THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 542, 13 January 1858, Page 4

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

We have a file of the 'Madras Athenroum by late . arrivals containing dates to the 13th of October. The ; details, of the capture of Delhi were not then: made ,public, but full accounts had been received to the 16th September from the camp, of the proceedings during the siege. From these we hope to compile a succinct account. We take for the present those items of news which had been received since the capture of. th c city, in anticipation of the ful 1 accounts; together with the remarks of the ' Athenaeum r thereupon. '„.',..... : r '-■.> - " Bombay, October I.—" Colonel Beecher des-. cribes operations at Dellii thus. The troops entered at the breach, near the Cashmere Gate, without serious opposition, and gained possession of the large buildings in its neighbourhood and advanced along ;the ramparts to the Mooree Bastion and Cabul Gate, in pi'ogress to, which the resistance was very obstinate, and the loss consequently has been severe, but we are gradually within the city. Large bodies of the enemy have been seen retreating both in the direction of the Kotub and over the bridge. Arrangements are making for batteries to be made in the city, and their heavy guns have been turned against them. Many officers wounded, including General Nicholson, Colonel Campbell 52nd, MajorJßeid Sirmoor Battalion, Lieut. Bradshaw 52nd, and"FitzGerald 75th killed.

Bombay, Saturday October 3rd—Report cam© in "from Jemapore by express to': Government. Our troops occupied the entire city of Delhi on 20th.. No details. Repoi-t at Ahmedabad fen letters from, Ajmeer that the king had been captured. Official Bulletin, Lahore Sept. 17th. Magazine stormed on sixteenth and five mortars^ opened thence oh palace. Private intelligence of final fall had reached the Commissioner of - 6o«»<loV_^-_OiELooiniJilllocl»..Xrangr-Eogiraeoro, - Moo - Barnet 55th/Murray Guides, Jacobs Ist Fusiliers, Ross Carbineers, Homfray 4th Punjaub Infantry. About forty ■ wounded. This is up to afternoon of 16th. Our total loss killed ana wounded to rooming of 15th. estimated at five hundred. Steamer England waiting at Kurrachee to bring further news. A few men of the Native Infantry at Shikarpore mutinied on the 23rd emeute suppressed. Report of Neemuch force having defeated rebels and taken guns.

The following despatch from Mr. Reid, the Acting Governor of Agra to Lord Elphin stone; dated Agra, 27th Sept., 1857, has been forwarded on to this Government, and was communicated to the Press. ..'.,'.

" liave the greatest satisfaction in reporting the complete re-occupation of the City and Palace of Delhi on the 21st instant. The intelligence has just come in a despatch from Colonel Beecher, Quarter-Master General of the Army. The king is a prisoner, and, the bodies of some of the princes who were killed, have been exhibited to public view in the Cutwally, where pur countrymen were murdered. Her Majesty's victory over her enemies was declared with hearty cheers in the great hall of the palace, and a detachment has proceeded in pursuit of the remainder of the Mutineers." ' ;

A telegraphic message from Sir Janies OuU ram to the Governor-General, dated Cawnpore the 24th ultimo, states that the. Delhi magazine was carried on' the 16th ultimo, with the loss of only three wounded. A dash and cheer,, continues General Putram, struck such terror, that the rebels dropped their lighted port-fires, leaving their loaded guns an easy prey to us. 125 pieces of ordnance andvast supplies of shot and shells were found in the magazine !alorie; Our guns and ten mortars are now bearing on the palace. We hold everything on- ; our side;of the canal except the palace. All look to the complete occupation of the city in a'couple of. days as a certainty. Ist Bengal Fusiliers suffered, most. General Nicholson rallied a little^ though nearly dead when taken off the field, refused to leave it- Casualties amount to nearly 650; Cavalry had between 40 and 50 wounded. Casualties, amongst officers—Engineers 9,.H.M.'s' Bth Foot B,—rlßt Bengal Fusiliers 9,~ 39 officers wounded. - v '

Bombay, Wednesday, October 7.—The following is a copy of a letter from Mr. Read*;, the Acting Lieut. Groyernor at Agra to. Xiovd' ! Elphin6torie, dated' Agra, Sept. 27 :•—" I have ' the greatest satisfaction instating the complete re-occupation of the city and palace bftDelhi on the 21st instant, the intelligence of;which has just reached me,in a.despatch from Colonel IJeecher, Quarter-Master-General of the Army. The princes who have been the leaders of ihe mutineers and rebels in this stronghold of crime and intrigue, have been talkeu nnd shot.' Their

; possible, but left * four more of • their number ', upon the field, two named Radcliff—-an old gentleman*'. !and his' BOrij the t sotv mortally and i the old gentleman dangerously, if not,inortally, 1 wounded; May, a' sonVin-law to 1 Kadcliff, dan-^ gerously wounded,arid Poreinan/wlthhis ankle ■ fractured by the falling^ of his'librae. 'Thfce© i bodies are lying "at Cutwalla^ whsre our couti-5 : trymen> w§re murdered,;,and (their 'bodies,<;ex» posed to ; the jpublic gaze. ; The King ip a ; pri> • spner", The despatch contains no furtlier par- " ticulavs, except the mention of- her Majesty's' ) victory over her.enemies h4Ving 'been declared • with hearty cheers in the Gre«nt' Hall r bf • thef Palace, and of the detachment of a cblumh lit" pursuit of the fugitives, of whose flight in this direction, altogether broken and disorganised^ we have had intimation during, the last twp days. : , The following intelligence received from Col. Durand, resident at Mhow, is communicated to the Press:— ' ' '

Express from Neetnuch of Ist inst., encloses1 a copy of a letter from Col. A. Beech er, dated Delhi, Sept..22, to Captain Nixon. All goingwonderfully well at Delhi. The King and Begum . Zeenut Mahall are' close prisoners-, The Princes Meerzah Moghul, Aba Bukei*, and Theysur Sultan were brought in' from Hanaayon's Tomb, and shot at the Delhi Gate.1 Their bodies were exhibited at the Cutwalla, where so many of our poor countrymen weremurdered. A pursuing column under Colonel Greathed, of 1600 Infantry, 18 guns, and 600 Cavalry, has been organised. ; Delhi, a perfectpicture of desolation, and a vast amount of property was left. On the night of the"2lst, the . Queen's health was proposed by the conqueror ' of Delhi, and drank with :loud cheers in the Dewan Khana of the Palace. The cheers were - taken; up by the gallant Goorkas, and the old buildings rung with cheers. Bombay, Oct. 9, 5 a.m.—l\iday Morning) 5 a.m.—" Latest from Delhi via Scinde, date not given. Brigadier Nicholson died from wounds. ' Columns gone down the Doab in pursuit of mutineers. Bheel disturbance in Khandeish has been .suppressed. Disturbance between Lahore and Mooltan will soon be put down. Three columns of troops out, and disturbances everywhere defeated and dispersed. Mr. Berkeley, Extra Assistant, killed, after cutting down six men." •