The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-16 00:00:00

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA.

We have receivel by Extraordinary Express, in
anticipation of the Overland Mail, our Bombay
papers to the 15th August. The Calcutta portion
of the mail, as our readers are already aware, hid
not arrived at Suez, on the 4th instant, the day.
when the Bombay journals were despatched to'
Alexandria, and consequently cannot be expected
to reach us for a day or two. We subjoin impor-
tant extracts from the papers now to hand :

(From, the Bombay Times of August 15.)

SUMMAItY. —By the good hand of our God upon
us, our English readers will receive advices from
India by this mail of a decidedly cheering charac-
ter. Although rebellion yet reigns in the Upper
Provinces, and mutiny, with its horrors, is no
longer confined to the Bengal Army, still it is
true that the swelling and inundation of this
great rebellion have not merely reached the'r
helg,hle but are actually refluent. General
Havelock, with his chosen band, was the first
successfully to stem the wild torrent and turn the
tide. His appointment to the command of the bri-
gade at Allahabad wag the inauguration of victory.
Under God, this heroic captain, with his brave
Highlanders, has saved India.
General Havelock's force, on the re-occupation of
Cawnpore, had, in eight days, marched 126 miles,
fought four actions with Nana, Sahib's army against
overwhelming odds in point. of numbers, and taken
24 guns of light and heavy calibre—and that, too,
in the month of July in India ! On the morning
of the 17th July, the force marched into Cawnpore.
The soul-harrowing spectacle which there presented
itself to them beggars description. The extent of
the frightful catastrophe now became known. A
wholesale massacre had been perpetrated by the
fiend Nana Sahib. Eighty-eight officers, 190 men
of her Majesty's 84th Foot, 70 ladies, 120 women
and children of her Majesty's 32d Foot, and the
whole European and Christian population of 'the
place, including civilians, merchants, shopkeepers,
engineers, pensioners and their families, to
the number of about 400 persons, were the victims
of this satanic deed. The courtyard in front of the
assembly-rooms, in which Nana Sahib had had his
head-quarters, and in which the women had been
imprisoned, was swimming iu blood. A large
number of women and children, who had been
" cruelly spared after the capitulation for a wore()
fate than instant death," had been barbarously
slaughtered on the previous morning—the former
having been stripped naked, beheaded, and thrown
into a well ; the latter having been hurled down
alive upon their butchered mothers, whose blood
yet reeked on their mangled bodies. We hear of
only four who escaped-e-a Mrs. Greenway, wife of
a merchant, and three Indo-Britons. The diary of
a lady is said to have been found at Cawnpore,
written up to the day on which she was killed, and
containing information of great importance, on
which the general is acting. We shall eventually
obtain full particulars of the horrible tragedy that
has been witnessed there. The small, brave, vic-
-torious army of retribution, harassed and worn out
by their unprecedented exploits of the previous
eigh t days, rested a clay or two at Cawnpore, and then
moved on (reduced in their numerical strength, as

the result of their last battle, -about one in fifteen
of their whole force), to meet the enemy again to-
wards Lucknow. After passing by Bhitoor, which
they found evacuated, ant which they burned to
the ground, they met the foe on the 29th July, and
the following suLstance of a despatch from General
Havelock to the Commander-iu-Chief in Bengal,
with which we have been favoured, explains sub-
sequent operations, which ended iu the defeat of
the enemy on two successive occasions :

" Camp Bupeer-ul-Gunge, July 30.
" Arrived at Oonao 29th inst. The town pro.
tected by a 5W31)17, not fo: &Ode on its bank
houses loophoLd, and defend° t by 15 guns. 1

attacked and captured it, with all the enemy's gun,.
The enemy wore aided by, a portion of the Nena's
force, commanded by Jupa Sing. Halted four hours
awl then pushed on to this town, which is also sur-
rounded by water, and was defenied by four gabs.
The road to entrance was destroyed, and the
gate cannonaded.
_I assaulted and cal riel it with

