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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 18b7.

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Provincial Branches, as well as by all the Private Bankers in
London.

HENRY BARrILAY HENDERSON, Lieut.-Col., Hon.
Sec., Agent Bengal Militry Fund, Gresham House.
DAVID FORREST, Secretary.
Mansion House, Sept. 1, 1857.

AVENGE, 0 LORD, THY SLAUGHTERED

SAINTS.

Ab, who shall comfort EnglaTtd for her daughters and her
sons,
Her gentle, and her generous, her own heroic ones
Polluted, tortured, murdered—intolerable fate,
To be the sport of demons in their lust and in their hate !
Ay —what can solace us who groan for horrors such as
those ?
And how should England's royal heart endure their hideous
woes?
What word of eolsolation can be Whispered to relieve
Hearts that burn for vengeance, or the softer souls who
grieve ?

There is deep comfort; heed ye tell, that those are
Martyrs all ;
For G 94 and for their country were they killed at Duty's
call ;
A Rachel's Holy Innocent was every hewed-up child !
And every outraged woman died a Virgin undetlt'd
All glory to those Martyrs ! the blessed children slain,
The holy women, soon redeemed from all that shame and

pain ;
The brave good men, baptised by their own soldiers in

_
theirblood ;
Oh, glory to the martyrs, for they are all with God !
Awl, England ! now avenge their wrongs, by vengeance
deep and dire,
Cut out this canker with the Sword, and burn it out with

firs ;
Destroy those traitor legions, hang every Pariah•hound,
And hunt them down to death in all the hills and cities
round.

On groves of gibbets set on high those Hamans of high-

caste,
And bind their treacherous Baal priests with fetters hard

and fast--
Yet, even in thy lion-wrath, remember to reward
The noble sepoy few who stood our Abdiela of the guard !
?—Yes, terrific be its utter sack and rout,
Our vengeance is inaslible--when Delhi is wiped out,
And only so ; one stone upon another shall not stand,
For England swears to set her mark upon that traitorland!
Her mark, the hand of justice, the Cross—a cross of flame
Where Englishwomen perished in unutterable shame ;
Her ma k, the Cross of Mercy too above those martyred

• goo,l,
A marble cross on that burnt spot where once proud Delbi

stood !
Albury, Au,gust 31.

MARTIN F. TUPPER.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCtIESTER-TUESDAY.

For the Learnington Stakes, run for to•morrovr (Wed-
nesday), Uzella was again in great force, and advanced
to 3 to '1 taken, 5 to 1 was tho highest offer against her
at the close. Verona, at the commencement of business,
was supported with great spirit at 0 to 1, but stibse-
quently she declined to 9 to 1 offered, and left off about
equal favourite with her stable companion Redemption.
A few investments were made upon Tiff at 10 to 1, and
50/. at evens were laid on her agst Verona. For the
Warwiel? Cup 6 to 4 was taken to a little money about
Riseber, those odds were always obtainable against him.
A. rather stiff c)minission was in the market to take 2 to
1 about Blink Bonny, at which price Ignoramus received
some support, but in a general way 7 to 4 wore the most
odds offered against either of the two. 500 to 20 was
taken about Anton and afterwards offered. Melissa is
much inquired after for the Cesarewitch stakes, and she
has in a few instances been backed at 50 to 1.
CLOSING PRICES.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
3to 1 agst Uzella (taken)
7 to 1 agst Commotion (taken)
9to 1 agst Verona (taken and offered)
9 to 1 agst Tiff (take 10 to 1)
10 to 1 aget Homily (offered)
10 to 1 agst Redemption (take))
10 to 1 ag:t Peepine, Tom (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken)
12 to 1 agst Janet (offered)
WARWICK CUP.
6to 4 agst Riseber (taken and offered)
GREAT YORKSUIRE LIANDIOAP.
4to 1 agst Tasmania (taken)
9 to 1 agst hobgoblin (taken)
10 to 1 agst Captain Powlett (offered)
ST. LEGER.
7 to 4 agst Blink Bonny (take 2to 1)
2 to 1 agst Ignoramus (taken)
9to 1 aget Tournament (off-red)
20 to 1 agst Sir Colin (take 25 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Anton (take 200 to 7)
100 to 3 agst Blshi-Baz-iuk (offered)
100 to 3 aget Oakball (offered)
40 to 1 aget Imperieuee (offered)

