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London, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

had all his guns in positioi3, and from, 17,000
t a 20,000 men of new and oi.d levies strongly
posted. He was unwilling to use force, 1 sup-
pose, against such formidable antagonists unless ab-
solutely forced to do so, and contented himself with
holding them in check, waiting probably fOr the
fall of Delhi. If this be true he has done us good

service, and has saved his sovereignty. Indoreand
Mhow are quiet. The succession to the chieftain-
skils of Ruttam has • been tranquilly settled, the
disturbed little State of Dhar is at rest again, and
'more than all, the Mundesor© insurrection, of
which I wrote in my la 4, is melting away to noth-
ing. Thus, in Malwa all is pretty well, nor in
Rajpootana is- there much amiss, save in the
matter of the revolted Joudpore Legion. These
rebels, when I left them a fortnight ago, were, as
you may remember, posted in a strong village
called Awa, where Col. Lawrence, as I had heard,
hesitated or declined to attack them. However,
he subsequently allowed the Rajah of Joudpore to
attempt the place with his troops, unwisely,
as it would seem, for the Rajah's men,
if more numerous than his own, were of in-
ferior material.. Accordingly their attack was
repulsed, and Mr. Monk Mason, the Commis
stoner, who accompanied them, was, it is feared,
k lied. Tuck Clonal Lawrence resolved himself
to attack. On the 18th of September he led his
small body of men from the 85th Foot, the Mhair-
warn% battalion, and the Bombay Lancers, with
a half-troop of Horse Artillery, against the enemy's
position, which in the high standing corn was
scarcely visible. The rebels had the duns of the
legion; and made good practice with them. They
were driven, however, from two successive positions
into the town, and there the triumphs of the day
ended, for, the place being evidently unassailable,
our troops were forced to draw off, without loss
indeed, but no doubt considerably to the detriment
of our prestige in the district. . And that such an
. event should have happened just where it did is
particularly unfortunate, as being so near to the
frontiers of Gluzerat, where there are not a few
petty chiefs who bear the British rule no strong
affection, and where one Bombay regiment, the 2d
Grenadiers, has exhibited of late disaffection in its
ranks.

