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That the Mahommedans will be found to have
been at the bottom of the mutiny we have Mlle
doubt. Whether another enemy whom we only
half punished in the Crimea stimulated their am-
bition to try and regain the dominion of the
GREAT MOGUL may perhlps never be known, or,
if known, will come to light only at that distance
of time when secret political counsels awl trextics
no longer implicate the living. Cartain it is that
our loss of Kars ; our folly in leaving the Crimea
in the bands of Russia, when its occupation by

the Western troop, of any of the Allies, woul
have proved to Orientals who was master ; our
leaving Circassia to smart beneath the gun-
boats iu the Black Sea, and the troops on land,
of the Czart; our pc,t`y work in Ba'sarabia, in-
stead of transferring all that province at least t 3
Turkey ; nay, the present de!ay in the elections
in the Danubian Provinces itself : certain we take

it to be, that all these things are bruited by ap-
proved agents amongst all the tribes bordering in
Asia on the Turkish E npire, at the Court. of
Teheran, and to the very borders, probably to the
heart, of India itielf. We never committed a
greater mistake in regard to India, not to say in
regard to Germany and Turkey, than when we
consented to terminate the war at the request of
two imperial despots trembling for a brother
despot, and to allow all the E tat to hear the tat
of the finest army England ever sent forth being
compelled, for so the tale woull run, t 3 evacuate•
the Ru3zian territory. even after it had destroyed
one town.

It is, however, gratifying to see that all Ma.
hommedans do not participate in the madness of
those of Delhi. Ono who certainly knew us
well, who could speak our language, and
who, having been Persian and Eeglish translator
to the Board of Administration in the Puuj tb,
must have gained a fair acquaintance with our
general policy, can denounce, and that in a letter
to his son here, as strongly as an Englishman, the
folly and cruelty of the mutineers. Writing from
Jubbulpore, July the 19th, ho says :—" Tilos()
wicked and consummate fools the Sepoys have
spread terror and consternation through every
province. Notwithstanding the special fervour with
which they were treated by the British Governme,a,
notwithstanding it cherished and indulged them
like its own. children., paid them regularly,
secured to them promotions awl pensions, aril
granted them price money when on, active service,
these wretches, for I will not disgrace the word
men, by giving it to them, have cemmiet3d. atro -
cities not to be paralleled in history, and from
the idea of which the mind recoils with sickening
horror." He proceeds to laineut that iu his 01.1
age, after having so hug known all that could be
known of us in India, ha has to be the messenger
of evil tidings, and to inform his son of the barba-
rities practised on Captain SKENE, whom the first
accounts represented as having killed both him-
self and his wife, after a brave unsupported de-
fence of himself and her for many heur.., to pre-
vent their falling into the hands of Sepoys. It
now appears that the case was even more painful.
MEER SVED MOHITMAC3D, the. writ 3r we have
quoted from, states that a wreteh whom he had
relieved and taken into his service out of compas-
sion, liberated and armed the prisoners, forced his
way into th© fort at their head, massacred every
European, reserved Captain SKENE, and having
butchered his wife and two lovely boys before his
eyes, finally murdered him also ; and then hav-
ing plundered the place of all the property he
could find, " made off with his accursed crew
towards Delhi."
We have referred, however, to his letter, prie-
eipally to show that those of us win demand
justice on the Sepeys, and on Delhi, the nest and
focus of their villany, are at least backed by !he
conscience of worthy Mahommedans among the
natives themselves.
Oar " puling" humanita-
rians, would do well to
listen to one who k 1391
his ee-religionists far better than we do. He
us well, but who must line •s own countrymen
w u
and
has not a word to say for them ;
rather, there is
not a word which
lie does nut say against them.
Ho feels, though a Mstliominelan, that they baVe
violated such obligations, and repaid the beA
treat nent with such fiendish ingratitude, that be-
lieving in ALLAH and his prophet, he cannot

