English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 535, 19 December 1857, Page 3

English and Foreign.

THE INDIAN MUTINY,

"A rather iiovel proposition" says the 'Sindian/ "has been ,made by Moorad contractor at this station. He engages to convey the' regiments expected I from England at Kurrachee, to Mooltan in 12 days. He proposes to lay 'a Dawk of 100, of 150 camels at each of 25 chowkies, at intervals on the road. Two ' soldiers with arms, accoutrements, and ammunition^ with water, will form the load for one camel, to proceed to the first halting' place, where fresh camels will carry them, 'on to thfe next stage, and co on. The first lot of camels will return at | night, and the nsext day a fresh batch of soldiers will proceed; thus the whole of; the regiments.will be on the advance together in batches of 300 each. The men oh each camel will be provided with a cajawah/ made quite convenient for them to lie down oh. The contractor will only require GbV^riitnSnt t8 supply biscuits and; grog, he guaranteeing a regular and good! supply of mutton, ?eggs > Poultry, muk> butter>'ifeci, Aevwhole^the' way. i. in> xjdnseqiience;ypfO the^Bunjab and Scinde^iriailshtivihg'bdeh pluttd.«r,ed; about 90 miles from Mooltan, by the seizure of the daivjk hbrse^; w& have but; Kittle news from Delhi. ' jProria a^passen^ei* Who Arrived by the ohusan ; thisi;morning from Kurracheß we have gleaned tie following particulars:^— The news1 of theJfall of Delhi is confirmed.

The defence was most determined, and our loss consequently great. The whole of the gates are in our possession, with' the exception of those of the Cashmere and Cabul roadsjintb which quarter of the city the remnant ol the mutineers have been driren.

In the meantime,' the Artillery is making fearful havoc amongst the enemy's ranks. It is said to be literally mowing them down, and it is expected that few will escape. Our loss is said to be six hundred rank and file, and forty officers killed and wounded. — Bombay Telegraph Extraordinary] Sept. 28. The King of Oude and his Minister. —Government are in possession of the most complete, proofs ot the. guilt of the king and of his prime minister the artful Ally Nukhee. Seditious documents, with the seal and signature of the latter, are in the possession of Government. He of course denies thatthej- are genuine; but to call them forgeries is the only possible defence he could make under the circumstances. Of his guilt there is not the slightest doubt, and the only question requiring the decision of the GovernorGeneral is when and how Ally Nukhee Khan, the arch traitor, shall h& executed. —J?Ao»mySept;.B.--Ali/AHABad; —The following is from Allahabad, dated; sth September, 1857 :— This morning a party started for Cawnpore, and to-morrow, the remainder, are to follow. Major Eyre's battery came in yesterday, and left to-day. In, all there are 1,450 or 1,500 men exclusive of the artillery and volunteer cavalry. One lac of Enfield rifle ammunition accompanies the force, exclusive of what each detachment takes; The detachments are composed of men from the sth Fusiliers, 64th, 78th, 84th, and 90thj and 800 spare Enfield Rifles?accompany them; also, 3 platform carts laden with ammunition (grape, <&c.) all ready for the two 8-inch howitzers, in case of instant necessity. Two days ago about 250 sick and womttiett came in from Cawnpore. The following affecting incident has been related to-me by one of the men ;rr— " When1 we were g6ing round the station after the-re-capture of Gawnpore, a female voice/ was heard by us, when passing over the bridge, exclaiming, 'Thank God, I see a white face.' Oh going down under the bridge, we found two girls, the oldest about 9 years, and the other not more than 2 j the former had bripks together for her little sister to sit on, and high enough to keep her little feet out of the water.

---"In reply to our question she said: 'My father was kille^d, a^d my mother wa^ dragged by the hair, and I caught up My little sister and ran under a bridge, and did what I could,' to save \ies.~-Madras Athencßum. The ' Sindian' of the 21st instant thus • notices the disaffection of tlie Bombay; Native Artillerymen &t Hydrabad of] which we had tidings, by electric tele-! gi^aph on the 23rd : — " On Tuesday night, the 3th, the soobadar of the battery re-

