at Cavvn-
-re Li-ut"nant-Co!onel George V. Mar:well, C. 8.,
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commanding, cad the Lead qt:a:tcrs of tho rc3irc
raPh ont
were not there, consequently, that part of the parcg
in the .Scotsman is incorrect,'