The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

The following is from an officer at Jubbul pore :
" Jubbulpore, Sept. 24.
In my last I think I told you of the arrival of the
moveable column from Kamptee, viz., four 9-poun-
ders, two 241 b. howitzers, 70 artillerymen (Euro-
peans), a squadron of the 4th Light Cavalry, the
rifle company of the Ist Nagpore Infantry, and the
33d Regiment M.N.1., the wholeunder Col. Millar.
Two companies of the 52d and two compa-
nies of our 28th joined the column here. Well, we
in our simplicity thought the column had been sent
here for our beuofit ; but on the 19th of last month
the entire column moved on towards Dumoh, not
leaving a single man or gun. We did get up a meet-
ing of the senior officers. All of us who were to re-
main here advocated the necessity of leaving a couple
of guns, but all who were going with the column
were against dividing it, and as they were the more
numerous of course had it alltheir own way. Major

—, however, wrote to Government, po-inting out
our position, and what a loss it would be to Govern-
ment, and that the labour of 30 years in securing the
Thuggs might be thrown away in a moment. We
believe this representation bore fruit eventually, but
for a long time we were left to our own resources,
After the arrival of the Kamptee column all the mar.
ried men, except myself, left the intrenchments
at the Residency and returned to their bungalows.
I was quite sure there would, sooner or later, be a
panic, and that they would all rush back to the Re-
sidency. Well, affairs went en smoothly enough for
a time, and on the 31st of Aug., the last day of the
Mohurrum, I was in the act of writing that all had
passed off quietly, when B— ran in and said Mrs.
So and So, naming two or three ladies, were all
come. Sure enough here was the panic I antici-
pated. There they were, pale and agitated. An im-
mediate attack of Bundelahs, aided by the Bud-
mashes from the city, was apprehended, and some
of the 52d were said to be implicated. It was not a
false alarm, though, thank God, nothing came of
it. A large body of Bundelabs had assembled on
the low hills beyond the parade ground. They
were to have attacked us at early dawn, hoping
to carry the 52d with them as they crossed the
parade. The non-appearance of an influential
chief, who had promised to join with 400 men,
frustrated the plan ; this of course was ascer-
tained afterwards. From that time to this all
the ladies have remained at the Residency. For
a few days all was quiet. Suddenly we were startled
by receiving an express from young Osborne at 12,-
wah, informing us that Koor Singh, with 4,000
men, had ascended the Ghauts and was advancing
on Rewah ; that the Rajah had advised him to
leave the country, as he could not protect him, and
his troops could not be depended upon. The Rajah
himself fled to a stronghold he has in the southern
part of his territory. One blackguard fired at Os-
borne, but he determined not to leave the country
till the last moment. The next express from Os-
borne relieved our minds from any apprehension of
au attack on us by Koor Singh. The rural popu-
lation of Rewah refused to sanction the passage of
Koor Singh and his men through the Rewah terri-
tory ; and though he offered a guarantee that no
property would be injured, and said he would pay
for everything, they would not listen to him. He
was not strong enough to force a passage, but as he
and the Rewah Rajah are connected by marriage I
fancy he never intended to employ force, so he retired
down the Ghauts. It is said I hat the people told Koor
Singh if he could show a perwannah' from the King
of Delhi they would allow him to pass. Luckily for
us he was not provided with such a document.
About this time, also, reports reached us that toe
Dinapore mutineers, joined by the Ramghur batta-
lion and six guns, amounting to some 4,000 men in
all, had, when in the act of crossing theJumna, sud-
denly changed their minds, and were in full march
on Banda. A glance at the map will show how this
was likely to affect us. Whether from these reports
or by an order from Calcutta (this last I believe is
the fact, though we have not been told so), we were
gladdened on Sunday evening, the 13th, by the
arrival of 2 guns and 20 European artillerymen, 50
troopers of the 4th Light Cavalry, and 150 Sepoys
of the 33d Madras Native Infantry, sent back to our
assistance from the Kamptee column. The arrival
of this gave us confidence, and the very next morn-
ing our Deputy-Commissioner (Clerk, of the 4th
Light Cavalry) seized 12 men who were known to
be conspiring against our Government ; at the head
of the conspiracy was Sunker Shah, the Gond
Rajah, and his son. Their place of abode is about
four miles from this. In former days this family
ruled over all this part of the country ; they can
trace their descent for 60 generations. The family
had been deprived of everything by the Mahrattas,
and were in great poverty when we took possession.
Our Government raised them up from this state,
and gave them sufficient to keep themselvescom-
fortably, and now they showed their gratitude
by conspiring against us in our time of sore trial.
The family have neither much property nor powt corn,
but the ancient name and prestige•was qieeiseda7-
, which to rally. About 9 o'olockp.
retheerne wouldt De'
the 15th, a report was recewhedl2
that
risoners • imme-
an attempt made to rescue
taken
topprevent such an
sated. Most of us were under arms all night ; about
three o'clock in the morning several shots were
heard, fired near the lines of the 52d, and in a
short time flames were observed to issue from an
unoccupied officer's bungalow near the lines—this
was all that occurred. In the morning it was
ascertained that eight men of the 52d had gone off
with their arms and ammunition, 40 rounds per
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in the
Residency, the men of the 52d were
allowed to take
arms and keep them in their own houses, and every
man had 40 rounds of ball cartridge served out to
him, and this they were allowed to retain to the
last. On the 16th and 17th all remained quiet ; on
the 18th, at 11 a.m., our two guns were advanced
a few hundred yards in front of the Residency, co-
vered by Zi company of the 33d and a few troopers,

