The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONBON, WEDNESDAY EVENING- AUGUST 26, 1857.

state. I have lost nearly everything, though my
servants behaved spkndiclly, and saved all they
could. Two tables, a few chairs, three beds, a few
odd volumes of my dear old books, and. my silver
is all I have in the world ; however, my life has
been mercifully spared, I thank God !
My horses I have saved ; I sent them to poor
Alexander for safety and for use before the fearful
night of the 6tb, when his Sowars rode two of them
and Old Smuggler saved Harward's life. When
he ran up to his camp he mounted him, aril he
dashed through the Sepoys like an old trump, as he
is. I have the good old beast under me everywhere,
carrying on the work of retribution.
Now that we have plenty of men a force is to be
moved up to Cawnpore to relieve the poor fellows
there, who are hard pressed, being intrenched in a
kind of made-up fort.
The Commissioner, Mr. Chester, sends me as the
political agent with the force, and I trust to see
some service before I return, So don't be anxious if
you do not hear from me for several mails to come;
my kind friend, the collector, will write a few lines
to set your minds at ease. If we can beat off the
rebels at Cawnpore it is probable we shall go on to
Lucknow, where we shall have some hard fighting.
I shall probably be away a month. Fancy marching
in the rains ! they have just come on. If I can keep
from rheumatism and fever I sha'nt care, for excite-
ment enables one to stand the sun and fatigue won-
derfully. At any other time the sun would have
knocked us down like dogs, but all this month we
have been out in the middle of the day, toiling like
coolies, yet I never have been better in my life.
Such an appetite! The whole country has been up,
and frightful massacres have been taking place all
over the north-west. We have not yet heard half
the horrors, for the daks have been stopped for three
weeks. The poor Henry Thornbills have bean mur-
dered at Seetapore, in Oude, and nearly all the
people at out-stations, but many reported dead
have turned up. Robert Chalmers is here with me,
having escaped in a wonderful manner with those
of his station. He comes on to Cawnpore with us.
I can write no more, as lam just starting. May
God bless you all.

The following letter is from a clergyman :
" Bangalore, July 4.
"I began writing you an account by the last mail
of this terrible outbreak in the Bengal Presidency,
and I have determined t) give you a brief outline
of what further has been perpetrated, as English-
men ought to be in possession of facts, lest there
should be any squeamishness about the punishment
in store for the brutal and diabolical mutineers.
" We have had an awful time of it, I can assure
you, though we ourselves have been mercifully
kept from alarm or danger. No words can express
the feeling of horror which pervades society in
India, we hear so many private accounts of the
tragedy, which are too sickening to repeat.
" The cruelties committed by the wretches exceed
all belief. They took 48 females, most of them girls
from 10 to 14, many delicately nurtured ladies—
violated them, and kept them for the base purposes
of the heads of the insurrection for a whole week.
At the end of thatitime they made them strip them•
selves, and gave them up to the lowest of the
people, to abuse in broad daylight in the streets of
Delhi. They then commenced the work of torturing
them to death, cutting off their breasts, fingers,
and noses, and leaving them to die. One lady was
three days dying. They flayed the face of another
lady and made her walk naked through the streets.
Poor Mrs. —, the wife of an officer of the Re.
giment, at Meerut, was soon expecting her confine-
ment. They violated her, then ripped her up, and,
taking from her the unborn child, cast it and her
into the flames. No European man, woman, or
child has had the slightest mercy shown them. I
do not believe that the world ever witnessed more
hellish torments than have been inflicted on our
poor fellow-co u n try wom e . At Allah abad they have
rivalled the atrocities of Delhi. I really cannot tell
you the fearful cruelties these demons have bean
guilty of—cutting off the fingers and toes of little
children, joint by joint, in sight of their parents,
who were reserved for similar treatment afterwards.

