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the boats without being molested in the least ; but re
sooner we were in the boats, and had laid down out
muskets, and had taken off our coats to work easier ai
the boats, than the cavalry gave the order to fire.
Two guns that had been bidden were run out and
opened on us immediately, while Sepoys came
from all directions and kept up a fire. The
men jumped out of the boats, and instead of
trying to get the boats loose from their mooring
swam to the first boat they saw loose. Only three boat:
got safe over to the opposite side of the river, but were
met there by two field-pieces, guarded by a number o'
cavalry and infantry. Before these boats had got a milt
down the stream halt our small party were either kills,'
or wounded, and two of our boats had been swamped.
We had now only one boat, crowded with wounded.
and having on board more than she could carry. The
two guns followed us the whole of the day, the infantry
firing ou us the whole of that night. On the second day
a gun was seen on the Cawnpore side, and opened on us
at Nuzuffghur, the infantry still following us on hod
sides. On the morning of the third day the boat was ne
longer serviceable. We were aground on a sandbank,
and had not strength sufficieut to move her. Directly
any of us got into the water we were fired upon by 30 or
40 men at a time. There was nothing lett but to charg,
and drive them away. So 14 of us were told to go am
do what we could. Directly we got on shore the inset.-
gents retired, but having followed them up too far, we
were cut off from the river, and had to retire ourselves,
as we were being surrounded. We could not make fel
the river, but had to go down parallel, and came at th'
river again a mile lower down, where we saw a larg.
force of men right in front waiting for us, and anothti
on th,p other bank, should we attempt to cross the river.
On the bank of the river, just by the force in front, wac
a temple, in which we took shelter, one man being killed
and one wounded. From the door of the temple we fired
on every insurgent who showed himself. Finding that
they could do nothing against us while we remained
inside, they heaped wood ail round and set it on fire.
When we could no longer remain inside on account
of the smoke and heat we threw off the clothes
bad, and each taking a musket charged through the fire
Seven of us out of twelve got into the water, but be-
fore we had gone far two poor fellows were shot. There
were only five left now and we had to swim, while
the insurgents followed us along both banks, wading
and firing as fast as they could, After we ad gone
about three miles down the stream, one of our party
an artilleryman, to rest himself, began swimming on hi.
back, and not knowing in what direction he was swim
ming got on shore aid was killed. When we had gone
down about six milei firing on both sides ceased, and soon
after we were hailed by some natives on the Oude side.
who asked us to come on shore, and said they would take
us to their Rajah, who was friendly to the English. W.
gave ourselves up, and were taken six miles inland to the
Rajah, who treated us very kindly, giving us clothes and
food. We stayed with him for about a month, -as ht
would not let us leave, saying the roads were unsafe. At
last he sent us off ou the 29th of July to the right bant
of the river to a zemindar of a village, who ant us a
hackery. We took our departure on the 31st of July for
Allahabad, but met the detachment of the 84th Regt.
under Lieutenant Woodhouse before we had gone 10
miles ; and marched off with him to Cawnpore.
"I enclose a list of the killed and wounded, as far as
my memory will serve me • also of the ladies who were in
the station :

" Engineers—Captain Whitng, killed in the boat ;
Lieutenant Jerviß, ditto.
" Artillery—Major Larkins, wife and children ; Lieut.
Dempster, killed iu intrenchments ; Mis. Dempster and
children ; Lieutenant Ashburner, killed ; Lieutenant
Eckford. ditto ; Lieutenant Ashe, killed in our boat ;
Lieutenant Burney ; Lieutenant Martin, wounded ;
Lieutenant Southerley, in our boat.

" Cavalry—Major Vibart, wounded in our boat ; Mrs.
Vibart and children ; C.lptain Seppings, Mrs. -Seppinga,
and child, in our boat ; Captain Jenkins, killed in in-
trenchments ; Lieutenant R. Quin, died of fever ; Lieut.
C. Quin, wounded and brought back in boat; Lieutenant
Manderson ; Lieutenant Wren ; Lieutenant Daniell,
wounded in our boat ; Lieutenant Balfour, ditto ; Lieu-
tenant Mainwaring, 6th Light Cavalry, ditto ; Lieuten-
ant Bolton, 6th Light Cavalry, killed ; Lieutenant
Sterling, 3d Light Cavalry.

"Her Majesty's 32d Regiment—Capt. Moore, killed
is our boat ; Mra. Moore, brought back in boat ; Lieut.
Wainwright, Mrs. and Miss Wainwright ; Lieut. and
Mrs. Hill.

