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London, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

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"On the 15'11 of May 600 ok
-Miners, cfficme 1 by commission .
missioned Europeans, arrived at MeeRA fr., the,.
station, Rookee, and the Commander-in-Chief
is short'y expected to move from 17mbellah
towards.' Kurnool with three European regi-
ments from the hills and 3,000 troops furnished by
the Jain and Putteealah Rajahst The Sirmore bat-
talion is hourly expected in Meerut from Deyrab.
The rebels are still at the Palace of Delhi, and have
failed, it is said, in inducing theneighbouring rajahs
to join them. They are reported to be fighting among
themselves •arid: the city; I suppose, is in o state of
anarchy. Numbers have lost all-that they possessed
except the clothes on their hacks ; among the rest
the Rev. Alfred and Mrs. Melland, of the Church
Missionary Society. Thlt gentleman was perform-
ing divine service in the Mission church at the time
of the mutiny, and escaped to the European lines.
The rioters broke into his house in the city, searched
every nook and corner for him, and burnt down the
prenai6es. None of us, I believe, are destitute of
profound and heartfelt thankfulness to Almighty
God fot our great deliverance. Ou hearts, however,
are bleed,ng for the loss (under circumstances of
frightful .and unparalleled atrocity) of so many
of our de'art'and unfortunate countrymen. The
soldiers especially are burning to inflict summary
punishment on these brutal murderers of unarmed
men, defenceless women, and innocent children.
Martial law has been proclaimed in the district by
Vie Major-General. The mutiny commenced-witk
the rescue of the 85 prisoners by their comrades.
The gaol was burnt, and 1,400 other convicts_ libe-
rated. The "fettered mutineers proceeded to the
ccradivlapir7rianodf
cOozptealiinedGhailslobwlaayck,
smo of e
o3a remove Light
their chains. The Delhi magazine -was defended
for some time by certain Europeans, but at 3 p.m.
on the 12th inst., when the insurgents had sue
ceeded in effecting an entrance, the place was blown
up with a terrific explosion by Lieut. G. D. Wil-
loughby, Commissary of Ordnance, destroying, it
thought, 1,000 of the rebels. That gallant

dat-s to s?rve in Parliament, and a whole holiday
on the day of polling.
" This custom, besides delaying all the operations
of the several yards, entails also a loss to the public
of not less than 5,0007. in wages alone.
- "In order to put a stop to so inconvenient a
practice, -and at, the same time to allow all electors
enrployed: in the several naval and victualling,esta-
, blishments, and naval hospitals the power of exer-
cising: their franchise, my Lords" Commissioners of
the Board of Admiralty are plea-ed to direct that in
future two hours shill be allowed to every elector on
the day of nomination, if he chooses to absent him-
self, but that no ply shall be all Owed for such two
hours' abFence, - And on the day of polling half a
day will be allOwel to all voters, for which half-
holidav no deduction will be made in the day's pay,
" These rules are to take effect immediately, and
to be made generally known in the naval establish-
ments.

" By command of their lordships,

-• " B. OSBORNE."
Gerald
The followingy
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appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty
staff-surgeon to the Ganges ; Chas.
A. Lees, acting as•sis'ant-stirgeon, to the lianges ;
James Wallace, assistant-surgeon, to the Ganges ;
W: H. Norman, paymaster to the Ganges ; John
Hay,.assistant-paynaaster, in charge to the Plkito ;
Henry Q. Barlow assistant-paymaster, to the Wa-
terloo ; Frank Pittman, clerk, to the Ganges ;
Thomas Honniman, to be paymaster of the third-
class.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