"I told you how gallantly our Madras Fusiliers
—poor J—'s regiment—hay behaved ; 100 men
of them, under Col. Neil, killed 650 mutineers. I
saw a letter from one of the officers yesterday. He
says that no imagination can depict the scenes he
witnessed when he arrived at Benares. All the
troops were in a state of revolt. They saved Benares.
The whole of the Bengal officers were paralysed with
terror and astonishment ; so Colonel Neil assumed
command and proceeded to the most summary
measures, cutting off whole regiments. All the
ladies were crowded into one room, with wounded
and dying men, and from the window the sight that
greeted the eye was a row of gallowses, on which
the energetic colonel was hanging mutineer after
mutineer, as they were brought in. After restor-
ing some little order at Benares, on went the gal-
pant Fusilsbers towards Allahabad ; thermometer
above 109 deg. ; 30, and even 40 mile marches ; no
supplies to be had, living on flour and water. On
reaching Allahabad at night thewhole cantonment
was in a blaze. The reg merits had already muti-
nied, and slaughtered their officers with unheard-
of cruelty. The Sikhs had not actually mutinied,
bat they assisted the rebel regiments in pillaging
the houses of the Europeans. This Sikh regiment
plied the fatigued Fusileers with liquor, and the
scene of dirt, drunkenness, and wretchedness baffled
all description. The officers of the Fusileers went
to the Sikh lines and up all the liquor they could,
to prevent the men from getting it, and they bought
chests of champagne, beer, arc , at four and eight
annas (6d. to ls.) a-bottle. Now I hear the inde-
fatigable Col. Nell is beginning to bring about some
degree of order, and is hanging scores and scores of
prisoners. But we get very little official tidings
yet. lam longing to hear more, for Ido not hesi-
tate to affirm that each day of delay places all our
lives in some jeopardy.
"I know from the very best authority that the
Mahomedaus are plotting at this plac', but whe-
ther they dare rise will depend on how things go on
in other places. The events of the next weeks will
be most momentous. At Madras the panic has
been intense. I believe, too, that the fears are
reasonable. We have at Bangalore a strong force,
and the Madras Sepoys have hitherto proved loyal.
There is one circumstance in our favour. We allow
all our regiments to have their women and children
with them in their lines, whereas in Bengal the
Sepoy leaves his wife in the village, and is allowed
to visit for a certain period every year. Our sys-
tem, doubtless, is a great check on the Sepoys, as
they know that, in the event of their rising, their
families are in our power, but the Bengal soldier
can roam at will.'

The following is a copy of a latter from Adolphus
de Kaatzow, who so greatly distinguished himself
at Meerut :

" MYNPOOREE, JUNE 19.

" The following is a correct copy of a letter from
the Governor-General to me, just received via Agra.
The dak was the last from Calcutta, and just before
the road was closed :

" Government-louse, Calcutta, June 7, 1857.
"My dear Sir,—l have just read, in a report
from the magistrates of Mynpooree, the account of
your conduct upon the occasion of the mutiny of a
portion of the 9th Regiment of Native Infantry at
that station on the 22d ult. I have read it with
an admiration and respect I cannot adequately
describe.

" Young iu year?, and at the outset of your
career, you have given to your brother soldi3rs a
noble example of courage, patience, good judgment,
and temper from which many may profit.
" beg you to believe that it will never be for-
gotten by me.

" ivrite this at once, that there may be no
delay in making known to you that your conduct
has not been overlooked. You will, of course, re-
ceive metre formal acknowledgment through the
military department of the Government of your
admirable service. .

" 'I am, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
" CANNING.
" 'Lieutenant de Kantzow, 9th 8.N.1.' "
The following is the Lieutenant's own account of
his exploit "
I was returning from reconnoitring, when in-
formation was brought me that five troopers of the
7th Light Cavalry wore coming along the road.
An immediate pursuit was of course ordered by me,
and my 39 troope.s tore away at full speed after
me. I was just coming up them, and had already
let drive among the murdering villains, when lo !
I came upon 200 of their comrades, all armed
with swords and some with carbines. A smart
fire was kept up at a distance of not more than
25 yards. What could 39 do against 200 regular
troopers well horsed and armed, particularly when
walked into by the bullets of 100 of the infantry ?
I ordered a retreat, but my cavalry could not
get away from troopers mounted upon g od
stud-brei horses ; so we ve..c so in overt dcen.
and then commenced the shindy in earnest ; 12
aOoPet:s surrounded me ; the first., a Mahomine-
priest, I shot through the breast just as he
Tasw Butting me down ; this was my only pistol, so
shelpless as regards weapons, save my sword ;
this warded off
last. 1 bitterly" --°.
39
as also another a swinging cut given me by No. 2,
but the fun could not
revolvers, for I could not having a couple of
sword was cut down
that blinded me, another Io
got
and only took a slice off.
anadve shot every man. My
glanced and bitbir
a slash on the Lead
n tthee arm that glanced,
d caught me on
know not how I escaped. God
the side, but also
Cif:4e sideways.knows
I
against one were fearful odds, especiaillyowass, asl 12
was
mounted only on a pony. Escape, however 1 did, I
and after many warm escapes too numerous to' men- i
tiou I got back there. 14 of my brave fellows were

killed, four wounded, six missing ; total 24, out of
39. Good odds, was it not !"
He says in another letter (referring, as it is
fancied, to his saving the gaol at Mynpooree from
destruction) that he has been praised by the Major-
General, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and his
doings brought to the notice of the Governor-Gene-
ral ; and he is now in command of the station of
Mynpooree, and the remains of three native re-
giments there—an irregular force, in fact.

ALLAHABAD.
The following letter is from an officer at Allaha-
bad :

" June 23.

