The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

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Majesty's 35th had been for some time at Calcutta
from Moulmein, and the Himalaya, with 1,500 men
on board, arrived on the 20th inst. Her Majesty's
29th was expected from Pegu every day. Thus,
independently of the troops that are now expected
to be forwarded overland, we shall have a sufficient
force to maintain our present positions, and thus
check the further progress of rebellion.
Notwithstanding some partial acts of-insubordi-
nation in the districts of Bengal, about Dinapore,
nothing has occurred to create disturbance of an
important nature. Her Majesty's 10th Foot at
Dinapore has hitherto acted as a check on the
native regiments there, and Hnish's battery of
European artillery adds not a little to our security
in that direction.
An attempt at a riot in Patna proved unsuccess-
full on the 6th of July, although it cost Dr. Lyell,
assistant opium commissioner, his life.
Mirzapore, deserted by all but the plunderers
amongst its own inhabitants, has been restored to
order by the energy of a young civil servant from
&mares, whose initiation to active life in the dis-
trict was a combat with six or seven rebellious
people, of whom he killed two and wounded the re-
mainder.
. . .

The Sontal country is quiet, but was very pro-
perly adandoned by ladies and children, who were
taken board of a steamer and sailed down the
Ganges to Calcutta.
Until Oude is re-occopied in force and Lucknow
relieved, the whole country east of the Jumna up
to the bills of Rohilcund will remain closed against
us. You may calculate, indeed, that the relief of
Lucknow will be the utmost that can be achieved
before the periodical rains set in and render opera-
tions in the field impossible.
The monsoon, which usually commences in June,
was this year unusually light, and allowed our
troops to move on the disaffected districts north
and east of Poonab. Btit now that the rains are
falling in earnest and the rivers filling, military
operations must be impeded or partially stopped.
The Bombay government have succeeded in assem-
bling two columns of troops intended to overawe
the province of Candeish, and the borders of the
Nizam's territory in that direction, and occupy the
whole of the mountainous tract, including North
Berar and part of the Gwalior territory south of the
Nerbudda ; whilst the Madras government assem
bled a third column on the north-west frontier of
North Berar. The position assigned to the latter
is Edlatad, near Ellichpoor, where Major William
Orr has concentrated a force comprising the 2nd,
3rd, and sth infantry regiments of the Hydrabad
Contingent, the Ist and 4th cavalry Irregulars of
the same corps, and twelve 6-pounder guns.
The most important force is destined to relieve
Mhow and chastise the Gwalior mutineers and In-
dore rebels as soon as weather permits military
movements. In the meanwhile the troops are as-
sembled r,t Assenghur, or in its vicinity, forming a •
field force, under Brigadier C. S. Stuart, 6th Bom-
bay N. 1., composed as follows :—H.M.'s 14th
Light Dragoons, ore wing from Aurungabad ;
H.M.'s 86th Foot, 250 men, under Major Keane,
from Poona • 3d Europeans, Bombay army, 300
men, under Major Landon, from Poonah, via Ah-
mednuggur ; sth Bombay N. 1., 250 men, under
Major 6ymons, from Malligaun ; 10th Bombay
N. 1., two companies, under Lieut. Blair . 25th
Bombay N.I. ; 3d Irregular Cavalry, Hydrabad
Contingent, part at Seerpore, under Captain Orr,
part at Asseenghur, under Lieut. Clerk ; and a
large number of the Bheel corps.
Berar will thus be the base of operations for the
army of the Deccan, Boorhampoor and Asseen-
ghur, on the southern slope of the Boora-Moun-
tains, being the chief strategic points. Asseenghur
is the key of the Deccan.
Thus with the small force at Ajmeer we have a
cordon of troops round the disaffected states of In-
dt,re and Gwalior, whose rajahs are favourable to
us, but unable to control the men of their contin-
gents, raised as our own Bengal army has been
amongst the Hiudoo and Mussulman population
of the Ganges valley.. The Nerbudda, however,
flows between us and the disaffected states, and
this season that river is impaszable, except by
boats, whilst the roads become utterly impractic-
able fromliains. The details of the massacre of
Indore (July 2), made public a short time since,
are not less horrible than those of other barbarities