" Her Majesty's 84th Regiment—Lieut. Sanders.
"2d Bengal Fusiliers—Lieut. Glanville, killed in our
boat.

"Ist Regiment Native Infantry—Col. E wart, wounded
in intrenchrnents, Mrs. E wart and child ; Captain. A.
Turner, wounded and brrught back ; Mrs. Turner, died
of fever; Capt. Elms; Captain Smith, killed in entrench-
ments ; Lieut. Redman, killed in entrenchments ; Lieut.
Sup plo, killed in entrenchments ; Dr. Newenham and
children ; Mrs. Newenham, died of fever.
"53d Regiment Native Infantry—Major Hilleradon,
wounded ; Capt. Reynolds and child, died of fever ; Miss
Cumpbell; two Misses Glasgow ; Lieut. Jellicoe and
child ; Mrs. Jellicoe, died of fever ; Lieut. Armstrong
Lieut. Master, wounded in our boat ; Lieut. Thompson,
wounded and escaped ; Lieut. Prote, killed in entrench-
ments ; Lieut. Delafosse, escaped ; Ensign Dowson ;
sign Fornan, wounded ; Dr. Colligee, died of fever.
" 56th Regiment Native Infantry—Col. Williams,
died of apoplexy ; Mrs. Williams, wounded ; Miss Wil-
liams, died of fever; two Misses Williams ; Major Prout,
died of sunstroke ; Mrs. Prout; Capt. Halliday, killed in
entrenchments ; Mrs. Halliday, died of smallpox ; Mrs.
Halliday's child; Captain and Mrs. Kampland and chil-
dren ; Lieut. Goad ; Lieut, Chalmers, in our boat ; Lieut.
Fagan, wounded in our boat; Lieut. Morris; Lieut.
%Verde ; Lieut. Henderson, woundei in our boat.

"Lieut. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson, 67th N. 1.; Mrs,
Jackson,

" Lieut Battine, 14th N.L, wounded in our boat.

" Staff—Sir H. M. Wheeler, K.C.8.; Lady Wheeler,
two Misses Wheeler ; Brigadier Jack, died of fever ;
Jack, killed iu entrenchments ; Cofonel Wiggins, killed.
in our boat ; Major and Mrs. Lindsay, died of fever ;
Capt. and Mrs. Williamson and child, 49th Native In-
fantry ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Moncrieff and child ; Dr.
Garbett, died of fever ; Dr. and Mrs. Allen ; Sir G.
Parker, Bart., 74th Native Infantry, killed from sun
stroke ; Dr. and Mrs. Harris ; Miss Brightman, died of
fever ; Dr. and Mrs. Bowling and child ; Mrs. Chatwin
Chalwin (?), wife of a veterinary surgeon ; Miss White ;
Lieut. Harris and chit I ; Mrs. Wade, died of fever ;
Mrs. George and three Misses Lindsay ; Ensign Lind-
say, 11th Native Infantry ; Mrs. and Miss Blair, in our
boat ; two Misses Blair, one died of fever ; Mrs. Fraser,
27th Native Infantry, in our boat ; Mr. Evans, Mr,.
Darby and infant ; Miss Bisset, Mr. Swinton and throe
children ; Miss Cripps, and Mr. Hilleredon, Civil Ser-
vice, killed ; Mrs. Hillersdon and child, died of fev,r
Mr. and Mrs. M'Killop, Civil Service, killed ; Mr..
Stonvez, womnded ; Capt. Angelo, do. ; Mr. Bairns and
Mr. Miller, brought back in boat; Mr. Latouche ; Dr.
• and Mrs. Boyes ; Mr. Cox, late Ist Fusiliers, killed ;
Mr. Carr, brought back in boat; Mr. and Mrs. Ander-
son ; Mr. Cook ; Mr. Campbell ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Haycock ; Mr. Christie, died of fever ; Mr. Christie and
family ; Mr. and Mrs. Fagan and family ; Mr. Thom.
Schorn (merchant) ; Mr. Furman (Freeman) ; the whole
of the marri3d women and children of the 32d Regiment
and the Ist Company 6th Battalion Artillery, with the
women and children belonging to the company; Mrs.
Shaw ; Mrs. Getford (Eckford) ; also many persons who
came into the entrenchments, with their families, and
whose names I do not know."

