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London, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

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made in India, end Turnbull, so warm-hearted and
anxious to de• goal and to benefit others. Poor little
Taylor ! he hal been with his brother, and had made
great haste to rejoin on the mutinies breaking out at
other statione._ He reached Jhansi a few days before he
died, lam so glad you and your pets were gone. I
should have withered with horror at your sharing the
awful end of the other poorlielies. It is bad enough to
have to mourn Mrs. Powys. Ryvee, thank God, es-
caped to Givelior. I have seen his name in two Calcutta
pipers, which say that he had escaped, with others, to
Agra when the Gwalior troops mutinied.
"Our No wgong tale is this:—On the sth of June our
men volunteered, company by company, to serve against
the rebels, to revenge the Hon. Company upon them
They were in the best possible spirits ; they were thanked
and praised, and then toll the Jhansi news at a parade
at 3 p.m. They were unanimous and enthusiastic in
deel,.ration that they would stand by us ; so were the
Artillery. The Cavalry were cool, and professed their
allegiance, as if it were absurd to ask such a question of
such honourable men. We were very glad to find the
three arms show loyalty, and I thank God, who disposes
men's hearts. Oa the Bth we got news of paor Du• lop's
death, and heard from Mouraneepore that every Euro-
pean at Jhansi was murdered. On the 9th the Artillery
company said
,they were anxious to serve against the
rebels._ We had heard about the let of June of some
0.4 being hatched in the company, had seized four of
the most mischievous, dismissed them by a word, and
walked them off instanter to Chutterpore as prisoners.
We dared not hold a court-martial ; a sudden and suct-
ceesful blow- was our only course, and this one told ; the
cempauy was quiet, and, rid of its worst, was well
_inclined. Our men had all along shown us the utmost
and it was unfeigned with the exception of a
few. On the 10th all was quiet till sunset, when the
six artillery guns were as usual brought on our parade,
and our new guards were being marched off to relieve
ones,
when a tall, dare-devil Sikh and two others
walked forward, lbadiog his piece. Ha made for the
Havildars j sr, a -very new, faithful man, -and ahoklaieu
dead. Mrs. Mawe, Mr. Smalley, and Mr. Franks and
others saw him shot. He fell dead. The throe Sikhs
then dashed to the guns. The Artillery sergeant made
some attempt to defend them, and several muskets
were fired at him he says. None of the gunners stood
by him, and so he made off. One sergeant-major, as
big as Fal taff, did so too. One Sepoy pushed aside a
musket that was being fired at him. For some time
we had all dined at 4 p.m., as we went early to the
lines and to guards to prevent mischief. We had done
dinner, a d Dr. Mawe had been urging our making
a move, because it was impossible that our men would
steed fast alter their brothers at Jhansi ha I rebelled,
and wero still so near. I bad said that, great as
the danger wae we could not abandon the station with
out orders ; we could not move until carriage came, and
it wes almost certain that the first mention of collec'Ling
carriage would'precipitate a revolt. A few dvs before
I had sent fur the Government camels, to see them.
Tiesy ware only eight or nine, and those who wished to
mutiny set abroad a story that I had sent for the camels
in order to remove the treasure ; it was our danger all
along, and the rumour warned us that there was a per' y
who intended to mutiny, end to stimulate the courage of
some and to quicken matters, gave out that, if they de
lived, the treasure would be gone. You may fancy how
anxious we were from the 231 of April, when the fires
began, till now, one event after another ad ring to the
proof that mischief was being hatched by some.
" The 14th Irregulars told us on the 231 of May that
all the Christians at Delhi had been murdered for their
belief in Jesus. I did not alarm the others, but I knew
what we might expeot from them, as, with four or five
exceptions, they were all Mahomedans, and very fiery
ones. They were very independent after that announce-
ment, doing duty in a gay, careless manner, that seemed
to say, It will soon be at an end ; we are merely amus-
ing ourselves obeying orders.' I had to go among them
and give orders, and I did so with no pleasure, feeling
that my life was not safe a moment with them.
" The native officers were chillingly polite, as Maho-
medans know how to do well.

" Barber never would believe anything against them,
and went continually to the lines to the last. I slept at
nights at the corner of your compound on the back road,
with two guns all ready for the Irragultra, but I never
got a chance. _ _

" Well, Dr. Mawe and I had hardly ended our cm-
versaLiou when we heard several musket shots in the

