The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-30 00:00:00

CAWNPORE.

Between the 2d and 24th of October, the dates
from Cawnpore comprised between the last and
present despatch, everything continued quiet within
and around the tows, the comman:lan,, Colonel
Wilson—on whom reinforcements of 200 or 300 at
a timt.were daily dropping—attending to the wants
Lucknow, and watching the movements of the
enemy in the neighbourhood. About the 14th it
was reported that the insurgents were mustering in
force at Bithoor, to the northward—the former
residence of Nara Sahib, supposed not unlikely now
to ba at the head of them. On the 17th order,
were issued for•,the detachment for some time back
oady to start fc)r Lucknow to move off immediately.
At 10 o'clock the same evening the order was eau-
eilltd, and at midnight a field battery with 650
bayonets, and a few native horsemen, provided
with four days' provisions, moved off as quietly as
possib!e for 13ithoor. This was the native festival
the Dewalee, or feast of lamps, when there is a
general holyday, and au unusual amount of fes-
tivity. They approached Bithoor early in the
morning, and after short rest moved off about
noon. Having marched about six mile they
learned that the enemy occupied a grove of trees
half a mile in front with a 9 and 24-pounder gun in
pus ti.,n. Tne small force deployed, when a de-
tachment of the 90th, which was in the rear, in
commencing to mow off the road, were
opened on by the enemy, the fist shell bursting in
front of thew, killing two and wounding two or
three other s. Our guns were now run up, but the
range at first was too long, when they closed in,
and, after firing 20 or 3) rounds, silenced the
enemy, and our infantry charged and carried every -
thin.; before them. The action lasted for an hour.
We lost two killed and had six severely wounded.
The enemy prob ibly lost about 100—though this is
matter of conjecture. Great havoc might have
been committed on the fugitives had cavalry been
ava lable. Their guns were left behind them, •
with two waggons and three country carts laden
with ammunition. The 19th was occupied in
destroying Bithoor. On the morning of the 20th
the gallant and victorious little baud returned to
Cawnpore. On tneir way back the village of
So..rajpore was destroyed, and iu a house filled
with straw live of the rebels were discovered by
the men of the 64th probing the mass with their
bayonets. They dashed out sword in hand, when
thief were immediately despat,led. Two of the
prisoners brought in were hart,ed. ; one of them
was the bearer of letters from ai,_na Sahib to the
people in and around Bithoor, calling upon them
to provide ammunition and have supplies ready for
his arrival, expected in the course of fifteen clays.

THE SURVIVORS OF LUCKNOW.
(Front the Englishman, (id. 20).
The following list of the surviving officers, ladies,
and children of the Lucknow garrison is supplied
by Government :
Lucknow, Oct. 13.
General Staff—Brigadier Inglis, Captain Edgell
and Wilson, Lieuts. Hai dingo and James, Major
Marriott, paymaster, Lieuts. Birch and Barwell,
Mr. Couper, C.S., Captain Carnegie, provost-
marshal.
Artillery—Lieutenants Thomas, Bowham, J.
Alexander, and McFarlan.
Engineers—Lieutenants Hutchinson, Anderson,
and innes.
7th Light Cavalry—Col. Master, Capt. Boileau,
Lieutenants Warner and Farquhar, Dr. Campbell.
32d Foot—Captains Lowe and Bassano, Lieuts.
Edmonstone, Lawrence, Forster, Harmer, Cook,
and Clery.
71st Native Infantry—Two Lieutenants Camp-
bell, Dr. Brydon.
31 Native Infantry—Captain Stuart.
58th Native Infantry—Lieutenant Tulloch.
63d Native InfantryEn--ign Inglis.
65th Native Infantry—Captain Weston.
18th Native. It, fintry—Ensign Dash wood.
Oude Irregular Force—Brigadier Gt ay, CaAain
Forney, Drs. Greeinhow and. Partridge, Lieuts.
Graham (cavalry), Clarke (Ist °ale), and S.,ppiit,
Dr. Hadow, Captain Hawes, Apothecary Thomp-
son, Limits. Graydon, Watson, Meehan), and Vail,
ninon, D. Darby. Caprains Hearsey and Orr, Mr.
Birch, Rev. Harris, Drs. Ogilvie and Fayrer,
Mr. Gubbins, C.S., Mr. Martin C.S. Mr. Mr. Ben-
son, C.S., Mr. Capper, C.S., Mr. Law. renc. C.S ,
Mr. Thornhill, C.S., and Mr. Boulderson, C.S.
Ladies and On ildleit—Mrs. Hayes and .one, Mrs.
E lgi 1 and two, and Mrs, Marriot.
32d Foot—Lieu errant, Brown, Charlton, and
Geddings, paymast,r ; Quartet waiter Stritlng,
Drs. Scot and Boyd.
84th Foot—Lieutenants O'Brien and M'Gratb.
13th Native Infantry—Captains Waterman and
German, Lieutenants Aitkin Chambers, Cutat,
Phaiii, and Loughoian, and Dr. Pitt.
41.4 Native Infantry—Major Apthorp, Captains
Keinble and Saunders, Lieutenants Ruggles, D.,r-
rah, Inglis, Keir, and Hewett.
48th Native Intlntry—Col. Palmer, Major Bird,
Capt. Green, Lieutenants Huxham, Smith, Ouse-
Icy, Fletcher, liay, O'Dowda, and Ward, and Dr.
71st Native Infantry—Captains St rangways and
Dinning ; Lieutenants La,tignnye, Sewell, and
Wonky, Mrs. Inglis and three child en, Mrs. Bar-
well and one child, one chill of Lieut. Thomas (Mrs.
Thomas dead), Mesdames Lewin and one child,
Radcliffe and two children, Boileau, 7th Cavalry "

