The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, I H URSDAY EVENING-, AUGU s r

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lof the duo .nod victims fell a sacrifice. A Sepoy,
with two loaded muskets, walked up to about ten
feet of the Quartermaster (I think his: name was
Hutchinson), and shot hint dead on the spot. The
rest escaped, with nothing but the clothes on their
backs. To-day e e have news that the ex-King of
Oude has been discovered 'intriguing at Calcutti,
and imprisoned, and all his numerous followers dis-
armed ; also three more native regiments have been
disarmed at Calcut'a., as it was discovered that they
had made a plot to get Fort William into their
hands. Two of these, the 25th and 70th had volun-
teetel to go to Delhi, and wa were to have been
favoured with the protection of the 25th at Be-
nares. The army seams rotten to the core, and a
day would be rather flat without the news of some
fresh mutiny. It is truly a troublous time ; and
what is t. e orig'n of all this ? and whet to be the
end ? It seems to me more and more plsiu that
Mahommedan influence and intrigue is at the bot-
tom of it. Delhi, the seat of the Mogul empire,
was the first r-allying point ; and now the rebel;
seem gyrating round Lucknow, the capital of the
last annexed Mabommedan power. Before I left
for England, in 1855, the Mahommedans were
circulating inflammatory tracts. Probably, they
simply took advantage of the cartridge question to
rouse the Hiudoos. The rights of the Oude ques-
tion I must leave Mr. Marshman and Mejor Bird
to support before the English public. My impressiou
is that God has been pleased so to order it that semi-
barbarous na+ions in close contact with one highly
civilised must either reform themselves or be taken
in band by the advanced neighbour as a measure
of self-preservation. Oude has refused the former,
and is now subject to the latter ; and of the bless-
ings of English rule to such an utterly vicious state
of society as that of Oude no unprejudiced mind
can have a doubt. What is to be the end ? The
Almighty Ruler alone knows. We can only judge
from present appearances. As yet I bear of no
head to the rebels, but various elements of discord.
Immense plunder must create divisions and inter-
nal quarrels. Hindoos and Mahommedans may
coalesce fora short time to murder and plunder the
S rhibs, but such utterly uncongenial elements can-
not remain in permanent fusion. Already I hear
that both the Hindoo and Mohamedan standards
are flying at Allahabad in the rebel camp, and I
cannot forget that it was the raging tide of religi-
ous contention between the .Hindoos and Mussel-
mans which made our interference in Oude and its
annexation necessary. Will they not fight with
each other now that the supreme power is once
more, as they think, the prize in their reach ? It is
a great mercy that our border rivals have not as
yet come down upon us in our trouble. If Dost
Mahorned and his Affghaus rushed again through.
the Khyber Pass,-or Jung Bahadar led his Nepau-
lese to join the insurgents in Oude, and assumed
the command, I doubt if even our fortified positions
could hold out unless our English army rapidly in-
creases. Meanwhile the elements of discord I have
noticed, and the constant accession of European
troops, and the terror their appearance everywhere
inspires, are grounds for trusting that in 6 months
the North-west Provinces will have been reconquer-
ed, and the British rule be firmer than ever. God
grant it may be so. And still more we should
pray that He may sho'w us the cause of such a
tremendous judgment. The Crimea was nothing to
it. England does not refuse her best blood in the
cause of right and justice, but there it has been
spilt in floods by the lurking knife of traitorous
vililans. Oh, how our hearts,—how your hearts
will bleed when all the horrible details come to
light, and your churches are again black with
mourning ! In one respect the parallel between
this and the Crimea does not exist—viz., that in
that case there was as much and more bereave-
ment sustained by the lower classes than by the
upper ; whereas here it is almost wholly confined
t.) the upper. lam now writing on the 19th. We
have as yet no official confirmation of the fall of
Delhi, but I am sorry to fray there is another re-
port, which is that Cawnpore is attacked by a
large force of the rebels, and though still holding
out, our dear countrymen had been fighting for
four days. As fast as troops can be got up from
Allahabad, those already there will be marched
up to relieve Cawnpore, if it can manage to hold
out. If this news be true, it makes it more than
ever probable that Benares will yet be the scene
of a sanguinary conflict ;. for if they get Benares,
Allahabad would be cut off, and probably the fort
at Allahabad would deter them from attempting it.
I have not the least fear of their beating our troops
at Benares, but I .think -any success at Cawnpore
would incite them to make the attempt. We
are now in some anxiety about Ghazeepore.
The 65th Native Infantry, who are there,
actually, I hear, dictated their own terms, and
would not allow the treasure to be moved till
European troops were sent to take it. I should not
be surprised, unless English troops aee per-