The following narrative, received from a native,
of the occurrences at Cawnpore was sent to us fur
publication by a gentleman at Benares

Oa the 31 of May (?) all the Native Infantry and
Cavalry regiments at Cawnpore mutinied and ran off to
loot the treasury, all of which they took ; they then
burn tthecollector's house, and then proceeded to Kulea.u-
pore, seven miles from Cawnpore, and encamped there.
At this piece the Nana Sahib met them, and said to the
mutineers, "You receive seven rupees from the British
Government ; I will give you 14 rupees ; don't go to
Delhi ; stay here, and your name will be great. Kill all
the English in Cawnpore first, and I will give, ou each
a golden bracelet." On hearing this all the mutineers
agreed to the terms of the Nana. The mutineer% made
a Saubandar of the Ist Regiment General, and he again
made all the Havildars and Naicks captains, lieutenaors,
and ensigns. The Nana said, "I will supply you all
with food." Oa the following day the Nana, with the
above regiments, proceeded to Cawnpore, looted all the
residents' houses, and then set fire to them. The re i•
dents were in the entrenchment; those who did not go
there were murdered, together with the drummers and
native Christiats. It was the intention of some of the
officers to blow up the magazine, and for this purpoes
they proceeded to the station. When they reached the
canal all the regiments fired on the party, killed wee
officer, adjutant of the 2d Cavalry, and the rest e;ceped
to the entrenchment for their lives. They unfortunately
left agun behind them, which they had taken from the
entrenchment. On the party reaching the camp fire aas
opened on the English people by the mutineers, and can-
non were placed on the three sides of the entrenchment.
On the canal side a 24-pounder, to the hospital side an
18-pounder, on the third side, near Suhada (?), twol2-
pounders, were placed. There were six guns inside the
entrenchment, only 9-pounders. The guns of the n-
trenchinent only fired 24 hours, being injured by the
heavy shot of the enemy. The mutineers fired day and
night for 22 days. Nearly all the English people died
from wounds from cannon halls, hunger and thirst, and
sun-stroke. Nearly all the bheestees were killed by
cannon balls. The chief well being outside the entrench-
ment the people got very little water to drielt, except
what the soldiers drew for them under fire of the guns.
After ten days a shell burst on the roof of the pucka-
house in the entrenchment, which se.t the building on
fire. All the good clothes and other articles of the
soldiers and children were burnt, for which reason
they were reduced to the greatest straights, and
very little food wan cxiked, as nearly all the servants rail
away from flight. The soldiers used to cook for the ladies
and children, but for several days they took no food at
all. During this period abuut 150 men, women, and
children died from natnral causes and wounds, particu
liily women and children; some died from the falling of
walls,

Mr. JacoLi's wife was hiding in one of the Nawab's
house?, and was discovered by a sowar, who took her to
4,0 Nana Sahib in Ifiudostanee clothes, having c:tught
her at one of the ghauts crossing to Lucknow. as the
N twat) was sending her there fur safety. The. Nana i.n•
pi isoned her with a Mrs. Greenaway. The Sepoys were
by thin time becoming disgusted at the fight continuing
so long, and*said, "It you don't keep your promise with
us, wo will kill you." Oa this the Nana said, " Don't
be alarmed, I will give you more than I proini4sd.” He
then said to Mrs. Jacobi, " Will you take a note to Gen.
Wheeler ?" She said •‘ Yes ;'! the letter was written,
and sent by Mrs. Jacobi to the General ; she was not at
first alb wed to come n..,ar the camp by the soldiers, but
when they heard the Englieh voice they allowed her to
do e). The contents of the letter were, " It is far better

