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escaped. At Muttra, Mynpoorie, and all :he other forts and tewns around, they were signally repelled. Greathed's column once more took the field, and reached Mynpoorio on the 19th, where a large body of the enemy were said to have assembled. Oa reaching the spot, after a forced march of 22 miles, they found the place abandoned, the Rajah having accompanied the fugitives, his guns and about 20,0001. worth of treasure being found in the fort. Brigadier Grant now took the place of Colonel Greathed, required for other service. They were now pushing on towards Ourle, expecting to be at Cswnpore by the 27th, and would p-obele'y reach Lucknow, largely reinforced, by the 30th. A Portion of the rebels round Agra had established themselves about the 20th on the further side of the Kharre. Nuddee, a further portion of them being at Futtehpore-Sikree, whittler the 3d Ben gal Europeans proceeded from Agra on the 22d to meet them:- The main body of the Delhi fugi tives, retiring south-westward, were believed to haveturned off from the Trunk-road about. Canouge, and to have crossed over into Oude. A portion of them had previously proceeded towards Bareilly, and another had joined the Raees at Furruckabad. Brigadier Showers's column, which left just after that of Col. Greathed, 2 proceedeil to Koetub, and after sweeping the country round for a week, re turned to Delhi on the 29th September. It started afresh on the 2d of October and proceeded to Re waree, which it found deserted. The chief, Rab Toolarani, not withstanding his professions of friend ship, had evacuated the fort, which was found armed with 12 guns and mortars, all in position on the ramparts, ready loaded. In the foundry were two new brass pieces, just turned out. These, together with a quantity of military stores and ammunition, fell into our hands. The force on the sth October was at Goorgaon. On the 12th they reachediJanffoo Sata, where the horsemen of the Nawab of Jh u jj ur , w ho had crossed the river, were disarmed without resistance. The chief himself, like his neighb urs, now anxious to show their loyalty to the British government, were apprehend ing and making over to us all parties within their reach concerned in the rebellion. General Wilson, 'hose health had sunk under his exertions, on the 28th September resigned the command of the Delhi garrison i n t o th e h an d s o f G en . Pe nn y, and alongwith Colonel Beecher, proceeded to the hills for change of air. Two other sons of the King of Delhi were on the 12th condemned by a military commission to be shot the following day. 'The Xing himself is to be arraigned, and it is to be hoped that sufficient evidence of his crimes will be found for his conviction. The principal traitors amongst the Mohammedan gentry of Delhi were being arrested, and would be brought to trial when sufficient evidence against them was obtained. GENERAL HAVELOCK AT LUCKNOW. Considering the indistinctness with which, owing to the difficulty of communication, the or erations for the relief of Lucknow have been reported, we have collected and here bring together the fragmentary correspondence of the Indian journals bearing upon the subject, although the leading facts are well summarised elsewhere. Mr. Sharer, whose information is frequently quoted in letters from Cawnpore, writes on the 2d October—" The great fight at Lucknow was on the 25 tb, ''when the sick and wounded were left at Alumbagh, and the main body marched on the town, keeping to the right as much as they could, but [not crossing the Gomtee, as had been errone ously supposed. The following additional particulars regarding the relief of Lucknow have been received in a letter from Lucknow, dated 26th Sept, " On the 25th, General Havelock's force, having left the sick and wounded with a detachment at Alumbagh, forced their way into the city under serious opposition. After crossing the Cearbagh bridge the troops skirted the city, to avoid the enemy's defensive works, prepared through the entire length of the main street, leading directly to the residency, Still much opposition had to be encountered, till we reached the residency in the evening. Our loss was severe, estimated at from 400 to 500 killed and wounded. On the 26th the troops were occupied in taking the batteries bear ing on the garrison, which were held till assaulted, and continued till then to fire on the residency, after our troops had, relieved the garrison the night before. Ma y thousands of the enemy had de serted the city. The late King's sons had fled to Fyzabad." CAWNPORE, Oct. 3. Stores under a convoy of 300 men are being de 'Patched to Luckuow. The road between Luck now and Cawnpore still infested by plunderers, who in terrupt our communications. October 8, Sherer mentions the receipt of letters from Lucknow dated 6th instant. General Otr ram tow holds important positions in the city itself. The strong post at Alumbagh has been victualled and reinforced from Cawnpore. October 10.