The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 29.—The political news
from India was regarded iu this market as very
bud, and its influence on future commercial opera-
tions is locked upon with a good deal of uneasiness.
There has, however, been rather more business for
Indiathis morning, and the comparatively moderat e
prices of shirtitz and other fabrics for tint market
has encouraged purchases. For China, also, there
has Leen a good demand, and sellers have been
able to realise very full prices. Other cloths were
in little or no demand. In yarns business has been
very flat, and sellers would have had to concede
fully id. per lb. in price to command sales.
Spinners, however, are generally well supplied
with orders, and stocks being low they have not
been disposed to invite business by any alteration
in their quo' ations. The demand recently so active
for Germany and Russia has given way to re-
stricted
and cautious operations of no account,
and both for the home and foreign trade the salts
have been inconsiderable.
LEEDS, Sept. 29.—The market has presented no
new feature this morning. Thole has been about
the usual attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls,
and a moderate business has been transacted.
HUDDERSFIELD, Sept. 29. —The market was about
the same character,as last week. Thin greys, fur
mantes, were to-day the leading articles. Low
goods quiet. Of steels, fair sales. in cotton trou-
serings less doing than last week, and fancies gene-
rally in less demand, In wool little variaCou in
prices, and little doing.

Ths official j.iuroal of Weimar as not-loess that the
Nmperor of Ruwsia and the Ernper )r of Austria m ill
meet each other at that glace on the ht of October.

( From the Times' Correspondent.)
PARIS, Sept. 28.—The fact, of which there seems
scarcely a doubt, that there are still in existence
300,000 men entitled to claim, for service in the
French armies up to the year 1815, the newly-
imtituted medal of St. Helena, brings forcibly
home to us the enormous magnitude of the military
forces of the first
_Napoleon. Forty-two years have
elapsed since the closs of the 23 for service during
any portion of which the medal is awarded, and—
allowing for the fact that during the last two or
three years of the Empire the scarcity of men was
such that conscripts were called to the colours when
little over the age of 17—none of the claimants can
be more than a few months under 60, white those
wlso are so young are probably very few, for the
mortality from sickness and fatigue was great
among the lads thus prematurely levied, thousands
of whom were left in hospital or disappeared to-
tally from the ranks before they ever saw a foe.
The mortality among the survivors during those
forty-two years was likely to be greater than the
uste:l average, many of them having suffered from
wounds, and mist of them hving endured
the fatigues, privations, and exposure of ar-
duous campaigns. Yet, in 1857, 300,000 remain.
To account for this, we need to remember the
ssale of Napoleon's levies and the number of
nat.oris from which he drew his recruits. In
1805 he had 600,000 men in arms •, in 1812,
before the Russian campaign, 1,200,000, of which
force 300,000 were iu Spain, while half a million
composed the Grand Army, afterwards reinforced
by 100,000 more. Of the troops that went to Rus-
sia, a,tsclsefor tire, net* part perislaed :them- little
mere:than one-third'ivere lir cliche the remainder
beinse Germans, Poles, Italians, Swiss, &e. In
1813, within a few months after his terrible reverse,
his army attained nearly equal numerical strength,
for he had,a million of men in arms•when the war
in Germany began ; the population of France,
which then included Belgium, Holland, the Hansa
Towns, and the Roman States, amounting to 42
millions ; so that 1 in 42 of the whole nation was
under the col airs. With. the exception of Great
Britain th re was scarcely a country. in Europe that
did not, at one time or other, furnish a contingent
t) the legions of that most wonderful of conquerors.
But a great many of the foreigners who now have
a right to the medal were FrenChmen in frame and
government at the time they earned it. As early
as 1795. Belgium and the other conquered territory
on -Lite left of the Rhine formed nine French de-
partments ; in 1800 four others were formed be-
tween the Meuse and the. Rhine, and the Rhino
rind the Moselle, and in this country, before its in-
corporation, a legion known as the Franks of the
North had already been recruited. Savoy, Nice,
and Monaco were early annexed ; at the com-
mencement of the century Piedmont formed the
27th military division, comprising six departments.
Italy, as far as Rome, was gradually absorbed ;
several German States were converted into four
French departments ; and, finally, Holland was
drawn in and made into two military divisions.
