The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-14 00:00:00

unfortunate European soldier was found tied to a
stake, and burnt to death outside the Cashmere-
gate ; and the scene within, the heaps of mangled
bodies of the enemy, and general ruin around,
baffles description.
The Bank-house was captured on the morning of
the 17th, which gives our guns complete command
of the bridge and
palace. The Bank-house entrance
is in the Chandnee Chouk, the principal street of
the city, and immediately fronting the principal
entrance to the palace, the distance being about
250 to 300 yards from the palace walls. The fort
of Selimghur is deserted by the enemy, also the
Kim', °iege Battery ; the guns in the latter have
been tam' possession of by our troops. Women
are flyine frantic illy about in all directions, un-
molested by our troops, iu awful fright ; property
of great value lying about the streets everywhere,
and the enemy in hundreds hurrying away from
the doomed city some say to Gwalior, via Muttra,
where, I suppose, they will make another stand.
The slaughter of the enemy has. been very great,
and in the smaller thoroughfare, where cur troops
bad to fight from house to house, the sepoys fell
where they were found, entreating the Sahib lok,
as they called our Europeans, not to give them the
cold steel, but to shoot them at once. A good deal
of skirmishing is going on in the streets, but Pandy
don't stand so firmly as people expected ; and al-
though the city, which many supposed was to fell
at once into our possession—has taken so length re-
cover, I think the worst for us is over, and bad
enough it is, as far as loss of life is concerned.
Many will be glad to learn that women and chil-
d red are suffered to go unmolested. This is a stretch
of mercy I should not have been prepared to make
had I a voice in the matter. It ought to be re-
membered that many of these very women (or fiends
in female form) were foremost in inflicting cruelty
upon our own women and children ; and it must be
fresh in your memory that when the mutineers
Came out of the city for a grand attack upon our
camp, while Nicholson's force was at Nujujghur,
they wore followed by crowds of these very women,
whose sole object in venturing out was to loot our
camp when the mutineers took possession of it,
which they calculated would be an easy affair,
as our troops were away ! It must not be for-
gotten either that these cooly women of Delhi
were with the men who looted all the European
houses in Delhi, and they are, therefore, to my
thinking, equally deserving of punishment. How-
ever, it is the General's hoovum that they should
be spared—and I hope he won't rue it. I won-
der if one of these women would have spared
one of our women if she had the chance of mur-
dering her Y Mercy to such wretches is a mistake ;
they are not human beings, but at best wild beasts,
deserving only the death of dogs.
The General, Wilson, is feeling the fatigue and
anxiety of his post ; he has been ailing*, but I
hope will be able to reap the reward of his suc-
cessful siege and recapture of Delhi. _

On the 20th instant the Burn Bastion was taken
possession of by our troops without opposition,
six guns and one mortar falling into our pos-
session ; also the Lahore gate of the city, the
capture of which gave so much trouble and
causal such heavy loss. The enemy when they
fight show much less energy and obstinacy than
characterised their former resistance, and every-
thing betokens the closing scene being near.
The mutineers who were encamped outside the
city blew up their magazine on the 20th, and left,
leaving their colours behind thew. Our cavalry,
which went out to reconnoitre, found all in ruins
a•d the camp deserted.

Th 9 resistance has been meagre compared with
what was shown at the commencement of the
assault ; this is perhaps to be accounted for by
the fact that their guns were, with the excep-
tion of seven or eight, in our possession. Occasion-
ally a shot was fired from a fieldpiece placed in
front of the Palace gates facing the Chandney
Chowk, but this was very feeble, and did very lit-
tle damage to the Bank Rouse on which it was di-
rected.
At noon on the 21st the Palace, Jumma MuOu,
and Ajmero•gate were taken, and soon after the
whole city was in our possession. The latter rr"
tion of the work has been done with but little le"
on our side, and not much on that of the mutiseerls
as they only waited a sight of our invincible For'
peans to decamp in disorder, leaving them ',mak
tens of the field." _

