The Express. — London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

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KY& Ste Ms*. .—A culll I.ollll.—And TIER /WWI OdITA(18.-0MOMMM 1. liTilm u fNlMF4 a I ="t i -Ast 0131Irt GS & 1110 H WATIE AT LONDON IMO& rot I),v—lisrstsa, lib. Afton% 10. 01. 16.00m1H0,110, 10. Om.. Alisniesa. Cl. ea. LONDON, TUZeDdr, SEPT. 29. The fate of Locknow still hung in the balance whew the last mails were despatched from Calcutta and Bombay. On the 4th of August General HAr►LtICR had made a second attempt to advance to the relief of the Europeans beleagsered is the Residency there; and a second time he had been obliged to fall back for reinforcements. The cause of his lint retre►t, we are given to understand, was, that the insurgents had contrived to destroy the bridge over a river, which is at this season broad, deep and strong, on the read from Cawnpore to Luck now, sad occupied the Ltieknow side of the river, with heavy guns m position. The proved character of Genera: Havu.oce is a guarantee that he bed only demisted bon the attempt to term a passage be comes it was impossible. lb own situation having toesine extremely hazardous, be bed been obliged to n-eross the Ganges. With a tone of only 900 men le was in expectation of an attack from bodies of the Owalior mutineers and the rebel' of (lode, while ten days or a fortnight would, it was feared, elapse before any considerable reinforcements would reach him. Captain HII.L. with 400 seamen, and ten 88- pounders, left Calcutta, for Allahabad, on the 18th of August, in a steamer towing fiats. But the Europeans at Locknow, according to the most reliable accounts, had only provisions to last them, oa famine rations," to the 21st of August. We fear the English public will be obliged to undergo the agonies of suspense with regard to the fate of Loci:now for two Of three weeks longer. This uncertainty respect ing 1,000 of our kindred, many of them women and children, is a fearful strain upon the powers of human endurance. If NANA SAUDI, indeed, commands the besieging force, the very worst may be expected. Oar last faint hope for our ill-starred countrymen and countrywomen rests upon the possibility that Yam. SING and MADHO PERTAI:I may be with the assailants, and that their superior wisdom (if not their greater humanity) may over-rule the savage counsels of the NANA. From the Choorkas at Gorrnckpore nothing is to be looked for at pro ses,- The" We three times as fez from Lucknow as lisraiocx ; the country between is at this season far more impracticable than that which he has to traverse ; and it does not appear that the English officers appointed to command them had been able to join. But for the dancing-master etiquette of Lord CANNING they might have been at Lacksow before the whole country had risen and the rains had set in. The events in the Bombay and Madre Presiden cies may attract leas ootice than the position of Locknow, for they appeal ler to the imagination, but they are far more pregnant with danger. Though the mutiny in the 27th Bombay Native Infantry is said to have been suppressed, it is intimated that a plot to attack the 2nd Europeans on their arrival at Belgium bad been discovered. It is added that a regiment stationed at Rumagherti had been die. ', armed. According to the Bombay Army List, that station wee occupied by a local corps—the Rutna gberri Rangers. The Mairatta country thus appears to continue in a feverish state. But so, also, does that portion of the Presidency which lies to the north and cut of Bombay. The disarming of the 12th Bombay Native Infantry does not, indeed, take an by sur prise. for suspicions of their loyalty had begun to be entertained before the previous mail was despatched from Bombay. Ilut, viewed in connexion with the partial revolt of the Joudpore Legion, their disaffection is fall of menace. Erinpoora—the station of the Legion, on Mount Abso—i, only en miles northeast of Dec... the station from which the 12th Regiment was marched to Nameerabad after the mutiny of the Bengal troops there. There is an appearance of pretancert in the mutinous deportment of two corps which had been each near neighbour'. The necessity of disarming a Madras Regiment is. however. far more alarming, became kes expected, than any similar necessity in the Bombay or Bengal Armies. And there is too much reason to fear that the necessity may have been real. An officer high in rank la the Madras Army has been heard, whilst stating his confidence in its general loy►lty, to ex press suspicion of three cavalry regiments, of which the .nth is one. Our knowledge. however, of events which have eve now happened in the Madras Army prompts as uneasy suspicion that the refusal of the nth Cavalry to proceed to Bengal may h►ve been cemaioceed by some niggardly and, at such a crisis, unwise hinting of the Cavil Authorities about baths. The details of this uglylooking Madras affair will be espected with the utmost impatience. More than one Madras regiment has already reached the valley of the Gear.: Madras regiments (among which ia one of the suspected cavalry regiment.) are