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strengthening our position every day, and demolishing
the houses, and clearing the thickets in the Subzi-mundi.
" We had a skirmish there on the 19th, and lost about
40 men in our eagerness to pursue the enemy. They,
attacked our picket at Metcalf's house, is front of our
left flank on the 231. They were easily repulsed. We
lost very few men, but unfortunately three officers were
severely wounded and one killed.
f' Since this date we have remained without annoy-
ance. Oar attention is kept up in discussing various re-
ports of reinforcements arrived at CaNinpore, or reached
Agra, or lingering at Allahabad, or whether it is true
Sir Hugh Wheeler's force has been destroyed. Oar com-
munications from below nauatry, even from Agra, are
few and uncertain. The Punjaub is now quiet, and
likely to remain so. Our Sikhs, Affghans, and, Ghoor-
khas fight for us as well as our best Europeans, and
seem to bear a deadly hatred to the Delhi-wallahs.
" A great many people in camp are indignant we did
not make an attempt to escalade the walls at the very
beginning. We were not strong enough to attack at
first, and before we got oar reinforcements they got
theirs. In any ease the attempt would have been hazar-
dous and rash. Our chance of surprising them at night
is small. They keep good watch, and our camp is full of
people who wish them well. One night three regiments
were ordered under arms, and the alarm was sounded an
hour after in the city. in case our approach was disco.
vered iwe should have to advance under a heavy fire.
cross a ditch, and then try to scale a wall manned by a
desperate enemy, and force streets guarded by barri-
cadeds and honey-combed by mines.
" Oar success in the end is certain ; reinforcements are
coming up the Ganges ; reinforcements are coming up
the Indus • reinforcements are crossing the ocean. The
country behind us is clear. The rebels are consuming
their money and ammunition. Every day they are grow-
ing more discontented and disunited. The only chance
they have of getting a new gleam of success, of exciting
the other two presidencies to revolt, and gaining the in-
dependent chiefs to join them, is for us to make a rash
assault on Delhi, and to be driven back with a loss of
1,000 or 1,500 men.

" On this account I hope the people at home• will not
blame our commanders if we cannot take Delhi by a coup
de main,. If there is any one to blame it is those who,
from motives of parsimony, left an immense magazine in
a mutinous city guarded by native soldiers ; who pre-
ferred their army to be commanded by worn-out old men
rather than bear the expense of paying their servants a
decent retiring allowance."

THE MAGAZINE AT, DELHI.

The following official account of the capture of
the Delhi magazine by the mutineers has been pub-
lished by the Calcutta Government Gazette:—

"GENERAL ORDERS BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVER-
NOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.

"Fort William, July 24.
" The right hon. the Governor-General in Council is
pleased to direct the publication of the following authen-
tic report of the occurrences at the Delhi magazine on
the 11th of May last when attacked by mutineers, and
of the noble and cool soldiership of its gallant defenders,
commanded by Lieat G. D. Willoughby, commissary
of ordnance.

"The Governor-General in Council desires t. offer his
cordial thanks to Lieutenants Raynor and Forrest and
the other survivors among the brave men mentioned in
this report, and to (xprees the admiration with which he
regards the daring and heroic conduct of Lieut. G. D.
Wiloughby and the warrant and non-commissioned
officers by whom he was supported on that occasion.
Their names are Lieutenants Raynor and Forrest, Con-
ductors Shaw, Buckley, Scurly, Sub-Conductor Crow,
Sergeants Edwards and Stewart.

"-The family of the late Conductor Scully, who so
devotedly sacrificed himself in the explosion of the
magazine, will be liberally provided for, should it be
ascertained that they have survived him."
" From Lieut. G. Forrest, Assistant Commissary of
Ordnance, to Colonel A. Abbott, C. 8., Inspector
General of Ordnance and Magazines, Fort William,
" Meerut, May 27.
_ _ _