perpetrated elsewhere. Thirty-four personi 'were
killed, and the majority were so mutilated as to
afford no clue to the identity of their bodies. A
few. only were recognised. Mrs. Beauvais, wife of
the postmaster, Mrs. Crawley, a young child,
Mr. and Mrs. Norrieg. Mr. Murray, Mrs. and
Miss Macbeth, and five children, Mr. M‘Mahon,
two Parsers, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Alphonso, Mr.
Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, Mr. and Mrs.
Bone. Amongst those who escaped were—Colonel
and Mrs. Durand, Capt. and Mrs. Shakespear, Dr.
aril Mrs. Knapp, Lieut. and. Mrs. Cobbe, Mrs.
Robertson and two children, and Capt. Ludlow,
Cu!. Travers, Cap'. and irs. Mallingot,
Stockley, Mrs. Dutton, Sergeant and Mrs. Murphy,
Messr,. H. Hammond and Williams, Mr. Shields,
Mr. Martin, Mr. Collins, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Gallo-
way, Mr. orries, Mr. Tinley, Mr. Farrell; Mr.
Moran, Mr. Beauvais, Mr. Crawley, Lieut. Water-
man, and Dr. Thompson.
Col. and Mrs. Durand arrived in. safety at As-
seenghur ' • they saw their residence at Indore, an
imposing building, burnt before their eyes. A
detachment of artillerymen, with three guns, and
contingent infantry, sent out by the rajah to pro-
tect the place, went over to the rebels and assisted
them in their sanguinary purpose. Mr. Beauvais,
the postmaster, saw his wife massacred before his
eyes.
The Neemuch mutineers, who had lingered in
the vicinity of Ajmeer, took a sudden resolution
and occupied Bhurtpore, from which they issued
again in the first days of July and made their ap-
pearance before Agra. They called on the English
commissariat contractor, John Peraand, to furnish

them with,provisions.
This was a timely warning to the people in Agra,
who abandoned the city and retired into the fort,
'a vast and commodious edifice of considerable ex-
tent, in which the 3d Bengal Europeans, a battery
of artillery militia, and non-combatants t 3 the
amount of 5,000, found plenteous supplies and
refuge without overcrowding. On the 2d of June
the Kotah Contingent despatched by the authori-
Ves to keep order in the vicinity of Agra, arrived
in the contonments, and were entrusted with the
guard of the gaol, tenanted by 4,000 convicts, and
that of the Government house. On the 4th the

Neemuch mutineers appeared before the city,-and
the Kotah Contingent was marched out of canton-
ments to an advanced position on the high road.
They no sooner reached the ground in front of the
enemy than they showed a disposition to join the
Neemuch mutineers. "Just about this time,"
says a correspondent, " a small body of mounted
volunteers (about 40) who had been previously sent
to watch the proceedings of the enemy, little sus-
pecting the true state of mattere, rode tip to this
formidable fo-ce, and to their astonishment found
them preparing for an attack. The volunteers
halted, and f)r a time stool facing the Kotah
men. What the sequel might have been it
is hard to say, had not the God of the Chris-
tians interposed in behalf of his people, and sent a
heavy storm accompanied with rain, at the critical
moment, which darkened the atmosphere, and the
volunteer 3 were ctreeted to seek shelter. After the
lapse of a few minutes the Kotah Contingent, fear-
ing, it is said, an ambush from the European regi-
ment here (the 3d Europeans), dispersed in all
directions; observing this, some of the volunteers,
about 10 in number, made a dash for the guns,
which they succeeded in taking after cutting down
a number of the mutineers. Tue guns were spiked.
The formidable Kotah Contingent, so much dreaded
by some of our authorities here, though we had a
strong battery of artillery and a regiment of Euro-
pean
troops able and willing enough to annihilate
the whole of them, fled, and left the field, with the
guns, and some 100 or 150 camels laden with am-
munition, in the undisputed possession of some
mounted volunteers."
The following is a correct abstract of the casual-
ties that cccurred in the action on the sth July,
when the European force moved out to attack the
rebels, who were 7,000 strong. It will be acknow-
ledged that the fighting must have been severe,
seeing that a full quarter of the men engaged were
placed hors de combat.
The Artillery had two officers wounded (Captain
D'Oyley, since dead, and Lieut. Lemb), 3 men
Id led, and 14 wounded, including 6 native drivers.
The 3d Eu' opean Regiment had 29 men killed ;
3 officers (Major Thomas and Lieute Pond_ and
Fellowe:,) and 64 men wounded; of -whom 10 have
since died.
The Civil Lines Infantry Militia had five gentle.
men killed (Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Bern,
J. C.srl,ton, R. Smith, and Jourdan), one officer
(Major Prendergast), and eight geat'emen (Messrs
Whit?, Ray, Blackburne, Bramley, •C.S„ Fieeze,
Outran), C. 5., and Oldfield, C.S.), wounded.
The Civil 1ii1.03 Infantry Militia had one gertic-
111%n (Mr. Ilendea) killed; and five gentlemen
(Mews. Bagley, Maliye Steadman; Hallygan, and
wolided.Th 2
in_ecuanpattat;anelW officers,
10thharI 6 wounded,
Alex ricler
Lieuts. Cl.oCld,l u n W.
Light Cavalry;
Watson,
and
cout,iu\eVt 11i ains, and Bramley, Dr.
The number killedor hunter.iee dead, is 49—and the
number wounded 92, making a total of 142 killed
and wounded out of a total force of about 500 men
engaged.
The enemy, fater burning the town and canton-
ments, retired towards Bhurtpore, a forbess longto
since dismantled, but capab e of I]e;ng restored
its original strength by judicious labour. Bhurt-
pore in 1805 cost Lord Lake 3,000 men killed, in