in dose contact with the Bear* muti neers on the line of the Nerbuddit; and the two Madras regiments which, according to se and wont, occupy •he Bengal station of Cuttack, am known to' have been tampered with by the Mahometan inhabi- THE =PRE!), TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER *),'11116. hint. of that town. It will be a serious addition to our embarrassments, if the Madras tombs, in t titi proving trustworthy, turn oat tibe an addi to General NICIIOL9ON is understood to have reuhed the camp at Delhi on the tSth of August, and his column was expected to commence arriving on the 13th. By the 13th our army would number about 11,000 men, on paper. It may be doubted; however, whether an assault on the city will be im mediately made, though delay is most perilous. Tho Commissioner in the Punjaub had:been warned by friendly Sikhs. towards the end of July, that if Delhi were not taken before the end of a month, it would be difficult—impossible--to restrain the Ma hometans, who in that province bear a far greater numerical proportion to the rest of the inhabitants than in any other part of India. The remainder of her MAJESTY'S 33rd Regiment from the Mauritius, and a battery of Artillery from Persia, had reached Bombay. Five hundred gunner. ! and drivers of the Royal Artillery, which had reached Hong Rong in the Niko' and Moorsforth, were to leave on the 12th of August for Calcutta. How they had been allowed to go on to Hong bong will require explanation. The mutiny of the 26th Bengal Native Infantry, and the murder of their commanding officer, is old The death of GOOLAII StNGn is again announced —perhaps with ea little ground for the report u on the former occasion. MK esum BALMORAL, /•n. 17. The (lama, seeostpuded by the Princess Helena and Prince Arthur, and 'hooded by Lady Churchill, drove oat yesterday eitereooll. The Prior Consort, aecotoputiod by Pram Alfred, west oat deer dark*. Bart Chasid& has Islt BalatorsJ. Dapikimes mw noise& st Os Csistial-silte peter,* frogs in Goversor d Dsrisseas. Major-General Sir 0. A. Wetbaeall, Adjutant- Onieral, ramrod bin duties al the Horse Ow* peter:lay, after aitaadieg the heath camp at Chllona. _ _ Majet-Genetel the Earl Of Cardigan, the Inepeet °t amest of Cannily, has roturood from Ida timit to tie Pros& mop at Chalons. The Bishop of London, who has been paying • visit to Ids teethee, the Sheriff of Claclanannenahlre, has jar* /wee es a tour to the North Highlands. The Bishop has. w (area ddrertiser) understand, declined serious re verie made to him to preach. His Excellency the Count Tekarewieteh has as rind at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermn-•t*eet, from the Costiarst. The Earl of Line*ln lilt town on Sunday to Mimed a tnriettng at Newark yestriday, convened by the Mayor, to dash moans for affording relit to lila Engliab mime by the mutiny in India. . Moores statue Was placed upon its pedestal at Dublin on morning lag., and *lll be Inaugurated os ea early day in October. His Esccillsacy the Lord- Lientsant ban signified bis intention of being presort. A harrowingstatetnenf, purporting to set forth the details of the mealarre by sepoys of Mts. Farquharson, is costradieted by a member of the 4milp. The lady alluded to le reaidirsi on the Coalition!. The Paris Union, which cannot in general be wooed of over-partiality to England, says, in speaking of ths appointed day of humiliation —"lt is cgrtain that this public appeal to the power and merry of Clod will be heoar• ably recriied in Greet Britain; for the again nation—we mast in end juries openly procislia —has always remained faithful on this point to the doctrine and tradition' of Christianity." The atram-whet passengers between Margate and London last week numbered *bout 90,000. Count de Nesselrode, es-Chancellor of Ramis, ateempaated by Barre Seebeck, B►um =Mister at Park., Ida ea-fn-laer, arrived et Dreamt oe the 24th from Lelpeic. The official journal of Berlin announces th►t Prise. Frederick William of Pearls bad left for Weimar. A letter from Madrid of the 23rd rya:—"The Queen has perdomr.l a municipal guard who waa to Dar* _ . . . . been shot for insebordinain. The ei rcowLnon under which this act of clauioncy wee decided on are cu. ious. The slater of the condemned had caused • petition to be presented to the Quire while on her way to the theatre. At the same time, when the curtain rase, Madame Ristori, in the character of Affika, interceded for the cul prit in • few verses which she declaimed with her acruetornsd energy. Immediately the Queen de clued to two of her m:rsisters, who were wit► Ism, that she was inclined to pardon the man, but severthelees @eked their advice. They represented that this was the third use of in subordination in that corps, sad that an example had become necessary ; •he pleaded warmly the muse of humanity, and et length they o.l3lMilla. The Qom instantly wrote the peados la her box." The Ambassador of France had gives a grand banquet to Has. Rioted. frt. THE IN I MAN ; MUTINI quiet in the Panjaub and at Sutby States tif *to August 14th. General Cortland has poueseiqg of Hansi and Riau. H. H. Maharajah