The absorption completed, in 1810 the 86 depart-
ments of France had been increased to 130, all of
which furnished their regular quota to the con-
scription. Other countries, also annexed, but not
organised in departments, had to furnish troops.
Thre were the Illyrian provinces, which Mar-
mont governed ; they yielded six regiments
of Croat infantry and the Regiment of Elyria ;
in the lonian Islands, in the possession of
France, were recruited a regiment of Albanians, a
" septinsular" battalion, the Pandours and lonian
Cha,seurs. But these were by no means all—many
natiens that did not form part of Franc., but that
were more or less under her domination, sent
troops to the Imperial standard. Switzerland had
conetanrly nearly 18,000 men with the French
armies, besides the Battalion of Neuchatel and that
of the Valais, raised in the department of the
Simplen ; Poland was a great feeder of Napoleon's
armies, and it is estimated thst 85,000 Poles fought
in the Russian campaign. Then there were Ger-
man legions and battalions, from Westphalia,
Hanover, Hesse ; contingents from numerous
small German princes, supplied to Napoleon in his
quality of Protector of the Confederation of the
Rhine ; there were three regiments composed of a
Me, ley of Hunearians, Swedes, Ru-sians, Austrians,
Saxeeti, Danes, Bavarians, Bohemians, of
-W-SC-Colltrelled-t6 se rev 11111-Ca pears`" -There, was a
Portuguese Legion, there was the Spanish r egiment
of Joseph Napoleon, and there was an Irish regi-
ment. Finally, the army of Egypt, the Mame-
bakes of the Guard, and the Black Pioneers C3lll-
- Africans and L:ivantines, Turks, Greeks,
Syrians, Maltese, &c. It is estimated that thirty-
five different nariiins contributed to the tremendous
armies tha- sa long made Europe one great battle-
and to whose remnants, still a very numerous
army of old men, has now bsen granted a memento
of their campaigns.

COL. JACOB ON THE BENGAL ARMY.

The following letter has been addressed to a
c •ntemporary :
Sir,—l ob,erve that a pamphlet, which appeared
some years since, anal was much condemned in
India at the time, for the bad feeling. the author
exhibited towards the officers of the Bengal army,
has been republished, and is now lying upon the
tables of military dubs.
Ac some of the statements contained in this
pamphlet have been quoted at public meetings as if
they were correct, and deductions drawn therefrom
to the disadvantage of the men who are now en-
gag, d in India upholding British supremacy with
their blood, I solicit a small space in your columns
to expose one or two of this tissue of absurdities
and misrepresentations.
The officers of the Bengal army, as a body, have
always regarded Major Jacob's pictures of them-
selves and their sevice with calm indifference, if not
contempt ; but the late Lord Fitzclarence, who
was Commander-in-Chief at Bombay when the
pamphlet appeared, seemed t see so much male-
volence and desire to create ill-blood between the
two ssrvic-s that he publicly reprimanded Major
Jacob in general orders.
I shall first remark that Major Jacob is ignorant
of the native languages. In fact, he has rather a
contempt for such acquirements. He can neither
r ad nor write any of the many languages of the
people among whom lie has spent the best portion
of his life. The elegant tales of the " Bagh o
Buliar" are "filthy stories," and he prefers to
speak a jargon infinitely worse than Mr. Broivn's
Fiend). to expressing himself like a gentleman and
educated person. Accordingly his knowledge of
the natives is deep. We shall see. "To such an
incredible extent has this helplessness been carried
and recognised by authority, that a Bengal sentry
cannot think of striking the gong at his own
quarter-guard, and men called Punta Pandays are
actually maintained and paid for by government to
do this duty for them." "For them !" For whom,
the Punta Pandays or government ? Shade of
Colabett !
There being no clocks, a gong is suspended to a
triangle before every guard-house on the Bengal
side, and it is the special duty of a person appointed
for the purpose to keep watch day and night. To
enable him to do so with regularity he is supplied
with two half-h ,ur glasses ; when the sand of these
runs out he rises and strikes the hour. But
he must eat and sleep ; when thus occupied, the
men of the guard discharge his duty. The man
is called " Pandee," because he is always a Brah-
rniN, although it does not follow that lie belongs to
the family of Puudoo ; he may be a Missr, Tewar-
rie, or any other of the order. He is employed
solely for the sake of keeping regularity of time,
which could not be obtained from the sleepy heads
of the guard. I ask, confidently, any military
man, if a sentry is a proper person. for this work ;
and yet Major Jacob would have him leave his
post, put down his musket, and strike the hours.