. We have )seen -favoured with the follOwire
count of the Meerut and Delhi insurrection b
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 had used
foraleny months), were :brought up .at 'a parade of
the, Meerut troops, to receive the sentence of a
.gerteral court-martial, whiCh had finished its pro-
ceedings the previous day,' and whose sentence had
been confirrried by Major-General W. H. Hewitt,
commanding the diyisiotr, in accordance with; the
specipa powers which 'Lad been given him by: the
COmmandenin-chief. • 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 eiening,' May 10, when
I was driving down to church as usual (distant
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 blool and supported by their
comrades. On reaching the church I found bug.-
gies and carriages driving away in great confusion
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 beard, and
the distant-cries of a large mob. My colleague, the
Rev. Mr. Rotten, and his wife, came up at the
moment; bat, finding that the people had all gone
baste, we abandoned of course the thought of com-
mene:ag 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
cline w;th his party to take their post)' salute-) me
in .passing. I reached my house (tyllic't I share
withe Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell, of the Horse Are
tillery), in perfect safety, but found from there..
that the Sepoy guard at the Brigadier's (close at
hand) had, shortly before :fired a shot, which
pasied between them while they were standing at-
thetate of their compound. We went together,
jest after my return, into the ,western verattdah,
and heard a shot in the al jolning road, followed try
a cry and the galloping off of a hOrse with a baggy.
This proved to havebeen the murder of Mr.- Phillips
(veterinary surgeon Of the 3,1 Light Cavalry), who
was shot and mutilated by Ave trot), era ; Dr.
.Christie (the surgeon of the same regime t), who
acccmpanie I him in the buggy, :baying. been sally
&sheared and injured at the same time. He is still
Lying and doing well. By this time the English
tro rps, coo: sting of her Majesty's 6th Dragoon
Guards, a troop and a b attery of Bengal Artillery,
with the Ist Biet-trea*2-of hee Majesty!s--Cro44toyal
Rifles, lraclivached the Native infantry lineal- into
which tbey fired with grape and musketry. The in-
habitants of the Suddur Bazaar and city commi-te-1
atrocities far greater than those of the &Toys, as in
the case of Capt. M 'Donald's wife whom they pursued
some distance and frightfully mutilated (though her
children wore 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 sit on fire before she was shot,
and cut to piec,rs. 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.
Greitlied, the Commissioner of the Division) es-
caped rniraculo oily from the hands of their pursuers,
by hiding themselves in the gardens and outhouses
of their burning bungalows, and' in some cases
by disguis'ng 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. Tregoar, in-
spector of schools ; Captain M`Danald, of the 20th
Naive 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 lit le girl
of the riding master's, Mr. Langdale; togetlifr 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
fether 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 brought 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 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,
hack 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.
Tuesday evening Captain De Teissier, thte.
Artil-
lery, and Captain Wallace, of the 74th N
Captain Hankey, Mr. Elton,
In-
fantry, with their respective families,
&c., with some ladies,
women, and several children, came in
.from Delhi
with fearful accounts of the revolt m that city
The Rev. Mr.
and massacre of the English.
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
MajoraAlbvbo Abbott,
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,*l fear,
althoughes it escaped by the udi i
is
rum e
to Kaatd and
eumaul.
ral carriages wee seen proceeding De Teissier's
The troops in Delhi were Captain
e
Light Field Battery of Native Artiller3's with thdirection,, have
74th, 54th, and 38th Regiments Native Infantry
Kurnourarh6sev
in this di-

and families, escaped on . _ g
inst., and reached Merut the following morning
without molestation. Therenames are as-follow
Captain and Mts. D'Oyley and Captain and Mrs.
Parrott, with their respective familiei • Mr. R. B.
Parry, Vetirinary Surgeon ; Mr. R. W. Macaulay
-Assistant-Surgeon; with all the European residents
and:their families ; Lieutenant J. J. Eckford, of
the-6th Native Infantry, hOlding an Engineer ap-
pointment at Merut, defended his treasury against
the mob for a considerable time, his wife and family
hiding in the garden. The house at latt,was set on
fire, and Mr. Eckford severely woundedBnAhe left
temple. He remained insensible for a conaidejable
tune (after destroying several of his assailants)
wh le the premises were in flames, but miraculously
,escaped, after some hours, with his wife, child, and
sister-in-law. Heis now -out of danger on account
of h;s wound. The native servants throughout the
station, with scarcely an exception, have behavel
admirably.

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" SAFE AT KERNATTL.
"Mr. Le Bas ; Lieutenants Mewand Taylor, 74th
Native Infantry • Captain Tytler and family, Mrs.
Gardner, and Infantry
Bateson and family, 38th Na-
tive Infantry ; Captain Nicoll, Brigade Major ;
Brigadier Graves ; Lieut. Thomason., Enginenv ;
Dr. Stewart; Lieuts. Grant, Martineau, and
Drummond.'

" AT 17MBALLAH.
" Cap'ain and Mrs. Holland, Dr. Balfour, and
Miss Smith."

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
FROM MEERUT.