—A letter.of the sth inst. states that sa communication had been received from Lucknow, i ntimating that in two or three days a portion of the troops would return to Cawnpore with the women and children. The Baillie Guard was greatly s trengthened, the enemy's works in the vicinity destroyed, and all houses in the neighbourhood "zed to- the ground. —Delhi Gazette, Oct. 14. October 10.—All is quiet about this station, t hough communication with Lucknow is still inter rupted by the enemy's horse on the road. Rein forcements are now beginning rapidly to arrive. Mr. therer mentions that two or three bodies of our men are between Allahabad and Cawnpore, on their w ay Letra, Oct. 18. October 12.—Besides the detachments before me ntioned ir as moving upwards from Allahabad, her Majesty's 93d was expected at Allahabad on the 2 1st. The detachment at Alumbagh is described as well off in. all respects. They had returned to C awnpore 150 elephants for which they had not sufficient fodder, under a guard of about 100 men ; s O the obstructions on the road cannot be of any 4r ength.—/Irofussiite, Oct. 20. We lea rn f rom a l et t er f rom th e cam p a t Alum bagh, dated Oct. 10, that a battle was fought at Lucknow on the 24th September, by theforce under General Havelock, and that the army then rested, and on the following day marched on Lucknow --(three miles distant). A garrison of 200 men, with 4 guns, was left behind to take care of the wounded, .70 in number,. and to guard the whole of the bag gage of the force, about 900 cattle, 200 elephants, and camels, drc , in proportion. The camp fol lowers, amounting to between 3,000 and 4,000 souls, remained in the camp, and these unfortunate wretcheih who are in a state of starvation, are em ployed in the construction of the defences under the superintendence of Lieut. Judge, engineer in charge. Alumbagh signifies " the garden of the world." The place is about 500 yards square, with a house in the centre, and an ornamental tower in each corner large enough to contain 20 men in each tower. The outer wall is about ten feet high. The garrison was-unable to communicate with the army under Gen. Ontram.— Englishman, Oct. 20. The correspondent of the Llurkaru, at Cawnpore, Writes as follows : " Entrenched Camp, Cawnpore, Oct. 16. "This prolonged silence bodes no good, I fear, for our brave fellows at Lucknow. Day after day glides away, and still no news of them. The truth must out, and it is this : that our force in Lucknow has been—whether Wi 8 .17 or not I-cannot pronounce—allowed to be sepa rated, and each division is so hemmed in that, from the overwhelming number of the enemy, they cannot rejoin ,each other. After the fight of the 25te ult. it appears that our force held three distinct positions—viz , the Sallee Guard, the Residency, and Alum Reel. Since that time I have learnt that, after a severe fight, that Pottion at the Residency were enabled to form a junction with those at the Bailee Guard. Still, however, they are separated from those lying in the Alum Bagh, and we ' la ve no commun i cat i on with either port i on of the f orce. 41. few days ago 100 men of different regiments came mi.escorti ng b aggage , came l s , e l ephants, &c., b ringing with them a letter from a friend of mine now lying in 'Llsick' /Ugh. I extract the following from it. " The • Wounded, commissariat stores, officers' servants, and bagga ge , are all left in this place—a large garden. The force went on to Lucknow, which is three miles from this, on the 25th ult., to relieve the unfortunates, and which they succeeded in doing on the 26th, after hard fighting and severe loss. Poor General Neill fel, also Brigadier Cooper of the Artillery. They took two days' rations with them, and we expeceed them to rejoin 128 again in two or three days ; but here is the 16th day, and no signs of them yet. Captains Macbean and Free- ling wen t with the force, and Gardener with them. The efEcers took nothing with them but the clothes they stood in. All their servants are here. "This and the bare fact that we have no means of communication with Lucknow, and are in complete igno rance 'of what is daily enacted there, will enable your readers to judge for themselves in what position our l irmY'at Lucknow stands. There can, I think, be little doubt that they are in great straits, and it is the im _ perative duty of the Government to push !net. up here • k u CraPidly a s po ss ibl e , ar tillerymen particu l a rl y. Cipt. • 1 7!roby, our able an d indefat gable staff officer here, I bear, posted 60 bullocks at every station between Ulla and Allahabad ; and this will enable the Men to move up easily and rapidly. If Mr. Allen, too, • the energetic manager of the N. W. Dak Company, could be induced to sxtend his operations thus fir, it would aid us materially. His agent here is just despatch ing several of the Dak carriages he has recovered to Ailiebahad. The road is perfectly safe, and Ido not think that much