four disastrous assaults. In 1826 it was taken
after six weeks of open trenches by an assault,
which cost us 550 killed and wounded. The mud
walls may yet witness a third no less dangerous and
tedious siege.
The safe arrival of iatelligenco from Agra shows
that communications are. still kept up between it
and Lahore, but the country in the vicinity is in
the hands of the plunderers and rebels of every
kind. The Meerut force was unable to prevent the
Rohilcund rebels from crossing the Jumna at Ghur-
muktesur Ghaut, although the height and preci-
pitous nature of the banks were favourable to the
use of artillery. The mutineers—about 3,000 in-
fantry, 200 cavalry, several guns, 13 eleplanta, and
cart-loads oftreasure—crossed the river on rafts be-
tween the 20th and 23d of June, and made their
way unmolested towards Delhi, reaching the village
of Haupper on the 27th.

A nephew of the King of Delhi collected a num-
ber of rebels in the vicinity of Boolundshuhur, ob-
tained four guns, and proclaimed himself a royal
commissioner. He took up a position in a fort at
Galoutee, about thirty miles from Meerut, and
placed his guns on the walls. A force was sent out
against him, which he did not wait to see, taking
refuge in a precipitate flight, and leaving his guns
behind him. It will astonish you to hear that the
nature of the orders given in this case was such that
the officer in command did not enter the deierted
fort, and left the guns where he found them, with
out rendering them unserviceable.
It is gratifying, on the other hand, to know that
the mutiny at Saugor has not been so fatal as was
at first anticipated, and that a party of the troops
which remained staunch, after the rebellion of the
greater number, followed Major Gaussen, on the
23d of June, to the assault of a neighbouring fort,
occupied by a number of Boondela plunderers.
The fort was blown up, but unfortunately during
the operation Ensign Spens was killed by a stone
on the head, and Lieut. Willoughby wounded.
A letter from Hasungabad announces the safe
arrival there, from Augur in Gwalior of the follow-
ing officers and their families, fugitives from the
mutinous contingent regiments :—Major Macpher-
son, Lieutenant Ryall, and Dr. Sillipbant, of the
3rd Gwalior Infantry • Captain Carter, Lieutenant
M`Dougal, and Dr. Wilson, of the sth Gwalior In-
fantry • Lieutenant Lemarchant, Bengal Artillery,
Mrs. Lmarchant, and four children ; Mr. and
Mrs. Hayman, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs.
Burlton and one child, Mts. Watts,.-Mr. Wake-
field, Mrs. Wakefield, and two children ; Dr. and
Mrs. James, and Lieutenant O'Dowd.
The Madras presidency still shares with that of
Boinbay the good fortune of having staunch native
troops, but disturbances have broken out in the
capitals of Mysore and the Nizam's dominions.
Troops have been sent from Bangalore to Mysore,
where fears are entertained respecting the attitude
of the Rajth's Mahomnaedan troops.
Whilst such has been the history of the fortnight
in the Lower Provinces .of India, events of no lass
importance have taken place in the north-west. In
a speech delivered at the Town-hall of Bombay, on
the occasion of a meeting for the purpose of sub-
scribing a fund for the relief of the sufferers by this
rebellion, Lord Elphinstone stated that Sir John
Lawrence was organising a force 35,000 levies in
the Upper Provinces, which would be ready at no
remote period. Such a force, recruited amongst,
the Sikhs, is likely to be of the utmost service in
our present dearth of men ; and the Penjaub-
troops, which we have had occasion to test in battle
before Delhi, have proved themselves trusty and
brave soldiers. Letters from Lahore informs us
that recruits are numerous, and that the formation
of regiments is rapidly proceeding. .
Reinforcements have continned to stream down
southwards towards Delhi. On the 26th, the
Kumaon battalion (Ghoorkasymarched from Rawul
Pindee, after being complimented for their good
conduct by Sir John Lawrence. They reached
Lahore on the 3d of July, and have no doubt gone
on to Delhi. The Government has found thee
Nepaulese mountaineers extremely useful, from
their gallantry and the absence of those prejudices
which render high caste men dangerous. - A large
• body of them seems to, have been successfully en-
listed in the neighbourhood of Benares. A party
of them have done excellent service before Delhi,
and it cannot but appear advantageous to secure
the service of a greater number who might be
easily obtainable, since Jung Bahadoor, of Nepaul,
had occasion to disband most of his army, now
useless to him after his successful inroad in Thibet.
When the 66th Bengal Native Infantry mutinied
after the late Sikh war, Sir Charles Napier secretly,
and rapidly enlisted a regiment of Ghoorkas, march-
ed them down to Umritsir, and having drawn'them
up in front of the 66th, ordered the latter to sur-
render their arms and colours. The Sepeys did so,
and the Ghoorkas took them up. " Now," said.
Sir Charles to the old 66th, "go about your bust-
ness." The Ghoorkas t ok the number, and have
