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Lieutenant-Colonel Cotton was directed to take : commanc Of the troop 8 ,: 8 upersedingiBrigad . ier Polwhele . ^ ¦'< " AliAHABAD . —Supplies , of all kinds collecting fast . Country tranquil , ^ and * order ; restored ' . here as-well as in the neighbourhood . An extensive entrenchment is being rnade underthe directions of Captain Yule , of the Engineers . The country have provided abundant supplies of all kinds , which are being stored for the troops expected .
i " Attock . —No news . " Azinghur . —The mutiny of the 12 th Irregular Cavalry at . Segowlee compelled the Azinghur party to abandon that place a second time . The troops had preyiously had some engagements -with insurgents and Mudha Persaud . The detachment of the 12 th Irregular-Cavalry on duty at Azinghur deserted on hearing of the mutiny of the head-quarters of thecorps , but did no injury to their officers . Five hundred Ghoorkas have been ordered ! to this place , but had not arrived .
• " Barra . ckfobe' ( Fort William ) . — Nothing remarkable . There was a considerable panic among the inhabitants of Calcutta at the time of the Bukeereed , which , however , passed off quite quietly . The body guard have had their arms , &o , lodged in the arsenal . Two regiments of Madras N . I . have reached Calcutta , and are about to be despatched ; one to Dinapore by steam , the other up the Trunk-road . One hundred European infantry and a detachment of one hundred And twenty Sikhs have been sent to Raneegunge . The Sikhs have been taken from all the native regiments below Allahabad , and formed into a separate corps . At present only one hundred and twenty have been brought together . ¦ " Bakeilxy . —No news .
" Bknares . —A fortified position has been taken up at Rajghat . Guns have been sent down from Allahabad and Chunar to mount on the works . All quiet . The Irregular Cavaliy remnant of the 13 th was disarmed and deprived of their horses ontlie 6 th instant . " Beriiaimpore . —The troops consisting of the 63 rd Regiment TST . I ., about four hundred men of the 11 th Irregular Cavalry , were disarmed without difficulty on the 2 nd of August . The Xewab Nazeein ' s troops and the townspeople were also disarmed quietly on the following day . The horses of the cavalry as well as the arms were taken away from them .
" Bhaugulpore .- —All quiet \> y last accounts . Orders were sent to disarm the troops , but the commissioner represents that the order could not be carried out at Bhaugulpore ; the greater pnrt of the 5 th Irregular Cavalry was in the district , when it would be impossible to carry into effect the disarming , and if the attempt ¦ were made it would be followed by the murder of the officers dettfcehed ras well-ae-tho-civilia ns Ut outposts . " BoLittrosHUHOTt . —Nothing from thisplace ' ^ " Cawnf'Orb . —Was reoccupied on the 17 th . The Nena Sahib fled from Bhitoor , which was taken possession of by the troops , his palace burnt , and magazine blown up ; thirteen guns were taken , and a number of animals . Brigadier-General Havelock ' s force effected
the passage of the rirer by the 28 th , having met with great difficulty on account of the want of boats . Brigadier-General Neill was left in command at Cawnpore , ¦ with a small force of three hundred Europeans and some guns , and he had re-established the British authority in the city and the bazaar , and the neighbourhood was tranquil . General Havolock inarched on the morning of the 29 th , met the enemy at Oonao , defeated them , and took threo guns . After resting , he proceeded on , when the enemy advanced to meet him ; an action took place , which resulted in the total defeat of the enemy with the loss of twelve more guris . Brigadier-General Hnvelock proceeded on to Busheergunge , where he nguin met with opposition ; but ho took the place , driving out the enemy , and took four more guns—in all nineteen guns .
