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had all his guns in position, and from 17,000
to 20,000 men of new and old levies strongly
posted. He was unwilling to use force, I sup-
pose, against such formidable antagonists unless ab-
solutely forced to do so, and contented himself with
bolding them in check, waiting probably for the
fell of Delhi. If this be true he has done us good
service, and hassaved his sovereignty. Indore and.
Mhow are quiet. The succession to-the chieftain-
slair, of Ruttam has been tranquilly settled, the
disturbed little State of Dhar is at rest again, and
more than all, the Mundesore insurrection, of
which I wrote in my last, is melting away to noth-
ing. Thus, in Malwa all is pretty well, nor in
Rajpootana is there much amiss, save in the
matter of the revolted Joudpore Legion. These
rebels, when I left them a fortnight ago, were, as
you may remember, posted in a strong village
called Awa, where Col. Lawrence, as I had heard,
hesitated or declined to attack them. However,
be subsequently allowed the Rajah of Joudpore to
attempt the place with his troops, unwisely,
as it would seem, for the Rajah's men,
if more numerous than his own, were of in-
ferior materials. Accordingly their attack was
repulsed, and Mr. Monk Mason, the Commis
sioner, who accompanied them, was, it is feared,
k Let luecn C .lonel Lawrence resolved himself
to atl eels. On the 18th of September he led his
small body of men from the 85th Foot, the Mliair-
warra battalion, and the Bombay Lancers, with
a half-trcop of Horse Artillery, against the enemy's
position, which in the high standing corn was
scarcely visible. The rebels had the guns of the
legion, and made good prat : ice with them. They
were driven, however, from two successive positions
into the town, and there the triumphs of the day
ended, for, the place being evidently unassailable,
our troops were forced to draw off, without loss
indeed, but no doubt considerably to the defTiment
of our prestige in the district. And that such an
event should have happened just where it did is
particularly unfortunate, as being so near to Vie
frontiers of Guzarat, where there are not a few
petty chiefs who bear the British rule no strong
affection, and where one Bombay regiment, the 2d
Grenadiers, has exhibited of ]ats disaffection in its
ranks.

"For the past fortnight wo have had further
little disturbances it this Presidency, which consti-
tute a drawback, though but a slight one, on the
generally favourable character of the intelligence,
and afford a contrast to the loyalty of the Madras
army, still unstained, unless by the refusal of the
Bth Cavalry to proceed for service to Bengal, for
which, by the way, all the subandars and the native 1:
staff officers. You may remember that I noted in
my last that the native artillery at Hyderabad and
Shikarpore in Scinde were thought to be wavering,
and that a company of European artillerymen had
been sent up from Bombay in great haste to relieve
them of the guns which it was feared they might
misuse. At Hyderabad it was found necessary 1
to take prompt measures without waiting for
the arrival of the Europeans. Acting upon in-
formation
derivel from his subandar, Lieutenant
Battiscombe, commanding the company, applied
to the brigadier, and by means of 500 of
the police and 100 picked men of tile 13th Native
Infantry the golandas were disarmed and the guns
taken away into the fort. At Skikarpore, some
days later, some 15 of the artillerymen got hold of
the guns one very dark night and blazed away at
nothing or anything till driven away by the police,
who fired at the flashes of the guns. One or two
were killed, and the others decamped, only to be
brought in deal or alive by the police and the vil-
lagers. Here and everywhere throughout Scinde
the police have behaved admirably. An affair at
Kurrachee was more serious. There, one evening,
a plot on the part of his regiment was disclosed to
Major Macgregor, of the 21st Native Infantry, to
rise that very night, murder the Europeans, arrd
make off for Hyderabad. Everything seems to have
be, n admirably well managed. The 2d Europeans
(two companies cnly) and the Horsy Artillery were
ordered out at once, and the regiment was sur-
prisei. Some twenty-seven were missing' all of
whom have since been executed or slain by the po-
lice or the villagers, and abut the same num-
ber, whose firelocks were found to be loade',
are to be transported for life. These men are
thought to be, and perhaps are, all the conspirators
in the regiment, iu which case the intended mu-
tiny would be quite one of the Bombay as opposed
to the Bengal type, where the predominance of
low-caste and Concanee (or westcoast) men, though
not always sufficiently great entirely to pre-erve 'lie
corps from mutiny, seems to be able to prevent its
inft2cting the whole body. Elsewhere through nit
the Presidency we have been quite quiet, if I
except the case of the 2d Grenadiers, to which I
have already alluded, but which has hitherto exhi-
bited nothing worse than a few deeri,ions and con-
sequent imprisonments. By this time Gen. Roberts
(who commands in Guzerat), has got the 89‘h Fo
at Ahmedabad, which will keep everything quest ;
and at Kurrachee tee wing of the 4th, from the
Mauritius, has arrived. Hero we have the left wing
of the 95th, but Vie head-quarters are not yet heard
of. They had not left the Cape when the left wing
sailed from it.

