The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1857.

ARE YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS,
unrivalled for scenery, famous in story and song ? If so,
make a note to call at (when in the capital of the bona:flu North)
MACDOUGALL'S WAREHOUSE, High-street, Inverness. There
only can the varied products of the Highlands, natural and industrial,
be seen. ,In his extensive rooms macdougalL has gathered together
all the best productions of the Highland looms in Tweeds, Tartans,
Limeys, Plaids. Shawls, Dresses, the favourite Highland Cloak,
Flora Macdonald ditto, &c., &c., with the best native Jewellery
(Cairngorms, Pearls. &c.) ; the pretty products of the Skye, Lewis,
and Gairloch Looms and Knitting-needles; the flome-made, Undyed
Plaids of Ord, Sutherland, and Avoch ; the Snuff-boxes, Coupe,
Bickers of the Culloden Carvers, &c. Side by side with all this he
has placed all the necessary Clothing, of every description, for Deer
Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and for Tourists, &c. Visitors to his
Rooms can at once compare the varied products of the three King-
doms.—D. Macdougall, Inverness.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

The following letter was written by Captain T.
Carey, 17th Bengal Native Infantry, to a brother
in the Civil Service :

MYNPORE, June 2.
" Thank God I am at this moment alive and
well, and am able to write and tell you so, for last
night we buried in the churchyard here my three
poor companions, who were ruthlessly murdered by
the Sowers we were taking with us to assist in sup-
pressing the mutinous spirit rising in these districts.
I wrote to you from Camp Gosabjunje three or four
days ago. On our arrival at Bowgous about half-past
7 p.m. on Saturday, Hayes determined upon canter-
ing into Mynpore, about 8 miles, to consult with
the magistrate about attacking the Elah Rajah,
who had set himself up as king, and set our rule at
defiance. All Sunday we remained at Mynpore,
sending poor Barber, the adjutant of the 2d Irre-
gular Cavalry, directions to proceed up to Kurrow-.
lee and that there we would join bim on Monday
morning. The'Thanadar came in from Bowgous,
saying our men were mutinying, and begged us not
to trust them ; but when Hayes's escort came in
in the evening, and said their men had been com-
plaining about 'the long marches, .dtc.,- we thought
it was nothing. • Well, we cantered along, all
merrily in the morning, talking of how we would
open the road to Allyghur, and carry all before us,
aid after riding about 11 miles we came up in
sight of the men apparently going along the road
and quite orderly. They were on one road, we on
another, I said' Let us cross the plain and meet
them.' As we approached .they faced towards us
and halted, and when we had cantered up to asithin
about 50 yards of them one or two of the native
officers rode out to meet us, and said in a low voice
—' Fly, Sahibs, fly.' Upon this poor Hayes said
to me as we wheeled round our horses—' Well, we
must now fly for our lives;' and away we went with
the two troops after us like demons, yelling and-
sending the bullets from their carbines flying
all round about us. Thank God, neither I
nor my horse was hit. Hayes was riding on the
side nearest the troopers, and before we had gone
many yards I saw a native officer go up alongside
of him, and with one blow cut bim from his saddle.
It was the work of an instant, and took much less
time than I have to relate it. On, they all came
shouting after me, and every now and then " ping"
came a ball near me. Indeed, I thought my mo-
ments were numbered, but as I neared the road
at the end of the maidan a ditch presented itself.
It was but a moment I thought, dug my spurs hard
in,' and the mare flew over it, though she nearly
fell on the other side : fortunately, I recovered
her, and in another moment I was leaving all be-
hind but two Sowars, who followed me and poor
Hayes's horse tearing on after me. On seeing this
I put my pistol into my holster, having reserved
my fire until a man was actually upon me, and took
a pull at the mare, as I had still a long ride for it,
and knew that my riding must now stand me a
good turn ; so I raised the mare as much as I could,
keeping those fiends about 100 yards in rear, and