difficulty would be r xperienced in ob • ! li tting . cattle. If Mr. Allen should d ec id e on ma ki ng the attempt, his success is certain. Outrun has written "t 0 Ool. , Greatheff, whose column gained a vict_ry over the rebels, the other day at Allyghur, to haFt,n to hi relief,, it is said that Greatbed is m ov i ng t owar d s 1: 3 :13r,a, and so, for some days, no relief can be looked for from that quarter. It is fr ,, rn the E ast then—from . Benares, and Calcutta, that succour must 148 ; and if it does not come speedily such a tragedy r ila7 Occur at Lucknow as would more than compensate THE. SUN our wolfish oppenents for their losses at Delhi. Here we are perfectly (pie'. monotonew-ly so. There is a rumour afloat, tha` some 5,000 rag-tag-abd-bobtail are hovering about this, anxious,' as our excellent Brigadier Wilson expresses it—' to get killed.' But they are rather back ward in coming forward with that object, and keep a di agreeably long way off. I beard it whispered to-day, however, that our c nnrnandant is itching to get at the blackguards, and rneditat-s mischief. If a force moves out I shall ac,ompany it, for here my occupation is nearly gone. " A. very excellent soldier our Brigadier Col. Wilson is, and a rare bright look-out he keeps. I generally stumble across him once or twice a day somewhere about camp The other day at mid-day I met him, near the Telegraph-office ; 'twits hot enough to fry an Ashantee, and he bad an umbrella, the only time I noticed Lim using one. I mention the fact becau-e the umbrella was n every-day bit of gingham, but a mighty umbrella— an umbrella of price, such ai Jahns Caesar never used, or the L ird of the White Elephant ever dreamt of. Ou side it was blue as the ocean or indigo ; inside, crimson as an autumn sunset, and, moreover, it bad a fringe of silver. Whether it was, in whilom days, tne property of Nana Sahib, or whether the old gen tleman had it built for his own especial delectation, de ponent sayeth not. Indubitably such an umbrella entitles Col. Wilson to rank as an "umbrella bearing chief." Long may he live to wear it. "All our chief officers here, indeed, are first-rate men. Captain Murphy, our brigade major, is really an indefa tigable (.B:leer, moreover, he is suave, courteous, and obliging. Then we have Captain Impey, our engineer, a most hardworking and capable officer. In fact, he over ex"rts himself, and is sick in consequence. How ever, our intrenchments are now, thanks to his great industry, complete, aed well found in guns. It is con templated to entrench a new camp so as to enclose the Horse Artillery barracks, which are standing still intact. Tne object in doing so is, I believe, to obtain greater accommodation for the magazine and commissariat de partment, as we are rather badly off for space in this camp in that matter. Speaking of the commissariat brings me to our commissiat officer, Mr. Burnell. Some time time ago I mentioned to you what a zealous and efficient man be is. The rapid and systematic manner in which he has accumulated stores is beyond praise. He ranked A 1 in General Nei•l's estimation, and fo be does with. Colonel Wilson, and everybody else who knows him. I don't think a more thoruughly systematic com missariat officer exists. Everything, since Havelock left Allahabad through all the dangers and difficulties of the early portion of the campaign, has gone well under his experienced supervision. Everything is going on well and everybody is satisfied. " Let well alone" is an old and wise adage, but the red tapeism of the commis sariat office cannot admit of its practice ; and therefore, no matter how efficiont Burnell is he must—no* that all the difficulties of the wark are mastered—make way for a commissioned officer, who will hereafter, devil a fear, reap all the reward and honour for what has been effected. I have little more news to tell you. The Futruckabad Rajah, it is said, has fled across the Gauges into Oude. The road towards Agra is gradually being opened up. The otber evening some blackguards stuffed two of our heavy guns full of bricks and stones. They have not been discovered. CARNPORE, Oct. 20. Large reinforcements are daily expected from the lower provinces. The 934 and 53d are a day's march off, and will in all probability be in to-morrow. Detach ments of her Majesty's 78th, 84th, 90th, and sth Fusi liers, with a battery of artillery, go on with a convoy of provisions to Lucknow. News !rem Lucknow is very scanty. Fever prevails in camp. Thn 64th have no less than 34 in hospital. The reports show 100 Euro peans and about 10 Sikhs in the general hospital. No casualties have occurred, and the weather has changed much far the better. The provisions served out is con sidered unexceptionable in cantonment, but were you to go a day's march, then see what you would be served out with. Of cou-se every excuse is allowed the fur nishing authorities, but in some instances no excuse can be mad., the biscuit being not only mildewed, but had