[imagine that their faith can be a pretest for such
villany. He never suggests it as au excuse. Nay,
verily, we believe, that the honest man deems it
profanation of his simple faith in ALLAH toallege
his name in defence of their atrocities. He could
not, we believe no respectable Mahommedan
could, believe in any exoneration from the duty
to benefactors. We believe that Sepoy in-
gratitude is viewed by the better part of
the Mahommedans themselves, with as much
detestation as by us, and by the
devout part of them, with the firm persuasion
that ALLAH himself will inflict retribution for such
enormous crimes. Indeed, we feel no doubt what-
ever that the maudlin cant of the humanitarians,
if listened to, would lower Christianity itself in
the eyes of the natives of India. They well know
that they have been guilty of outrageous atrocities
against European Christians. They have perpe-
trated these barbarities under the mask of religion.
They will now begin to reflect on what they have
done. They will hear that British troops are
pouring in by thousands at Calcutta and Bombay.
What will their first feeling be when they begin
to fear that all is over with them ? We take it
that they will remember what LIITFULLAH—the
Mahommedan who has published his biography—
knew of the Feringhees, " that they are inexorably
just." Of that justice they will expect but one
thing—retribution. They will feel that their's is
no case for mercy. Not only that, all the natives
of India would despise Christiarlity, if it did not
exact plenary retribution for Sepoy crimes. They
would think our religion. failed to teach men the very
elements of justice; mercy, they would think mean-
ness cowardice, littleness of soul. They can under-
stand magnanimity no doubt as well as we in the
forgiveness of personal injuries, but they would
contemn the general and the judge who talked of
mercy for the murderers and abusers of the pure,
the tender, the innocent, the helpless.
But, enough. England happily is thoroughly
aroused, and our soldiers who represent us in
India—our LAWIIENOES, our HATELOCKS, our
NicuoLsoNs, aro not likely to be worse than
women, with the horrors of all the treachery im-
mediately beneath their eyes. We only hope that
deliberate retribution, will follow martial retribu-
tion. We, of course, want no bloody
assizes in
India, but we think it will be most salutary, that
no mutineer who can be proved to have partici-
pated in these outrages, should ever escape. We
aro willing enough to show leniency when it can
be shown that numbers have been led astray by a
few designing men, but let this be distinctly
made out, and let every mutineer understand
that even yielding to temptation is a
just cause for death ; on the seducers,
however, let unmitigated vengeance fall.
They showed no mercy, let them have none.
They undid others, ht them perish without
mercy themselves.
The closing words of the Mahommedan letter
are well worthy reprinting—" Should this" her
says " be my last letter, I beg you never to for-
got that India cannot have a better ruler than
the British Government, or be better adminis-
tered than by the East India Company (he lives
in the Punjaub.) Faults undoubtedly have been
eommitted, and abuses have existed, and do still
exist, but what human institution can boast of
being exempt from them 7 Ono thing is certain—
that the result of these disturbances will be art
increased desire on the part of the authorities to,
remove every cause cf complaint, and to introduce
all the reforms and improvements required by the
present system of government."

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official
residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Dawning-
street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmers-
ton, the LDId Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Ilarrowby, Sir George Grey, Mr. Secretary.
Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Cnaneellor of the Ex-
chequer; the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and the
Riget Hen. M. T. Baines.
The dividends are advertised of the Peruvian DaniArs
Three per Cent., Brazilian Five per Cent., and Ceiiieu
Six per Cent. loans.
THE CHOLERA--The cholera has broken out at Hain-
bete:. Between the 29th of August and the 6th of
September, there were 239 cases, of which 136 proved,

