The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

ASSEERGHUR.

The following is a private letter froni the fortre,,s
of Asseerghur :
"The news from Mhow and Indore is dreadful— offi-
cers killed, the Artillery and Europeans fled into the fort
of Mho w, where they were on the 4th, and coup h.,ld
their own till the 14th, by which time the Bombay
column would be near at hand. It left Auruugabad only
on the 6th, and cannot rsach Asseerghur before the 14th
and Mhow not before the 18th, not in time to save the
garrison and all the Europeans in it. Col. Durand, the
resident, and 0.1. Travers escaped from it on the road to
Mundleseer. Woodburn is gone sick to PoJnalt. M ijor
Follett is in command of the column till Col. Stewart,
who is appointed, arrives.

" July 10,

"No further news from Indore beyond the report that
more than one half the European population there are
murdered. K. writes that Muodleseer has not risen, as
first reported ; a panic seized the place, and all left it.
The native officers of the Bheel corps got drunk and
quarrelled among themselves. The treasury had not been
plundered, and things are getting more set'.le 1 there. The
lidies that lift it are likely to come here, and r. side until
quiet is restored. Asseerghur, which was left so long un-
protected, has been reinforced at the Commandant's
(Col. Le Mesurier'.) moat urgent application, and now
they see in Bombay the necessity of keeping it a strong-
hold. We present a motley group of mercenaries for
the defence of it—matchlock men, C%ndeish BheeLi, and
two companies of the 19th Regiment, and a detachment
of the 31 Niz ttu Cavalry encamped below, with the
S:eindish Contingent, which the C)mmandant turned
out of the fort as a precautionary measure, pitched near
the Pettah, whose teeth he hopes to draw on the arrival
of the column. They ere now quiet, but uneasy, and a
report is about that they are going to bolt, suspecting
they will be disarmed.
"July 12.

"Yesterday in the afternoon, at five o'clock, the
Commandant disarmed the contingent. Tee affair went
off very quietly. The men behaved very well. There
was no hesitation on the part of a single man. By setien
o'clock the whole of their arms, accoutrements, and am-
munition were safely lodged in the fort. As these
fellows are now unable to do any harm the Commandant
has sent a% ay the cavalry, and in a day or two will send
tie Can leish Bheeli al,o. With the two companies of
the 19:11 Regiment acd the matchlock men he can easily
hold on until a few more companies of regular troops can
be sent. Colonel Somerset's Light Brigade has c r !era
to march on Asseerghur to Mhow, but now that all is
quip-t here and in the neighbourhood, the direct road to
to Mhow by the Siudwa GL at will be the shorter read.
The last ten days have been attended with no ordinary
anxiety to the Commandant. The ac'; of removing the
contingent so summarily as he did has proved to be,
though hazardous, yet fortunate. Had he waited ano-
ther day the news of the occurrences at Mhow and
Indore would have reached there, and they might have
said they had rather not,' and preferred rather killing
us or kicking us out of the fort first.

"July 14.

"The Cmimandant has managed affairs her; e • eel-
lently, and so he has been told by authority iroin 13)m-
bay. We have just heard of the arrival of Col. Durand,
the Resident of Indore, at Hoosungabad on the Btb inst.
Ele was one of Cie few that escaped from Indore. He is
anz'ous to hear of the movements of the Bombay column.
We &.all learn now what he wishes to be done with the
contingent—where they are to be sent. The Com-
mandant hopes to be able to get a 1 their women off,
accompanied by their men, in a day or two.
"Jul? 16

" A report has found its way into the Poonah 01.3erver
that the contingent here had revol'ed, but without
foundation, for they were removed out of the fort on the
6-.11, and on the same day their removal was rep,rted
officialy both at Poonith and Bombay. It was to pre-
vent the pos-ib:lity of a revolt that the Commandant
turned the fellows out so unceremoniously. He gave
them no time to think whether they should capture the
fort or remain quiet. lotion and Mhow, places only
about 100 miles from Aseeerghur, had risen ; and this
fortress was garrisoned by contingent troop 4, whose
head quarter wing had mutinied previously, and there
was no time to be lost in deciding what was to be done
to prevent the mutiny extending here.
" Yesterday we heard from Colonel Durand, at
Hoosungabad, asking what accommodation these was
here for ladies and families, as there were many with
him, and more coming. We can put up about eight or
up, the discomfort of which
they w
until
they can return to their
otewnnfaiintiait haveshere,iioensto
endure
so dthoatbl,iing
sseerghur,
which has been de-
serted for months, not having more than tix pere3ns
here, will have at least four times that number if all
the families come.