Oholab Sigh died on'the 2nd of August. In Rapoutana States, Nusseerabad, it had boon found necessary to disarm 105 of the 12th Bombay Native Infantry, they having refused to obey their commanding officers on the occasion of a drunken trooper of the Lancets raising an alarm that the European troops were about to murder them. A curt of inquiry is now investigating this affair. NATIVE (CATO IN CE/ITRAL INDIA.! BUNDLICOND, RAJPOOTANA, &c. Colonel Durand, the officiating Agent, was last heard of on the 3rd instant. Holkar is believed to be quite loyal, though appearances were against him. Of Scindia we have no trustworthy information ; it is certain that he has taken the Regiment of the Gwalior Contingent into his pay, but with what purpose we do not yet know. At Chore, in the Bhopal State, the Bhopal Contingent is reported to have seized some guns and a howitzer, and to have raised the hfahomedan standard. Amjchra Rajah revolted, and took possession of Mehidpore ; he has been partially coerced by Holkar. The chief of Jhabooa has behaved well in protect ing Captain Hutchinson, the Bheel agent, and the other Europeans ; he has been thanked. The Rajah of Rewah is thoroughly true, and is aiding us in every way. The Punnah chief and others of Bundlecund are believed to be loyal. The conduct of the Iyeporc and Bhurtpore Birders is reported by the Lieutenant- Governor to have been very questionable. All the other native states in ltajpootana were all right, and Ajmere quiet on the 31st ultimo. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. EXPECTED ASSAULT ON DELHI.- DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS. RE-OCCUPATION OF BITIIOOR BY THE REBELS. VICTORIES BY GENERAL HAVELOCK. HAZARDOUS SITUATION OF IHS FORCES. PRECARIOUS POSITION OF LIICKNOW. We have just received the eubjoined tion from the Foreign Office : The following telegram was received at the Fo reign -office, from the British Vice-Consul at Trieste, September 29, 2.45 a.m. : DELHI. The mutineers made great preparations for an attack on the 31st of July, the eve of the Bukree red festival, but nothing occurred beyond some desultory skirmishing. On the evening of August I they attacked the right of the British position, and main tained the contest through the night, and np to the afternoon of August 2. Our loss was very slight —lO killed, and 38 wounded—the men being kept well under cover. Capt. Fevers, 32nd N.L, serving with Lobos Rifles, was killed. On the Bth of August, the enemy's cavalry, sup ported by artillery, attacked the Metcalfe House picket, but not in any force. Lieutenant Brown, 33rd MI., attached to the Kunlun battalion, wan killed; Lieutenant Venice, artillery, End Lieutenant Temple, Kumaon battalion, wounded. On 7th August, skirmishing, with cannonades at intervals. A powder magazine of the enemy ex ploded this day, with a less, it is rumoured, of 300 lives. On the Bth of August, a bakery, constructed by the mutineers to indlade our guns, was destroyed. Skirmishing was kept up during that and the next three days. Our troops suffered very little. On the 12th, guns established outside Cashmere gate were attacked by a force under Brigadier Showers, and, after a sharp contest, taken. They consisted of one 24-powder howitzer ; two 7 and one 8-pounder. Our Ices was severe, 112 killed and wounded : among the wounded were the following officers :—Lieutenant Sherriff, 2nd Fusiliers, dan gerously ; Brigadier Showers, Major Coke, severely ; Lieutenant Lindsay, Ilorse Artillery ; I.ientenant Mansell, Engineers; Captain Greville, let Fusiliers; Lieutenant Owen, Ist Fusiliers; Lieutenant Jones, 70th N. 1., slightly. Brigadier-General Nicholson arrived in camp on Bth of August in advance of his force. Ilk troops were expected on the 13th, and all would arrive by the 15th, on which date the army before Delhi would number about 11,000 men. Further rein forcements, it was computed, would, early in Sep tember, increase oar numbers to 16,000 men. It is generally expected that the assault on the city will take place on the 20th of August. The king is reported to be sending his Zeugma to Rhotuck. All well at Ages, Cawnpore, and Lucknow. The greatest anxiety is felt regarding Lucknow. Gene ral Havelock, after crossing the Ganges, defeated the enemy at (Moor on the 30th of July. On the 31st he attacked the enemy in a very strong position in the town of Buirerat Gunje and again defeated them with great slaughter, and took all their guns. His own loss was 88 killed and wounded. He then retired on the Ganges, his small force being bur. thened with sick and wounded and with the captured artillery. On the .sth of August he again advanced towards Lneknow, and •ed two victoria.o gain more ll the s th, and on the 12th he then found the enemy strongly entrenched in their positions, and numbering .50,000 men. Finding it impossible to cut his way to Lucknow, in the face of such a force, General Havelock was compelled to retire to Cawnpore and to wait for reinforcements. In the meantime, the position of the gallant garrison of Lucknow is most precarious. Major Banks, who has acted as Com missioner