The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

THE IN L'IAIV

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
The Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of
the Indian, China, and Australian mails. Her
dates are—Alexandria, Sept. 23 ; Malta, 27 ;
Gibraltar, Oct. 1.

Her Majesty's ships Desperate and Caradoc were
at Alexandria waiting the arrival of the Siamese
Princes ; the Hibernia, Ariel, and Coquette were
at Malta ; and the Curlew was at Gibraltar. The
Indus paved the Ripon off Galata on the 28th ult..
and the Alhambra off Lisbon on the 3rd inst. The
Tamar left Malta for Alexandria with the Austra-
lian mails on the 21st ult.

Amongst her cargo is 379,546/. worth of Aus-
tralian gold.
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She has brought home about 150 passengers,
many of whom are refugees from India. The
scene presented by their friends meeting these
passengers was one of overwhelming excitement.
Many burst into a flood of tears, and were deprived
almost of the power of utterance.
The Lady Mayoress of Londort, the Mayor of
Southampton, Mr. Alderman Andrews, and a num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen, went on board the
Indus to receive the refugees. any of the fugitives
were from Cawnpore, Allahabad, and other places
in the upper provinces of Bengal. Numbers also
have fled from Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta in
alarm. About 40 children have come home in the
Indus.

Amongst the passengers is Lieut. Chapman, who
•was shot by the mutineers at Benares. A bullet
went through his cheek and carried away part of
the roof of his mouth ; his speech i• 1 scarcely intel-
ligible. He is quite a youth, not above 19 years of
age. _

Another of the passengers is Captain Montague,
and his wife ; he belonged to the Irregulars, and.
was in command of a company of Sikhs ; he is in-
jured in the shoulder and side. He belonged to
Gen. Havelock's army, and fought on the march
to Cawnpore. He lost his two children through
want and exposure while coming down the Ganges
from Allahabad. He knew Nana Sahib, and was
present at a ball given by him at Cawnpore about a
month before the mutiny broke out. It 'was the
most magnificent ball ever given at Cawnpore ; all
the English were present, most of whom were
afterwards mercilessly slaughtered by the scoundrel.
Captain Montague and his wife left Cawnpore be-
fore it was captured by the mutineers.
The passengers say that almost the only man that
escaped the massacre of Cawnpore has gone raving
mad. This is an officer, a Mr. Brown, who after
he got away suffered great hardships, and lay hid-
den in a nullah, without food, during three days
and nights. A Miss Goldie, a very beautiful young
lady, was taken by Nana Sahib to his harem, and is
believed to be alive now..

A lady named Collett came home in the Indus,
who escaped from Allahabad ; Rho was one of those
who got into the fort at that place for safety. Many
of the ladies who have come home in the Indus have
their husbands now before Delhi, and scarcely ex-
pect to see them again.
When the passengers in the Indus left Calcutta
only three thousand troops had arrived there since
the outbreak.

Unless Capt. Peel makes his way up the riververy
quickly, and before the rains cease, it is scarcely
believed that he will get his guns up to Delhi ; but
if he cannot carry his guns beyond Allahabad he
will, it is expected, push on for Delhi without them.
Should the water carriage fail, it would be extremely
difficult, on account of the badness of the roads, to
convey such heavy guns (one of them an 84-pounder)
to Delhi by land.
Between Cawnpore and Lucknow there were
about 35,000 mutineers, and it is considered doubt-
, ful whether Sir J. Outram will be successful in
passing up the Gogra ; the river is lined with forts,
well manned with mutineers. Outram's advance,
however, up the Gogra will, it is hoped, draw off
the mutineers from Havelock, and enable him pro-
bably to escape from the dilemma in which he is
placed.
No fear is entertained but that the Sikhs will
prove true to the English in fighting against both
Mahommedans and Hiudoos ; but unless English
troops arrive out soon in India, the Sikhs may,
after they have put down the Sepoys, turn against
the English.
Nana Sahib has resolved not to fall alive into the
hands of the English. He has a bodyguard, who are engaged to deprive him of life, should he be
likely to be taken prisoner by the English.
It is believed by many persons at Calcutta that
as soon as the English troops arrive out in India,
the mutiny will suddenly cease. The Sepoys will
bury the money and treasure they have obtained,
and lay down their arms. They are in the utmost
terror of the English soldiers.
Lucknow, it is feared, will fall before assistance
can come to it.
There were many English at Calcutta when the
Indus left that port who had had perilous escapes
from the Upper Provinces, and who are expected
to arrive at Southampton by the next India mail
packet. A lady is at Calcutta who has had her ears
cut off by the mutineers. One of the lady passen-
gers on board the Indus says that before she escaped
a soldier's wife came to her one day and told her
with the utmost glee that she had killed a Sepoy ;
and this turned out to be true : the poor woman
had actually rushed upon a Sepoy, pinioned him,
and taken his life. Such is the fierceness and stern
resolution which the hideous atrocities of the Ben-
gal mutineers generated in the breast of a woman.
The Collector of Customs at Southampton, Mr.
Clarke, of the landing-waiters' department, and
Messrs. Obree and Knowler, of the tide-surveying
department, were early onboard the Indus this
morning, acting under special orders from the go-
vernment to facilitate in every possible manner the
landing of the baggage of the Indian refugees. It
was ascertained that some of the passengers, brought
up gentlefolks, had lost everything in India ; that
ladies, whoss husbands were officers, fighting in
India, on limited income, had made great sacrifices
to send their families out of that country. This was
communicated to the Lady Mayoress, and means
were taken to afford to many pecuniary assistance.
This was managed in the most delicate manner
possible.