for you who are alive to go at once to Allahabad, linters
you wish to continue fighting ; if so, you can do so. Let
C iwnpore be given up, and you shall be saved." On
reaching the entrenchment Gen. Wheei€r went to meet
:qrs. Jacobi and, after having read the note, said, "I
.a.nnot agree to anything sent this way by letter ; if the
Nana has any proposition to make, tell him to make it
in person." Mrs. Jacobi took this reply back to the
Nana, who said, "If the Europeans will cease firing, I
Hill go," and sent back a reply. The General said, `Let
both sides cease firing during the conference ;" it was
greed to. On the following day the Nana, his brcther
Sober Dutt (?), and nephews, and a large party of soldiers,
came up to the entrenchment ; Gen. Wheeler was ready
to meet them; the Nana said, "Take all the women and
children to Allahabad, and if your men want to fight
some back and do 139. We will keep implicit faith with
rou." Gen. Wheeler said, " You take your solemn uatb,
,ccordieg to your customs, and I will take an oath on
!ny Bible, and will leave the entrenchment.' The Nana
said, "Our oath is that whoever we take by the band,
ind he relies on us, we never deceive ; it we do, God
vill judge and punish us." The General said, "If you
intend to deceive me kill me at once ; I have no arms."
['he Nana replied, "I will not deceive you ; rely on us.
[ will supply you with food, &c., and convey you to
Aelahabad. ' On this the General went inside the en-
trenchment, and consulted with the soldiers. They
said, " There's no reliance to be placed on natives, they
viii deceive you ;" a few said, "Trust them ; it is
tter to do so." On this the General returned, and
" I agree to your terms. See us away as far as
Leuttehpore ; thence we can get easily te Allahabad."
rhe reply was, " No, Sir • I see you all safe to
Allahaead." On this 20 Coats were ordered with covers
to them. When the Nana saw all was settled, he said,
" Don't let the treasure be taken ; send that to me."
The General said, " You may have the money ;" there
were three sacs in cash at this time. The Nana said,
"You breakfast on board the boats at 10 a.m. to-morrow,
and dine on board, and leave the entrenchment clear
by 11 a.m." The General assented to this. They were
all ready, when a message from the Nana came, saying,
" The boats will not be ready to-day ; you must leave
to-morrow, leave in the evening." The General said,
" I won't leave at night, as you may play us false." The
Nana said, " Very well, leave at 4 p.m." On the follow-
lug day the Nana took away all the treasure. At this
time the delay again took place in their departure ; all
the ladies and children were dressed and ready. The
General asked the Nana, "Are all our servants to go
with us, or do you supply us v ith servants ?" The reply
ea., "Yes." On the following day, though suspicions
were entertained of the faith of the Nana's party, still
they hoped all was right. The Nana sent on Sunday to say
the servants were not to go, as the ladies and women could
look after themselves. On this being heard they were all
Termed. At 7 a.m, the mutineers surrounded the en-
trenchment and all the Englishmen in their power ;
the servants ran away and were cut down ; a few
escaped ; all were alarmed. The rebels reached (?) the
entrenchments and said, " Come to the boats ; all is
ready." Ladies end children were sent on elephants,
dhoolies, and the men marched to the river, and
then embarked on the boats. When they all saw food
prepared and all comfortable they were delighted. When
a few had gone on board and others were waiting to em-
bark on the river side a gun opened on them with
canister (this gun and others had been masked) ; one
boat took fire, and then another gun opened, and four
boats were fired ; on this those who escaped the fire
jumped into the water. The Sepoys also fired muskets,
the Sowers entered the water on horseback, and cat
numbers down. 15 boatloads of English were massacred ;
108 women and children escaped this massacre, but
many of them were wounded. The Nana said, " Don't
kill these ; put them in prison." Ore boat, in which
General Wheeler was, was pulled off by the soldiers.
The poor people on the burning of the boats, and when
in the water, were calling on God for help. A daughter
of General Wheeler's was taken off by a Sower and put
into his house along with his wife, near the church.
This girl remained till nightfall, and when he came home
drunk and fell asleep she took a sword and cut off his
head, his mother's head, two childrens' heads, and his
wife's; and then walked out into the night air, and when
she saw other Sowers she said, "Go inside and see how
nicely I have rubbed the Ressalde,r's feet." They went
inside, and found all of them dead. She then jumped
into a well and was killed. From fear of what this girl
had done none of the rebels would have anything to say
to the English woman. whom the Nana at first proposed
to give to the soldiers ; 115 women and children were
imprisoned with scarcely any food for six days except
gram and such stuff. The boat containing General
Wheeler and other ladies and gentlemen got off for 22
miles, when they were seized by the Zemindars of
Jognubar, and had their hands tied behind them and
were taken back to the Nana. Mrs. Reed, Thomas
Greenway, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. M'Kerzie, and
Capt. M'Kenzie,and Dr. Harris, and several Europeans
were among the party, The Nana was much pleased.
Owing to the General's of l age, he said, Loosen his
eeree." Hoolar Sing, kotwal of Cawnpore, said, "Don't
do so." The Nana said, "Take them to the guard, and
let the others remain where they ale." Dr. Harris was
wounded with two balls, and then addressed the rebels :
—" Shoot me or kill me—my countrymen will revenge
my death before long." Two Sowers then cut him down
and he died, If the &mindere had not seized this boat
all would have been saved in it. Those ladies who were
first in the Nana's prison had their food of the worst
description from the bazaar. Ten days after this he sent
them to a house near the Assembly-rooms. Then the
Nana wrote to Delhi mentioning the number of women
and children whom he had taken, and soliciting in.truce
tions regarding thorn. A reply was received that they
were not to be killed, The Nana then entertained ser-
vants for the prisoners. Again, shortly after the mutiny
at Allahabad, a S war came in and reported that one of
the imprisoned ladies had written to Allahabad, and
that a large body of Europeans was aivancing upon
Cawnpore. Then the Nana gave the order to kill every
one—to spare no one. This took place on the 15th of
July, but the General and others who were brought
back with him wore killed on the 2d of the mouth.
When the ladies heard of the Nana's order to kill them
they tore their clothes and with the shreds fastened the
doore

