The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-29 00:00:00

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at the western end, and wheeling to the left, came
upon the 11th parade ground, where at a little distance
we found the Horse Artillery, and her Majesty's 60th
Riles. It appears that the three regiments of muti-
neers had by this time commenced dropping off to
the westward and towards the Delhi road; for here some
firing took place between them and the Rifles ; and pre-
sently the Horse Artillery, coming to the front and un-
limbering, opened upon a copse or wood in which they
had apparently found cover, with heavy discharges of
grape and canister, which tore and rattled among the
trees, and all was silent again. The Horse Artillery now
limbered up again, and wheeled round, and here I joined
them, having lost the dragoons in the darkness. By this
time, however, the moon arose. We blessed her useful
light,' and the Horse Artillery column, with rifles at its
head, moving across the parade ground, we entered the
long street turning from the southward behind the light
cavalry lines. There it was that the extent and particu-
lars of the conflagration first became visible, and passing
the burning bungalow of the adjutant of the 11th Native
Infantry, we proceeded along the straight road or street,
flanked on both sides with flaming and crushing houses
in all stages of combustion and ruin, the rifles occasion-
ally firing volleys as we proceeded. It was by this time
past 10 o'clock, and having made the circuit of the lines
we passed up to the eastward of them, and, joined by the
Dragoons and Rifles, bivouackd for the night. I must
now come to the particulars of the brutal outrages and as-
sassinatien that marked this outbreak, premising, how-
ever, that a sense of delicacy and regard for the harassed
feelings of surviving friends and relatives, prevent me
from entering into details, the relation of which could
only gratify a mind fond of horrors and atrocities. At the
very commencement of the emeuto the 3d Light Cavalry,
saddling and mounting their horses, galloped off to the
gaol, and overpowering all resistance, liberated their 85
comrades ; and all the other prisoners, to the number of
about 1 300. Returning from this they joined the muti-
neers of the 20th N. 1., and the work of indiscrireate Eu-
ropean massacre began, without regard to rank, age, sex,
or employment, furious and merciless. Veterinary Sur-
geons Philipps and Dawson, of the 3d Light Cavalry, and
the wife of the latter, were massacred, and also Lieut.
Id 'Nab, of the same regiment, several others of the
corps having miraculous escapes, bnt the surgeon, Chris-
tie, being wounded, I fear mortally. Of the officers of the
20th Native Infantry, Capt. Taylor commanding, Capt.
Macdonald, with the wife of the latter, were savagely
slain, with, as in the case of the cavalry officers, nume-
rous narrow escapes. Of the 11th Native Infantry poor
Finnis was the only officer slain ; but Mrs. Chambers,
the wife of the Adjutant, was pitilessly slaughtered in
her own bungalow, which, as I have told you above, we
saw burning; and remember, as I have also said above.
I refrain from describing details, merely giving the casu-
ahies. Among those not in the military employ of the
Government who perished in this indiscriminate mas-
sacre, were Mr. Tregear, of the education department,
Mrs. Courtenay, the mistress of the hotel, and many
women and girls whose names I do not know. After all
this work was done and the mutineers had retreated, the
remainder of the night passed away in gl nom and doubt,
and the conflagration, having nothing more to feed upon,
was extinguished, as it were, by the rising beams and
more powerful light of the sun. I mounted my horse and
rode down from the Carabineers' lines towards my hos-
pital and the Native Infantry lines, dubious as to the
state of affairs, and came to the charred and black-
ened huts and bungalows, all naked and deserted. On
my way deyrn a dhoolee approached and was passing me,
when I stopped the bearers and asked what they car-
ried ? They answered, 'rho Col. Sahib.' It was poor Fin-
nis's body, which had just been found where he fell, and
was being carried towards the churchyard. All sick, to
the number of about 40, had fled from the hospital,
which was deserted, with the exception of two or three
smallpox cases, too bad to move, and who appeared
much surprised at my attending to them as if nothing
whatever had occurred. All day yesterday the station
was under arms, and surrounded and traversed every-
where by patrols mounted and on foot, and the same
precautions were of course observed last night ; not
unnecessarily either, for the carabines of the dra-

