The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA.

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(From the Bombay Times.)
The right wing of her Majesty's 33d (or the Duke
of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel J. D. Johnstone, C. 8.,
arrived at Bombay from the Mauritius on Aug. 4,
in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pottinger, which left Port Louis on the 23d of
'Tray. The ship Canning, which left the Mauritius
yin the 25th of July, also arrived on the same date,
with another company of the 33d Regiment, be-
sides a company of Royal Artillery. The whole of
these troops have been brought on the strength of
the Bombay garrison, and will be located in the
Town Barracks.

rri:he following officers were at Neemuch on the
7th July :—Major Burton, Capt. Showers, Capt.
Lloyd, Lieut. Ritchie, Capt. Laurie, Lieut.Barnep,
Capt. Sir J. Hill, Lieut. Ellice, Lieut. Stapleton,
Lieut. Williams, Dr. Murray.

(From the Bombay Telegraph.)
The news by this mail is of a more cheering na-
ture then any we have yet sent home since the mu-
tiny commenced. Although Delhi is still in the
hands of the mutineers, and the most dreadful
atrocities continue to be committed in various
parts of India, yet the broad wave of victory is
speeadiug itself over the land. The advance of
Gen. Havelock's column from Allahabad has been
one chain of victories. In our last we mentioned
that Gen. Havelock had reached Cawnpore, but we
Were unable to give details of its capture. The
column marched from its encamping ground at day-
light on the morning of the 16th, and after a 13
miles' journey halted to breakfast within 2 milts of
the e nemy's position in front of Cawnpore. After
resting 3 hours it advanced to the attack. General
Havelock had with him 1,300 Europeans and about
70( or 800 Sikhs against 13,000 mutinous Sepoys
armed and disciplined in every respect like his own
'soldiers, and commanded by the arch fiend Nena
Sahib in person. The General, seeing the enemy's
position, determined to take him in flank. For this
purpose the 78th Highlanders were sent to the front
with some of the Madras Fusileers on the left flank
to cover the movement. Her Majesty's 64th and
the remaining companies of the 84th Foot, with
the guns, were on the right of the column out of
the enemy's view. While performing this flank
movement the Highlanders and Fusileers were un-
der a heavy fire from the enemy's artillery, which,
however, did no damage, save killing the horse of
Col. W. Hamilton. When: our troops had got
properly on his flank the columns were wheeled into
line and advanced, under a heavy tire of grape,
shell, and musketry, to within 50 yards before they
fired a shot. Oar men then opened fire and the
78th charged up to the muzzles of the guns and
captured them—three 24 pounders, loaded as they
were. Leaving them in charge, on they pressed—
nothing but death could stay their avenging hands
when once raised to smite. The 78th next carried
a village at the point of the bayonet. The Lolumns
then moved on to their left position after clearing
the village. As soon as they got clear of the vil-
lage the enemy again opened fire upon onr troops
from a gun he still had, when we had to lie down
and wait for our artillery; but the bullocks being
quite knocked up, only one small gun of no use
against the enemy's big one could be got
into position. General Havelock saw at once the
difficulty, and instantly gave the order to
take the gun, which was done in brilliant style by
the Light Company of the 78th under a heavy fire,
which was well kept up. This ended the affair, and
our victory was most complete. In the absence
of cavalry the line was halted, and the General
went up to the Highlanders and paid them a well-
merited conaplimen.t on their performances. The
whole force behaved most nobly, and every sol-
dier was eager fur the fray and did his du'y man-
fully. On the evening of this engagement the
column encamped outside the wall of Cawnpore,
and on the morning of the 17th our soldiers entered
the city. Accustomed as they had been to scenes
of slaughter, the spectacle that met their eyes
petrified them with horror. They marched straight
to a place where they were told 175 women and
children were confined, but on their arrival they
found that they had come too late. They only
found the clothes of the poor victims strewed
over the blood-stained ground. The scene
of this horrible catastrophe was a paved court-yard,
