The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-30 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 30, 1857,

15 hours, and by that time had reached the Cabul
gate. From the 15th to the 19th we were at it
every day. On the 16th our regiment stormed the
magazine, and on the 20th I commanded the storm-
ing party which took the King's Palace. We killed
about 25 inside, and some escaped over the walls
and across the raver. The gate being closed, the
engineer attached a bag of powder to it, and on its
exploding we rushed in, polishing off every Sepoy
we met. In a quarter of an hour we had possession
of the place. In the meantime another party went
and took the f ert of Selimghur, and the same night
pickets were pushed forward in all directions, and
by midnight the whole city was in our possession.
Thus, at last, with the help of the Almighty, we
have taken this blackguard piece, where so many
fearful deeds were committed. The King has been
caught, and his two sons slain ; also hie grendeon,
Aboo Bukkur. Their bodies, naked and full of
bullet holes, were cast in Cleandui Chouk (the
swell Regent-street of Delhi) before the police-
station, and were visited by hundreds, myself in-
cluded. Two of these accursed princes violated
our women, and then had them cut up in
pieces. They are, I'll be bound, in a warmer
place than India just nor, and one too where
punkas and tatties are not available. I was on
guard over the King and his wives and concubines on
the 24th and 25th, and was obliged to be much on
the alert to prevent rescue or attempts at escape.
I was ordered to shoot him if things came to the
last extremity. Yesterday I handed him over to a
guard of the 60th Rifles, being precious glad to be
relieved of so responsible a position. We daily
find hidden in the houses Sepoys who were unable
to escape from sickness or wounds ; these are all
put to death on the spot ; on the 24th I caught a
fine tall sower or trooper of some light cavalry
regiment, dragged him out into the street and shot
him dead. No mercy can be shown to them. We
don't forget, and won't forget, the massacres of
women and children, and we kill every Sepoy we
catch. Tho city is quite deserted, and all the cal-
zees have fled. It is curious to see a large place like
this without a soul in it. We have plundered all
the shops, and all the valuables are being collected
and sold for prize. Our vengeance cannot be ap-
peased, for we found several of our men who had
been merely wounded on the 14th in the assault,
and overlooked by us, lying dead minus their heads,
fearfully gashed with sabre cuts ; and so we spare
no one. Every Sepoy we catch, ' Shoot him' is
the word. Pra sorry to say our regiment has suf-
fered much, and we have buried four officers and
upwards of 200 men since it left Ferozepore. Our
loss from the 14th to the 20th of Sept. was four offi-
cers wounded and 81 men killed and wounded, out
of less than 350—a pretty good test of the fire we
were under, our loss being one-fourth. There are
also 7 or 8 men missing, and who, I believe,
we must put down as slain. We have buried
about 120 from cholera, and now the regiment
musters about 550, of whom some 200 are in hos-
pital, sick and wounded and convalescent—a nice
cutting up, indeed ! As for me, I have, by God's
blessing, preserved my health and spirits wonder-
fully well, taking into consideration the heat and
hardships to which I have been exposed. How
truly fortunate I have been again to escape death
in this campaign up to the presentmoment, and how
grateful we ought all to be to a merciful Providence
for having thus shielded me from all harm ! A force
—Bth and 75th Foot, 9th Lancers, and 2d Puujaub
Corps, and 18 light guns, have gone to A]lyghur to
pursue the flying Sepoys. No news of our rein-
forcements. When all is over the English regi-
ments will, I suppose, make th appearance. The
country is still in a fearful state, and Oude and
Rohilcund will have to be overrun with troops
before we can hope to tranquillize it. I believe we
shall remain here for the present at least, and I am
in great hopes wo shall be sent back to our Lid
quarters to rest our weary bones for a while."

The following are extracts from letters of an
officer at Delhi :

" Camp, Delhi, Sept. 13.

,
" I was 24 hours on duty in. the trenches behind
Brind's Battery. It was an extraordinary s;ght.
The enemy came out twice to attack us the eight
I was there. No one can have an idea of such a
scene hut one who has been under fire. The roar
of cannon, the whistling of bullets, grape, (Ste.,
overhead is at first uncomfortable, but you soon
get accustomed to this. The coolness of English
soldiers is certainly extraordinary ; they regard
the whizz of a cannon-ball as little as a school-
boy does a snowball. Poor fellows, they have
had very hard work since the 9th ; day and night
they have been engaged, yet you never hear them
grumble, except when the grog is delayed, The
days are very warm, yet the excitement keeps them
up, and few have been admitied with coup de
soleil.