and three children, Casa, Miss Dickson, Mesdames
Stevens, Geddiugs, Bruere, and four children, Ger-
mon, Aitkin, Pitt and one child, Apthorp, Darrah,
Bird, Huxham, Ouseley and three children, Dash-
wood and two children, Wells and one child, and
Miss Raiford, Mesdames Strangways and three
children, Braydon and two children, Banks and
one child, S. wart, Fullerton, rnd Miss Bircb, Bar-
low, Forbes and one child, Graham, Gall, Barber,
Clarke, Sappit, Orr and one child, Harris, Pole-
hampton, Ogilvie, Fayrer, Gubbiup, Ommaney, two
Misses Ommaney, Mrs. Copper and two children,
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Benson, Mrs. Thornhill, Mrs.
Boileau and three children, Mrs. Eldridge, Mrs.
Staples, Miss Shilling, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Ken"
dall, Mrs. Bartram ad one child. '
Uncovenant-d Service, &Tc.—Mr. Cameron, pier
chant ' • Mr. Hill, ditto ; Mr. Parry, Delhi Bank ;
Extra Assistants Williams, Garland, and Collins.
Clerks—Messrs. Kavanah, Wittinhaker, Lincoln,
Phillips, French, Anthony, and M'Gunnam.
Apothecary Higgins ; Civil Engineer Marshall;
Mr. Crea, Mr. J. May.

And very many more—iu fact, very few have been
killed—whose names will be communicated We'
after.