" 1 may not have another opportunity of sending
you a few words, as we have lots of hard work '
fore us. I wrote you from Calcutta just before
leaving on the 4th inst., and by dint of pushing on
day and night I arrived with six brother officers at
Benares on the 9th, just after the mutiny of the
native troops at that station. Fortunately for the
residents there, a few of my regiment, with Colonel
Neil and two companies of Her Majesty's ICth
Regiment, had arrived two days before the row
commenced. Colonel Neil, a man of energy, saw
at once tde state of affairs, superseded the brigadier,
and took command of the station, ordered a parade,
and proceeded to disarm the native regiment. It
has since come out in evidence that that very night
the native troops were to have murdered the whole
of the Europeans in garrison.
" When the natives saw what was intended they
instantly rushed to their arms, the Sikh regiment
joining them, and poured a volley into the Euro-
peans, killing 10. However, the guns, two in
number, commenced at them with grape my regi-
ment, with the 10th, poured volley after volley
into them, and even followed them into their lines,
set fire to them and burnt a great many, and the
affair was over, for we had no cavalry to follow,
they having sided with the mutineers at the com-
mencement. All that have since been caught have
been hanged at once.
" I arrived, as I said, on the morning of the 9th ;
that same evening Colonel Neill took me with 40
of our men to endeavour to save or help the gar-
rison of this place, a most important fort, having
the largest arsenal in this part of India. He had,
however sent on 50 of our men before, and they
arrived the morning after the mutiny of the native
troops here, but in time to save and hold the fort.
My party arrived on the 11th, doing upwards of
70 miles in two nights by aid of a lot of natives
pushing our men along in light four-wheeled
carriages.
" The moment Colonel Neill arrived he set to
work to turn the villains out of the city and
cantonments, but I must tell you on the night they
mutinied the officers of the 6th Bengal Native In-
fantry, 17 in number, were at mess ; these mur-
derers sounded the alarm bugle, got all their officers
on the parade ground, and then fired into them,
killing 14 out of the 17. They then went round
the cantonment, burning all the houses, killing
men, women, and children, and committing all
kinds of atrocities.

" Well, the Colonel sent out a party of our men,
50 in number to attack and clear the city, or rather
the suburbs. We lost two men killed and five
wounded, and one officer, but it so frightened them
that the next morning they all bolted. A much
stronger party, 200 of our men under my command
with guns and cavalry, the whole under Colonel
Neill, swept right through the cantonment, and a
steamer went along the river with guns, and we are
now pretty quiet at this place, though the hang-
man is at work daily and the Colonel is not the
man to spare them.

"He (ihe Colonel) is now hard at work getting
his force together to move on to the assistance
of Cawnpore and Lucknow, both places being in
the greatest danger, for all the Sepoys that have
run away are now gathering round Lucknow.
Our reports concerning that city and Cawnpore
are most gloomy, but reports in this country
and at this time are always against U 3. You
can have no idea of the awful weather and
of our suffering from the heat ; we sit with
wet clothes over our head, but the deaths from
sun stroke continue large ; that dreadful scourge
cholera has also broken out-, and we have lost
already 70 fighting men. We buried 20 three
night ago at one funeral, and the shrieks of the
dying were something awful ; two poor ladies who
were living over the hospital died, I believe, from
fright. We have now got about 400 men outside
the fort, and the disease is certainly on the decline.
Up to to-day we have had little to eat ; indeed, I
would not have fed a dog with my yesterday's
breakfast, but our mess and the head-quarters
arrived yesterday, and our fare was much better
to-day. All the village people ran away, and any
one who had worked for the Europeans these mur-
derers killed, so if the population was to a man
against us we should stand but a bad chance. A
poor baker was found. both his hands cut off,
Iliad his nose slit, because he had. sent in bread to
us. I need not say hew al:1'101141y we all look for
a large army from England. We can hold our own
well enough till it arrives, but India wa3 never in
such a mess, and it requires many a strong arm
and a wise head to put it in order again. The Ben-
gal army is to a man against us, and lam very
nervous about Madras and Bombay; one single
mischance, and those two armies follow. I fully
expect to go on in advance with the first party to
Cawnpore, so shall finish this off hastily, as we
only get a few hours' notice. I have written to my
poor wife, begging her to go home as quick as she
can, for I cannot bear the idea of her being in such
a country at such a time, and I would give all I
have to know she was on her way. We cannot
leave this for the next two years at the earliest,
and this mutiny might spread at any moment, so I
long to hear of her being in safety. lam thankful
to say I am in sound health and fit for a campaign,
though it is one I least expected, and almost envy
Mortimer his high stool. I had a terrible march
last week, concluding with a mile and a half in the
dry sand of the Ganges in the middle of the day.
I never felt anything like it in my life. One man
actually lay down and died at the end of it. So
much for soldiering."