they, I suppose, seeing I was taking it easy, and not
urging my horse, but merely turning round every
now and then to watch them, pulled up, after chas-
ing me two good miles. Never did I know a hap-
pier moment, and most fervently did I thank God.
for saving my life. Hayes's Arab came dashing
along, and passed me • I still continued to ride on
at a strong pace, fearful of being taken and mur-
dered by some who had taken at short cut unknown
to me. Thus up to the sixth mile from home did
I continue to fly, when, finding mymare completely
done, and meeting one of our Sowars, I immedi-
ately stopped him, jumped up behind, and ordered
him to hasie back to Mynpore. After going about a
mile on this beast we came up to poor Hayes's horse,
which had been caught, so on him 1 sprang, and
he bore me back safely to cantonments. It was,-
indeed, a ride for life or death, and only when i
arrived at the magistrate's kutcherry, in which all
the Europeans were assembled, did I feel at all
comfortable. Men were immediately sent out to
look for the body (Hayses's) and bring it in, and
ascertain the fate of Barber, the adjutant, and
young Fayeer, who were known to have left
their last encamping ground with the men. In the
afternoon poor Hayes's body was brought in, his
head most frightfully hacked about, his right hand
cut off, and his left fearfully lacerated—his watch,
rings, boots, all gone, and his clothes all cut and
torn to pieces. ,Poor fellow 1 it was a sad fate for
such a good and clever man, and deeply do I feel
the loss of one who vas ever a kind friend to mst
anxious tfl serve me by every means in his power ;
gladly would I hay,e aatisted him had I had it in my
power, but what could I do against 200 infu-
dated fanatics ? Poor Hayes was not eight
yards from me when he fell, and one instant's
delay would have been certain death to me. One
old Sikh- Sirdar with two followers, ..who stood
aloof from these acts of murder, and one of Hayes's
servants brought in his body, and from them I
learned that poor young Fayeer's and Barber's re-
mains were also being brought in. A dastardly
villain of a Sower stole behind poor young Fayeers,
as he was drinking at a well, and with one blow of
his tulwar in his neck killed him ; he fell back, his
head half severed. from his body. The old Sikh
rushed forward to raise him, and ordered them to
seize the murderer, when another man said, 'What!
are you with these Caffres ; take care of yourself.'
On raising poor young Fayeer's head the poor man
breathed his last. Barber fled up th 3 road, seve-
ral giving chase ; he shot ono horse, and two of the
Sowars, when be was hit with a ball and then cut
down, his property taken off, his horse seized, and
then all rode off towards Delhi. Fayeer was killed
about ten minutes before we came up, then they
killed poor Hayes, and then Barber. Thus you
see through the mercy of God, I escaped sharing
these poor fellows' fate. I am now with some
eight others in the Kutcherry of Mynpore ; we
have lots of arms and ammunition. It is a large
pukna building, and from the top we can make a
good fight if no guns are brought against us. We
have 100 of the Gwalior Horse, under Major
Raikes, and are raising infantry and cavalry all
round, and now have about 100 of each or more,
besides a few men of the 9th Native Infantry, who
remained true to their salt, and did not desert
with the rest. The Gwalior Horse Major
Raikes seems very confident in, but since this
last emeute in our men I do not place trust in a
single native. Deeply do I fe-1 for my unfortunate
companions who left Cawnpore with me, full of
hope, and anxious to be the first to cut our way
through this ptah Rajah's country, and open the
road for Government to Allygnrb, which has now
been closed some days. We were all anxious to dis-
tinguish ourselves , and every day we tried to inspire
our men, who swore they would follow us, and thus,
with a deceitful, lying outward show of entering
heartily into our views, did they lead us on, and then
became the murderers of those poor men who had
never injured them, and promised them all sorts of
rewards if they would tight well and stick to our
sides like men. Thus is our dream dispelled. I,
the only one left of those four; it sickening to
contemplate.