H. BRUCE, Captain,
Commanding sth Punjab Cavalry,
Superintendent Police Cavalry.

COLONEL GREATHED'S PURSUIT or
THE REBELS.
(Front the Bombay Times.)
From the date of the occupation everything has
been quiet and orderly around. We mentioned in
our last that two strong pursuing column's had left
Delhi to push their way southward on, opposite
s des of the Jumna towards Agra.
Only one column, commanded by Colonel Great-
bed, of 1,600 infantry and 500 cavalry, three troops
of horse artillery and 18 guns, in reality could be
spared. It crossed over the river, and took the
direction of Allyghur, a strong fort situated in the
midst of swamps and marshes, about 50 miles fro
each of the two great towns first named.' They
halted at Gliazeeoodeenugger on the 25th, marching
on the 26th to Sekundrabad, where a vast amount
of English property, amongst which ladies' wearing
apparel was conspicuous, being found, the place wee
burnt.
On the 27th they overtook the enemy at Bolund-
shultur, were the Jhausi rebels, with a large anis°
of other insurgents, had taken up a strong positions
which they seemed detertnin3d to defend. This
position was well selected, and their guns and men
carefully concentrated. They were soon silenced 1)1
our artillery, the whole band being driven from their
entrenchments, and immediately pursued by 01°
cavalry. Some of their horse formed a line to cover
the retreat and receive the attack of Watson's
sslrre-
gulars, but were soon dispersed. The 9th Lana"
made a brilliant charge, and dashing down •Lb°
street, where they suffered considerably, drove the
enemy through and beyond the town. The rebels
appeared to select and single out the officers for
attack. 'Aut. Blair was severely wounded in the
shoulder, as were more slightly Lieuts. Sarel and
Jones, and Capt. Best, of the Irregular Coal*
About 100 of the enemy were left dead upon tea
field ; seven light guns, with shot, all of hammer
iron, were captured, with 25 boxes of powder, sn'''
large quantities of musket ammunition. se
enemy are said to have lost 150. Our casualties °f
all kinds were under 50, there being six officer°
wounded.
On the morning of the 29th the force
Marcheda
on Malaghur, which they found abandoned, av
immediately prepared to blow np the fort. On this
occasion Lieut. Home, of the Engineers, lost III!
life by the explosion of a mine, prematurely fired.
It was he who, on the 14th Sept., assisted Lieu"
Salkeld in blowing up the Cashmere Gate, under*
storm of musketry fatal to almost every one within_
its reach. Thus far we are merely giving, for th:i
sake of perspicuity, and in a corrected and amplia
form, the tidings forwarded by the last mail. "11-d'
column here remained for a couple of days, in e°'3l"
maud of four cross roads, by which the.mutieere
might be overtaken, in whatever direction
they
should appear. From this the wounded officers and
men, with all the camp followers that could be
spared, were despatched for Meerut. On the 2d
the force was once more ou their way. The fol-
lowing day they reached Koorga, a distance of 12
miles. The enemy had been there but two days
before, but some eight or nine of their number
were taken and shot.
On the 4th they encamped at Soomlah, and on the
sth reached Allghur. This fort is situate iu the
midst of swamps and marshes, about 50 miles front
Delhi, as from Agra. Our troops were opposed 14
some Mahommedan fanatics and the rabble of the
town, by woom our adherent, Goobind Singh and big
followers had some time since been expelled. They
were quickly dispersed on all sides, the cavalry cut-
ting up about 400, and two 5-pounder guns havi,_l4
fallen into our hands. Bourchier's battery, with We
cavalry, European and native, to)k a circle of the
town, leaving the church uu the left and scouring
the corn-fields and gardens, pushed on by the
Cawnpore road to the 87th milestone. Here the?
i
opened out for skirmishing, and then swept "the
again, clearing the villages and cutting down ,
enemy hid amongst the high crops of millet an;
maize. There were supposed to have been 400 .1
the Gwalior Contingent in the neighbourhWus
very few of whom escaped.
On the 6th the force marched on to Akuraba4!
another stronghold of fanaticism and revolt, the
cavalry rapidly moving in advance. They 14'e
accompanied by Mr. Geo. Campbell, as cowl:l,n
sioner, and succeeded in killing two distils:viol%
rebel chiefs, Mungul Singh and Mebtab
with about a hundred of their followers. Font
guns were found loaded, and pointed towards the
entrance of the fort. These, with a large quantrtY_
of powder and grape-shot, were captured. Rumou
now ran that the mutineers from various quarter
es
chiefly from Indore, had congregated at Dholpotrl
33 mile. from Agra, on the Gwalior road. Oa 101_
7th it was ascertained that they were pushing.:
as hard as they could, with the view of surpritaig_
the weakened garrison. The enemy, amouu
to about 5,000 disciplined troops, and about io,tlii
n,
of a rabble, with three siege guns and- 12 or
. light field pikce., had meantime crossed the IChs.
river, about 12 miles north of Agra, on. the 9th °
October. About noon of that day their advanced
guard was within four miles of the eantoninenty
u,
where they fired upon the militia cavalry, sent o
to watch their movements. Greathed's colons
had on the same date reached Hattrass, on th.
western side of the river, and was pushing on the
alvance guard of 500 cavalry and two batteries of
artillery. They crossed the pontoon bridge
little after daybreak, and were then, as it turned
out, within five miles of the enemy. The enemy
meanwhile were supposed to have disappeared.
Oa the morning of the 10th Greathed moveably
column marched into the cantonments of Agra, and
the troop, wearied with a long and fatiguing march,'
just encamped, when they were unexpectedlY
attacked by the enemy as they were preparing.°
breakfast. The rebels expected to. have nothing
wore than the feeble garrison to deal with, and 11:
adversaries on both sides were equally taken by
surer se. Feu!. Ghazees (Mohammedan fanatics)
bearing drums now entered camp, and cut dovru e,¢
.
officer, who was washing, and& sergeant,major, 11'4;
was asleep. Their guns opened on our camp, Vf1111,3
their cavalry the rged on our flank before our menll6'
tithe to seize theirarnv, and succeeded in capturi
one of our guns. Never was surprise more completeds
nor more rapidly repelled. In five minutes our 111"
were in their saddles, and before therfifth shot of the
enemy had been fired our horse artillery were reply'
ing. The Sikhs charged' first,, followed by the 91°
Lancers in heir shirts, when the infantry, consist'
ing of her Majesty's Bth and 75th, with the Sikhs,
came into actan., ani our guns opened fire. Lieut.
French was killed, Lieut. Jones severely wounded,
when they, with nice of the Lance's, attacked abno
50 sepoys in pos,e,,sion of the gun, which was ill
stantly retaken. Col. Cotton, who chanced to bell
the ground atthe time, as seniorofficerinstantlY tf°d.
command. A stf ut resistance was at first atternPb°ll:.
but on the approach of our guns the hearts of jeiur
adversaries failed them. Rushing down the GlOl f
road, they dispersed themselves over the fields
iZe
millet, with which this country is now covered. -uPss
Lancers and Sikh cavalry kept at their heels, ands u'
them to pieces, whil-3 the horse at always
10
ad vance, mowed thsm down with grape.
he
crops were too heavy for horse to penetrate,___r
were pursued by her Majesty's Bth and 75th 114,V.
Wher
meilts, and the 2d and 4th Punjab InfantrY•
cite
worn out men acquired strength fiom.lll°,e'with
went, and the wearied hot ses sympathise°,
_tiro,
their riders. After a fierce contest of two _o('
during witch great havoc was occasioned .11 ;pa
~etillery, the enemy were completely route", hoe
dri' en en miles along the road to Gwalior,
;hey only e,caped by being able toreach the rsthee
tiers a body of infantry, drawn up on the fule bl
b trik to assist the fugitives, were cut to Pie" sod
our guns. All their baggage, camp equiPage'enot.
treiisut e, their guns (13 in number), with a They
mou, quantity of plunder, fell into our hands' field,
are said to have lest about 2,000 dead on the tbed'e
our casualties amounting to about 80. Glea-noes.
force, which had now been 16 days almost
_1
__bs
santly on the march, during which they had.f:lt.e_
two pitched bi,ttles, and four affairs of lesserust
in which together about 4,000 of the enemy I io
have fallen, found a brief breathing space _de
Agra. A portion of the fugitive insurgentss74
Weir w. y to Bhurtpere, where they were redos%
eight wer.i
On
coriusleeiruegd t
ebydethseo,Rsaijxahert.o,lauybvri:
feels arms.
whom six were hung at Agra.
killed on the spot, 14 were. taken
.piersretocreste_rte..,reots

