The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

INDIA.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail we hays re-
ceived files of papers from Calcutta to the 2d, and
from Bombay to the 11th of. November, from
Melbourne to the.l7th, of October, and from Sydney
to the 13th, of October.

The following is the letter of our correspondent,

dated '

" CALCUTTA, Nov. 2.

" On the 22d of October the Governor-General
made his triumphal entry into Lucknow, and received
and decorated all the Princes and higher noblesse of
Oude. Your readers, I dare say, will scarcely care
for the ceremonial, the formal genuflexions, the be-
stowal of necklaces, the small speeches and large
compliments which make up an Indian reception.
The real interest of the scene, besides, does not lie
in them. Two days after a grand Durbar was held,
attended by the majority of the Talookdars of Oude.
After the usual formal greetings, the Governor-
General rose and addressed the assembled land-
holders thus :

" Talookdars of Oude,--I am glad to find myself
in your country and among you, and to have this
opportunity of speaking to you in the name of the
Queen your Sovereign.
"' A year has not passed away since this pro-
vince was the seat of anarchy and war. :The
conduct of its people had been such that the Go-
vernment was compelled to lay a heavy hand upon
it. But peace and order are now restored in every
corner of Oude, and I am come to speak to you not
of the past, but of the future.
" You have all of you who are here present re-
ceived yesterday the grants of those estates which
the Government has restored to you.
" ' You will have seen by the terms of these grants
that the ancient Talookdaree system of Oude is re-
vived and perpetuated.
" Be assured that so long as each dne of you is a
loyal and faithful subject, and a just master, his
rights and dignity as a Talookdar will be upheld
by me and by every representative of your Queen,
and that no man shall disturb them.

" ' You will also have seen by those grants that
the same rights are secured on the same conditions
:o your heirs for ever.

Let this seourity be an encouragement to you
to spend your care, and time, and money upon the
improvement of your possessions.
" As the Government has been generous to you,
so do you be generous to those who hold under you
down to the humblest tiller of the soil. Aid them
by advances of money and other indulgencies to in-
crease the productiveness of the land, and set them
an example of order and obedience to your rulers.
"' Let the same security in your possessions en-
courage you to bring up your sons in a manner be-
fitting the position which they will hereafter oc-
cupy as the Chiefs of Oude. Learn yourselves, and
teach them to look to the Government as a father.

" "falookdars, I trust that there arc none among
you who are so infatuated as to believe that the
Government has designs against your religion.
Even if there be any such, I will not condescend to
repeat the assurances which they have already re-
ceived on this head. I leave it to time, and expe-
rience, and their own senses to dispel their perverse
suspicions. But for their own sakes I warn them
not to be led into acts of opposition or distrust to-
wards the Government by the false tales of design-
ing men.

' Lastly, Talookdars, wherever in any matter
kou have doubts to be resolved or wishes to make
nown, address yourselves to the Chief Commis-
sioner. He will tell you the truth in all things.
He is the high and trusted representative of the
Government in Oude, and, depend upon it, he will
be your best adviser and your truest friend. I wish
that I could speak to you in your own language.
That which I have said will now be interpreted to
you, and I enjoin you to bear it in your memories.'
" The Talookdars,' says a local reporter,' looked
satisfied,' and well they might. If one could
imagine the Duke of Sutherland, say, suddenly
assuring his tenantry that their farms were their
own for over in fee simple, one would expect some
slight marks of complacency to be manifested. That
and nothing less is the effect of the Viceregal speech.
The Oude proclamation, the despatches to Lord
Stanley, our entire policy since the annexation, are
flung to the winds together. The aristocracy are
restored to their estates en masse and granted a per-
petual settlement ; in other words, the rate of taxa-
tion is fixed for ever, and all the increase of renta
sure to follow our rule will go, as in Bengal, to en-
rich them, instead of the State.