" Sir,—l have the honour to report for the informa-
tion of Government, and in the absence of my command-
ing officer, Lieut. Willoughby, Artillery, supposed to be
killed on his retreat from Delhi to this station, the
following facts as regards the capture of the Delhi
magazine by the mutineers and iesurgents on the 11th
inst. On the morning of that date, between 7 and 8
a.m., Sir Theophilus Metcalfe came to my house, and
requested me to accompany him to the magazine for
the purpose of having two guns placed on the bridge, so
as to prevent the mutineers from passing over. Oa our
arrival at the magazine we found present Lieutenants
Willoeghby and Raynor, with conductors Buckley,
Shaw, Scully, and Acting-Sub-Conductor Crow, and
Sergeants Edwards and Stewart, with the native estab-
lishment. On Sir Theoplelus Metcalfe:alighting ft om his
buggy Lieut. Willoughby and I accompanied him to the
small bastion on the river face, which commanded a full
view of the bridge, from which we could distinctly see
the mntineers marching in open column, headed by the
cavalry, and the Delhi side of the bridge was already
in the possession of a body of cavalry. On Sir Theophi
Ins Metcalfe observing this he proceeded with Lieutenant
Willoughby to see if the city gate was closed against
the mutineers. • However, the step was needless, as the
mutineers were admitted directly to the palace, through
which which they passed cheering. On Lieut. nant
Willoughby's return to the magazine the gates of the
magazine were closed and barricaded, and every possible
arrangement that could be made was at once commenced.
Inside the eats leading to the park were placed two 6
pounders, double charged with grape, one under acting
Sub-Conductor Crow and Sergeant Stewart, with the
lighted matches in their hands, and with orders that if
any attempt were made to force that gate both guns
were to be fired at once, and they were to fall back on
that part of the magazine in Lieut. Willoughby and I
were posted. The principal gate of the magazine was
similarly defended by two guns, with the cheveuede
freize laid down on the inside. For the further defence
of this gate and the magazine in its vicinity there were
two 6-pounders so placed as either to command the gate
and a small bastion in its vicini y. Within 60 yards of
the gate and in front of the office, and commanding two
cross roads, were three 6-pounders and one 24-pounder
howitzer, which could be so managed as to act upon any
part of the magazine ia that neighbourhood. After all
these guns and howitzers had been placed in the several
positions abovenamed they were loaded with double
charges of imp?. The next step takon was to place arms
in the hands of the native establishment, which they
most reluctant:y received, and appeared to be in a state
not r niy of excitement,but alio of insubordination, as
they refused to obey any orders issued by the Europeans,
particularly the Mussulman portion of the establishment.
After tte above arrangements had been made, a
train was laid by Conductors Buckley, Scully, and Ser-
geant Stewart, ready to be fired by a pre-concerted
signal, which was that of Conductor Bucliley raising Ili
hat from his head,.on the order being given by Lieut.
Willoughby. Tine train was fired by Conduct a. Scully,
but not not until such time as the last round trom the
howitzers had been fired; S) soon as the above arrange-
manta had been made guards from the Palace came and
demanded the possession of the magazines in the name
of the King of Delhi, to which no reply wag given.
- " Immediately after this the subadar of the guard on
duty at the magazine informed Lieut. Willoughby and
me that the King of Delhi had sent down word to the
mutineers that he would without delay send scaling
ladders from the Palace for the purpose of sealing the
walls, and which shortly after arrived: On the ladders
being erected against the wall the whole of our native
establishment deserted us by climbing up the eloped
sheds on the inside of the magazine, and descending the
ladders on the outside, after which the enemy appeared
in great number on the top of the walls, and on whom
we kept up an incessant fire of grape, every round of
which told well as long as a single round remained.
Previous to the natives deserting us they hid the prim-
ing pouches, and one man in particular, Kurreem
fluke), a durwan, appeared to keep up a constant cotn-
munication with the enemy on the outside, and kept
them informed of our situa lon. Lieu`. Willoughby was se
annoyed at the man's conduct that he gave me an order
to shoot him shoal I be again approach the gate.