Th 9 following is a letter from a gentleman in the
Civil Service, whom the news of the revolt sur-
prised at Simla :--

" MEERUT, JUNE 21.
" I last wrote from Simla on the fith, which
place I had reached in six days by double marches
from .N uggur. I got down to Umballah in 23
hours. We found the tmballah people as if in a
state of siege, three companies of Enropeans in the
church, and guns and mud batteries around it. We
witnessed the same day (the Bth of June) the hang-
ing of the Subandar, Jetnadar and Pay Havildar
of the sth Native Infantry for concealment of mu-
tiny. They were hanged in front of their men ;
and it is well the latter, though only 150 were pre-
sent, had been previously disarmed. At Kurnaul,
the next day, we found only Le Bas, of the Civil
Service and Martineau, of the 10th Native
Infantry, who had very pluckily taken on
themselves to act respectively as collector and
commissariat officer there, though unsupported
by any Europeans. We were joined by Butler,
of the 2d Europeans, and Tulloch, of the
20th Naive Infantry, at Kurnaul, who accom-
panied WI to Delhi. The latter has since lost •the
-calf of his leg by a round shot. Wo found that a
hard fight had taken place on the Bth, and a sortie
in force on the 9th. The bodies of about 150 black
scoundrels were lying about Badleeke Serai on the
road close to the camp. They were enormously
the heat, and the stench was very bad.
slwroelpleon byrted
myself to Mr. Greathed, Commissioner,
and communicated to him the first news of the mu-
tinies of Jullundur and Phillour. G- told me
he thought it my duty to join my appointment at
Meerut directly, but that a port had just come in
that the Bareilly mutineers were encamped near
Meerut, and he had no escort to offer me except
five of my own cutehery Sowars (mounted messen-
gers, useless for fighting). I watched the shell and
other practice during the day. There is no want of
• ability and energy in the. lower grades of the
• army. DAy, of the Guides corps, Hodson,
of the Fusiliers, and Wilson, brigadier of artit-

lery, are heroes, at present invaluable to the
State. An alarm of an attack in our rear sounded
at 11 p.m., and when it subsided I mounted on a
Sowar's horse, and, with five Sowars accompanying
me, started on my 50-mile ride for Meerut. I
reached the Meerut intrenchments the next night,
having providentially found all quiet on the road,
and next day took charge of the district, which is
nearly disorganized owing to large bands of Goer-
furs and Mats, who are murdering and plundering
in every direction. Our communications are cut
off except towards Delhi and Mussoorie. I hear
frequently from H— R—, who throughout has
stood firm at his post with his immediate superior,
Mr, magistraie of Saharampore. Indeed,
nothing could be better than the conduct of the
entire civil service ; many have devotedly sacrificed
their lives at out-of-the way stations determined to
try and keep order as long as they lived. Poor
J. W. and his young wife were killed at Hissar, he
thinking it his dutynot to leave his post, though he
had heard long before of the massacres going on
throughout the - country. Martial law prevails
in these districts, and we have to hang some
men nearly every day. Some of the worst villages
of plunderers are burned, and the generality of the
male inhabitants killed.in our ' tours.' One of the
pensioners of our Government, by. name Wallee I
Dud Khan, has seized the district of Bolundehuhur,
the Sepoys there having mntined and plundered
the treasury. He-has received the appointment of
Subandar of Meerut from the King of Delhi, and,.
having mounted six guns on his fort of Malagruth,
and raised a rabble force of some thousands of Goor-
jars, has advanced to Galowtee, on the road to this
place. Galowtee is about 30 miles from this, but
we heard he intended to attack the city of Haupper,
which is ten xailes nearer than Galowtee. A squa-
dron of Carabineers, 40 Rifles, 2 Horse Artillery
guns, and about 50 native Sowars, were therefore
told off to attack him . I accompanied the force
with all the young civilians at present here, viz.—
Turnbull, Sapte, Clifford, Melville, and Lyall.
We started at 6 p.m., rested two hours at Haupper,
and went on to Galowtee. We heard that the G-oor-,
jur followers of Wallee Dud Khan and his General,
Ismail Khan, had had a quarrel with theJhats of the
neighbourhood, who were ready to assist us. On
our approaching Galowtee we found that the
enemy had fled, and although we pursued the
rear guard across country for about six miles we
could not catch men on fresh horses, but killed
a few footmen ; we then set the village of Bur-
matpore on fire ; this brought together a number
of Jhats in the hopes of plunder, and to assist
us against the Goorjurs. An officer of Carabi-
n.eers and a number of his men were just charg-
ing in among the Jhats, and would have cut up
a number of them, if had not fortunately rid-
den up at the time and stopped them. We then
set on the Jhats, who burnt and plundered six
Goorjuf villages, killing 17 men and losing two
of their own number. It must be' remembered
that the Goorjurs are hereditary robbers, arid the
grand trunk road opposite to tbeir villages has,
since the mutiny, been constantly stained with
the blood of the travellers and others they mur-
dered. We returned to Haupper by twelve at
noon, having been in the saddle for about 16
hours and gone 50 miles. Two of the men of the
Carabineers got sunstroke, and three horses died of
fatigue ; one of the Rifles had his foot injured by a
gun-wheel going over it, but we had no other casual-
ties on our side. The whole of the Rohilcund
mutineers are now crossing the Ganges at Gurh-
mucktese, and I have done my best to induce the
General here to let a small party with two guns go
out to meet them ; but as they have eight guns and
2,000 regular troops, besides rabble, and we could
not bring more than 300 Europeans and four guns
against them, the proposal was negatived at a
council of war. The whole of the council appeared
to be against my proposal of attacking the enemy
at the Ghat, yet 1 am fully convinced that time will
prove I was right, and the decision of the council
a mistake. The Rohilcund men will probably go
on to Delhi. The 23d of this month is the 100th
anniversary of the battle of Plassey. The natives
say our government will cease on that day. We
shall see. Please God, the omen is as good for us as
them. and, though a reverse before Delhi would
cost all the lives of those now in the North-west pro-
vinces, yet we trust a day of retribution will come,
and England is strong enough to replace ani re-
venge us.