The Nord of Brussels publishes the following let-
ter from Madras "from its own correspondent:"—

" MADRAS:JuLT 12.

" India at the present moment, from Cape Co-
meau to the foot of the Himalayas, is the theatre
of the most horrible crimes and atrocities—officers
murdered by their soldiers, women violated and
cut in pieces. and children roasted alive before
their parents eyes.
i‘ Such are the scenes now witnessed in India,
that fine country where, nevertheless, for a century
the English have established their rule and laws.
" This state of things has loused the East India
Company's Government from its habitual apathy.
The public press has taken hold of the question, and
numerous pamphlets have been published to point
out the evil, its causes, and the remedies to be em-
ployed. •
" As it was the army which first gave the exam-
ple of revolt and crime, it is on its organisation that
public attention was first directed, and all the or-
gans of the press coincide in discovering the evil—
"l. In priority admitted as the only claim to
promotion.
"2. In the little talent and military taste of the
officers of the Indian army.
"3. In the total want of sympathy between them
and their men.

"4. In tip) faulty organisation of the military
government placed under th 9 cDntrol of the civil
service.

" The native army, consisting of 73 regiments of
1,000 men each, tolerat,.s paiently, but also con-
temptuously, its English officers, and from the
statement of its commanding officers, who really
took an interest in its organ'sation, it was a secrt
enemy of the Indian Government.
" A great General oftea observed that be fearel
the Sepoys more than an enemy on ths frontier.
"The army, wh;ch consists exclusively of flin-
does and Mussulmans, to whom the use of pork fat
is expressly forbidden by their religion, made a pre-
text of greased cartridges given to them with a now
description of musket, and they rose as one man at
every military station. The soldiers first refused
obedience
they
then fired on their officers on
pthen desated. their colours and their
driieen, ce
and;
profession for ever.
" The Government at first tried to persuade it-
self that it was only an accidental mutiny in two
or three discontented regiments, and the Governor-
General issued a proclamation to reassure the
troops that other cartridges would be given them,
and that the Government would never interfere
with their religion. The troops rectived the pro-
clamation with very bad grace, and a few hours
after it ha-t been officially read some regiments
fired on their officers, burned their station., and
put to death all Europeans they met with, without
regard t ) sex or age.
"The so-called mutiny assumed the proportions
of serious revolution, fomented throughout the
whole of India by all the dethroned Kings and de •
posed Mussulman Princes.
" What is the cause of this revolution ? Is it to
be attributed to the greased cartridges, or s )lily to
discontent am-arg the Sepoys ?

"No, it is to b 3 attrilkve(l,
"1. To the policy of annexation, followed for
many years by the representatives of the East India
Company.
"2. To the unjust treatment of the women and
heirs of the deposed crowned heads.
"3. To the breach of faith ou the part of the
Government towards the army on two different
occasions.

"4. To the humiliation of Europeans in favour
of a few privileged elasaof natives Ana Mussulmaus

which the Governinelit wished to flatter to obtain
loans from them.
"5. To the tendency to seize hold of the fortunes
of Rajahs and millionaire nabobs.
"6. To a false application of what the Govern-
ment pleased itself to style philanthropy.
"7. To the licentiousness of the native press.

" Let us now examine each of these causes :
"1. The Government of the East India Com-
pany has annexed, without any reason, and most
unjustly, the kingdom of Oude to its territory.
This false and clum,y policy aroused the indigna-
tion of the whole of that rich and populous country,
and the Sepoys, who belong chiefly to Oude and
the neighbouring countries, took up arms for the
cause of their King. _ _

" A great number of other deposed princes and
princesses are actually receiving pensions from the
Company, but, as it always endeavours to find
means to reduce its expenditure by pretending that
t'ae women and heirs are not legitimate, it has
created a general common feeling of discontent
among them which has made them the sworn ene-
mies of the Government, and actual events have
proved that those kings and princes are at the head
of a portion of the conspiracy which has broken
out. The Government has taken advantage of this
to shut up the King of Oude and his Prime Mini-
ster as prisoners iu the fort at Calcutta ; it will act
likewise towards many other princes now receiving
pension 4 and will thus save many lees of rupees.
" 2. A. law has been prepared, and is, it is said,
on the eve of being passel, to prevent Rajahs and
other Ind an millionaires leaving their property to
indirect heirs ; thus, the possessor of only 1,000
rupees may leave them to his nephews and nieces,
but any one possessing 10 lace or more can only
leave them to the Hon. East India Company.
" This law, if we are to balieve the natives, was
framed with a view to the eventual death of certain
Rajahs who have no legitimate children, especially
to that of the Rajah of Bordwan, who possesses
millions. This measure, it appears, in no manner
pleased him, for he is one of the individuals com-
promised in the present movement. As regards the
women, rightly or wrongly, public rumour prevails
that the Government put them to death to avoid
paying their pensions. A journal, speaking of the
rents of Mazpoore, said last year that they had
been sent to a pestilential residence that the pay-
ment might stop.
_ _

