LATEST DAWK NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIV, Issue 1089, 4 December 1857, Page 3

LATEST DAWK NEWS.

(From the Madras Athenceum, October 6.) The following, relating to the death and burial of the Honorable Mr. Colvin, was issued in garrison after orders at Agra, on the 9th instant : — " Lieutenant- Colonel Cotten, commanding at Agra, announces with much regret the death of the Honorable J. R. Colvin, Lieut- (ioveriior of the North Western Provinces, which event took place at half-past 4 p.m this day. ••His remains will be interred in the Armoury Square to-morrow morning, the 10th inst., at half-past 6 a.m. All officers off duty are directed to attend. A funeral party, consisting of all men of the 3rd European Regimont off duty, will attend with the band of the Regt, Minute guns, 17 in number, will ba fired irom the ramparts, under the direction of the officer commanding the Artillery, commencing rrom the time the funeral procession leaves the Palace Square."— Bombay Gazette, September 28. v A private letter from Goa mentions that one of the Kolapore mutineers had been seized there, and delivered over by the local authorities to the Superintendent of Sawunt Waree. Five other men had also been forwarded to the Collector of Belgaum, they having gone to Goa aimed with swords and fire-arms, and confessed to having been engaged in a revolt in the district of Dharwar, and being attacked and beaten by European troops, some of whom they alleged that they had killed. This vigilance and readiness of the Portugnese GovernorGeneral, in a cause which is so eepecially that ot justice and humanity, is most creditable to him, and will doubtless, Teceive due r r cognition from the British Indian Government. — Ibid. Letten from Jubbulpore to the 18th instant, contain intelligence of considerable interest. About 9 p.m. of the 15th inst., trustworthy information was received that the sepoys were making preparations to release from the gaol a number of people who had been imprisoned on a charge of conspiracy, and to kill all the European!.