This is a plain statement of a custom which . pre-
veiled before the Enelish arrived in India ; we see
what a wonderful story has been woven out of it
—"ab uno disco ornnes." Major Jacob would
have his readers believe that there is no such thing
as caste in the Bombay army. I wish it was true,
for I am really very anxious about the fidelity of
the Iliudostanees in that service, knowing they are
the near relatives of the villains now in Delhi. I
have seen a great deal of the Bombay army, and
served with it. I was ten days, on one occasion,
with two companies of a native infantry regiment,
on board a steamer. One of these was the light
company, the men were all Oude men of high caste,
and very proud their captain was of them. The
other company was composed of all sorts ; they were
dirty peeple, unclean in their habits, and filthy
beneath the red rag. They brought on board with
them women and children, g, vs, fowls, and dogs,
and lived together in a very nasty way. The light
company st• od aloof from them, and were stationed
upon the poop, to be out of the dirt. One of these
Oude men said to a comrade, purposely to be
heard by me, knowing that I was a Bengal offi-
cer, " The Bombay service is only fit for pig
drivers." So much for there being no caste, ae.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
TuitsDA.T.
Toe Trial Plate of 50 80YR., for 3 yr•clds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 500/.; if demanded, esc.
A.F, 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.
Mr. Mellish's Tarns Deer, by Venison, 4 yrs, Bst 9lb
(Fordham) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (T. Cliff) 2
Betting-7 to 4 and 2tol on Flyaway.
Tame Deer made play throughout and won easily by
three-quarters of a lengtfte4,l '
Sweepststkee of 10 Says. sisoliisior 2-yr-olds and-upwards.
.The winner to be :iv ld for 501., if demanded, &c.
T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards. 3 subs.) •
Mr. Ctx's West-end, by the Hero, 3 yrs, Bst 7th
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Mellsh's Rotterdam,. 3 yrs, Bet lib (Palmer) 2
Mr. Lumley's Belknap, 2 yrs, 6.t 71b •(Otistaace) 3
Betting-13 to 8-on West.end. Won by a head ; bad
third.
The Beckenham Stakes of 300 Boys each, h ft, for 2-yr-
. olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bat 41b. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs
140 yards). Four subs.
Lord John Scott's•Blacche of Middlebie, Bst 41b
(Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Bowes's Star of the East, 84 7th (Flatman) 2
The betting ope-ed at 6 to Son Blanche of Middlebie,
and closed at 6to-5 on Star of the East. Won on the
post by a bead.
The Eastern Counties Handicap, . a sweepstakes of 15
roes each, 5 ft, with 100 added. The-second to receive
25 sove out of the wakes. T.Y.C. 43 subs.
Mr. R. E. Couper's King of the Forest, 3 yrs, fist 41b
(Rogers) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Olympus, 4 yrss B.t (Fordham) 2
Mr. H. Edward's B.:rder Chief, 5 yrs, Est 10 b
(L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Kestrel, New Brighton,
Eardrop, Little Tom, Bold Buccleugh, Bird-in-Hand,
Fright, Old Torn, Sneer, Sister to Jesuit, Badswortb,
Almavica; Humbug, Giliver, Admiral of the White,
Tricolour, Impatiesce, and Cave Adullam.
Betting--7 t 0.4 agst Tricolour, Bto 1 each agst Alma-
viva and Flight, 10 to 1 each agst Badslivorth and Bor-
der Chief, 12 to 1 agst Olympus, 100 to 8 each agst
ICestrt I and Bird in Hand, 100 to 7 agst Bold Buecleugh,
100 to 6 agst New Brighton, 20 to 1 aget Little Torn.
Yon by a head ; two lengths between the' second and
third ; and a head between the third and fourth ;Fright,
Eardrop, Giliiver, Tricolour, Bwiswortb, and Sister to
Jesuit farmed the nett lot; Almaviva and New Brigh-
ton were the last two. Cave Adullam bolted as soon as
the flag was dripped.