The following lette; is from an officer in the
camp before Delhi, dated June 24
" These rascals are giving us an immense deal
of trouble. We are just whera we were a fortnight
ago, with the exception of hiving built a few
batteries. The mutineers fight like demons, and,
being about six or seven to one, attack us every
day. We have lost a great number of noble sol-
diers and officers, and have killed an enormous
number of the enemy ; but we are n strong
enough to go in at them behind their fortifications.
They all sneak behind walls—if we could only fairly
see them I think we should easily exterminate
them. Of our little body of Sappers-180 na'ive4,
41 Europeans, and 12 officers—we have lost 16
natives and 5 Europeans killed and wounded ;
yet wonderful to say, -not an officer touched,
though of course we always lead the way. We
got a little reinforcement yesterday of 400 or
500 Europeans ; but I don't think now we are
more than 3,000 strong, besides three native corps
of 600 each. These ara the Guides, one Sikh regi-
ment, and the Ghoorkas—the last are little bits
of men from the hills, like Chinese, but first-rate
soldiers ; they think it great fun, and say it is
better than killing deer or tigers. Ths other two
corps are splendid fellows, nearly all Sikhs, who
will go anywhere or do anything. Out of the five
officers in the Guides, in one day one was killed
and three others wounded. All these three regi-
ments ought to be remembered for ever by English-

men.
" Yesterday we had a very hard brush with
the Parlays, as we call them, but as usual
polished them off. They say they are getting
very disheartened in the city, but we sadly
want more men, and shall have to stay here tit
we get them. This is the first scrimmage in
Idnia where the enemy have bad an unlimited
supply of artillery of every description. They are
splendid gunners, and pitch their shells with most
disagreeable precision. One round shot the other
day killed one officer and six men, and wounded
two others, I believe mortally, besides a few others
who were bruised by the stones it knocked up. I
was sitting in the battery the day before yesterday
smoking a pipe, when a shell came bang behind,
and burst in the parapet. •It knocked me well for-
ward, but did not even upset a sand bag, to my
great joy, for I was rather afraid that the battery
was too thin. If they don't give us a medal when
this is over I will never speak to a Director again I
. . . . The rains are coining on in a day or
_ two, by all appearance. I hope the men won't get
ill in tents."