Sf6^J i 8 owMMßdiag officer, Lieutenant Battiscombe, that something was wrong with the men; that Several S^S* 8 *¥ be«n held amongst them, and from what had tome to Ms knowledge, it was hot safe to allow the guns to remain with them. Lieutenant Battiscombe reported the circumstance to the Brigadier. The following day the Brigadier, in concert with the. civil authorities proposed that Lieutenant Naylor, the Lieutenant of Police, with 400 of his toot, 100 horse, and 100 picked men of the 13th Regiment, N. 1., should proceed by two different roads to the Artillery lines; and so suddenly did they come upon them: that the artillerymen were taken completely by surprise, and submitted quietly to the guns being removed into the fort, and all their arms taken •from them. The whole of the European inhabitants have been desired to go into the fort. We are happy to learn that all is now quiet again at. Hydrabad. The highest praise is due to the Brigadier and the Collector for the very energetic measures adopted, as also to Lieutenant Nay|lor and the police, together with the of the 13th Regiment N. 1., : for the promptitude with which the :^ disarming was effected;" There were no European troops at. Hydrabad at the time, and the fidelity, of the 13th Bombay N.I. is matter for joy and thankfulness. i We learn from the' Calcutta * Gazette' iof October 2nd, that "a strong column 'were in pursuit of the fugitives" from iDelhi; arid'from another source we gather the unsatisfactory' information, that the cavalry in front of that place had been reinforced by numerous, bands of horse from the Punjab, and that it was thought to be jequal to the task of preventing the escape !of any great bulk of the mutineers and rebels. The ;Bombay ' and :' Courier,' in expressing approval;Tof the Iconduct of her Majesty's 83rd, in having bayoneted every mutinous trooper of the |2nd cavalry that they could lay their i hands upon, hopes that " our soldiers ivill \be allowed to do their ofonrborkih their \own way" a privilege which frfrni vthe ! following extract the Governor-General ; appears biy no- means disposed to grant j:—-

THE RESOLUTION OF MEKCY.

(Fiom the 'Phoenix,' September 8.) , We quote from . a resolution of ,the (xovernor-General in Council the following instructions 'to Civil Officers and others in charge of districts, as to how they are to deal with rebels. The resolution in question bears date the 31st July, 1857, and has been circulated•':-—

[Here follows Section 1, 2, 3,4] V Section 1 simply ignores the. crime of mutiny. It says as plainly as possible that any mutineers found skulking or murdering about the country, are not—provided they are unarmed—to be dealt with as the practice of all armies prescribes they should be dealt with.. They are to be sent to their regiments for trial^ if possible ! Is it meant that they should be sent to Delhi ? We suppose hot, but at any rate, if it is found impossible to send them for ■ trial to their regiments, they are to be imprisoned, pending the decision of the Supreme Government. The question, therefore, is, where are such men to be ; imprisoned ? The jails have revolted as well as the regiments, and there is scarcely a jail peon in the North West Provinces who has not turned the arms which Government supplied him with against the Government itself. To a common understanding, it would seem that in times like the present a short shrift and a proper allowance of rope should be the meed of rebels and mutineers. But the idea of Government appears in a measure to be that the disaffected are to be coaxed, instead of bayor neted, into loyalty and order. Our rulers appear to forget" that with an Asiatic forbearance is construed into weakness, and that they despise a Government which does not control them with a strong hand. It is also apparently overlooked that the men who are fighting against us are urged to the struggle by religious feeling. They do not believe that the Indian Government intended any assault against.their creeds,, but they do) believe; that the assault which | they are making on Government is one to j turn from which involves loss of caste ;j for no Poorbea will now regard as; a bro- : .ther a native*who fights for Government. Surely under such circumstancesi the; most rigid measures are those which should be i followed. No rebellion was ever suppres- ; sed by mild measures, and it is fatuity to ! think that ihe murderers at Cawnpore and ■ elsewhere can be cajoled into loyalty. As to the second section of the above instructions, it is little less than preposter-