its guns.. Enemy's loss heavy ;my own severe,
being 88 killed and wounded. Private Cavanagh,
64th Regb , would have been recommended for the
Victoria Cross, but he was cut to pieces while set-
ting ablilliant example; desired his relations may
pensioned.be. Madras
Fusiliers greatly distin-
guished themselves, Lieut. Dangerfield being first
over the barricade. Lieut. Bogle, 7Sth Highlanders,
was severely wounded while leading the way into a
loopholed house—recommended to the notice of his
Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief.
Col. Tytler, who was 'scarcely able to sit his horse,
set an example to all of activity and daring. Lieut.
Havelock's horse was shot under him. Lieut. &tee,
MadrasFusiliors, acting A..D.C., severely wounded.
An entire field battery of arms captured. Without,
cavalry, I cannot secure horses or equipments. My
volunteer horse improve daily."
The lat st accounts by letter from Gen. Havelock's
camp, dated July 30, the day after the fight, state
that tnc enemy were about two miles in front. The
force was at Bupeergunge, 16 miles from Cawnpore.
The force expected to reach Lucknow on the 31st
ult., when the little garrison there, under command
of Major Banks, which has bean so bravely holding
out since the death of Sir 11. Lawrence, would be re.
lieved. After relieving Lucknow, it is the inten-
tion of Gen. Havelock to press on to Delhi, a
distance of about 170 miles.
From Delhi wo have received no advices of a
satisfactory character. The enemy make an oc-
casional sortie in considerable fierce, but are in-
variably driven back, after doing some injury to
us, and much more to themselves. Owing to
Gen. Reid's illness, the command of the forces
has devolved on Brigadier-General A. Wilson, of
the Bengal Artillery. A ba,' Me was fought on
the 18th ult., in which Lieut. Crozier, of her
Majesty's 75th Foot, was killed. The enemy got
back into the city, after a very precipitous flight,
with all their. gulls. _ Reinforcements were begin-
ning to arrive, so that it was expected that of r
force would soon be in a position to make a
general assault, with the certainty of ling able
to hold the plaeo after taking it ; intelligence of
the fall of the city is anxiously expected.
From Agra there is nothing new since the
bat.le related in our last. There are about 6,00
persons shut up in the fort there, and will be
able to hold out, but anxiously looliing for relief.
New mutinies have occurred at Dineporc. The

7th, 8 h, and 40th Regiments Bengal Native Infan-
try mutiuiel about the 23d ult., and her MAjcsty's
10th Foot shot down 800 of them.. The 12th
Irregular Cavalry al,o mutinied at the same place,
murdering their co:nu:landing oflieer, Holmes,
and his wife. The three Native Infintry Regi-
me:lts wore comid,Ted staunch, and had actually
but a slio.rt thin before their mutiny kept the city
of Patna from rising. " Her are regiments," says
tbo Poona Observer, " bre king out the eleventl!

h-mr, wh-n the tide 17 aS turning in our favour, and
whrtn European troops were pas in; continually up
the liver, thneby rendering the destruction of the
main; era ceetairr—as if they had AvAitcd for some
!tryst Irieus order, just like the Baredly tro
Alogether, the more we ponder over it, the more
mysterious the whole matter appears to us." nese
fresh mutinies hive caused mu excit?inent at
Bewares, as tho mutineets are making their way
and pluntle;ing towards that city.
All was quiet in Calcutta, although considerable
kiruehension was felt in connoctic,n with the ap-
proaching Aluhurrurn. The Governor General Lcs
formed a corps of cavalry, to be called the " Bong: 1
Yeomanry Cavalry," with the view of giving en.-
ployment to the many Englishmen and others in
Bengal and the No!th West Provinces,. wleke
raceable avocations have been interrupted by 'he
disturbol state of the country ; and who, althouLli

