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      There h » s been a » nmtiey atvKocrachee of the 2 Q st regiment of Bombay Native infantry . Jfewaa- d 4 a ~ oovered in the btid , boweffev ; and . the disaffected weffe disarmed . The ^ gSsfeart ^ aiyTiFerfr greatly- c & s ajiK pointed at not loins ' allov ^' to ffreon \ tli « rttu Four teen of the malcontents were hanged , ; and ; t 3 t ± ee > Mown stway- irotwguaaii Otbezs were expected to soSer as- soon as they coold . he captured . A inriter ftem the spotsays : ~ - . ¦'¦ . / . ; .- '• ; ¦ '• ¦¦' .. ' ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦; . ¦;;¦ . "Att the ladies bad to ^ get up in 1 the middle ; of- ' ti » : n % tit , and mitt for their Krest to the Mesa-tioa 3 & Arsenal Some ywyasrasingiscenes . tocWp ^ et ^ mau-tf the iadiss -were only m their night otetties , aaii very ;' m ^ hifiigji ^ ' eiied j husband * Jookingftr their > mv ^ a ^ ru ^ hiny tip / to ? the wrong- person fa mistake ; one lady with a drawn sword In-her .. hand , another Tritt a daiible-barrel gun on hter shoulder . * '¦ -: ' . '¦ - '¦ • .:. : ' : - ' 7 '¦ : • : " . ' * ¦ .: : - ' '¦¦¦ ' : ¦ : ¦ ,. \ i - ^'

      TTnsatisfaefccHpy- aecounrts have teen received from Rajpootaoai Major Barton , FoJiticaf Agent at Kotah , catused a Ko-yal salirte tofee fired in honour of the fall of Delhi . Thedrsafieeted leaders , wishing-1 » discourage t & t & e vtmdsp . 'the belief i » thai fact , exclaimed ^ att ^ - Resident to ought tcybejtestrc-yea . On the 15 th of Otetober , at nbbny two regime twosonsj and some othep ^ -vreire sl aughtered -irhile gallantly defending ' .. the Residency , their bodies being aftervfarda exposed ; and the place was plundered . The . Rajah coritinHes-faithfql to tbs , and anxioUsiyanprait * : assistance bat the balk of his army has tioea & i against \ him ; They haveproposed to proceed terDelhi , ^ disbelieving' that it ; has fiillen .

      : ' - - ' 'V ; J ^ r , .: inatiy ; . - ' HKiinSs- - past , " says an ; fH * anv jouma } , - »* . Neemuch has- been oner of tie centres of disaffection in Bafpaotana . About the f i m 3 dte : ^\ P ^( i ^ e > , ' ; the : ^ ' nbeIs- . began once'more to g ^ tber round it from all directions , a bbchr ^ . f'thiE ^^ aiiceixtrating' at . Jeram witjb a view- <> f attacfcmg the garrigcriv On : the- 24 th , the Neenmch cohtma . nioyieSoutitp 1 xaeet themj and attacked then * in iro ^ of their stro ^ ca ? ira 3 tw » Beavy . ' " (^ aptam TirckeTj of the 2 ml Bombay CkValry-, ; and CapfadnKeadef of ^ ^ her-Mage 9 ty ? s-83 r < iJFoot , ireie- MHted . ., ¦ Captain Simpson , Lieutenantr Blair and EerGeytjofiite 2 r ^ Cavalry * , Captain Soppitt « f the 12 th NatiwEnfSpitryy a ]^ Jtfanitry , werewotirnded . The ^ rieiny : were driven backinto their fort , wMeii our fbree ^ was too weak : toatd > nnj and ; they bott awiffc ; the arrrnraj : of Brigadier ; Sii » artV flying-cpininn v wh i ^ ¦ yririj it ia hoped ,, ' be speedily : amongst them ; ' •; . ; . ;; V