and it became known that the Gond Rajah and his
son were to be blown away from the cannon's nibt4l-; i
The old man walked up to the guns axithias--firtik \'
stri'le, the son appeared more dejected lthe old \
man, with his snow-white hair and firm manner,
almost excited compassion, and one hacl to remenar. 1
ber, before such feelings could- be checked, how
atrociously he intended to deal with us hadiais con-
spiracy succeeded ; the evidence of his less
in - •
overwhelming, all was over a few roiriutes. -
awinhiaawt ecreeuplaoubneceedolluepctoend was b
handed
y a; kites an
svcualtttuerresed,
over to the Ranee. lathe course of the day Colonel
butrem
Jamieson went to the lines of the regiment, intend-
ing to take away 300 spare muskets (those of the
men on leave), but the men all appeared so quiet
and made such professions of fidelity that the Colonel
was convinced of their stanchness and good faith,
and did not carry his intentions into effect. But I
ought to add that he was partly induced to leave
matters as they were for the sake of some of his
officers who were on detached duty. At the very
time the men were assuring the Colonel of theirfide-
lity they were on the eve of open mutiny. At 9
o'clock that night the whole of the regiment left the
cantonment, and so quietly did they go that it was
some time before it was known that they had actu-
ally slipped away. They took with them the colours
of the regiment, their arms, and 40 rounds of ammu-
nition ; they also took 4,000 rupees from the regi-
mental cash chest. They abandoned all the property
they had in their lines. The guards over thetreasury
and magazine withdrew, leaving both untouched. In
the course of the night we secured both the treasure
(140,000 rupees) and the contents of the magazine,
and also the 300 spare muskets. On the forenoon of
the 19th the mutineers reached a place called Patun'
20 miles off, where there was a detachment of the
regiment under a European officer ; this officer they
placed in confinement, and have written to say they
will not give him up unless we give up the ten men
of the regiment who remained behind. A detach-
ment of 40 men under a native officer, stationed 12
miles from Patun, mutinied and joined the others,
but allowed the native officer to come here. Another
detachment, with two European officers, was sta-
tioned 40 miles from this, on the Mirzapore road.
When news of the defection of the whole regiment
reached this detachment, the native officer told the
two European officers that they had better go away.
They ordered their horses and 'walked qn;etly off,
their horses led behind them, and their servants
carrying their guns. A number of the sepoys went
along with them for a time, some of them crying
like children ; and at parting the native officer
shook hands with them ! We were delighted when
we saw them safe here on Sunday (20th) night. Is
it not a complete marvel this mutiny? There seems
to be an understanding that when a regiment is
called upon to go—go it must. The moving cause in
this instance we have not far to look for ; but, to
finish the 52d, I may here add that the two com-
panies, with the Kamptee column, were quietly dis-
armed, and the column is now on its return to Jub-
bulpore. I cannot but think that it was a false move
the column ever leaving this. They have destroyed
a village or two, and perhaps the lesson might have
had a salutary effect had the column remained or
gone on, but this return will, I fancy, leave matters
much as they were, if not worse. Dumeb was
saved, and 80,000 rupees, which might have been
done by a detachment. And now to return to the
Dinapore mutineers. The next news we heard of them
was that they had left Banda, and were advancing
on Nagode. The officer commanding the 50th Regt.
of Bengal Native Infantry, stationed there, calcu-
lating on the stanchness of his men, made every
preparation for an orderly retreat ; the men
allowed the magazine to be destroyed, and the offi-
cers spiked the first two guns and smasheel 400
spare muskets. When the Dinapore rebels were
within three miles of the cantonment (this was on
the 16th), the 50th crossed the river, and had
marched away for some distance, when a man in
the leading company suddenly called out Halt r
The order was instantly obeyed, and the men pre-
pared to fire upon their officers. The officers, see-
ing at once that flight alone could save them, rode
off. We have since heard that all the officers, with
120 good men of the regiment, have crossed the
Sousa, and are making the best of their way to Mir-
zapore. Now, I have no doubt but that it was quite
a settled affair between the 50th and 52d that both
regiments were to go ; the exact day depended on
circumstances ; and yet you see how bath regiments
kept up appearances to the last moment.
"The mutineers, we hear, are still at Nagode.
There was 70,000 rupees in the treasury here, which
I suppose they have got. In our entrenchments we
had not much to fear from the 52d, but we are all
very thankful that they went off so quietly, for they
might have destroyed much property. Saugor is
still safe. I am happy to say young Gordon and all
the Jubbulpore party arrived there a few days ago;
the Shahghur Rajah had allowed them to go. They
had been treated very shabbily by their different
captors, but I have not heard particulars. At
Mhow they are in a regular fix ; the Bombay re-
giments seat for its relief have shown such a muti-
nous spirit the column cannot move. I fear much
that more of the Bombay regiments will go, but I
trust the Madras army will continue faithful. It
is much to be lamented that a few thousand men
were not at once sent overland-5,000 a month ago
would have been of more value than 50,000 now.
You see I have confined myself to writing about
our own province; all other details and later news
you will find in the papers."