since S.r 11. Lawrenee's death, has fallen, but the date of thin melancholy occurrence is not stated. The facts above stated are drawn from newspapers and private letters, bet they are believed to be sub stantially correct. No official account has yet been published. BENGAL. A party of the Rehrampore mutineers has besieged Arrah, and a detachment of her Majesty's 37th Regiment, advancing to relieve that place, was drawn into an ambuscade, and suffered very severely. Arrah hu since been relieved by a force under Major Eyre. BEHRANIPORE. The 63rd Native Infantry and 11th Irregulars were disarmed let Ann& CALCUTTA. The mutineers in Lower Bengal have again caused great alarm in Calcutta. The Governor- General's body-guard has been disarmed. Appre hensions are entertained of a rising at the Mohurrum Festival, bet careful precautionary measures have been adopted. Lord Elgin has arrived in Calcutta, and the lion. J. P. Grant has been appointed Lieut.- Governor at Allahabad, and Sir James Outram to the command of the troops in the Patna and Cawspore distric to. PUNJAUB. The :Bth Relit., which mutinied at Menu biter, has been almost entirety destreysi. MI nowise THE MUTINY AT DINAPORE. TO TOT TOproll or TI ITT/MO. _ .... Sin,—Yen have been rimmed by Ppme of the men who ere umpired to espremat the views of the go verement oftaring ton gloomy a view of lb. premed state of akin in India. I amid agree with them. Bed as the state of the country wee before, we had at least the coneoletion of Wiping that the most nerious military re bellions that ever took place woo maned to the north-west proliece., wit to coma portion of centre! fettle, and it was • subject of congratulation amongst the tale. of Minors that every Indian mail piece June has announced that rit least the rich provinces of lower Naval were not likely to b. embed. What is now the ease ? By the last mail we are in formed that the mutiny had resched Diuspore, within 376 miles of the rapital ; and that but fir the timely arrival of the 90th root, under Colonel Campbell ; at Berharopore, the mute ' mime would have been enetted withns little more than a blinded mils. of the mat of government. The env:am nion. connected with this List outbreak at Dinspore exhibit the vacillation and " ininality of purpose" of the go, neatest M • remarkable light. We are informed by the hot Brunel Br,kere--"T.a them weeks have claimed eines • deputation of merchants at Calcutta 'remit upon the rotvenicie-Genetral, repreeeming the vast amount of interim. at make le Tlrhent, and remeetly infielder the dimming of ' the three eative regimen at Dinapore. They pointed out bow the, might easily be effected; Low • steamer convey- Mg an Europran regiment might Mop for three hours at Diens.. en her way op the river, and aided by her Myr sty's 10th Font .veld perform the operation, in vain. Not an hour mold be opined; troops were so nrgeelly re quired elsewhere this or some equally powerinl nation, the remmunendatroe of Ohl astiscantile community win not ✓ipped, and the result has hero that the whole of Behar hen bees placed at the merry of three thousand armed M ealiest., imbed with meows, and sager for pillage." But this is not the worst part of this dimmer. The Iforkor and the merchants took a more mernintile view of the matter, and b.,k.d to the finnuerms d es t ru c t io n o f property likely to melt fret a enmity at In••••re. In • Military point the conswilsendiS may, sad in all probability will, be still mute fatal. The conenveleaties by the Grand Trunk read between the capital and BeitsSeis is now interrupted, so pp Own lately stated is a my Mile leading article. at gh~paty• and thus has one worm of supply to the beherserek primosis in the upper mei moss, and to the Went Beesley* been eat oQ. It may psaibly be re-opened by the nth Madre. Light Cavalry if they anive soon. I wish to pima with &limey of the unfortunate general her who conrinanded at Dinapore, whom conduct in these definrshie traisswinnes wilt, I ins , he ambentted to the mamma as "mrt-cuartiol. We have • remarkable ene treA however in the noble stand minds at Arrah, where It hisselftil iif nfteen or oisteofs rirllpn. , with the aid of about tiny Sikh, gallantly defended theeneelven for several day. .gams a couple of tlitossistiad mutineer... Wed with guns by a might...ming landowner, who, it in to be bop* has by this Mme terminated his earthly career on the Midst. Another ■nkiog proof ia afforded in the relief of flit. brave little sn o i A tirm by Ma Vieeent Eyre (well known to the publi c hie...nem narrative of the wee in Affichanietan), of • merry. judgment, and skill are espable of eflectieg with wiry inadotuate moms. This gall a nt other marched from Bazar with ...early 200 coos and three guns, and after denim; the rebels before him relieved his imprisoned man trying. and their noble alba keen their perilous position. If that excellent olneer, bent--Colonel Fonwick, who commands the 10th Foot at !harmers, had hems entnested with the dia armiegofthenati.errgln.eeta before they broke out into open mutiny, bow mock misery would him bees spared !