I One hundred Madras sepoys ~andToffie Mtdnrctrtlry I were thereupon tent to the gaol, and in/* few minutes the whole garrison were up, and 'at their posts. The two guns, with nineteen European gunners, on* hundred Madras sepoys, and the remainder of the troop of Madras cavalry were ready to more wherever it might •be considered necessary. Pickets of cavalry and infantry irero thrown out all round the Residency, an ' 2 cavalry patrols made the eircuitof the cantonments. Up to about one o'clock, however, nothing transpired, and those not on duty were tempted to lie down on their beds. But in less than half an hour afterward* the alarm was given that firing had been heard in the direction of the lines. The report was found to be wellfounded and the whole garrison was again roused. Shortly after this certain native officers ana the Quarter Master Sergeant went up to the Residency, and confirmed the statement as to the intended rescue, adding that ihe firing appeared to be carried on by some of the . bad men, with the intention of creating and commencing a disturbance. Roll call was ordered, and it was found that 8 sepoys of the 52nd N.I. were absent with their arms ; one was also reported absent from rearguard duty. About this time, a cry of fire was raised, and it was found that a small bungalow, close to the lines, was in flames, having most probably been fired by the deserters. The garrison stood to their arras till past morning gunfire, but there were no signs of an attack ; on the contrary, drill, guard mounting, target practice, &c, went on as usual, and so far as regards outward appearances the regiment continued quiet and well behaved, Aboul 3 o'clock a.m., the prisoners whose release had been contemplated, weie brought up from the gaol to the Residency, and placed inside the battery. While the Madras sepoys were guarding the gaol several shots were fired at them, but no one was hit, nor could they catch a, glimpse of their assailants. Still more exciting events followed. For the last two or three months Shunker Shah, an old Rajah of the Gond dynasty, had been plotting the destruction of the English at Jubbulpore and the burning of their houses, with the plunder of the treasury and the station generaliy. In his plot he was assisted by his son Rugonath Shah, and by others, regarding whom no certain evidence had yet been obtained. Information of this plot having been given to Lieutenant Clerk, the Deputy Commissioner, he sent a chuprassie in the disguise of a fakeer to find out the truth of the patter. The .plan was perfectly successful. The conspirators disclosed sufficient of their evil designs to warrant their apprehension. Accordingly, a large body of police was ordered to assemble at Lieutenant Clerk's bungalow, and was by that officer led to the Rajah's home ; but when within a mile of the place, Lieutenant Clerk galloped 'forward with the sowars, and surrounded the village, until the arrival of the foot police, when the apprehension was effectec. In the possession of the Rajah was found a paper in Sanscrit, the purport of which was aa follows :—: — " Close up the mouths of the tale bearers. " Having chawed the tale bearers, eat them. " Grind to pieces the enemies. " Having killed the English scatter them. 11 O Mat Chudee ! {O Mother Devee !) let none escape. " Kill the enemies and their families. " Protect Sunker (Mahadeo), and preserve your disciples. " Listen to the calling of the poor. " Make haste, O Mat Halika (Devee). " Eat the unclean race. " Do not delay to devour them quickly. " O Oor Mat Kalika ! (O terrible Mother Devee !)" Sufficient evidence was obtained to prove that extensive plots had been carried on, and after a trial of two days before a joint Comnvssion, consisting of Lietenant Clerk, Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore; Lieutenant Waddington, Deputy Commandant of the Mundle Districts ; and Captain Monon, of the 52nrN.I.,tne Rajah and his son were convicted, and sentenced to be blown from guns. The sentence was duly executed in the Residency compounded on the morning ot the 18th inst. The other conspirators who were convicted were reserved for punishment on the following day, but it was thought that an example having been made, none of them would be blown from guns. The affair was likely , to excite some commotion in the neighbourhood, bnt the country-people were not so much a cause of apprehension as the sepoys and the rascals in the Thugee Department, who, it was thought, might be frightened into action. Fortunatelyfthere was part of the Madras column at Jubbulpore with the aid of which th a resideets could hold their own against ten times their number for a long time.— lbid. The following i«s from out own correspondent with General Havelock's force : — Cawnpore, 12th September, 1857.— 1n the course of the past week, we have had augmentations to our army from the lower provinces, and more are daily expected. General Sir J. Outram, with seven hundred bayonets and one horse field battery, is to come in to-morrow from Allahabad, and it is said that we await the arrival of some eight hundred more, ere a move to Lucknow will or can be effected. Morning and evening parades and roll-calls are quite the order of the day, together with the training of the volunteer cavalry in the use of the sword &c, as also our new Horse Battery, which has made wonderful progress. This morning the battery was out manoiuvring thing, firing blanks to serve the effect of the shock on the young horses. lam told they stood the fire well, and with a few more exercises, will beseemed efficient for the field. The enemy are working like bricks on the other side of the river, erect- ' ing breastworks, batteries, and mining the roads.. A~ few days sine % , they had an experimental explosion of one of these mines, but the simpletons had the train set on the wrong way, and vhen a great mob had congregated to witness the burra tamasha, — tamasha jn truth ! —for it sent some 3or 4000 kicking in the air. Yesterday we sent a re~connoitering party of one hundred men on ooard the HC. steamer Berhampootra ; but the vessel, on crossing the Ganges, got foul of a sand bank and stuck fast, No sooner did the rebels notice this mishap, than they thought it a good chance to sink the vessel, which they considered a great bore, and blazed' away their gun 6 at her. On hearing and seeing this, we replied to them by our 24-pounders from our entrenched camp, and several of the insurgents were floored, tagether with one elephant, the whole of its posteriors being carried clean off with » round shot. This proved sufficient for the enemy, and they were seen scampering off in search of the read home. Last evening, they again assembled close to the river side in thousands, and fired off a few 9 pounders. We again returned the compliment by our monsters, and a few shot sufficed to scatter them Boats were sent for the unsuccessful reconnoitring party, and the steamer soon afterwards floated, and is now safe at the bank side, ha\ing received no damage. The bank on this Side of the river is much higher than that on the other, and we therefore command a befer viewtand range than they do ; their shot drop far short of ihe land on this side,— ours, though of the same calibre, carry well across. It is contemplated to leave the whole of the sick, with 400 effective men, in the entrenchment, the main body of the army going on to the relief of the garrison at Lucknow. After this is effected, our gallant boys return, and should we be required, move on to Delhi ; bnt this can scarcely be, as Delhi will soonbe in our hands. The fort has been for some days surrounded by our troops, and several sorties were made by the besieged, and were repulsed with immense loss, our killed and wounded amounted to about forty of all ranks. It is, I believe, the wish of Government to save, if possible, the fort and town of Delhi . from total destruction. Were it otherwise the whole would- long since have been levelled. The men of our small army are in most excellent health and spirits, and wish impatiently to have Lucknow in possession. Only two casualties occurred during the week and the prevailing - disease now is fever of- the common type. .Cholera has totally disappeared; and it was, indeed, the bane of our little army. Our heroic general is in excellent health and spirits, and goes his rounds morning and evening. Mighty preparations are being made for the crossing of the «rmy. We have about .1500 bayonets, and twenty guns go on to Lucknow. We will get across in less time than we did before, as lots of boats are moored along the banks of the Gangeß. I trust we will come off as scot free this time as we did the last. Is it not strange that this force, since its formation in Allahalad, h»s never had either a Protestant minister or Roman Catholic chaplain ? The weather during the past week or ten days has been cool and pleasant, especially in the mornings and evenings. We have had an occasional shower of rain. — Bombay Timet, Sep. xember 28, > In consequence cf the Punjab and Soinde mails having been plundered about 90 miles from Moohan, by the seizure of the dawk horses, we have but little news from Delhi. From a passenger wbo arrived by the Chusan this morning from Kurrachee we hay» gleaned the following particulars :—: — The news of the fall 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 roads, into which quarter of the city the remnant of the mutiueers have been driven. In the meantime, the Artillery is making fearful navoc amongst the enemy's ranks. It is said to be literally moving 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 TeUgraph Extraordinary, September 29