and one of the Highlanders in writing to a con-
temporary says, ‘.‘ There were two inches of blood
upon the pavement, and from the reports that we
got from the residents of the place it appears that,
after we had beaten the enemy the evening previous,
the Sepoys and Sowers entered the place where the
unhappy victims were, killed all ladies, and threw
the children alive, as well as the ladies' dead bodies
into a well into the compound. I saw it, and it
was an awful sight. It appears from the bodies we
saw, that the women were stripped of their clothes
before they were murdered." A feeling more ter-
rible than vengeance arises in the heart at reading
this, and even the most reverent shudder when
they think that Omnipotence could have deemed
such a terrible ordeal necessary. The history
of the world affords no parallel to the terrible
massacres which during the last few months
have desolated the land. Neither age, sex, nor
condition has been spared. Children have been
compelled to eat the quivering flesh of their mur-
dered parents, after which they were literally torn
asunder by the laughing fiends who surrounded
them. Men in many instances have been mutilated,
a .d, before being absolutely killed, have had tog ize
upon the last dishonour of their wives and daugh-
ters previous to being put to death. But re illy we
carnet describe the brutalities that have been com-
mitted ; they pass the boundaries of human belief,
mid t a dwell upon them shakes reason upon its
throne. If ever a nation was made the instrument
of vengeance of an insulted Deity, that nation is
England ; and we trust that she will strike and
spare eot. We hope that by this time her ships are
Lot only on their mission of vengeance by way of
the Cape, but that thousands of her soldiers are by
this time marching across the desert upon Suez.
Not a moment should be lost, and long before
Caristmas the whole of India will be lying at our
teat. Before evacuating Cawnpore Nena Sahib blew
lip the magazine. He then retired upon Bithoor, to
which he was followed by a portion of our troops.
On arriving at the palace, however they found that
the bird had flown. They fired the place, razing it to
its fountlatiowsri.nd carried away at the same time
15 gots. Nana Sahib, it is said, had an intent.on
of goring to Lucknow, but when he got as far as the
r:TI-r his cavalry and infantry deserted him. Ru-
tr.our has it that ho then destroyed himself and
family, but the general belief is that he is still alive,
and the sum of 5,000r5. has been offered for his cap-
ture. Nena is the adopted son of the late Peishwa
13.
.a.lee Rao, who from the time of his deposition till
118 death, lived at Bithoor, in the neighbourhood
eiv'tepore upon the eic'ion allowed him by the
Nl Government. POn- the death of the ex-
teletein from the India's
but without success,. to
to hini,elf of the
Government a continuance
pension allowed B ije3
.Rio.
Failieg in this, he paatcrd an agent to agitate
his claims in Englaned n transmitted, it is said,
ato BCi CI
el
piecetd t O expensesmofeectoamhe'panysp, of such a mission
roof thel value of
five lacs of rupee'. The mission to
to
oEniogaand was
theas
Government rosy "
veisii:cessful as the attempt
local Government.
.The Ind .a
some inea,u e thank it,e.lf for having n
man to acquire the local influence he peasesaesa this
is we' t known that for years back, since the d.eati
of I:ale° Rao, Nena has kept the Beget" of. the
13.1,je-;, the rightful heirs to the Property of the de_
yeas el chief, in cl.,se ,ntineweat tile Z
so th ,t none likely to take steps relative to rescuing
them from confinement or restoring to them their
Property could obtain access to where they were.
It cannot be said that Nena is not a venturoustrai-
tor, He has staked his all, wh.ch is not a little,
oast u the die. His game might have be ii pl eyed
",is not to have entirely deprived him of the syln-
. voathy of those he fought against, but, like every
illseoltaier the present insurrection has brought to
te, be was unable to resist that propensity to
cold-blooded, dastardly murder which seems to
take possession of most natives simultaneously with
their achieving power to stratify' it. 0:1 being joined
by ¶1-
_se. Neil, Gen. Havelock determined to leave
'ite place in his hands and march at once upon
Lucknow, distant about fifty miles from Cawn-
pore. The victorious column ar_%ordingly com-
menced its march upon Lucknow on the 20th