The Hopeful Stakes, of 40 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
c -it, B,t 71b, films Bst 51b. Certain penalties and
ellowances. - Last half of A.M. (3 furlongs 217 yde.)
25 subs.
Mr. Gratwicke's GOverness, Bst 51b
fir L Newman's Botany, Bst 510 •- (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Holland s Harry Stanley, 84 7a3....:.(5. Rogers)
The following also ram :—Colt by Alarm, Brown
Middlet in, Allspice, Chutuee, Ai.ron, York, Venetia,
July.
Betting-7 to 4 aget Governess, 6to I agst Venetia,
8 to 1 agst July and Botany, 10 to 1 agst'Abron.
Won by a neck ; two lengths between the second and
third ; July and Adspiee were in fourth and fifth, close
up with Harry Stanley ; Venetia was sixth.
Second Year of the Ninth Triennial-Produce Stakes,
of 10 sovs. each" f bree-year-o!ds ; colts, Bit 71b ;
fillies, 81 4tb. A. F. (1 in-le 2 furlongs 73 yards).
Captain White's Qoeen of the East, Bst 4ib (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Exeter's. Bsechnut, 8-t 4 b (Fordham) 2
Mr Ilt,wee's Bird-in-the-Hand, 84 7;13 (Flatutau) 3
Lord W. Powlett'e Fltnryey, B,t 71b.........(K5a9ger5) 4
iv) 4. on Birtfein-thi,Har*A
Beechnut, 5 to agst of the East,
War by a neck, a head between thesecond and third;
two Lengths between the third and fourth.
Before the race 25 to 1 was taken to money about
Biro:-in-the-Hand for the Cambridgeshire.
Match-Bst 7ib each, b. ft. A. F. Duke of Bed-
ford's Aster received forfeit frum Mr. Howard's
C. mquot.
The Grand Bonita Michael Stakes, of 50 stns. each, for
3-yr-olds. Ct Its, 8 t 7lb ; Sltiec, Bet 31b. The second
to save his stake. A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.
Mr. F. Robinson's Anton, Bst 710 (A. Day) 1
Mr. Howard's Schiedam, 8$ 71b Goater) 2
Lord Ex-ter's Turbit 84 71h (Fordham) 3
Mr. E. Day's Bannockburn, 8 t 71b (D. Hughes) 4
Betting-7 to 4on Anton. 4.0 1 agact Turbit, 9to 2
agst Schiedam, 25 to 1 agst Bannockburn.
Wou by four lengths ; bad third ; Bannockburn
beaten off.
Those wEo indu'ged in dreary forebodings respecting
the weather were agreeably disappointed, for the day
was warm and sunny, and the prospect of a "fine
October" was most cheering.
The morning train from London was well filled, the
heath s-as respectably attended, and as the above re-
',urns will show, the racing was close and interesting.

LATEST BETTING.
CESAREWITCH STAKES
• 7 to 1 agiit M. Dobler (offered)
100 to 6 asst Plush colt (taker )
25 to 1 aggt Risati (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Mary ( aker)
30 to 1 agst Biter Tummy (taken)
40 to 1 agst Victoria (taken)
40 to 1 agst Martinet (taken)

DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Toxophilite (taken)
40 to 1 aget Ditto (taken)

CHANTILLY RACES.

The first autumnal meeting (there are to be two this
yea') at Chantilly cattle off on Sonday, and, as the wea•
ther was splendid, it attracted a numerous attendance.
Tho business, which consisted of not fewer than seven
events, went off with remarkable spirit, and gave rise to
a good deal of betting. The principal event was the
Emperor's Stake's, of 10,0001., for which as many as
nineteen horses were 'entered, and eight of them were
English, while another English horse paid forfeit. Of
these eight only three were taken to the post, Fisherman,
Sannterer, and Com Motion ; bat they, as our sporting
readers know, stand high on the English turf. Opposed
to them were four French horses, who rank amongst the
very best France possesses—Monarque, Mlle. de Chan-
tilly, Rorzi, and Duchess. Monarqoe naving, in addi-
tion to many brilliant successes in France, figured with
great gloire in England, was the favourite with the
Frencn hettit.g men, and even with a not inconsiderable
Portion of the English Irf quentsra of the French turf ;
but of the English wt o c,.me oser frost England spe-
cially to see the race, and of whom the number was not
few, the greater part spoke confidently of the English
lot. The regult, was a bitter disappointment to the
French, Fisherman having won easily, Saunterer having
ben second, and Commotion having shared with Mdlle.