' The following is a translation of a proclamation posted up by Nenn Sahib at Cawnpore : — "A traveller just arrived in Cawnpore from Calcutta states that in the first instance a council was held to take into consideration the means to be adopted to do nway with the religion of the Mahomcdans and Hindoos by the distribution of cartridges . The council came to this resolution , that , as this matter was one of religion , the eervkes of seven or eight thousand European soldiera ¦ would bo 1 necessary , no fifty thousand Hindostaneea would have to be destroyed , arid then the whole of the people of ' Hindostan would become Christiiins . A petition-with the bubatance of this resolution was sent to the Q ueen Yictoria , and it was approved . A council ivus then held a second timo , in which English morh
cants took a part , and it wns decided thut , in order that no evil should arise from mutiny , largo reinforcements should bo sent for . When the despatch was received and read in England , thousands of European soldiers were embarked on ships ns speedily as possible , «» d sent oil" to Hindostan . The news of their being < li '* l > atche ( l reached Calcutta . Tho English authorities there ordered the issue of the cartridges , for the real intentio n -was to Christianize'tho army first , mid , this being etK-ctcd , tho conversion of the people -would speedily lollow . ' Yig ana cow ' s fat wan mixed up with tho cartrid ges- , Ulia became known through one of the -Hengideso who was employed in the cartridge-making « 8 lubllHhmeiit . Of thoso through whose menus this was "ivulged ouo > vaa killed and tho r « at imprisoned . While
in this country these counsels were being adopted , in England the Vakeel of the Sultan of Roum sent news to the Sultan that thousands ! e £ European soldiers were being sent for the purpose of making Christians of all the people of Hindostan . Upon this , the Sultan issued a firman , to the King of Egypt to this effect : —' You must deceive the Queen Victoria ; this is not a time for friendship , for my Vakeel writes that thousands of European soldiers have been despatched for the purp-ose of making the army and people of Hindostan Christians . In this manner , then , this must be checked . It I should le remiss , how could I show my face . to God ? and one day this may come upon ¦¦ 'me also , for , if the English make Christians of all in Hindostan , they -will then fix : their designs upon nrry countrv . * When the
firman reached the « King of Egypt , he prepared and arranged his troops , before the arrival of the English army at Alexandria , for this is the route to India . The instant the English army arrived , the King of Egypt opened guns ' . upon them from all sides , and destroyed and Bank their ships , and not a single soldier escaped . The English in Calcutta , after the issue of the order for the cartridges , and when the mutiny had become great , were in expectation of the arrival of the army from London ; but the Great God in his omnipotence had beforehand put an end to this . When the news of the destruction of the army of London became known , then the Governor-General was plunged in grief and sorrow , and beat his head . —Printed by order of the Peishwar Bahadour . " '
" Chitnar . —Some additional fortifications are being made to strengthen the place ; and fifty European infantry and a few artillery have been added to the station . " Dacca . —All quiet . " Del-ih . —A message from Agra of the 19 th July mentions that the troops had remained merely on the defensive up to the 14 th . The mutineers attacked every third or fourth day , and are invariably repulsed with loss . Our force consists of about 6000 troops of all kinds , exclusive of sick and wounded . Up to the 14 th , there had been 159 killed ; 583 were sick , and 352 were wounded .
" Dikapore . —The three Native Regiments , the 7 th , 8 th , and 40 th , deserted bodily on the afternoon of the 25 th , taking with them their arms . The percussion caps in store had been removed in the morning , and the demand to deliver over the caps in pouch was the i mmediate cause of the mutiny . An attempt was , after some delay , made to follow the mutineers , but its result was quite fruitless . Nothing was done for some days , when a detachment , consisting of two companies of the 10 th Foot , two companies of the 22 nd Foot , and fifty Sikhs , wrerc sent under Captain Dunbar , of the 10 th , to drive the mutineers out" of Arrah , to which place they had proceeded , and were besieging the civil officers and European residents . The party landed at night from the steamer , and proceeded towards Arrah . In the dark
they were led into an ambuscade , were attacked by the anutineers , and driven back with the loss of nearly half the party . The remnant had returned to Dinapore . Major-Gcneral Lloyd had been removed from his command for his culpable neglect , and the Commander- £ n-Chief has been requested to institute the usual preliminary inquiry preparatory to his trial by court-martial . No further attempt was made to relieve Arrah from Dinapore , but Major Eyre , of the Artillery , had proceeded from Burxar with three guns and one hundred and fifty of the 5 th Fusiliers , and is understood to have reached Arrah on the 3 rd . This mutiny of the Dinapore troops has rendered the trunk road unsafe , and ha 3 put a stop to the telegcaphic communication with Benares . The mail carts , however , continue to run regularly . Troops are now heing sent along the trunk road to occupy it .
" Fbrozi £ I * okk . —No news . It is understood that the 10 th Light Cavalry have been disarmed . " Futtyghur . — It is understood that Futtyghur has fallen . Many of the officers and European residents were killed , others escaped , were taken by the Nena at Bhitoor , and were murdered at Cawnpore , on the 15 th of July , to tho number of forty-nine . " Giiaxkkporu . —All continues well . Two guns have been landed at this place . Tho Azimghur party had arrived . " Gorakpouk . —Five hundred Ghoorkas were at the place . Two companies of tho 17 th Native Infantry and the detachment of tlio 12 th Irregular Cavalry wore disarmed on tho 1 st inst .
" Gwai , ior . — No certain news had been received from this pluce nt Agra up the 19 th Jul y ' . It was thought that tho mutineers would not move awny from Gwalior .