" Lieut. Rey nor, with the oilier Europeans, did
everything that possibly could be done for the defen(eef
the magaiine, and where all have behaved so bravely it
is almost impossible for me to point out any particular
However, I am in duty bound to bring to
the notice of Government the gallantry of Conductors
Buck:ey and Scully on this trying occasion. The former,
assisted by myself, loaded and fire d in rapid succession
the several gnus above detailed, firing at least four
rounds from each gun; and with the same steadiness
as if standing on parade, although the enemy were
then some hundreds in numbers, and kept up a
continual fire of musketry on us, within 40 or
50 yards. After firing the last round Conductor Buckley
received a neusket ball in his arm, above the elbow,
which has since been extracted here; I, at the same
time, was struck in the left hand by two musket balls,
which disable Ime for the time. It was at this critical
moment that Lieut. Willoughby gave the order fur
firing the magazine, which was at once) responded to by
Conductor. Scully firing the several train,. Indeed, from
the very commencement ho evinced his gallantry by
volunteering his services fur blowing up the magazine,'
and remained true to his trust to the last moment. As
Boon as the exelosion took pace such as escaped trim
beneath the ruins, and none escaped uishur, retreated
through the sally port on the river face. Lieutenant
Willoughby and I succeeded in reaching the Cashmere
gate. What became of the other parties it is impossible
for me to say. Lieut. Rlynor and Conductor Eilekley
have escaped to this station. Severe indisPosition pre-
vented my sending in this report sooner.—l have, &c.,
• "G. FORREST, Lieutenant,
_ Assistant-Commissary of Ordnance.
"N.B.—After crossing the river on the night of the
11th I observed the whole of the magazine to be on fire,
so that I am in hopes that little of the property fell into
the hands of the enemy. Park-Sergeant Hoyle was shot
about 11 a in. by the mutineers in attempting to reach
the magazine to aid in its defence.
(True cepy) "A. ABBOTT, Colonel,
"Inspecti.r-General of Ordnance and Magazines.
" R. J. H. BIRCH, Colonel,
"Secretary to the Government of India in the
"Military Department."

LIFE IN DELHI.
The 'following statement of a native regarding
the interior sate of Delhi in May and June is most
interesting :
I reached Delhi on the 21st May, 1857, and
stayed there till the 23rd June.
On my ail ivarthere I saw five Infantry Regi-
wents and the. Sowars of the 3rd Cavalry, who were
stationed in Molitabbagh and Salimgurb.
The Setioys were so much afraid of the English
forces that they looked quite- pale. The cavalry
mutineer's hadlittle-Spirit; dna were wishing to
go to Meerut for a fight ; but the footmen did not

agree with them, saying, We are hardly sufficient
to guard Delhi, how can we go to Meerut ? I will
give you a small description of the oppression com-
mitted by. Sepoys in Delhi.
They plundered every rich house and shop in
the -city. - They took every horse they found in
the stables of the citizens. They killed a number
of poor shopkeepers for asking the proper prices
for their things ; they abuse the respectable men
of Delhi in their:
presence. The guard at Jumna-
bridge looted the passengers crossing it. On the
11th May the magazine was blown up, it did great
damage to adjacent houses, and killed about five
hundred passengers walking in different streets.
The bullets fell in the houses of people to such a
degree, that some children picked up two pounds
and some four pounds of it from the yards of their
houses ; afterwards the mutineers, together with
the low people of the city, entered the magazine
compound and began to plunder weapons, accoutre-
ments, gun-caps, &c.
The "loot" continued for three days ; each
Sepoy took three or four muskets, and as many
swords and bayonets as he could. The calassies
filled the houses with fine blacksmiths' tools, wea-
pons, and gun-caps, which they sell by degrees, at
the rate of two seers per rupee. The copper shies
i were sold at three seers per rupee. In these suc-
cessful days, the highest price of a musket was eight
annas ; however, the people fear to buy it ; a fine
English sword was dear for four arenas, and one
anna was too much for a good bayonet.
Pouches and belts were so common that the
owners could not get anything for this booty of
theirs. The gunpowder which was kept at Muj-
noos Tila, more that half of it was plundered by
Goojurs and countrymen, and the rest was brought
to the city. Since the day of my artival till the
day of my departure, I never found the bazaar
opened, except a few poor shops. The shopkeepers
and citizens are extremely sorry for losing their
safety, and curse the mutineers from morning to
evening. Poor people and workmen starve, and
widows cry in their huts. Respectable English
servants have confined themselves to their houses.

A Kotwal is changed every second day. The
Sepoys plundered every treasury in the city, and
put the money in their own pockets ; they did not'
give a farthing out of this to the King ; so the
Sepoys of four or five regiments possessed thou-
sands of rupees each, and under the weight of sil•
ver they could hardly walk, consequently they
were obliged to change their silver for gold. The
Mahajuus charged them 24 or 25 rupees for a gold
mohur, whiclr is not worth more than 1.6 rupees.
Since the bankers were plundered by the Sepoys,
they also cheated them by giving them brass coins
instead of gold ones.

