The Sun. — 1857-06-30 (London, England)

OSBORNE." The following appoin.tments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : • _ 'Gerald Yeo staff-surgeon to the Ganges ; Chas. A. Lees, acting assistant surgeon, to the Ganges ; James Wallace, assistant-surgeon, to the Ganges ; W. H. Norman, paymaster to the Ganges ; John Hay, assistant-paymaster, in charge to the Pluto ; Henry G. Barlow assistant-paymaster, to the Waterloo ; Frank Pittman, clerk, to the Ganges ; Thomas Honniman, to be paymaster of the third% class.  —the two latter of which alt their own offic,rs as well as "On the 15th of May. 600 of t Sa :3 ad Miners, officered by commissioned and -non-c•intnaissioned Europeans, arrived at-Meerut from their station, Itookse, and the Commander-in-Chief is shortly expecte 1 to move from 17mballah towards ICurnaul with three European regimerita from the hills and 3,000 troops furnished by the Jain and•Patfeealah Rajabs. The Sirmore battalion- is- holirly expected in Meerut from Deyrah. The.rebela are still at the Palace of Delhi, and have failed, it is said, in inducing the neighbouring rajahs to join them. They are reported to oe fighting among themselves • and the city, 1 suppose, is in a bta of anarchy. Numbers have lost all -that they possessed ,te except the clothes on their b4cks'• among the rest the Rev. Alfred and Mrs. Medlar:el, of the Church Missionary Society. That gentleman was performing divine service. in the Mission church at the time of the mutiny, and escaped to the European The rioters broke into his house in the city; searched every nook and corner for him, and burnt down the premises. None of us, I believe, are destitute of profound and heartfelt thankfulness to Almighty God for our great-, deliverance. Ou hearts, however, are bleed ng for the loss (limier circumstances -of frightful and unparalleled atrocity) of so many of oer dear and unfortunate countrymen. The soldiers especially are burning to inflict summary punishment on these brutal murderers of unarmed men, defenceless women, and innocent children. Martial law has been proclaimed in the district be the Major-General; The mutiny commenced with the rescue of the 85 prisoners by their comrades,. The gaol was burnt, and 1,400 other convicts liberated. The fettered mutineers proceeded to the compound of Captain Galloway, of the 3d Light Cavalry, and compelled his blacksmith to remove their chains. The Delhi magazine was defended for some time by certain Europeans, but at 3 p.m. on the 12th inst., when the insurgents had sue ceeded in effecting an entrance, the place was blown up with a terrific explosion by Lieut. G.'D. Willoughby, Commissary of Ordnance, destroying: it is thought, some 1,000 of the rebels. That gallant officer escaped for the time to • the main guard. His fate at present remains uncertain, though but little hope is entertained of his safety. Not a single European or native Christian is left alive in Delhi or the neighbourhood.' The offibeis and s overseers of the Hai'pper stud, with their mins and families, escaped on the evening of the 13th inst., and reached Merut the following morning without molestation. There names are as follow : Captain and Mrs. D'Oyley and Captain and Mrs. Parrott, with their respective families • Mr. R. B. Parry, Vetirinary Surgeon ; Mr. R. W. Macaulay, Assistant-Surgeon, with all the European residents and their families ; Lieutenant J. J. Eckford, of the 6th Native Infantry, holding an Engineer appointment at, Meiiut, defended his treasury against the mob for a considerable time, his wife and family hiding in the garden. The house at last was set on fire, and Mr. - Eckford severely wounded on the left temple. .He remained insensible for a considerable time (after destroying several of his assailants) wh'le the.premises.were in flames, but miraculously escaped, after some hours, with his wife, child, and sister-in-law. He is now out of danger on account of his wound. The native servants throughout the station, with scarcely an exception, have behaved admirably. •