they crammed about six ladies in+o a carriage, and
sent us away. I cannot tell you the misery of the
five days it took us to reach Agra. Our lives were
in danger the whole time, both from villagers and
from parties of Sepoys we fell in with. They had
loaded pistols and naked swords over us again and
again. 'Our party altogether consisted of eight
ladies, besides four sergeants' wives and a num-
ber of children. We had nothing but grain to
eat and water to drink. Our sergeant's wife
died on the way from a sunstroke. We bad no co-
vering to our heads, and some had no shoes. The
sepoys had robbed us of everything ; they even
took the ladies wedding-rings. I tied mine round
my waist, and so have kept it. At last we reached
here. lam staying with the Political Agent, as I
have no friend here. My miseries are almost more
than I can bear. On the first anniversary of our
wedding-day I heard for certain of -'s death.
Even here we feel far from safe. We sleep in our
clothes at the barracks ; and every night we expect
an attack. There is only one English regiment
here ; and in the gaol there are 3,000 of the worst
characters."

The following are extracts from a letter from the
Rev. James Kennedy, of Benares. This letter is

dated June 29, 1857 :
"We have had many ups and downs. since I
wrote last ; but thanks to the Divine goodness we
are still in safety, and, though it is well nigh im-
possible to have a feeling of security, we think our
position is daily improving. The country in the
immediate neighbourhood is settling down into
quietness. For several days, so far as we know,
there has been no plundering or murdering within
several miles of our city, For this comparative
impunity, when the greater part of the country is
in a blaze, we are indebted under God to several
things. 1. Wehave no native soldiers worth naming
to keep us in dread, while we have a very considerable
body of European troops, towhom daily additions are
made. Not a day passes without several arriving.
They are being constantly posted on, and yet we
have from 600 to 700 always here, with six large
guns. Thedread of the European soldiers has fallen
remarkably on the people Since the engagement on
June 4. They think them demons in human forms,
and to this opinion our safety is in a degree trace-
able. 2. We have an officer in command of the station
of great vigour, in whom all have confidence. 3.
Our judge is a man greatly feared by the people,
and during this crisis he has done most excellent
service. For daring vigour he has few equals ; his
nanie is a proverb for swift, stern justice. There are
of course t housaills in this city set on misihief, and
the dread of this one man has done more to keep
them quiet than anything else. The result is
that the city, notwithstanding its well-known
turbulence in even peaceiul times, remains astonish=
ingly quiet. Many of the people are petrified with
fear of our soldiers being let loose on them. Our
head magistrate also is well spoken of by the
community. 4. The gibbet is, I must acknowledge
a standing institution among us at present. There
it stands, 'immediately in front of the flagstaff, with
three ropes always attached to it, so that three may
be executed at one time. Two additional gibbets
were erected, with three ropes to each, but they
have been taken down. Scarcely a day passes with-
out some poor wretches being hurled into eternity.
It is horrible, very horrible ! To think of it is
enough to make one's blood.run cold ; but such is
the state of things here that even fine delicate
ladies may be heard expressing their joy at the vi-
gour with which the miscreants are dealt with. The
swiftness with which crime is followed by the se-
verest punishment strikes the people with astonish-
ment, it is so utterly foreign to all our modes of
procedure, as known to them. Hitherto the pro-
cess has been very slow, encumbered with forms,
and such cases have always been carried to the,
supreme court for final decision. Now, the
Commissioner of Benares may give commis-
sions to any •he chooses (the city being
under martial law) to try, decide, and execute
on the spot, without any delay and without any
reference. The other day a-party was sent out to
Gopirang, some 30 miles distant, to seize a land-
holder who had proclaimed himself Rajah, and
two men said to be his Ministers. The three men
were surprised and taken. They were tried on the
spot by a commission composed of five military and
civil officers. After a short trial the three were
condemned to be executed then and there. The
Rajah and the others protested they were innocent,
and appealed to the Sudder (the Supreme Court.)
They were told there was no appeal to the Sudder
iu these days. To their utter amazement and hor-
ror preparations were made for their execution be-
fore their own door, and before the sun went down
they were executed. Whatever may be thought of
such doings one thing is certain, that these execu-
tions have struck terror into the hearts of the
mauranders in this district, and have done much
to awe them into better conduct. Roads near us
in which people were hourly plundered a fortnight
ago are now quite safe."

Naval and Military intelligence.

