sleep in a residence which he possessed in the city, and cut him to pieces. Major Banks had informed my wife that he did not consider my house to be a safe asylum for the ladies; and she earnestly wrote to me for instructions as to what they should do. In reply I advised that they should all leave my house and go into the Residency. This was accordingly done, and all the ladies from my and the other adjacent houses, took refuge in the Residency.

The question meanwhile at head quarters in cantonments was a grave one. What should be done? I myself recommended the immediate disarmament of the remnants of regiments in cantonments, and the native guards at the Residency; and to this course Sir Henry Lawrence was at first inclined. Much time was, however, lost in discussion, and it was at last thought to be too late to carry out the measure on that day. Sir Henry accordingly decided on placing the native remnants in camp, on the right of the old position of the 32nd and guns. The remaining troopers of the 7th Light Cavalry were brought in from Moodkeepoor, and located in the same position. It was thought that the Europeans and guns would sufficiently overawe the natives. Colonel Halford, of the 71st N. I., was left as senior officer in command, Colonel Case commanding the 32nd. Colonel Inglis was directed to take command of the Residency garrison. Sir Henry Lawrence himself left cantonments, and returned to the Residency; from which he shortly removed to my house on account of its greater coolness. Captain Hardinge with his Irregular Cavalry remained in cantonments, in charge of the Residency bungalow there.

In the afternoon of the same day, a very serious insurrection took place in a quarter of the city called

It appeared

Hoseynabad, near the Dowlutkhana. that the city budmâshes, who, to the number of about 6000, had crossed the river in the morning, had done so by concert, in order to join the mutineers. Sir Henry Lawrence's prompt attack upon, and dispersion of, the latter had disconcerted the plans of the budmâshes: who, finding the mutineers gone, returned to the city, and commenced an outbreak. For more than an hour heavy firing was kept up, which could be distinctly seen from the roof of my house; but at last the insurgents were completely defeated, and dispersed by the efforts of the city police, assisted by the O. I. Infantry, stationed at the Dowlutkhana; who had been strengthened by the arrival some days before of three companies of the 1st O. I. Infantry from Salone, under Lieutenant C. S. Clarke. Many of the insurgents were killed, and several prisoners taken. Before night all the mutineer prisoners taken in the operations of the day, were lodged in the Muchee Bhowun. They were about forty in number.

Arriving at my home late in the afternoon, I found all the inmates gone. They had sought shelter in the Residency. Six Europeans of the 32nd had been placed in it as a guard; and I was presently joined by Mr. F. D. Lucas. Considering an attack not unlikely, we carefully barricaded all the doors and lower windows with boxes and pieces of furniture, before we retired to the roof for the night.

Thus closed the month of May at Lucknow.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE MONTH OF JUNE-MUTINIES AT THE OUT-STATIONS.