a sour nauseating smell. THE BANKS OF THE JUMNA. The following interesting account of the disor ganisation of the country along the banks of the Jumna, and of the dingers experienced by a party of Bengalee pilgrims, is from a reliable source : "2 few months ago, some time before the breaking out of the mutiny at Meerut and Delhi, a number of persons, chiefly Bengalee women of respectable families of this town, started on a pilgrimage to the shrines of lkluttra and Brindaoun in three boats. They arrived at Allababad without meeting with any impediment or obstacle some days before the Ist of Joistee last, ou which date they left that place entered the Jumna. The mutiny of the 31 Cavalry at Meerut, and of the regi ments at Delhi, had then taken place, but they heard at . . . . Atiababad nothing of the affair, beyond that some dis. turbances had occurred at those places. Proceeding up the Jumna for several days, they arrived at Hun;eer pore, the head-quarters of the district, the authorities of which informed them of the dangers of the trip up ;he river ; but, on their persisting to proceed, them four guards to accompany them to the end of their jurisdiction, strictly enjoining them on no ac count to cross the river, but always to keep along the linmeerpore bank of it. They got up with safety as far as Michreepore, where the guards left them, repeating to them the injunctions they had already re ceived. From this latter place they proceeded up to a place called Simarab, a few mills above Calpee, without much serious opposition, as the country was then com- paratively peaceeble. This last mentioned village stands on the bank of the river, to which they had been pro hibited to go ; but the boatmen, fancying that the navi- gation aloni it was comparatively easier, imprudently crossed over, and m)ved the boats, the number of which increased to eight since they left Allahabaa, on an ad joining chur, for the purpose of cooking their food. They had not, however, been long there before they could see a party of four or five hundied ruffians, mostly villagers, armed with swords, lateos, and muskets too, descending down the shore with an attention which they had no difficulty to conjecture. Fortunately, however, as the alarm had been given in time, they hastily got upon the boats aoy how they could, before the rascals could arrive on the spot and seize the boats. The river at this place being very narrow, the shouting and yelling of these desperadoes, furious at losing their prey, brought nut masses of villagers en the other bank, to which the boatmen and the trembling, weak, and helpless pilgrims were invited to come over, with offers of assistance and protection. But no sooner had they gone there than they found teat these men were not a whit better than the fellows. , n the other bank ; for their head men told told them in plain words that if they wished to be saved from being plundered and di,honoured, they must im mediately pay down to him and hie followers a handsome sum of money as the price of his protection. Under these difficult and dangerous circumstances they handed him 600 rupees, upon which he agreed to follow them with his men along the shore down to Calpee, where they were assured they would find protection from the zonindar, who had declared himse f the rajah of the dis trict. They were told, besides, that the voyage further up was very dangerous, and no less than 29 boats, all filled with pilgrims like themselves, had been some days before plundered at Etawah. Accordingly the boats began to ply down, the head man and his men accom panying them along the Lank, but what was their sur prise when they saw fresh bodies of men appearing on both balls, shouting to them in the mo-t abusive and threatening language Lo lagow the boats ; the head man, however, be it said to his honour, still remained their friend, and but for him they had certainly been lost ; for he told the boatmen to disregard their treats and use their utmost exertions to carry down the boats till they reached Calpee, while he with his men employed some means to slacken the pursuit of those who were most furious for the prey. This, however, had the most for- West° effect of raising as altercation between the two parties, which enabled the fugitives to reach Calpee without further moles ati tn. One fact ought to be stated here very distinctly, that among the ruffians who had pursued them, setting all law at defiance, there was perhaps not one mutinous soldier, but that they were all villagers and people living along the banks of river. This proves very clearly, notwithstanding anything that may be stated to the contrary, that whole villages, at least in that part of the North-West, have turned rebel hoes, and done their beat to disorganise the country. These men, it can scarely be denied, have done their best to overturn the authority of Government, and have i n most cases cheerfully obeyed the authority of any rebel zemindar who had power or influence enough