de Chantilly the honour of being third, whilst Monarque.
the great Monarque, was nowhere! The triumph of
Fisherman was hailed with shouts by the English. His
owner, M. Parr, netted for stakes, entries, and one
forfeit, 19,750 f , out of which must be deducted 500 f.
for his own entry, and I,ooof. which according to the
conditions have to be paid to the second horse. The
amount which changed hands in betting on this race
must have been very considerable. Of the other events,

it will suffice to say here that in one, the Tiaras, there
was a dead beat, and that four were 2-yr-old races. These
latter, as usual, excited much interest, and one of thew,
the Second Criterion, was as pretty a 2-yr-old race as
wag ever witnessed. Count A. de Noailles, Baron de la
Rochette, and M. Reject acted as stewards ; Mr. Mac-
kensio Grieves, owing to the presence of the English
horses, was in the ju .ge's stand with the former. Count
de Murny was present.

Prince Alexander of Hesse, brother of the Empress
of Russia, who has accompanied the Emperor of Russia
to Stuttgard, is also to accompany his Majesty to Wei-
mar t,:r the interview with the Emperor of Austria.
ANTI-CELIBACY CLUBS.—Several female clubs have
been f armed in the departments of the Var and the
Gironde for mutual relief against celibacy. The original
club, after which the others aro modelled, has been in
existence for four years. Each member pays 10%
monthly to the treasurer. These subscriptions produce
annually 24,000 f., to which is added the amount raised
by two half-yearly lotteries, of which the pests are com-
posed of valuable articles, the gift of the members. The
original club is coinrosed of 200 young ladies. At the l
end of the year the society is enabled to dispose of
30,000 f. to 40,0001., which serve to give a marriage por-
tion to two or three of the members, chosen by ballot.
If the fortunate candidates are not married within a
year the money returns to the common fund, and addi
tiunal candidates are portioned the following year. The
members of the club continue to pay their subscriptions
fel' ten years after their, marriage, and are bound to faci
litate by all means in their power the marriage of their
`or per associates. The members of the association,
married cr single, are bound as long as they live to aid
and succour their fellow members under all ciroum-
lances.

THE MUTINY AT FYZABAD.
We haVe been favoured with the following state-
ment by Colonel Lennox, lately commanding the
troops at Fyzabad :
" Intelligence being made by the civil authorities
on the 3d of June that the 17th Bengal mutineers
were in full march upon Fyzabad, I called a con-
ference with the officers commanding and their etaff
together with the senior native officers of corps,
to adopt measures for the defence of our lines and
the repelling of the mutineers, the native officers
declaring themselves true and loyal, and ready for
any emergency. The following day passed without
any disturbance, but on the 7th so positive were
the troops that the mutineers would not pas-,
quietly through Fyzabad that it was proposed to
march out as far as a place called Surooj-Khoond, 5
miles from cantonments, and give the mutineers bat-
tle. To this the native officers objected, urging that
they had their fainilies and'property. in their lines,
and that by remaining in cantonments they would
fight valiantly for their lives,and of those dear to
them, • and cordially shook hands with me and the
officers, saying, " We are all of one heart." Again,
on the evening of. the Bth June positive informa-
tion was received that the 17th Native Infantry
were to march into Fyzabad the following morn.-
ing. Every officer was at his post in the lines of the
regiment, myself at the quarter-guard, and the
troops by their arms. Two companies were told off
for the support of the 13th Light Field Batteiy
Artillery, and' every. precaution was taken for de-
fensive operations. At 10 p.m. an alarm was
eounded in the lines of the 6th Irregular
.otide In-'
faitiW and taken-up by.ilie,.22elliregirieent of 'Na-
tive Infantry, , the. battery prepared for action,
loaded, and fusees lighted, when thatwo companies
in support of the guns immediately closed in and
crossed- bayonets over the vents, preventing the
officer`of the Artillery from approaeliing the bat-
tery. This was reported to me by Major Mill,
commanding the Artillery. I then.went to the
guns and explained to my men that the bugle
sound was a false alarm, and ordered them to
return to their respective posts and leave only
one sentry over each gun. I then returned to
the lines of the 22d Regiment, with a view t dis-
missing the regiment..