cms. It directs-that'any sepoys taken jprisoners, and- not'charged with any speicific act of rebellion, are to be sent to ■Allahabad. How is such an order to be learned out ? Let us suppose that on his iroad to Lucknow, General Hav.elock picks jup a lot of unarmed sepoys, who are, in all ■probability, making the best of their way to Nana Saheb's camp, or who—though: < there-is' ho proof against them—have come from there, and have been skulking as ispies in the vicinity of the General's own force,, are these men to be sent by the General under escort to Allahabad ? Ac- ; cording to the resolution of the GovernorGeneral in < Council, they should be either so dealt'with or released; for in the face of the Government notification, few officers would be found willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of dealing with such men as they, should be dealt with, namely) summarily executing them. \ Let us, however, hope that Government does not intend or expect that these orders ishall be acted up; to. After what occurred [to Lord Torririgton for his. sharp measures [in Ceylon, it is but .natural'that Governors- | jGeneral * should dread the responsibility of isanctioning. the system oJ sure and swift jpunishment, which is alone capable of suppressing revolt. No such fears need however be entertained.' The disaffected jin Ceylon were '■ a different class from the [rebels in this country. In Ceylon the rebels did not imbrue their hands in the blood of men, women and children, and [commit, those unspeakable atrocities which jhave proclaimed to the world at large that jthe natives of India are still savages at heart. Besides, the ire of the home public—of every class of it—is thoroughly iroused and the cry. through the land is now, we will .#&nture tp say, one of vengeance, as well-as one of impatience and displeasure at not: having yet jbeen achieved.l It mayjsound very nastily Sin the ears of some people that rebels are being hungup by dozens, and that villages are being lmrnt-; —bntiaslong as the hangling system was persevered in, the districts jin, which it was put m, force returned to order and remained orderly* This was jmarkedly the casein the, Benares district. ! The sharp punishment which followed the -emeutes of the. villagers 1 which took place jafter the mutiny of^theK37th N.L at I Benares, had/the T e^ct^fi|dp^ only keep^ ing the district at large 'peaceable, but of even repressing ordinary crime. The Magistrate's and other Courts were actually days and days without a prisoner being brought before them, not because petty crimes were passed over without notice, or because the people would not come forward to prosecute, but simply because the measures taken had the effect of intimidating a badly disposed population. And it has been the same in every other district. As long as -traitors are strung up promptly there will be little plotting, but remove from their minds the fears of the gallows, and plots will again be set on foot, as has been the case at Allahabad.

Cawnpore.—-Accordingl to a letter from that place of the 4th September, all was - settling down into ordinary cantonment life; troops were arrivingl, and the force was healthy. — Madras Athenaum. The following is an extract of a letter written by a cavalry "officer at Cawnpore, dated 3rd September:—■ "The news we have from Lucknow is very good: we have often communication with them. A man came in yesterday; they are all as jolly as they can be under the circumstances; they appear to have plenty to eat, though no luxuries. Fighting goes on daily, of course; but there is no chance of a further assault, as the Niggers got such a lesson last time. I hope we shall relieve them before the 25th, certainly. We. have now; I should think, 1500 Europeans. The cavalry only num bers 80, but is to be made up to 100. We have a battery of horse and one of foot artillery, and six 24-pounders drawn by elephants, besides some mortars; and when the 90th and sth join us, as they will about the 12th or 15th, we shall be able to give the blackguards something tLtey do not expect. I feel, and indeed we all feel, very hopeM of Lucknow. The people are gra-; dually turning towards us; they begin to, gee it is only a Mahomedan affair, which j would not suit them. A Mr. and Mrs. Probyn and two children came in two days ago from Futtehghur, and filso a Mr. Ed-j monstone; they nave bee,n staying with ai .'man in Oude, by name Hurdar Bux, who brought them in himself and is ready to join us whenever we make a movement into Kochilcund. He says that nearly all the Hindoos will join us willingly, when they see us advancing/'— lbid,-