- Subjoined is a list of the passengers :
From Calcutta—Mrs. Elkington and child, Mrs.
Eng,lishe's child and untie ; Mrs. Dent, infant,
and native female servant ; Mrs. Colonel Simpson,
Mr. Phillips, Mr. Avery, Mrs. Butler, Mr. H.
Parrott, Mr. J. Lindlay and wife ; Mrs. Collett
and infant, child, and native female servant ; Mr.
Chapman, Mrs. Roberts and infant ; Mrs. Turner,
child, and infant ; Mrs. Bloomfield, Captain and
Mrs. Montague and native man servant ; Mrs.
Beckett, infant, child, and European female ser-
vant ; Messrs. Phillips, W. King, and W. Macy.
From Madras—Mr. Thompson, Major and Mr.
Young, Mrs. M‘Lean two infants, and native
scrvant ; Mrs. Cholmely, child, and infant •, Mrs.
Colonel Blaxland and oh Id, Mr. and Mrs. Biggs ;
Dr. and Mrs. Patterson and infant, two children,
and native servant ; Lieutenant De Haverland,
and Mrs. Birch and servant.
From Galle—Mr. and Mrs. Staples and four
children, Mr. Harper, and Miss Hall and native
servant.

From Bombay—Mrs. Morphey, Mrs. Goldin ;
Mrs. Hamilton, child, infant, and two European
servants ; Mrs. Colonel Stewart, infant, and Euro-
pean servant; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Candy ; Mrs.
Price, infant, child, and European-servant ; Capt.
and Mrs. Wadge, and infant ; Mrs. Warden and
child ; Mrs. L'Estrange, child, and infant.; Mr.
T_43,71,, Mrs, Goldsmith, Mrs. Gibb and two children,
Mr. M'Neill, Mrs. Mimrie and infant, Mrs. Sandi-
man and child, Joseph Prater, John Gilly, and
George Bleshen.

From Alexandria : Mr. W. Black.
From Malta : Mr. Williams ; Sergeant Hogan:
14th ' • 14 privates, her Majesty's Foot ; 1 convales-
cent, Royal Artillery ; 1 woman and 2 children ; 8
privates, itoyal Mariues ; 3 seamen, Royal Navy ;
1 stoker, and Edmund Barry.
From Gibraltar : Miss Dodman, Mr. Nehemiag:
and R. Morgan.
next steamer to arrive with Indian assen•
gersThe is the Ripon, due at this port on the 20th inst.

THE AFRICAN MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The steam...ship Candace Captain Haviksley,
arrived in the Sound this evening, with the mails
from the West Coast of Africa and Madeira ; but
in consequence of the boisterous state of the
weather, no communication with her has yet been
made.

Negotiations have been openei at St, Petersburg for
the conclusion of a treaty of commerce between Muds
and Au4tria.

DR. LIVINGSTON IN LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, Wed-
nesday.--This eminent traveller intends vi,itiog
Liver-
pool on Monday next, and will attend and address a
meeting of the African Association in the Cotton Salea
Throrn on the following day.
FARM STABLES AND DIVINE SERVICR.—A custom has
long prevailed in Kent of employing men in farm stables
during the hours of divine service. On Saturday a
public meeting was held at Canterbury in favour of dis-
continuing this custom. W. Deedes, E‘q., took the
chair. Lqters approving of the object of the meeting
ware read from Lords Guildford and \Vinchilsea, fit
Brook Brirtes, Sir E. Deriug, and others. A resolu-
tion was passed for forming an association to be called,
" The East Kent Agricultural Labourers' Association.''
for carrying out the object of the meeting, and generally
raising the social and religious character of the agricul
tural labourers in East Kent,