lines. There was no doubting what they meant I went
to the tee o' the messhouse to reconnoitre and 1 are the
.tats of thiege, and form a plan before going to the lines.
Ewart and Townsend mounted awl gall:Ted straight to
the line-. Franks had gone there some time before
and was speaking to Mr. Smalley, and he saw what
happened from the first, and rode off to tell us
all. Poor Townsend was oniy in time te see his guns
in other hands. I tried to get men to collect and to
make a dash at the guns with Ewart, who joined me, but
no ono would in we. They were panic-stricken or muti-
nous. At last I got a bugler who was too nervous to
sound. I law the ' assembly' several times, but with
no effect; no morejeined urethan before. One gun loaded
with grape bad been fired over the lines, -stsd-I thought
another would be fired at me for sounding the bugle.
Perhaps they knew it was of little use. At any rate
they did not fire. I pushed across the lines with Ewart,
the men trying to force us back (to save our lives). At
last, as I saw none would accompany ua, and that some
of the men were against us, I made Eggert come back
with me to the messhouse. More than 100 men must
have collected there.
" The Sunalleys and Dr. and Mrs. Mawe bad for some
time occupied the two little servants' bungalows, which
you may recollect stood on our parade at the left of the
lines. The buggy road on to the parade passed between
them. They thus got at once, with the two children
and their two buggies, to the mess.
"The major and Jackson bad meanwhile done their
best to get the teen there to attack the mutineers. They
would not budge. The major would insist on our hold-
ing the mess, occuping the top. Jackson reasoned him
out of this before I got b ick. A 9-pounder that the
rebels brought opposite tho messhouse helped his argu-
mente, and we all made off, the old camel carriage and
two buggies with en The fat sergeant-major broke Mr.
S.nalley's buggy in .five minutes by entering it. The
camel carriage soon upset, and had to be left. The two
ladies went on in Dr. Mauve's buggy. The major called
out to go to Chutterpore. Dr. Mawe providentially
took a road at right angles to the one intended. He
knew that I had taken it when removing the artillery-
men I had, but to throw any pursuers on a false scent.
DC. Mawe, ignorant of this, took this road. It leads to
Gurowlee from Mrs. Powys's house, and the sowars with
ill intent sought for us at Gurowlee. The Rajah of that
place had paid us a visit a few days before, and this con-
firmed the bloodthirsty ruffians in their mistake. A round
shot and a shower of grape were sent after us. They
did no harm, as we.were not visible to the gunners. I
thought at first that the guns were merely meant to
terrify us and convince us we must go, but I am quite
sure now it was meant to rival Jhansi. I did not know
till to-day that before I left the mess a charge of grape
was fired at the tents the officers used to occupy on pa-
rade. A second was fired over the lines towards Dr
Boys's house, and two more, after a long interval, as we
left the mess. Young Henry Kirke just got out of his
father's compound in time to see a lot of troopers ride up
with drawn swords and surround the house. A Sikh on
his father's guard aimed at him, but the naik put 'the
barrel a ide, and Henry reached us safely. Providentially
avarice was up., erinott in the mutineers' minds. They
seised our bear, rs and khidmulgars, thinking they would
have money, and would also know what direction the
efficets hal taken.
" The mess klmnsaman was taken a prisoner with the
rebels on their march to be tortured or terrified into
disgorging. I heard that they cut his head off at A Ilpore.
Tne bungalows were surrounded by parties. Tne sepoys
took what they wanted and then they burnt house and
all together, a party preventing others removing any-
thing. Toe baz tar was then attacked, and the dealers
stripped, and searched, and threatened. They seem to
have known what was coming and to have concealed it
from us, trusting to a promise that they would not be
robbed, and au assurance that hostility would only be
directed against use
" It is a mercy the men were thus occupied, and that
the moon was long of rising and the night dark ' • it
caused us to miss the Chutterpore-road again ; we hit
the Lake-road. The country between the two could not
be crossed, and so Jackson said we had bettor make for
the Lake and get his old boatman Bowanee to show us
a cross country road to Cawnpore. Our sapoys were
dwindling off, and those with us were only ready to die;
perse or run from an attack. We kept quiet. I
Th
sepoys said we should be followed and cut up.
el thought
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it had been intended by the mutineers of
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known. They tried to find us, bunt !ti
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let us go ; they were right, but our_latekThweas
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threatening messages to Rajachni
ing them to shelter us, but the
We got to heru city,
for her son, did not mind them. ttefhrp eorveießinailet
Chutterpore, at daybreak of the 11th, and stayed till the
night of the 12th. Poor Townsend and I went back
rebe had gone on the at
slow hadls escaped the flames ;11th the
,
Not bung
t3o p.m.ean to
sniner
ate. The
not be burnt. The whole country
around was walking
away with wood from the lines and
in the afternoon.
and slept at the
nine miles off. Major Kirke was I
bmaersasahno us;
ecoludt
Rhelalthh'Bli'ad been failing, and now, from want
of tea and wine and beer he was quite gone. The re-
tthegrae g;9ehei s
mains of the corps, (79 Sepoys, 4 native officers, and
some helvidare your pet, for one) had left Chutterpore
on the night of the 12th. On the way the Major took
it into his head the Sepoys meant to murder him, and
rushed off without any warning to Legassee. He passed
the night there, imagining all sorts of horrible deeds
were being meditated by the Rajah, who treated us most
kindly. We set out early under a guard, and on the way
heard that when we joined all the officers were to be
murdered. The Rajah said his servant, who had been
in the camp, bad overheard it, so we changed our route,
and wrote to Jackson to look out and -join us at Churk-
haree, whither we went by a Loved march,
meaning to
ask the Rajah for troops to enable us to disarm the last
covers of our men. They might have joined solely for
naischief. It aas ell an illusion. The servant had made
the tale up. The Rajah sent us during the day a second
message to say he heard that something bad happened.
I calceleted on the men being disconcerted at our not
earning and postponing the assault, The men were, en