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. . .. 62 THE PRESS, JANUARY 16f 1858. ---- - --::__ TO CORRESPONDENTS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM DIDIA 8,000,000 square miles. From the western frontier ' of settlement to those of northern Oregon the die. , J.A.G. (" Electoral Inequalities ") will much oblige the Editor by forwarding his address. lance is 1,800 miles ; from the same frontier t o t h e MM.! i•••=11111 Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the settlement of California, via Salt Lake, is 1 , 8 00 name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publice. THE subjoined telegram was received at the East miles ; from the frontier of Arkansas to Fort T e j on Lion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. India House yesterday afternoon. It will be ob- is about 1,700 miles ; and from San Antonio to San It is impossible to acknowledge the mass or letters we receive . Diego is 1 400 miles, constituting an aggregate served that it furnishes only Bombay news. The ,. line of . 6,700 miles, which ought to be occupied, and Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter. and when omitted. it is frequently from reasons quite bide. last telegram from Bombay stated that the telegraph penden tof the merits oldie communication. which the department undertakes to keep open. Communications should always be legibly written, and on one communication between that place and Bengal had This duty cannot he performed by any other agency aide of the paper only. If long it. increases the difficulty of been interrupted. This mayl explain the absence of than that of the army, and an addition to the military finding space for them. from O u d e or Cawnpote : force is recommended of five regiments. The a rm We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do in te lli gencey now consists of 19 regiments, divided into 10 o f not avail ourselves. To SIR JAMES MELVILL, EAST INDIA HOUSE. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a The garrison of Futtehpore, pressed by insurgents, has Infantry, 4of Artillery, 2of Dragoons, 2of Cav a l r y , remittance or a reference fur payment in town. abandoned part of their intrenehmenta, and has taken up and lof mounted Riflemen. - another and more secure position. Various improvements in the organisation of the TERMS 011 f SUBSCRIPTION A column from Delhi, under Colonel Seaton, attacked staff are suggested. The separate independent FOR a body of insurgents at Genigre (Genowree ?) on the Nee- character of the staff corps is an error. Anoth er muddy (?) River, and defeated them, killing 150, and defect is the uncertain and ill-defined rights o f ebe VMS: taking three guns out of four. brevet rank. Promotion by seniority is another (STAMPED) Three officers were killed and one wounded on our side. fault. It is proposed to collect all the officers doing Per Annum .. .. .. SI 6 0 Brigadier's Whitelock's column had arrived at Secun- Hair Yearly.. .. .. .. 013 0 derabad on December 14, en route for Seugor. The staff duty into one corps, to be assigned, by authority Quarterly .. .. .. 06 6 insurgents in the neighbourhood of Jubbulpore were of the President, to such duties as each may seem to PATABLZ IN ADVANCE. attacked on the .25th of November by a detachment of the be best fitted for, also to dispense with the staff Subscribers are requested to send their orders through News 47th Madras Native Infantry without any decisive result. bureaus, and give the President authority to transfer Agents; if direct to the OMoe, accompanied by a remittance. Advertisements also must have a reference or remittance. Reinforcements were advancing to Jubbulpore. officers to and from the line and staff. Promotion /Money Coders to be made payable to Mr. ALYEED Iva, no, The Rajah of Amjheera and his Minister have been to the rank of captain might be governed by the Strand, London. tried and sentenced to death. The Minister has been rule of seniority, but beyond that by selection from hanged. The sentence on the Rajah awaits the confirms. the next grade in the same arm to that to be filled. tiou of the Government of India. Other executions have The importance of a national foundry is strongly 77 ' ' 7 - . t 1 1. - - 1 rt g xv. also taken place. Punjaub, Scinde, and Bombay, all quiet. No further Bheel depredations are reported, and quiet pre- ur g es ; while the manufacture of small arms at the two national armories continues, and arms are fahri- rails generally. H. L. ANDERSON, cated "of the most superior quality." Secretary to Government. Upon the subject of national de fences the report LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1858. Bombay, Dee. 24, 1857. states that the works are gradually but certainly Malta, Jan. 14, 1858. advancing towards completion. The fortifications of (Per Euxime, 9.10 p.m.) New York will be "better, the guns heavier, and more POSTSCRIPT. From V. a. Montanan. numerous than those of Sebastopol." FROM THE " GAZETTE " OF LAST NIGHT. ' GENERAL ORDER. g ou t an t ,fastrion. THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE Horse Guards , 15 Jan. , 1858 . EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The Queen has been graciously pleased to corn- mend, that Colonel John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, of Her Mejesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Con- sort, and the whole of the members of the Royal the 32nd Regiment, be promoted to the rank of Family, with their distinguished visitors and suite, OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Major General, for his enduring fortitude and per- left Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace yesterday severing gallantry in the defence of the Residency afternoon, at three p.m. PARIS, Friday Morning. of Luckines s for eight y - seven days, against an over- The Count and Countess Perchoucher, the .2. The Moniteur of yesterday gives the follow - countess Wally Von Hohenthal, and the Countess whelming force of the enemy. Marie za Lynar, have arrived from Berlin on a visit ins account of the attempt which has created By order of his Royal Highness the General to the Queen. such excitement in Paris : Commanding-in-Chief. Last night, at half-past eight o'clock, at the C. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma moment of their Majesties' arrival at the Opera, Stanley come to town on Monday next from Knowsley- Her Majesty has also been pleased to confer the park, Lancashire. three explosions of shells were heard. A number of Victoria Cross upon Captain J. P. H. Crowe, 10th The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Cie- the crowd who were standing by the doorway, . Regiment ; Captain H. M. Havelock, 18th Regi- mentina Villiers came to town yesterday from Middle- several of the soldiers of the escort and of the Garde tnent; Privates Thomas Handcook and John Pur- ton-park, near Bicester. de Paris, were wounded, two of them mortally. cell, 9th Lancers, for acts of distinguished bravery in Lord Palmerston, Lord Lansdowne, and the rest Neither the Emperor nor the Empress were the field in India. of the Ministers have arrived in town. touched ; a piece of shell, however, pierced his The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli Majesty's bat, and General Roguet, aide-de-camp THE HAVE LOCK FAMILY. have arrived at Grosvenor-gate from Hughenden in waiting, who was sitting in the carriage, was slightly wounded on the back of the head. The THE public have been already informed that the Manor, Bucks. carriage itself was much shattered. Havelocks are of Danish descent, and were for many The marriage of Miss Frederica Cockerell, step- The Emperor and Empress, on entering g enerations settled t Great Grimsb in Lincolnshire. daughter of the Earl of Eginton, with the Hon. the Opera, geWilliam Henry Sidney Nortb, only son of the Bare- Our readers, howe a ver, may not b e aware that the were received with the warmest enthusiasm. The ancient seal of the corporation of that borough bears ness North, was solemnised on Tuesday, at St. course of the performance went on as usual. James's Church, Piccadilly, in the presence of a the figure of its Danish founder, Grime, holding in On hearing of the event which had taken place, his hands a boy with thieword " Havelock" over him. numerous circle of the friends of both families. their Imperial Highnesses Jerome Napoleon and the The story runs that " Havelock," or " Hafluck," was Prince Napoleon, the Princess Mathilde, as well the lost child of s Norse sea.king, and was brought THE ROYAL WEDDING. as Prince Murat, the Ministers, several marshals and up by Grime, and became a valiant warrior under Ta e medal wich great fucctionaries, the members of the diplomatic hi s rough tutelage. It would seem that, if this be body, and the Prefects of the Seine and of Police, the so , military valour is hereditary, and reappears in royal nupt i als, h de is to be struck to commemorate the signed by Mr. Leonard C. W ynn, has Procureur General of the Court of Paris, and the families after an interval of many centuries. So true been intrusted for manufacture to Messrs Hunt and Roskell. It is to be of gold, silver, and bronze, one frocnreur Imperial, attended their Majesties. i s t h e o ld prover b, F or t es crean t ur f or tib us ac boats. of which will most likely be sent after the marriage The "Instruction" was at once commenced, and ceremony to each of the distinguished visitors. The several arres'a were effected. THE UNITED STATES' ARMY AND NAVY medal is two-and-a-half inches in diameter, and of Their Majesties left the Opera at midnight. The DEPARTMENTS. considerable thickness. The obverse represents the Boulevards were spontaneously illuminated, and a THE Official Reports of the Secretaries for the Depart- portraits of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick vast concourse of people cheered the Emperor and merits of the Army and Navy of the United States William, both remarkable likenesses, the former the Empress most enthusiastically and touchingly as have recently been presented to Congress. The wearing a wreath of orange blossoms, roses, So , they passed on their way to the Tuileries. On report from the Navy Department is a very simple with the inscription—Victoria, Princess Royal of arriving there 'heir Majesties found a great number document, and, beyond stating generally the number England ; Frederick William, Prince of Prussia. of persons, amongst them the Ambassador of Eng. o f vesse l s o f war employed upon the different foreign The reverse contains a wreath of lilies, roses, myrtle, land, the President of the Senate, members of the stations, announces that recent experiments " justify and jasmine, with the inscription, January 25th, 1858. diplomatic body, and several senators, waiting to offer the extension "of the plan of arming ships with The most prominent flower is the rose ; the jasmine their congratulations. " the heaviest kind of ordnance ;" that the home and myrtle taper off at the ends with lightness and PARIS, Friday, 1.50 p.m. squadron is to be reinforced by five sloops ; and that elegance. The wreath is bound together with Sixty persons were wounded, including the Con- ten small steamers are urgently required to render ribbon. The value of the gold medal is more troteer &Opera, an officer of police, and two ladies at that force efficient. The report also states that than 401. a window. " expeditions " are despatched to examine the route The following will, we believe, be found a correct Many arrests have taken place ; amongst the of a proposed ship canal between the Pacific and list of her Royal Highness's bridesmaids :—Lady arrested are three foreigners. Atlantic Oceans, and to explore the Parana and the Cecilia Lennox, Lady Susan Rothan Clinton. LadY The projectiles used were conical. tributaries of the Paraguay rivers. Susan Murray, Lady Victoria Noel, Lady Emma Three persona were killed. The Emperor's hat The Secretary for the Army commences by Stanley, Lady Katherine Hamilton, Lady Constance was smashed. stating generally the inadequacy of the army to per- Villiers, Lady Cecilia Molyneux. The Prince of form the indispensable services required of it by the Prussia will be attended by a similar number of Government. The whole strength of the army as gentlemen ( Prussian), under the title of " THE COLONIAL BENCH.—Mr. Henry Connor, late posted consists of about 17,984 men ; the actual of the Bridegroom." chief justice at Sierra Leone, has been appointed to strength on the Ist of July last was 15,761. They We understand that Signor Costa has submitted the office of puisne judge in the colony of Natal. He are required to garrison 08 forts of a large and per- a n o d e o f hi s own c o mposition to the Prince Consort, is son of the late Roderick Connor, Esq., Master in manent character, and to occupy 70 posts leas perms- for the approval of his Royal Highness, and that it sia Chancery iu Ireland. Gentlemen nently established. They are spread over an area of be pr o du ce d at Buckingham Palace, on the eveumg ii