THE DEVONSHIRE HOLIDAY AT TOTNES.
ON THE 9TH, 10TH, AND 11TH OF SEPTEMBER.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] _

The sporting world will be pleased to bear that the
committee of management of the Totnes and Bridgetown
Races and Steeplechases (which event, it might be ob-
served, Las been described by Bells Life as the Meeting
of the West of England), have reasop t) anticipate that
from the vast increase in the number of subscribers, the
considerable advance obtained from letting the tolls of
the ground (amounting to 1111.), the numerous applica-
tions for beds and lodging accommodation for visitors,
and boxes for horses, the approaching meeting will out
vie in sport and splendour any which has preceded it.
Considerable excitement is attached to the two Grand
Steeplechases ; it is reported that Janus, as well as
several other first class horses from the north, and from
Wales, together with several of our own county's dark
horses, will contest for the palm of victory with th
gallant Edgar, the property of Mr. Deacon, which horse
has hitherto been so t xceedingly clever as to carry off
four 501. prizes (besides stakes), in succession.
We perceive that preparations are making from Pad-
dington to Plymouth, by the directors of the Various
railway companies, on so extensive a scale as will be
likely u) meet the increased demand for transit azcoc2-
modation. _ _ _

A military band will attend on both days. In addition
to the two great days, arrangements have also been
made for a third day's racing and rural sports, which
will no doubt be extensively patronised, not only by the
indefatik:able and hard working tradespeople who will
cater for the million on the two first days, but also by
the aristocracy of the neighbourhood, as some of the
sports advertised to take place are of an exceedingly
novel and t xaiting deacription.
In all, during the three days sports, prins to the
amount of from 2401. to 3001. will be paid in specie.
BRAVO ! LITTLE TOTNES !

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN TsfitEwallsAMhoPiSdTEar
the Lord
Yesterday evening, an inquest
Waiington, Uuiversity-street, Tottenham-court-road,
before Mr. Brent, on the body of Mr. Samuel GrinleYs
aged 39, late proprietor of the Windsor Castle, who
committed suicide by throwing himself out of a second
floor window. The deceased, a few months back, took
the public-house, but his expectations of success were
not realised, in consequence of which he became in a
desponding state of mind, so mush so that his friends
kept a watch upan him—notwithstanding which, on
Sunday evening, he went up to the second floor and
threw himself out of the window into the back stone
yard, and was killed upon the spot. Verdict, "Tem-
porary insanity."
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THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

THE MASSACRE AT CAWNPORE.