fatal.
The saving to the Exist India Company by the mutiny- •
and desertion of each Bengal regiment, of 1200 sep)ye
strong, will be about 300)0/. per month. Sonic fifty re-
giments have disbanded themselves, and the ccinpany
will have therefore saved., at the end of August, nearly
half a million of money in the pay of sopoys, non-com-
missioned officers, &c.
Although the increase of the Rest in the last Beek
return showed a surplus over the usual limit of
3,000,0001., which would admit of a dividend of 6 per
cent., this amount will be reduced by rebate of hills,
See., and it is consequently not expected that the diatr:-
bution wilt exceed 51 par cent.
Mr, Duffy, ex-Min'ete.r for Woods and Forests in
the' Melbourne goverr.raent, is likely to find hie level
even at the Antipodes, By that excellent journal, the
Ar g us, we find that he and Mr. Shannes.y, irritated
by the defeat of their cabinet, employ themselves in
ohstruc•ing the course of legislation by long ep..eches,
motions for adjournment, &e., and up-in oue occa,ion
they kept the house eieting, with little intermission,
for 20 hours.
EXTRA.ORDINARY INIMIST.—The following almost in
credible statement app'sars in the last number of the
D Poglada Conserrao9e :—" On the 27th ult. the body of
a female infant, was fou ad, by tie police at K-11s, con-
cealed is the soil of a privy, at the back of the house of
Mr. Richard Close, medical practitioner, accoucheur,
proprie'or of a medical establishment &e. They
reported the circumstance at once to a local magistrate.
Witnesses were instantly summoned, and a most
respectable man, Dr. Pentland, all of whom agreed that
Rose Itlcredytb, a servant in the establishment, was the
mother of said infant, wed that it was dead born, and
hal not come to maturity. After a short consn'tation
between the magistrate rind the police, having summed
up, they came to the following canclusion ;--‘ We find
that Ruse Meredyth, metner of the infant, is not only
not guilty, but perfectly free from any blame whatever ;
and we further add, that she was justified in bur log
her offspriug dead born, even in privy, dung heap, or
sink, or where it suited. her convenience.' Mr. 11.
Martin, coroner of the c runty, having got private infor-
mation, lost no time in ascertaining the facts, when he
wee called on to interfere, and at once issued his precept
and warrant to disinter the body preparatory to holding
a legal inquisitien. He summoned 15 respectable
jurors on Thursday, the 3d inst., 14 of whom attended
and were sworn, and after a most minute and particular
inquiry, without the sligletest hesitation, the jury re-
turned a verdict that the body of the said infant was
found concealed in a privy in the town of Kens, and
tha: R ice Meredyth is the mother thereof, and, finality,
that she concealed the birth of the same. In the
interim between the former and the latter inquest, Rase
MereAyth was allowed to escape, when the coroner had
no alternative bat to iseuu his warrant for her appre-
hension."

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THE DEATHS BY DROWSING AT DIINBAR.—The parti-
culars of the melancholy accident which took place at
Dunbar on Saturday afternoon, and which was briefly
noticed in The Sun of yesterday, are thus related by the
Edinburgh Evening Court:ad :—" Mr. William Wilson,
a gentleman Irons London', brother of Mr. J. Wilson,
Secretary of the Treasury, and of Mr. W. Wilson, rna•
nufa.cturer, Uawick, h:tcl a few weeks since brought
down his family to Dun our, where he possessed a marine
villa called Kirkbill Cottage. The cottage was near the
beach, and the windows overlooked the place where the
family were wont to bathe. The water • had been very
rough the previous day, and on Saturday there was still
a ..trong under current. While the tide was receding,
Misss H, and A. Wilson, aged respectively 17 and 14,
ventured into the sea to bathe, along with a female ser-
rant. They had not been long in the water when a
heavy sea struck the group, throwing the servant udon
the beach, but drawing the young ladies under the
waves. The former seeing tire danger her charge were
in gave the alarm and rare to the cottage. Mr. Wilson
and his son tja'tl3S, came down to the beach—the latter
immediately dished into tin, water, but was soon beyond
his depth and drowning. Tao fa'.her, seeing his family
in such peril, rushed also into the watel, but vain and
fatal was his effort, for he also was drawn iuto the cur-
rent, and before aid could be got they all pirished te-
gether. The distracted Mother followed to the beach,.
and was about t.i enerunter thesame danger, when some,
one on the beach followed her into the water and drovv-
her back. A police-constable gallantly succeeded
withia
10 minutes iu rec verir.g Helen, and upon being drawn.
upon the beach she was heard to draw a sigh, but no
further eviderce of life was given, and all effort to restore
it proved fruitless. James was got in 3 or 4 minutes
aft-r, but he was quite dead. The body of Miss
Alice was not recovered till 5 p.m., when it was fourva
nearly half a mile to the westward, near the old harbor-ix.
The, body of Mr. Wilson had not been heard of up to 6
o'clock on Monday evening." Mr. Wilson was in I,ho
habit of residing some months in the year with his fate iy
Dunbar. He was 55 years of age.

THE OVERLANDIMAIL.

