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

Dodgson, the Brigade-Major, rode up to the
cavalry, and called out,--`-Your commander is dead;
-
follow me.' Immediately one of these troopers
fired on him, anti the ball grazed his arm. Another
trooper—a loyal one—immediately turned on the
rebel and cut him down, thus saving Captain.
Dodgson's life, as the rebel was rushing on him with
his sword, and Captain Dodgson was for the
moment disable 1. It was evident that while the 37t11.

was thoroughly mutinous there were loyal men among
the Sikhs and the cavalry, but in the strife it was im-
possible to distinguish them, asthey w,re mingled to.
gether The rebel fire was, of course, returned by the
European soldiers, and then the guns opened,
moving down number of the mutineers. The
Europeans were a mere handful compa red with
the native force arrayed agaiust them, but
they had the advantage of having three guns,
while the others had only muskets. Iu such cir-
cumstances, the mutineers could rush at once on.
the guns and capture them, but this is not the
native fashion. On the opening of the guns all the
rebels ran for shelter behind trees and !lute, from
which they tried to keep up the contest, but soon
their only concern was to get entir'ly beyond the
reach of the feared and hated white soldiers. The
heavy firing continued for nearly two hours, but
skirmishing continued for several hours longer.
How many of the mutineers perished it i 3
impoesible to say, but it is certain teat many
have fallen. On our side there were four killed and.
21 wounded, of whom several are sure to die.
There were only: 200 Europe ins altogether, while
the numberngainst them, including the mutinous
cavalry, was about 2,000. My house is out of can-
tonments, and therefore in the first place we weT
less exposed than others. We had just finished.
dinner, about 5p.m., when our watchman rushed,
into the house and exclaimed, 'Flee, Sahib, flee, the
regimen s have mutinied.' How he knew so soon
do not know, for by that time a shot had not been.
fired. I suppose he had heard of the soldiers
gathering, thought there was to be mischief, and.
ran to tell us. He had just spoken when we heard.
the sharp ratttle of the musketry, and then the
boom of the cannon. We thought it was full time
for us to move with our four children. The gari
was ordered, and according to a p'an formerly
arranged, in the event of a d;sthrbence, we hast-
ened as fast as our horse cou!d US, to the
house of a Mr. Gordon, on the hanks of the
Ganges, close to its principal ferry at Beeares. As
that is a great thoroughfare, and it was poQsible
enough a party of mutineers might come that way,
it was deemed prudent to engage beats and,
ferry ourselves out into the middle of the river till
news should reach us. Consequently the Buyerses,
Batlantynes, ourselves, and some others got out on.
the river and awaited tidings w,th intense anxiety.
By this time the heavy firing lied ceased, and the
rattle of the musketry was so irregular t hat it was
evident the battle was well-nigh over, but on what
side the victory was we did not know. The whole
city was covered with smoke, which led us to fear
there was an immense conflagration, but it turned
out there had been only a part of cnitonments ore
fire. At length we heard th r authorities
were victorious. We returned to Mr.
Gordon's house, intending to remain there
for the night, when Capt. Dodgson, notwithstand-
ing his wound, accompanied by several others, gal-
loped into fhe compound, and toll us that, although
the mutineers were routed, they were about in great
numbers, and that it was absolutely necessary for
safety to proceed to a large building called the
Mint, in the middle of cantonments, which was put
into a state of defence. Most providentially, at
that very time a party of English soldiers, 'TO in num-
ber, were reported as having arrived at the ghat'
(ferry), and so, escorted by them and a small por-
tion of the Irregular Cavalry who hid remained.
faithful, we proceeded to the Mint, where we ar-
rived at midnight. What a scene of confusion and.
tumult was there! All in front bands of English
soldiers, ready to act at a moment's notice • men,
women, and children, high and low, huddled to-
gether, wondering at meeting together at such a
time and such a place, not knowing where they
were to throw themselves down for the night, and
altogether looking quite bewildered. As to sleep,
that was out of the question. I felt drowsy for a
few minutes between 3 and 4, when I heard one say
to another, 'The magistrate has bean sent for.
The city is rising.' In answer to the demand for
aid, all the answer given to the heed native magis-
trate in the city was, Do your best, we cannot
spare a man.' Rioting did break out in the city,
but it was suppressed, and the city has since re-
mained astonishingly quiet.
" The sth (Friday) was, as you may suppose, a
day of intense excitement. No person ventured
beyond the compound of the Mint, except be were
heavily armed or strongly escorted.
The Mint had a most warlike appearance. The
place was bristling with arms. All round the
rooms there were rifles, swords, and other weapons.
At night I ventured to go from the Mint to the
barracks, with two friends, one of whom had
a revolver and another a rifle. My principal.
object in going was to see a young man,
a son of Dr. Tweedie, of Edinburgh, who had.
been wounded in the engagement of the preceding
day. I found him in a wretched place, but not so
ill as 7I had been led to expect. I shall never
forget the scene at the hospital that night. The
men lying on little bedstead-7, near enough just
to allow a person to pass between them, with
the most frightful wounds, some evidently suffer-
ing excruciating pain, and others nearly in-
sensible, was a sickening sight. Then, again, all
over the plain were bands of soldiers, looking at
the bodies of the slain, of which many had till
that time remained unremoved. The question now
was how we were to manage for the night. Some
had slight native bedsteads, and more had only
shakedowns. A number sl7pt in the awfully
heated room, and others betook themselves to the
roof of the building in the open air. The latter was
our choice. None, of course, took off their day
clothing, for we were to sleep in public, as we had.
been living in public, Rank was for a time obliged.
to demean itself humbly. Our commissioner
slept with his family in a room on shake-
downs, with other families sleeping all around.
them, and there from night to night they continue
to sleep. We got on tolerably well till the middle
of the night, when a dust storm came on. A num-
ber then went in, but the heat was so suffocating
inside that we remained out till the morning, and.
then with dust we looked like chimney-sweeps.
" Thursday, June 11.—We have to-day ven-
tured to our home, and here we are in peace, and I
believe in safety. We are so thankful and happy
to be in our house again ; but we must not remain.
here. For some time to come we expect'to be re-
quired to sleep within the line of the English
pickets. This day week we were obliged to make
our hasty flight. What a memorable week it has
been ! A white face was before a positive advan-
tage ; since this outbreak has commenced it has
been a mark for the assassin.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES."