—I ▪ ke. 3.1 r. NEEMUCII. There has been a disturbanoe at this place, of which the particulars are not fully known. Twenty one troopers of the 2nd Light Cavalry have de serted. ABOO. The detachment of the Jondpore Legion, 50 men, at this place, have mutinied, and arc supposed to have joined the Thakoor of Rows, an outlawed chief who 11 plundering •illages and stealing cattle in the Seroi country Mhow, and the Bhopal contingent has mutinied at Bebgre. Colonel Burard reports the whole of Western Malwa to be in a very disturbed state, and that • large body of men are collected at Mandisore. BOMBAY. auzerat.—With the exception of symptoms of dis loyalty, immediately suppressed, the territory of the Rajah of Mundisore, tranquility has been preserved in Gurerat. KIIOLAPORE. The mutiny in the 26th Regiment has been sup pressed; 80 of the mutineers have been executed; others are undergoing their trial. The head-quarters of the regiment at Itholapore and the detachment at Rutnagherry, have been dis armed. The detachment of European troops thrown into Rutnagherry, Belgaum, lhanear, and Sawunt Whence, have preserved tranquillity in these districts. At Belgaum three men have been executed for treasonable practices, one of them a sepoy in the 29th N. I. In Bombay itself, the Moharrum has passed off quietly. MADRAS. The Bth Madras Light Cavalry has been disarmed, for refusing to proceed to Bengal. HYDERABAD. All quiet at Hyderabad up to August 3; some apprehensions were entertained that the Chamessee Rajah of tilierapoor was meditating rebellion, but arrangements have been made far crushing him. (Signed) H. A. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government, RAVEN. Bombay Castle, 31 August, 1857. The following telegram was received at the Fo reign taffies from the British Vice-Consul at Trieste, September 29, 2.10 A.N. FROM CALCUTTA, AUGUST 23, 1837. From 0. F. Falmonstone, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, to the Hon. Secret Com mittee. GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN. General Havelock, after pushing on half-way to Lucknow, and defeating the insurgents two or three times in the Oude province, was compelled, by the weakness of his force, reduced by exposure, fa tigue, sickness, and constant fighting, to with draw to Mungutwar, six miles from the Ganges, and ultimately, on the 13th August, to rectum with all his force to Cawupore, where he now is; Bithoor having been meanwhile re-occupied by mutineers from Bangor and others, numbering about 4,000, with tire guns. General Havelock attacked it on the 16th, and car ried the position,impturing two guns. His force is reduced to 900 men, who ars worn oat with fatigue and need repose, and he considers that to advance on Locknow until reinforced would be to anirt an nihilation. Adequate reinforcements it is feared cannot reach him in less than ten days or a fortnight from the present time, her Majesty's bth and 60th China troops having been moreover here detained below, in consequence of the disturbances io Behar. No news later than 22nd ultimo from Lucknow, but by more recent native account the garrison were holding out well, and it is believed that they have managed to lay in additional provisions. General Havelock expects to be attacked simul taneously by the Muds (Oudes) insurgents from the lett bank of the river, as well as from the aide of Futtehpore, where boats were collecting, and from the direction of Callpee, where Gwalior mutineers, strong in artillery, threatened to cross and form a junction with the Oude rebels. A steamer has been sent down by the General to destroy the boats at Futtchpore, but his force is too weak to oppose the passage of the Wumna (Jumna), at Callpee. The Oude people are making aggres sions on our villages to the north of the Ganges,and it is feared that communication between Allahabad and Bemires may be interrupted. Delhi is still in the hands of the insurgents. , Our accounts extend to the Bth of August. There appears to have been severe lighting on the 30th of July. The Ist and 2nd instant, when the enemy reinforced by the troops from Nemeth at tempted to carry oar position, they were repulsed as usual—their loss is said to have exceeded three thousand men, including nine hundred of the Nee much force, who did not return to tho city after 1 1 the failure on the let, and they are reported to be really dispirited. On the Bth their powder manufactory in the city was blown up by a shell and about fist hundred artificers are believed to have been destroyed, together with a large quantity of sulphur and saltpetre. They have been for some time short of English powder and of fumes, and the supply of gun-caps is said to be failing; they daily manufacture powder of inferior quality. The Kumagn battalion of " Goorkhas" reached Delhi with treasure, ammuni tion, and stores, on the 21st ; and a reinforcement of 1,300 Europeans and 3,000 Punjaubees, from the Punjaub, was expected to arrive on the 15th. Retrograde movement is now not thought of, though at one time it was talked of. No fighting since the 2nd instant. AGIIA, 8:e. News from Agra received up to the 11th instant. All well in