" July 21.
•' Colonel Durand and his wife arrived yesterday, and
are putting up with the Commandant. They escaped
from Indore with scarcely a thing with them. Stewart%
clluinn is at Booratnpoor to-day, and will be here to
morrow. The whole of the G walior Contingent,
except five compa❑ies her., have mutinied, and one of
the five here has also mutinied. Sad news received
to-day of the surrender of Sir H. Wheeler and Caw',
pore to the mutineers, and their murder afterwards.
The daily arrival of Europeans will tur❑ the b!oody
tide of events against the rebels, and a fearful punish-
ment a cvats them. The atrocities of the mutineer,
surpass the horrors of the French Revolution We
rejoice the Commandant has got the treacherous
scoundrels out of the fat. Tiiera will be plenty of
work for our moveable columns after the rains in settling
the country.

"July 23.
"Heard to-day from Bombay. The Cowman ier-in-
Chief, Sir Henry Somerset, has already published a gene-
ral order, conveying to Col. La Nlesurier, Coininauilant
at Asseerihur, his thanks for the prompt any decided
measures taken by him in relieving it from the charge
of the doubtful detachment of the contingent, who at
the time of the mutiny of the remainder of the corps
were belling the fortress, and go mainly contributing
to the safety of that stronghell. Three of the mutineers
already alluded to were shot at a (patter past 6 o'cl, ck
this morning by nine men of the 14th Dragoons. Tina
whole affair was well arranged. The contingent tr .iops
were all on the ground, with Stewart's force. They
were all trembling, thanking their turn would soon fol-
low. Several desertions from the company that mutinied
have taken place. Some of them have beer brought
back, and will be tried and flogged, perhaps put to hard
labour. Last night nine of them deserted, thinking, I
suppose, they were to be shot too.
"The mutineers of Delhi are fighting desperately, but,
thank God, their ammunition is failing them, and then
there will soon be an end of them. Their loss of life has
been very great, and the grand attack by ua will leave
very few in Delhi alive. The el iughter among them
will be awful. _

"July 21.

"Stec art's column marched this morning at 2 o'clock,
en route to Mhow. C•lonel Durand and wife, who have
been living with the Commandant-, accompanied the
force, and are guests of the staff mess. Oa the I,t or
21 of August the column will be at Mhow. Havelock
his been: thrashing the fellows right well at Cawt,pore.
Our way to Delhi is 1 .oking cheerful. By the middle of
September you may expect to bear in En4latici better
news than the maits have hilerto taken, as our European
forces wi!l then be well advanced to the seat of insurrec-
tion. The contingent here have been directed to march
on the 27 hen route t 1 Snow. They will be three days'
march in tear of Stewart's column. A detachment of 50
Irregular II rse have been kept here for duty, Religion,
as I told you before, has had nothing to do with this
general rise in the country. It is a rise to re-establish
the state of things before the battle, of Plassey, 100 years
ago—the I%lahotnedaa rule."

THE THROUGH BOOKING SYSTESI BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND AMERICA.—The follo sing document, the corr ct
translation of which lia4 been certified by Mr. J. 11.
Crowe, her Majesty's C General for Norway, has
been received at the London office of the Grand Trunk
RAllway Company of Canada :—" Chicago, July 20,
1857 —We, the under igned emigrant passengers frtm
Norway, by the ship Hebe, Captain Svinson (from .-
vanger), do her, by pub'ic'y (he are that, on our landing
at Q 'thee, we were kindly and in the best manner re-
ceived by the Grand Trunk It tilway C onpany, aid
thence conve3ei through the country. We found the
j urn, y comfortable ant speedy, and the c mtract with
us was in all respects str ctjy fulfill We therefore
advise all our friends at home, wLo desire to emigrate
hither, to ',lice thsrnstives in the hands of the said cop .
pany, by whom they will be honourably treated. Ti e
compiny sent us an interpreter, by name Alrngrist, f f
whom we :al•-o certify that ho aided us in all thmgs, and
was most solicious to render osr j nurney agreeable. Ali
our luggage was in good order, and was correctly de
livered to us, Subscribed wi, h our own hands on behalf
of ourselves aLd other.," (Here follow 27 sig.,atuie3.)