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

THE MASSACRE AT ALLAHABAD.

Dr. Duff supplies the following account of th's
ma lacre :—The case of the 6th Native Infantry at
td is thus recorded, as the result of authen-
tic iilformation, by one of the Calcutta journals,—
" It appears that, after the officers of the regiment
frsc iefs the lines, a subalar paid a visit to Lieut.
Blaine., the interpreter, and expostulated with him,
in the name of the regiment, upon the want of con-
iid-inco which they had displayed. Come to us,' he
said ; we are faithful ; we love our good masters ;
we will protect you; but it gives us pain to see you
siußpo.::z; Slaines and his wife, who were present
r.t the interview, were melted even to tears at the
sire plo eloquence of the man whom they had in-
sul.e3, as wall as .his fellows, by their unworthy
. .
wisp:long. There was but one course left to take
t ) return to the bosom of the regiment, to throw
them trlves upon the hearts of the men ; and this
course they resolved to adopt, persuading the other
offi-ers of the regiment and their families to follow
ihoir example. When they returned to the regi-
tnent, the scene which awaited them touched the
hearts of ad present. The -men whom they
had suspected, in a moment of narrow-minded
uppreh ;miens were found drawn up to receive their
officer), and welcomed them with three hearty Eng-
18'1 n'.o irs. The native officers, unable to control
their feelings, which swelled high, and sent their
warm Asiatic blood coursing in their veins, in de-
filnc 3 Of all cold rules of decorum and hollow mili-
tary oblervances, gave vent to the natural and
pimple emotions of their brave hearts. They flung
ViernsAves round the necks of their European
,rs who had so generously atoned for their cruel
suspicions, and kissed them on both cheeks. The
Icc nriliation was complete, confidence was happily
rt.stbied, and that same night the native officers
and men rose and proceedel to the work of
ra Isaac:el"

Tbii is the regiment which some time before had
profes32d such extra zed and loyalty, that they ea-
t':u3iastieallypled to be allowed to proceed to Delhi
pu,dili the mutineers, of whose treacherous and
induct they spoke with vehement detesta-
tioa. In order still further to prove their loyalty,
they again and again delivered up spies, who had
come t ) spread sedition amongst them, So ma;
Plet,,ly was the veracity of their professions co_nfided
in,' th 6t. Lord Canning sent them a special letter of
thank_ which was publicly.read to them on piratic,
orya certain evening at six o'clock ; and the reading
'f.,.11.01 elicited three hearty cheers for the corn-
-1,1n.,• Ott that very evening, at nine o'clock, a
ken'lleinan on the ramparts of the fort, observing a
rr c'z-t, go up, said th m ate near him ,; Wit it's that 7""Oh
saiadgis t;re latter, "it is
otily a marriage." -But lot
oanothetrocket followed.
It st as the signal agreed on
Ly the "staunch and
loral ;" when the mess_house
attacked,v'a'nv'a'n and
semi) rcen out of the twenty
unarmed, contiding
00'ice,•51 assemble I there were instantaneously
leitchc‘red in cold blood—their shrieks being heard
at a considerable distanca. The Colonel of the
rdgireer,t, who, up to the last laughed at the id
r ecantiorary
measures being neces,areys
f
ne, ho would not believe that his men would
in a tiny until the balls flew through hiEvhat
a''
v; :4, contrived to es-cape to the fort with his life.d
'Then commenced the work of plunder and de-
Rtal Im—the destruction of propeity throughout
this town and its vicinity being most complete-.the
briveral )ws in the cantonments, and all the British
r?",id noes; being soon in a blaze—the new railway
a4a, ion, with its bui!clings and machinery, and
ear. jagn
s—the extensive American mission-press
11-ern.i,es and schools, all laid waste—the public
tr.eareiry,.bank, and storehouses pillaged—in short,
wiqiin a few days the whole city of Allahabad, con-
ttining 120,000 inhabitants, was not only sacked
and ravaged, kit literally reduced to one mass of
rilias find ashes !

THE CASE OF JHANSI.
Tirp case ofJhansi, the capital of a petty state in
Thu. delennel; -to the west of Allalmhad, is one of
tip-) most deplorable. The Sepoys having muti►iied,
'tome of the officers effected their escape, and others