A VOICE FROM AN AUSTRIAN PRISON

The following narrative has been written by Cap-
tam Szarreary, one of the three persons whose
escape from the Austrian prison of Josephstadt, in
Bohemia, we (Daily Nem) lately reported
" I was thrown into prison chiefly on account of
some inconsiderate speeches, with reference to poli-
tics, which I had uttered against my denouncers—l
may say, against my calumniwors—both of whom,
although by their speeches in reply to me they had
compromised themselves in that matter more than I
had done, have nevertheless remained secure and at
liberty ; and after having undergone a confinement
of fourteen months whilst awaiting the result of
the examination, I was sentenced to twenty years'
further imprisonment in irons, which was imposed
upon me notwithstanding the fact, well known to
those who passed the sentence, of my suffering from
gout.
" In spite of the general amnesty which was pro-
claimed, I remained with four other prisoners in the
dungeon ; and since neither I, myself, nor Dr.
Schutte and (late lieutenant) Herr Wimpeller, who
were of our number, could endure the additional
pain of this disappointment, we conceived the de-
sign of bestowing an amnesty upon ourselves ; to
which resolution I was the more impelled by a
motive of self-preservation, mainly suggested to me
by the excruciating pains of my gout, aggravated
as they were by the pressure of the irons which I
wore. This project, by the manifest favour of
kind Heaven, we were enabled to execute.
" The two prisoners left behind are, first, Herr
Kofler (late Lieutenant Kofler), who at the out-
break of the revolution, being then in his early
youth, was taken prisoner in the first conflict at
which he was present, and now remains a prisoner
still ; second, Herr Forgarasy, from Siebenburgen,
whose father and mother had been murdered by the
Wallachians, stirred up against them, and his bro-
ther, who yet survives, had both his feet cut off by
them, before he took up arms. In one of the fights
at which he was present, the village where he lived,
together with all his own property, was destroyed
by the flames. Notwithstanding this, he was ac-
cused of being the author of the conflagration, and
for that reason imprisoned. This arrest took place
exactly at the moment of his young wife's first de-
livery. He begged to be allowed to stay with her
at least until this event should be passed, since the
grief she must feel would cost her else her life.
This petition was in vain. When she was brought
almost to the verge of her grave, petitionswere sent
to the Auditor by Forgarasy's friends, entreating
that the husband and wife might be •permitted to see
each other once again ; but still the prayer was de-
nied even though a person of distinction went so
far as to fall at the Auditor's feet and beg him to
grant the unfortunate pair one hat interview ; his
reply was, that 'he bad to deal with men, and not
with women.' That child, which has scarcely ever
been looked on by its father, is still alive. How
long must he continue yet to pine before he looks
upon his child again ?

" CARL SZA.RMiItY."

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