the fort, and plenty of provisions. Gar rison consists of 3rd European Regiment and a European battery, both very weak. The whole Christian population is within the fort. Relief from the eastward urgently called for. There is a want of funds. Allyghur occupied by en agent of the King of Delhi. Gorucipore has been abandoned by the civil officers, with the whole of the Goorka force- They were ordered on the 11th to hold both Go ruckpnre and Azimgher if possible, otherwise to bring the whole force to Agimghur end hold it, instead of air!ing w Allababad as they intended. BENGAL AND BEHAR. Major Eyre, with threo guns and about 150 Europeans defeated the rebels under Kover Sing on the 12th instant, and relieved the Europeans who had been for some days be sieged in a small house at Arrab, and with the aid of fifty Sikhs had gallantly defended them selves. Lover Sing has fled over the hill towards Robtaa. On the 10th ho was at Akburtore Eteas Rohaagurh ; his brother Amur Sing, was in the hills flanking the grand trunk road, and in its neighbourhood there is insecurity consequently ; all quiet, however, between Bemires and Sher ghotty. Seven lees of treasure at Gya have been brought into Calcutta by the collector, Mr. Alonzo Money, with the aid of a few Europeans, and about 100 Sikh soldiers. The stations of Chnprs, Chumparun, and Mo zuffurpore, which the civil officers had abandoned by order of Mr. Taylor the Commissioner, have been reoccupied, and tranquillity may soon be restored. Since the twit mail left the sth Irregular Cavalry in the Santhal district are en route to Arab, it is known where they now are; a party of the Dinapore mutineers has been heard of about 18 miles south-west of Murzapore, as making for the Jumna somewhere about Callpee, with the in tentions probably of joining the Gwalior mutineers, and ultimately the (hide's insargents. Some Rewah troops-750 infantry, 300 cavalry and 4 guns—had been detached by Political Agent to intercept them if possible, either at the Soheges Clint of the Jonse or at Soroe. In the direction of Allahabad, the Kuttra Pass was de fended, and it is hoped that by the one force or the other they may be attacked and dispersed. MISCELLANEOUS. Lord Clarendon's message, dated 13th July, to Consul at Marseilles, and Sir C. R'ood's, dated 14th, to Consul at Cagliari, received. ' Upward of four handfed seamen and marines and twenty officers of tier Majesty's frigates Shannon and Pearl, have been formed into a Naval Brigade, and detached to the Upper Provioceo. The brigade is furnished with ten 60-pounders, and two or three field-pieces, taken from the above vessels. All left Calcutta on the 18th inst. by steamer. All quiet at Nappore and Hyderabad. By latest accounts the I'unjaub quite tranquil. The 14th Native Infantry at Helym, who refused to give up their arms, destroyed. The 40th Native Infantry and wing of 9th Cavalry mutinied at &allot., and killed three or four officers, the majority find ing shelter in the fort. The mutineers were attacked by Brigadier Nicholson on the 12th, and again on the 16th, and hardly any escaped. Their spoil fell into our hands. The revenue in the Punjaub has been paid to the last farthing, and the most loyal spirit prevails not only among the Sikh soldiery, but the population generally. The only apprehension is a failure of funds. At the end of September or October, the government will give its attention to this; mean while the local authorities have invited advances on loan for one year at 6 per cent.—result not yet reported. G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. RAVEN. Trieste, 11.40, a.m., Monday. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) (BY StISNI.ttIINB ANII BRITIAH TELLOILAPIIII TRIESTE, MONDAT, The steamer Bombay arrived on the 28th of Sep tember, at 10.45 xm., in 119 hours from Alex andria. _ . - ALEXANDRIA, !3trr. 23. _ , The India and China mails leave to-day, with dates from Calcutta to August 24; Madras, 28th; Ceylon, let inst. • Hong Kong, August 8 ; Shanghai, July 30. The itimbay mails left on the 12th of August. Large reinforcements would reach the camp be fore Delhi on the 20th. General Nicholson's column was to join General Wilson's forces on the 13th, General Havelock returned to ('awnpore on the 13th. . . _ The Ath Itolraa Cavalry, haring refused to pro ceed on serrive to Calcutta, had been disarmed. A portion of tho 12th Bombay Native Infantry has been disarmed._ A portion of the Joudpore Legion had mutinied at Mount Aboo. - - - The Native Artillery at Dumdum has been dis armed. Lord Elgin was to leave Calcutta fur Chiva on the 25th inst. Exchange at Bombay, 2e. ltd. At Calcutta the market remained unchanged. Government securities had again fallen. Freights had declined. Exchange, 2.1. 