Sir,—ln The Times of this morning is a letter
from Mr. Fairholme, containing an extract from a
communication from the Bombay Presidency, dated
the 23d of June, intimating that Delhi was known
at that date to have fallen. From the tenour of
the communication the writer is evidently a resi-
dent at Sattara, whom I should have little diffi-
culty in identifying, and commuuicated the state of
matters and rumours as bslievoi in at that date.
Sattara is 200 miles further off from Delhi than
Bombay, from which I have leit6is up to the de.
spatch of the mail on the Ist of J uly. The rumour
given by Mr. Fairholme, as fact, prevailed a week
before, had by this time become exploded, and
Delhi certainly had not fallen up to the 26th of
June. Your own correspondent gives the most
full, accurate, and recent information on all these
subjects, and his letters, as far as they extend, are
infinitely more to be relied upon, both in point of
correctness and recency than those of private
parties,yiyo synnotleatctteursaldlyiscaotutnhteesncaeinle9eotteacidtieTo.
of
danger
and commotion around Bombay which are now.
3T:ear Pwuasblientsee:
becoming prevalent in thissocoliiitnuter
curities had become affected from no distrust ino ur
credit, but from the belief that a 6 per cent. loan,
enlightened capitalists that the
wastai
eadb obtyi t
theto be
more opened.enlig
West of India Canal Irrigation Company, who had
completed their surveys, were only waiting for the
sanction of the home authorities of the terms re-
commended by the Bombay revenue officers, and
concurred in byPiovernment, to commence the con-
struction of a canal 90 miles in length. A body of
native merchants were equally eager to commence
the construction of a tide basin for cotton boats at
i ombay, on which they were ready to expend
50,0001. or 60,0001. The belief seemed to be that
private enterprise was at present more available
for carrying on pubic works than it ever before had
been, without any guarantee or other stimulant, or
any interference with the arra,ngements of the admi.
nistration, if they could only get through with
their preliminary correspondence, through that
monstrous set of " Circumlocution offices," which
stand in the way yourogreßs in the East.
I am, Sir, y obedient servant,
GEORGIE BUIST,
Secretary to the Western India IrrigationConip:ny.
Susses-place, New Kensington, Aug. 7.

ATTEMPTED Stamm—Yesterday morning, a deter.
mined attempt at suicide was committed by Charles
Freeman, aged 21 years, who resided at Rose-street,
Long-acre, by swallowing a large quantity of laudanum.
lie was conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where Mr.
Humphreys, house-surgeon, use 1 the btinalacb Pon3Ps
fortunately with success.