Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-06
CALCUTTA, November i.

CALCUTTA, November H.
My other letter being detained by the want of oppor
luhity OF despatching it, you will expect me Tn brine
up my intelligence to the latest moment for ;rdeod =
vi lhe greatest Importance. On Monday last rnu-
H o'ohe OUT amongst the native regiments at Bar
Oh the occasion OF three out of five being
pruc'eu 10 march for Chiitagoug by the route OF
Dacca' neither IT was dislike of the service or the
se.se ol real or supposed hardshps hardly yet as
OUT certain 1t is, that both had for some time
oeeh ranking III their breasts and the morning of the
departure OF the first of the three regiments
was the Tune chosen for declaring their nentions Ac
oy' DIT Jay oreak, on Monday morning, the 18th
native infantry appeared on the parade without thei
khapsacks and being asked the reason of their donp
So I'D disooedence OF the previous order avowed their
ICY '"i'nauoh not to march unless allowed bullocks
ana coolies to convey their moveabl S. The officers
nis and General Dalzei, the coinmandant of he STA
ton, eApostulaed with them, but thew stood resouta
ana not only dsobeyed the order to pile their arms but
'ne General to quit the field upon which tley
maintained themselves. The other regiments all bnt
one, IS SAID reiuscdto act though other express
ed It's readiness to march. Couriers were ACCORDINGLY
"i9Pa'ched 10 the COMMANDMENTS Chief who was at
nicu''i, ana he repaired immediately with his guard
"o"ed oy Tie Gov ertor q cncrais bod puard to tho
spot where the mutineers kept their position THOR
appearance however, of no avail and unIuclxiIv
oy ouhus oi oail cartridge had been recently served
OUT preparatory to the march, SO that very serioIs an
prehensous were entertained of the result We had
then IN garrison at Fort Wiliamthe of ROYAL
'"'s' "oout ioOO strong, and the it'll regiment and
ny great guou fortune the 47th had dropped down the
river III Doats on their route Rangoo or Chittapono
only The evening before. The latter were conntern,n
ucu oy EXPRESS and directed ascend to Barrac,nore
!" 'le ooa'9 WIN tie tide aud the Royals, at sun
SET were marched along the hgii road The ,rtiIJry
IRON Drul-di uin ie III On the line of march and lie
whole force was brought bear Oh the mutneers he
oie Daylight ON tuesday. The 47th (Kingsl took M
Tue ground oehind them towards the river the artillery
OH tie verge OF the park, opening embrazures in ~
bamboo hedge, and the Iioy ais on the Calcntta eid
drawn up IN iine The mutneers who seemed TO have
been about 5000 strong, then summoned and ba
rangued 10y y ntson, and their object demanded They
asked Tor their bulloChs and coolies as accustomed ~
io double batta, which refused aud an order oiven
10 Srouu teir arms, winch they resolutey sreearded
1ht '"9 'e, understand they were formed in three
ihcs presenting aceS each ways but have yet no nar
ticulars OF what passed before the order To fire on don
wn'ch was executed, first, by single gun sbotted
oe'he req over tiier heads, Intentionally next bv
general discharge OF graz The mutineers do moi
seem 10 nave been aware OF the presence of the arti-
lery, which, however, did but little execution oIon
10 e intervention OF the trees huts of the canonneut
and other mpediinents. 1t however caused ta,r to
oreak when the light companies dashed i'm and did CON
siaefaoe execution; ninety prisoners were taken and
I'D 'ee uafd house, but tegreater part escaped
believe facilities 10 fly were Intentionally afforded
The Provost marshal aud lis munitions were G,riI
with put III IequstiOn, and the prisoners we understand
were all TO be shot Or hanged; but truth though no
more than fourteen miles distant at Calcutta know
nothing OF what passing but what we can trlean from
private i'Iends. The papers silenced and as is
The common case, times more ,niscbcv
oIsly at work. and has gone all over the country ,y
Inc most irIghtiu eXaggeIations The business 10
however, considered suppressed for the nroso,t
though Is very doubtful how the regiments un,r
or"e's To march, both implicated hey ond doubt will act
"pe caei upon Al aay rate little good service can
De expected o! tneH, Gnt much i'll blood between the
native and European troops besides the incaIcu.bIe
mischief 1T may by unsettling the minds of the tur
oueni population OF 'Ie new districts. 1t is not be-
ieyed mat dIsaffectioh to the government, generally
had any share IN producing the catastrophe which is
imputed 10 The gross folly of the attempt TO cut down
TO TIE lowest scale the salary aud allowances of the
military. Lord a. has the full credit with the.
natives OIL thls ana every other nishap and is most
unpopular with all classes particularly the military
by way of increasing perplexi,ies we had only yes
terday adVccs from RangoOn OF the unsatisfactory
KIND. ihe Burmese have cut of detachment of 200
sepoys and theIr officers, and after Inassacren the
whole, have barbarously manged their remains and
hung them up IN err0Tem. Colonel Smiths regiment
of Madras sepoys fairly pane struck and ran o
rom stockade they were brought up TO- swearing il
was manned by Europeans The place was afterwards
found abandoned, the advance of an European de-
tacnenl under Macra, aud its guns discovered to be
all lCo0den In short, going wrong every way
FINANCES, military operations, every, thing even the in,
CiCdl authority, seems beWdered. Would Won believe
IT, that at this very WOmen Wle Sepoys are shot and
hanged within fourteen miles of US by Wholesale for Of
ering passive resistance, flor they fired shot or
did tue smallest msCle two European soldiers found
guilty last week, upon the cleares evidence of te
wantOn murder of native at Nagpoore are about tn
be sentenced to transportation which most soldiers here
look upon as tie best Oi bouDtes! What must the
native Sepoys, who mount guard over them think of
our notions of even handed justice? 1t is high time the
wise heads at home should be convinced that brains and
nerve too requisite for the preservation of this very
tcklish concern. We hear they actually in grave
delberation whether not TO recall Mr.. Adam for in
creasing military establishment by four regiments
If they altogether out of their wis., they will
clip at home, If clip they must, and keep I'D q
wasteul establishment IF oyerpaid-cerks and store
keepers, for The conducting Of commerce ruineus
to Themselves and destructive to the free trader This
would be a field for true economy; but the drbbling
details they enforcing here and the pitful savings
tey order by every dispatch, disgusting all those
by whose exertion they have either power patron
age. Every dispatch teens with accounts Of the ILL
beraty and ndignty heaped upon Lord Hastings, and
the fuisotne adulation Of present Viceroy. Now
here are, one and all crying out for the old man
back again aid wishing The new one --. Our
chief hope is that e is by this time thoroughly DISCUS
ted with his own III success in tue business of govern
ment and his whole establishment is Of piece. What
have said of the mutny from actor he scene:
far as il goes il will prove correct. We are anus