The arrival of Lieutenant Delafosse and Lieutenant Thomson, 53rd N. L, in camp at Cawnpore, is reported. They escaped from Cawnpore in a boat, and were protected by a Zemindar in Oude, till the European regiments reached Allahabad.— lbid. Cawnpore, 4th Sept., 1857. Nothing particularly worthy of remark has occurred in camp since my last. Our rural sports such as leaping hurdles, running fully accoutred, i.e., with firelock and 60 rounds of ammunition in pouch, chasing a wildlooking grunter, throwing sledges and 24-------pounder shot, horse races, &c, &c, have begun and onded. The first was won by one of the 64th, who had to clear five hurdles, each about 3| to 4 feet high, with a run of about 250 yards. This was the the most amusing part of the first evening's sport, barring, of course, the shouts of laughter caused by the falls and slips made by several of the pig-chasing mob. After a long chase, the pig was eventually seized in a bag by one of the Madras Fusileers. The sport, on the whole, was not of that enlivening nature as I have seen in other places, and a thorough Hibernian, on retracing his steps homeward, remarked, for the edification of one from the Highlands, and who walked beside him, that he had often seen better spoi't at an owld woman's wake in Ireland. I looked at the fellow and thought he was joking, but two or three others that followed immediately behind, corroborated in glowing terms the [Statement. Two detachments have arrived ifrom Allahabad, numbering about 250 of 'all ranks; these belong to the Madras : Fusiliers and 84th Regiment. Other reiniforcements are expected daily. Troops in ; these parts travel day and night in large 1 Government carts. These have regular dak I stages to go, and accomplish from 40 to 50 | miles a day by this method. Small dejtachments arrive here from Allahabad in I five days, whereas by the regular marches lit would occupy ten. The roads through|out these parts are kept in good order, and are very level and even. Our position at Lucknow was three times attacked by the rebel army during the past week or ten j days, but each time the insurgents were | repulsed with great slaughter. The soljdiers and others in the garrison are said to ! be in good spirits and can hold out for an I unlimited time. No news yet from Delhi. iThis station is looking quite lively, and j carriages, buggies, shigrams, and dog carts iare being driven about the several roads all day. Some of the Government buildings are being put to rights, and supplies of all kinds are in abundance. The health of the troops continues excellent. The weather has moderated a little, but we have still our afternoon showers, which in a great measure tend to cool the night air. Fahrenheit's shews. 92 degrees in the shade. The occasional booming of a gun is heard at nights, and seems to originate on the other side of the" Ganges. Our cavalry outlying picquets ai*e withdrawn and every thing around our small compact camp denotes peace and quietness. The sth Fusiliers and 90th Regiment are expected in a few days. — Ibid. The Goorkhas. —We hear that the Goorkhas are behaving in a manner which will call forth the admiring gratitude of the people of England, and the bitterest enmity of " cold-blooded theorists " who administer affairs in this country. A letter from Ghazepore, dated the Bth instant, contains the following welcome information :—" The Ghoorkas are very fine fellows, and when they get hold of a rebel village pay it out handsomely. They cut off sixty-eight heads near Azimgurh, at a village'which had plundered an indigo factory, and in which the ' loot' was found." We can fancy the tears starting to the eyes of His Honor, and an unorthodox ejaculation bursting from the lips of the Home Secretary when they peruse this announcement. "Is this," they will ask, " the leniency which we have ordered ?" We hope, however, it will convince them that British pluck and spirit are not to be controlled by the paper effusions of c doctrinaires' and that even the untutored instincts of Goorkhas disdain their selfish policy. — JSurkaru. Singbhoom.-A letter from Singbhoom, dated 19th August, states that the several independent Rajahs in the neighbourhood will support Government in the present emergency, and have resolved to raise troops forthwith. " These will be sufficient to keep all the district quiet, and also be a check on'that'part of the Ramghur Battalion stationed at Chybassa. The Rajah of Seraikela is raising 500 men, and has applied for an advance of 2,000 rupees to equip them, which we will give them, as they will protect our mines. This latter Rajah is very loyal, and it is hoped his

