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      There has been amutiny at Knrraciieeofthe 2 lsfe regiment ; of BoinliagrNative Infantry-. It wbb discoveredinthe bud , howev er , and the disaffected Were aiswimed . Tlie Englieh surttllepy -wrere greatly aisappoiuted at not being allowed to fire oa them ,. Pourteen of the xnalcohtents were hanged , and three blown away from guria . pthers we * e expected to suffer as soon as they could be captured ; A . " writer from the s |» tgay ^ :- ~ - [; . ; -: ¦ "¦ ¦ : " - - ' - : ¦ . - ¦ ; - \ ' ; . ¦¦ ¦¦¦ . . ;> ¦'¦" ¦ : ' ¦ . ;; " All the ladies had to get up in the middle of the night , and Tun for their lives to the Mess-house Arsenal . Soinevery amusing- scenes took place : some of the ladies were only in their night clothes , and veay much frightened ; husbands looking for their -wriyes , and ritaliing np to thei wrongperson , in uptake ; ohe lady with a drawn sw ^ rd in her ha » d , jsaoiher with a double-barrel gun on u « rshoulder . * / ¦ ' ¦ -V .- . :- " \ ¦ ¦ : .- ¦ - "' ' ' : ¦"¦' ¦ . / v . -,- . A ¦'¦'¦ . ;

      Unsatisfactory , accounts have been received from SajpootatML ] SIajpr Burt « ii , Political Agent at Kotah , xwoised a Royal salute to be firei&iiy honour of the fall of Delhi ; The disaffected leaders , wishingtb discourage toi the utmost the belief in that fact , exclaimed that ; the Resident ; : was deceiving the people , and oughtto be destroyed . On the 15 th of October , at noon , two reginaeerts mutinied ; th > Resident , his two sons , arid sotae others ; were slaughtered while gallantly defending the Eesidency . tlieir bodies being afterwards exposed ; aud the place was- plundered . The Rajah continues faithful to us , and anxiously awaits assistance ; but the bulk of his array has tamed against him . They haye proposed to proceed to , Delhi , disbeJievinig that it has fallen .

      " For manymonths past , "; says an Indian journal , " ¦ ¦ tfeemiich : has been one cf the centres of disaftectioii in Rajpoot ana . ; About the reiiddle of October , the rebels began once tnore to gathear round it firOm ail diiections , a tody of them concentrating ; at Jeirura with a . View of attacking the gaitispn . On the 24 th , the Keemuch colunin inoved out to meet them , and attacked them in front of theirstronghold ^ , T ^ casualties heavy . Captairi Tucker , of the 2 nd Bonihay Cavalry , aiui Captain Readie , ofherMajesty ' s S 3 MEo 6 t , were killed . CJaptain Simpson ; -Liente ^ nts B 3 air and Xe Cfeyt , of the 2 nd . Cavalry-j Captain Soppitt of the 12 th Ijfatiye Infiintryj and Captain Laurie b £ the 21 st Native lisfantryy-were wounded . The enemy yere drWen back iftto their fort , which out foree "was too weak tc > storro , and they flow await the arrival of Brigadier Stuart ' s flying column / which / , relieved of its daties before Dhar , T ^ l , it is hoped , be speedfly amongst them . " /

      A correspondent of the Borribtii / Times , writing fedar Jubbulpore , saysiT-- ::- / - '' ;•' ¦¦ ,. '' ¦ -.-:: . y ' y ' -: ' . ' A ¦ " During the last fortnight , theAspect pf affairs around U 3 has become more gloomy . The 52 nd . ; Native Infantry at Jubbulpore , arid ; the Sftth ifative infantry at Nagode , have mutinied , AH the officers and others are said to be safe ; except Lieutenant IVI'Gregor , <> f the 52 nd , who Jias been carried off as a prisoner by some of his men ; We know not whether tie men of these two regiments

      have gone , but report says they are all making their way towards Kallinger , near Bandalu Koor Singh is said to be there -with the Dinapore mutineers ; lie is trying to seduce all the regiments about here to ; join tha rebellion . Haying collected all thei . ' force- he can , it is stated that he intends making a series of attacks upon tTie various stations in this part of India , and of ultimately assuming possession of it . This may , or may not , he true j but It shows the urgency of '' our , need of reiaforcernehts . ' ; ' .: ' " ¦' . '¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' . ¦'¦' . '¦ . : - 1 ' ¦' .. ' : ' ¦ - - ¦ ¦ . '¦ A '