goons were heard constantly through the night, firing
upon marauders and incendiaries, who came prowl-
ing towards the lines. In the midst of our own
troubles, we are vary anxious about the fate of the Euro-
peans at Delhi, whither the mutineers have gone, and as
the tilegraphic wires were cot at the commencement of
the outbreak we know of nothing what is occurring else-
where, nor of what is known about us. I hope the
health of our men will stand the con,taht duty in this
terribbs weather until relief shall come to us, or some
move suited to the magnitude of the danger and dis-
aster shall be made by some man of energy and compe-
tence, f)r whom there is an occasion. We have plenty
of small arm ammunition, and sharp swords in the hands
of as good regimenta officers and men as ever sat in
saddle or shouldered firelock ; and ought to be able to
hold our own, if the odds don't rise very much against
us. All that we now much dread is fire to our bunga-
lows and barracks, and what me most look to is the
descent of the European regiments from the hills to join
u'. We are not, however, entirely isolated and deserted,
for some trumps of zemindars to the southward hearing
of this affair, and that yesterday's dak containing my
letter to you had been stopped and plundered, turned
out on horseback, and with two collector's suwars, took
up on the road and brought in a dak this morning from
the southward and Calcutta. These men are to take
out the dak this afternoon, and say they will sue it safe
on its way down country, so I hope this may reach you
safe. I never expected that my letter at yesterday
would reach you, but I wrote on tho extreme chance,
and shall continue to do so as long as there is anything
to write about. We take it as a good symptom that we
hear nothing from the dale people of disturbances down
country. Two Europeans travelling by carriage dak to
Delhi, one named irtimer, fell in among the muti-
neers on the road, a short distance from the station,
on the night of the row, and were of course dragged
from the carriage and murdered."

We give below a couple of proclamations issued
by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western
Provinces, in relation to the disturbances at and.
about Meerut and Delhi :-
4g PROCLAMATION.

" The Lieutenant-Governor announces for the infor-
mation of the faithful subjects of the British Govern-
ment in all towns, stations, and districts of the North-
Western Provinces, that active measures have been com-
menced and will be promptly and vigorously prosecuted,
for the signal punishment of the band of mutineers and
murderers who have in the cities and cantonments of
Meerut and Delhi disgraced the honourable names of
soldiers, and have committed a series of treacherous and
cold-blooded barbarities even upon helpless women,
which will draw down upon them the exemplary ven-
geance of the European and other regiments. Tne forces
from Meerut, Umballa, and the Halt are being fast con-
centrated, and will cc-operate with the contingents of the
R.jpootana States in surrounding the insurgents by pre-
venting their escape from their deeply-merited retribu-
tion.

" The Lieutenant-Governor call 3 on all the subjects of
the British power, and on the loyal people of the British
district•, to watch vigilantly against the possibility of
successful attempts at flight on the part of the insurgents
after they have been attacked and dispersed by the
British troops.

" European and native portions of the m;1 tary forces
now rapidly a7setnbling will honourably and eagerly vie
with each other in the extirpation of the traitorous crimi
nals who have endeavoured to sow utterly groundless
distrust between the powerful and beneficent British
Government and its attached native soldiery, whom it
has protected and distinguished with favour from the
formation of its empire, and who have made themselves
famous in history by the devoted bravery and zeal which
they have displayed in its service.

" The British Government will always Lighly value
and reward tho services of its good soldiers. It will
ever strictly respect their rights, usngee, religious feel-
ings, and consider them as its children, entitled to its
protection in their vigour and in old age. It will punish
the acts of faithless traitors with swift justice.
"Evil-minded men have tried to dec,ive the minds of
the native sol Jiery by gross and unfounded misrepresen-
tations of the intentions of the British Government.
Those intentions are what they have always been, of
scrapulous regard for the faith and customs of every
class and sect of its subjects and servant,.
"The population of the country generally will pursue
their accustomed occupations in tranquillity and secu-
rity. Whenever it may be necessary additional police
or other forces will be raised for their protection. But
the chief care of all must be to render impossible the
escape of the fugitive criminals, who will now be at-
tacked in whatever part of the country they may be
found."

MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9., 18 5 7

shoal I be composed of officers from the other presiden-
cies and from the Q teen's army. The whole Bengal
force is demoralczed, and it is rrobahle that two-thirds
of its superior officers should be invalided as incompe-
tent, through long training in a visions system, to en-
force discipline. The Bombay and the Madras armies,
perfectly from all suspicion of mutinous feeling, and a
high state of discipline, are a standing reproach to the
Bengal army, and are' the sheet-anchor of the Govern-
ment at the present moment.
The opportune return of our European farces from
the Gulf enabled us to despatch without landing her
Majesty's 64:;h and 78th Regiments to Calcutta some
days ago, and ti-e troop of Madras Horse Artillery,
which was waiting here for transports to convey it to
Madras. This force left Bombay a week ago by the
steamers Assaye and Queen Victoria, and the transports
Raby Castle, Avalanche, and Kingstown. In addition
to . these troops the let Fusileers have been despatched
up the Indus, so that the good conduct of our native
army and the perfect confidence we have in its discipline
and loyalty have enabled us to despatch a force of 4 000
Europeans to the Bengal side in the last ten days.
Madras also is readily furnishing its contingent, and
within a month the European army of Bengal will be
strengthened by an increase of 10,000 or 12,000 men
from the other presidencies.