The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR 07 TaE TIMES.

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Sir,—Perhaps the following extracts may not
have come to your notice ; and, as all authentic in-
formation is valuable to many, you may think it
right to copy them. There is no doubt that the first
of the two journals was written by Miss Caroline
Lindsay, eldest daughter of Mrs. Geo. Lindsay, in
all probability on the day of the final rna.sacre, in
the hope that it might reach the hands of her dis-
tressed relations, as by God's good provdence it has
done. No mention being made of the death of her
youngest sister Fanny, it is to be feared that she
was also still alive, and that they perished together
on the 16th of July.
Dundee, Sept. 23. B.
(Extracted from The .Phcenix,Calcutta newspaper,

of August 8. )
The writer of the painfully interesting Cawnpore
etter which we published yesterday stated that lie
had picked up scraps of paper among the clothes of
the unfortunate women who met their death in
Nana Sahib's slaughter house. The mournful me
morials referred to are spotted with blo3►i, and con-
tain the following inscribed upon thorn in pencil in
female handwriting. Both the scraps seem to be
leaves from the private journals of two different
persons, as the writing is not the same. One of
these pieces of paper runs as follows :
" Mamma died, July 12.*
"Alice died, July 9.1"
" George died, June 27.4.
" Entered the barracks, May 21.
" Cavalry loft June 5.
"First shot tired, June 6.
" Uncle Willy died, June 18. -
"Aunt Lilly, June 17.11
" Left barracks June 27.
" Made prisoners as soon as we were at the
river."
The other is iu the following words :
" We went into the barracks on the 21st of May,
the 2d Cavalry broke out at two o'clock on the
morning of the sth of June, and the other regi-
ments went off during the day. The next morning,
while we were all sitting out in front of the bar-
racks, a 21-pounder came flying along, and hit the
entrenchment, and from that day the firing went
on till the 25th of June ; and the enemy sent a
treaty which the General agreed to, and on the
27th we left the B. to go down to A. in boats.
When we got to the river the enemy began firing
on us, killed all the gentlemen and some of the
ladies, set fire to the boats; some wore drowned, and
we were taken prisoners and taken to a house, put
all in one room."
The abDve sad relics speak for themselves.
Hard must be the heart of the reader that can
peruse them without the strongest emotion.

THE SIEGE OF DELHI.
To give the public an idea of what the fighting
before Delhi consists of, and to show that the
" pluck" of the British soldier is as brilliant in the
heat of India as in the biting cold of the Crimea,
we publish the following extract of a letter from an
officer in high command with our force there. It
should be remembered that the action ho describes
is but one of a series that has extended over a
month, and that scarcely a day has been allowed to
pass without the enemy issuing in swarms to harass
our overworked troops I—
" The day commenced with firing on the Ghoorka
posts. Jackson, of the 2d Fusiliers, with No. 1
company, very weak, attacked and drove back the
mutineers from Subzee Mundee, but, not being re-
inforced, he was obliged to retire, and in retiring
the gallant fellow was killed.
"Skirmishing went on the hill to the right of
Hindoo Rao's house the whole day. The Ghoorkas
and Rifles were engaged, and drove back the muti-
neers four times. After each attack our men fell back
into their positions ; when the mutineers, relieved
by their numbers, again came on, our men became
exhausted by heat and exertion, and supports after
each attack were necessary, until at last all the
available force was engaged. Welchman, with the
left wing of the let Fusiliers, after Jackson's death,
had advanced and had taken possession of Subzee
Mundee again, when he was severely wounded and
had to leave the field ; the wing cleared the streets,
but the enemy renewed their attack four times, and
were successively repulsed. Young Owen of the Ist,
highly distinguished himself, charging four times
down the street with his company ; his gallantry
was very conspicuous. The right wing in the mean-
time continued their advance under Dennis, and,
after driving away the mutineers and killing a large
number i n a serai, they retired exhausted to Hie-
doo Raos house. The big guns on the right flank
fired occasionally, but owing to the nature of the
ground the enemy could avoid them. All our
troops had now been engaged, and the greater part
had fallen back exhausted. The General then di-
rected me to the Mosque Battery, where applications
were being constantly sent for reinforcements. I
sent every available man. I was then directed to
assume command at Hindoo Rao's. When I arrived
there I found every one exhausted and done up.
There were the Ist Fusiliers and tome Rifles all
done up. I went on to the new advanced battery ;
it was crowded with worn-out men ; the artillery-
men, likewise, done up, had ceased firing ; another
party of Rifles in a similar state in ano her posi-
tion ; 120 men of the 2d Fusiliers, who had marched
23 miles that morning, and had had no breakfast,
were lying down exhausted ; three weak companies
of Ghoorkas were out as skirmishers, but they too
were exhausted, and the remainder were resting
under a rock. The heat was terrific. and the ther-
mometer must have been at least 140 degs., with
a hot wind blowing, and a frightful glare. Well,
the mutineers all this time from behind walls and
racks, were keeping up a brisk fire all along our
front—that is, to the right of Hindoo Rao's
house, as far as Subzee Mundee, and a battery of
two guns from Kissengung was firing upin
us without having it returned. I ordered up,
when at Hindoo Rao's, 100 of the Ist Fusiliers ;
after serving out grog to them ; I threw them for-
ward to the left front of the new battery. I got a
reinforcement of 200 of Bothney's Sikhs, who also
had marched 23 miles, and had es yet nothing to
eat, and shortly afterwards a small party of 30 of the
2d Fusiliers, under Harris, a very gallant and de-
termined fellow, and another under the Sergeant-
Major. The latter were sent with the Ist Fusiliers.
They beat back the mutineers at once, and took
possession of a temple on the left front of the batte-
ries, and which commanded it. I directed this to be
held, as it moreover gave us the command of the

* Mrs. G. Lindsay.
t Daughter of Mrs. G. Lindsay.
1- Bon of Mrs. G. Lindsay, Ensign 10th Native infantlyl,
§ Major W. Lindsay.
ti Mrs. W. Lindsay.