      A detachment of th « 32 nd Regiment has mutinied at Rainyore Haut ; but tlic officers escaped . The malcontents then went otT , though in what direction is not precisely known . At Saugor , the English : remain shut up in the fort , in a very precarious position , as they are beset by numerous bodies of the enemy , and can only count about two hundred fighting men . Theyare nil , however , well trained , and the fort has been strengthened by many heavy guns . An . expedition , consisting of our "wuqIq available force , was sent out against the Bundctlalxa at Nerrib-wli , about nine miles oiij but waa carapeuqil to retreat , with the loas of Colonel DalyeB , who was ; killed . Two other officers were ¦ wounded ; , audit appears that our Sepoys -would hot figh t * At Qhuittra , the rebels have been defeated , as ¦ vre are informed in a letter from the camp ;—

      " On the 2 nd of October , a small force under command Of M « u , or English , cpnaiating of ono hundretLand iifty men , of her Majesty ' s 55 rd Regiment , and about an eq . ual number of . the Bengal iPolico Battalion , advojiced firom the village of Pomah-Ecobak upon Ghuttra , where tho Ramgbur battalion , upwards of seven , hundcel and fifty strong , with four braasguns , wore encamped , commanded by a . Bftbboo , who directed the whole of their oporatlcns . We . cauui in sight of the onetny about eight a-m ., when a party in command of Captain , Fendall were sent out in skirmiahing , 6 r < Eer , followed by the main body , at about two hundred and fifty yards * distance , und « r tho cotnno » nd of Major E » gH » lt . The ekivinxiahera linmedlatoly opwwsd . flro upon tUo eaeroy , who was in positioa ia line , p . t » tGc * e . d . by hia ftttitlcry , -which instantly onooeA a tio » vy fire , of lowd . Bfcot , ^ rapo , and canfetoi . Kotliiins daunted , tho skirmishcra moved sfccudily oo , * whilo tho main body , under Major English , by a flanlc movement

      to the left , came in upon the enemy ' s right , when the action became general . The enemy fought his guns t » the last moment , aiid kept up a heavy and continuous fire . of musketry for about an hour and a half , when he tied from all points , with the loss of his guns , arnmUnitipn , and colours , all his baggage and camp equipage , &o . ; andi bad we had with ils a feiv cavalry , scarcel j' a man of Jthem would haye ; escaped being killed or taken prisoner . ; A great aiuniber of their dead covered the field , but their wounded crawled iiito the jungley fro m whence a good number were brought into camp during the day . : Our loss in this sharp action is rather severe , beiag three killed , and forty-three wounded , three of whom have since died of their wounds . " : Eighteen mutineers have been executed at Ahmedabad—ten by hanging-, three by shooting , and five by Plowing away from guns . Several executions have taken plade at Shikarpodr . All is . qui « it in Upper Sciriae . The Kli an of Khelat and the Jam of Beylah have had a duarrel with Tegard to some land .

      High words led to blows ; swords were drawn , and a fewwere killedand woanded ; on both sides . Ultimately ^ the Jani fled . Captain Macauley ' s visit to Khelat is said to be with a vie \ r to smooth matters between the two chiefs . A detachment of two hundred land forty- Europeans , of all arms , -with three guns ; -vras sent to Hattras on the 20 th of Septeniber , to secure si portion of the revenue . The party afterwards advanced

      towards AllygliuT , and attacke 4 the Ghazees and other rebels , amounting to at least ISdQmeb . A small body of militia . cavalry , -yrrtijti a few Jiit horsed , moved towards the enemy ' s cavalry ! , which had circled rbund and threatened our flank and rear , and which were •• thus driven off . A desperate fight then ensued , in which at flrsfe ; our men were driven back , but ¦•¦ u'iti ^ mateiy they ^^ defeated the ^ eb (? ls , and destroyed the Ghazees to a man . We did not achieve this success * however , ; without some loss . ';' • ¦ • ¦ : > . v ' ¦ ,