      A correspondent of the BoTribqy . Times , writmgi ttoai J ^ bhuipore v says :- —tV ' - ;' - M ' . \; ' ¦ ; v / ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦' :. ¦¦' ' " rjuxtng . the last fortnight ;; theaspectof aflairs 1 aronnd us . has become more gloomy . The 52 nd Native Infantry at Jubbnlppre , and tie 50 th Native Infantry at I ^ agodej have mutinied . All tne officers arid " others are said to b > safe , except Lieutenant M'Giregor , of the 52 ndj who his been carried off " .- ' as a prisoner by some of his men . We know not whether the men of " these t-wo regiments have ? gpne , Irulr report' says they are all . making their way towards Kallinger , near Bandah . KToor Singh is said to be there with the Binapore mutineers ; he is trying to seduce all the regiments about here to join the rebellion . Having collected , all the foice he can , it is : stated' that he intends , making ; a series of attacks upon the various stations- in this part of' India , and of ultimately assuming possession of it . This may , or may not , tie . truft ; but it shows the urgency of our need of reinforceraents / ; : ' \ - ' . - : : ;¦ ;' \^ -i : \ ' - ' '•¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ ' <¦' ¦ ¦ y ¦ :- ,:.: ¦

      A d " etachmen 1 ; of the 32 nd Regiment lias mutinied at Ranapore Haufc-j , but the officers escaped . The lnaleontents then -went ofly though in wliat direction is . hot precisely- Inown . At Saugor ,, the English remain , shut up in the fort , iu ar very precariows position , as they ace beset by numerous bodies of the enemy , and can only count about , two liundred fighting men . They are all , however , -well trained ; and the fort has been strengthened toy many heavy g , uns . An expedition , consisting , of our . whole : available force ,, was sent out against the Bundalaha at , ITerriowli , about nine miles ofl ^ but -was compelled : to retreat ^ "with the loss of Colbnel PalyeU , who waa . killed . Two other officers were woxwnjted ; ancHtappearji that our-Sepoys vrouM not flgjtxt ^ . At . CUnttr % the rebels have been defeated , as we . axe . infbrmed . in , a letter , from the carnp : —•

      " On the 2 nd of October , a small force under command ; of . Maiar English ,, aonaisting , of one . hundred ; and fifty men . of her Mftfeaty-k SftrdKegjinent , and about an , equal nuotb « r , o £ the Bengal Police Battalion , advanced- from , the village ; o £ DomfJi-KceliaTc upon Chuttra , -whore the Ro » ngh » r hattalion ,. Towards of soyew hundred' and flfty strong , -with four bro 38 guns , wore encamped ; commanded by , a Bamboo , wlio . directed , the ^ wli olo of their-operations . "WTa cajnwj ia aigjit of the enemy about eijglit a . m ., when a party ia commawL of Captain Fendall' wore sent out ia skirmiating , outer ,, followed by , the main body , at about twoh hundred and fi £ Ly yarda" distance , under tli « command , of Majpr . Bogjlsfc . The . skinnishcrB immedtatoly opfliwed . fire , upon tile enemy ,, who was-in positfoa ift line , pn < it < acjt « d . by . hia JUtaiory .,, wUvah instantly opened a hewy ^ fiw of xomnd ahot ) , grape ,, andt . oan »» ter . Wbthtng daunted , the skirmishera moved steadily ; on , while the main body , undor Major English , by a flank movemont

      to the ? lefty cams in- upon th « enetny ' a rigbtj - vstheri the awtioiLbecainagieirerat Tis © ' eneiay foaght ' . hid guns ia the- last moment , aiwi kept apt a heavy , and continuous fire of musketry fur about aa hour and a half , when- he fled fir » ns all podnts , with the loss of his guns , amiaunitkwij and ' colour 3 j all hi » baggage' and canip equipage , &< g . j and , bad ; "wro had ; with- tra a few cayalry , scarcely a nwn of JJthem- would Iiave escaped being kiUed ocr taken prisoners A . great nunaber of their dea ^ coyerei the field ,: but their womnded crawled into ' . ' the jangle , from whence » g ^ od . number were brought into camp daring thiedayi Our Ibssvih this sharp action is rather seyeore