2td. to td. The Helens and Mooraforth had arrived at Hong Kong with about 500 gunners, who were to be despatched to Calcutta. A declaration of blockade of Canton River was issued by Admiral Seymour on the 4th August. Exchange at Hong Kong, At Shanghai a large business has been done in imports. Silk was firm. Exchange, 6s. 101. to is. Pnce4 of tea have advanced both at Shanghai and at Amoy. . At Madras government securities bad declined. Freights were firm. Exchange, 2s. 2id. to id. for document paper. Gmow of x owN ooNassrowrurr.) (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITIIIII TNLINIREPR.) "CAGLIARI, Barr. 27. " ALEXANDRIA, BNrr. 27. " The Pottinger, from Bombay, reached Sues lest night, with intelligence to the 31st of August. " General Havelock's force made a second advance towards Luckoow on the 4th of August, but was again obliged to fall back. " There bare been two more engagements with the rebels, in each of which the latter lost their gene. . . General Havelock returned to Cawnpore the 13th. " The latest advice, from Delhi are to the 12th of August. The ineurgente continue to suffer defeat in every encounter with our troops. " General Nicholson hu reached the camp. His column had arrived to within one day's march of Delhi. " At Agra, on the 7th of August, all remained quiet. " There is no intelligence from Lucknow, but the garrison is believed still to be safe.. " General Lloyd has been suspended, and is to be brought to trial. " The Maharajah Goolab Singh died on the 2nd of August. The 26th Native Infantry mutinied at Meean Meere, and murdered their commanding officer, I Major Spencer. The mutineers had fled, but were intercepted and completely cut up. "The mutiny in the 27th Bombay Infant y has been entirely euppressod. Only 200 men of th e regiment ha d revolted, but another, being stationed at Rutnagherri, has been disarmed. "The 12th Bombay Native Infantry have been disarmed at Numeerabad in consequence of their in subordination, and of the threatening attitude they assumed while endeavouring to protect a trooper of the let Lancers, who bad openly incited his com. rades to mutiny. They did not proceed to active violence. " Martial law has been proclaimed at Belgaum, and several Mahomedana who have bean melded of treason have been executed. " A plot to attack the 2nd Europeans on their arrival at Belganm has been discovered. The traitors were arrested and executed. "At Mount Aboo fifty men of the Joudpore Lesion mutinied on the 21st August. They were driven away and had retreated towards Ennpoora. " Central India continues tranquil. . . "The Hon. J. P. Grant hie been appointed Lientenant•Oovernor at Allahabad. "The Bth Madras Cavalry on their refusal to proceed to Bengal, had been disarmed. " A company of European Artillery had arrived at Bombay from Bushire. "The Banks have lowered their rate of interest, but there is no improvement in Government securities. "The import market shows signs of improvement. " Exchange, 2s. ltd. to Z. lid." The following telegram was received at the Foreign-office Sept. 28, 8.25 p.m., from British Vice-Consul at Trieste, Sept. 28, 11.15 a.m. : "ALEXANDRIA, Szr.r. 23. " The Bengal reached Suez on the 21st inst., with dates from Calcutta, 23rd August; Madras, 29th August ; Galle, 2nd Sept. ; Aden, 14th Sept. The dates from the North-West Provinces are the same as those already received rid Bombay. " Great anxiety is felt u to the fats of Lucknow, where a thousand Europeans, a large proportion of whom are women and children, are blockaded by the rebels, under Nena Sahib. . . " The 6th and 90th Regiments are on their way up the river to reinforce General Havelock's divl. don, but it is doubtful whether the garrison of Luckuow hu provisions to enable it to hold out. "Lord Elgin hu made over the Shannon and Pearl to the Indian government, and was about to return to China in the Ave, chartered steamer. " — Captain Peel, with 400 name*, and Jen 68. pounders, left Calcutta, in a steamer towing Eats; on the 18th August, for Allahabad. " The dates from Hong Kong are to the 10th August. On the 3rd August Admiral Seymour de clared the river and port of Canton to be placed to a state of strict blockade. _ _ _ s _ _ " Freeitind;cigunners and drivers of the Royal Artillery arrived by the troop-ships Nelms and Mooraforth, and were to leave Hong Kong, for cal. cutta, in her Majesty's ship Sampson, on the 12th e August. (Signed) " RAVEN." "JOHN GREEN. (Signed) MARSEILLES, MorDAy. The Bombay mail, with dates to the 31st of August, has arrived here by the French steamer which left Alexandria on the 21st instant. Lieutenants Thomson and Delatosse, reported to be dead, were alive at Cawnpore. Major George and Major Thomas died of illness and wounds at Agra on the 4th of August. The mail leaves this evening at ten o'clock.