"It is a curious thing what a temperate man can
undergo in this country. I have been exposed to
the sun at all hours, and in the trenches the whole
12, without any covering ; yet I never felt any bad
effects. We all take quinine as a preventive of
fever, and certainly those who take it regularly
escape the attack, or merely have it of au epheme-
ral type. We had a great loss yesterday in Captain
Fagan, of the Artillery, killed in the batteries by
a musket-shot through the head. Poor man, he
had been more under fire than any other man, and
has been always on duty since he came hero. Tio
has left a widow and seven children to deplore his
loss. Such is war,—a man is killed, he is lamented
for a day by his friends ; other things come in, and
only a passing thought is turned to the departed
friend. In fact, it is necfssary ; we could never
get on if we were continually brooding over our
losses.

" Delhi, Sept. 23.

" Delhi is in our possession. It was taken by
assault on the 14th. It was an extraordinary
scene. At 2 a.m. the camp was aroused by the
welcome intelligence that the storming was to take
place at sunrise. The troops were marched down
by the light of a crescent moon to the rear of
the advanced batteries. For two hours they
waited there, until the right attack on a suburb
outside the walls called Kisheugunge was made.
This, however, proved unsuccessful. The Cash-
mere troops ran, and our loss was severe. The prin-
cipal attack was now proceeded with; the Cash-
mere-gate was blown open in the most gallant
manner by the Engineers, and our troops marched
in. The scaling parties ou the right and left took
the wills, but with great loss. Paudy was perfectly
unconscious of our movements until the columns
rushed forward ; the ramparts were now cleared,
and the guns turned on the rebel city. Our troops
advanced in different directions, and were succeed-
ing better than expected, when several stores of
beer, champagne, and brAndy, placed there by
Pandy (he knowing too well the character of the
British soldier), were fallen in with, and some of
the European troops became a drunken rabble. We
were driven back some distance, where we made a
stand. Gum were now brought up with mortars,
and the firing became incessant against the maga-
zine, the first stronghold. Our troops fought well
and took a great many guns. Every street had its
one or two pieces, which poured grape into our
advancing columns, and could only be captured by
the bayonet. General Nicholson received a mortal
wound while cheering on the men to a second
charge at a gun.
" On the 21st I rode do wn to see the Palace ; the
wall and entrance are the finest parts. The in-
terior is dirty, filthy, and in great disorder, Pandy
having revelled is its cool archway. The hall
of justice and the King's throne are entirely built
of white marble ; the latter is inlaid with stones
and mosaics. I went all over the state apart-
ments and the harem. The latter is a curious
place, and had a remarkable appeirance ; its floor
covered with guitars, bangles, &c., and redolent
of sandal wood. The fair daughters of Cash-
mere had their swing in the centre of the room.
They had left in a great hurry ; dresses, silks,
slippers, were lying on all sides.
"On leaving the Palace I met a doolie, sur-
rounded by some cavalry and a few natives on foot.
Its inmate was a thin-faced, anxious-looking old
man. This was the new King of Hindostan, the
descendant of the Great Moguls, entering his
Palace iu the hands of his enemies. He was cap-
tured some distance from the city. Being 85 years
of age, his life is to be spared. He will be kept a
close prisoner for life.

" Sept. 26.
" We are left behind in a camp strewn with dead
animals in all directions, and with all the filth of
three months' encampment. Within 100 yards of
my tent is the churchyard, a very small space, but
cintaining the remains of nearly 1,000 men. The
graves are like molehills, as close together as they
oan pack, and on digging a new one the stench that
issues is revolting, and the wonder is that a plague
has not broken out and taken us all off while we are
exposed to these things, the sick included.
" We have about 4,000 sick and wounded at pre-
sent. It will rapidly decrease now, I trust, wea-
ther becoming much cooler. Cholera is still carry-
ing off individuals here and there. It has never
entirely left us since June. It is extraordinary
the stillneis now. it is, in truth, unpleasant. For
three months, day and night, the cannon have been
firing ; now a musket shot is rarely heard. DJ not
suppose that I like the noise in preference to the
quiet. I do not wish ever to see or hear ano-
ther gun fired in action. War is certainly an
awful scourge, and when these rebels are cut up I
hope India may long have peace. Our camp is
swarming at present with old men, women, and
children, without food or money. They have lost
everything, and are obliged to be fed by our coin-
, missariat. A famine will be raging this season all
Ithrough this part of India. No fields have been
cultivated, no money circulated, so starvation must

stare them in the face. If it fell upon the Googura
chiefly no one would regret it, as they have com-
mitted more mischief than any other seat, hut the
innocent will also suffer."

SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND THE DISCI-

PLINE OF THE ARMY.
Headquai ten!, Calcutta, 6th October, 1857.—At
a general court martial asserulAcd at Dinapore on
the 21st day of Sopteinber, 1857, Lieut. William
Wheler Jasper Ouseley, of the 22d Regiment Ben-
gal Native Infantry, was arraigned on the following
charge :

Charge.—For having when on duty under arms
on the outlying picquts at Dinapore, on or about
the Ist of A,igust, 1857, been found drunk.
Finding.—The court find the prisoner, Lieut.
William Wheler Jasper Ouseley, of the 22,1 Regi-
ment of Native Infantry, guilty of the charge
brought against him.
Sentence.—The court sentence the prisoner,
Lieut. William Wheler Jasper Ouseley, of the 22d
Regiment Native Infantry, to be cashiered.
"Approved and confirmed."
(Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General,
Commander-in-Chief.

Recommendation to Mercy.—The court recom-
mend Lieut. Ouseley to the favourable considera-
tion of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief iu
India, on account of the recent exposure, hardships,
and excessive anxie►y of mind he had undergone,
without food for days, and in the hourly expecta-
tion of being murdered, and also on account of his
youth and inexperience.
Remarks by the Commander-in-Chief.—The
Commander-in-Chief regrets that the court-martial
by which Lieutenant Ouseley was tried and con-
victed should have thought fit to make a recom-
mendation, to which, in the rightful execution of
his duty, it is absolutely impossible for his Excel-
lency to listen. How could the Commander-in-
Chief enforce strict duty from a sentry if he were
to overlook an act of disgraceful and outrageous
drunkenness in an officer actually commanding an
outlying picquet ? Officers when sitting on a court-
martial should reflect well before they throw on
the commander-in chief the painful duty of neglect-
ing a recommendation to mercy. Lieutenant
Ouseley will be struck off the strength of the army,
from date of publication of this order at Dinapore,
of which a report is to be made to the deputy-ad-
jutant-general of the army.
(Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General,
Calcutta, Oct. 5. Commander-in-Chief.

It appears in the proceedings of the court martial
lately assembled at Dinapore for the trial of Lieu-
tenant Ouseley, that when that officer, he being
actually in command of an outlying picquet, was
found in a state of drunkenness by the field officer
of the day, at 3 o'clock a.m. on the Ist of August,
the latter, instead of placing him in arrest, and
seeing that he was instantly removed from his
picquet, contented himself with making a report
about 9 o'clock the next morning. The field offi-
cer is himself liable to be tried for gross neglect of
duty.

It appears, secondly, that the captain of the day,
when engaged in the responsible duty of vi-iting
an outlying picquet on the occasion alluded to,
was satisfied with calling out to it at a distance of
20 paces, "Is all right ?" or words to that effect.
Consequently, if he made a report that he visited
this picquet, the captain of the day is liablu to be
tried for making a false report.
It appears in the proceedings, thirdly, that both
the field officer and the captain purposely evaded
the disagreeable duty of placing Lieut. Ouseley in
arrest, that they consulted about it, and determined
to throw it on the stiff officers. Whether tlds c in-
duct was prompted by ignorance, or any other
motive, the commander-in-chief refrains to inquire.
Such a course on the part of officers engaged in
duty is fraught with the most evil example, and is
a stain on the service. No ensign of six months'
standing should be guilty of it.
Fourthly, the commander-in-chief observes that
the assistant adjutant-geLeral of the division never
seems thoroughly to have known how or by whom
the prisoner was placed in arrest. The prisoner
was left in uncertainty ; and it may be said, with-
out exaggeration, that he subsided into arrest,
through a number of authorities, no one of which
gave a d'stinct and positive order. This is not the
manner in which the duties of staff officers should
be carried on. As it is their business to superin-
tend others, so it is quite impossible for error and
danger to the service to be avoided, if stiff officers
permit themselves to be thus inexact in the execu-
tion of their office.

The commander-in-chief gives the officers com-
posing this army, whether belonging to the service
of her Majesty or the Honourable Company, fairly
to understand that he will have discipline enforced
in all ranks. It is more than probable that much
of the calamity from which the state is now suffer-
ing results from general slackness in the per-
formance of painful duty on the part of the officers
of the army. His excellency is determine(' to vin-
dicate the discharge of military duty, and be calls
on all commanding officers of division:, brigades,
and regiments resolutely to support him. Staff
officers will not bo retained in their posts whenever
lukewarmness can be proved against them.