First the Sowers killed the native doctor, the cook,
and the metranee. Then one Sowar jumped over the
wall and began the slaughter ; other Sowara came
through the doors, and all the prisoners were killed.
This was duly reported to the Nena, who ordered the
bodies to be cast into a well, and 25 women and chil-
dren who had remained alive under the heap of dead
bodies were killed by executioners, and some of the little
children were dulled to pieces against the ground. This
took place early on the morning of the 17th of July,
and in the evening the Nana ran off to Bithoor. Many
wounded w,nen were thrown into the well with the
dead bodies and earth. Before the Nana retreated be
blew up the magazine.
"The above is the deposition of Mary Ann, ayah in
the service of Mrs. T. Grueuway, Cawnpore."—Englalo
man, Sept. 7.

The following is a statement of the information
received regarding the mutiny at Cawnpore :
On the morning of the sth of June, at two a.m., the
2d Regiment of Light Cavalry and the let Regiment 01
Native Infantry suddenly left their lines, under the
command of Teeka Sing, a soubandar of the 2d Ca-
valry. After setting fire to the Staff-Serveante' bunga-
lows of the 21 Cavalry, they then burnt the empty huts
of the 3d Native Infantry Regiment, situated on the old
side of the cantonments on the west side of the canal.
After this they proceeded to the collector's treasury,
containing about nine lace of rupees, and the magazine,
of both of which they obtained possession without any
opposition on the part of the guards placed over them.
They then entered the gaol and set all the prisoners at
liberty, setting fire to the rec )rds of the collector's and
judge's offing, and to the buildings that contained them.
Before the breaking out of the mutiny Nene Dhoondhoo-
punt, one of the adopted sons of Bajee Rao, ex-Peishwa,
who resided at Bithoor (10 miles on the west side of the
city of Cawnpors) from the year 1818 until he died in
Dec., 1852, receiving the princely allowance or pension
of eight lace of rupees per annum from the British Go•
vernment, had promised Mr, Hillersdon, the collector,
to protect the Treasury in case of an outbreak among
the troops ; and to satisfy that gentleman of the sin-
cerity of his professions he took up his lodgings in *
bungalow situate at a distance of about 100 yards from
the Treasury, with 200 or 300 of his armed men, and 3
guns. This treacherous person then received the rebels
with open arms, and joined them as their chief. Thein-
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53d and 56th Regiments of Native Infantry. Evidently
their intention was to proceed to Delhi the next morning,
but by the persuasion of the Nana it was agreed that
they should return to cantonments, destroy all the
houses situated therein, and kill the British officers and
soldiers, as well as all other European or Christian resi-
dents, and then go either to Delhi or Lucknow, leaving
a portion of the mutineers .at this place, and making
every necessary arrangement for retaining possession of
the city and district of Cawnpore. A few of the troops
of the 2,1 Cavalry returned to cantonments by 10 o'clock
~f the same day (June 5), and commenced burning the
houses in the cantonments, looting or destroying pro'
perty contained in them ; and by noon of the 6th of June
the numerous bungalows and other houses in the canton•
ments, with vd!y few exceptions, were tarried into masses
of ruins. On this day a Mr. C. Macintosh, a wealth,'
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4,n the pains of Seuadah, and commenced destructive
operations ageirst the English officers and soldiers who
were with tuete families protected in an entrenchment
which had been prepared previously on the eastern side
of the canal by order of Major-General Sir W. M.
Wheeler, K C. 13., commanding the Cawnpore division.
Reports of guns where heard day and night from the
6th to the 26th June, and during this time the rebels
lost several hundred men in killed and wounded, while
the loss in the entrenchment ens comparatively small,
the British troops having fought mi.!) unparalleled bra-
very, which astonished the people of Cawnpore ; but
the number of rebels da,ly increased Ly the arrival of
fresh mutineers' from other stations, while the lumber
vu the o:her side diminished from death, occasioned by
the extreme heat of the weather, exposure to the sun,
and privations of all kinds, to which the soldiers as well
xs officers were su!jected, beside., the loss in killed and
woundel. Attempts were made by the rebels on seve-
ral days to storm the entrenchment, but they were
invariably repulsed with heavy loss on their side•
there, were about 500 souls in the intrenchment, inclu-
ding ladies and children, at the commencement of the
mutiny ; but that number was reduced t0..40ut 400