escaped. At 1111Vra, Mynpoorie, end till •ho other
forts and towns around, they were sienally rep -lied.
Greathed.'s column once more took the field. and
reached Mynpoorie ou the 19i h, where a large bbrly
of the enemy were sail to have assembled. 0:1
reaching the spot, after a forced march of 22 miles,
they found the place abandoned, the Rajah having
accompanied the fugitives, his guns and about
20,0001. worth of trea,ure being found in the f rt.
Brigadier Grant now took the place of Colonel
Greathed, required for other service. They were
now pushing on to war is Oude, expecting to be at
Cawnpore by the 27th, and would prob.:My reach
Luckuow, largely reinforced, by the 30th. A
Portion of the rebels round Agra had establi=hed
themselves about the 20th on the further side of
the
Kharra Nuddee, a further portion of them
being at Ftittehpore-Sikree, whither the 3d Ben-
gal Europeans proceeded from Agra on the 22d to
Meet them. The main body of the Delhi fugi-
tives, retiring south-westward, were believed to
haveturned off from the Trunk-road about. Canouge,
and to have crossed over into Oude. A portion of
them had previously procet ded towards B..reilly,
and another had joined the Raees at Furruckabad.
Brigadier Showers's column, which left just after
that of Col. Greathed,Rproceedeil to Koutub, and
after sweeping the country round for a week, re-
turned to Delhi ou the 29th September. It started
afresh on the 2d of October and proceeded to Re-
Waree, which it found deserted. The chief, Rib
Toolaram,.notwithAtanding his professions of friend-
ship, had evacuated the fort, which was found
armed with 12 guns and mortars, all in position
en the rampart', ready loaded. In the foundry
were two new brass pieces, just turned out. These,
together with a quantity of military stores and
ammunition, fell into our hands. The force on the
°th October was at Goorgaon. On the 12th they
reachediJanffoo Seta, where the horsemen of the
11:awab of Jhujjnr, who had crossed the river, were
disarmed without resistance. The chief himself,
l'ke his neighb urs, now anxious to show their
loyalty to the British government, were apprehend-
ing and making over to us all parties within their
reach concerned in the rebellion. General Wilson,
:whose health had sunk under his exertions, en the
28th September resigned the command of the Delhi
garrison into the hands of Gen. Penny, and along
with Colonel Beecher, proceeded to the hills for
ianga of air. Two other sons of the King of
Delhi were on the 12th condemned by a military
King
to be shot the following day. The
fling himself is to be arraigned, and it is to be
hoped thai.Sufficient evidence of his crimes will be
found for his conviction. The principal traitors
amongst the Mohammedan gentry of Delhi were
being arrested, and would be brought to trial when
sufficient evidence against them was obtained.