"I have received another letter from the officer
attached t 3 the mission at Teheran, of whose former
communication I wrote in my last. I mention this
letter because an absurd report has got about here,
and may reach England (though you will know
better at home through Const intinople), that Mr.
Murray has hauled down his flag. The mission
was to start for Herat on the day after the date of
my letter—the 18th of August. They expected to
reach that city in 40 days by caravan marches,
almc'st precisely the Fame as those of Ferrier,
whose notes and information (the accuracy of which
is, I believe, roundly denied at Teheran, and by
his countrymen too) they will ba able, and are very
de 'irons, to test. The Persian Government, writes
my friend, is evading the bona fide terms of the
treaty in every respect.' The Afghans, we hear,
are rising far and wide. to annihilate the Persan
forces, now that they know the English have forced
them to e iacitate the place.
"To return to Bombay, and to conclude. Our
monsoon is at an en I, and has been a very favour-
able one, the fall registered being7B inches. Trade
is active; inewry abundant. Government Four per
Cents. have risen to 82, and would go higher bat
for the extreme depression
at Calcutta. Exchan
England brings nothing from Kurra-
cheege
on London, 2s. fact•
,
but a cops
of the Jeypore story which I have
fr a letter received at Nus
bJore given. But 1 have been obliged by the pe-
rusal of an 6 extract cen
seerabad on the evening of the 24th of Sept. from
Captain Sept. 23, 8 a.m.,' which
dives
Delhi on the 17th and
18th, and which runs thus;_,' On the 17th shelling
details
E e n
of atthJe edyopi onrgos, i
the Lal Killa (Red Fort ; this appears to be some
other stronghold than Seliinghur) and city. Fight-
ing all day ; leaders and native officers in open. dis-
sension, accusing one another, in presence of the
King, of cowardice. In the end, unanimity pre-
vailed, and they reolved to attack and fight as
men without hope of mercy or pardon. Friday,
the 18th. —Shelling all night on the Lal Killa. This
morning fighting recommenced, and mutineers on
Rifles doing much mischief allying the rebels. City
some points succeEsful, but constantly repulsed.
people, both rich and poor, running away. Suburb,
where Reid failed (the Rishengunge) is ours, and
also the rebe!s' battery there. King and two sans
concealed. One bastion
of the Lid Killa de-
stroyed, and it will be taken ' Captain Eden adds,
The above is from the Dunbar news-water to the
Rajah at Jeypore. There may be some e3Fag-
geration, but in its main I am inclined to bulieve
this report, as the min has always sent us correct
reports on the whole.' After this the report of the
total ecnipation of the city on the 20th may be ac-
cept -d unheitatingly.
" I regret t) say that it appears
probable there is
something wrong in;the Punjaut, between L the e and
Mooltan. I alluded in the beginning of my letter
to a st ippage of gawk communication between these
tows s. I now find that when the England left Kur-
rachee no dairk had reached Moult= from Lahore
for 8 days. If anything is wrong it is in flie Go-
gain district. Detachments are out both from La-
hore and Mool tan ; but nothing is yet known of the
cause or of the magnitude of theobstruction to the
traffic. All was quiet in Scinde, and the auth-.Ti-
ti,s were on the alert.

" Litters from Ncemuch record a successful ope-
ration from that station against Niniblieera, where
the RajA of Tonk wAs in revolt. The detachnnts
of the Bombay 2d Cavalry and 12th N.I. which
accompanied the patty of tho 83.!, b,haved very
welt,
replying only with musketry to the cries of
Dem, Been!' (the faith), which met them from the
wa!ls. Tue eiemy evacuated the place during the
night, abandoning his guns. The troops are clam -.)r-
ous to be led against Munde3ore or Bhownug,nr,
whither the r-mnant of the Mundesire revoAas
betaken itself." •

The following is from the Bombay Times :
" Tha capture of Delhi has t.o .n the great event
of tilt) fortnight, and we may now expect that the
rebellion will l e spee lily crushed. With the strong-
hold of the mutineers in our power there will b 3 n.)
difficulty
in destroying fly, rebels wherever we may
meet them, and thus restoring tranquillity through-
out the country. The arrival of fresh reinforce-
ments from England, both at 13(mbay and Cal-
cutta, has contributed to strengthen our hand,
and confirm the wavering loyalty of the neutral
provinces. Although, however, Delhi has fallen,
is still a
and the relief of Luoknow is near at hand, there
great deal to be done Lefore India is per-
fectly settled, and order restored throughout its
bloodit3ined provinces. For the gigantic work be.
fore us all our efforts and resources will be required,

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and our energies cannot be abated until the fabric
of our power is set upon a firmer basis than hereto-
fore.

