The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

them back in clurgiug. On Tuesday night we' ex-i•
pected relief fron l)inapore, a 3 we heard firing,
but bur men got caught among some topes (clumps
of trees), and woe so mauled they bad to retir,,.
"They had noguns with them. We have kept-
this house with 4t Sikhs—splendid fellows—and 15
Europcans.and hdf.castes ; not a man on our
side
killed, and only One wounded dangerously,- not-
withstanding the enemy brought small guns against
us; we were very nearly undermined, but we ran a
counter ono. Thant Gol for sending us well and in
safety out of this, for I never expected to leave the
house alive. We must have killed and wounded
moro than 50 of, the sneoiy.
"They expectO to starve us . I fancy, but we
have enough for anoter•4 or 5 days, having got in
a sortie some sheep, ind we dug a well inside. I
write in an awful state of dirt and confusion, as the
Goralog (E iropeans) Gro expected every minute.
"P.S.—Of course the have nothing left in the
world; but we must not mind as we have our lives.

JUBBULPORE:
Tho following is from an officer :-
- ".Tubbtilpore, Aug. 5.

My last, I fear, would have made you all some-
what anxious about me. lam happy to say we
are all quite well, and I trust we have now little or
no danger to apprehend. I mentioned that a force
had left Kamptee for this place. It arrived two
days ago—six guns, with 75 European artillery-
men, a squadron of! the 4th Native Cavalry, and
the 33d Madras Native Infantry ; but, to the'dis-
may of those who remain lime, the commissioner
has decided, in the meantiniOeeto take the whole of
this knee out into thocliaritit to -qii&ll aoine refrac-
tory pet+y cliff fs. lam in hopes-the commissioner
will yet think better of it, and not venture to leave
this most important post to the tender mercies of
the 521. If he persist in taking the whole force
with him,- I conceive our position here will be more
precarious than it was bet ire the column arrived.
If two.guns were left with us I think we could
hold our own, even if the 52d did go. The move-
ment of the whole force has been strongly protested
against, and Erskine has been requested to halt the
column pending the decision of the Governor-
General. We were fondly hoping that all mutinies
were at an end, but the last four days has brought
us intaligence of the mutiny of six regiments. At
Sere lee the 12th Irregular Cavalry mutinied.
They shot their commanding officer, his wife, and
child, and learnt alive their doctor, with his wife
and child, in their own bungalow. At Futtyghur
the wife and child of Mr. Tacker, being about to
fall into the hands of another tebellious set, she
called to her husband to shoot her at once. He did
so, his child also, and then himself. A Major Ro-
bertson has also shot his wife and children and him
self. This is a DOW and melancholy feature in the
tragedies. All -bids having occurred within the last
few days makes us the more ADX;OII3 about being
left hate unpro` ecti d. The officers of the 52d
naturally uphold their own regiment ; but as now
:here are scarcely 10 regiments remaining of the
Bengal army, it is very probable that the 52d will
go sooner or later. It is most inscrutable. A regi-
ment appears stanch up to the hour it mutinies,
tiverything.going on as usual up to the very hour of
the outbreak. You will get accounts of Havelock's
different successful engagements in his advance to
Cawnpore in the newspapers, but they may not
mention a wonderful piece of luck fur us in one
of them. Two 18 pounder guns were in position
and doing great mischief tom. We ran up to within
4uo yards some nine pounders and howitzers to
oppose them, and people were surprised, after a
round or two, to see the heavy guns cease firing.
A rush was made and the guns were captured. It
was found that a shrapnell from one of the howit-
zers had broken both the loading staves of the big
guns. The Bth Queen's are now before Delhi, and
I fancy —is there. God (;rant he may get well
through the no child's play before hire. In our
neighbourhood affairs, I fancy, will never mend.
The Shughur Rajah has beim raising a mob—
troops they cannot be called. He wrote a letter to
Major Western, telling him to clear out of the
Saugor Fort, or he would come and level it with
the ground in three days, and cut the embankment
of the large tank. It is very likely that he will do
the people at Saugor much harm. He sent some
1,000 men against Dumol), in hopes of surprising
the treasury on its way to Sanger. By go id luck
the party to escort it had wit started, and as they
had a couple of 6-pounders the rebels were driven
off with considerable loss-231. dead were counted in
one spot. I am sorry to say that young Gordon' of
the 32d, is still in his hands, at least he was on the
25th of July. On that date he made Gordon write
to Hamilton that he would give him up. He told
him to add that Hamilton had taken a gun of his,
and ho wished to get it again. Hamilton wrote and
said the gun would ho restored as soon as he saw the
prisoners. On sending to the appointed place no
prisoners were forthcoming, so we are still in fears
for our friend. I believe the column from this will
first movo on Duinoh, and then`go against the
Shughur men. Some rebels took possession of a fort
some 60 miles frem this, eight miles from the road
(at present under my charge) between this and Mir-
zspore. They were heginnin
a to steal the post-
horses, so a company of the 52d was sent from this
against them. The 52d men left this quite in high
spirits, but they
had not the fortune to have a
brush with the rebels, for they bolted from the
fort on hearing of the approach of regular troops.
I think I mentioned that a native chief had some
guns in this neighbourhood. It turns out that
were mere playthings,
and could do us no
injury. I have jut received letters from —, dated
the 3d ; all well at Kamptee and Seetbuldee.
We have been at church to-day, as it was a day ap-
pointed for prayer, humiliation, and fasting.

