The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

DEATH OF MAJOR F. W. FOLLETP.

This event is thus rela'ed by au officer of the
25th Bombay Native Infantry, which corps tha
gallant major was commanding :
" Bo Thanpoor, July 21.
" Our march this morning was many miles longer
ihan we had been lid to expect. We ought to have
got here at seven, but it was half-past nine, and
then time was taken up in prepAring the Major's
(Follett's) grave and burying him. Poor fellow,
he breathel his last very quietly at nine o'clock list
night. I had b3eu asleap about an hour when the
doctor awoke me, and said I had b ..tt tr come as the
-major was dying. I got up at once and went wi la
him. As we approached his tent I heard suppressed
sobs, and knew at once that :al was on-r. I went
in—he was dead—he had pissed off gently—his face
was particularly. placid—his eyes shut. Had his
.death occurred earlier we could have buried him
where he died, but as it was lat a I- had him brought
on in a doolee. We placed him near where the
grave was "being dug, just outside of camp ; the
ground was 'hard, and the grave could not be
ready till eleven. The. burial was private—under the
circumstances of the case it was bet ter to be so. Thera
was no military party, firing, &c , but the men
crowded down, and it was gra, ifyiug to see the ex-
h'bition of their feelings. We to ,k him out of (ha
doolee and • placed him on a' ruzAee and wrapped it
over him: The next difficulty was to lift the
c.,rp3e up au(' place it iu the grave. The high
caste man of the regiment rushed forward to lift and,
lower it, with exclamations of griJ for Ilia good
Major Sahib. He has ever bean a good friend to
me. lam glad to find how kindly all feel tawards
him."

GENERAL HAVELOCK'S RETURN TO
CAWNPORE.

Mirzapore, Aug. 3, 1857.
I send you by this wail Vie riend of India.
Our position in this country has materially altered
for the worse since the publication of the Friend,
or any other paper you can receive from India by
this mail. You would sae that General ll%veloc&
m.archi,d from Allahabad to relieve Cawnpore, and
after that Lucknow, where our garrisons were be-
sieged by the mutineers. He arrived too late at
Cawnpore ; the Barris in, all the ladies, and most of.
the rsilway engineers and contractor's people have
been murilere 1. Havelock fought a battle there,•
and defeated Nana Sahib—at least that is our ver-
sion. Afterthat he crossed the Ganges to relieve
Lucknow. He fought his way to near that place,
and expected to relieve it, but news has just come
in that he has been obliged to fdl back without
accompli,hino• anything. He had only about
1,500 men with him, many of whom must have
been kil:ed or oth-rwise disabled. Nana Sahib
cro;sed the Ganges in the rear of Havelock, who is
by nis movement placed between two fires. Mo,t
serious fears are entertained for It's safety, fcr all
the north-west depends upon the sacc of Have-

lock's expedition. We have later news from Delhi
than is posieased in Calcutta. The real fact is, our
forces are besieged there, instead of besieging that
place. Our force (British) ara believed to have been
re !need to 2,200, and at it was intendel that
Havelock should march to reinfoi C 3 that army after
relieving Lit Acnow, great fears are enter ained for i s
safety. It is surcoundedby thousands of the enemy.
Of the Punjab we can hear nothing, as the communi-
cation is in the hands of the rebels. You will pro-
bably get in.eltigence by the Bombay side. Wo
are throwing up entrenchments here, but have only
100 English troops. Eattenchmonts ate also being
,h-own up at Allahabad, outside the fort, and also
at Benarei. We have only about SCO men at Alla-
habab, and 400 at Benars, so if Havtlock fails at
Lucknow, we sh►ll have the Nena and the Oudo
rebels, numbering some 30,000, marching simulta-
neously o❑ alt these places. It is s;.id the D:ni-
pore mutineers are marching on this plae,, awl
have been joined by about 7,000 men belonging to

the R.jah of Danierou, near Baxar ; we are
pre-
paring for them. My object in writing to yc uis
to give you the true s of matteri, of a mach
fatter date thin you will get from adeutts
advieC3."