      , being threaliiited ; atul fi > rty-th * e « woundea , three : of wboar have sisce die * of their wounds . " : Elghteeii riratinesera have been executec ! at Ahme ^ Sabad— -ten by hanging ; tHree by shootin-g , arid five * y blowing- away from gans : Several execntiona have taken place at Shrkarpwr . All is quiet in K ' pper Scihde . The Khan of Khelat and the Jam of Beyfatrhave jiad ! a qnarrel with regard to some land . Hi

      gh wordsJed to blair ?; swords were drawn , and a few were fciLled and wounded on both aides * Uftimately , the Jana fieS . Captain Macaoley ^ s visit to Khelat is said to fce with a view to smooth rnatters bet ween the two chiefs . '' /• ¦ ¦ ¦! . : ' . > . - : : ' :: . " . ' : ' . i ' : ¦ : '' .: ¦ ' . ' ]' . " ¦'' .. /¦ '¦' : A detachment of { wo Rtthdred and forty \ Eurt > - peansj of all arms ^ with three gnns , " was sent to Hattras on ; the 20 th of September ; to secure a portion of the reveirae . ¦' , The party afterwards advanced

      towards Allyghur , and attacked the Ghazees and other rebels ^ mptinting to a * small body of militia ^ cavalry , with .- a few Jat horses , mpvei towards the enemy's cavalry wliich had circled round and ; threatened bur | tank and / rear , and ¦ vsrhich were thus driven oiE A desperate ; fight then ensued , in which at first our meii were driven back , but ultimately they defeated Vthe rebels , and ; destroyed the Ghazees to arnatr ; We- did npt achieve . this' success ^ however , withbut . some loss . o -VV : :

      TwiQ companies of the 32 iid Bengal Kative Jfnfantry hare mutinied -at ; Debgiiur ; in the Santal distficts , ialling their cbmnfiahdaht , I > ieutenaivt G 3 Mr . Ronald , the Assistant Commissioner , and Mr . Tlbyd , the Sub-Assistant ; Iiieutenant Cooper is fifaid to have been ^ conspipuons for ^ his kindness to his nieh The neighbourhood " of ^^ Mopltan cpntinued' qtiiet iit "thelast advicesv ^ liutiaVrisingiwas ; feared , r and ; the city -wraa cpinpletely cjat p & from lahoi ^ i : ; ¦ " / Tile following probiatnation has been issuedl > y the pfficiating secretary to the Government of the North-Western Provinces : — '¦' ¦ ¦ . ¦' .: ¦ • -: v' ¦' " , ¦' ;; - - ..- ¦ ¦ .-. '' ¦ ' - .. : •

      " The Sepoys-who : have mutinied upon lying pretexts of interferences with , religion' . ' and cas . te , and . have ^ hown the absurdity- ' . ' of , tuese pretexts by associating themselves with gaol felons and miscreants of every description , after ^ vain efiforts to contend with the British Croyernr meht atpelliiand elsewhejej are now fleeing froin the punishment due to . '"their crimes , through varioijs parts of these provittceay showing , hy their movements only a iesure to save the plunder they have obtained by vior lence , and their worthless lives . ¦ \ " Tiie Goveifhment of these provinces calls on all landholders and . formers , with their tenantry , and on all well-disposed subjeetsy to give . all possible assistance to the authorities in bringiag these outcasts to justice : ¦

      " l < andJQ \ vners , aiid farmers of land especially , are remin < led of' the terms of tlieir ' engagement not to harboiir or countenance criminals and evil-disposed persons . '' The Government requires proof * of the fidelity and loyalty . ' . of all classes of its subjects , ia recovering the arms , elephants , horses ,, camels , and other Government property , which ; have been , feloniously taken by these offenders . All persons are -warned against purchasing or bartering for any such property of the State , under the severest : penalties , and rawalids will bo paid to those who , immediately on obtaining possession of the same , bring them to the nearest civil or military authority . "