The following letter and regimental orders were
written by Lieut.-Col. Greathead ou the death and
gallant conduct of Ensign Mounsteven Bth (King's)
lit,,iiment, whose death we announced on the sth
inst., as slain before the walls of Delhi :
" REGIMENTAL ORDERS, BTII (KING'S) REGIMENT.
" Camp before Delhi, July 10.
" The regiment will learn with the greatest re-
gret that Ensign Moun3teven has died of the wounds
received by him in the affair of the r9th July, in this
his fu st and lastenga,getnent. This admirable young
officer, though only 18 years of age, displayed a
coolness and a brilliant bravery which, had he been
spared, must have ld to future distinction ; and
it is with the most heartfelt sorrow that Lieut.-Col.
Greathead annouucts the untimely close of his
career. He is buried in the comet:Ty, and the
officers and ram will erect a monument to hie
nannory."

" Camp before Delhi, July 13.
" My dear Sir,—The very painful duty has fallen
upon tue of acquaiuting you with the loss you have
sustained by the death of your most gallant son,
from a mortal wound received in action before
Delhi on the 9th lust. I cannot express to you the
sorrow this has caused to me and to every one in the
regiment. None have felt more than I, for I had
foi med. great hopes of him ; he had every quality
to make a good soldier—bravery, coolness, ready
will, and ready obedience, and never were those
qu:dities more conspicuous than in the engagement
which was his first and last. We went into action
about 11 a.m., and the duty which wo bad to per-
form was to clear the mutineers out of an intricate
labyrinth of gardens and houses. This was done
with great rapidity, but not without considerable
loss, as the mutineers took advantage of every wall
and building, and we lost 30 men killed and
wounded, out of 160 we had in action. I saw your
brave, boy head the men of hie, company in a dozen
charges, and his light foot let no man head him,
throughout he was unhurt. We had driven the
mutineers out of the garden across the road, which
we crossed, and going up the banks of a canal we
entered an enclosure, round which the mutineers
had mustered in force, and a shot from a loophole
st uck him in the abdomen, passing out just above
the groin. He is buried in the cemetery. When
this business is over we shall erect a tomb to his
memory. He was sensible to the last, and died like
a true ChriAtian, without repining. It is for us to
regret him who are left, for a finer officer never en-
tei ed. her Majesty's service.—Believe me, my dear
sir, yours faithfully,
"E. M. GREATHEAD,
"Lieut.-Col. commandingBth (King's) Regt."