IIanhi and IIissak . —Nothing from these places . " IIazarkkhauuii . —Two companies of the 8 th Native Infantry mutinied on the 1 st . Two hundred men of the Ramghur Battalion and two guns , which had been sont to disarm Lhe men of tho 8 th , mutinied on the 2 nd , and took off tho guns . The Irregular Cavalry protected their officers . Tho hciul-qunrtcra of tho infantry of the battalion mutinied and took oil' four guns on the lth and Ath . Tho cavalry have remained staunch . " IlYDtaKAitAi ) . —Nothing . " JiiAHHi . —No communication respecting this place . " Jui , iiUm > uit . —Nothing further from this place .
" Lahore . —All well up to last accounts . ¦ .- •<' " Lucknow . — The column under Brigadier-General Havekxsk , which had advanced to the relief of Lucknow as far as Busheergunge , was , in consequence of the amount of sickness , cholera having broken out severely , obliged to fall back four miles , to enable the sick to be sent back to Cawnpore . Lucknow , by the last accounts , was holding out . The officiating Chief Commissioner , Major Banks , had been killed . '" . ¦¦ : " Mbbkut . —Nothing from this place . . • • •• " Mhow . —British , authority had been re-established in the cantonments , and the Maharaja Holkar was holding Indore . " Mn > NAPonE . —All well . " Mirzapore . ;—All well . Arrangements are being made for forming : an entrenchment , and supplies are being collected .
" Mooltan-. —The 1 st Bombay Fusiliers and the 1 st Beelocli Battalion are understood to have reached this place . " Na-gode . —All well . •• ¦ ;¦ ' ¦ " Naopore . —A . 11 has continued well in this province . " Nbemuch . —No news " . " NtrssEERABAD . —No news . " Oude continues in the same state . Lucknow is the only place in this province where our troops continue , and those are confined to their entrenchments . " Patna . —In s state of great excitement . " Peshawur . —Nothing from this place .
" Rewah . —All in a satisfactory state . The . Fort Kalungor has been recovered from the rebels , Afajor Ellis states , entirely through the zeal , loyalty , and good , judgment of Merput Sing , Maharajah of Rewah . The Maharajah has offered his troops to co-operate -with those of the Rajah of Rewah In re-establishing our authority . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ " Saucjor . —The 31 st Regiment Native Infantry continue loyal , and are doing good service . The European artillery and field battery is still , by order of Brigadier Sage , in the fort . The district is in a state of anarchy . The Bundrilas plundering in "&LI directions , even up to the very limits of the cantonments . Dinnoh continues safe , by a detachment of the 42 nd Native Infantry . Th « mutineers of this eorp 3 are oa their way to Delhi , and have passed Cawnpore en route .
An officer , writing from Jubbulpore on the 5 th of August , mentions two companion cases to that of Captain Skene : — " At Segowlee the 12 th Irregular Cavalry mutinied . They shot their commanding officer , his wife and child , and burnt alive their doctor , with his wife and child , in their own bungalow . At Futtyghur , the wife and child of Mr . Tucker , being about to fall into the hands of another rebellious set , she called to her husband to shoot her at once . He did so , his child also , and then himself . A Major Robertson has also shot his wife and children and himself , under similar circumstances . This is a new and melancholy feature in the tragedies . "
The following extract from a private letter from New York assures us that the sympathies of our American kinsmen almost outrun the impatience and indignation of public feeling at home . The writer is a gentleman of high character and position in the States : — " Do you know that your national apathy and indifference , in view of this India business , is alike inexplicable and criminal ? Why , a tenth part of the atrocities in India , if connected witli America , and againgl
our people , would Jiave put such an army in motion ae tho world has not seen since Xerxes and Napoleon . 1 verily believe that if our people were in your position , there would be an army of 500 , 000 volunteers in the field at this hour ; and if the Government couldn't send them out they would go on their own account . I almost wish I wore an Englishman for the moment , i ) only to apeak to the nation as it deserves to bo spoken to . Where are your tongues of fire ? or haa the foolery and cant of Exeter Hall really emasculated the British people ? I am ashamed of them . "
The Courricr de Lt / on gives an account of an escape from Mcorut of several French lay nuns who had the charge of some English and native girls . They were pursued by the Indians , and threatened with instant death , after seeing some English ladies murdered ; but the discovery of a quantity of treasure drew off the miscreants , and the nuns escaped with the children to the fort .
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THE ORIENT . CHINA . Tun latest intelligence from China contains little e ' than a notification of the departure of Lord Elgin from Ilong-ICong to Calcutta , where , as wo stated in our last week's Indian news , lie arrived on the 8 th of August . It in thought that hia visit will not be a long one , and thut his object is to endeavour to make arrangement *) for a force to go round to China . Owing to the recent riots at Niugpo between the . Portuguese and tho Chinamen , the Portuguese consul Iin . s removed for safoty on board the French ahi |> CupricieuHC In tho course of tho affray , forty-five Portuguese aro naid to havo been killed , totrctliei' -wkh uix Cantonuicn and one KuKlishman who
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 917, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/5/
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