manently located there, to hear that the 65th wait
till the inhabitants are secure again, and then re-
peat the Allahabad tragedy. The 47th, at Mirz--
pore, is one of the regiments which werlooked on
as most secure, because the men had a great deal
lof money funded in Government securities. But
when they saw the treasures being carried off from
Miezapore to Benares, one of them made A very
significant remark. ' Government,' he says, 'owes
for indemnification.
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treasure where are we to get it from l' It is evident
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the proximity of the treasure as their material
just to add that a party of them who joined the ex-
pedition to exterminate a village of dacoits (pro-
fessed robbers) the other day behaved very well.
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also fired at the carriages taking the la ties to the
Mint, but without injury.
" June 11.—Jaunpore has been pillaged of its
treasure by the detachment of Sikhs there, and
we hear that two of the civil servants-have been
murdered. We hear that Cawnpore is like Benares
in a state of siege, and Allahabad the same ; at
the latter place there has been sad mudrering of
our poor fellow-countrymen. Indigo planters
have come in escaping with their lives from their
factories, which have been attacked by straggling
bands of the mutineers, and they say that the
bad bloods in all the villages are up and greedy
of our money and our lives. At Benares all is quiet,
but the European force there has been weakened by
detachments sent elsewhere. Really the peplexi-
ties are fearfully involved. Three native regiments
have volunteered to go up b Delhi against the re-
bels. Government have trusted them, and sent one
regiment to Mirzapore and one to Benares. And
now we have two practical proofs that such offers
are not to be trusted. The 37th, at Bewares, made
the same offer, so did a regiment at Lucknow, and
no sooner were they a few mllee out of the city
than they shot their officers and went off. We have
heard this morning 'that last Thursday, the day of
our flight, it was appointed at 10 p m. to murder
all the Europeans, and it was Providence alone
Which guided our brigadier to anticipate the attack
by disarming the 37th. Some of the 37th have
confessedeto their officers that they had been told
out in bands for several bungalows'; and that, too,
at the time they were volunteering to go to Delhi,
and Col. Spottiswoode was walking about among
them in plain clothes with the most implicit contr.-
deuce
_. . have -no doubt of tile
final issue of this great struggle. Disorganised
Sepoys can never stand against our fine fellows ;
but, probably, for some weeks there will be un-
certainty, and much individual loss and suffering,
both among unprotected Europeans and wealthy
natives.
" And now I have a tale of fearful horrors to
tell you of what happened at Allahabad'. God
grant it may be exaggerated ; I fear it is too true.
Let it stir up our English friends to send us, with'
the utmost expedition, the troops we so urgently
require. On Saturday evening last the 3d Oude
Cavalry and 6th Native Infantry rose, and de-
stroyed the bridge •f boats, and murdered every
European they could find. Out of 17 officers at
mess at 9.30, fourteen of them were butchered by
9.40 by the mutineers and mess-guard. And this is
a regiment that volunteeredto go against the Delhi
rebels Many of the poorresidents had left the fort,
on account of the intense beat and apparent security
of everything. The mob and cutthroats rose with
the soldiery. They burnt one whole family, from
grandfather to grandchildren, alive! Others they
killed by inches, cutting off the nose, then the ears,
then fingers, then toes, Sec.; children they killed—
little innocent babes—before the mother's eyes,
And such might have
and then killed her. . .
been our case at Benares, bid not our officers pro-
videntially anticipated the bloody plot of Thursday
the 4th. Happily Mr. and Mrs. Spry and the mis-
sionaries are safe in the fort, Our gallant fellows
have sallied and retaken two of the guns, but two
are still in the enemy's hands, and, as there are a
good many Sikhs 'on duty it the fort, we are still
anxious. To-day we have heard there havebeen two
fights at Agra, but we have no particulars. You
will be glad to hear that the Reuthers, with Mr. J.
Cmsar, the catechist, and his wife, are safe in Be-
nares. On the Ch the disco nifited mutineers from
Benares set off for Jaunpore. At 8 a.m. on the 6th
two or three indigo planters rode at full speed into
the Reuthers' compound, saying Fly foryour lives,
the sepoys are upon us !' They hurried of to the
Kutcherry, where all the residents were assembled.
The 37th first came up, and seem to have been afraid
to attack them. Meanwhile Mr. Omar was walking
with Cept. Mara, who commanded the troops at
Juanpore. Mr. Caesar said, The 37th are upon
us.' The 37th !' said Capt. Mara, what have we
to fear from the 37th; our own nien will keep them
off.' ,Mr. Caesar had ecarcely left him when he was
struck by a ball from the Sikhs, staggered a few
steps, and fell. :It seems the Sikhs were afraid to
rob the treasury till they had shot their officer.
Then they began to pillage, and the residents took
