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

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA.

We have received, by Eztraordivary Express, in
advance of the above mail, our file of papers fr3m
Bombay of the 31st of August, from which wo
make the following important extracts :

(From, the Bombay Times of Aug. 31.)

SUMMARY.—During tie last fortnight the aspect
of affairs in India has not improved, and the in-
telligence which we send home by this mail is cer-
tainly .of a disastrous character. The flame of re-
bellion, which was then thought to be dying out,
burns with as much fierceness as ever, and sparks
from the blazing pile are lighting up the fires of
discord and insurrection in the neighbourhood of
the conflagration. We had at first congratulated
ourselves that the armies cf Madras and Bombay
were staunch and loyal, and that they could be de-
pended on in the conflict with their insurgent bre-
thren ; but symptoms of disaffection are now being
exhibited among the sepoy regiments of both the
minor presidencie3, which convinces us that, al-
though they may not break out into open mutiny,
they can scarcely be trusted to fight against their
reloglious countrymen. We may yet hope, how-
ever, that the arrival of large numbers of European
troops, of which we have received several fresh ac-
cessions, will confirm the wavering loyalty of these
regiments still serving under our banners,
and prevent them from joining the cause of the
mutineers. This is the only consolation we have
under the gloomy circumstances of our present
position, for the determination of the home Go-
vernment to send the Indian reinforcements by the
Cape route instead of dispatching them overland,
will postpone the day of reckoning by several
months.

GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN.
The force under General Havelock, which had
advanced from Cawnpore towards Luclinow, to
render assi,tance to the besieged garrison of that
place, has beau oldiged to retrace its steps. After
the brilliant victory on the 20th July at Busserut
Gunge, of which we gave an account in our last
Summary, the gallant general, having no cavalry
to follow up his successes, and being hampered wi'h
sick and wounded, commenced a retrogade move-
ment towards Cawnpore, which he reached in safety.
He advanced again on the 4th of August, and was
met-, the next day by about 5000 men, whom he
engaged and defeated, taking their guns. He then
pushed on to the village of Busserut Gunge ; but
hearing that the enemy were in considerable force
in the neighbourhood of Lucknow, and feeling
that with scarcely a thousand Europeans he could
not cope against such fearful odds, he res,,lved to
fall back on Cawnporo and await reinforcements.
General Havelock's retreat was slow and deliberate
and the enemy everywhere fled b fore hitn. On
the 12th August, however, they attacked him with
two guns on the northern side of the river, befort,
crossing over to Cawnpore. In this action we
suffered some loss, but succeeded in capturing the
enemy's guns, which the Highlanders did in
gallant style. The next morning the troops
crosei the Ganges, and arrived in Cawnpore,
where General Havelock was to remain nail
he could. receive reinforcements from Lower
Bengal. During Havelock's absence, Cawnpore had
been threatened by a body of the enemy, but when
General Neill advanced to meet them, they'took to
flight. It is evident, from all these circumstances,
that Oude is the focus of the rebellion, and that it
will require a large European force to re-conquer
it. The regiments which mutinied at Cawnpore
and Lucknow, joined. by the warlike inhabitants of
the province, have been organised into somo
of order, and the connt-y seenal t U swarm with
liordes of rebels. It would hare been madness in

General _Havelock, will the diminiThed force under
him, to hive encountered the immense array of tLe
enemy, as his troops might hive been destroyed,
and the sifaty of Lucknow and Cawnpor3 impaiit-
-le-1. No intelligence has been received °ln Luck-
now, the commun-cation with ivhicli is cut off, but
it is supposed that the garrison is still holding out
It is said that the G,)orlms from Nepaul have
the be,i!ged troops, but this may be consi-
dered to be doubtful.