The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND-ON, THURSDAY E

der, and had supplied men and money to real' to have behaved well. Sorge native officers of the 2d
Ally for the purpose. gave information that wornethine wze wrong, and the)
"The outwardly well-clad, smooth, and smiling- military authorities wmr., on the qui rive to prevent die-
faced, satanic-minded, and mendacious rascals, had turbance. Bombay Gazette Extra, Sept. 23.
to aeohieve their intended end. They therefore
no opportunity of organising and. deiciplining corps
SCINDE.
who ' SI3IIRACHRE.—The 21st N. 1., have been disarmed,
to.
.information having been received of an in-
ftoarumtpeedre
the major
itruhaitlolre feelingspor,
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British
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i tended rising of the corps. Tno circumstances connected
1 with the affair are as under ;
the land, and who were the subjects and once the
paid servants of the ex-King. Exciting promises
1 of Lthaest night,. about 11 o'clock, two of the native officers
were held out to them, and reinforcements to a
corps informed Major M'Gregor, the commanding
large extent offered to them ; thus the local troops '
officer, that they had overheard some sepoys saying that
revolted. at 12 o'clock they were to rise and loot the treasury,
"The grisvances of the conspirators are the fol- mur ler their officers, and make off to Hyderabad.
lowing :—" Toe King has, for no cogent reason, ! Major M'Gregor at once mounted his horse, and made
been deprived of his kingdom. The princes, prin- known the circumstance to the authorities. The 2d Euro-
cesses, begums, nobles, courtiers, zemindars, sepoys, pean Light Infantry immediately fell in, under their
etc,, had lost the r halycon days with the kingdom. commanding officer, Colonel Stiles, The first thing done
These grievant-s they weighed against the benefits was to strengthen the me-a guard, and order all the
of the British government, and found all over pon- ladies to rendezvous thereond all the soldiers' wives were
derous; the name of civilisation, high-sounding and ordered to the quarter guard of the regiment, and a strong
aosfdtihsepatched tot tahbeocuotll2el3,otor's treasury.eho The
tthempty ; poverty and famine staring them in the
gmuaairnddewr
re-
face ; and money, the root of all happiness, they Major Blake's troop of Horse Artillerym marched
the reawrnofwthe
had none. Since the outbreak of the insurrection lines of the 21st Regiment, and having wheeled into line
the people have been led to b -hove that the English opposite their parade ground, with half of the troop on
had intended to convert all the Hindoos and Maho- each flank loaded with canister, the assembly was
medans into Christians. Mills in Lucknow were sounded, when the regiment fell in at quarter-distance
consequently stopped, and some boat-loads of atta, column, and were ordered to pile arms and then to file
mixed with finely-powered bones, wore imported away to the reverse flank to a distance of about 50
and introduced into the market. Now, as the in- yards. The 2d Europeans and artillery then took up a
surgente have committed excessive outrages, and position between the arms and the regiment, when they
are afraid of the just vengeance which awaits them, were ordered to take off their belts. Then their lines
they have given the people to understand that the
were searched, and all swords, fire-arms, and ammuni-
Enolish soldiers will spare no black man of the lion were taken away. The muskets and belts were
,
realm. They ought, therefore, to allow no Eu then piled on commissariat carts, and taken under a
glish- guard to the arsenal. Several of the muskets were
man to pass alive through their country. Some found to be loaded. The regiment was then formed in
thousands of men, under Rajah Gooroobuccus Sing, close column, when they were addressed by General
and four or five mutinous regiments, have posted Soott, who called upon the goad soldiers of the corps to
themselves on the shore opposite to Cawnpore come forward and assist their officers in finding eut the
Ghaut of the Ganges, and thrown trenches round traitors, and by that 'means keep up the good name e hich
them, to resist the landing of the English troops. their regiment has always hitherto maintained. The
"The rebels are well armed for close fightinos regiment was then dismissed, and the Europeans and the
Horse Artillery marched back to their barracks, which
They are brave man no doubt, but they wont stand
they reached about five in armour orning. Great praise is
the platoon firing of the English soldiers ; they are,
due to the authorities for the ppt measures they have
moreover, afraid of the bursting of the fatal shells,
ememutee,n
inand we cannot help
taken in suppressinghad this
the effocts of which they have witnessed with horror thieking that had some of theauthority in the
in Lucknow. They have guns of various calibres, Bengal presidency acted with the same alacrity and Arm-
and muskets mostly matchlocks, a few only with nese in the beginning, instead of talking of their baba
flints. The powder they use is of very inferior sort; logue, things might have gone better.