that opportunity to be off. Before they went the
Sikhs had come up and fired iu at all the windows
of the Kutcherry. and they were obliged to lie down
on the floor, the bullets whizzing over their heads.
Mr. Caesar saw the magistrate, Mr. Cuppage, lying
dead in front of the gaol door. After most had
escaped up came the Sowars, on whom we hid been
relying for our lives at Benares until the arrival of
the English troops. They had vowed to murder
every European. Theycame to the deputy-collector,
an old East Indian. Both Hindoosand Mussulmans
got around him and said, Do him no harm; he has
always been kind and just to ue" Can't help it,'
said the Sowers, he is a European.' They then
repeated this to a sergeant and his wife, though the
people pleaded for diem, and said they were very
kind and inoffensive. Can't help it, they are
Europeans.' Providentially the refugees did not
take the Benares road, or they would have been
cut off, man, woman, and child, by these blood-
thirsty savages. They drove toZjufferabad, and there
got on board a native boat to go eleven the Ganges.
They had not got down far when the boatmen,
native like, turned against the Sahibs in their dis-
tress, and refused to convey them beyond a certain
village. There they landed them, and they repairel
to the police-office, and the Benares magistrate,
with a party of voluntears and English soldiers,
escorted them to Beeares. Their flight lasted five
days. . . At Allahabad the city had revolted
and hoisted the green flag. This makes one think
that it is at the bottom a conspiracy of our deadliest
foes, the Mussulmans, and that they have got hold
of the cartridge delusion as a means to stir up the
Hindcos. .No doubt the annexation of Oude vexed
them unspeakably, and now Oude seems to be the
rallying point, and doubtless we shall have to con-
quer it-again. Sir H. Lawrence is now command-
ing there, and has intrenched himself in a very
strong position at Lucknow, from which nothing
but want of provisions will drive him. In that case,
I imagine, he would fight his way to Cawnpore,
which, when I last heard, was secure, but in a state
of siege. The European troops from Oude are di-
vided between Lucknow and Cawnpore ; and as
soon as the rebels are quashed at Allahabad I
doubt not European troops will be constantly pass-
ing on to Cawnpore, whence they can relieve Luck-
now.
" June 16—The best public news I have heard
is that the Chinese expedition has been intercepted,
and the troops_ landed at Valcu.te. This is a great
addition to our strength in the most critical hour
of the history of British India. English troops are
constantly arriving at Benares; some to remain,
most to pass on. Martial law is proclaimed at
Benares, and all disturbers of the public peace are
hung after a court-martial ; sixes and tens have
been hung every day—an awfully severe measure,
but perfectly necessary to restrain the thirst for
plunder and blood which is abroad. The fort at Al-
lahabad is now held entirely by English troops and
the last news of Cawnpore and Agra (June 6) was
favourable. I hear to-day of the mutiny of another
regiment, the 12th Native Infantry, at Jhansi, and
also that the cavalry of the eajah of Bhurtpoor has
joined the rebels. This is very bad news ;it looks
like the country turning against us. It is rumoured
that the Native Contingent of General Anson's
Army, when advancing on Delhi, showed signs of
disaffection and that the poor old General gave this
token of energy and decision before his death, that
he at once opened the guns on them, anti then
charged with the Engish Cavalry, 'and left scarcely
a man alive !
" ram now writing on the 17th. We have news
that Delhi has fallen and 7,000 people been killed,
but it requires confirmation. Agra, all right to the
7th. Another European massacre at Saltanpore, in
Oude, and we are anxious lest the rebels make head
there and come down upon some of our neighbour-
ing stations.
"June 18.—Lieutenant Constable, an old school-
fellow, has just paid us a visit. lie was one of the
officers of the 17th Native Infantry, whose revolt at
Azinghur caused our panic at Benares. He gave'a
very lively account of the whole affair. They were all
at mess, and had the ladies with them. All of a
sudden two signal guns were heard on the Parade,
and then whirr went the drums, and they knew the
regiment was up. They fled immediately to the
Kutcherry, and put the ladies on the top of it. The
soldiers came up with such an outcry that you could
not hear your own voice. In this instance they
behaved with rommitie courtesy. They formed a
square round their officers, and said they not only
Would not touch, but wpuld protect them, only that
there were some of the mutineers who had sworn
the death of particular officers, and therefore they
begged the whole party to take their carriages and
be off at once. But how are we to get our
carriages,' said they, seemg that they are scat-
tered all through the station ?' Ah !we will
fetch them,' said the Sepoys ; and so they did, and
gave the party an escort for ten miles out of the
station on the road to Ghazeepore. It bas been
remarked that, to complete the.romance, they ought
to have offered the officers a month's pay out of the
treasure they were plundering. But, already one