GENERAL HAVELOCK AT LUCKNOW.

• Considering the indistinctness with which, owing
to the difficulty of communication, the ocerations for
the relief of Lucknow have been reported, we have
Collected_ and here bring together the fragmentary
correspondence of the Indian journals bearing upon
the subject, although the leading facts are well
summarised elsewhere.
Mr. Sherer, whose information is frequently
quoted in letters from Cawnpore, writes on the 2d
130tober—" The great fight at Lucknow was on the
25th, when the sick and wounded were left at
41unabagh, and the main body marched on the
tiriu, keeping to the right as much as they could,
but [not crossing the Gomtee, as had been errone-
ously supposed."
The following additional particulars regarding the
relief of Lucknow have been received in a letter
Iroin Lucknow, dated 26th Sept.
" On the 25tb, General Havelock's force, having
left the sick and wounded with a detachment at
alurabagh, forced their way into the city under
serious opposition. After crossing the Cilarbagh
bridge the troops skirted the city, to avoid the
enemy's defensive works, prepared through the
entire length of the main street, leading directly to
the residency. Still muck opposition had to be
encountered, till we reached the residency in the
evening. Our loss was severe, estimated at from
400 to 600 killed and wounded. On the 26th the
troops were occupied in taking the batteries bear-
ing on the garris4•l3, which were held till assaulted,
and continued till then to fire on the residency,
after our troops had relieved the garrison the night
before. Ma y thousands of the enemy had de-
serted the city. The late King's sons had fled to
ryzabad." . _

CAWNPORE, Oct. 3.
Stores under a convoy of 300 u.en are being de-
*Patched to Lucknow. The road between Luck now
tier Cawnpore-still infested by plunderers, who in-
‘errupt our communications.
, October B.—Mr. Sherer mentions the receipt of
letters from Lucknow, dated 6th instant. General
~u'ram now holds important positions in the city
Itself. The strong post at Alumbagh has been
Victualled and reinforced from Cawnpore.
October 10.—A. letter of the sth inst. states that
n°llllnunication had been received from Lucknow,
tee
that in two or three days a, portion of
`ea troops would return to Cawnpore with the
women and children. The Baillie Guard was greatly
strengthened, the enemy's works in the vicinity destroyed; and all houses in the neighbourhood
-"zed to-the ground. —Delhi Gazette, Oct. 14.
October 10.—All is quiet about this station,
though communication with Lucknow is still inter-
i.,,f"Pted by the enemy's hone on the road. Rein-
forcements are now beginning rapidly to arrive. Mr.
nerer mentions that two or three bodies of our
men are between Allahabad and Cawnpore, on their 'Way uP.--Mofussilite Nxtra, Oct. 18.
October 12.—Besides the detachments before
311
lientioned as moving upwards from Allahabad, her
zaj.entra 93d was expected at Allahabad on the
The detachment at Alumbagh is described
e 4-3 well off in all respects. They had returned to
awnpore 150 elephants for which they had not
ufficient fodder, under a guard of about 100 men ;
go the obstructions on the road cannot be of any
iltrngth--112ofussitite, Oct. 20.
We learn from a letter from the camp at Alum-
bab, dated Oct. 10, that a battle was fought at
General
on the 24th September, by theforce under
ueneral Havulopk, and that the army then rested,
and on the following day marched on Lucknow
three mile 4 distant). A garrison of 200 men, with
guns, was left behind to take care of the wounded
70 in number, and to guard the whole of the bag-
,
gage of the force, about 900 cattle, 200 elephants,
and camels, &c , in proportion. The camp fol-
lowers, amounting to between 3,000 and 4,000
souls, remained in the camp, and these unfortunAto
wretches, who are in a state of starvation, are em-
ployed in the construction of the defences under
the superintendence of Lieut. Judge, engineer in
charge. Alumbagh signifies " the garden of the
world." The place is about 500 yards square, with
a house in the centre, and an ornamental tower in
each corner large enough to contain 20 men in each
tower. The outer wall is about ten feet high. The
garrison was unable to communicate with the army
under °en. Ontram.— Englishman, Oct. 2,0.
The'
correspondent of the ilurkaru, at Cawnpore,
writes as follows :

