Glasgow Courier. — 1857-12-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

AGRA. Fort of Agra, 01,11 Sunday, 11th October, 1857.  !'esterday  Calla Nuddee. Our soldiers, tired with their march that morning, were either lying on the ground asleep, or in the act of preparing their breakfast. It will appear incomprehensible to you that the garrison had not been apprised of the terribly close vicinity of tbe rebels. Where, you will say, were the spies—where the friends that could tell us of our danger? Nowhere. We have not a single friend among the natives in Agra except Jotee Persaut, a merchant, who was also ignorant. It is certain that, had not the column from Allygliur arrived that very morning, the militia at any rate would have been cut up, and we should by this time have been blockaded in the fort. The treachery of these natives is really dreadful. Only fancy thee ty shopkeepers that Friday night having sent three hundred rupees' worth of sweetmeats to the rebel army, knowing they were our enemies coming to destroy us all if they could, and not one man had the charity to give us information. How can it be said that this is merely a military revolt October 13.—After this digression I must return to my history of Saturday the 10th. The British camp was attacked by surprise at noon. A man defined up like a rnerryandrew, with feathers on his head, entered a tent where a sergeant was lying a deep on the ground, and awoke him by singing mid dancing. He jumped up, whereupon the clown, who Was a Mussulman in disguise, pulled out a sword' which was concealed under his clothes, and cut down is sergeant. The rebel guns then opened upou the camp ; but our people were taken by surprise only or a moment. By the time the enemy had fired ,three shots, our artillery were at their guns and the ncers on horseback. The fight was desperate, and od to hand, though only for a short time; and I Am sorry to say that, during that interval, Captain tench of the Lancers was killed, and Lieutenant 'nes of the same regiment wounded in no less than irteen places over his body, besides several wounds his bead. Four Europeans and six Sikhs were so killed. The Lancers made a most spirited harge—ab out thirty of them who had time in the rry to form up—and our guns had no sooner fairly ned fire than the enemy gave way. Their numr is supposed to have been five thousand, yet the most ignominious manner they took to ght, steadily pursued by the British column, hich divided into three bodies. The field battery ok the main road to Dholepore, part of the orse Artillery and cavalry went through the fields the right side, and the remainder on the left, ;skiving the rebels from before them like a flock of ;Acetified sheep, and thus swept the whole country for en miles to the Calla Nuddee. All their guns, fourken in number, were captured. Four were the prorty of Government, thereat belonged tithe natives. iey are all now in the fort. One is a splendid ng brass IS joander, supposed to have been 'arought by the 23d N.I. all the way from Indore. Bow many of the enemy were killed in their flight it impossible to say; but it is universally acknow. /edged that a more complete victory has never been *ained anywhere. After leaving Agra, not one of Woe men got even a single scratch, and in the peening they all returned in high spirits. The itrbels left all their camp here, many of their milieu, and quantities of stolen property, which he Sikhs have been allowed to appropriate, besides p lac of rupees (ElO-OW, which will be divided Among all the troops were out that day. The Mikhs had a fine time of it while they were here plundering everywhere, and I believe they are altowed to do solo keep them in good humour. The Sasser people bate and fear them. The Sikhs quietly gold them that they meant to rob them, as tliey had sot given information of the approach of the Pandees, and forthwith proceeded to make good the threat. They are a fine, manly, intelligent-looking Oce, very unlike the Hindostanees. The murder of go many poor women and children has excited their Indignation and disgust in the highest degree, which they lose no opportunity of imparting to the Sepoy ind other natives of Bengal. It into be hoped that the Government of India will take a lesson from all the miseries that have passed, and not fall into the 'fatal error of making too much of the Siks, or they Will surely turn upon us as the ungrateful Hindosnoes have done.' • A