to proclaim himself Rajah. "Arriving at last at Calpee, vainly hoping to see the end of their troubles, the fugitives were immediately surrounded by bodies of bravoes, calling themselves the Rajah's men, who came oetensibly with the purpose of protecting them, but really to see what they could get. Here they were detained for nearly two months, during which time, though they were not much molested, they bad the mortification of being spectators of many an atrocious act, the principal of which was the cold blooded assassination of an European gentleman and his lade. When the fugitives arrived at Calpee they were still living, but only a few days after their arrival, when it is said a body of mutinous soldiers arrived at the place, those two helpless persons were murdered under circumstances too revolting to allow for description being given. Suffice it to say that under the heat of a burning son, both the gentleman and his wife were made to run like horses up and down, till out of mere exhaustion they fell down half dead, when a number of the bloody miscreants hacked them to pieces with swords. The bodies were then thrown down the river like the carcase of an animal. It is unnecessary to state that while this is being written the writer is fete vertly praying toGod that the government may soon be enabled lo take the most terrible vengeance, a vengeance the remembrance of which may last for centuries in the villages and hamlets of the north-west. At Calpee, teo, the fugitives learnt with what feelings of hatred the people looked open the English, and the desire prevalent among them of exterminating the whites. One of them who had imprudently said that he could speak English was brought to a serious scrape, out of which be was extricated with no difficulty. They had with them several English books, which the b o y s use d to read, and and English shoes for their use, all of which tieey threw dawn in the water. The self-styled Rajah of Calpee they also learnt, had given orders in the 13ezear to sell Com pany's pine, which they call Lad ebahee, at 32 gundahs fer the rupee, that is to say at half their value, and tee. old copper coins of the p lace, which they call l3alnshahee at ten gundehe for the rupee, a rate which they never had. At Calpee the fugitives were joined by 6of the 29 plundered ooets alre ad y s p oken of, which had p r oceeded a far as Etawah. From the people in them they heard tne most horrid tales. Ali the 14 boats were then all :wed to leave on the let Aug. last, net before they had beet searched, on the payment of a fine of 12 rupees for each of the first 8 boats, and 5 rupees for each of the other 6. As the river bad then risen, they descended very swiftly ' l *"'nON, MONDAY EVRIIING NOVEMBER 30, 1857. 14004 down, without daring to stop anywhere, and notwitu et•ar-ding the danger of the navigation in the Jumna, the boats were rowed even during the nights. When theyar rived at Humeerpore they saw the bungalows of the Eu ropeans looted and burnt, and the place in estate of com plete disorganisation. Further down Humeerpore, at a place called Churka Murka, the villagers fired on them, from both sides, and even pursued them to some dis tance on their heavy boats called Kachovah. It was not, however, before they arrived at Allah:shad that they considered themselves out of all danger. The party Ina recent 'y returned to town, having paid nearly 1,000 rupees to different persons as the price of their protec tion, as already stated.—.Hurkaru, October 12, THE VICTORY AT AGRA. Advices from Agra of the Bth state that Colonel Greathed's column marched from Allyghur to Ak burabad on the 6th, the cavalry moving rapidly in advance. They were accompanied by Mr. George Campbell as commissioner, and succeeded in killing two celebrated rebel chids, Mungul Singh and Mehtab Singh, with about 100 of their followers. Four guns were found loaded, and pointed towards the entrance of the fort. These, with a large quantity of powder and grape shot, were captured. the column was expe3ted to beshortly strengthened by reinforcements of European infantry from Delhi —i. clear indication that the force under General Wilson is neither so weak nor so sickly as affirmed. We have since received advices from Agra to the 11th init., froai which we learn that a hard-fought battle had taken place there on the 10th, between Colonel Greathed's column and the rebels, who were totally defeated, with the loss of 13 guns. Colonel Greathed matched into the station on the morning of the 10th inst., at half-past six o'clock. The troops, fatigued by their long march, had only time to encamp, and had just sat down to breakfast quite unprepared to meet an enemy, when they were suddenly surprised and attacked by the muti neers, cavalry and artillery, who had been hidden all the previous night in the ice-pits and burial grounds. The enemy's guns opened fire upon our camp, and their cavalry appeared and took us in flank, when of course many of the European