" In our last summary we gave news from Delhi
to the 3d Sept., when the siege train was daily ex-
pected in camp. It arrived on the sth Sept., and
active preparations were immediately made to com-
mence offensive operations. Several batteries, armed
with heavy guns, were established in commanding
positions, within a short distance from the city walls,
so that the bastions could be destroyed by our fire.
This was successfully accomplished, but with the
loss of two officers, Lieut. Hildebrand, of the Ar-
tillery, and Lieut. Bannerman; of the Belooch Bat-
talion, who were killed. Having thus established
batteries iu advanced positions the bombardment of
the city commenced, and the Cashmere and Moreo
bastions suffered severely from our shot and shell.
The enemy replied smartly with grape and mus-
ketry, but our less was inconsiderable, and our fire
was kept up with undiminished vigour. Oa the
10th and 11th Sept. one or two sorties were made
by the enemy, but without anyresult, notwithstand-
ing the proximity of our batteries to the walls. For
two days longer our artillery continued to play on
the city, until, on the 12th, the Cashmere bastion
and haif the adjacent curtain were in ruins. Pre-
parations were now made for the assault, and Gen.
Wilson, in an order issued a few days previous, laid
down the line of conduct to be pursued by the
troops. No quarter was to be given to the muti-
neers' but the women and children were to be
spared. On the 14th Sept. the assault was made on
the city, which was entered by a division of our
troops, who succeeded in effecting a lodgment and
driving the enemy before them. The following
telegraphic message from Col. Durand, at Mhow,
to Lord Elphinstone, at Bombay, gives particulars
of the successful assault on Delhi :
" Capt. Eden, at Jeypore, sends, by an express
dated the 18th, the following from Col. Young, writ-
ten from head quarters, Skinner's-house, Ddni,
15th :—The assault took place yesterday morning
soon after daybreak, and the storming was entirely
successful. We were soon in possession of the end
of the fort, with the Cashmere, Cabul, and Moree
gates, which we now hold, with the church, college,
and other large buildings near this one, in which
the head-quartets are. Preparations are making
for heavy batteries to knock the mutineers out of
those pares of the city in which they now are.
Many of the city people hare come in for and
received quarter ; Sepoys wanted to come, but not
permitted. Casualties said to be heavy. No
artillery officers killed or wounded. A gre It many
of the mutineers escaped. Cavalry left lest night,
it is said, towards Rewaree.'

The'following extra of the Delhi Gazette, pub-
lished at Agra on the 18;h of September, gives
further details of the storming operations on the
14th :

"`Sept. 15, 9 a.m.
"We continue to hold the city from toe College
to the Cabal gate, and the enemy holds the maga-
zine, which wo are now shelling. The palace is also
being shelled. Many of the mineers had fled yes-
terday. The following officers were killed :—Lieut.
Tandy, Engineers ; Lieut. Fitzgerald, 75th Foot ;
Lieut. Bradshaw, 52d 11,:ot ; M‘Baruet, 55th
Infantry; Lieut. Murray, Guile Corps ; Major
Jacob, Ist Fusiliers, has died 'from his wounds.
About 30 officers have been wounded, including
Brigadier-Gen.ral Nicholson, Lieut. Nicholson, of
Cok's Regiment ; Greathed, Maunsell, Chesney,
Salkeld, Brownlow, Hovendon, and Medley, En-
gineers ; Waters and Curtis, 60th Rifles ; RoSs, of
Carabineers (dangerously) ; Anson, Aide-de-Camp ;
Baynes and Pogson, Bth Foot ; Greville, Wemyss,
and Owen, Ist Fusiliers ; Reid, Sirmoor Battalion ;
Boisragon, Kumaon Battalion, and several others
whose names have not yet been received ; but our
total loss is estimated at 500.'

"Another message (hour not given) states that
'the captured guns on the Mores and Cabul bas-
tions are also in play on the Burn bastion and L t-
here gate—new positions occupied by mutineers.
Some cavalry and infantry have left since yesterday
evening, but the garrison still show every intention
of disputing our further entrance.'

" 8 p.m.
" All well. We have made a breach in the
magazine, and storm it at dawn. The enemy's
muskelry fire is much reduced.'
" No official account has yet been received of
the successful attack by a portion of General Van
Cortlandt's force on the rabel village of Mungella,
but a number of the 10th Cavalry men have been
killed, and 13 of them, with some others, made
prisoner, wt.() immediately executed on the spot.
About 20,000r5, worth of plunder is said Co have
fallen into the hands of our men, and 80 horses and
some 2,000 head of other cattle.'
" Sept. 16, 7 a.m.
" P. S.—The following message has just been re-
ceived from Delhi The magazine was stormed at
daylight by
.the 61st Foot, Beloch Battalion, and
part of Wilde's Regiment. We had only a few
wounded, and the enemy about 40 killed. 125
guns were taken in the magazine."