good example will speedily be followed by others."— Englishman. The ' Calcutta Gazette' of the 12th instant contains the re-appointment of Sir James Outram to the Chief Commissionership in Oude. This, as the ' Englishman ' remarks, is something like the episcopal appointments of the Papal See 'inpartibus infidelium.' The gallant Commissioner has a sinecure at present, and must fight his way to his station. The ' Delhi Gazette' of the 2nd September, published at Lahore, has received news from Cabul for the Month of May. It is rather stale, but mention is made of the officers composing the Candahar mission (Dr. Lumsden and others) living in safety at Caudaliar. The Bombay subscription to the Bengal Relief Fund, amounted on the 10 th instant to upwards of Rs. 67,000. The Bengal subscriptions to the fund amounted on the loth instant to upwards of two lacs and thirteen thousand rupees. Extraordinary Circumstance.—A few particulars of the outbreak of the loyal 6th Native Infantry have reached us, which we do not think have as yet been made public. There happened to have been in the regiment one Sepoy whose sympathies, it is said, were entirely with the English officers, and certainly, his conduct seems to show that such was the case. He was in constant communication i with the European officers, and, if his statements are worthy of any reliance, the outbreak of the Sepoys of the sth was a matter not premeditated, but which arose from the letters, or the news otherwise conveyed, which they received from Benares, detailing the manner in which Col. Neill had dealt with the sepoysjof the 37 th N. I. Be this, however, as it may, in the afternoon of the day on which the 6th N. I. rose at Allahabad, the Adjxitant received a note from one of the sepoys. It was to the purport that in consequence of the news about the 37th N. I. from Benares, the sepoys of the 6th intended to rise that night at seven o'clock. The note went on to say that the writer intended it as a warning, and that he wrote it at the hazard of his life, and wrote it at such hazard that he intended immediately decamping, adding that if any enquiries were made for him, he would not be found. Upon this, a meeting of the European officers was convened, and the question for discussion was what course should be pursued. Inquiries were made for the writer of the note, but he was not to be found in the lines; he had taken time by the forelock and left Allahabad. Col. Simpson then ruled that a parade should be ordered for the evening, a measure which would enable the officers commanding companies to judge of the real temper of their men. A parade was accordingly ordered, and its ostensible object was that the sepoys should hear read to them the thanks of the Governor-General in Council, for having volunteered to go against the rebels at Delhi. The parade passed off brilliantly. Every officer scanned his company, but there was not the slightest sign of disaffection, and when the orders of Go- . vernment were read, every man cheered as lustily as native soldiers ever did. In fact the conduct of the men on parade completely disarmed suspicion, and the officers that evening went to the mess in rather «a large gathering. How mistaken was the . confidence they placed in the traitors they nominally commanded, our readers already know. When the outbreak commenced, ' the spirit displayed by the sepoys was of ' the most murderous character. They made but a solitary attempt to save one officer, a captain of a company, who was a groat \ favourite with his men. This officer's | company surrounded, and formed a square \ around him and his horse, and marched 5 out of the lines. They did not however \ succeed in doing this without having been several times challenged by the men of 1 the other companies. Their answer was— 3 "We are going towards the Fort to look for the Colonel Sahib; we have not caught him yet." In this manner these men con--1 triveii to save their commander. When the slaughter in the lines was j completed, the next step was towards the a Treasury. The prize was a rich one, and t the sepoys had a great haul. They marche : ed away from it in a column of sections, with bags as full as they could be c crammed- They had, however, to lay ._ down their arms to do this, and the budk mashes of the town took advantage of the is opportunity, seized the arms, fought regu;o larly with the sepoys, and killed .-a great is number of them before the men of-4he. 6th a r were masters of the.field again.— Phbimrr,. is Nan a Saheb, it appears, was a tnan

who prided Jiiiaself upon his nearness to western civilisation, who could speak English, who had acquired a smattering of English literature, and could reason about the rights of man, and representative institutions. He could clamour for political freedom, and yet commit a crime which would have disgraced the court of a Surajah Dowlah. He spoke two or three languages, was intelligent and shrewd. If he had gone to England he would have been courted and honoured. What a pity he rebelled; his services as Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Collector would have been invaluable. It is ■as well that we have not had two such tragedies as the Black Hole and the massacre at Cawnpore within one century, and it may be*expected that in the third century of holding Bengal there will be no such epoch.

The King of (Dude's Ministry.— The wife of that deep intriguing traitor Allee Nukhee Khan has got up a petition to the Governor-General in behalf of her husband. The movement is a very natural one on the part of the lady, and speaks more for her loyalty to her lord than his loyalty to the Government of which he is now a subject, but beyond lining the pockets of some Calcutta attorney or barrister no g%ood can come of the appeal. The cup of Allee Nukhee's iniquities is full, and the extreme strictness of the watch kept over him in the Royal Barracks in Fort William sufficiently indicates that the Government regards him as a dangerous man and that it is convinced of his guilt. He is kept in close confinement, with European sentries near him and around him, and no one is permitted access to him except the servants v*iio bring-"his food, and even they are -obliged to retire the moment they bring it, while the very dishes in which the meals are served up are subjected to jealous inspection. As we stated the other day, Allee Nukhee affects an air of injured innocence, and protests that the seditious papers and correspondence bearing his seal and signature are all forgeries; but it is no use, the dodge will not answer. His complicity and guilt admit not -of question or jdoubt, and if the general impression be correct, it is to be hoped that his doom will be commensurate with Jlis- crimes.— Ph/znix.

The -Rajah of Serrykeelah.—"We are informed that the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, in a minute, has brought to the notice of the Governor-General of India in council, the distinguished services rendered to the British Government by the Raah of Serrykelah, in Chota Nagpore, during the outbreak in that part of the country.— Hurharu.