"For the peat fortnight we have bad further
little disturbances in this Presidency, which consti-
tute a drawback, though but a slight one, on the
generally favourable character of the intelligence,
and afford a contrast to the loyalty of the Madras
army, still unstained, unless by the refusal of the
Bth Cavalry to proceed for service to Bengal, for
which, by the way, all the subandars and the native
staff officers. You may remember that I noted in
my last that the native artillery at Hyderabad and
Shikarpore in Scinde were thought to be wavering,
and that a company of European artillerymen had
been sent up from Bombay in great haste to relieve
them of the guns which it was feared they might
misuse. At Hyderabad it was found necessary
to take prompt measures without waiting for
the arrival of the Europeans. Acting upon in-
formation derived from his subandar, Lieutenant
Battiscombe, commanding the company, applied
to the brigadier, and by means of 500 of
the police and 100 picked men of the 13th Native
Infantry the golandas were disarmed and the guns
taken away into the fort. At Shikarpore, -some
days later, some 15 of the artillerymen got hold of
the guns one very dark night and blazed away at
nothing or anything till driven away by the police?
who fired at the flashes of the gun. •One or two
were killed, and the others decamped, only to be
brought in dead or alive by the police and the vil-
lagers. Here and everywhere throughout Scinde
the police have behaved admirably. An affair at
Kurrachee was more serioue. There, one evening,
a plot on the part of his regiment was disclosed to
Major Macgregor, of the 21st Native Infantry, to
rise that very night, murder the Europeans, and
make off for Hyderabad. Everything seems to have
been admirably well managed. The 2d Europeans
(two companies only) and the Horse Artillery were
ordered out at once, and the regiment was, sur-
prised. Some twenty-seven were missing, all of
whom have since been executed or slain by the po-
lice or the villagers, and about the same num-
ber, whose firelocks were found to be loaded,
are
.to be transported for life. These men are
thought to be, and perhaps are, all the conspirators
in the regiment, in which case the intended mu-
tiny would be quite one of the Bombay as opposed
to the Bengal type, where the predominance of
low-caste and Concanea (or westcoast) men, though
not always sufficiently great entirely to preserve the
corps from mutiny, seems to be able to prevent its
infecting the whole body._ Elsewhere, throughout
the Presidency we have been quite quiet, it I
except the case of the 2d Grenadiers, to which I
have already alluded, but which has hitherto exhi-
bit.:d nothing worse than a few desertions and con-
sequent imprisonments. By this time Gen. Rob:qts
(who commands in Guzerat), has got the 89th Foot
at Ahmedabad, which will keep everything quirt ;
and at Kurrachee the wing of the 4th, from the
Mauritius, has arrived. .Here we have the left wing
of the 95th, but the head-quarters are not yetheard
of. They bad not left the Caps when the left wing
sailed from it.
"I have received another letter from the officer
attached to the mission at Teheran, of whose former
communication I wrote in my last. I mention this
letter because an absurd report has got about here,
and may reach England (though you will know
better at home through Constantinople), that Mr.
Murray has hauled down his flag. The mission
was to start for Herat on the day after the date of
my letter—the 18th of August. They expected to
reach that city in 40 days by caravan marches,
almost precisely the tame .as those of Ferrier,
whose notes and information (the accuracy of which
is, I believe, roundly denied at Teheran, and by
his countrymen too) they will be able, aed are very
desirous, to test. The Persian Government, writes
my friend, cis evading the bona fide terms of the
treaty in every respect.' ' The Affghans, we hear,
are rising far and wide to annihilate the Persian
forces, now that they know the English have forced
them to evacuate the place.
gc To return to Bombay, and to conclude. Our
monsoon is st an en I, and has been a very favour-
able one, the fall registered being 78 inches. Trade
is active ; money abundant. Government Four per
Cents.theextreme have risen to 82, and would go higher but
depression at Calcutta. Exchange
for
on London, 2s. lid. e
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(g P.S. Tho England brings nothing from Kurra-
chee( but a copy of the Jeypore story which I have
before given. But I have been obliged by the pe-
rusal of an extract from a letter received at Nos
seerabad on the evening of the 24th of Sept. from
Captain E ten at Jeypore, Sept. 23, 8 a.m.,' which
Delhi on the 17th and
IgBivtehs,-adnedtailwshoicfhte inndsothgasslti
' On the 17th shelling
(Red Fort ; the Lal Killa this appears to be some
other stronghold than &Utak:bur) and city. Fight-
ing all day ; leaders and native officers in open dis-
sension, accusing one another, in presence of the
King, of cowardice. In the end, unanimity pre-
vailed, and they resolved to attack and fight as
men without hope of mercy or pardon. Fri lay,
the 18th.—Shelling all night on the Lal Killa. This
morning fighting recommenced, and mutineers on
some points successful, but constantly repuLted.
Rifles doing much mischief among the rebels. City'
people, both rich and poor, running away. Suburb,
where Reid failed (the Kishengunge) is ours, and
also the rebels' battery there. King and two sons
concealed. One bastion of the 12,41 Killa de-
stroyed, and it will be taken' Captain Eden adds,
' The above is from the Durbar news-writer to the
Rajlll at Jeypore. There may be some exag-
geration, but in its main 1 am inclined to believe
this report, as the men has always sent us correct
reports on the whole.' After this the report of the
total occupation of the city on tho 20th may be ac-
cepted unhesitatingly.
" I regret to say that it appears prGbible there is
something wrong inlthe Puojauli be tween Leho e Ind
Mooltan. I alluded in the beginning of my letter
to a stoppage of dawk communication between these
towns. I now find that when the England left Kur-
rachee no da,vk had reacbel Mooltan from Lal;ore
for 8 days: If anything
is wrong it is in the Go-
gain district. Detachments are out both fro:n La-
hore and Mooltan ; but nothing is yet known of the
cause or of the magnitude of the obstruction to the
-
traffic. All was quiet ia Scinde,and the autheri
ties were on the alert.
" Letters from Neemuch record a successful ope-
ration from tl,at station against Nimbbeera, where
the Itajeh of Took was in.revolt. The detachments
of the Bombay 2d Cavalry and 12th N.I. which
accompanied' the party of the 83d, behaved very
well, replying only with musketry to the cries of
' De 31,' deep!' (the faith), which met them from the
wa'ls. Ti,e e,.emy evacuated the place during•the
night, abandoning hisguns. Tile troops are clam v-
eils to be led against Muadesore or Bhownuggur,
whither the remeant of the Mundesore revolt has
betaken itself.'

The following is from the Bombay Times :
" Th 3 capture of Delhi has tem the great event
of the fortnight, and we may now expect that, the
rebellion will l e speeilily crushed. With the strong-
hold of VA) mutineers incur power there willb,. n
ulty in destroying the rebels wherev,r we may
meet them, and thus restoring ttangullity through-
out the country. The arrival of fresh reinforce-
ments from Eogland, both at Bombay and Cal-
cutta, has coa'ributed to strengthen our hand,
and confirm the *wavering loyalty of the neutral
provinces. Although, however, Delhi has fallen,
and the relict of Lucknow is near at hand, there
is still a great deal to be done before India is p( r.
featly settled, and order restored throughout its
.bloochtlitted provinces. For the gigantic work 133-
fore us all our efforts and resources will bo required,