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London, England, 1857-06-29 00:00:00

there, and every confidence is placed in his judg-
ment and dec'sion.

In Oude Sir Henry Lawrence keeps all quiet.
Every endeavour has been made, and, it is hoped,,
with success, to undeceive the credulous Sepoys on
the one fatal point upon which their caste and reli-
gious feelings have been aroused, and to rousetheir
indignation against the sanguinary treachery of the
insurgent regiments. The fort at Allahabad, where
there is a large magazine, has been garrisoned by
the European invalids usually stationed in the fort
of Chtmar.

At Calcutta every precaution has been taken to
guard against the possibility of a surprise. The
84th Regiment, with the Home Artillery, are at
Barraelipore, and the 53d in Fort William. A re-
giment of European Fusileers will be here from
Madras this week, and another European regiment
from Moulmein in the course of a fortnight. The
three European regiments in the Persian Gulf
whose services had been set free by the peace, will
sail direct to Calcutta, and may be expected here
next month. An Act has been passed empowering
all officers in command of brigades and stations to
hold general courts-martial, and confirm their sen-
tences without reference to higher authority.

There-is no doubt that the crisis is a serious one.
The one danger to which in the opinion of Lord Met-
calfe the stability of our empire in India is expo3ed
has come to pass. The loyalty of the Sepoy army is
shaken, and unless the infatuation which pervades
it can be corrected, and this mutinous spirit very
speedily suppressed, the consequence may be fright-
ful. Ido not apprehend that there will be much
difficulty in dealing with the mutineers at Delhi,
who are cooped up in a walled town without a
leader, without provisions, and apparently without
much ammunition. But this is the first lime a Sepoy
regiment has murdered its officers, and the example
may be followed throughout the length and breadth
of the Presidency. The disorganisation of all civil
i Government would nevitP,Ny follow, and we should
not only have to deplore the murder of thousands
of our fellow-countrymen—for the Asiatic blood,
once roused, shows no mercy—but literally to re-
conquer the country.
Even the temporary loss of a part of India would
b 3 a most serious national calamity in every point
of view, 'and it behoves the Government to do
-everything in its power to avert it. The force of
Europeans in the country is notoriously insufficient,
and if her Majesty's Government do their duty
orders will issue, within 24 hours after the arrival
of this mail, to despatch ten regiments of infantry
overland—six at least to Bengal, and four to Bom-
bay—to remain here, if not permanently, at least
until confidence in the native army is entirely re-
stored. No success in. Persia or in China will com-
pensate, I do not say for the loss of our Indian
empire, but for any serious detriment to the influ-
ence or power of. England in her Eastern posses-
sions.

The money market continues easy. The price of
securities is rising, and subscriptions to the Five
per Cent. Loan are coming in rapidly. The dis-
turbances in the upper provinces have not yet
begun to affect commercial transactions ; and
though much anxiety is felt for the fate of indivi-
duals there is no general apprehension of danger
or fear that the mutiny will not soon be put down.
I enclose an extra, which has just been published
by the Englishinan, containing a letter written by
a medical officer who was at Meerut when the mu-
tiny broke out.

MAY 19.
P.S. Thirteen English fugitives who escaped the
Delhi massacre are protected by Zemindars at
a village near 'Bagput, on the left bank of the
Jumna. The mutineers at Delhi have plundered
six villages in the vicinity for subsistence, and sent
ont advanced posts to Shandera and alarm
Eierything is in a satisfactory state at Agra and
elsewhere in tb' -Upper Provinces, except at Delhi
and Meerut. The Lieutenant-Governor has sant a
party of Gwalior cavalry into the Doab to pat down
the petty plundering that is going on here and
here for want of light troops. The Synds and
Jats of the Meerut district are ac ing upon our
A Synd brought in three British officers
from the Delhi force, whom be bad protected from
the mutineers. Sir H. Wheeler reports from Cawn-
pore that everything there is in a satisfactory state
and equally good accounts have been reeeived from
Benares.

I close my.letter at the latest moment, having
given you the intelligence brought this morning by
the telegraph. Nothing has yet bee❑ heard of the
movements or plans of the Commander-in-Chief,
and upon these everything depends.

(From the Supplement to the Overland Englishman.)
CALCUTTA., MAY 18.
The following is from Meerut, dated the 12. h of
May :