" Entrenched Camp, Cawnpnre, Oct. 16.
"This prolonged silence bodes no ood, I fear, for our
brave fellows at Lucknow. Day aftegr day glides away,
and still no sews of them. The truth mu-t out, and it
is this : that our hired in Lucknow has been—whether
Wisely or not I cannot pronounce—allowed to be sepa-
rated, and each division is so hemmed in that, from the
overwhelming number of the enemy, they cannot rejoin
each otheit. After the fight of the 25th ult. it appears
that our force held three distinct positions—viz , the
Sallee Guardi the Residency, and Alum Righ,. Since
that time I have learnt that, after a severe fight, that
Portion at the Residency were enabled to form a junction
with those at the Bailee Guard. Still, however, they are
separated from those lying in the Alum Bagh, and we
have no communication with either portion of the force.
"A. few days ago 100 men of different r giments came
in, escorting baggage, camels, elephants, bringing
with the& a letter from a friend of rake now lying in
Alum Bash. I extract the following from it. "The
sick, wounded, commissariat stores, officers' servants,
and baggage; are all left in this place--a large garden.
The force went on to Lucknow, which is three miles
from this, on the 25th ult., to relieve the unfortunates,
and which: they succeeded in doing on the 26%, alter
hard fighting and severe loss. Poor General Neill fell,
—"alse Brigadier Cooper of the Artillery. They took two
days' rations with them, and we expected them to rej
in
ns again in two or three days ; but here is the 16th day,
:and no Signs of them yet. Captains Macbean and Free-
. ling wentlatith the force, and Gardener with them, The
officeen:toolp,riothing with them but the clothes they
stood in. All their servants are here.
• ..itThis and' the bare fact that we have no neaps of

communication with Lucknow, and are in complete igno.

._
ramie' 4,.what.i4Aaily
enacted there, willposition our
enable your
readers to judge for themselves in what
army at Lucknoml stands. There can, I think, be little
douhb that they are in great straits, and it it
up here
theiin-
. perative duty
t 1 the Gcycernment to push mea
ct.
ip
' as rapidly ai poSslble, artil'ery ua
mee partic 1 ly
I,lurphy, ouv. at-1;1 find indefat,gable stafforfEc.er he.r(l,
has, I hear, posted 60 be:locks at every fit a.
' between this and Allahatiad ; and this will enable thet
':.' hien to move up easily and rapidly. If Nit.. Allen, too,
the energetic matnager of the N. W. Dak Company,
could be inducerh to 'extend his operations thus far, it
- , would aid us materially. His agent here is just deTatch-
ihg'seieral of the Dak carriages he has recovered to
• Allababad: The_-road is perfectly safe, and I do not
' 'think that much d;fficulty would be experienced in ob-
-4.1 ,taining cattle. If' Mr. Allen should decide on making
the.atternpt, his success is certain. Outrun has written
to Col. Greathed, whose column gained a vict ry over
.... Ahmrebelsi the other day at Allyghur, to hasten to ii-
relief, hut it is said that Greathed is moviog towards
Agra, and so, for,some days, no relief can be looked fur
• Troin that quartsc.: It is fr,rn the East then—fr“io
• .4irahibad, Benares, and Calcutta, that succour must
come ; and if it does not come speeCily such a tragedy
1447 occur at Lucknow as would more than compensate

our svolfiel, appeeenss for their losses at Delhi. Here we
we pert cls qui. . ne.eotonen, ty so There is a rumour
aflast gist som- 5.000 rav,-tag-a, d-bobtail are hovering
ab rut. thi-, anxious,' as ens txeel ent Brigadier Wilson
expresses it—' to get kilted.' But they are rather back-
ward in coming for wart with that object, and keep a
di,agreeablv long way off. I beard it whispered to-lay,
however, that eur csannandant is itching to get at the
blackguards; aid tneditstem mischief. It a force moves
our. I shall aummpany it, for here my occupation is
nearly gone.
" A very excellent soldier our Brigadier Col. Wilson
is, and a rare bright look-out he keeps. I generally
stumble across him once or twice a day somewhere about
camp. The other day at mid-day I met him, near the
Telegraph-office; 'twas hot enough to fry an Ashantee,
and he had an umbrella, the only time I noticed him
using one. I mention the fact because the umbrella was
la, every-day lit of gingham, but a mighty umbrella—
an umbrella of price, such a Jalius Cm4ar never used,
or the Lord of the White Elephant ever dreamt of.
Ou side it was blue as the ocean or indigo ;
crimson as an autumn sunset, and, moreover, it had
a fringe of silver. Whether it was, in whilom days,
the property of Nana Sahib, or whether the old gen-
tleman had it built for his own especial delectation, de-
ponent sayeth not. Indubitably such an umbrella
entitles Col. Wilson to rank as an "umbrella bearing
chief." Long may he live to wear it.
"All our chief officers here, indeed, are first-rate men.
Captain Murphy, our brigade major, is really an iedefa-
tigable officer, moreover, he is suave, courteous, and
obliging. Then we have Captain Imney, our engineer,
a most hardworking and capable officer. In fact, he
over ex its himself, and is sick in consequence. How-
ever, our intrenchtnents are now, thanks to his great
industry, complete, asd well found in guns. It is con-
templated to entrench a new camp so as to enclose the
Horse Artillery barracks, which are standing still intact.
Tue object in doing so is, I believe, to obtain greater
accommodation for the magazine and commissariat de-
partment; as we are rather badly off for space in this
camp in that matter. Speaking of the commissariat
brings me to our commissiat officer, Mr. Burnell. Some
time time ago I mentioned to you what a zealous and
efficient man he is. The rapid and systematic manner in
which he has accumulated stores is beyond praise. He
ranked A 1 in General Neil's estimation, and fo he does
with Colonel Wilson, and everybody else who knows
him. I don't think a more thoruughly systematic com-
missariat officer exists. Everything, since Havelock
lett Allahabad through all the dangers and difficulties of
the early portion of the campaign, has gone well under
his experienced supervision. Everything is going on
well and everybody is satisfied. " Let well alone" is an
old and wise adage, but the red tapeism of the commis-
sariat office cannot admit of its practice ; and therefore,
no matter how efficiont Burnell is, he must—now that
all the difficulties of the wsrk are mastered—make way
for a commissioned officer, who will hereafter, devil a
fear, reap all the reward and honour for what has been
effected. I have little more news to tell you. The
Fur ruck abad Rajah, it is said, has fled across the Ganges
into Oude. The road towards Agra is gradually being
opened up. The other evening some blackguards stuffed
two of our heavy guns full of bricks and stones. They
have not been discovered.