Message received from Meerut, May 19.—The
artillery at Delhi were absolutely forced from their
guns by the 38th Native infantry, and only joined
the insurgents after many hours—most unwil—
lingly.
The 38th men shot officers, bUt only of- other
regiments.
The 54th N.I. killed at least one of their own.
The 74th N.I. were negatively passive.
We have authority for stating that the troops
now returning daily from the Persian Gulf have
received orders not to leave their ships at Bombay
and Madras, but proceed on to Calcutta,' where
steamers and. flats will be in readiness to bring them
up country. A cavalry corps has also been ordered
from Bombay, and ought ts.) be in Agra in about
three weeks.
We are sorry to have to mention, in addition to
dyfeeattchasupeuabulidshmedri. nLoeußr
Bas, of
thebe
civil
les of Sir T.
service.

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ADDITIONAL 'PARTICULAIIg; .-
. ' ' "SATURDAY, MAY 16.
"Six companies of the Sappers and Miners,
arrived yesterday, have suddenly murdered their
commanding officer, Major Fraser, by shooting
him in the back, and have made at once for the
open country, pursued by a troop of Horse Artil-
lery and several of the-6th Dragoon Guards. Fifty
or sixty of the mutineers have been 'shot on the
plain, and the rest have_ probably escaped to Delhi.
Two companies, di,arineremain Meerut, f, in and
are I
perfectly quiet:' . . 4„. 4,
SUNDAY, MAY il7.
" Last night- all was quiet in the neighbour-
hood."- • , ,
. -- ‘.` MONDAY, MAY 18.
"This mornior! brought 'us the happy news in
a letter from Kurnaul that many - more had
eselp d from - Delhi to that station and Umballah,'
than was at first anticipated. Matters remain in static`
quo as regards the ins.irgents;
~The Kinl of Delhi
is said to have raised the green standard of Islam- \
ism, and faetion is repcirted to ba rife among the -
the robe's. More fugitives from Delhi are expected
4 A
.shortly." , .. • .
LIST OF KILLED AT MEERUT ON SUNDAY EVENING,
. . , ' ' MAY 10.
3d Light Cavalry.—Mr. Phillips, Veterinary Surgeon;
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Mr. Dawson, Veterinary Surgeon. and Mrs. DAwson ;
Lieutenant MacNabb ; and 'child of riding master Lang-
ton. u,
20th Regiment Native Infantry.—Captain and Mrs.
Ni'Donald, Captain Taylor, Lieutenants Henderson, and ;.
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Mi. V. Tregpar, Inspector- of ScEools. --- -1-.,- -----":-'.'61tc,,,,,,--; --::. -'
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Dr. P. Smith, Invalid Eital)li-hment,
Mrs. Courtney and two children.
P•fossicrrters M‘Kinlay and Blanco, several- AVAltlery
and Rifle soldiers, with others unknown--men, women,
and children.
" Captain Fraser, commanding Sappers and
Miners, and one private of her Majesty's 6 h
Dragoon Guards.
" SAVED. FROM DELHI.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest (wounded) and three
children ; Lieutenants Gambier, Glubh, and
Procter, 38th Native Infantry ; Mr. .Marshall,
merchant_. Ensign Vibart, 5 tth Native Infantry ;
Colonel Knyve't, 38th Native Infantry ; Lieut.
Wilson, Artillery ; Mr. and , Mrs. Healy and.
family ; Mr. Murphy and mother ; Captain Wal-
lace, 74th Native Infantry, and fainily ; Major
Ahbott, 74th Native Infantry, and family ; Capt.
Hankey and Lieutenant Elton, 74th Native In-
fautry ; Captain De Teissier and family, Artillery,
and Lieutenant Aislabie, Artillery.

is thought, some I,OUO of the repels. luau gPsilaut, ,
officer escaped for the
_time to the main guard.
His fate at preseut remains uncertain, though but _ ,
opi .
t, s e2.oertaitred- '.4::,f—iiiir---safat,7:,..._ ,Not - '-- - ' '
Ig ac_ single European or native Christian is', left alive ,i-Mti, -
)3r the in Delhi or the. neighbourhood. The officer's and
- overseers of the Happper stud, w:th 'their wives ...... 1
Light and families, escaped on the evening of the 13th ...,
idges inst., and reached Merut the following morning
„...,,-,i wit-hi-mt. molestation. There names are as follow : 'i 4