kept it. They are now at Almorah, ant have done
good. service in keeping Nynee Tal against the in
roads of the Bareilly rebels. ..
The Beloochee battal'on from Kurrachee arrived
at Mooltau on the 9th of July, and the Bombay
Fusiliers reached Lahore on the 11th. Several de
tachments for the reinforcement of the guides and
Irregular Horse, under Hodson, were also de-
spatched without delay.
The country to the north and north-east of Delhi
seems to have been completly pacified by General
van Cortlandt's force. The enemy that general had
to contend with seems rather to have consisted of
insubordinate robb:r tribes than of mutineera from
Jullunder. The villages in which the engagements
took place, as noticed in my last letter, were at a
considerable distance f rein each other, and the attack
on each of them not simultaneous as was before
believed. The first attack made by the insurgents—.
Bhutties—was near a village called Punnu wallah.
They numbered about 2, 500. On being reconnoitred
there by a detachment of mounted police under
Lieutenant Pearse, they followed that officer to-
wards the camping ground of the main body at
Aodah. As they approached our artillery opened
upon them, and when the fire had thrown them
into confusion, Lieutenant Pearse charged, and
completely routed thein. They fled, leaving 50
dead on the field. Teis action took place on the
17th June. On the 19th a second one was fought
near Kheiraka, a village on the Gogra, which flows
but a short distance and disappears beneath the
level of the sands. Cheiraka was entrenched, and
surrounded by a moat. It was found necessary to
make an assault. The Dogra., a friendly tribe,
under Lieutenant Sadleir, of her Majesty's 61st
Foot, a Sikh detachment-, under Lieutenant Hunt,
of the 45th Bengal Native Infair ry, furnishing the
necessary details of men, they crossed 'the mcae,
and scaled the place successfully, and put 200 of
the Bhuttees to death. Six men on our side were
killed and 33 wounded. This action decided the fate
of Sirsar, and produced an unconditional surrender
of the hostile tribe. It was discovered, on entering
the town, that it had been completely sacked on
30th of May by a body of Hurriena Infantry
and Irregular Horse under the orders of the petty
Nawaub of Raneah, who plundered the treasuries
and destroyed the property of Europeans and Chris-
tians. The Nawaub now surrendered, and the
whole district between Sirsar and Loodianah was
pacified. The revenue was again collected round Sir-:
sar, and a regular course of post organised, which
might shortly, it was expected, open a direct route
between Lahore and Delhi. On the Bth July Gen.
Van Cortlandt left Sirsar for Ghissar, where Lieut.
Pearce arrived before him with 1,500 Bshantier
Horse, and put everything in order. All the Mus-
sulmans were under orders to surrender their aims,
and it was generally believed that the direct com-
munication with Delhi wou'd be open on the 18th
at furthest. This for unate termin tti n to the c ,m-
-paign amongst a people inhabiting wild and sandy
des:rts subject to great sc trcity of waeer will place
anew force at the command of General Reed, C. 8.,
now at the head of the army before Delhi, in con-
sequence of the death, from cholera, -of General
Barnard on the 6:h of July.
dth vigour
rbyf
frameunex-
pected,
having
The sudden death of Sir Henry Barnard was the
more meliasnseburoplyinbinecg activity an
ause
it
was
h
kept him up surprisingly until the sudden
attack of cholera carried him off. Sir Henry is
admitted on all hands to have had many of the first
qualities for command, his energy and spirit heing
as remarkable as his great hardiness and cheerful
demeanour. Unfortunately 'he was unacquainted
with the languages and many of the peculiarities
of Indian armies, and is said to have been too de-
pendent in consequence-on the advice of oth,rs,
which imparted a slight wavering character to his
military tactics.
A most interesting narrative, offic'ally commu-
nicated to Government by Lieutenant Forrest,
gives an accurate derail at last with rospect to the
blowing up 'of the magazine at Delhi on the out-
break of the mutiny. Lieutenant Forrest shares
with Lieutenant Wil'Oughby the honour of this
brave action. On the morning of the rebelleen
these two officers and S'r C. Metcalfe were in the
arsenal when they heard of the treachery of the
native sepoys, 'and they took instant measures to
check their advance upori the arsenal. Sir C. Met-
calfe, wirer had gone out to see the extent of move-
ment, did not return. Lieuteria t Forrest closed
and b'ocked up the gates, pl tc;ng two six-pounder
guns doubly loaded with grape under sub
c(mductor Crow and Sirgeant Stewart, so as to
command the entrance. Two more six-pounders
were placed_ in a similar posl'on in front of the
inside of the magazine gate, protected by a row of
chevaux de frise. For further defence two six-
pounders were trained to command either the gate
or. the small bastion in irs vicinity, other guns
being so arranged as to increase the strength of the
position generally. Thee preparations had hardly

