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THE _INDIAN MUTINY.

We have been flavoured with a copy of the follow-
ing letter from a lady, the wife of a Bengal officer :
NEEMUCH, RINE 17.
My beloved Brother,—lt has please{ G.d nrerci-
filly to spare all our lives ; and though unable to
give you at this moment any regular account of our
past trials and wonderful escape from the hands of
the bloodthirsty beath'enish insurgents, yet I will
not let my fist moment of peace -pass without in-
forming you of our safety. Icame here about two
months since, in the early part of April' for the
benefit of a better climate and more society for our
sweet little Emmy, to live with my two e'der sons,
end a third, who was out of health, was left with
me. My husband and two younger boys returned
to Kosah. About three weeks since reports of corn-
ing danger and mut;ny among the thiee regiments
here be, to spread, fires at night took place, false
alarms were coestantly raised, the natives fled from
the bazaars, and a repetition of the horrors of
Meerut aiid Delhi was hourly expected. We dared
not go to bed at nigh', and our days wore full of
ant'cipatPd. horrors. At last things wore so gloomy
an aspect that I sent off an express to my darling
husband for his advice. Another express was sent
the authorities here, urging him to kw no time
in collecting all the forces under his command and
came to Neemuch for the protection of the inhabi-
tants. Ile did so, and set out with cavalry and in-,'
fantty and a couple of guns—altogether I,soo:men,
marching 90 miles in three days with a burning son
arid hot winds blowing. In the meantime a timely
notice was given to my-boys distil:le mutiny would
semi take place, and the coming Storm seemed so
near that we left our home just as we were on the
point of sitting down to dinner with 'Merely a
change of clothes in our hands, and went off t) a
peace about 10 miles distant, where our eldest son
ea I the care of a small fort. We arrived there late
at night with a couple cf. very frightened friends,
whom we protected on the way"; and, .thiiugh we
did sleep on the ground, we thought ourselves for-
tunate in having comparatively safe ground to lie
down upon. One day of rest and then came the
storm ; all Neemueb. in flame, and 'all terror-
stfeken.
.My boys guarded the fort by night and
by day. We were every hour expecting the people
of the city (Jewud) to rise and destroy us, when
early in the nit rning there came. to the -gates 15
otlirers, six ladies, and three young children. They
had all run fur their lives. We let them in. They
bad run all the way with only the clothes on their
bicks. We fed them, and tried to give them that
hope and comfort of which we ourselves were dest'-
tute. An hour afterwards, and a bright gleam" of
sunshine I Who should arrive to our help but my'
husband and two boys ? They had come on 16
miles a head of the little army, which was too
knocked up to proceed. This was real joy for the
time, but was soon damped ; for not many hours
pas .re l before the intelligence came that all the
mutineers, with their .guns, were on their way to
attack Jewud ' • and as we well knew that the fort
could not resist guns, we all, with our companions
in misery, male a clear start to my husband's camp
sixteen miles off, which we reached, jaded, terror-
stricken, and all very dirty. Again we all
slept on the ground, try husband and boys
doing everything for everybody ; and the following
day we took our little army to do battle with the
insurgents ; but they had heard of Charles and his
force, and started off another road. The cowardly
rascals had sent their messengers into Charles's
camp, and offered 1,000 rupees for his head, and
500 for each member of his family ' • and this, we
have since learned, was done through the medium
of two men who have for the present escaped hang-
ing, whose bad conduct at Jeypore had ca•ised their
imprisonment in the gaol at Neemuch. The muti-
neers bad broken open the gaol, and these men
j fined them. Welt, we returned to Neemuch, and
founl n 't more than half--a-dozen people left—ruin
and d-solation in every direction. None of us
escaped with more than one change of garments,
some not even-that; and all here are alike beggars.
Our house, like all others, is a ruin, a shell, with-
out one artc'e left'us. Our beautiful books, either
torn or burnt ; our furniture broken up, chopped
in pieces, or carried off ; not a cup, plate, or glass
left ; carpets torn up, or carried away ; not a
single garment of any kind ; our silver dishes gone ;
doers, windows srnashel ; trinkets and curiosities,
of which I had a goodly store, all taken away or de-
stroyed—even the pictures and punkahs, and the
chimney pullectilown to see if anything had been"
bidden iu if. We have now nothing left. The
shopkeepers have l st everything, so that we have
not the means of buying common clothes. Charles
has lost property to the amount of 14,000 rupees.
Our own servants assisted in the plunder, and they
loaded fotir of our homes to carry away the mow,
valuable part of our property. Luckily, we had
camels and horses with us iu our flight, or these
also would have been taken.
I will say no more now ' • but this is but a small
portion of our woes. Last night I slept on a couch.
It is the first time for 15 nights that I have had so
good a bed, and last night I took off. my clothes ;-
for 13 nights 1 dared not do this for fear that we
should again have to fly. Our boys have behaved
mist bravely and nobly, and their conduct has been
justly admired, by all. My husband has the proud
satisfaction of knowing that he saved (through the
mercy and guidance of God) not only the lives of
his own wife and children, but of his brother offi-
cers and their families, and all belonging to Nee-
much, and this all most gratefully 'acknowledged.
Had he not conic to our rescue when he did every
soul of us would have been murdered. We are not
yet out of danger.
.It hangs over every white face
in this portion of unhappy India ; and I ask your
prayers and those of all my" dear brothers ; we need
all your prayers to God on our behalf.
E. J. B.