      ; Two companies of the 32 nd Bengal Native Infantry have ; mutinied at 3 > eoghur in the Sa , htal districts , killing their commandant , lieutenant Cooper , Mrl Ronald ;; the Assistant Commissioner , ; arid Mr . Flpydj the ; : Sub-Assistanti Xiieuteriant Copper is said to haye been conspicuous , for his kindness to his nien . The neighbourhood of Mqoltail cpntinued : quiet at the last advice's ; but a rising was feared , and the city was completeiy cut off frdnlljahore . : TiiefoHo ^ ing proclamation has been issued by the offlciating secretary to the Government of the North-\ yestern - . Provihces :----.-v ; -: '" ; : " ¦¦; . ¦ . r f ¦ . '' : ¦/ , \; ' •}' . ' ' . ; -. ¦ ¦ - ';" " . The Sepoys who have mutinied upon lying pretexta of iriterferences with religion and caste , and have shown the absurdity of these pretexts by aLSsociating . theiuselVea with gaol felons arid miscreants of every description , after vain efforts to contend . with the British

      Government at Delhi arid elsewhere , arc nowfleeing from this punishment due to tlieiv crhnesj , tlirbugh various parts of these provinces ; showing by their movements only a desire to save the plunder they Uave obtained by violeiiee , and their worthless lives . . " The Goverament of these pro-yinces calls on . all landholders , and farmers , with their tenantry , and on all well-disposed subjects , to give all possible assistance to the authorities in bringing these outcasts to justice . " Landowners , and farmers of land especially , are

      reminded of the terms of their engagement not to harbour or countenance criminals and evil-disposed persons . " Tho Government requires proofs of the Jidclity and loyalty of all classes of its subjects , in . recovering the arms , elephants , horses , camels , uud 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 pcrialtieA and rewards will bo paid to those who , immediately oa obtaiuing possession of the same , biiug them to the nearest civil or militury authority . "

      THE BENOAUEB 11 ESID . INTS OJT AORA . The following account of the massacre of the Bengalee resident * of Agra i » furnished by a native eyewitness , whose wife , daughter , and aon-in-law huva died by the hands of thon > utineera : —• . " On the breaking out of the mutiny , the portion of tho Bengalee rt 2 sUtent 8 had-got hold of a strongly built house , and , instead of throwing : tl \ einse-lves open at the mercy of the mutineers , shut themselves up within the house . . But ,, when the place was thrown open , one of the inmates praced at the feet of the mutineers all tho ornaments of , their women and other valuable articles , and asked : of thorn in tlio most piteoua terms to

      spate their lives . Uiit thoy only inquired of , their female companions , and at last made out thctr hiding-place . Tho women , who had till this time stifled their feelings , now shrieked out in loud lamentations and piteous cries ; biftthe scoundrels remained untouched , insulted thorn in the , grossest manner , and then put them to death . The men were also butchered , but three escaped : by hiding fbr some time in a largo holo mado under the grouTO * Whontliey emerged from their hicllng-placc , they found all rolling in blood , but a granrdsort of one of the frarv * - vors was alive . This was a babo ; it had not been touched , and it was lying by the dead bocly at its mother , perfectly unconscious of what had taken place

      Three of the survivors , with the babe , taking advantao- * of the darkness of the night , fled from the place ^ nl after suffering intolerable hardihipsy arrived within ' a ; f ^ w ; days ; at ; Beuares . ;' -. . ; :-. . ; - '• - > ¦ ;¦ . . . : . :, :.-/ ' :: ; :: \ ¦ : ' - ; :- . . ¦ * ' - ** ; HEXI-Tn OP OENERA . L Wir-SON . ¦¦ ¦ . ' WcTeadinihe Times : — ' ¦ ' \ ¦ . ' .. ¦ > . : . ' ;¦; . ¦¦ . ;¦ : ¦ . ¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . ' ; " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ " The accotrats of General Wilson's retirement from his command on the ground of ill-health not havinir been very explicit , the public may perhaps be interested to learn ttat a letter has this Aveek been rcceivedfroin Ladv Wilsonj stating- that on the' 8 tli of ^ October General Wilsbii arrived ; at Mussouree on sick leave , so exhausted that he was scarcely able to walk . Sba rejoiced , Jiowever to be able toadAthat he had no positiS ' e illness , and at the date of her letter ( October 12 ) was greatly , imprbved . The General bad directed his family to address their future letters 1 d Meerut , where ! he . was shortly about to rejoin his brigade ; and to hold himself in xeaainess for any cbihmand that might be given- him . "

