Glasgow Courier. — 1859-02-12 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ACTION.  While we were sheltering ourselves from the rain under some fine trees and waiting for the tents to be pitched, a small force of police cavalry advanced towards the town. Captain Steele, the Deputy-Commissioner, who had gone on alone, had just returned, and had stated that he had seen some sowers in one of the streets. About an hour afterwards, and a few minutes ago, the officer in charge of the detachment (Lieutenant Tweedie), wish a few of his men, passed up the avenue of our camp with a number of prisoners—perhaps 20 in all—towards the tent of the Commissioner, Hajar Barrow. The men's swords and lances were stained with blood, and on going into the camp street I learnt that a little engagement had taken place close at hand while we were breakfasting under a tree. On the detachment of cavalry of which 1 have spoken above getting to the town, some of the few inhabitants left there came running out to tell them that there were " budmashes" in the place. The sowars at once galloped into the choke, or principal street, which is very narrow and tortuous. Before them were a number of men armed with swords, bucklers, and matchlocks, running towards the river. The street was so crooked it was impossible for two horsemen to charge or to ride abreast, but the leading sower, geeing one of the fugitives turn into a small walled enclosure, leaped his horse over and came ur the fellow, who, though cut through the shoulder the soldier as his horse lighted on the ground, return a fierce stroke, which laid the horse's neck and shoulder open, and he was only brought to the ground by a tremendous sword cut which cut him through the face to the collar bone. Pressing on as fast as the ground would permit, the cavalry came upon the rear of the fugitives just as they emerged on the plain at the other side of the town. A body of sowers, in full flight, were seen in the distance, out of reach of pursuit, but the police charged the foot men, most of whom were armed with only tulwar and sabre, for they had thrown their matchlocks into the river as they crossed, killed eight on the spot, and captured the 18 or 20 who have just been brought in. Some among them were mere boys, and were at once set free by Major Barrow's orders. The others, with their arms tied behind their backs, looked miserable enough. They are now under examination in the Commissioner's tent. One is a Sepoy of the 17th Native Infantry—the regiment which murdered so many officers of the 22d Native Infantry on their way from Fyzalstd—a tall fine looking fellow, who was taken with his musket io his hand, warm from a recent discharge, and who will pro: bably be executed in consequence this afternoon. Another fellow, who resisted with determination, and did not surrender till he was surrounded by horsemen, said he was lumberdar, or bead man of a neighbouring village. When the cavalry were returning, they found the fellow who had been cut down walking up and down the enclosure, flourishing his sword, and challenging them to come on. He was covered with blood from his wounds. Lieut. Tweedie took a carbine from one of the 7th Hussars, who happened to be near the place, and shot the desperado through the head.