_I found theiight Cavalry
had surrounded the regimental-magazine, in order,
as they said, to protect it. It appero s this was a
precoucerted scheme, for the sth troop of the 15th
Irregular Cavalry sallied out and instantly planted
patrols all round the lines. I again visite I the guns,
bUt was refused admittance, the subadar (the prime
leader of the mutiny, Dhuleep Singh) telling me it
was necessary to guard the guns, and he would take
care of them, requesting me to go to the quarter-
guard and take my rest, and that nothing should
happen to myself and officers so long as we remained
with the regiment ; a guard with fixed bayonets
surrounded me, and escorted me to my charpoi.
The officers also of th© regiment were not allowed
to move twelve paces without a guard following
them. Several officers a-,ked me leave to flee away.
I told them I had no power, and that I ,was a pri-
sonar as well as themselves, but if they would
remain quiet in their lines till deybreak Dbu-
loop Singh would -give them an escort to the
boats at Meerum Ghat, and send them off down the
Gogra. Two officers trying to escape were fired at
by the cavalry patrols, and brought back into the
lines. About sunrise on the 9th the officers were
allowed to take to the boats, myself and family
alone remaining in cantonments. At 10 a.m. Suba-
dar Dhuleep Singh visited' me, having previous;y•
placed sentries all round my bungalow. He stated
he was sorry at what had occurred, but such was
our fate, and he could not prevent it ; that the
Rasseldar of the sth troop of 15th Irregular Cavalry
wan the leader, but that not a hair of our heals
should be touched, and that he (the subeda.r) had
come to order us a boat and get it prepared for- us,
and he hoped we should pass down the river in
safe'y, for he could not be answerable for us when
the 17th N.I. arrived at Fyzabad. We rem tined in
cantonments till 2p m., and during the cow se of the
day the Moolavie who had ereerected a disturbance ill
the city of Fyzabad, and was confined in our quarter-
guard until released by the mutinet re, sent request-
ing my full dress regimentals, which were delivered
up to him. He Feet the sub-as-i-tent-surgeon of the
dispensary to assure me how grieved he was that I
should be obliged to flee as through my kindne-s
iitohade beam takene core frtivhilo ettefined
three months in the quarter-guard of die regiment,
and had been allowed by me his k olteh ; at the
same time requesting me to remain, and I,e would
take care of me and my family. The sub-assistant
surge ,n becged me to pardon him for obeying the
orders of those whom he now a-rved, that times
were altered, and he must obey those who fed and
clothed him.
" We left Fyzabad by boat at two p.m.., and in
nearing Adjoodhea were hailed by a c tvalry patrol,
wile, after looking into the boat, suffered us to pass
on. We had not proceeded far when another
scout hailed us, ordering us to bring to or we
should ':be fired on. He also suffered us to pass,
the Sepoys with us, Thacur Missir and Sunker
Singh, explaining to the scout that we were sent
off by the Rasseldar. At half-past 10 at night
we passed the camp of the 17th Regiment, but
in rounding a sandbank came upon a picket
of the mutineers, and were advised by
our Sepoys and boatmen to leave the beat and
creep along the side of the sandbank, and that the
boat should be brought round to meet us. We ac-
cordingly did so, and crossed the sandbank, being
out nearly two hours ' • when the b-at came round
at midnight we crossed over theriver to the Goruck•
pore district. In the morning, about daybreak,
some men coming down to bathe told us that there
were men on the look out for Europeans, and ad-
vised us to leave our boats as soon as we could and
follow some six or seyenSahibs (office! s) who the
day before bad gone towards Goruckpore. We
were about le wing the boats when a party of men
come down and inquired who was in the boat ;
being satisfied by the boatmen they w« nt away, and
we then immediately quieted the boats, leaving our
remaining property which' the subadar had directed
to be given us at Fyzabaa, and which was now
plundered by the villagers.