been concluded when a body of mutineers ap
peartd, and called on the defenders to open Vie
gates. On their refusal, scaling ladders furnished
by the King of Delhi were brought up, and the
rebels got on the walls and poured on to the ar-
senal. The guns now opened and took effect with
immense precision on the ranks of the enemy. Four
roundi were fired from each of the guns, Conduc
tors Buckley and Scully distinguis.hed tbemselve.
in serving the pieces rapidly, the mutineers being
by this time some hundreds in number, increasing
in force and keeping up a quick discharge of mus-
ketry. A .train had been hid by Lieutenant Wil-
loughby to the magazine ; and the decisiv6moment
soon approached, Lieut. Forrest being wounded it,
the hand, and one of the conductors shot through
the arm, The signal wis given to fire the train,
which was done coolly by Conductor Scully. The
effect was terrific ; till. magazine blow up with a
tremendous era-drthe wall being blown out flat to
the ground. The explosion killed upwards of a
thousand of the mutineers, and enabled Lieuts.
Willoughby, Forrest, and more than half the Euro-
pean defenders of the place, to fly together, black-
ened and singed, to the Lahore gate, from whence
Lieut. Forrest escaped in safety to eerut-. Lieut.
Willoughby was less fortunate, and is now said to
have been killed on his way to Umballa.