when M ljers Paterson and Elton came in, stating
that they hail escaped from the main guard ; that
the Sep ,ys were shooting down their officers, and
all was confusion. We saw it was hopeless. The
Brigadier ordered us to retire. First went the car-
riages, then the guns, next the 38th, and a portion
of the 74th. I cannot say then what became of the
carriages. As I brought up the rear our men fell
in in column in order, but as we retired they
streamed off right and left by hundreds into the
bazaar, till at last the Colonel and I found our-
selves with the colours and a handful of men. Wo
intended to make for a ford by the powder maga-
zine, but our men showed that they were no longer
under control, t )ok the colours, and made for their
lines. The Colonel and I followed. We sounded
the assembly, and there was a great hubbub. We
implored the men to fall in, but they stood
still and decline!. The Colonel went among them,
and begged they would shoot him if they
wished it. They vowed they had no ill-feeling
against us. It was here I saw the last of
poor Holland (since safe). His horse had not
Ixen redden all day ; it came from his bunga-
low. I heard Holland exclaim, ' Which way did
the ladies and carriages go ?' Some one answered
the Kurnaul road ; and I watched him canter
across the p :rade-ground to the bridge by the C, en-
pany's garden. If 1 had had a wife or child, or
any one belonging to mo in the carriages, I might
have done the same • but as it was I dismounted,
patted Gibraltar with a kind of presentiment of
evil, and sent him to my bungalow, and walked
disconsolately into ounquarter-guard. The Colonel
did the same ; somehow the idea of flight did not
occur to uz, I got my bed down from the bunga-
low and my kit, and went for some dinner. Theft
our men commenced urging us to escape, but we
refused, and I fell asleep. I awoke, and my bearer
entreated me to go, and said that the ruffians were
coming from the city. Peile was also in the quar-
ter-guard. We each took one of the colours, and
got as far as the door, but the men closed on us,
and jerked them out of our hands. Firing com-
menced lathind us, and the satisfaction of being
shot by one's own troops is small. I met the
Colonel in the doorway, and, seizing him by the
wrist, forced him along over the parade-ground
to the bridge by our butts. It was quite dark.
We reached it untouched, and scrambled on till we
fell exhausted by a tree. Soon the moon rose, and
cantonments in a blaze threw aglare on the Colonel's
scales ; my scabbard flashed, and white clothing
looked like snow. We crouched like hares, and thus
p tssed all that fearful night, now running forward,
now hiding in hollows and gaps, as voices seemed
in our track. We kept parallel to the road
which leads to the Shalismar Gardens. We crossed
the Jumna Canal by a ford, and drank as per
haps we never drank before. The poor Colonel
was terribly exhausted ; we had nothing all day.
Day broke, we were under a tree, and the Colonel
tore the scales off his coat and hid them in the
bushes. I was bent on making for the Kurnaul
road, trusting to some conveyance meeting us but
the Colonel was set against the plan, and we made
for the Jumna bank. We perceived a broken
down mud hut at a little distance. Into this we
crept and lay down, while, as the sun rose, we per-
ceived a party of Sepoys and others advancing to-
wards us ; they seemed to search the bushes, and
the sun glittered on their arms. I cocked my pistol
mechanically, but after two barrels I had no more
ammunition. The Colonel had not even his sword.
I remember saying, 'Oh, Colonel, death is better
than this horrible suspense ;' God's hand was over
us then as ever. The Sepoys turned towards the
river, as if thinking we had taken the ford, and dis-
appeared. Some Brahmins discovered us as they
came to work, one took us to the village and put
us in a tope (clump of trees), while he got us chup-
patios (bread) and milk. On the way Mr. Marshall
the auctioneer and merchant met us. He had
quitted the quarter-guard immediately after the
Colonel and me, together with three others, but in
the morning Marshall alone remained, and where
the others are, alive or dead, we know not. After
giving us food our Brahmin friends took us over a
ford of a branch of the Jumna, and concealed
us in the long jungle grass on the other side.
While there another came to me and said a party
of fugitives like ourselves were in the grass at a
little distance. I followed, and he led us some two
miles, when I found a party of ladies and others
concealed. The first person I saw was Proctor, and
in my joy at seeing him, whom I had believed shot
at the main guard, I saw no one else. After the
first joy of meeting him, I looked about and found
Mrs. Forrest, her husband, and three girls, Mrs.
Fraser (Engineers), Mr. Salkeld, Vibart, and Wil-
son (Artillery). [ sent to the Colonel and Marshall,
and this made our party 13 ; with guns and swords,
we thought ourselves a match for a chance straggling
party of mutineers. The escape of this party from
the mainguard was wonderful. During the after-
noon it was determined by Major Abbot at the
Cashmere gate to send what ladies were there to
cantonments. There were no conveyances, and they
mounted on the carriages of the guns—what a
spirit possessed our men '1
—they were suddenly dis-
lodged, and a murderous fire commenced on all there
assembled. There was a rush up the ramparts into
the main guard. Osborne was shot through the
thigh ; he said, ' I am not going to be murdered by
these Sepoys,' and led the way, throwing himself
over the wall into the ditch below, others followed.
Mrs. Forrest was shot through the shoulder, but
over they went, one after another, dropping down
what in ordinary circumstances one would say en-
dangered life and limb, yet they reached the ditch,
scrambled up the scarp, and the party I mention
reached Sir T. Metcalfe's house ; the servants gave
them soma beer and food, and led them to the river
bank shortly before the house was fired. They passed
much such a night as we did with one narrower escape.
Asthey lay concealed sorne mon passed and saw a ri-
band °rebottle, and saying "Oh, they have been here
evidently" went on. They then came to the same
ford, and while concealed heard me described by
my eyeglass, sent for me, and thus we happily met.
We could not stay in the grass, so that evening
started, the Brahmins conducting us to a ford over