" Sept. 17.
" ' The latest message from Delhi is up to 2 p.m.
yesterday. Our mortars continue to play upon the
Palace from the magazine enclosure. The enemy
entirely abandoned the li'shenguno battery, and
we have found in if, in position, five 18-pounder
mortars, making the total number of pieces of ord-
nance taken in and before Delhi upwards of 21:0.
" ' The battery across the river opposite King-
hur, is also reported to have been abanthned by the
mutineers, uho are in detached groups fighting
from the tops of houses ; their organisation into
regiments is fast being broken up.
" Dewaa Hurre3 Ohund, the commandant of
the auxiliary force of his Highness the Maharajah
Runlleer Singh, died of cholera yesterday ; his
death is much to be regretted. He was the trusted
servant of the Maharaj %h, and a man of great
experience.

A supplementary list of casualties received
yesterday mentions that Captain Ross, Carabineers,
and Lieutenant Homfray, 4th Punj ub Infantry,
died of their wounds. Wounded, 14th of Septetn-
'bor.—Pemberton H. Gustavinele, Sappers; Cup-
Page, 6th Cavalry ; Bayley and Atkinson, 52d
Foot ; SThebheare, Guides ; Graydor, 16th Grena-
diers ; Spece, 650 a Native Infantry ; Lambe. t, Ist
Fusiliers ; Garnbe, 38th Light Infantry ; Hay,
60th Native Infan ry; Prior, Ist Punjaub Inantry.
" General Van Cordandt reports the destruction
on the 13th inst., by a portion of the Hurrianab
Irregular farce tinder his command, of the insur-
gent village of Mangulpera. The rebels drew up a
force of front 700 t) 8;;0 horse, from 400 to
500 infantry, and s Jme guor, to defend the village,
but after the exchange of a few shots they broke
and fled with the utmost rapidity, leaving their
camp in our hands, just as it stood, some ammuni-
tion, and five ca,i tloads of Sepoys' things, such as
coats, pantaloons, &re.
" P. S. The following has just been received from
the Assistant-Adjutant General of the army :--
" 'Delhi, Sept. 16, 7 p.m.
" ' We have now established a line of posts from
the Cabul gate to the magazice. An attack was
made on the magazine to-day, which was repulsed ;
but we hi-td some men killed and wounded.
" J. D. MACPHERSON, Lieut.-Colonel,
Military Secre'ary to Chief Commissioner.'
" The following was received by express from
Gen. Roberts, commanding the forces at Ahmeda-

" Delhi, Sept. 14.—Mr. Greathed writes :
" 'Delhi was stormed this morning, and the
British forces are in possession of the line of de
fence; from the Water bastion to the Cabul gate,
including the Cashmere gate and bastion, and the
Moree gate and bastion, the English church, Skin-
ner's hous, the college, and the grounds about.
Preparations are boing made to turn the guns from
the captured batons on the city, and to bring up
other guns and mortars to commanding points.
" The enemy for the present retain the Lahore
and other Lastiot,s, the palace, Selimghur, and
tie chief part of the city ; but our hold Of the
position that has- been secured appears firm, and
the fall of the remainder is to be expected.
" General Nicholson, Colonel Campbell, 52d,
and Major heed, Sirmoor battalion, are among the
wounded officers, who are numerous. Lieutenants
Bradshaw, 52d, and Fitzgerald, 75th, were killed.
" 'A body of troops were observed to march off
by the bridge, but pursuit is impracticable until
Selimghur and the liver front have been occupied.
" The chief losses were experienced in attempt-
ing to reach the Jumma Musjid and to penetrate
beyond the Cabal gate.'
"The following description is from a letter from
Colonel Becher :

" The troops entered at the breach near the
Cashmei-e gate without; serious opposition, and
gained possession of the large buildings in the
neighbourhood,. and advanced along the ramparts
to Vie Moree bastion and Cabul gate, in progress
to which the resistance was very obstinate, and the
loss consequently has been severe ; but we are ad-
vancing gradually within the city.
" Large bodies of the enemy have been seen re-
treating both in the direction of the Kootub and
over the bridge. Arrangements are in hand for bat-
teries to be made in the city, and their own heavy
guns have been turned against them.'
" We are indebted to Government for the follow-
ing official bulletins from Lahore, giving the parti-
culars of the assault on Delhi to the 16th of Sep-
tember, together with an expresg froinGen. Roberts
at Ahmedabad, stating that thq whole of the city
was in our possession oa the 20th, and that the
King of Delhi had been taken prisoner.
"Chief Commissioner'L-officc, Lahore, Sept. 16.
"Tue messages were received from
Delhi during the course of yesterday, and this
morning from the office of the Adjutant-General of
the Army:—