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—As I observe that the reports from Madras
of the capture of Delhi are discredited, from their
being no confirmation of them from Bombay, I beg
to forward you an extract from a letter, dated the
23d of June, from a relative in high official position
in the Bombay Presidency, in which the fall of
Delhi, and slaughter of 7,000 of the rebels, are
mentioned incidentally as faits accomplis of whipintelligence will have reached England by this last
mail.
The high character, both private and official, of
the gentleman whose letter I quote is, to those
acquainted with him, a guarantee for the correct-
ness of the information.—Faithfully yours,
W. FAIRHOLME.

Lauder, Scotland, Aug, 4.
Extract.

" For the last ten days, at night we have been
just as much on the alert as if we were in the field
before an enemy; frequent patrols, and picketswith
extended lines of sentries. I got information of the
intended assault just in time. The object was to
slaughter the English, and to proclaim the adopted
son of the late Rajah. Now that we are prepared
I do not think we shall be attacked, unless dis-
' tarbances arie in the Nizam's country, which is in
a very unsettled state, and which is our frontier.
We are anxiously looking for the arrival of troops
from England. Delhi, which was (sic. in orig.) for
more than a month in the hands of the insurgents,
, has just been retaken, and 7,000 of the rebels slain.
" This will tend to check the progress of the in-
surrection. The papers will be full of Indian news.
I merely give you an idea of what is going on
round me."

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--The Liverpool Albion of Monday, in a third edi-
tion, gives the following extract from an officer of
the Engineers to his brother, dated, 'CAmp Canton
ments, one and a half mile from Delhi, June 14.
" You will be anxious to hear how things are
going on here. My last letter was to papa from
Ghezee-00-dim-nagger, the other side of Delhi, just
after one two actions with the rebels. We left that
place on the 4th of June, without seeing anything
more of them, and after three day's march joined
the force under Gee. Barnard, at Allipore,
o on Sun-
thus going round the town f Delhi,
day, June '7,
from the East to the West, crossing the river Jumita,
en's Regiments • I t
at Baghput. Our force now consists of about 5,000
fighting inen, 4,000 of whom are Europeans, namely,
than (Rifles),Fusiliers, QuLrai; ' 8
s Cavalry) Horse Aa vinery, Foot
EuropeliQeu,6en,ineers, and 9th
ta
Lancers
in ed2t hd ,
Artiltery, Regiment of Cavalry),
(native troops), and 200 S nd of Guides
Sappers (parts of the
above regiments only are here). P
—arly on Mon-
day morning, June Bth, we advanced ine
four columns against th
four miles from Allipore rebels' position, about
Delhi. They had and seven miles-from
intrenehed themselves very
strongly across the
on the village, and Trunk road, their flanks resting
age, had constructed several bat-
teries mounting
sweeping she
ground across which we had to ad-
vance. Two of our columns, with the advanced-
guard, marched down the trunk road to attack
them in front, and the other two were sent out two
or three miles on each side so as to turn their
Ranks. Owing, however, to the badness of the

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