" 3. The Government broke is word towards the
army. It had, in fact, promised the men that they
should not cross the va; now, in the Burmese war,
it ordered four regiments to embark. The first order
was disobeyed. The troops had right on their side,
yet they were decimated and fired upon by English
cannon. At the time of the Sikh war the army re•
fused, at a critical and decisive moment, to cross
the Sutlej without a batta. The generals were ob-
liged to give in, and a batta was granted. When
Oude wal annexed the Government, then in
strength, declared that the batta should cease to be
paid. These facts, added to the discontent caused
by the greased cartridges, brought about., with the
gold of the rajahs and of the kings, the present re-
volution in India.

" 4. The Company's Government, despite its in-
credible resources, has always gonebeyond its means,
and has consequently been compelled to contract
loans. It debts actually amount to 5,000,0001. ster-
ling. It was necessary to cajole or flatter a certain
rich class in India, and to succeed,. under the mask
of philanthropy, native magistrates, judges, and
official secret lries were appointed. These situations
only doubled the hatred of the Mussulnian against
the dog of a Christian;' and, though making money,
the Government by no means advanced the welfare
of the country.
" The Bengales is a liar and a thief by his reli-
gion. Now, if you beat him or accuse him on losing
same article or other, he leaves you, and brings an
action for his wages. The judge, who is also a Ben-
galee, gives it against you, having probably received
a douceur, aid the Government approves it because
the court expensesare paid.
"The result of all this is a general state of dis-
content among every class, whether white or black,
Mahomedan, Hindoo, or Christian ; hence the cause
of revolution.

" The license abuse,' by the press in a country
dissatisfied with English rule must have hastenPd
the present outbreak.
_ _ _

"-The false philanthropists of India, under the
masks of missionaries—Jesuits disguised—bave at-
tacked all white officials and &dared themselves
the friends of their black brothers. To them must
be attributed the stories of torture on the high-
minded Beugalce. These discussions have tended
much to lower the Governors of India in the opi-
nion of the natives, who have gradually acquired
a complete contempt for Europeans. The Gover-
nor-General even is not excepted. A Government
thus molested loses all dignity and respect, and,
what is more, credit ; the last loan finds no re-
sponse. The signature of the Governor-lleneral is
not worth that of the smallest banker in the baz iar.
" On their part, the Bengalese have abused the
liloct-by of tho press to make proclamations against
the Government, to stir up regiments in the name
of old dynasties, and to preach open revolution,
while the missionaries, up to their work, converted
colonels and generals to their ways, who attempted
to read sermons to and make Christians of some of
their men. The greased cartridges came as a
finisher—so much so that on the one hand the de-
throned kings and the deposed rajahs, and on the
other hand the soldiers who supported the Govern-
ment, and finally the people, imbued with a natu-
ral hatred of a Christian, entertained one idea, one
wish, one will—revolution and the blood of the
white man. _ _

" The Government has at last appreciated the
immensity of the evil. Orders have been sent to
stop the troops for China. Bombay, Madras, and
Colombo send what troops they can dispense with.
" On the other hand, the internal Government is
taking the following severe and energetic measures :
"I. Abolition of the freedom of the press
throughout India.
"2. Imprisonment of all suspected kings and
rajahs.
"3. Embodiment of the militia, at every station.
"4. Fifty rupees for every deserter caught.
"5. Abolition (projected) of every native school
of the Government.

" 6. Prcclamation of martial law with all its

rigou,s.
" Will these measures save India ? Never. They
will increase the hatred of the black against the
white. Tha,t will be the only result.
" The only measures to be adopted are the fol-

lowing :
" 1. The sending out of a permanent force of
50,000 Europeans, of which 10000 men ought to be
cavalry, on the system of the French Gendarmerie.
" 2. TL:e immediate development of railways and
high-roa 3s.
"3. The abolition of the tax imposed on natives
holding official appointmenls.
" 4. Amunicipat police on an honourablefooting.
"Unless such measures are adopte], believe me,
my dear lir, the Etst India Company is doomed."

The following is a le ter from Lieutenant R. G.
Armstrong, late of the irth Bengal Na,vive In-
fantry
ALLAHABAD, JUNE 28.