the Jumna. We travelled some two or three miles
up stream before reaching it. Our hearts failed, and
no wonder, where ladies were concerned, as we
looked at the broad swift river. It was getting
dark, too. Two natives went across. We watched
them anxiously wade a considerable portion of the ,
river ; then their heads alone appeared above water.
It was our only chance of life, and our brave ladies
never flinched. It was so deep that where a tall
man would. wade a short man would be drowael. I
thought it was all over when, on reaching the deep
water with Mrs. Forrest on my left arm, a native
supporting her on the other side, we were shot
down the river; however, by desperate efforts and
the assistance of another native, we reached the
bank in safety. I swam back once more foranother
of our party, and so ultimately we all got safe over.
It was a brave feat for our ladies to do. We passed
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another wretched night, suffering fearfully from PORTSMOUTH.LIVERP
cold, and crouching close to each other for warmth; on, Wednesday.—One feeling
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of pride pervaded all the inhabitants of this great port
there was no noise but the chattering of our teeth.
Next morning we were discovered and led to a tope, to the famed Liverpool clippers, James
at the visit of her most gracious Majesty and 3;lroiviaulefsamanlyd
where again the Brahmins temporarily proved our Champion of the Seas, although they well knew that her
fr:ends ; but they turned us out shortly afterwards 'Majesty could not have seen any vessels aPPr'bingto
wi' h news that there were sowars behind and sowars their dimensions, and having tok?
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in front. We turned wearily tothe lefr, to fall- into conveyance, out ofoth
the hands of the Googurs. These ruffians gradually
collected and with a wild howl set upon us. Our James Baines atndalCian.,
feel justly proud of the Royal re-
arms had been under water and useless, and they Bell line of Australian
vessels 13,,elsohneg.
had
b no idea that she had such ships in her
pteahcekpoeotrwst,nteor:swo'h
were 15 to 1. They disarmed us and proceeded bru- mark—"
service."
tally to rob and strip us. I think a fakir here saved 111 [ADVEETISSMEICT.I SIGHT AND lIPJ JUNG SPECTACLES --••
our lives. On we toiled all day in a burning sun, powosta, 'Domains -- OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE
erve—opposite th,„
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with naked feet and skins peeling and blistering in Grasses• 7
the burning wind. How theladies stood it is Royalmarvel-
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tre-sed us by a show of terror. We were takbn to Telescopes,
a large Village that night and concealed in a Camp, Race-course, opera, and Perspective
Glasses, to know the distances. Those Telescopes passess
fakir's hut. We were there three days,' and such extraordinary power that some, three anti a-half inches,
I trust hereafter haudsomely to reward our with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly ,Tupiter's moons.
benefactors. While here wesent in a letter in Saturu's ring, and the double stars ; with the, sameiaht:lflesc?ipe
French to Meerut asking for assistance. It can be saenedn
aaupoeh.oont'sfreoomunite6ntaoncoeo
mthirloese.-anlt,
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seemed not to come, 'and from Bhekia we were
powers accardingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valu-
zemindar,taken to Hurchundpore at the request of an old coat-pocket, and arej of larger, and all sizes, wit?t increasing
able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket
who had heard of our whereabouts, and
treated us royally. He. was a German by birth, Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can heo seen andr
an old man of 80 or 90, and now native in dress
language, ilea—not in heart or religion. He sent kps
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us up clean stuff for clothes, and gave us some-ta:ogp,or_tao,
thing like civilized food again. That evening 30
who volunteere
sowars (troopers), under Lieutenants
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luxv.rious sense ofrelease enjoyed the
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persons aro enabled
from the almost hourly greatest transparent power.
served and strengthened, and very,
'tee opecupation--can see
expectation of death.employ their sight at the most
The great advantage derived
magnify The old man provided carts to er—andd
Lenses °n'clerful
for us, and at 10
What adornni frequent thanges to the an-
from Delhi p'm • 1.3 e, .layt week of our escape with' • the
they do not require
bmer powerful assistance. Persons
we reaehrd- Meerut.
kind‘ *th those lenses of
scions effects of f nch l:snmai
remote part of the world. by send.
out of their spectac'es in a letter, and
:4gat it was to be surrounded by
We were
truly in a - -• by syrapathiz,ing friends. 1 - distance from the eye they can read small print
e distal'
plunde- deplorable condition—lame, filthy, and stathing
t the
those who have not made use of spectacles by
can.to
obneesuofitetdhe
in 0- -
ped of all : 'we were ashamed to look people
watiattial;their age. Deafnek,s.—New Disco very.—Tne Organic
-b` ae 'ace, acre
-dve 10,,.. i.aere are many who, like ourselves,
to them. I feel •
Vibrator, an extraordiea
struracut agthathesesraost
for deafness, entirely different from a o ,
that
... —, everything belonging _ ,in
i,,g anything of rily powerful, small, newly-inventedlthers
the kind that has been; c.)i. probably
can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is
P'" small,
It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at
nsideration. My losses are erceptible.
chankfulness for life must counterbalance surpass :
eery other consideration,
onship.,
nochurchp and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of
wife nor- . • • inthe 's entirely and it
removal,
~0 for I have
thanked God tha t I had neither . singing noises
lost none dear to me by relati
could be desired.-39. Anal
and earee 111' all the assistance that possibly . ~_
_elated I often the Yorktlotel, `N.
-artunately chi •cut on
alive, but with a slisht , . coadin .—Oppotate
the back frolA xarle•street•Pi Y
child. All the 38th are saved, as Holl
here
-4 going down