      BIISCEI-UANEOtTS NOTES OK THE REVOLT . The Times 6 f ^ ^ Wednesday ^ publishes a long letter . Written .- at various dates from Delhi , Bolundsliuhury and (^ anip , of the Movable Column Sputh-East ot ' Agra . It is signed ' A Civjlian , '« and' contains some points worth noting ^ The writer say si— - : ¦ ' ¦ Tliere is no doubt that on pur occupation of a part of the city , oar arniy became disorganized to a degree which was highly daugeroUs when the battle . Ayas but half won , WUetherihe ! collection on the part ' . ofthe town ^ vbic li w& first assaulted Of vast quantities of wine

      and spirits ( the produce of the plunder of a long line o £ road on which those articles are the main staple of European cominerce ) : was really the result of deep strategj on the part of the mutineers ,. 1 cannot say ; but it doea seem as j ' f the only common boiid which unites toe yariona races fighting under our staudard is a common love of liquor , . and : liuropearis , ; Sikhs , Guoorkas , arid Affghans are ; said to have alt indulged to ^ ^ an extent wliich might have been ^ ^; disastrous . IriMnxth ; the days which followed the first assaoilt were a time of great anxiety . '' A glimpse of ; the : ^ nd ot gpvernraeat ^ inDetlii by ' the insurgents is tliiis given i— - o ;'¦ :: . ' : :

      " Many papers : we * efo at Delhi ( even the natives havfe ^ ^ ; retained our partiality for paper work ) , and from them it would ^^ appear-.. ; thiai-the kind of goyerament established for tlie ciiy and immediately surrounding country -was more : of the nature of a military than of a MiLhomedaa government . It seeans ti > : have been a sort of conBtitattonal-moriarehical milocracy- The King waa Kiiig , and hoaoitrei aa sueh like : a coostitiitional monarch ; but instead of ' - ' . ' -. a Parliament , he ; had a Council of soldiers , in "whom power rested , and . of whom he was in no ( Jegrea a military conaiuaatler . No Arabic or Persian names , foimsy or terms appear to have beea iritrpduced ; l > nt , on tiie con ^ irary ,. tlie iaiglish terms and modes of business were generally adopted ^ The extent to which English terms are used sounds very absurd ;

      AH petitions seem .-to have been presented to .-the ' King ; - but : the'great ; authority to which almost all of them 6 u all matters both civil and military were referred ( by order endorsed on the petition ) was the . ' Qoitrt , 'Ha body composed of a number of Colonels , a . BrigaderMajor , and ' Seketur ( or Secretray ) , which latter functionary seems to have been : the most important , personaga in . Delhi . AH tlie colonels , &c , were Sepoys who made their mark , or , at best , sighed in rough Hindoo characters . Verjregular lnustar roUa . of reginienls were kept up and authenticated in due form b > y the colonel , adjutant , and quartermaster * . From these docuiaents it also appooors that they weat so far into detail as to fill up the places of the European ' sergeant-inajoM ' aud quarterinastersergeants . ' ¦ ,. ¦'' - . . .. ¦ ¦' ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ¦/ ' . ¦ ¦ '' . '¦¦ ¦ ' ' , .. ¦ - '" ¦ ' ' ¦¦

      " I had . not time to ' studytho various papers , but I imagine tliat a very interesting ,.- " useful , anil amusiug selection of them might be j > icked out for publication , One Sepoy colonel seems to have presented to the King a kind of m « tnorandam on tho best inodo of adminiatei ' r ing the country aftor getting ; rid of the Feringhces , Fir » t and foiamoat , lie advises hia Majesty to collect as mucli money as he can from any quarter , by any raeana whatevor , as a , capital to start upon . Secondly , ho says that there W no doubt tliat , with all the faults of tha English , thoir government waa ^ tlje boat Hindo **^ ^ 9 ovec seen , and he proposes that . th ^ i future adintoisUatf 011 should bo l ) asad on their modal . ; aud tUenv in many headings , ha gobs into details evincing considerable thought ami shrawdnesa . There is , 1 believe , among the papers avory long and enthusiastic account of -the destruction of the European garrison of Futtebghur . " ,

      The writer describes as jfollows the state of tho Delhi army : — u Tho European ioafantry and Toot Artillery , and the only native regiment which may claim some , equality with them (** eid *» Ghoorkas ) , arc coin plotely used up and exhausted ; . There is , for campaigning purpo , to all intents , ( in end of them for -the present . At _ most , they can only gftrrison Delhi « vn * l a fow places- in , the neighbourhood . The regiments do not awagb two hundred and fifty strong . Tfha wholo army of Poll " could not turn out ono thousand five hundred Kuropoan Iwiyonett , < ind those who can turn © ufc wo » o haggftrtl « nd enfeebled by constant -work awd oxpoauw that to oxpoct of them serious work or muck miwohing w

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 1158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2220/page/6/