From Lucknow we hear that piavirnis to the
death of Sir John Lawrence that pliant and un-
fortunate*officer headei a sortie with all his native
troops, 200 Europeans, and artillery. The sepoys
fraternised at once with the rebels, and the Euro-
peans in their retreat to the city lost 40 officers
and men.

cooking and hear them talking, yet it was too dark 1,
for them to see us. The fines at this place extend
about 14 miles-down the river. Just as we had got
past the moon rose. While passing we-came within
five yards of dboat, gut our boatmen happened to
know those of the other boat, so they asked where
each other were going, and never saw us at the
bottom of the beat. Copt. Gordon's servant was
almost frightened to death, and 1 had the greatest
iifficulty in keeping him quiet. A nigger is a great
.oward when danger is near. As soon as the thy
began to break we had to lie by a sandbank, for
there were some forts, and we were within two miles
of the first fort. We had nothing tea eat the whole
of the thy before, and now our food was flour and
water baked in a fire with dried cows' dung, and
muddy water to drink. We remained there until
4 p.m., when we saw about 50 villagers running
with all their might towards us—some with guns,
thers with swords, and the remainder with clubs ;
we immediately put into the stream and cockedour
pisiols, saw the rascals run into the water breast
high, when they stopped and fired a volley at us,
but fortunately without effect. It was-toe evident
the whole country had risen, and that escape. across
the country was impossible. After pulling a short
way down the river the natives, seeing they could
nut get at us, ceased their pursuit. We then hilted
until dark to enable us to pass the forts ; often the
boatmen told us not to whisper, but to kee down
ready for an attack, for wa had often to go close in
shore, and were determined to fight through if
possible. Next morning we bad to stay in aen ek
close by a village called Gola ; but before arriving.
there we were made to put in shet e at a large vil-
lage, where we paid 10 rupees to a policeman to let
us off. The boatmen said it was no use firing, rupees
would answer. bet' er. Before the policeman put his
head in the boat the men told him it was a yanna,'
but as soon as he got into the boat and saw live
tellows armed to the teeth he was well pleased to
take the dibs,' and shouted for us to proceed im-
media- ely. The people on shore shouted out for
him to rob the boat, but he knew better. Ac Gola
we were so tired that we all fell asleep, and upon
my awaking I discovered that all the boatmen and
our only servant had run away, taking with them
the few rupees we had. However, there was a
large village close by, where a native'prince and an
indigo planter (a Frenchman) resided, so we set off
to walk in a blazing zhot sun. The prince happened
to be one of the few remaining fait .ful to the
British, and the planter' seeing the while country
up around him agreed to start, with his wife aed
family, along with us the following morning. We
got the first meal there that we had had f'r three
days, and from that place our diet was spare and
bad, and the water extremely dirty. We had a
guard of 30 Sepoys from the Rajah to take us to
Dinapore, for we had to pass_ a very strong fort
about 10 miles below Gola, and it was on account
of this place, no doubt, that our boatmen deserted
us on the previous day. However, we got on all
right after this, and arrived here on the morning
of the 17th, when we heard that many officers who
left Fyzabad on the morning of the 9th had been
murdered and drowned. Upon our arrival here we
were received most heartily by the officers of the
Bth Native Infantry, who do their u. most to make
us comfortable. All the ladies were left at Fyzabad
under the charge cf Rajah Mann Singh, who pro-
mised to protect but, as he was, our prisoner
within two days of the mutiny, I doubted his
fidelity. I was to have remained with the ladies at
Fyzabad, but as my regiment promised to fight I
was kept with it, and then sent off with the other
officers. Almost all the ladies arrived here last

night from Fyzabad in a pitiful condition. They
had been robbed of everything at Gorrickpore, and
only escaped with their liral. They were kept l ri-
soners in a fort on the river for a week, and were
almost starved to cleat.% I cannot describe half the
miseries they have endured.
" I have lost nearly everything I have, but Ad-
ju. ant Grant, of the Bth Native infantry, with
whom Gordon and myself are staying, has given us
abundan6 of shins, flannels, Ss c., and he is a noble
specimen of a Scotch man. We seem to have escaped
by Providence, as almost every man who started
with us from Fyzabad has been either murdered or
drowned. To give you an account of men coming
up the country and the way in which Europeans
are murdeied and natives hung in return would
occupy too much time, but every day brings us
some fresh accouut of bloodshed."