" I received two letters from you and a couple of
newspapers shortly after I had been at Benares. I
was then doing duty at the barracks,• when one
morning I was told that I should have ti proceed
on special duty that afterno n with a detachment
of the 8 Ith Queen's. When the order came out
I was then ordered to accompany a detachment
of that regiment towards this place, to assist
in communicating with the natives, and procur-
ing supplies f r the men ; in fact was interpreter
and qu trtermastr,r to tie force. Wel, in due
tune we reached Allah:lb:A when yesterday I
was orderei to attend at tne fort here and report
myself and receive further orders, as my duties as
interpreter arose now comple'el, and I am glad to
Bay I have since heard tint my services on the road
have been spoken of most highly to the of com-
manding the 84th here. \Vat, when I got to the
fort I was orifereltsds dn'y with the Sikh r, gi-
ment Ferozepore hero, which I have since
joined, 'and, as the country is now all round in a
most unsettled state, I trust I may some day make
my name known by gallantry in the field, and at
the first vacancy may perhaps hold the appoint.
ment of adjutant in the corps, which will ho my
fiist step on staff employ. Sorry I am, indeed,
that I have not been able to pa,s in the languages,
and sill more hard is it that all chance of pms•
ing is now closed to me, for the whole of India
is in such a d'sturbed state that for a time all
that son, of thing is knocked on the head, for every
0113 n 0 .V 11 is just enough to do to take care of his
own life. The circumstances of the mutiny here
have been the most disgraceful yet heard of; and,
as it may be interesting to you, I will give you a
short account of it. Toe Gth Regiment Native In-
fantry were s'a.`ioned here, and when corps wee
breaking (Alt in all directions this regiment vo'un-
teered their services to advance against the King
of Delhi and his mutineers. For this, they were
hankei, and told that their services would be ac-
cepted at the first opporzunity. This took plate
in the morning. On the evening of the same
day, whde all the officers were at me us ; ths alarm
bugle of the regiment was sounded ; these poor
fellows, thinking it was a disturbance among
the villagers, rushed out at the d -or. The first
was shot down, and the second, who I regret to
say was a great friend of mine, received the second
bullet,
and fed dead. ou the spo`. They were all
knocked over by their own men, and only three
officers out of the whole regiment escaped. Every
house in the station, with the exception of one or
two, has been burnt to the ground, and when we

marched en the other morniag we saw Allah',lyda
in ruins. Two days after I arrived I went with al
couple of Que2•n'a officers to seethe bungalows, and
I must say I never witnessed anything like it be.
fore ; every single thing was destroyed, every pane
of glass smashed, even the canvass that goes ova
the punkah was torn into shreds. Such a wilful
destruction of property I never witnessed.
A large quantity of things was found in a village
close by. They were all secured, and two
days ago the place was burnt by us to the ground.
This is certainly, and will, from all appearance
be a tedious campa!gn ; for, besides the straits we
are reduced to, the bad weather is setting in—viz.,
the rains. lam regularly rationed like a common
soldier, get a loaf of bread, a pint of beer, a little
sugar and milk, awl a small piece of mutton, be-
sides tea twice a day, spirits and beer only once, as
also the mutton, for tea is given out at night, bet,
as several of us have been living together, we have
managed to get on very fairly. Ou'le is now the
head quarters of the rebels. Every single regiment
has mutinied, and the country will have to be taken
a second time, but this time by force of arms.
The brave Sir Harry Lawrence has manfully de-
fended the residence against the insurgents,
but if assistance is not rendered him, and
the people who have taken refuge within its walls,
amounting to several hundreds, they will be all
starved out, for from the last accounts they have
been obliged to feed on grain arid sugar. They
have next to nothing to cook it with, and no pots
of any sort to cook it in. It is reported that a de-
tachment of the 84th, the Qaeen's, who went over
there from Crawnpore the other day, have been cut
down to a man, but this has not been confirmed.
Thera are thousands upon thousands oc natives
assembled there, and assistance will have to
come quickly, or not an European will be
saved. There is a force of 500 Europeans
and a detachment of my present corps going
over to Cawnpore most likely on Tuesday morning,
and most likely I shall go with them ; at least, I
Lope and trust it may be my good luck to be able
to. These are stirring times. They are hanging
men up at Benares and here, besides several other
stations, six, seven, and eight a day. Missionaries
in this country have carried matters too far, and
nothing in this country is a native so tenacious of
as having Lis religion meddled with. E iucation
has also been carried too far. Educate a native
and he becomes a thorough-paced scoundrel. These
are the opinions of men who are capable of giving
them."

sritiers of the Declaration. It is, then, only a •
matter of feeling. Well, the clergy are to be allowed
the indulgence. But the Lords in allowing it
have net also given them the power of closing their
churches, in which they have but a very subm.
dinate authority They may refuse to perform
the service and absent themselves, but the
churches will still be open for the performance
of the service and the obtaining of a blessing for
these who, having sinned, now repent, and wish
to do the best that is possible under their unhappy
circumstances—that is, live together as Chr;sdau
man and wife. This amendment, then, was left
untouched. So also were the remainder, and thus
far the bill has escaped its threatened perils.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of John Maclean, Esq., Chief Cora-
missionen for British Kaffraria, in South Africa, to he an
Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class,
or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 24. ---
The Queen has beou pleased to approve of Mr. William
Manuel Robinet as Cor.sul at Hong Kong for the Republic
of the Equator.

