The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

THE MUTINIES IN LYDIA.

JUBBULPORE.
Tne following letter is from a lady attached to
V3C 52d Regiment

"Jubbulpore, July 17.
"We are in a kind. of intrenched camp. All
Jubbulpore, at least all the gentry—assembled at
Major Erskine's house, which bas been strongly
fa. ificcl and defended- in every possible way. It
is a fine large house, fortunately, for there are 16
15 childreni and 30,gentlemen in it now.
Soon after the first sad mutinies at Meerut and
Delhi our regiment showed symptoms of excite-
ment, and we had several alarms. One day a
Sepey tried to stab Mr. Miller on parade. The
Balive officers behaved well, and seized him. It
turns out that ho has on several occasions been
mad, so on that plea he has been sent away into
ikeeping. Another morning we were all roused out
f our beds and told to hasten to Major Sleeman's
le;uae, as our regiment was going to mutiny, but
it was a false alarm. Colonel Jamieson still hopes
we sha,,ll get through this terrible crisis without a
mutiny, hilt a great deal of humouring and diplo-
macy has b3en needed, and we dare not say we are
safe. We have two companies on guard here every
night outside, and we have guard; at all our bun-
g lows, and all is going on quietly ; but so did the
thh Native Infantry at All9.habad, and yet they
turned at last and murdered their officers. You
will have heard, perhaps, that your poor cousin,
Mr, reties, was one of the 'victims. Poor fellows,
at was very awful ; the wretches murdered them at
mesa ; and had not those on guard in the fort been
summarily disaircted there would have been a fear-
ful massacre of all there, both ladies and children.
l'oor Mrs. H--- had only been married a fort-
night. Her husband was one of the victims. The
whole station of Allahabad is in ruins. But allthis,-
sad through it be, is nothing compared to the
terrible murders. The wretches have not spared
innocent women and children—monsters of
ruelry. Even ladies are getting quite hardened.
I really think I did feel a pleasure in seeing.hun-
dreds of the rebels killed at and Meerut. Some
2,eor ladies and children were most brutally mur-
dered at Jbansi. It was fearful. First the
lediea saw their husbands shot, then the innocent
Bch klren cut up before' their eyes,
,and then, and
not tll then, their own fate. What fearful times
we live in ! We cannot say our throats are safe
from day to day. How lucky you are to he ant of
it all Oh that we were safe in 01d England ! I
shall never feel happy in this country again, at
least so I think now. Our Resident, Major E—,
is most kind, and tries to make us all as comfort-
able as possible. I have a small room with Mra.
B.— and Mrs. W— and three young H—'s ;
plenty of noise. We have not much comfort, as
you may imagine. All our mess establishment is
here, and we form a large party.. At Saugor, the
42d have gone ; the 31st remainel stanch ; the
50. h, at Nagode, remain as yet stanch. Our safety
d-pends much on Saugor and Nagode keeping
quiet. All ladies are ordered into places of safety,
and at one time it was half settled to send us all off
to Mirzapore, but the heavy rains and the unsettled
kale of the country rendered it impracticable.
Some poor ladies are very nervous. I have not
ben so as yet, and sleep very soundly. We have
officers on guard and patrol all night, and we are
not allowed to go out of the compound without

leave.
" Poor Dr. Mtwe's fate and poor Mrs. M.'a
sufferings have bean sad indeed. She is now safe
at Major Ellis's house at Nagode. The 12th
mutinied at Nougaon, and all had to fly. T'uey
were trying to make their way to Saugor. Vil-
lagers rose, and they were attacked by a large body
of Dacoits. Took to their horses. There were
three females. The party was hunted from village
to villAge. Poor M., who had been ill at Nougaon,
was at last fairly done for—his horse shied, he and
his wife fell off, and were left to die. Poor --
wrote a heart-rending account two days ago of
Mrs. M. She is now safe at Nagode and her child
Lotty. Peor M. died soon after the fall.
Poor J. crept away and sat in a tomb to hide her-
self ; villagers found her, robbed her of her guard
ring, and dragged her into the village.
"T wo miles off the Nawab of Banda,"hearing of
a la'ly in distress, sent an elephant and guard for
lux, and when she reached Banda she had the
happiness of finding Lotty safe with Captain Scott
and some of the other officers ; this was a ray of
comfort for her, poor soul, but she writes as if
the was distraught, and is, poor thing, daily ex-
pecting a premature confinement. My heart bleeds
loc. her. Yesterday Mrs. H. made up a large. pack-
age of clothes for Lotty and herself ; we put in all
we thought would be useful and sent it off. There
ars only two ladies left in Nagode. Every one is
flying to Calcutta. Major E. heard of Sir H. Law-
one:, s death ; a terrible report that Sir U. Wheeler
died in garrison, basely murdered. Major Wiggens
we suppose gone. Mrs. W.'s name is mentioned as
being killed again. Poor Mrs. Wiggens we hear
die from sickness ; also it is said the Nena Sahib
has kept upwards of 100 hostages.
" We are expecting a movab'e column of troops
here in about a fortnight from Kampteo and Nag-
pore. A portion of our regiment will go with them
to.retake Nougaon, Jhansi, and Hisser, burn vil-
lages, and execute vengeance-on all marauders and
rebels they can meet. Major .E— is going, also
two artillery officers, Mr. 0— and B—, two
subal terns, and 180 men ; 40 men were sent off the
other day on some expedition. Our garrisan will
b ) greatly weakened, losing about eight or nine
officers. It is expected the party will be away some
months. I conclude we must remain here until the
country becomes more settled. This evening we
are expecting some additions to our party from
Nursingpore. I fear you will find this an ineo-
h( rent epistle. lam writing under difficulties."