The first accounts of the mutiny .at Meerut and
of the reception of the rebels at Delhi reached
Cawnpore about the 16th of May. • The garrison
of that station, the European reg nient having been
transferred to Lucknew, consisted of three native
infantry regiments, the lst, 53d, and 56'h, one
native cava'ry corps (the 2d), and about 50 Euro-
pean Artillerymen. The station is built on a dead
level, povesses no fort or place of refuge, and is in
every respect ill-adapted for defence. When,
therefore, the news of the Meerut revolt reached
Cawnpore, and it became evident that that example
would shortly• be followed by the native garrison
there, Sir Hugh Wheeler at once tu•ned his atten-
tion towards the provision of a fortifie I po3ition,
in which, at all events, he might await.the arrival
of succours. He pitched upon the hospital barrack,
in the centre of the grand parade, for the purpose.
He intrenched it, armed it with all the guns of
the battery, placed in it the women belonging to
the depot of Her Majesty's 32d Foot, the ladies of
the station and others, and himself remained pre-
pared to act on the first sound- of .alarm as circum-
stances might dictate. From the 15th of May to the
sth of June, the feelings of the Sepoysw xe manifest-
ed
in an unmistakeable manlier. The men of the 2d
Light Cavalry sent their families to their homes.
Punchayets, or native meetings in the lines, were
of nightly occurrence, and so:ue of the men of
theJst Native Infantryeahowed by: their inso'ent
geattrieii that the example or Meeitit arid Thiltri had
not been lost upon them. Had -the measure been
possible, - Sir Hugh Wheeler would have disarmed
them at once, but with 50 Europeans to back him
be was well aware that such a proceeding would
only precipitate a revolt. He therefore carefully
bided his time. In order, however, to be quite
ready for any emergency, he begged Sir Henry
Lawrence, who had about 600 Europeans to control
the whole province of Oude, to send hun one com-
pany of her Majesty's 32d to remain at Cawnpore
until reinforcements, then on their way, should
reach him. Sir Henry sent him 70 men—all that
he was able to spare, as he himself .was in a very
critical position:
Matters went on in the same unsatisfactory way
—constant alarms and yet no actual crisis, until
the end of May, when about 80 Eur yeans, belong-
ing partly to the 84th Foot, partly to the Madras
Fusileers, reached Cawnpore. The 70 men of the
32d were then returned to Lucknow.
On the 31st letters were written to Calcutta to
state that an outbreak was imminent-, that Sir H.
Wheeler had no means at his disposal to put it
down, that there were from 400 to 500 women and
non-combatants at the station, and t ) defend these
not more than 150 fighting men. The utmost he
could do would be to de'end them all in the en-
trenched hospitsl, which he had victualled for three
weeks, until reinforcements could arrive from Cal-
cutta. The Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th of June passed
away ; not one day without alarm ; and yet there
was no outbreak. On the morning of the sth an
officer, - the only one who, from the first, Ii
pooh-poolfd the idea of an insurrection, wrote to
a friend in Calcutta, ridiculing the precautions
that had been made. In the afternoon of the same
day he wrote to the same friend encicsiug his will,
and stating that the crisis had atr.ved or would be
upon them that evening. He, poor fellow, was one
of its first victims. Th particulars of the insurrec-
tion have not yet bean told. We only know that
many officers were killed on their way t the en-
trenched camp, that one of the first acts of the
matinee! s was to seize the treasure, about 10,0001. ;
to open the gaols, and let loose the pr:setiers. They
then gutted and set fire to the houses, murdered
every Christian they came across, and finalty pro-
ceeded to attack the entrenched barracks.
Here, however, Getieral Wheeler had au advan-
tage. The rebels had no guns. He had several,
though of small calibre, and with their assist inc-
he would have been able to keep any amount of
insurgents, armed only with old Brown Bess, at
bay till the end of time. _ _ _