" We began our flight towards Goruckpore on
foot, with only the clothes we had on. Our ayah
(woman servant) and kidmutgar (table attendant)
accompanied us; we stopped often under trees and
at wells, and had proceeded six miles, it being now
10 o'clock, when we halted at a village, and having
got a draught of milk prepared to rest during the
heat of the day. We were soon disturbed, for a
horseman advanced over the country, armed to the
teeth, having a huge horse pistol in his hand, which
he cocked, and levelling it at my head desired me
to follow him to the camp of the 17th N. I. and make
no delay, for he was to get a reward of 590 rs. for
each of our heads! We had not retraced our steps
more than a mile when a lad joined us who was
known to the horseman, which determined him to
make us quicken our pace. The lad, however, per-
suaded him to let us drink water and rest near a
village, and while so doing he sent a boy to bring
men to our rescue. It appears that a Nagim, Meer
Mahomed Hossein Khan, had a small fort close by,
about three-quarters of a mile off. The Nagim im-
mediately sent out 10 or 12 footmen armed, who
on coming up directed us to follow them, and also
led the horseman by the bridle, having disarmed
him. One of the men sent out for our rescue greatly
abused me, and, looking at his pistol and priming,
swore he would shoot those Englishmen who had
come to take away their caste and make them Chris-
tians. About midday we reached the fortified dwel-
ling of the Nagim, and were ushered into the place
where ho was holding a council ; he bade us rest
and take some sherbet, assuring us that no harm
should happen to us, and be rebuked his insolent
retainer for hinting that a stable el, se by would do
for its to dwell in, as we should not require it long,
he being prepared to kill the dogs 1 The Nagim again
rebuked him, and told us not to fear, for he would
not suffer us to quit till the road was open and we
could reach Goruckpore in safety. On the second
day the Nagim, fearing the scouts of the 17th would
give intelligence that Europeans were hid in his fort
made us assume native dresses; the zenana.h clo' lied
my wife and daughter, and the Nagiin clothed me.
He then dressed up a party in our English clothing
and sent them out with an escort about 9 at night,
to deceive his outposts, and also the villagers ;
they returned about midnight in their proper
dresses, and it was supposed by all except the con-
fidential person of the Nagim's household that he
had sent us away. We remained iu captivity in rear
of his zenanah, in a reed hut, nine days, treated
very kindly arid considerately, having plenty of food
and a daily visit from our keeper.
"The Nagim personally visited the mutineers at
Fyzabad to learn their plan, which was to march
to the attack of Lucknow, and then proceed to
Delhi. The first time he visited the regiments at
Fyzabad they inquired very minutely concerning
certain Europeans he had harboured. The Nagim
declared that he had fed and rested three Europeans
and then sent them on ; to this they replied, It is
well; we are glad you took care of the Colonel and
his family.'
ss After we had been in c3ptivity seven days the

" Camp,. near Delhi, July 9.
"Duffadar Mahomed Ildossein (a Sowar of the
..7th Irregular Cavalry) was conveying a letter to
Brigadier-General Chamberlain, in which I strongly
recommended him to the favourable consid-ration
of Maj ,r-General Reid for behaving very well on
the night of tha 3d inst. in protecting Government
property. He had arrived within two miles of
cantonments when he met a body of the enemy's
cavalry, followed by our infantry and guns firing
into and at them. They hailed him, Who are
you ? Come with us to Delhi.' He nobly replied,
I am going to the General in cantonments with a .
letter.' They again hailed, No, come with us,
and one of the mutineers shouted out, 'Kill him,
he belongs to the Be-eemans' (those unfaithful to
their religion): Upon this he was fired upon, the
billliaiocaiug thzeligh bis'clothes under his left arm !
Hoossein s!Jot the man who fired at hitndeatt with'
his pistol, and galloped back to me ! I again sent
him off to the brigadier, with an additional letter,
asking him to allow the min to tell his own story,
and stating that I thought ha had fairly won his
spurs. He will doubtless be made a native officer."
' The wing of the 17th Irregulars to which
Hoo=s?in belongs arrived in camp before Delhi
with a convoy of 150 waggons of powder and 28
waggons of treasure in the beginning of July,
having ma,rchel down from the north, and
latterly passing through a disaffected district with-
out losing a man or a rupee. The general was
pleased to exp:e.s his approbation of the conduct
of the men and of the officer commanding the
detachment.