The Order of Folly.—A correspondent sends the following:—

" I perceive "in your paper of the 19th instant a paragraph'in i;he remarks headed i The Order of Folly, 3 which runs as follows:—'lt would appear that the older officers of the army have entirely failed to foresee the mutiny of the several corps of sepoys, hence the disasters of Jhelum and Sealkote,' &c.

"To the above-named place may be added Jullundur. It is a notorious fact that Brigadier Johnson had received or-

ders to disarm his brigade, but he asked for, and followed the advice of the commandants of native corps in that station, thereby disobeying his orders, and endangering Jullundur, Phillore, and Hooshiapore, two of which stations broke out, and reinforced the ranks of the enemy with at least 2300 armed men.

"■lt may nofc be generally known that General: Cotton, previous to disarming the Peshawur force, called the commandants of the native corps together and informed them that he had determined to disarm their regiments. The commandants were .{as has been almost invariably the case) violently against it, so much so that the General* wavered, and "had Brigadier-Gen. not been present, who urged the necessity of the measure in his own forcible and. straightforward manner, this most urgent and wise step would have fallen to the ground.

" Did General Nieholson ask the opinion of the commandants of the 33rd, 55th, 59th, and Y/ing of the Light Cavalry Lefore he disarmed their regiments ? No; he well knew the value of their opinions on this particular point, and how little they could be depended on.

" There cannot be the shadow of a -doubt, but that the salvation of the Pun'jaxib, as regards the army, has 'been through the energetic exertions and firm ..will of Brigadier-General Nicholson, and , fcfc Ahe decision and knowledge of character

displayed by Sir John Lawrence in placing such men as Chamberlain and Nicholson over the heads of a host of seniors, old enough to be their fathers, but lacking, through age, or the effect of climate, that foresight, decision, energy, and coolness in the hour of danger, which at all times is so necessary in a commander, not only to enable him to collect his own ideas, but also to inspire confidence among these about him."— Lahore Chronicle, Aug. 29.

Delhi.—We regret to record the death of a most accomplished gentleman and gallant officer, whose contributions to our cohimns were always read with delight. We refer to Captain Beatson, of the Ist Light Cavalry. There is now no occasion to conceal that he was the " Distinguished Correspondent," who used to supply us with sprightly letters from Lucknow in happier times, and who also sent us those excellent letters from Persia, xmder the signature of " Master Toots," which created so much entertainment.— Mqfussilite.

From the ' Madras Athenaeum/ of September the 29 th, we learn that there was a rising- in Assam, the object of which appears to be to seat the ex-rajah on the throne again. It does not appear, however, that any outrages have been committed as yet, and the authorities at Calcutta have taken the precaution of sending a considerable portion of the European police force and some of the men from the Shannon to these provinces. The provisions of the Mutiny and Disaffection Act have been declared in operation in these districts. A Tirhoot correspondent of the c Englishman,' writing on the 6th instant, mentions that every success on the part of the rebels or fresh rising of the mutineers, was marked at that place by a look of satisfaction amongst the better classes of natives.

The ( Hurkaru' has heard that Mr. Samuels, the new Commissioner, has assumed command of all the troops at Dinapore, with the exception of Captain Peel's Brigade which he is probably too prudent to interfere with.

The same journal has the following1 :— " Letters from Allahabad state that the Obstructor-General has intimated to Col.

~NeiR that the work of retribution is not to be proceeded with, in any case, "without reference to him. To this Colonel Neill has replied that Martial Law has been proclaimed, and that he shall take his own course. We would advise Mr. Grant not to push his interference too far, or he may find that he has made a greater mistake than he supposes." The Mahomedans.—The leading"members of the Mahomedan community here have at length followed the example of their fellow-citizens and countrymen in addressing the Government on the subject of the present crisis. Their address, with Lord Elphinstone's very excellent reply, will be found in another column. The heads of the Mussulman community, after expressing their detestation of the heinous crimes committed by the Bengal sepoys, and their fervent hope that a terrible retribution will be inflicted on those traitors, offer their services to the state, and declare their assurance that the Mahomedans, to a man, will come forward to fight for the preservation of peace, and the security of that liberty and freedom which they are peacefully enjoying. The Governor, after alluding to the designing traitors and the dupes and tools who form the two classes concerned this insurrection, tells the Mahomedan gentry who have addressed him, how they may best render useful service to the State—by the employment of their influence to counteract mischievous falsehood, to allay groundless apprehensions, and to preserve order and tranquility. By so doing, as his lordship most pertinently declares, they will deserve the respect and gratitude of their fellow-citizens, conquer a " prejudice" which exists "in some quarter " against their co-religionists, and justify that confidence which his lordship unreservedly places in their professions of loyalty and attachment to the British Government. — Bombay Gazette, Aug. 24. In the Madras Presidency,—if we except the mutinous conduct of the Bth cavalry, and a threatened attack upon the European residents on the Neilgherry Hills, and at Paulghat, by the Moplas of Mallabar, —all is satisfactory. The following general order regarding the Bth Madras Light Cavalry, which regiment showed symptoms of disaffection some time back, appears in the c Fort St. George Gazette'of the 18th September:—