it is not readily ignited. They have no regular Some of the supposed ringleaders of the 21st men are
magazine for it, the article is expensive ; they can- not to be found, and several are prisoners in the quarter
not afford to buy it in large quantities. They would guard of the 2d Europeans. A court or inquiry assem-
have had no arms to handle in the present crisis had bled to-day, and we suppose in a few days the origina-
the British government held domiciliary searches tor of the plot will be brought to light. The police are
fsr them after the annexation of the country, as in on the alert in all directions, looking out for the missing
ovelodwgeed haveo thheegarodarttheratgossevrderoafl
the Punjaub, and wrenched every one of them from "e!• . .
moSreinceriswornietriesgbathvee
baebeo
the owners.
the 21 European Re iiment. The raitogilaerader, Color
" In the present excited. state of the country, I
do not think a few regiments of Europeans can Havildar Ramdeen Panday, is still
penetrate into Lucknow to afford relief to the be- have no doubt when brought in will meet wift7i,tra‘endfawee sieged. brave English soldiers and officers in the re- he well deserves. We have heard this is not the firstt
sidency, keeping up the communication with Cawn- time this gentleman has figured in this light.—Keesiss,
pore on the rear. Sept. 15.
"The passage via Gogra is beset with danger ; EXECUTIONS.—Yesterday afternoon, at half-past four
besides the shallowness of the river after the rains, o'clock, our station was in a high state of excitement,
the whole line of the bank on Gude side is studded owing to its having become known that the general
with mud forts of zemindars, mounted with guns, court-martial assembled for the trial of the mutineers of
and a vigilant watch kept up in them day and the 21st Native Infantry had finished its proceedings,
night. Lturkarit, Sept. 18. and from seeing the gallows previously erected, a scene
"
was expected. Very shortly after that hour the four
companies of the 2d European Regiment arrived on the
ground with the condemned prisoners on their reverse
Meek in gharries escorted by a strong guard under an
officer. Presently came the 21st Native Infantry, then
the 14th Native Infantry, and Horse Artillery.
The prisoners were then taken out of the gharries, and
their names called over by the brigade-major, and the
first seven who were condemned to be hung, with the
other three condemned to be blown away, were marched
to the rear of the gallows between their late regiment
and that erection. The court-martial and the sentence
of the court were then read in English by the brigade-
major, and ably translated in an audible voice by Major
Goldsnaid. The seven prisoners for the scaffold were
then marched up to its steps, and ascended without mach
assistance. One man only spoke when on the drop. He
stated "it was his first offence, and it was no use hang-
ing him. He had done 14 years' nokrie." Tho ropes
being adjusted after some little delay, the culprits being
faced about to meet the gaze of their late oorps, the sig-
nal was given, and the seven unfortunate rascals were
launched into eternity. It was now found It would not
do to blow away the remaining three in the square where
the gallows bad been erected, so the brigade was moved
off about 200 yards towards the maiden, between the
sappers' lines, when three guns of the Horse Artillery
were unlimbered, when the three sentenced to be blown
away met with their doom.
The brigade remained on the ground half-an-hoar,
during which time the bodies were left hanging, and
then cut down and handed over to the police in carts by
a party of the 2d European Light Infantry, who re-
mained in charge of the gallows.
We hope this may prove a lesson to any of their
brethren who have not made up their minds which God '
and government they will serve, that of the Christian
and the English, or that of the Pandy and the Delhi
Rajah. We hear the court-martial assembles again to-
-lay, and that there are many more with grave charges
against them, as also about 20 who have absconded, but
it is expected their whereabouts will not long remain a
secret with our vigilant police on their heels.—Zossid,
Sept. 18.

ASSAM.

The following is from Debrooghur, dated Aug.
31, 1857 :

" We hear from Assam that certain pernicious in-
fluences at the principal stations of this province
hive been the cause of a visit to Upper Assam of
some fanatical Moslems, who were known to have
been endeavouring to get up a religious war in
Lower Assam.

" Upper Assam is consequently in a blaze, and
several tea planters are reported to have fled down-
wards, without consulting the local authorities.
The sad influences and their fanatic aids are be-
lieved to have distribute 1 the seeds of rebellion
among the disaffected of the Ist Assam Light In-
fantry, aud it is said two Mahemedan native officers
are deeply implicated in a plot to stir up the corps
to revolt, in the name of the King of Delhi. Ru-
mour has it that the authorities of Lower Amain,
after having set the fire, look to others to quench
it. We'll see ; government should look to this."
—Phoenix, Sept. 15.