The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-01 00:00:00

We have received onr despatches from India and
China by overland mail, via Marseilles. The dates
of these advices, as stated in our telegraphic report
of Friday last, from Trieste, are as follows :—Bom-
bay, May 2 • Calcutta, April 23 ; Madras, April
28 . Hong Kong, April 15.
The Indian news, it is satisfactory to state, is not
of an exciting character. The regiments of the
Persian expedition were returning to India. A
part of the 14th Light Dragoons had already re-
turned from the Gulf, and it was oupposed that the
whole of the 2d division were on their way to Bom-
bay when the mail left.
The sepoy of the 34th, who wounded Lieutenant
Baugh, had been hanged, and the Jemadar of the
guard had been similarly punished. The charges
against the latter were as follows :
"For having, when officer in command of the
quarter guard of the 34th N. 1., on the day on
which Mungul Pandy attacked the adjutant and
quarter-master, told the men of the guard, when
they evinced a desire to go out and aid the adjutant
and sergeant-major in resisting the murderous at-
tack made upon them, "If a man leaves this
guard, or attempt to do so, 1 will have him hanged
for disobedience of orders." Further, with having
in the lines of the 34th Regiment N. 1., endea-
voured to spread sedition by telling the men of that
corps that if any of them brought him one of the
new cartridges he would cut his head off ; also, for
having warned the men of the 34th N.I. to bold
themselves in readiness for a general revolt on the
night of Hoolee. Lastly, with having held a pun.
cbaet in his own quarters for the purpose of organ-
ising a general rising of the sepoys against govern-
ment ; at which punchaet two pay havildars, a
naick, and a lance naick from the 34th N,1., were
present.
" The Jemadar hoped for mercy till he was placed
beneath the gallows, and then, finding that nothing
could change his fate, he addressed his comrades in
the following impressive terms :
" Sepys, listen to me. I have been a traitor to
a good government. lam about to be punished
for my great sins ; I am about to be hanged, and I
deserve my punishment. Sepoys, obey your
officers, for they are your rightful and just rulers,
or else you will, like me, be brought to the gallows.
Sepoys, obey your officers ; listen to them, and
not to evil advisers—l listened to evil advisers, and
you see what lam come to. I call upon God to
bless the Governor-General and all the great gen-
tlemen, the general, and all the sahib logue (gen-
tlemen) here present.—Seeta Ram Sects Ram !
Seeta Ram !"
It was imagined that an outbreak among the
sepoys at Barrackpore to prevent these executions
was a possible contingency, and preparations were
made accordingly to overawe any demonstration of
the kind ; but everything, nevertheless, passed off
quietly, and not a whisper expressive of mutinous
feelings was uttered, but, on the contrary, the
native soldiers on the ground, some three or four
thousand in number, were evidently impressed with
a conviction that they would themselves be sum-
marily dealt with if they displayed the least sign of
disobedience or even exhibited disorder in their
ranks. The Hurkaru remarks :
" Government has put forth its strength wisely
in the examples it has recently made of the 19th
Native Infantry and the men of the 34th Native
infantry, and we believe that every regiment and
sepoy in the native army are disposed to accept the
lesson, and avoid its practical application to them-
selves. We anticipate no further outbreaks or mu-
tinies for a long time to come, but should they un-
fortunately arise, we trust they may be put down
as rigorously and effectively as. the late unhappy
disturbances have been."
The Bombay Times, treating of the same event,
says