" The measure, wholly unexpected and at vari-
ance with every profession Lord Canning has made,
is in itself most wise. The people will not revolt
without their leaders. They did not even in Behar,
where the resumptions have created a genuine hate
of our rule. The leaders now cannot move. They
all accept a perpetnal settlement as the greatest of
benefits, and they all know that the first act of a
native King would be to upset it. They may not
personally feel the benefit for a year or two, but
they are not fools, and they know how rapidly the
Bengalee &minders have thriven. They are re-
leased at once from all uncertainty as to the future,
they rc cover at once their feudal supremacy, they
arc exempted at once from the visits and authority
of the collector, and, above all, they are made too
strong for the native officials. Those gentry, even
in Bengal, dare not worry the Zemindars, and in
(Judo with its martial population they must keep
strictly within the letter of tho law. There will
be some distrust at first, but in five years, I feel
assured, if the perpetuity of the settlement is really
and honestly maintained, the possibility of rebellion
will cease in (Jude. There may be any amount of
discontent, but the rich never revolLin earnest.
" The terms of the grants are noryot published,
and are very possibly severe. The perpetuity

SOD :-

The 45 discharged Europeans who 'volunteered
for China have been sent back 'as incurably bad
characters."

We take the following•from the Bombay Times
of the 11th of November :
"Dwarka has been evacuated by the Wughers,
who availed themselves of the darkness of the night
to cut their way through the outlying pickets of
her Majesty's 28th Regiment on the 30th ult. It
is perhaps as well that the matter has been settled
after this fashion, as a repetition at Dwarka of the
scenes said to have been enacted at But would
have exercised a mischievous influence upon the
minds of the people, and given a handle to the dis-
affected. We take from the columns of our con-
temporary the Gazette the following account of the
operations before the place:—
"' All the transports were off Dwarka by the
afternoon of the 18th ult., so, in order to make Col.
Scobie's force, which was supposed to be about five
miles inland, aware of out: presence, the Feroze
steamed in abreast of the town and fired eight shells
into it, this being the preconcerted signal, and then
anchored to the north-west, nearly opposite to Roos-
sun bunder, which is about two miles to the north-
Ward of D walla. This is the only place where the
troops could effect a landingi:on account of the surf
which runs all along the past, with the excep-
Lion of iitew sheltered places. But there is rather
an imposing fort there, and we noticed horsemen
riding between it and the town, evidently making
preparations to_ defend it, so the Clyde gunboat,
towing the Ferote,- Berenice, and the Zenobia's first
cutters, in charge of Lieutenant Wilson, anchored
off it, and commenced firing, which was kept up for
some lime, when the boats' crews landed, rushed up
to the fort, and took it, much to the surpriee of
everybody, as it was expected to have been decided
in the usual Wagher style, and the colonel com,
manding the field force stated that he would not
have landtd there with less than 1,000 men ; so
this was a feather in Jack's cap.• On the afternoon
of the next. day, the 20th ult., the troops embarked,
and in conjunction with Colonel ticobic's force,
formed a circle round the land side of the town. I
forgot to mention that. as soon as the Jacks had
taken the fort Lieutenant N;xon, commanding the
Clyde, landed a .24-pounder howitzer, which after-
wards harassed the enemy a good deal, disabling a
gun they. brought to the front, killing two, and
wounding a good many. . The first thing to be done
was to disable the guns, of which they have a
good many, and a 10-inch mortar. The artillery
have gradually got their batteries to work. and for
the last three hours the Feroze and Zenobia' have
been shelling the town. At first the military big-
wigs were cautious about going to work lest they
should fire into the troops on the other side ; but
after seeing the practice that was made at Beyt by
the ships they ought to have had more confidence ;
however, they, appear to have recovered. The
firing from the ships is heavier than the whole of
the shore batteries put together. Her Majesty's
sloop Clive arrived on the 25th, when a Naval
Brigade was formed, consisting of three lieutenants
—Lieutenant Sedloy, commanding ; Lieutenant
Crocker, from the Peroie ; Lieutenant Hall, from
the Zenobia; nine midshipmen, and. 120 blue-
jackets. They landed on the 26th, and next.
morning at once took up a position by Moriatt's
column, about 150 yards from the outer fort
and temple, taking possession of a square look-out
tower. They were not long left in peace 'here, for
the enemy commenced a heavy fire of musketry,
and after a short time brought a gun to bear on
them. Before dark they had two officers, Lieut.
Hall and Mr. Midshipman Pulman, and four men
wounded. They had brought a 12-pounder field-
piece with them, but it became disabled after a few
rounds; so that they had no means of silencing-the
enemy's gull, and there was no cover for thm be-
yond that afforded at the back of the square tower,
the single walls of which were too thin to resist
round shot, and there was barely room for 130 men
However, Lieut. Sedley was determined to hold the
position at all hazards, as it was an important one.
That night the Waghers made a sortie in two parties,
one in- frontiand- one-eameround by the beach under
the high ground on which the tower stands. They
rushed on, yelling like fiends, but Were repulsed
with great loss—killed one of our men and wounded
five others. The man who was killed was almost
cut in two and otherwise hightfully mangled. The
number of the enemy killed is not known, but they
were three hours carrying away their wounded.
There must already have been a great number killed
as every night large fires
are seen burning their
dead. Yesterday two more wounded were added to
the naval brigade casualties in trying to take.pos-
session of an advanced fort. When I say trying,'
it was taken, and before you could make that
popular exclamation Jack 'Robinson,' a midshipman
was climbing up to the top of the temple, and in
five minutes more the Union Jack was flying where
the Wagher flag had been, "The breastworks the
enemy had built up were knocked down ; the party
then retired, as the place was too largo and in a
crumbling state to hold, and there was a heavy tire
of musketry on them. The batteries are hard at
work as I write, and the ships will open fire again
in a few minutes.'

