The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

"'Lassowrie, 30 miles from Delbi, June 8.

"I am all right. Since last writing we were at
Kurnaul, where fortunately the deputy-commis-
sioner (one of the saved from Delhi) persuaded me
to halt my detachment for a day, to rest the men
and cattle, and to lend assistance, as au attack on
the city was expected. Luckily I did halt, for 1,500
met were in wait for me, thinking I was escorting
treasure, and I had less than 80 rank:and file. The
Guido Corps happened to overtake us, - went out,
attacked the fellows, burned three -villages, and
killed some and took others prisoners. A. Sikh
prince with 200 infantry accompanied me from
Kurnaul. He is a very handsome, gentlemanly
man, and called himself My faithful slave,' but
his men ate regular riff-raff, with no discipline.
All the officers of the Guides are here now—very
nice fellows. We hope to be at the capture of Delhi
in a day or two. The cholera is in their camp, but
it has left mine, having carried off one Sepoy at
Kurnaul. I saw the graves of the Commander-in-
Chief, of Brigadier Halifax, and seven soldiers. _
" Camp before Delhi, June 10.
"Here we are at last, and the guns banging
away. Yesterday wepassedaplace where our troops
bad attacked the enemy's intrenched camp the day
before. Their dead were lying all over the place.
I never saw people so dreadfully disfigured. One
old fellow, a baker, was hanging to a small tree,
wht-re he had been strung up. I have just returned
fro.n our advanced battery ; a shot struck it just as '
I was leaving, and on the way back one came
wh stling over my head, and made me squat down,
as I took it for a shell, and I was laughing at a
picket of the ----, yesterday for bolting from the
noise of a shot. The day before yesterday we
were tang with the Guide officers—now three of
them are wounded, one mortally.

" June 13.

" The enemy came out to-day and got well
licked by our infantry. I saw the whole affair
from a hill, and fired two shots with my gun and
one with a Minio. We ran a cmple of guns up
the hill, and you ought to have seen some of
their cavalry spurring their horses and bolting
when the shot fell among them. My regiment,
with all the native troops at Jullundur, have muti-
nied. The Bth (Queen's) European Artillery and a
Punjaub regiment drove them all over the country.
I believe our officers are safe. My detachment
hers have been disarmed and were ordered to their
homes, and I was attached to her Majesty's 75th
Regiment, but this has been countermanded.
They are to take orderly duty, and I am to carry
the general's despatches in action, which may lead
to 'something else. God's providence has attended
me so remarkably that my men have a'l observed
it, and their great fear is to lose me. I will not
coi.ceal from you that we are all in a very pre-
carious situation-2,000 Europeans here against I
can'tsay how many thousands of the enemy—but
God is with us, and we must succeed.

" June 15.

" The cnemy came out is force to-day. I joined
the 75th, and was under a pretty heavy fire of
ror nd shot. A bullet struck a tree close to me,
behind which a soldier was lying. They have six
guys and a mortar to thy firing. You soon get
accustomed to the whizzing. I could see the
whole of Delhi distinctly. The Hindco4 and Ma-
homedans are fighting among themselves. Tcey
say my regiment is fighting against us in Delhi.
" June 16.

We are getting on as usual. The enemy fired
a sl+.rapnel to-day, and I never SAW such a hail of
btill&s as fell all round us. They are very conde-
ascending, and promised to let us go safely to Cal-
cut a, if wu would surrender. If they had only
pluck enough to come out and attack us in force
they might overawe us by numbers. I can't help
tciiiking we are like the children of Israel, pitch-
ing before the Syrians, like two little flocks of kids,'
and there is no doubt that God is on our side.

" The" June 18.
enemy attacked
ILt.;
and
were
one of our batteries 1 'Fit
Welost an ere driven back with great slaughter.
Th,„. officer„ouea killed by a round shot and some
pe7;ie nave tortured
conceive the horrible way the
children. Enclosed is
the Europeans, ladies, and
am Ong the houses where
arpieee of music I folnd lying
the words—(c T h +
--a. cryei the massacre took place ;
vaiatelp, whe'e no help cln.
come. Farewell the ed
home')—
struck me as very appropriate.scenes of
hope, please God,
to see you all again and relat rel adventures ; bu',
if not, I hope there will be no
sorrowful face in the
can matterat
this
faDliii, 8s we must all die, and it does
to
who goes to heaven first. You n
—, if you like, as there is no time to-n
write inc,r,
I mentioned that my regiment had mutiniea tt ; ---•
are said to have been cut up by her Majesty's
Regiment and Artillery. One cannot pity there.
We are too well accustomed to death to have feel_
legs left. I often see some soldiers walking into a
garden near my tent, some natives with them, then
they return alone. Thii is military law. But
en,,ugh of bloodshed. God bless you, and love to
W. and children."

On the 19th the writer of the above was killed.
His death is thus related :

" I have, my dear D., sad tidings to communi-
cate. Your dear Waller was kil'ed in action before
Delhi on the 19th instant. In his case 'you have
every comfort. He nobly, for his Saviour's sake,
btood forth from the midst of his companions,
and for two or three years followed Christ faith-
fully. Your child has been taken, manfully fight-
itH; under his banner against sin, and contending
against those fiends who have slaughtered our coun-