The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

We have been favoured with the following ac-
count of the Meerut and Delhi insurrection 'by the
Rev. T. C. Smyth, M.A., chaplain of Meerut :
"On the 9th of May 85 troopers of the 3d Light
Cavalry, who had refused to fire with the cartridges
supplied to them (the 'same which they bad used
formany months), were brought up at a parade of
the' Meerut troops, to receive the sentence of a
general court-martial, which had finished its pro-
ceedings the previous day, and whose sentence had
been confirmed by Major-General W. H. Hewitt,
commanding the division, in accordance with the
special powers which bad been given him by the
Cornmander-in-Cbief. Chains were riveted on the
Mutineers in the presence of the troops, and they
were sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years. All
remained quiet till Sunday evening, Maylo, when
I was driving down to church as usual (dis'ant
about a mile from my house) for the 7 a.m. service.
`and met on my way two of her Majesty's 60th
Rifles covered with blood and supported by their
comrades. On: reaching the church I found bug-
gies and carriages driving away in greaftonfusion
and a body of people running to me and pointing
to a column of fire and smoke in the direction of

the city. Frequent shots were then heard, and
the distant cries of a large mob. My colleague, the
R"v. Mr. Rotten, and his wife, came up at the
moment ; but, finding that the people had all gone
hack, we abandoned of course the thought of com-
mencing divine service, and I drove home, at about
half-past 7 or a quarter to 8; in the direction of
the Rifle and Artillery lines, avoiding the most
public places of resort. I may mention that a
guard of some eight or ten Sepoys at the artillery
depot, or School of Instruction (three of whom
were killed shortly after in resisting an officer, who
came with his party to take their post), saluted me
in passing. I reached my house (which I share
with Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell, of the Horse Ar-
tillery), in perfect safety, but found from them
that the Sepoy guard at the Brigadier's (close at
hand) had, shortly before fired a shot, which
passed between them while they were standing at
the gate of their compound, We went together,
just after my return, into the western verandah,
and heard a shot in the adjoining road, followed by
a cry and the galloping off of a horse with a buggy.
This proved to have been the murder of Mr. Phillips
(veterinary surgeon of the 3d Light Cavalry), who
was shot and mutilated by five troopers • Dr.
Christie (the stirgeon of the same regime..q, who
accompanied him in the buggy, having been sadly
disfit,„,.„,l —a .I.iileieu at the same time. He instill
riving and doing well. By this tune the English
troops, contisting of her Majesty's 6th Dragoon
Guards, a troop and a battery of Bengal Artillery,
with the Ist Battalion of her Majesty's 60th Royal
Rifles, had reached the Native Infantry lines, into
which they fired with grape and musketry. The in-
habitants of the Suddur Bazaar and city committed
atrocities far greater than those of the Sepoys, as in
the case of Capt. M 'Donald's wife whom they pursued
same distance and frightfully mutilated (though her
children were happily all saved by the ayahs). and.
of Mrs. Chambers, wife of the Adjutant of the
11th Native Infantry, who was murdered in her
garden during Mr. Chambers' absence on duty, her
clothes having been sct on fire before she was shot-,
and cut to pieces. About 10 o'clock a bungalow,
immediately opposite our house, was set on fire by
five troopers of the 3d Light Cavalry, and an at-
tempt (though happily unsuccessful) was made to
fire the Brigadier's house. After 11 strong pickets
and patrols of the English cavalry, artillery, and
infantry were posted on the road near our house,
but the firing of houses, &c., continued till close
upon daybreak, principally caused by the neigh-
bouring villagers, after the guarding of the lines.
The loss of property, and alas ! of life, has been
very dreadful. The part of Meerut in which the
insurrection principally raged is a miserable
wilderness of ruined houses, and some of the
residents (as was the case with Mr. and Mrs.
Greathed, the Commissioner of the Division) es-
caped,miraculonily from the hands of their pursuers,
by hiding themselves in the gardens and outhouses
of their burning bungalows, and in some cases
by disguising themselves as native servants. Be-
fore the European troops arrived on Sunday night
at the scene of action the following were bar-
barously cut to pieces :—Mr. V. Tregear, in-
spector of schools ; Captain M'Danald, of the 20th
Native Infantry, and Mrs. M‘Donald ; Captain
Taylor, Mr. Pattie, and Mr. Henderson, all of
the same corps ; Colonel Finnis, commanding the
11th Native infantry ; Mrs. chambers, whose
murderer was caught on the 15th, tried at once,
and hanged on a tree without further delay, his
body afterwards being burnt to ashes. In the
3d Light Cavalry the following were killed :
Mr. Phillips, veterinary surgeon ; Mr. and Mrs.
Dawson ; Mr. M`Nab, lately joined ; a little girl
of the riding master's, Mr. Langdale; together with
several soldiers of the Artillery and 60th Rifles, and
women and children of the military and general re-
sidents in the station. Among other instances of
frightful butchery was that of Sergeant Law, his
wife and six children, who were living beyond the
precincts of cantonments. The state in which the
father and three of the infants were found defies
description. Happily the mother and three chil-
dren, though grievously mangled, crawled ab ut
midnight to the Artillery Hospital, and it is hoped
will recover. Mr. Rotten and I have buried 31 of
the murdered, but there are others whose bodies
have not as yet been broueht, in. The 3d Light
Cavalry (with the exception of some 70 or 80
troopers) and the 20th Native Infantry went off to
Delhi during Sunday night. The 11th Native In-
fantry, who not only refrained from murdering
their officers and burning houses. but protected
the ladies and children of the corps, remained in
the neighbourhood ; 120 of these have returned;
and it is thought that many more of them will do
so, a proclamation of pardon, under the circum-
stances, having been sent to them. On Monday
night many people (including a large number of
men and children) slept in the Artillery School
of Instruction, a walled enclosure, well
guarded. On Tuesday I returned with my
friends to our house, but while we were at
dinner I received the news that all the Delhi troops
had mutinied and joined the insurgents. We were
consequently ordered, with the ladies and children,
Lack into the depot, and the troops were at once
placed under arms and posted with cannon, so as
to command the European lines of the station, the
rest being abandoned. The night passed away
with no disturbance, except constant shots between
the pickets and rioters, the latter consisting of vil-
lagers and residents in the city and bazaars. On
Tuesday evening Captain De Teissier, of the Artil-
lery, and Captain Wallace, of the 74th Nativen-
fantry, wiih their respective families, Major Abbott,
'Captain Hankey, Mr. Elton,
&c., with some ladies,
women, and several children, came in from Delhi
with fearful accounts of the revolt in that city
and massacre of the English. The Rev: Mr.
Jennings Chaplain of Delhi, and his grown-
up daughter (an amiable and much respected
young lady) were murdered in the palace, where
they were living with Capt. Douglas (also killed),
Commandant of the Guards. The Delhi Bank
was plundered and burnt (as were all cantonments)
together with the premises of the Delhi Gazette, the
Treasury sacked, and the church burnt. But a very
few, I fear, have escaped by the Kurnaul read and
in this direction, although it is rumoured that seve-
ral carriages were seen proceeding to Kurnaul.The troops in Delhi were Captain De Teissier's
Light Field Battery of Native Artillery, with the
I 74th) Nth, and 38th Regiments Native Infantry

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