" Lteutenaa Hoggan, by order of Brigadier
Innes, read out the propeedingi of the general
court-martial. which tried the mutineers, and the
sentence awarded them, to the troops and cs-,ablish,..
ments. He then informed the mutineers tlaat
if any would become Queen's evidence the brigaxii,r
would reprieve them. I believe 12 acctpt-.4 the
offerstated y andwer
-LaAlllery.
iron the
ringlealers, and to further divulge se, tn show
theire marched
willing to thess t r
(-) a
infirm
(f)
jf rni the
whence the mutiny origin.%ted and wit -what view.
Of the remaining 12 two (one being the man with
the amputated arm) were taken to the gallois.
Tbey ascended the ladder with firm steps, and
never betrayed any emotion of fear. On gaining
the-platform they adjusted the noises wife their
own hands ; their eyes were then bandaged and
their arms pinioned. Anothet second, :,nd they
were launched into etern'ty. Death was instan-
taneous with one, but the one-arm d culprit lin-
gered out for a considerable time, :-.8 the knot
slipped under his chin. The hanginan had to *re-
adjust the knot, and giving him another drop the
throes of the body rapidly ce ised, and the vital
spark soon became extinct.

" The other 10 mutineers were led away to the
artillery guns, but while their irons wore being
struck off some cried out, 'Do not sacriiic a the in-
nocent for the guilty.' Two other-, ' Hold your
snivelling, die men and not C)wards—you de-
fended your religion, why then do you,crave your
lives Sahibs ! they are not sahibs, they ar,l. dogs.'
Some more began to upbraid their commanding
officer. He released the Havildtr Major, who
was the chief of the rebels.' -The 10 men wore
fastened to the muzzles of 10 guns which were
charged with blank cartridge. The commanding
officer directed port Tres to be lit. Ready !'
'Fire !' and the drama was played out. The scene
and stench were overpowering ; I Mt myself terri-
bly convulsed, and could observe that t'ie numerous
native spectators were awe stricken—that they not
only trembled like aspen leaves, but al.() changed
into unnatural hues. The lesson, I trust, will not
be lost on them. Precaution was not taksu to
remove the "sponge and load men" from near the
muzzles of the guns ; the consequence was, that
they were greatly bespattered with blood, and oae
man in particular received a stunning blo:v from
a shivered arm."