No. 294 of 1857.—The Commander-in-Cluef has laid before Government a detailed report npon the subject of the recent misconduct of the Bth Light Cavalry. ,

The Governor in -Council has perused this report with deep concern. .'

Entirely confiding in the sepoys of the Madras army, and anxious that their loyalty and courage should be openly manifested in the sight of all the people of India, the Governor in Council -had solicited permission from the Government of India to send a Madras Brigade to Bengal, composed of all arms, as the representatives of each branch of the service.

Accordingly, they proceeded from, Madras, Horse Artillery, Golundauze, and Native Infantry; and all of these embarked, with, the greatest alacrity and good willA company of Sappers had already moved forward by land. Thus, there remained but the Cavalry to complete the Madras Brigade. The Bth regiment had been selected for this honorable distinction. They had been among the first to volunteer their services for employment in Bengal, and their officers had fully, believed them to be sincere.

The regiment volunteered in June, and the order for its march from Bangalore was not issued till the end of July. The men,1 therefore, had abundant time afforded them deliberately to declare whether or not they really desire to fulfil their offer. They marched from Bangalore, all ranks professing to be heartily, willing to embark. On route, however, there appeared reason to believe that the men were not satisfied in regard to the rates of pay and pension. The Commanding Officer then, after conversing with the native officers upon the subject, addressed the men upon parade. Upon this some of the men expressed themselves unwilling to embark unless they were allowed the old rates of pay and pension. These, however, quickly quickly withdrew their objection—and all again declared themselves to be perfectly ready to proceed. Trusting to the honesty of the men, and to the fidelity of the native officer?, the Commanding Officer reported to the Commander-in-Chief that the Bth cavalry were all prepared cheerfully to do their duty and to fulfil their promise. The regiment arrived at Streepermatoor, from which place the party for the first ship was to move forward for embarkation.

Then, for the first time, the Commanding Officer became aware-that he had been throughout treacherously deceived—the whole of the men then refusing to.embark unless they were granted the whole rates of pay and pension. The conduct of the regiment has been most unworthy.

Had the regiment simply abstained from expressing any wish .to serve in Bengal, they would have been left quietly in cantonment—no one would have giiren them praise, neither would any one have cast upon them reproach.

But they volunteereS of their own free will —they marched-. from-cßangalore with every profession of loyalty—*uid when, trusting in their truth, the Government had hired ships for their conveyance and made everything ready for their embarkation, then, at the last moment, they drew back from their word.

They have thus put their Government to shame—they have shamed their officers, they have cast disgrace upon the whole of the Madras cavalry—and they have "branded the Bth Regiment with the stigma of faithlessnessness and falsehood.

The whole regiment is guilty—but the Governor in Council considers the native officers to be guilty above all others.

It is the first and most important duty, of the native officers to afford full and true information to their European superiors of the real state of their troops. Living among them, and closely connected with them, it is altogether impossible for the Native officers not to be perfectly well acquainted with the feelings of the .men. ■ "

The Native officers of the Bth Light Cavalry must haveknown from the first what was. the real intention of the Regiment—but they remained silent. They allowed the Regiment to move from Bangalore, and subsequently to pass on to Streepermatoor, and still they remained silent. • .