troops were killed and cut up before the column formed in battle array, but the fighting then commenced in good earnest. The Sikhs charged, followed by the 9th Lancers in their shirts, but the enemy captured one of our guns. This was retaken by a charge of the Lancers, when the infantry, consisting of the Bth, 75th, and Sikhs, came into action, and our ar tillery was brought into play. Lieutenants French and Jones, of the 9th Lancers, with nine men, attacked about fifty sepoys, who were in possession of the gun. In re-taking it, Lieutenant French was killed, and Jones was very severely wounded. The artillery caused great havoc among the enemy, who were put to flight after a fierce contest of two hours, and chased ten miles along the road to Gwalior, avoiding complete destruction by crossing the river. All their infantry were cut to pieces, and only two of our men were wounded in the chase. In the 'battle our lose is said to have been very small, but one account states that about eighty were killed and wounded. The loss on the side of the enemy is not exactly known, but is supposed to have been about 2,000 in all. The whole of the enemy's baggage, ammunition, camp equipage, and treasure, amounting to ten lacs of rupees, besides elephants, &c., fell into our hands, and thirteen guns, some of them brass, were captured. The enemy consisted of seven or eight thousand men, being the 'main body of the Indore and Mhow rebel's, and others from Gvralior, who had proceeded to Agra for the purpose of laying singe to the place. The - rebels were no less surprised - Chau the flying column, as the former expected having only to deal with the small garrison of Agra, who were thus delivered from imminent danger. The following is our Agra correspondent's letter, which gives some interesting particulars regarding this brilliant and decisive victory : Agra Fort, Sept. 10, 1857, 10 p.m. In my letter of yesterday I intimated the near approach of the Mhow and Neemuch mutineers, and of an advanced guard of the enemy firing on some of our militia cavalry, reconnoitring at the Ktiari river, about ten miles from the cantonment, and following them up to within a mile or two of the station ; and. I also told you that a body of the cavalry belonging to Colonel Greathed's moveable column was expected by 7 o'clock, and that the remainder would march the next morning. Towards evening, the militia cavalry picket reported that no vestige of the enemy was seen within 6 miles of the cantonment ' and it was generally supposed by the authorities that the enemy had re-crossed the river Towards night iho cavalry videttes sta- tioned near the cantonment burial ground (the parade ground, on which the moveable column was subsequently encamped, is nearly between the burial ground and the Metcalfe testimonial) fired on a native, who was creeping along the burial ground walls, and had answered to his challenge. Of course the ilitia at the Metcalfe immediately turned out, but nothing further transpired. This morning the moveable Column, including the body of cavalry we expected the eveuiug before, came in, and marched past the Fort towards the cantonment. The 9th Lancers took the lead, followed by the Artillery ; then came the Sikhs, cavalry, and infantry, and a portion of her Majesty's Bth Foot. About 10 a m. especially are reminded ogthe terms of their engagement " harbour or countenance criminals and evil dis• not -0. The Government requires proofs of the posed persou. - ..,f all classes of its subjects, in re fidelity and loyalty . its, horses, camels, and other covering the arms, elepha. -di been feloniously taken Covernment property, which ha._ -4.ined against pur by these offenders. Ail persons are %... ~ f the State, chasing or bartering for any such property , sli jonof the be paid under the severest penalties, and rewards wilt to those who immediately on obtaining Psse same to bring them to the nearest civdo°rmsilitary au ,g C. B. THORNHILL, thoriy....Bv order, Officiating Secretary to Government, N. W. P. —Mofussilite, Oct. 3. DESTRUCTION OF BHITOOR. CAWNPORN, Oct. 20. Some 650 infantry, a battery of artillery, and a few sowers of the garrison of Cawnpore, marched on the morning of the 18th inst. towards a village called Shee- Rajpore, distant hence EOM 16 miles, where it was re ported, at 10 p.m., of the 17th, a large force of rebels had colligated with the fiend Nana at its head. We moved off at one o'clock, a.m., and after several short halts we got as far as Bhitoor, where we rested, and breakfasted on hard biscuit and a g'ass of rum and pawney. At about 12 o'clock we again moved off, under a broiling sun, and after accomplishing five or six miles, intelli gence was received that the enemy were in n grove of trees not half a mile a bead, with two guns in position —24-pounder and a 9-pounder. We had not moved on much further when it was thought prudent to deploy our small force on either side of the road, but this move we were rather late in putting into