CAWNPORE, Oct. 20.

Large reinforcoments are daily expected from the
lower provinces. The 93i and 53d are a day's march off,
and wilt in all probability be in to-morrow. Detach-
ments of her Majesi,y's 78th, 84th, 90th, and sth Fusi-
liers, witk a battery of artillery, go on with a convoy of
provisions to Lucknow. News from Lucknow is very
scanty. Fever prevails in camp. Thn 64th have no
less than 34 in hospital. The reports show 100 Euro-
peace and about 10 Sikhs in the general hospital. No
ca,ualties have occurred, and the weather has changed
much for the better. The provisions served out is con-
sidered unexceptionable in cantonment, but were you to
go a day's march, than see what you would be served
out with. Of course every excuse is allowed the fur-
nishing authorities, but in some instances no excuse can
be mad-., the biscuit being not only mildewed, but had
a sour nauseating smell.

THE BANKS OF THE JUMNA.
The following interesting account of the disor-
ganisation of the country along the banks of the
Jumna, and of -the dangers experienced by a party
of Benga'ee pilgrims, is from a reliable source :

. ,
"A few months ago, some time before the breaking
out of the mutiny at Meerut and Delhi, a number of
persona, chiefly Bengalee women of respectable families
of this town, started on a pOgrimage to the shrines of
Muttra and Brindaoun in three boats. They arrived at

Allahahad without meeting with any impediment or
obstacle some days before the Ist of Joistee last, ou
which date they left that place entered the Jumna. The
mutiny of the 31 Cavalry at Meerut, and of the regi-
ments at Delhi, had then taken place, but they heard at

Allahabad nothing of the affair, beyond that some dig•
turbances had occurred at those places. Proceeding up
the Jumna for several days, they arrived at Humeer-

pore, the head-quarters of the district, the authorities
of which informed them of the dangers of the trip up
the river ; but, on their persisting to proceed,
them four guards to accompany them to the end of

their jurisdiction, strictly enjoining them on no ac-
count to cross the river, but always to keep along
the lintneerpore bank of it. They got up with

safety as far al Michreepore, wbere the guards left them,
repeating to them the injunctions they had already re-
ceived. From this latter place they proceeded up to a
place called Sitnarab, a few miles above Calpee, without
much serious opposition, as the country was then com-
paratively peaceable. Tnis last mentioned village stands
on the bank of the river, to whiekt they had been pro-
hibited to go ; but the boatrokn, iancyleg that the navi-