The Lucknow mutineers take the road to Dehli.-Trial and execution of many of the mutineer prisoners.-Mr. Gubbins urges the disarmament of the remnants of the mutineer regiments.-Reason which recommended this measure.-Sir Henry Lawrence could not make up his mind to enforce it.-Account of the events at out-stations.-The Province was quiet till the mutiny at the capital; the troops at outstations then broke out, and civil government ceased.-The first outbreak at Seetapoor; arrival of refugees from that station.-Good conduct, and subsequent suspicious behaviour, of their sepoy escort.-Other fugitives. Particulars of the mutiny and massacre at Seetapoor.-Mutiny at Mohumdee; massacre near Aurungabad of the British refugees of the 28th N. I., &c., from Shajehanpoor, and of Mr. Thomason, and others, from Mohumdee.-Escape of Captain P. Orr; joined by other fugitives from Seetapoor; their fate.-Movements of the mutineer regiments; two of them join the rendezvous at Newabgunje Bara Bankee. -Mutiny at Mullaon; escape of Mr. W. Capper, C.S.-Mutiny at Cawnpoor.-Captain Evans at Onao.-Cessation of our communications, both by post and by telegraph.-The Bareytch division; rescue of the ladies from it, by a party under Captain H. Forbes.-Escape of Mr. Wingfield and other officers from Secrora.-Mutiny of the Irregular Horse, of the 2nd Irregular Infantry, and the Artillery.-Lieutenant Bonham, Artillery.-Mr. Wingfield and civil officers retire from Gondah to Bulrampoor.-Faithful conduct of the Rajah of Bulrampoor-Mutiny of the 3rd O. I. Infantry; escape of the officers.-Mutiny at Bareytch; destruction of three British officers at Byram Ghaut.-Mullapoor; abandoned by the officers; their subsequent fate.-Fyzabad division mutiny at Fyzabad; murder of Colonel Goldney and other officers near Begumgunje; conduct of Rajah Mansingh.-Route of the 17th N. I. mutineer regiment from Azimgurh vid Fyzabad to Cawnpoor.--Fyzabad regiments join the mutineer rendezvous at Newabgunje Bara Bankee.-Mutiny at Sultanpoor; escape of the ladies; murder of Colonel Fisher, Mr. A. Block, and Mr. Stroyan; escape of the other officers.-Good conduct of Roostum Sah of Deyrah.-Mutineers march to Newabgunje.-Mutiny at Salone; escape of the British officers; good conduct of Honwunt Singh of Dharoopoor.-Mutiny at Duriabad ; escape of Captain Hawes, and the other Europeans.-The mutineers join the rebel camp at Newabgunje Bara Bankee.

THE mutineers who were driven from Lucknow took, as has been seen, the road to Seetapoor; and appre

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hension was felt for the safety of that station. Accordingly a camel rider was despatched thither to give warning. Instead of proceeding in that direction, however, the fragments of horse and foot turned to their left, and, passing near the station of Mullaon, reached the Ganges. This they crossed, and proceeded up the Trunk Road towards Dehli. Thus we happily got rid of them. Captain H. Forbes' escape from them, as he was travelling up the same road, when stopped by Sheyre Singh Risaldar, has already been related.

During the next few days a court-martial sat in the Muchee Bhowun for the trial of the mutineer prisoners. Many of them were executed by hanging, and among them the six men whom I had sent in. The sepoy also who had betrayed Lieutenant Grant at the main picket was fortunately recognised, and hanged; but the sentences of death passed by the court were not all confirmed by Sir Henry Lawrence, for he inclined much to clemency. Among those who thus escaped their well-deserved fate were several of the party who had cruelly robbed and ill-treated a European named Yerbury, his wife and family, on the night of the mutiny. Mrs. Yerbury's rings had been torn from her fingers with such violence as to wound them severely, and the party had only saved their lives by flight, while the marauders were engaged in plunder.

These executions took place near the north-west or upper gate of the Muchee Bhowun, at the crossing of four roads, one of which led directly to the stone bridge. The gallows, once erected, was kept standing: and the space around was commanded by the guns of the Muchee Bhowun. More effectually to awe the people, an 18-pounder gun was removed to the road

outside, and its wheels sunk into the ground, so that it could not easily be removed. This was kept constantly loaded with grape, and was pointed down the principal thoroughfare.

During the succeeding days I often urged upon Sir Henry the necessity of disarming the remaining soldiers of our native regiments. The reasons which rendered this measure one of extreme urgency Out of four regi

appeared to me to be obvious.

ments, no more than 437 men, viz.—

had remained faithful to our cause, on the night of the 30th of May; whereas we soon had upwards of 1200 men around the native colours. Many of these had crept quietly back to their lines; but more consisted of the detached guards stationed at the Residency and at different posts about the city. None, indeed, of the latter had actually broken into mutiny, but they had evinced sufficient sympathy with their brethren and had evidently only been restrained from committing acts of violence by their defenceless position, exposed to the European Infantry and guns.

arms.

I have already mentioned the mutinous conduct of a company of the 71st N. I., in refusing to pile their A guard of fifty men over the Court-house of the Tarakotee behaved even worse. They endeavoured to induce a party of Irregular Horse stationed there to join them in plundering a small quantity of treasure that was kept in the Tarakotee; and when these