It is at this point of the narrative that Dhoon-
doopunt Nenajee, quasi Rajah of Bithoor, appears
upon the scene. This fiend in human shape was
the adopted son of the late Peishws. On the
demise of that functionary he applied to the Go-
vernment of India, and subsequently to the Court
of Directors, for the continuation to him of the
enormous pension assigned to the deceased. By
both parties he was refused, but Lord Dalhousie
allowed him to keep six guns at his c tstellated
palace at Bithoor. These guns turned the scale
against our unhappy countrymen at Cawnpore.
This man, generally styled the Nena Sahib, was
well known to the residents of Cawnpore, and in
prosperous times was always glad, or appeared
glad, to receive them at his castle, and t., accem-
patty them on their shooting excursions. He is
a middle-aged man, dark-complexioued, and but
for a dishonest expression would have b3en consi-
dered a good-looking man. The writer has seen him
and shot in his company. The m .ment, however,
that he heard of the mutiny at Meerut, and had
felt the pulse of the troops at Cawnpore, his mind
was made up. We had refused him his t rights '
he determined to gain them himself or perish ill the
attempt. His first hostile act was comtnittel on the
persons of fugitive ladies and children from Futtey-
ghur and elsewhere, about a hundred in number.
Bithoor is only six miles above Cawnpore, and as
they were passing the former pl3ce en route to the
latter he stopped their boats, brought them on
shore, and remorselessly shot every one. He then
tied their bodies together and threw them into the
river. This was Dhoondoopunt Nenajee's deelara-
tion of war against the Britisu Government. This
occurred early in June. The revolt broke out at
Cawnpore on the sth. No sooner had intimation
of it reached the Nena than he took his guns and
joined the rebels, assuming the commend in per-
son. Guns were procured also fro .n other quarters
of large calibre, and with these he commenced pound-
ing Wheeler's intreuchnent, to which, with his
small calibre guns, he could not adequately reply.
Notwithstanding this, and that in the firs fortnight
he lost about one-third of his force, Wheeler's heart
never failed hlm. Sally after stilly did he make, and
always drove the enemy before him. Had not
there been so great a crowd of ladies under his
charge he could with ease have cut his way to Alla-
halead. At length, on the 26th June, they had but
two days' supply of food left ; they had no water ;
thir ammunition was at its lowest ebb. From being
confined, 600 in number, in a barrack originally
designed to contain about 200, and from the bod es
lying unburied all around them, disease in a b
form had come among them, and was decimating
their ranks. But the heart of the gallant Wheeler
rose with the crisis. On the 26. h he was deter-
mined to make one last effort—one grand assault
on the enemy's position, and to take from them
the necessary steplies. He came out with his
half-starved band, charged the enemy, and drove
them from their position ; but he had no cavalry.
The enemy had been joined by a second regiment
from Oud9, and the two coming upon his flanks
just as he drove the infantry b. fore him—coining
with a proportion of 12 to 1, compelled him to
fight his way back. He himsef was mortally
wounded, and lost many men in this act'on. Its
result and the death of Wheeler the next day
damped the hopes of the garrison. They had
neither food, water, nor ammunition ; to remain
there was to die. In this emergency they sent Mr.
Stacy, the deputy-collector, on the 27th of June to
treat with Nena Sahib. He was received by that
victorious leader with great civility. The following
most favourable conditions were agreed upon :
The garrison (including women, children, and camp
followers) were to be permitted to take their arms,
property, and a lac and a half of rupees with them
into country boats provided for their reception,
in which they were to proceed to Allahabad.
The ingenuity of hell never before devised a blacker
scheme of treachery than that deliberately
planned by the Nena and shared iu by a 1
the rebels at Cawnpore, those rebels being Sepoys
who for years had eaten our salt. Our poor,
miserable, half-starved countrymen were conducted
faithfully enough to the boats—officers, men, wo-
men, and children—and pushed off into the stream
in full confidence in the good faith of these devils ;
but they had scarcely done so when, on a signal
given by the Neua himself, guns were opened upon
them from the bank and out of the 40 boats they
embarked in some were sunk, others set on fire,
and the rest pushed over to the Oude side, where
cavalry in waiting for them, in their elgerness to
slay the Callus (infidels), rode their horses belly
deep into the river to meet the boats and cut and
hack at our unhappy countrymen and women, who
vainly tried to escape. One boat, however, actually
did manage to run the terrible gauntlet successfully,
and got ten miles down the river, but they were
pursued, overtaken, captured, and brought back in
triumph to the barracks, where the men were all
shot, and the women reserved for a worse f tte.
Meanwhile, while unknown to the authorities at
Calcutta these fearful attrocities were being per-
petrated at Cawnpore, every effort was being made
to send European troops up the country. As fast
as they came in from Madras, Ceylon, Burtuah,