Glasgow Courier. — 1857-12-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OVERLAND MAIL.  INDIA.  The overland mail arrived in London on Saturday night, from Marseilles, too late for the delivery of the letters.  The dates are :—Bombay, Nov. 3d; Cawnpore, Oct. 12th; Agra, Oct. Bth; Scinde, Oct. 13th.  There are no later detail; from Delhi. Everything was quiet since the occupation. At a place on the road to Agra Colonel Greathed's column found a vast quantity of English property, including ladies' wearing apparel; the place was burnt. In defeating the rebels Lieut. Blair was severely wounded, and Lieuts. Sarel and Jones, and Capt. Best slightly wounded, 7 guns and ammunition taken. At Malaghar a lieutenant of engineers was killed by an explosion. At Agra, Greathed's force were attacked after a heavy march as they were preparing for breakfast. One officer and serjeant major were cut down, and the rebels' guns opened and their cavalry charged. One of our guns was captured. In five minutes, however, the horse artillery replied ; the Sikhs charged, followed by the 9th Lancers in their skirts. Lieut. French was killed, and Lieut. Jones severely wounded, whilst they, with nine of the Lancers, attacked fifty Sepoys, and retook the gun. The enemy were followed ten miles, and cut to pieces. Including this affair, Greathed's column most have killed about 4000.  General Wilson had gone to the hills for his health. The principal traitors among the native gentry at Delhi were being arrested.  Accounts from Lucknow and Cawnpore are rather vague, and do not state positively that Havelock was reinforced, but merely that he would be. The convoy of provisions could not get farther than All. umbagh. A second convoy, under Major 3tacintyre, of , 78th Highlanders, from Cawnpore, was despatched. He was obliged to entrench himself within four miles of his destination, returning his stores, and waiting reinforcements. There appears to be no doubt ot the safety of Outram and Havelock's position.  The following summary, from tho Bombay Times, is more succinct than previous accounts The force at Lucknow believed, when they left Cawnpore, to be too weak to maintain themselves at the capital, and intended to have rescued and brought back the inmates of the Residency. But it now appears they have been able to maintain their position without material loss since 29th September. They were expected to be reinforced about the 24th Oct. by her Majesty's 53d and 934 Regiments, and about the 30th by the whole of Colonel Greathed's column, pursuing its career of victory from Delhi, and b 0 raise the strength of some 7000. There haa been some successful skirmishing around Cawnpore. Col. Greathed obtained a brilliant victory over the rebels, of whom 2900 were slain at Agra on the 10th Oct. He is now pursuing his way downwards to join Havelock.  The Maliva insurgents, concentrated at Dhar, had been beaten and dispersed by Brigadier Stuart. A large mass of rebels having gathered around Neemuch, the column sallied out to attack them on the 24th October. The enemy was beaten, but managed to withdraw into a strong fort close by, from which we were too weak for the present to ex. pel them. Captain Tucker, of the 2d Cavalry, and Captain Reid, H.M. 83d Regiment, were killed in this affair ; and five other officers were wounded.  Troops are now arriving in great numbers daily from England, and before the end of the month we shall have above 100,000 European soldiers, more than double what we ever had before in Hindostan. While the rebellion is thus being put down everywhere, and treason has done its worst, the poor fanatical savages are still flying to arms. The Bengal 32d, one of the three regiments remaining faithful, mutinied at Deoghur on the 9th October, murdering Lieut. Cooper and Mr Ronald, civilian. On the 15th Oct. two regiments of the Kotah Contingent attacked the Residency, and murdered the political agent, Major Burton, and his two sons, besides the few Christian residents at the place. A conspiracy having been detected among the Bombay Grenadiers at Mime dabad, 18 of them were convicted of conspiring to seize the artillery,, nisiniving the Europeans, and plundering the town, and *Fe executed. The Madras ?residency continues quiet throughout. irc $  The state of the Punjaub and Rajapootaust, especially the latter, is unsatisfactory.  COLONEL OREATLIED'a