—Post. AN ESCAPE FROM THE MASSACRE AT DELHI. The Edinburgh Courant has a letter from a lady named Wood. the wife of Dr. Wood, • medical aka of the 38th Bengal Light Infantry, who barely escaped with her life from Delhi, on the 11th of May. Mrs. Wood is now at Simla with her beamed, who was severely wounded, having his lower jaw nearly shot away. She was one of those Eng lish ladies and gentlemen who assembled at the flaptaff and got away when all hope of the immediate euppression of the sae over. „IN. Wood was placed in a palanquin s and Mrs. Wood mounted on horseback. They started in oompany with Major Patterson and Mrs. Pate, who were te • baggy, bat • few miles from Delhi. She says : " Hands - ad savages from the neighbouring villages panel upon es, armed with Immense sticks bound with Iron nage, and swords, demanding all we poeseseed. We had the boxes containing our few valuables with es—these we were compelled to give up to these ruthless plunderers, and, not edited with these, they robbed Mee. Pelle of her bonnet and cape, also taking my dress, leaving me only a thin white petticoat, besides making us open our clothes, and insultingly searching our persons for concealed articles; also a pillow and two sheets literally soaked in blood ; breaking up the carriage and buggy before us, and riding off with the horse', thus, by depriving us of our conveyances, rendering our escape almost hopeless. Fran day to day we crawled along, travelling at the rate of about seven miles a night, begging food from village to vill and dragging a sounded man with us who was utterly help less, sometimes receiving food and kindness from the - lagers, at others insult on insult—drinking water &en the puddles and dilates on the roadsides—shaping on the bare ground, expesed to the burning eon and fiery wind of ea Indian climate. With the ever present terror that our lives were at stake—indeed, our lives were threatened several times —we lived through it all. Our last day's journey on foot was one of twenty milt., through soorchieg sandy plains, ha many places covered with thorns. This journey Major P. and I performed without shoes. Mine were worn out, and though a native pair bad been given to me they hurt my feet Et much I was obliged to take them off and carry theta. After the gentlemen joined us our insulta sae fewer, and attempts at violence were not on common ; still our fatigues mad rough mode of travelling still continued. How ever, we bore up through it all till we reached Kerniug, where we were most kindly and hospitably treated by young Mr. ltigby there. Hero we stayed a work era we started for the bills to recruit our exhausted strength. Thus have we been made beggars. I had only attuned from England with good—l may say handsome—outfit, and this jewels I have __— ----se it.,,, trreaertta from deer, Mod Ica were mania( ibeen peesesta front 'dew, kthilleiends, amt. to be replaced again ; the others were purthusisith my own hard-earned savings for 15 years pear. You will sea in this way how heavy oar lows have been, and if soy of your kind readers, after the perusal of my Pad tale, feel inclined to assist ne in our (halm., I will not say how gratefully it will be revolved." The Edinburgh Cbmaal pegs: " To add to the hardship of the cape, we believe that so long as her Imsband. Dr. Weed, holds no appointment (and from the nature of his wound that may be no brief term), half his pay and *Bow erman are cut off, while by a late government order all offices are now kept three months in arrears of pay." New York is not likely to lack for amusements this autumn. "The says a letter from that city, "are full of 'anthem and weidern guests returning from the watering places. This lms 'Non a new Still:111bn and full hone.,, to the theatres. Fres:Alai is singing to enthusias tic audiences et the opera. Thalberg is Rivkin crowded concerto. assisted by Vieustemps. lir. Murdoch is playing at Burton's the wane characters that won him en much favour at the Haymarket last year. Laura Hesse in living on Mr. Tom Taylor's Isle play. Wsl- La . ., theatre is producing the moral drama of the llama aux Canieleas—an expurgated edition. And at the Broad way Mr. Charles Mathews hes made his deent to one of the largest and moat enthusiastic audience' that New York bee wen for a long time. The greet success of this genUeman will be gratifying to bin friends in London." A letter from Paris says that the reverend re former, Father Lawrence, of the diocese of Tubes, ha issued a circular, announcing the foundation of a new order. The members are exaneively to belong to the putter half of creation, and on admission are to make oath, " that they will dined every dress or fashion in any way clashing with mndeoty, or the piety of a Christian woman, such, for instance as low dreams baguets that only cover the of head, Bounces, crinolines, &e." The members Are to restrict their wardrobes to eight or ten dress at wet. They roust be at tir ed to Mack while attending the service of Holy Mother Church, and must also make the engagement not to give any cashog fleecy to their maids, on as to give them a taste for &maim above thoir mans, a practice which " leads to wires of the most varied description " Absolute reclusion is not, how ever, la rigor; the [Air essociateo may occasionally to ball, or Ica-fight, but clad in the simplest of dresses. ne members of the emaciation are to wear its insignia, consisting of a medal, bearing the words "simplicity" and "modesty, And suspended round the neck by a piece of cotton ribbon. The rev. gentleman prontisee further details at an early dAy, in which he intends giving retaliation, touching the dinner, servants, carriages, ternitaie, kc. r war in Indi clam fell of t/ slip I. 111 aan exp 'eta' frora 980,4 lionti Lye" abei maki Caw earth Prue extra acme fa 18