.
Mr. Greathed, Civil Service, formerly Commis-
sioner of the Meerut division, and recently special
commissioner in camp, died of cholera on the 20th.
Sir T. Metcalfe, Civil Service, bad a smart attack,
but is recovering fast. Nothing is known of future
movements, but I fancy we shall wait for reinforce•
meats to pus's our advantage.
The old King has been taken, that is, he surron-
dored himself to Captain Hodson, together with his
favourite Queen, Zeenut Mahal. Hodson's party
cut up tho old traitor's two sons, Mirza Mogul and
Mirza Kiss Sultan, together with his grandson,
Mirza Abooker—all of whom were found in Hums-
yoon's Tomb, about seven miles from Delhi. A
large quantity of " Loyal property," consisting of
elephants, horses, camels, carriages, &c., were
taken possession of by Hodson's troops.
The city is completely deserted by all the muti-
neers, 'and, in fact, there are few natives of, any
sort to be found, excepting those of our army., All
the city people found within the walls when, our
troops entered were bayoneted on the spot, and the
number was considerable, as you may suppose when
I tell you that in some houses 40 and 50 persons
were hiding. These were not mutineers, but resi-
dents of the city, who trusted to our wall-knows
mild rule for pardon. lam glad to say they WOl
disappointed. •
The mutineers abandoned their camp outside
the city in such haste that they even left their
sick and wounded to look after themselves ' • their
band instruments, bedding, clothing, in fact all
they possessed, fell into our hands. It ii fold
they have made off for Gwalior, and that
a stand will be made at Bullubghur, where there
is art independent chief of doubtful politics.
th::nk it most likely they have gone t°
their homes in Oude, and it is there we shall require
a large Lorca and great vigilance to hunt them down
iu the ensuing cold weather.

SEPT. 15.
No serious attempt has been made by the 0101
to recover the valuable line of defences they lost
yesterday. On our part measures have been adopt
to consolidate the conquest, and to add to it. I.lll'
magazine is the first point. Batteries Lava been
turned against it, and ten heavy mortars are PI;
ing on the city. The camp which
.remains en "
old ground has not been molested. The enemy.
retention of the suburb of Teleewara prevents 1.
being advanced uuder the walls of the city. Our
flag floats over the Cashmere gate, and head-
quarters are established in Colonel Skinner's house.
Soleywghur still continues to send an occasional
discharge of shrapnel or grape into the Church-
square, and there is a desultory fire of musketry
from tops of houses in the distance.
Two regiments are reported to have left the city
last night by the Rewaree read. An organised
body of troops were seen marching off yesterday
morning over the bridge soon after the attack.
The column that entered the city yesterday con-
sisted of 2,000 Europeans and 2,000 Native soldiers.
The casualties amount to nearly 650. The loss
among the officers haS been very heavy t----2(1"
officers of Engineers, eight of Her Majesty's Bth,
and nine of the Ist Fusileers. The heaviest mis-
fc,rtune is the wounding of General Nicholson. g
•
may perhaps survive, but is in great danger.
The killed and mortally wounded among tn.
officers are :
Fitzgerald, 75th ; Bradshaw, 52d ; Murray,
Guides ' - Rosser, Carabineers ; Tandy, Engineers ;
Jacob, Ist Fusileers; M‘Barnet, 55th Native
Infantry ; Davidson, 26th Native Infantry.
This is the correct list. 30 more wounded.

Among the wounded officers, besides the named
already given, are mentioned General Isticholsod°
brother, 31st Native Infantry ; Greville,
Fusileers, severely; Major Baynes.

SErr. 16.
A battery was opened on the 15th fr°'
the College-garden against the magazine;
The breach was completed during the night,.
writes Mr. Greathed on the .16th; " and tbo
morning the magazine was carried 11°1
the loss of three men wounded, the enemy abandon:
ing the post as soon as the column appeared ovcolh,
the crest of the breach. 120 pieces of heavy or a
nanco and a vast supply of shot and shells V.
found in it. A battery is now constructed at t.
Palace end,pf the magazine, and the ernbraaures °
the battery in the College-garden are altered 15°
that the guns may boar on buloymghur and on. the
Palace.
"A great number of dead Pandie,s, in varion:
stages of dt composition, were found in and ebne
the magazine.
" Mortars will now play from the magazine into
the palace. The capture of this important post "-
l,
secured our possession of that portion of the tova•
The chief annoyance now is from musketry from the
palace walls, from a light gun that moves about tbli
foot of the palace walls and from the Suleynighnr;,,
The road from the Cashmere to the Cabul
is now quite safe. That quarter of the town ni)
the street leading from the Cashmere bastion to
the junima, Musjid is entirely evacuated by the 111;
habitants. Some few old women are found he!.
and there, and aro kindly treated by our mean
There is only one instance known of a wnne,
having been killed, and that was by an accidcni,
•
The force at the Cabul gate have extended th!).'2
occupation along the canal to the point where the:
road leads from the direction of the Palace to
Lahore gate, and their outposts are in ,conarnue,lo
lion with the outposts from the magazine side. A,"