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.

A month ago the Calcutta passenzers by the
India mail packet declared tint the Oude family
were implicated in the sepoy mutiny. This was
mentioned in The' Sun at the time ; but the Oude
family was not mentioned in any other paper,
either English or Indian, in connexion with the
mutiny at that time. A fortnight after this state-
ment appeared in The Sun, the telegraph announced
that the King of Oude had been made a prisoner
for being concerned in the conspiracy of the Bengal
army. The passengers by the India mail packet
Colombo, which arrived here yesterday, state that
some things happen in India which are not for
some time made pubic, for want of substantial proof,
and other things are not known there because the
news writers in India and the correspondents of the
English journals scarcely know how to describ3 such
inhuman atrocities. The Colombo passengers say
that the imagination can scarcely conceive the fiend-
ish barbarities perpetrated by the sepoys. When the
Bengal mutineers entered the city of Delhi th -re we re
English merchants, mercantile, telegr an 1 past-
office clerks, officers of the native regiments, and
government functionaries, with their English wives
and children, living there as unconsci.)us of danger
as if
_they had been in any English town. As soon
ai" the mutineers entered Delhi a great many
Englishmen and English women and children escaped ,
but numbers could not do so, and those who did
not escape were subjected to outrages wore than
death. The daughter of an English clergyman was
driven through the streets of Delhi rake I, thee
subjected to unspeakable outrages by an infuriated
soldiery, and afterwards cut to pieces with swords.
An English lady iu the same city was su-pended
by the feet naked and hacked to piec2s. The
European officers and soldiers are exasperated to
madness by these atrocities, and most terrible
punishments will be inflicted by the European
soldiers on the mutinous sepoys when Delhi is
taken. These sepoys have acted more no fiends
than human creatures. It is with the greatest
difficulty that the English soldiers can be prevented
from laying violent hands on every native they
meet. A Highland regiment landed at Calcutta,
and one of the soldiers was seen immediately to
rush straight to a native and fell him to the earth
with his fist in an instant. Whoever lives to tell
the tale of Delhi and of the scenes witnessed in the
city during the siege will be able to relate un-
dreamt of horrors. The officers who came home
by the Colombo seemed to think that it was fortu-
nate the rebellion in India broke out when it did,
for the disaffection'inight have spread more exten-
sively before it made itself openly known The
outbreak has been long expected, and a great fault
appears to have been the fear to face it or antici-
pate it on the part of the authorities.

