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 Maj. 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 350, 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 yon a batch of extracts from the Lahore Chronicle, which, horrible as they are, may give you some ratisfaction in reading, as giving proof of the deservedness of the puLishments we are inflicting, and shall inflict. Never since the beginning of the world have such acts been perpetrated as have been committed hero, and 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 r e,trained, and they are like demons lot loose. We have had more than 20,000 men attacking 3,000 or 4,000, and they have fled losing 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 fur a moment ; 18 gentlemen mounted (ail the cavalry we had oc this occasion) checked 500 hundred cavalry, and 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,—viz., Goojurs,' and I believe every Mussulman is the country. We have found many here whom every one would have supposed incapable of it, and they have been some of the principal leaders in the riots. The Sepoys have lost all spirit (if they ever had any when opposed to us). The "Endow; and Mussulmans quarrel, and the Hindoos reproach them and say, This all your fault.' No matter, we care not. We only know their lives are forfeited, and that not one shall be spared. Many innocent may be killed, but they have brought the curse on themselves. Think of their cutting up children before a father's eyes and putting the pieces in his mouth, and putting other babies alive into boxes and burning them I 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 had 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. Columns will be formed to move about all over the country, and the Sepoys will be hunted down like beast,.  " 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 loader, and stuck it on a pole. They are soon put to flight, their (head of the ' gora log,' or white people, is so great. They are armed with matchloJks, spears, and dwords."