*AR•OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 25.
65th Regiment—Major-General R. B. Coles to be Colonel,
vice Lieutenant-General Henry Balneavis, C. M G., de-
ceased.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 25.
let Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Cornet and Adjutant
D. Wale to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet C.
Levett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice I 'onov an,
who retires ; G. Webster, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Levett ; Robert Dalrymple Steuart, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grews, promoted ;
George Henry Bowyer, Gent., to be Cornet, without
purchase, vice Sidney, promoted.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Andrew Sarel,
from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Lonedale, who retires.
7th Light Dragoons—Ensign Frederick Walter Carden,
from the 31st Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase;
Troop-Sergeant-Major Walter Borthwick to be Quarter-
master, ♦ice John Evans Parry, who retires upon half-
pay ; Veterinary-Surgeon John Barker, from the 10th
Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Philips,
who exchanges.
10th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon James George
Philips, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary
Surgeon, vice Barker, who exchanges.
14th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Charles P. Ainslie,
from half-pay 9th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bre-
vet-Colonel IL E. Doherty, who exchanges, receiving
the difference between Cavalry and Infantry.
15th Light Dragoons—Capt. Ljrd Walter C. M. D. Scott,
from half-pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Brevet-Major Horne, promoted in the 7th Light DIA-
_ goons.

, -
Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Lieutenants with
temporary rank, to be Lieutenants with permanent rank,
viz.:—Francis Hume Dodgson, Edward Delaval Tarle.
ton, Henry Pountney Darwall, Edward Roden Cotting-
ham, George Russell Salmon, Joseph Thomas Barrington,
John Claudius Auchiuleck, George Sheppard Harvey,
Samuel Cotter Kyle, William Stopford Maunsell, and
Hubert Leonard Mitchell , Assistant-Surgeon Essex
Bowen and Assistant-Surgeon Cyrus Oct avius Daniell
have been permitted to resign their commissions.
Royal Engineers—Captain John Summerfield Hawkins,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, placed on
the Seconded List.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Philip Le
Belward Egerton, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute-
nant and Captain, vico Rose, who exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Alexander Bruce Tulloch
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hope, pro-
moted.
2d Foot—Lieut.-Col. Robert Bruce, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Lientenant-Colonel ; Major James Rose,
from a Depot Battalion, to be Major; Major Henry
Reynolds Werge, from half-pay Unattached, to be major.
To be Captains—Captains R. C. W. Stuart, from half-
pay 71st Foot ; W. C. Coghlan, from half-ray 56th
Foot ; N. Dunscombe, from half-pay 46th Foot ; F. J.
Herey, from half-pay 44th Foot ; R. G. Brady, from
half-pay let Foot ; W. D. Thompson, from half pay 17th
Foot ; N. H. B. Vardon, from half-pay 13th Foot ;
Lieutenant F. A. Davidson, from the 8 ith Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu-
tenants—Lieutenants H. W. Hartford, from the
21st Foot; G. Turnor, from the 68th Foot; A. U.
A. Page, from the 28th Foot ; J. MiG. Magill, from the
18th Foot ; A. T. E wens, from the 30th Foot ; C. de St.
Croix, from the 34th Foot ; G. F. Dowdeswell, from the
89th Foot ; G. Philips, from the 46th Foot ; De L. R.
Anderson, from the 63d Foot; H. Hardy, from 97th Foot.
To be Ensigns—Ensigns J. J. Armstrong, from the 89th
Foot ; C. H. Newbatt, from the 28th Foot ; Thos. Enean,
from the 41st Foot ; R. W. Stokes, from the 39th Foot ;
C. Neville, from the 82d Foot; R. Gray, from the 97th
Foot. To be Quartermaster - Quartermaster John
Curran, from half-pay Ist Regiment British Italian
Legion.
3d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel F. F. Maude, C. 8., from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. To
be Majors—Majors T. H. Somerville, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel
F. F. Mande' C. 8., whose Brevet Rank has been con-
verted into Substantive Rank, Unattached, under the
provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 6th October,
1834 ; J. H. Burke, from half-pay Unattached ; J. N.
Sargent, from halt-pay Unattached. To be Captains—
Captains B. Neville, from half-pay 71st Foot ;
A. W. Joyce, from half-pay 56th Foot; J.
S. Gordon, from half-pay 931 Nod C. Par-
sons_ frnm half-rev A2l P.M, • ( VVemYits
from half-pay 71st Foot, B. Sim, from half-pay old
Foot, C. K. Pearson, from half-pay 31st Foot ; Lieut.
H. R. Cowell, from the St. Helena Regiment ;
Charles Verey, from 20th Foot. to be Lieutenant. To
bo Ensigns Ensigns B D. Wright, from the 38th Foot ;
W. G. Mansergb, from the 28th Foot ; S. Graves, from
the 62d Foot; J. Law, from the 71st Foot. To be
Q uar terrn aster. —Q uartermaster G. Pi ttendrigh, from
a Depot Battalion.
6th Foot.—Ensign Richard Sheil to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Prest, who retires; Patrick Browne
Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vico Sheil.
19th Foot.—Waller Langford Sainsbury, Gent., to bo
Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant

. .
Kindersley, promoted.
20th Foot.—Charlton Thomas Leighton, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Verey, promoted.
24th Foot.—Ensign John Johnstone to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Travers, promoted.
—Lieut. FooLieut. Abel Woodroffe Boyce to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major James Maxwell
whose Brevet Rank has been conver;;ed into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1e54.
56th Foot—Liont.-Col. Alfred Thomas Heyland, from a
Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
58th Foot —Ensign George Marriner to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wallington, promoted in the Rifle Bri-
grade ; Alexander William McCrae, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Marrivar.
60th Foot—Liout. Henry Semple to bo Captain, by pur-
chase, vice For, who retires; Ensign R. J. Hickman to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Semple ; Ensign J. 0.
Young, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Cubit,
who retires; W. K. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hickman ; E. S. Steward, Gent., to be
Ensign, by parch 'se, vice Young ; H. R. Troeve, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. H. Napier,
died of his wounds; Richard A. Massy, Gent , to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Preston, promoted.
66th Foot:---Brevet-Colonel Robert Edward Burrowes, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Max well, pro-
moted ; Captain Toni Benson to be Major, by purchase,
vice Burrowes' who retires; Sergeant-Major John Ma-
hotly, from a Depot Betalion, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Fetherston, who resigns ; Ensign John
Mahony to be Adjutant, vice Firth, deceased; Ensign
Charles Cla.vering Wardell has been permitted to resign
his Commis:4on.
72d Foot—Brevet-Colonel Charles Henry Somerset, from
half-pay, 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
84th Foot-- Henry Shaw() Jones, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Humphrey, promoted.
92d Foot—Thomas Rendall Morris, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Basevi, who retires.
Rifle Brigade —Lieutenant and Captain George Ernest
Rose, from the Coldstream Guards, to be Captain, vice
Egerton, who exchanges.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. John Fanning to be
Captain, without purchase, veoe Pearson, deceased ;
Ensign A. W. C. Nowlan to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Fanning; Ensign W. Hartrick to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, Nowlan, whose promotion
on the lth July, 1857, has been cancelled ; Wm. Per-
coval Gileorne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Hartrick.
31 West India Regiment—Ensign R. A. Skues to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Watson, deceased; En-
sign Thomas Dunn to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Skues, whose promotion on 16th June, 1857, has
been cancelled ; Thomas Francis Beamish, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice I,)unn, promoted.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign Henry Augustus
Williams to be Lieutenant, without pu'rchase, vice
Cumming, deceased.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.

To be Lieutena•t-CJlonels—Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac
Moore, from half-pay 97th Foot. vice Hoyle, Id, removed
to the 56th Foot ; Colonel William Irwin, from half-
ply BJth Foot, vice Hill, who exchanges.
To be M jor —Major George Skip..vith, from half-pay Un-
attached, vie., Turner, appointed to the 97th Foot.
BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. H. Kennedy, of the Royal
Artillery, having completed a service of three years as
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the
Royal Warrant of Nov. 5,1854.
The undermentioned Officer having completed three
years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on
the sth August, 1857, to be promoted to Colonel in the
Army, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1851 :
Lieut.-Cul. Arnold Chas. E-rington, 51st Fyrot.
Tee undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half
pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain under the Royal
Warrant of 17th Dec., 1815.

Quartermaster John Evans Parry, half-pay 7th Light
Dragoons.

CONI MISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Royal Lancishire Militia Artillery Regiment—Charles
Matthew Calderon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
Weldon, appointed Cornet in the 6th Dragoons.
East Kent Regiment of Militia -- George Augustus
Young, Esq. (late Bth Foot and Kent Militia Artillery), %o
be Captain, vice Knight resigned.
Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieuten-
ant William Wallace Hozier to b 3 Captain, vice GerarJ,
promoted ; Cor. et James Thomson Rankin to b 3 Lien-
terrint, vice Hozier, promoted.
Queen's Own Riyal Regiment of Glasgow and Lower
Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. Taorn..s
M'Call to be Captain, vice Bail d, resigned ;
Cornet John
Middletori to ba Lieutenagt, vice 314Ca11, promoted.