'• I must premise by tell;ng you that this is not the
first letter I have written you on the terrible catastrophe
to which it refers, but the third. Yesterday morning I
eat down sleep!ers, fatigued,-and dirty, and wrote you a
long account of all that had occurred, and this morning
I continued my communication; but on going to the
post-office, in order to deposit the letter with my own
hand, I learnt that yesterday's down country dak had
been stopped and destroyed a very little distance down
the road, se it is necessary that I should commence al'
over again. I will now relate over again everything as
it occurred on the day before yesterday, giving you
mostly a personal narrative, and aiding what I
have learnt from others, and which I could not have
seen. 0 Sunday, the 10th, between five and
d o'clock in the evening, I was in my bungalow, in rear
f the lines of the 11th Native Infantry, where I have j
re-ided since my arrival at the itation, when, as I was
dressing, preparatory to going out for a ride with Col.
Finnis, of the 11th Native Infantry, my attention was
attracted to my servants and those in the ncighbou
compounds, going down towards the front of our enclo-
sures, and ooking steadily into the lines of the lltb,
whenc 3 a buzzing murmuring noise proceeded, such as
Faye often heard in cases of fire, or some such alarm.
Of this I took little notice, but went down to my gate,
f till dressine-, and the noire still lucre ising I returned
to the bungalow, put on my uniform, and again went
out. I had scarcely got to the gate, when I heard the
poppirg sound -of firearms, which I knew at once were
loaded with bell cartridge, and a European non-commis-
sioned officer came running with others towards me from
the 11th lines, saying, "For God's sake, sir, leave !
acme
-to your bungalow, change that dress, and fly !"
I walked into my bungalow, and was doffing my uni
form ; the inlets by this time flying out of the 11th
lines in'o my compound, when the havillar-major of the
11th rustled into the rosin, terrified and breathless, and
exclaimed, "Fly, sahib—;fly at once! the regiments are
in open mutiny, and firing oa their officers, and Colonel
Futile has jest been shot in my army."- It was evidently
becoming serious. I came out, and ordered my horse
to be saddled and brought up, my servants still begging
of me to fly for my life. I mounted. The lines of the
fith Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) lie to the north of
my bungalow, separated by a rugged and barren Wain,
cut-up by nuilal-s and ravines, upon which, riding out of
the back part of my hornpound,,l descended. A Briton
does not like actually "running away" under airy cir-
ctimstances, and I was riding slowly through the uneven
ground, when the havildar-major before-tnentioned cx
claimed, "You, rahib, are mounted and cm make haste,
ride to the European cavalry lines, and give the alarm.'
Good; I galloped off, crossed the difficult ground all right,
got into the cavalry lines and made for the colonel's
house, which he had just left, and found him in the
rack lines on horseback, criering the dragoons to saddle,
arm, and mount without a moment's delay. Here I
shall leave the Dragoons and myself, and retual to the
Native Infantry parade ground, and the commencement
of the mutiny and massacres.
" About 5 o'clock the 20th Native Infantry and the
31 Light Cevaly rushed from their lines, armed and
furious; the former regiment firing off their muskets,
approaching the 11th Native Infantry, and calling upon
them to arm, come out, and join them. I believe the
11th hesitated at first—cause unknown ; but presently
they, too, armed and ruched out, and the mutinous fuel
took flame. About this time Colonel Finnis and seve-
ral other officers of the 11th Native Infantry came upon
the parade, and commenced haranguing the Sepeys, and
attempted to pacify them, and bring them to order, when
the colonel's horse was wounded by a bullet fired by the
20th. On this he saw that the matter was more serious
than he had wished to believe ; and one of his officers
asking him if he should ride off to the brigade-major, ark
for aid, and give the alarm, he consented. This is the
last time he was seen alive by European eyes ; for imme-
diately afterwards he was shot in the back by a Sepoy
of the 20th, fell from his horse, and was actually riddled
vith balls. About this time the other officers of the
11th, seeing that their presence among the mutineers was
perfectly useless, and the bullets flying about them in all
directions, retreated from the lines, and sought safety
mostly in the direction of the Carabineer lines ; to
which I must now retransfer the narrative. It took
us a lona time, in my opinion, to get ready, and
it was 'dark before the Dragoons were prepared
to start in a body ; while by this time flames began
to ascend in all directions from the lines, and the offi-
cers' bungalows of the 3d Cavalry, and the 11th and
20th Native Infantry, from public buildings, mcssbouses,
private residences, and in fact every edifice or thing that
cam© within reach of the torch and the fury of the mu-
queers and of tho bazaar canaille, who iu considerable
imbets, I believe, joined in their terrific orgies. On
all sides shot up into the heavens great pinnacles of
waving fire, of all hues and colours, according to the
nature of the feel that fed them, huge volumes of smoke
rolling suddenly off in the sultry tight air, and the
cracking and roar of the conflagration mingling with
the shouts and riot of the mutineers.. The entire scene,
of which these were but, the most prominent external
feature°, and which words cannot describe, I leave to
your readers to imagine, if they are fond of the horrible
and the tragic. When the Carabineers were mounted
we rode off at a brisk trot, through clouds of suffoca-
ting dust and darkness, in an easterly direction, and
along a narrow road; not advancing in the direction of
.but, on the contrary, leaving it behind
the conflagration,rear
on our right this way we proceeded for some
two or three miles, to tny no small surprise ; when sud-
denly the halt was sounded, and we faced about, retrac-
ingce to our left, approaching
and verging
our step!,
the conflagration, and debouched on the left rear of the
Native Infantry lines, which of course were all in a blaze.
Skirting along behind these lines, a•• turned them