The poor regiments are very jealous of those who
are rich, as the rich Sepoys don't wish to go to
fight, or to the field of battle simply ; they are very
often insulted by their poor friends. lam of opi-
nion their private feelings will compel them to
fight with each other, some day or other, as many
times during my stay at Delhi I heard there was
very likely to be a quarrel between the rich and
poor regiments.
One regiment from Allyghur, and Mynpoozie
150 Sowars, and some unarmed Sepoys from Agra,
one regiment and 200 Sowars from Hansi and
Hissar, some unarmed Sepoys from Umballa, 200
Sowars and two companies of Nizamut from Muttra,
Gth Light Cavalry, two regiments from Jullundur,
two regiments and artillery from Nusseerabad,
reached Delhi before me, and joined the mutineers.
I will acquaint you with the names of the sta-
tions from whence the rebels brought treasure for
the King.
Moradnuggur Tehseel—toll gate, near Hindun-
bridge, Rohtuck, Allyghur, Hansi, Mutra, Hur-
saroogurghie, Tirsaili, out of which his lajesty
pays four annas to each footman, and one rupee to
each trooper per diem. Tam quite ignorant of
the amount of the money, but I know as far as
this, that on the 17th of June there was left one
lac and nineteen thousand rupees in the King's
Treasury.
The princes are made officers in the royal army,
thousands of pities for the poor luxuriant princes.
They are sometimes compelled to go out of the
city, iu the heat of the sun—their hearts palpitate
from the firing of muskets and guns.
Unfortunately they do not knqw how to com-
mand an army ; their forces laugh at their imper-
fections, and abuse them for their bad arrange-
ments. The King sends sweetmeats for the forces
in the field, and the guard at the door of the city
plunder it like the property of an enemy. The
bravery of the royal troops deserves every praise ;
they are very clever indeed ; when they wish to
leave the field of battle they tie a piece of rag on
their leg, and pretend to have been wounded, and
come into the city lame and groaning, accompanied
by their friends.
On the night of the 30th June, at the Hindun
bridge, the mutineers were quite out of senses ;
good many of them threw muskets and'swOrdi in
the wells, and scattering on the road, tan towards
villages and jungles, as they thought themselves to
have been pursued by English soldiers.
Had the English forces taken them they could
have taken Delhi the same night, because the
Sepoys did not return to the city till next morning,
and many of them disappeared for ever ; they were
plundered and beaten by Goojurs, and did not
bring a farthing back with them.
The old King is very seldom obeyed ; but the
princes are never.
The soldiers never mind their regimental bugle ;
disobey their officers, and neglect their duty ; they
are never mustered, and never dressed in unform.
The noblemen and Begums, together with the
princes, regret for the loss of their joyful days.
They consider the arrival of mutineers at Delhi a
sudden misfortune for them.
The princes cannot understand the Sepoys with-
out an interpreter. The shells have destroyed lots
of houses in the city ; and in the fcrt the marble
of the King's private hall is broken to pieces. His
Majesty is very much alarmed when a shell is burst
in the castle, and the princes show his Majesty the
pieces of it. Many of the royal family have left the
palace through fear. The Delhi college was de
stroyed the first day. English books are lying in
the streets still. The Sepoys beaten and imprison
people for speaking English.—Lahore Chronicle.

THE HISTORY OF THE CAWNPORE
MUTINY. .
(From the Calcutta Englishman, July 28.)