      THE BENOAtKE IVISIBENTS OP A . GEA . The folkvwing account of the massacre ofi th & Benrgaiee residents of Agra , is furnished by a native eyewitness , whose wife-, daughter , and son-inrluw hare died by thfehanda ' of the mutineera : — - "On the breakrng out or the mtttinyj the portion of the Bengalee resi ** nts had got hold of a strongly built house , and , instead of throwing themselves open at the mercy of the mutineers , shut themselves up within the bouse , But ,, when : the place was- thrown open-,, one of the inmates placed at tlte foot of the mutineers nil the- ornaments of their women and other valuable arti ' clfis , a » d asked ' of them in the moat piteous terms' to >

      spare their , Itves . But they only inquired of their female companions , and nt last mado ont their luding-pl « cet The wornenf who had till 4 h !» time stifled tboir feelings , now shrieked out in loud lamentations and ! pitooua cries y but the . scoundrels remtame * untouched , uisultod ! them in too . grossest , manner , and thtn put them to deotK The men wera also butcnered , but three escaped by hiding fbr some time in a lhrge liole mado undbr tire- groimd . Wheit . » fiey emerg ^ dt from their hfdlr » g » -place , tliey fouiwl all rolling in- blood , but a grandson of one of' thfr surrivors was alive . ThJa was a . bnboj it had not been touched ,, and it was lying- By ; the dead' body o * ita mother , poTfoctry unconwifoua' of ' wTmt had tufcen plase "

      Three of the survivors , with the babe , tiking advantajee of tho darkness of the nighV fled firom ; tbe , placeJ aad afte « auflfering . iatolerable bardahipe , arrxwBdv-vvithin ' a few ' ¦ days ; at ' -BenaTeia . ' . ¦;• .. :. : ^ . :. ; ¦; . ;; - . -. ¦ . - ¦¦ ;; . ' ; ' ; . •;¦ ¦ . .. : ¦ •¦ . ; ¦ ; - ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ HBALLTW OP « ERERAlL'ffltsoisr . ¦ ; We read : in the Times W v .-., ¦ : ¦ . '¦ ' . "¦ , '¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ ; " The acconnts of General TTilsou ' s retirement frbirt his command 6 n the grouna of in-healtri not having b ^ err very explicit , the jmblic ; may- perhaps be interested to learn that a letter h as tiis : week been received from Eadv Wilson , stating- ' : that on ; the- 8 th of October € renerai Wilson-arrived at MasaoTaree on aicfc l exhatrs 6 d ¦ uiaovuLvv aiviv

      eave , so « » » ** wv ** u *** . vu uu M * uu icraivU j . st > CXDJtTIScCC . 1 that ; 'he ^^ was'scarcely able ^ - to w alk . She 3 rejoiced , ftowever tp be able' tb add thatnehad na positire illness , and at the ( fate of her letter ( October 12 ) was greatly iTnprovetf The General had du- ^ eted hFs jferhil y to address their future letters to Meehit , where he was ^ shortly about to rejoin : His brigade' and to hold himself in readrness for any command that might be given birrr . " / : ¦ ' BnrSCELtAlfBOU

      S UOTES ON TIIB REVOLTThe ' -. Times : of Wednbsday publishes a . long letter ^ written , at various dates from Delhi , Boluhdshuhur , and Camp , of the Movable Column South-East o £ Agra . It is signed A Civilian , ' and contains some , points worth noting . The writer-says ^ ¦ „ . '¦ . : ¦ . ' > Inhere is no doubt that on our occttpatibn of a ! pact of the city , our army became disbrgaiuzed to a degrea which \ vasi ' .. 'highly- dangerous when , the battle was but half won- Whether the coliectiou on the . part a £ the town , w-hich , we first assaulted of vast quantities of wiue

      and spirits ( the produce of the plunder of a ^ loiig line of road on whicli these articles are . ' the main-staple of European commerce ) was really tlie resvilt of deep strategy 6 n the part of tlte mutineers , I cannot say ; but it does seem as if the only coaxmoa bond Svhich unites tkA various races , figiiting , under aur staadard is a poninton love of liquor , aud Europeans ,. Sikhs ,, Ghoorkas , aad AffgLanai are said , to have alliadTilged . t 6 an > eitent which might have been disastrous .. In . truth , the days which , followed the fixst , assault were a . time of great anxiety . " A glimpse .. of- the kind of ; gQverari ^ iit e ^ tabHaiioeii In . Dellii By ; the ^ insii rg erttsisy t ii m-. ' giv '& ii-ir-- - r ' ^ - 'i ' -. ¦' ; .-. ' ; y ¦