in no way cannected with the Government, ar e
wiling and eager to give an active support to its
authority at the present time, by sharing service
in the field with the troops of the Queen and of the
East India Company.
We have remarked that mutiny in no longer
confined to the Bengal army. The infection has
reached our own Presidency—our own troops.
in consequence of the most scrupulous withhold-
ing of intelligence on the part of Government,
the community is kept in a constant state of
painful suspense, and of liability to alarm and
panic. There is no good reason for this scrupul-
ous secresy, as the Queen's and Company's troops,
the civilians and the Europeans unconnected with
Government, and the loyal portion of the native
community, are really strong enough to put dawn
any attempt at insurrection. It would, therefore,
tend greatly to the peace and quiet of the timid if
Government would allow the press to receive and
publish the intelligence from different parts of the
Presidency. We know that mutiny has broken
out in the 27th Bombay Native Infantry, stationed
at Kolapore. The only particulars that have
reached us regarding it are, that a portion of the
regiment mutinied on the Buckrce Eed—the Ist
inst. When the officers were assembled in the
billiard-room after mess, a Jamadar rushed in, and
gave them warning that the men ware coining to
tire on them. They immediately repaired to the
place of rendezvous previously appointed ; but three
young officers, ignorant of the place or bewildered
in the darkness, went astray, and were taken and
murdered by the mutineers. The mother of the
Jemadar, an old woman, went to the house of Major
Rolland, the commanding officer of the regiment,
at the same time that the Jemadar went to the
mess-room, to warn the ladies of their danger, and
afford them an opportunity of making their escape.
No sooner had the ladies effected their escape than
the house was surrounded by the mutineers.

Disappointed of their prey, they revenged them-
selves on the faithful old womau—her fidelity cost
her her life. A number of the rebels wore seized ;
the rest made their way to other parts of the country.
They have since:returned, and there has been] oh-
,tinate fighting there ; but we have not learnt the
result. Belgatun,'.D larwar, Rutnagherry, Sattara,
and other places were thus thrown into great ex-
citement. Our reports from these places, are, how-
ever, so conflicting that we do not feel justified in
attempting any statement regarding them. The
collector of Sattara, Mr. Rose, a man in every
respect equal to the occasion, has thought it
advisable to send the ex-Ranee,s and the adopted
son of the late deposed Rajah to Bombay, and
they are now in confinement on Butcher's Island,
a depot of the Indian navy.—A plot was dis-
covered at Poona, concerted between the Moulvies
of Poona and Balgaum, for the massacre of
the Europeans and Christians of those stations.
Letters were interoopted at the Poona post-office,
which contained full details of the conspiracy, and
which enabled the authorities, timely advised, to
shun the coming evil. The Moulvie of Poona, with
several accomplices from that station, aro now pri-
soners on board the Hon. Company's frigate Ac-
bar, awaiting their trial at the next criminal ses-
sions, for high treason. Arrests have also been
wade at Belga-fun and Ahmednuggur of parties im-
plicated in this Mussulman conspiracy. Matters
had proceeded so far in Poona, that arrangements
had been made, and materials prepared for blowing
up the arsenal. The community of that station
have suffered great anxiety for several days. The
authorities have disarmed the natives of the can-
tonment bazaar ; but left those of the city, the
most to be suspected, in possession of their arms.

From the principal out-stations, the women and
children are being sent to Poona and Bombay under
military escort. Our own city is perfectly quiet, and
our citizens free from any serious apprehensions of
evil. There was considerable alarm, occasioned by
reports of the worst kind, at the time of the Buckree
Eed ; but those who experienced it have been fully
re-assured. The community have the most entire
confidence in th 3 wisdom, vigilance,. and firmness
of the Right lien. the Governor, who is the coin-
inandant of the garrison, and who has left nothing
undone in the measures which he has adopted to
prevent an outbreak, or to crush it the instant it
should be attempted. His lordship is fuy alive to
his serious responsibilities at the present cri.is. 111
has made every possible preparation for the accom-
modation and comfort of the additional troops ex-
pected from England, and has retained in Bombay
her Majesty's 33d Foot, the Dake of Wellington's
Regiment, just arrived from the Mauritius.
India has received a blow, from the effects of
which she will take long to recover—a check to her
career of improvement and progress which will ra-
tard. her for many years to come. A large district
of the country has been, as it were, sowed with
salt ; public buildings and property of every
kind have been destroyed ; public treasuries have
been spoliated, and the sinews of national im-
provement, as well as of war, have bean cut ; the
minds. of many have been unsettled, and affected
with disloyalty; a vast multitude of precious lives
have been sacrificed, and amongst these the lives of
the greatest and wisest men in the land.
• COMMERCIAL-0 nr money market has, during
the past fortnight, become somewhat easier, and
the banks'have reduced their rat3s of interest 2 per
cent. all round. Government securities have not
improved in value, notwithstanding the recent
notification to receive one-half Four per Cent.
' paper and one-half cash, into the Five per Cent.
loan. The business transacted in the export mar-
ket has been to a pretty moderate, extent ; and
freights continue firm.