The Sun. — 1857-10-05 (London, England)

MEERUT. The following is from an officer at Meerut : " No. 2, Barrack, Meerut. "I have not even now received one letter since the 10th of May. What has become of them I can't say. This has grieved me very much. Situated as we all are, and have been, letters from England are of tenfold value. It has been a hard fight, and hundreds have been murdered—men, women, and children ; at Cawnpore and Futtyghur alone fully 850, if not many more. Mothers murdered before their children, and even babes hacked to pieces on their mothers' breasts. The massacres there have been dreadful—horrible— more than any accounts I may have given. I send you a batch of extracts from the Lahore Chronicle, which, horrible as they are, may give you some ratisfiction in reading, as giving proof of the deservedness of the punishments we are inflicting, and shall inflict. Never since the beginning of the world have such acts been perpetrated as have been committed here, ana by the men we fed and were kind to. Nearly 80 men have been hung, and nearly 1,000 killed in the district. We are strongly fortified here, and do not fear an attack from any number. Delhi has not fallen, but thousands have been killed. Our men cannot be i estrained, ald they are like demons ht loose. We have had mere than 20,000 men attacking 3,000 or 4,000, and they have fled losiug hundreds. 500 men at Agra thrashed 5,000, the mutineers being entrenched, and having 12 guns playing round shot and shell. They cannot stand our charge for a moment ; 18 gentlemen mounted (all the cavalry we had or. this occasion) checked 500 hundred cavalry, end these are but two out of hundreds of instances of gallantry displayed all over the country. This has saved us, by God's mercy. I am going to Delhi to the camp. I shall be with a Sikh corps. These (the Sikhs), as also the Ghoorkas (hill men) have fought with us like Europeans. Had it not been for them we might have been all murdered and turned out of the country. Had European troops been sent as asked for and advised, thousands of lives would have been saved. You will learn more than I can tell you by the papers. Should God spare my life I will give you news of the total destruction of thousands of Sepoys assembled in Delhi from all parts of India. This is near at hand. Among our enemies are thousands of the worst sort of people,—vie., ' Goojurs,' and I believe every Mussulman its the country. We have found many here whom every one would haves supposed incapable of it, and they have been some of the principal leaders in the riots. The &Toys have lost all spirit (it they ever had any when opposed to us). The Hindo is and Mussulmans quarrel, and the Hindoos reproach them and say, This all your fault.' No matter, we care nor. We only know their lives are forfeited, and that not one shell be spared. Manyinnocent may be killed, but they have brought the curse on themselves. Think of their cutting up children before a fathet's eyes and punting the pieces in his mouth, and putting other babies alive into boxes and burning them ! Would any one believe this ? Acts like this produce such as the following. The Highlanders and others passed. through Cawnpore the other day, where those brutal murders hid been committed, and they killed every native they could find. And they did but. justice, for all were implicated. They either helped or remained passive. °alumna will be formed to move about all over the country, aed. the Sepoys will be hunted down like beast e " We have a corps here of mounted volunteers, in number about 30—gentlemen, a few officers, and tradesmen. They went out not long ago against 3,000 Goojurs, people of the villages near here ; they killed a great many, cut off the heads of their leader, and stuck it on a pole. They are soon put to flight, their dread of the ' gory or white people, is so great. They are armed with match loJks, spears, and sword?."