EAST INDIA MARKETS.
DONIDAY, Nov. 2.

The English mail from London, of the 26th Sept.,
reached Bombay early in the morning of Thursday, the
22d October, per Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamship Bombay. Our money market during the
fortnight has, we may say, been without change, but as
the season for exports is now opening up, money will be
in more request for legitimate purposes than it has been
for some months past, and we may therefore look for
higher rates of interest to prevail. At present bank rates
of interest remain as formerly reported. Government
securities coetirsue depressed. We quote fours at 79,1,
and fives 90 to 91. Our 1 ical joint-stock shams have,
if anything, slightly improved.
IstronTs.—Cotton Piece Goods—The business tran-
sacted during the fortnight under report has been to a
certain extent at former prices, with but slight varia-
tions ; the stocks are now at a low ebb, and the holders
remain firm, expecting a further advance and increased
activity. Grey T cloths have improved is price ; grey
domestics are in good demand ; and grey madapollams
and jacconets have remained firm.
Bleached and Fancy Goods.—There is no important
change to be noticed in these staples'
Yarns—Both mule and water have been in good favour,
as well as green and orange yarn, and a further advance
in the prices has taken place.
EXPORTS.—Cotton. —The prices remained steady for
a time after the almost extraordinary advance noticed
in our last ; but within the last week they have appa-
rently given way a little, and there has been a slight
decline in our last quotations.
Opium.—There have been no transac,ions during the
fortnight, and the rates have declined to from -Re.
1,470 to 1,475 for both Indore and Mandlesar.
Exchange.—Remitters bought freely on arrival of the
China mail at 2s 1 f to 2s 1d 13-161, but latterly the
rate for first-class paper advanced to 2s ld 15-161. Local
drawn bills have sold for 2s ld 15-16 d to 2s 20. On
China 60 days' sight Rs. 222-223. On Calcutta sight
Re. 1011. On Madras 30 days' sight Re. 100. .
CALCUTTA, OCT. 21.
Our produce market has been in the same state as
before. Supplies are still limited, and operations have
been comparatively small, excepting jute, in which a
fair amount of business has been done, and large sup-
plies'are coming down from the districts.
The import market has been somewhat more favour-
able, particularly as regards mule twist and grey cottons,
which have been in fair request, principally for Eastern
Bengal for the annual fair, which generally takes place
in the latter end of October or beginning of November.
A large quantity of grey goods have been shipped for
Cbina, which have greatly reduced the heavy stocks
here. Some speculative traniactions in anticipation of
orders have taken place in grey shirtings of heavy makes
at an improvement of 4to 6 annas per piece. Bleached
cottons, both heavy and light, are in limited operation.
The money market bas been somewhat easier since
the report of the fall of Delhi, and the consequent
rest iration of 'confidence, especially amongst the native
shroffs, also, owing to large remittances of bullion lately
received from home. Government securities have im-
proved in value, but there have been few buyers or
sellers since our last. Present quotations are —Sicca 4
per cent., at 22 to 24 per cent. discount ; Company's 4
per cent., at 22 to 23 ditto ; New 5 per cent., at 10 to
11 ditto. _ _

Exchange on London.—The rate for first-class bills
opened at 2 24, and has advanced to 2 23. The business
done for the snail has not been extensive.

CHINA.
PREPARATION FOR THE CAPTURE OF
CANTON.
HONG KONG, OCT. 16.
The departure of the steamer Aden with the mails
to England has been postponed from 2 p.m. of the
15th to the same hour to-day, owing to the arrival
of the Ottowa two days hence with the mails from
England of August 26, and to enable the Hong
King folk to answer the letters.
The arrangements of Lord Elgin are pretty well
made up. The delay caused by his lordship's trip
to India has turned out somewhat fortunate, inas-
much as the failure of the Russian envoy to open
any communication with the Emperor at Pekin has
saved our a,mbassadir the chagrin of a similar, per-
haps worse, reception. The Emperor has declared
his imperial will to see no representative of any
barbarian power. All chance of negotiation having
been cut off, Lord Elgin has concerted measures
with his Excellency the naval commander-in-chief
for the assault and capture of the city of Canton
this important post in our hands, the_ Emperor may;
be induced to change his mind. As far as I am
able to learn, it would appear that the Admiral has
arranged with the whole available force to move up
to Canton on the 31st of the current month, and it
is said that the French forces will co-operate ; in-
deed, it is thought that the Russian Admiral Pon-
tiattne will also offer his aid; to convince the court

at Pekin that the " barbarians" are hot only in
earnest but acting in unison.