(Extract of a Private Letter from Calcutt A.)
" June 18, 1857.

"Political news you will £350 in the newspapers.
The courage and blood of English troops may en-
able us to keep this country. Had the Persian war
continued, nothing could have saved it to England.
I may say, substantially speaking, that all govern-
ment is at an end. In fact, the authorities sent
notices round Calcutta last Saturdty, stating they
could give no protection, and advising every one
to protect himself."

(Extract of a Letter from an Indian Field officer.)
" Agra, Juno 17.
" Our troops are in possession of the town of
Delhi, but the insurgents still hold out in the
citadel or palace."

HER MAJESTY'S THE
CEATRE.
FARE WELL PERFORMANCES AT
REDUCED PRICES.
LAST FAREWELL NIGRT.
THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Aug. 6,
LA 1 RAVI A.T.A.
Violetta, MAcMe. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini ;
Germont Giorgio, Sig. Beneventa.no.
The NATIONAL ANTHEM will follow the Opera.
Between the Operas a Divertissement. Grand Pas de Deux
Boschetti and M. Baratti.
In the course of the evening a Divertissement from MARCO
SPADA, in which Madlle. Ratline will appear.
The Last Scene of
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Edgard() Giuglini.
To conclude with a Divertiss-ment—Grand Pas de beta—
lidle. Marie Taglioni and M. Charles.
PRICES :

Pit, Tier, Grand Tier, and One Pair.. £2 12 6
Twp Pair 1 11 6
ylalf Circle 1 1 0
Pit Stalls 0 12 6
Gallery Boxes 0 12 6
Gallery Stall.; 0 3 6
Gallery Side Stalls 0 3 0
Pit
Gallery
No free list,—Applications to be made at the Box-office of
the Theatre. Doors open at 7, Opera to commence at half-
past 7.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—St. JAMES'S
THEATRE.—It is respectfully announced
that the renowned CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, whose success
for upwards of 3,000 consecutive nights in New York has
been without parallel, will give their celebrated ENTER-
TAINMENT THIS EVENING, commencing at half-past 8.
Boxes and stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, and the box-
office of the theatre.

TH EA T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL
COMPANY.
The greatest Contortionist in the world, Mr. W. Baker.
The King of Clowns, Mr. Arthur Nelson.
Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d.. 25., and Is.
6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence
at 8.

I) Obi AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
...lit) THIS EVENING will be performed

Shakespere's Play of
THE TEMPEST.
Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
the new and greatly stvcessful original Comedy, entitled
VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Wiliam
Farren, Miss Re'ynolds, dre., will appear.
After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLICK-EYED
SUS IN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes .... .... 5 0 Dress Boxes '3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... - 2 0
Pit
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Leß.iee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
Tills EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjamiuWebster,
'Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform.
After which, bhe late Mr. Douglas Jerrold's drama of THE
RENT DAY. Messrs. B. We )ster, Wright, Paul Bedford,
and Madame Celeste.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE
Le9see, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

TIIIS EVENING, Thursday,' Aug, 6, will be performed
the now drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Rob-
son, &c.
- - •

To conclude with the o-ig,inal Extravaganza, by Ribert
B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO, Messrs. Rob.
son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.