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA I;

We have received 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, litd
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.);
SUMMARY. —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 their
height, 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 was 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, bad, 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 in blood. A large
number of women and children, who had been
'• cruelly spared after the .capitulation for a worse
fate than instant death," had been bartnrously
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—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 thy 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
eight days, rested a day or two at Cawnpore, and then
moved on (reduced in their numerical strength, as
the reault of their last battle, abont one in fifteen
of their whole force), to meat the enemy again to-
wards Lucknow. After passing by Bhitoor, which
they found evacuated, and which they burned to
the ground, they met the foe on the 29th July, and
the following substance of a despatch from Genei•al
Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in Beng d,
with which we have been favoured, explains sub-
sequent operations, which ended in 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 swam?, not fordable on its bank ;
houses loopholed, and defended by 15 guns. I
attacked and captured it, with all the enemy's guus.
The enemy ware aided by a portion of the Nevi's
force, commanded by Jupa Sing. Halted four hours
and then pushed on to this town, which is also str--
rounded by water, and was defended by four guns.
The road to its entrance was destroyed, and tie)
gate cannonaded. I assaulted and car rie lit with
its guns. Enemy's loss heavy ;my own sev(re,
being 88 killed and wounded. Private Cavanagh,
61th Regt , would have been recommended for the
Victoria Cross, but he was cut to pees while set-
ting a brilliant example ; desired his relations may
be pensioned. Madras Fusiliers greatly dis-in-
guiAted. themselves, Lieut. Dangerfield being first
over the barricade. Lieut. Bogle, 78th Highlanders,
was sever el.y wounded while leading the way into a
loophole(' house—recommended to the notice cf his
Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief.
Col. Ty tler, 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. S.: t rigs
Ma lra,sFusil iers, 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 hit st accounts by letter from Gen. Havelock's
camp, dated July 30, the day after the fight, state
that toe enemy were about two miles in fi ont. 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 csa-nmand
of Major Banks, which has been so bravely holding
out since the death of Sir H. Lawrence, would be r -
hayed. After relieving Lucknow, it is the inten-
tion of Gen. Havelock to press on to Delhi, a
dListanco of about 170 miles.
From Delhi we have received no aelsierts cf a
satisfactory character. The enemy make an cc-
ca.eional sortie in considerable force, bat are in-
variably driven back, after doing some injury to
us, and inuAr 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 battle was fought on
the 18th ult., in which Lieut. Crozier, of her
Majesty's 75th Foot, was killei. The enemy got
back into the city, after a very precipitous flight,
with all their gugs. Reinforcements were begins
ring to arrive, so that it was expected that our
force would soon be in a position to make a
general assault, with the certainty of lying able
to hold the place after taking it ; intelligence of
the fall of the city is anxiously expected.
From Agra there is nothing new since the
battle related in our last. There are about 6,000
persons shut up in the fort there, and w:11 be
able to hold out, but anxiously looking for relief.
New mutinies have occurred at Dinapore. The
7th, &h, and 40. th Regiments Bengal Native Incan-
ary mutinied about the 23d ult., and her 1114jesty's
10th- Foot shot down 800 of them. The 12th
Irregular Cavalry also mutinied at the same place,
murdering their commanding officer, Major Holmes,
and his wife. The three Native Infantry Regi-
ments were considered staunch, and had actually
but a short time before their mutiny kept the city
of Patna from rising. "Here are regiments," says
the Poona, Observes-, " bre iking out the eleventh
hour, when the tide was turning in our favou-, and
when European troops were passing continually up
the river, thereby rendering the destruction of the
mutim ers certain—as if they
bad waited for some
mysterieue order, just like the Bareilly trce.pe.
Al-ogether, the mere we ponder over it, the
moire
mys.erious the whole matter appears to us." Ti.ese
fresh mutinies have caused much excit -mt-nt at
Benares, as the mutineers are making their way
and plundering towards that city.
All was quiet in Calcutta, although considerable
apprehension was felt in connection with tie ap-
proaChing Mohurruni. The Governor General has
formed a corps of cavalry, to be called the " Bengal
Yeomanry Cavalry," with the view of giving en:-
ployinent to the many
Englishmen and otin rs in
Bengal and the North West Provinces, whose
peaceable avocations have been interrupted by the
disturbed state of the country ; and who, although