The Native officers have thus brought /upon themselves the responsibility for the misconduct of their corps —and upon the Native officers, consequently, the Governor in Council considers that the punishment should chiefly fall. ; He accordingly directs that, as recommended by the Commander-in-chief, the Senior Native officer present with each troop, namely - Subadar MajorlSyed Peer Subadar Mahomed Wuzzcer Subadar Mahomed Emaum Subadar Syed Modeen Subadar Hanmnnt Rao, and Subadar Syed Anser, be summarily dismissed the service. That for the same reasons. i Jemadar Adjutant Fauril Khan,-and Regimental Havildar Major Shaik Hoossain, men peculiarly qualified, from their position, to obtain information,and peculiarly bound to afford it, be also dismissed, —and that all promotion in the Regiment, and all recruiting, be suspended until further orders. The staff pay of the Native mounted establishments of the Bth Light Cavalry will cease from the date of the promulgation of this order at Arcot. ' ' „:■.■-.' Such further arrangements as may. be, neces- j sary, consequent upon the Regiment having been? dismovinted, will be made by theXJommajider-ip-Chief. ! ; Thiscrderis to be read and explained to every Native Reginient in the Madras army. .:OAFANOEE, 2nd : Septembeb.—The "Bom-! bay Qazette,"'Bome time back mentioned that

the Teeroovangaddy Tangul, the Mopla priest whom the late Mr. Cdnriolly.had deported; from this coast, had reached Bombay on his-way. back to the coast. Who knows whether this fellow is now with his clans plotting for :an outbreak ? Placards were posted on the walls. of the, fort at Paulghaut, threatening that station being attacked by the Moplas. Two of this tribe, apprehended at Jackatalla, were, on inquiry, discovered to have been spies sent over there to ascertain the number of. Europeans left at that station, in charge of the families of the Head Quarters. H.M.s 74th Highlanders proceeded to join Brigadier Whitlock's column. 400 Moplas armed with war knives, were preparing to visit the place, intent upon the tnassacre ot all the Europeans and the families at that place. The>two-Moplas arrested, have; been sent over for trial! before the Session Judge at Coimbator. . ■ TROOPS FOR;INDIA The following, list shows at one view the re-' cent despatches of troops for India, with their destination:— , ■ Ist Batch.—2nd Dragoon Guards Calcutta „ 3rd Dragoon Guards' Bombay' „ 7th Foot ... Kurache- „ 88th Foot ' Calcutta. „ 3rd Battalion ,60th Rifles Madras. „ 3rd Battalion Rifle' Brigade Calcutta. • 1 Ceylon or 2nd Batch.—l st Battalion Ist Royals >■ Madras, ) for orders. „ 19th Foot. . „ „ 38th Foot „ „ 79th F00t...: '. „ 3rd Batch.—2oth Foot Calcutta. „ 34th Foot-......;....i...:;... „ „ 42ndF00t......; „ „ . 54th Foot ;... „ „■ 97th Foot „ {2 Calcutta 2 Madras • 2 Bombay ■ „ 2 Troops „ ... • Calcutta 4th Batch.—lst Dragoon Guards Calcutta „ 7th Hussars Calcutta :: *£££::::::::::::: **« ;; B°°^ „ 1 Troop Royal Artil.) Ceylon for „ 4 Field Batteries J orders. #jjijijriug Jtas. AEEIVED. Dec. 17th, brigantine Spray, 106 tons, Anderson, from Auckland. IMPOSTS. In the Spray, Miles,,Kington, & Co. agents; 65,000 feet sawn timber, 5 tons flour, 28 merino rams, Miles', Kington, & Co.; 7 pkga. P. E. Stewart; 1 parcel. Miss Andrews. PEOJECTED DEFAETUEES. N.'B.—Mails will be forwarded by these opportunities :— For Nelson and Sydney, the.,brig Spray, about the 23rd instant. - For Auckland, the brigantine Spray, with despatch. The brigantine Spray arrived on Thursday afternoon from Auckland, bringing a cargo chiefly of. timber; she has also 28 rams of the celebrated flock bred by Mr. George Rich, in the neighbourhood of Auckland. Three years ago Mr. Rich forwarded several samples of the wool of this flock to "London, when they were sub-, mitted to the inspection of Mr. H. P. Hughes, the eminent wool broker. His report, subjoined, indicates what advantage might be expected to result from the infusion of this blood among the present stock of the province. We quote from the ' New Zealander,' of October 20, 1855 :r— Dear Sir,—l return your excellent samples of what might be accomplished with care and perseverance in New Zealand. These samples in themselves are all that can be.desired and represent each one quality. It is impossible to give a ciose valuation, but if your friend can produce a bale of each fully equal in quality and washing to these samples, I have no fear of a very satisfactory result; but if he packs them as unassorted fleeces merely with back and belly pieces removed, these my valuations cannot hold good; nothing can be produced ire any other colony t6 surpass these samples on the average: I am, dear sir, yours truly, r Henry P. Hughes. London, March 9th, 1855.