gation along it was comparatively easier, impruiently
crossed over, and moved the boats, the number of which
increased to eig;ht
.since they left Allahaba,i, on an ad-
joining chur, for the purpose of cooking their food. They
bad not, however, been long there before they could see
a party of four or five hundred ruffians, mostly villagers,
armed with swords, latees, and muskets'too, descending
down the shore with an attention which they had no
difficulty to conjecture. Fortunately, however, as the
alarm had been given in time, they hastily got upon the
boats any how they could, before the rascals could
arrive on the spot and seize the boats. The river at
this place being very narrow, the shouting and yelling
of these desperadoes, furious at losing their prey, brought
out masses of villagers en the other bank, to which the
boatmen and the treasbting, weak, and helpless pilgrims
were invited to come over, with offers of assistance and
protection. But no sooner had they gone there than
they found that these men were not a whit better than
the fellows n the other bank ; for their head men told
told them in plain words that if they wished to be saved
from being plundered and di-honoured, they must im-
mediately pay down to him and his followers a handsome
sum of money as the price of his protection. Under
these difficult and dangerous circumstances they handed
him 600 rupees, upon which he agreed to follow them
with his men along the shore down to Calpee, where
they were assured they would find protection from the
zarninclar, who had declared himse'f the rajah of the dis-
trict. They were told, besides, that the voyage further
up was very dangerous, and no less than 29 boats, all
filled with pilgrims like themselves, had been some days
before plundered at Etawab. Accordingly the boats
began to ply down, the head man and his men accom-
panyingthem along the bank, but what was their sur-
prise when they saw fresh holies of men appearing on
both barite, shouting to them in the mo,t abusive and
threatening language to lagow the boats ; the head man,
however, be it said to his honour, still remained their
friend, and but for him they had certainly been lost ; for
he told the boatmen to disregard their treats and use
their utmost exertions to carry down the boats till they
reached Calpee, while he with his men employed some
means to slacken the pursuit of those who were most
furious for the prey. Tuis, however, had the most for-
turate effect of raising an altercation between the two
parties, which enabled the fugitives to reach Calpee
without further molts ati in. One fact ought to be
stated here very distinctly, that among the ruffians who
ha I pursued them, setting all law at defiance, there was
perhaps not one mutinous soldier, but that they were all
villagers and people living along the banks of river.
This proves very clearly, notwithstanding anything that
may be stated to the contrary, that whole villages, at
least in that part of the North-West, have turned rebel-
lions, and done their be-t to disorganise the country.
These men, it can scarely be denied, have done their
best to overturn the authority of Government, and have
in most cases cheer fully obeyed the authority of any
rebel zerniudar who had power or influence enough to
proclaim himself Rtjab.
"Arriving at last. at Calpee, vainly hoping to Bee the

end of their troubles, the fugitives were immediately
surrounded by bodies of bravoes, calling themselves the
Rajah's men, who came o,tensibly with the purpose of

months, duricg
Here they were detained for n ,arly two
protect,ng them, but really to see what they could gee
had the mortification of being spectators of man
which time, though they were not much molested, they
n
atrocious Act, the principal of which was the ycoald-
blooded assaseination of an European gentleman
and his lades When the fugitives arrived at Calpee
they were still living, but oily a few days after their
arrival, when it ie said a body of mutinous soldiers
arrived at the place, those two helpless persons
were murdered under circumstances too revolting to
allow for description being given. Suffice it to say that
under the heat of a burning snn, both tbe gentlenaan and
his wife were made to run like horses up and down, till
out of mere exhaustion they fell down half dead, when a
number of the bloody miscreants hacked them to pieces
with swords. - The bodies were then thrown down the
river like the carcase of an animal. It is unnecessary to
state that while this is being written the writer is fer-
vently
praying toGod that the government may soon be
enabled lo take the nyeit terrible vengeance, a vengeance
the remembrance of which may last fur centuries in the
villages and hamlets of the north-west. At Ca'pee, too,
the fugitives learnt No
what feelings of hatred' the
people looked ole n the English, and the desire prevalent
among theni of exterminatim;githe whites. One of them
who had imprudently said that—he could speak English
wag brought to a serious scramont of which he was
extricated with no difficulty. They had with them
SeveralEnelish books, which the boys used to raad, and
and EuOisn shoes for their use, all of which they threw
which given
they orders in the Baz tar to sell Com-
py,s pits, had l
dawn in the water. The self-styled Rejah of Calpee they
also learnt,
call Lad ehahee, at 32 gundahs
fo. the rupee, that is to say at
half their
value, and the
anh
old
gurlahs for thef r.tuipe:kesea'n
copper coins
of the place, which they call Balushahee
a rate which they nevem
had. At Calpee the
ids
were joined by 6 of the 29
plundered ooats alrea
at ten
of, which had proceeded
AL the 14 boats were then all wed
tne most horrid tales.
not before they had beet:
a- far as Etawah. FrYomsPthe people in them they heard
rupees for each
searched, on the payment of a
to leave on toe let Aug. last,
descended very swiftly
As the river. had then risen, they
fine of 12
of the first 8 boats, and 5 rupees for each of the other 6.