By many it isexpecte,l that the city will bs in
the hands of the British forces within two months.
The Chinese officials appeir to be making active
rvepnra,iions for defence, and it is said that more
than time hundred war junks are being built near
n ten.

Lord Elgin is living on board the Ava, which
vessel will accompany the fleet up to Canton ; the
naval and diplomatic powers being close at hand.
A French bishop has b-ei decapitated in Cochin
China, and a great many Christians murdered.
No less than 57 men of war were in the China
seas on the 15th of October. Thirty-seven were
British, fourteen French, three American, two
Por uguese, and one Dutch.
The commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir Michael
SeYrueur, K.C. 8., arrived at Hong-Kong on the
2d of October, from the Canton river, in the steam
tend-.r Coromandel, Lieut. Commander S. Doug-
las. His flag-ship, Calcutta, was at Hong-Kong,
with the Nankin, 50, Captain. the Hon. Keith
Stewart ; Sampson, 6, paddle, Captain G. S.
Hand ; Inflexible, 6, paddle, Capt. Cerbet ; Elk,
12, Commander Hamilton ; and Bittern, tender,
Lieutenant Commander Downes.
The ve-sels in the river were stationed as fol-
r, 17,
stoiax‘'lv.
pss
ori and Acorn, uAinsceoi Cghflyer, ommander a
screw,Commandernde rc Hood,at aC.
S.
Shadwell,iFxteyl
C. 8., at Hamilton Creek ; Esk, Captain Sir R.
M'Clure, at Escape Creek ; Sibylle, 40, Commo-
dore Hon. C. J. B. Elliot, at Tiger Island;
Tribune, 21, screw, Captain Edgell, at Chuenpee.
The gun-boats always on the move.
Things in the river were dull. Some of the
officers of the Hightlyer and Elk, out for a pleasure
trip, captured a pirate boat mounting three guns.
Three screw gun-boats, Al; erne, Lieutenant
Forbes ; Slaney, Lieutenant Hosken •, and Lee,
Lieutenant Graham, arrived at Hong Kong, Oct.
1,2, and 5, respectively.
The following promotions and appointments had
recently occurred in the fleet :—The senior lieu-
tenant of the Hornet, who was made commander
for Fatshan, to the Calcutta, flag ship ; Lieutenant
Beamish, fr.im the flag ship, to be naval aide-de-
camp to the Earl of Elgin ; Lieutenant Downes, to
command the Bittern, tender, vice Goodenough,
to the Calcutta; Dr. Telfer, to be surgeon of the
Nankin, 50, -vice Somerville, invalided ; Lieu-
tenant Ourme, to the Sybillo, 40 ; Lieutenant
Pauli, to command the Haughty, screw gun-boat,
vice Hamilton, who had the blank commander's
commission sent to the admiral to be given to any
lieutenant. Commander Hamilton, it will be re-
membered, was the first officer in the Fatsham
Creek on the Ist of June. Commander Hamilton
lift Hong Kong in the Norna for England. Lieu-
tenant Winniatt, to command the Plover, screw
gun-boat ; Lieutenant Hallowes, to command the
Bustard, screw gun-boat ; and Lieutenant Riley,
to the Esk.

The commander-in-chief of the French naval
forces, Rear-Admiral Genouilly, arrived at Hong
Kong, Oct. 14, in his frigate, Audacieuse, 50.
It was announced that the gallant and distin-
guished discoverer of the North-West Passage,
Captain Sir R. M'Clure, of the Esk, 21, screw,
would be obliged to throw up his command in con-
sequence of ill health. Commander Hamilton
would be transferred to the Esk, and Lieutenant
Dawkins, of the Calcutta, would take command of
the Elk, 12.
The court-martial on the commander of the gun-
boat Dove, referred to in my last letter, has termi-
na,Ld in the complete acquittal of that officer, mad
criminal proceedings will be taken against the ac-
cusers, for the :r foul conspiracy to ruin the reputa-
tion of a young and worthy officer.
Her Majesty's steam gunboats Clown and Janus
arrived. at Singapore from England on the 13th,
arid sailed for Hong Kong on the 17th inst. The
Hesper steam storeship arrived on the 15th. Many
fears were entertained for the above vessels, but
happily all the gunboats have arrived, having
passed the Cape in severe weather, and proved
themselves good sea-boats. The Imperador,
which arrived on the 17th, made the passage from
Plymouth to Singapore in 65 days, including five
days' detention at Madeira ; lie has on board 550
of the Royal Marines.