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4P' 1..-
Major-Gen. Wyndham, C. ~ who has been se-
lected to command a division in the East Indies,
has left town for Marseilles, there to embark for
Alexandria overland to Calcutta. Major-General
Dupuis, C. 8., of the Royal Ar,illery, another dis-
tinguished Crimean officer, who is to command the
Royal Artillery, departed on Thursday by way of
Marseilles to assume his military duties in India.
A great many officers of the Queen's and Company's
services left for India by the steamer which sailed
from Southampton on Thursday, or via Marseilles,
including among others, Col. Wood, Royal Horse
Artillery ; Col. Horsford, 0.13., Rifle Brigade ;
Lieut.-Col. Little, 9th Lancers ; Col. Beecher,
Major Brett, Capt. Johnson, Capt. Coles, Capt.
Briggs, Capt. Maxwell, Capt. H. Richards, Capt.
E. J. Richards, Capt. M-Queen, &c.
The 15th Hussars and 6th Dragoons have both re-
ceived orders to march from Aldershot, the former
to Norwich, and the latter to Brighton. Before
leaving camp the officers of the Ist battalion of the
Rifle Brigade presented Mr. Govey, the station-
master at Farnborough, with a splendid silver cup,
suitably inscribed, as a mark of their appreciation
of his courtesy and attention. This makes .the
fourth valuable testimonial of the same kind which
Mr. Govey has received within the last few
months.
The troops belonging to the Royal Engineers at
Chatham were on Saturday engaged in a series of
operations at Old Rochester-bridge, for the pur-
pose of destroying that ancient structure. On
Wednesday another large portion of the old bridge
will be destroyed by the Sappers and Miners.
Colonel H. Savage, Commanding Royal Engi-
neer at Chatham, has been appointed Commanding
Royal Engineer at Gibraltar, to which station he
proceeds forthwith.
The • clipper ship Lightning, which has been
taken up by the E sat India Company for the con-
veyance of troops to India, having been reported
ready, reinforcements from the following Itndian
depots at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, are
ordered to embark on board that vessel at Graves-
end, viz. :-Bth (the King's), 10th, 29th, 32d, 35th,
53d, 60th (Rifles), Ist battalion, 75th, 823, and
84th Regiments, with the undermentioned officers :
Capt, Priestly, 32d Regiment. Lieut. T. C. Robert-
son, and Lieut. G. C. Bartholomew- 10th Regt. ;
Lieut, C. Spencer, 82d Regt. ; Ensigns A. G.
Black, G. E. Fursdon, and Cochrane, 29th Regt.
The order for the embarkation of the detachments
of officers and men of the 43d Light Infantry, 3d
Battalion 60th Rifles, and 74th Highlanders at
Portsmouth, for Indic has been countermanded,
and the reinforcements for those regiments, num-
bering 109 men, with nine officers, will remain at
Chatham Garrison until required to embark at
Gravesend.
The P battery, Royal Artillery, which has left
Norwich for the camp at Shot ncliffe, will form part
of the reserves for India. The battery under the com-
mand of Major Ward, which has for some time past
been stationed at Ipswich, has left that town for
Woolwich, and is expected to embark shortly for
India.
On Wednesday the 56th Regt., under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Facy, arrived in Cork from
the Curragh, from which camp, on their departure
that morning, they were played out to the Grand
Stand-house by the bands of the
The 99th Regt. and alld 3d
and 13th Light Dragoons. regiment, i
probability, will remain in barracks till about the
25th, dining which time they will be able to pro-
vide themselves with sea kits and other necessaries
for the voyage.
The Curacoa, 31, Capt. Forbes, left Spithead on
Friday evening for Woolwich with supernumera
ries, to be paid off.
The Roebuck and Sparrowhawk, steam gunves-
sels, Commanders Martin and Byng,
Spithead to await sailing orders for India-
have gone to
The Sidon, 22, paddle-frigate, was docked at
Portsmouth on Saturday for repairs.
The Diadem, 32, Capt. Moorsom, C. 8., will be
fitted out with all despatch at Portsmouth. Her
complement will be 470.
The Vernon, 1,003 tons register, Capt. H. H.
Cymitt, one of t4e Dot Indian fleet belonging to