We have received the following particulars of
the outbreak and massacre at Cawnpore from a
person who has just come down from that place and
who was present throughout the affair :
He reports that some eight days before the mutiny
broke out, or say eight days previous to the sth
ult., General Sir Hugh Wheeler, seeing the dis-
affected spirit of the troops, applied to Nena Sahib,
of Bithoor, for a guard for the protection of the
Treasury. This request was promptly complied
with, and Nena sent two gur,s and 200 Nujeebs,
armed with matchlocks, and these were placed at
the Collectorate over the treasure. A day or two
before this Sir Hugh Wheeler had sent elephants
to remove the treasure, amounting to about seven
lacs, to the intrenchment ; but the Sepoys would
not allow this to be done, saying to the collector,
who had told them that he was apprehensive of the
treasure being looted by the budmashes and muti-
neers from the other stations, that if there were
twice theamount they would guard it from danger.
On the sth ult., about 3 in the morning, the Se
poys and Sowars commenced burning their lines
and shouting, and proceeded towards Nawabgunge,
where the tr=asnre was, leaving one regiment to
prevent the Europeans from going to the relief of
the collector. By-and-by the treasure having,
been packed on elephants and carts, this regi-
ment joined the others, and it was then about
midday, and the mutineers set off to the westward
in the direction of Kullianpore, tract towards Delhi,
accompanied by the 200 Nujeebs, with the two
guns of Nena Sahib, leaving the inhabitan!s re-
lieved, as it were, by their departure ; and up to
that time there had not been destruction of property
or loss of life.
In the mreering of the following day, about eight
o'clock, the murieeers, headed by Nena, with 60
of his follower-s and four guns (having, it seems
previously made up their minds to destroy all the
Christians, whether European or native), returned
to Cawnpore and halted abut two miles to the west
of the intrencbment, planted standards, and took
up a position, with loud beating of drums. Itnme-
diatily after about 50 Sowers were despatched to
the cantonments to slay all the Europeans, and 50
Sowars to the town where the poorer peop!e lived,
to kill all the native converts and clerks. Dur-
ing this time Nena Sahib hoisted two standarAs,
one to the honour of Muhomet, and the other of
HuLatnan ; to the former some 2,000 Mahomedans
repaired, to the latter but a fey/ Hindoos, none
from. the city, but some of the budmashes. The
main body of the insurgenti first' attacked the Na
wab's palace, and having blown open the
gate with
their cannon, they entered the place and gutted it,
and took the Nawab prisoner, Nenaa S tilt) beiirg
under the impression that the Nawab had concealed
some Europeans. They then proceeded to the in-
trenchnients, and from 2 o'clock commenced the
attack wi.b. cannon, at first with two of the guns,
and on the following day with six. It appears the
Eurerearis within the intrenchments were not well
suppliertwith ammunition, as it is supposed they
did not expe..t an assault with cannon, and thus
were Only able to reply with ore gun to 20 of the
enemy's. For 17 days continuously the mutineers
uselevery now and then to make an assault, with
4.000 er 5,000 men from all quarters, with the
view of carrying tho intrenchrneut by storm, but
were invariably repulsediwith hr avy loss. By this
time the Nena's forces had increased with the t.ddi-

tion of buclmq shes and mutineers from other statlong
to about-12,000 men.
On the 21st or 22d ult. Sir Hugh Wheeler sank
under the wounds which he had received, and the
garrison, three or four days after his death, being,
short both of provisions and ammunition, and re-
cluced,in number by several casualties, hoisted a flag
of truce. Nena Sahib then stopped the assault, and
sent to inquire what was meant by the flag. Answer
was returned by the Europeans to the effect that

they had neither food nor ammunition, and they
proposed to give up the country to him on his al-
lowing them to depart. To this Nena consented,
and for two days supplied them with food, and in
that time prepared boats for their departure. -At
the end of this time Nena gave the Europeans his
wordin writing, and he, his officers and head people,
confirmed it with an oath. The Europeans then
gave up their arms and the treasure in the intrench-
ments, amounting to about three lacs, and were con-
veyed in Hindostance gharries and hospital dhoo-
lies, most of the ladies being in the latter, under an
escort of Sowars, to the ghat, whore they embarked
in 17 boats out of 19 that had been provided, with
the exception of some 32 ladies with children.
As soon as the boats had pushed off from the ghat
the boatmen jumped overboard and swam to the
shore, and then the mutineers opened fire on the
boats from a masked battery of eight guns, which
had been previously erected for the purpose. All
the boats were sunk, and the people on board killed,
with the exception of one boat that had passed down,
and some 20 Europeans who had managed to swim
to the shore.

This boat was pursued by 500 Najeebs with tvin
guns, who came up with it on the second day, and
sunk the boat and destroyed every one on board off
a place called Goahein-ka-Seerajpore. The 20 and
odd Europeans who swam on shore at Cawnpora
were blown away from guns in the course of two or
three days, some each day.
The 32 ladies and children who were left behind
were conveyed by Nona into a pucca-house called
the Subhadhur, and kept in custody by Nena Ss'
bib's people, but without being insulted.
One Portuguese woman, the daughter of a bugler,
was made captive by a trooper of the 2d Cavalry,
and carried to his house, when the mutiny first
broke out ; but when he was absent she took his
sword and killed his wife and two children, and
then herself.

Our informant states that when he left Cawnpore
on the Ist inst. the ladies and children were fed by
Nena's own servant.

THE BENGAL NATIVE ARTILLERY AND

CAVALRY.

The Lahore Chronicle gives the following note
of the Bombay Artillery and Cavalry ig
satisfactory, says the Bombay Gazette, to see
that a large proportion of the former remains
still, to all appearance, faithful. Of the regu-
lar cavalry, however, every regiment has either
mutinied or been diiarmed. The Irregulars, both
horse and foot, are, for the most part, yet loyal :—**