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SELECT MISCELLANY
ATROCITIES IN INDIA.
FOr,y-eigd English Women Outraged
and BHehefed.

| LhBioh pcOPio hoNo Dctu hcdtoN III Auutds
The London Times says, insult has be.n
hesped upon them-their Churches burn
ed-their women outraged, and thousands
Iof Christians msssacreed. Eighty-fiye
thousand of their eountrymen, It says, are
now fighting their battles in that distant
country-but they must have more assist
anee, and calls loudly upon the British peo.
pie to do their duty, enlist, and Aereby
assist to maintain their National reputation.
1t publishes several letters, showing the
terrible outrages committed upon their
countrymen, which will arouse the English
people to desperation. One Of the wri-
ters says:
1--WE have had an awful time Of it, /
can assure YOU, though we ourselves have
been mercifuly kept from alarm or dan.
ger. No words can express the feeling Of
horror which pervade3 society in India -
We hear so many private accounts of the
tragedy, which are too Sickening to repeat,
"The cruelties committed by the wretch
es exceed all belief. They tooS forty-eight
females, most of them girls of from 10 to
IA, many delicately nurtured ladies, viola
ted them, and kept them for the base pur-
purposes Of the heads of the insurrection
for a whole week. At the end Of that
time they made them strip themselves, 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 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
through the street. Poor Mrs, - the
wife Of an officer Of the regiment at Nee
rut, was soon expecting her Couchment.
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.
do not believe that the world ever wit
messed more hellish torments than have
been inflicted on our poor countrywomen.
At Alahabad they have rivalled the attro.
cities of Delhi. / really cannot tell you
the fearful eruelties these deamons have
been guilty oA--cutting off the 6Dgers
and toes Of little children, joint by joint,
| in sight Of their parents, who were reserv-
ed for similar treatment afterwards.
II told you how gallantly our Madras
fusieers-J-'s regiment have be-
haved; 100 men of them, under COL
Neil, killed $50 mutineers. l saw letter
from one of the officers yesterday. He
says that no imagination can depict the
scenes be witnessed when he arrived at
Beuares. All the troops were in state Of
revolt They saved Benares. The whole
of the Bengal officers were paralyzed with
terror and astonishment; SO Col. Neil as
sumed 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 sight that greeted bis
eye was row of gallowses, on which the
energetic colonel was hanging mutineer
after mutineer, as they were brought in.
"After restoring some little order at
Beuares, on went the gallant fusileers to-
wards Allahabad; thermometer above 100
degrees; thirty and even forty mile march
es; no supplies to be had; living on -four
and water. On reaching Allahabad at
night the whole cantonment was III blaze.
| The regiments had already mutinied and
slaughtered their officers with unheard Of
cruelty, The Sikhs had not actually mu-
tinted, but they assisted the rebel regi-
ments in pillaging the houses of the Eu-
ropeans. The Sikh regiment piled the
fatigued fusileers with liquor, and the
scene Of dirt, drunkenness and wretched-
ness bafled all description. The officers
of the fusieers went to the Sikh lines and
bought up all the liquor they could, to
prevent the men from getting it, and they
bought chests of champaign, beer, DC, at
four and eight annas (6d. and ls.) bot
tie. Now l hear the indefatigable Col.
Neil is beginning to bring about some de-
gree of order, and is hanging scores and
scores of prisoners; but we get very little
official tidings yet. ! am longing to hear
more; for do not hesitate to affirm that
each day Of delay places all our lives in
some jeopardy. know from the very
best authority that the MabOmedans are
plotting at this place; but whether they
dare rise will depend on how things go in
other places.
"The events of the next three weeks
will be most momentous. At Madras the
panic has been intense, I believe, too, that
the fears are reasonable. We have at Ban
galore a strong force, and the Madras Sc
poys have hitherto proved loyal. There
is one Circumstance in our favor. We al
low all our regiments to have their women
and children with then in their lines, where
as in Bengal the Sepoy leaves his wife in
his village, and is allowed to visit her for
a certain period every year. Our system
doubtless is a check on the Sepoye. as they
know that in the event of their rising, their
families are in our power but the Bengal
soldier can roam at will"
Lieut.. Col. Simpson, in letter dated
at Alihabad, June 9th, addressed to DIR.
Beattie, of London, gives the following
account of the mutiny of the sixth regi'
ment:
81 will give you an account of the mu
tiny of the wretched sixth regiment, which
reyolted to a man nearly, and deceived