      < ¦ ' * : Mahy- papers , were found , ia the Palace at . Delhi ( even t ^ e natives have retained our partiality . ' foic paper vrprk ) r and from them , it would : appear that the kind , of govamment establishetl for tlie : city aad immediately surrounding country w ; as more of the nature of a jnilitarj than of it jMahoraedan government . It . seems to have been a sort of coastitntional-mottarciiicat milacracy . The King was King ; and . hoEoured as sueli lika a otttkatiturtkmal monarch . ; but instead o £ a Pailiamont , be had / a Council of soldiers , in "vrbomipowiair rested , and . pi : whom he was in no degree a military commander ^ No Arabic or I * ereiaii namesv forms , or t ^ rnis- appear to have ; been ; introduced ; , bu t , on the contrary ^ th & JEnglish . terms and modes of business were generally ad « f > ted . ; The extent to which English terms , are used sbuiiUsvecy absurd ..

      All petitions seem to have , been presented to the King , but the great authority-. ' to which almost all of theni on all matters both civil and military were referred ( by order endorsed on the petition ) was the ' Court ,. '—a . body composed of a number of Colonels , a lirigade-Majar T anjd * Seketur ( or Secretray ) , which latter functionary seeras to havo been ths most important personage la . Delhi . All tlie colonels , & c .,. were Septtyawhamade th ^ jr taark , or ^ at best , signed-hi rough Hindoo diaracters . Tenjlegular innster folia of reginveata / Were kept up and authenticated in- due form by the colonel , adjutant , and quartermaster . From these documents it also- appears that they went so far into detail as to fill up tlie phicea of the European . ' sergeant-majors' and quarterniastecsergeants . ' . ; ..: ¦ - ' . . '¦ ¦• ' . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ V i /'; ' . ¦ .: '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' . ' ;\ ' -: ' . ' : ' ' . ' : "'"

      "I had- not time to study the . various papers , but I imagine tliafc a very interesting , useful , and . amusing seleotion of them might be picked out for publication . One Sopoy colonel seema . to buuve presented to the King a kind'of memorandum on , the best mode of admiiustoring tho coutttryaftar getting- rUV of tbe Poringhees . First and . foreraasfc , he advises his . Majesty to collect as much money as ho can from any quarter , by any means whatever , as ^ a- capital to starfc . npon . Secoridly , he says that there is no , doubt that , -with , all the faults of the English , their government was ^ thai beat Hindoatan laa eyor seen , and he pcopoaca thai tho fufcwre adiainiatratton should be bos « dl on their model ; and then , in . many heading 3 he goa « into dfctaila evincing- considerable thought , and shrawdness- There ia ; I believe , among tbo papers , a . Tory long andl enthusiastic account of tha de & truotioni of tho < European ganriaou of Futtehghur . '

      Tlie writer describes as ibllows the state of the Delhi army : — "The European infantry ami Foot Artillery , and the onl y native-regiment-which may claim some equality with them ( Rfeid'a Ghoorkas ) , are eomplotely w » c < l « P and eslnixrate * . There is ; fos campaigning purposes , to all intents , an end of them for the present . At most , they cam only garrison Delhi and ' a-few place * in the neighbourhood ! The regim « nt » a db not average two homdrod and' fifty strong ; The- -nhole army of J > cUu could not turn out ono thoiiHaiid five hundred Uuropeafl * btayorretsr , and those who- can- frurn' out aro < w > haggard and enfeebled' by cwwtant w * o * fe ami ! ooopoaiwo that to oacpect off' tfcem seriowa- work' or jaiucli . marching w

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/6/