" On the afternoon of the 7th inst. the homilies
arrived harbour, bringing the news of tho
vaet
place and thz escape of the garri-
ao inn
of our
the u•lti

On the evening of Sunday, the 30th ult., the
Waghers made a sortie on the sailors' battery, and
were repulsed with severe loss. Early on Tuesday
morning they evacuated the fort, cutting their way
way through the pickets of the 28th Regiment,
severely wounding one officer and three men of the
regiment. They passed close to the 28th's camp, but
that corps could not do anything towards intercept-
ing them, owing to the darkness. On Wednesday
a corps of Europeans proceeded to the Fort of
wrasser, which had previOusly been occupied by
some of the Waghers, but on arriving there they
found that fort also deserted. The enemy either
carried away or buried all their treasure, as no loot
of any consequence has been found. Measures were
taken to prevent a repetition of the occurrences at
Beyt, but there was no. necessity for resorting to
the enemy were observed
illigeh lay scattered over the
ground in considerable numbers. The navy and the
buryingte On
uMondayle their
dead, e
e v
which
transport rendered every possible ass..stance to the
troops by the heavy fire they kept up from the
steamers, as well as from the sailors"batteries
ashore, both at Beyt and Dwarka. The European
troops were making preparations to return, and will
probably arrive in a day or two. It is believed the
6th Regiment will join Col. Scobie's force in pursuit
of the Waghers. The volunteers from the crews of
the transports, particularly of the Ramilies, were
exposed for a considerable tune to a very heavy fir 6 of
musketry, in which one of them was wounded.'
" CENTRAL INDIA.

" A campaign is about to open from Neemuch
against a body of rebels said to be 5,000 strong, en-
camped in a mud fortress upon the banks of the
Chumbul. The numbers are, doubtless; exa'gerated,
but it will be long ere the ground swell of the
mutiny ceases to be felt. In Bundle:3llnd, in the
fastnesses of the hills and jungle of which Feroze
Shah and a body of rebels are still hiding, the cam-
paign has been already opened :
From the south and south-west three columns
arc rebeths commanded separately
by oe,
43d Light Infantry ;
Col. Oakes, 12th Royal Lancers; and Col. Nott, 19th
alroenheiln gPur lots' e,
of
MAdras Native Infantry. Col. Ross, with his camel
corps, attacks them front the Saugor side ; and Col.
Turner, of the 97th, advances from Banda. Capt.
Wright, with 200 of the Sikhs and 40 men of the
43d, is posted at Geree, and the Brigadier has re-
moved to Poorania, a position between his head-
quarters column and Alexander's Horse, which
guards the road from Ghysabad to Huttah."
" We may reasonably hope that the restoration
of order, by the destruction of these last remnants
of the mutinies, is not now far distant.
"NLPAUL.

rumoured
" From Nepaul it is very confidently
that the Nana is dead, but considerable suspicion, of
course, hangs over a story which it is so much the
interest of the miscreant to get believed."