effect, for the detach ment of the 90th Light Infantry, which was in rear, had just commenced to move off the road, when the enemy's guns opened fire, and told terribly en the fated 90th. The first shell burst immediately before this detachment, killing two and wounded two or three others. Our guns shortly afterwards commenced, but our shot fell far short, and we had to advance closer up, so as to get in range ; and it was well we did so, for the shot of the enemy came pretty quick, but now passed harmlessly over our heads, except one or two 'shells which exploded immediately above us, but did us no injury. After exchanging 20 or 30 rounds the enemy's guns were , charged—l should have said position, as the guns were I already silenced and being limbered up. No sooner was this effected than the cowardly rascals made off, leaving behind two waggons, which could not be moved, owing to some of the horses being knocked over by our shot. The enemy, however, cut the traces, &c., of the animals, and fairly bolted. Were it not for the paucity of cavalry on our side, we should have created great havoc amongst the routed foe. The want of this arm has been greatly felt in all our actions with the insurgents, and I doubt not that, if we had had a body only 500 strong at the battle before Cawnpore, the massacre at the as sembly room might never 'have happened. The enemy left behind them three country carts laden with ammu nition, and these also fell into our hands. Though our movement was quiet and quickly done, yet the rebels knew and bad prepared for our coming. One unfortunate fellow, however, was fast asleep during the action, and continued in this happy state till he was roused by one of our men dealing him a soft kick on his posterior. He set forth a yell that would have done credit to a beast of the forest, on seeing a white face over him, and made one bound, thinking of a run ; but he was broughs sharp round by the thrust of a bayonet, and was seen no more. The action altogether did not last an hour, but in that short space of time we had two killed and Rix wounded. The two former, and five of the latter, belong to the 90th Light Infantry, and the other wounded man is one of the- Madras Fusiliers, who was struck in the arm. Of the five wounded of the 90th, no less than four had to undergo amputation—one from the shoulder, one from the thigh, and two of the arm. It was difficult to estimate the loss of the enemy, as the villains have a most expeditious way of either carrying off their killed and wounded, or secreting them in some place tedions to find. On our return to Cawnpore, we set fire and otherwise destroyed the village of Sheo- Raj pore. In one house there was a great quantity of hay and chopped straw stowed away, and nothing would do but that a few of the 64th must needs go poking their bayonets into the loose portion in quest of live game. Strange to say, after driving in two or three bayonets, and turning over a small quantity of the stuff, out came no lees than four or five rebels, with drawn swords in their hands. You may rest assured the men of the 64th did not allow them time or opportunity to use their weapons, but bayonetted every one on the spot. The e hole of this day was occupied in destroying the village of Bhitoor - add on the morning of the 20th we marched hack to Cawnpore, and arrived at about 9 o'clOck a.m. Slon after, two of the many prisoners we brought in were launched into eternity by the hangman. One was the bearer of letters from Nana to the villagers of Bhitoor and the neighbouring places, calling upon them to supply ammunition, and have supplies prepared against his coming, which would take place in 15 or 20 days, when it was his intention to clear Cawnpore of the infidel Feringee Toque. The open spaces of the entrenched camp literally swarm with human beings. At sunrise and sunset large numbers of coolies, almost of all ages and of both sexes, are to be seen seated in clusters •f 50 or a 100, awaiting to be mustered or paid for their day's labour. When I first set foot in Cawnpore I could scarce see a living being moving about ; now I am absolutely tired with their eternal salaams. These ouolies are employed is cleaning away and breaking down houses before our fortification, and levelling and cleaning the intrenchment.—Bombay Times. MASSACRE OF THE BENGALEE RESI DENTS AT AGRA. The following account of the massacre of the Ben galee residents of Agri is furnished by a native eye witness, whose wife, daughter, and son-in-law have all died by the hands of the mutineers : "On the breaking out of the mutiny the portion of the Bengalis residents bad got hold of a strongly built house, and instead of throning themselves openly at the mercy of tLe mutineers. shut themselves up within the house. But when the place was thrown open one of the inmates placed at the feet of the mutineers all the ornaments of their women and other valu ab l e articles, and asked of them in the most piteous terms to spare their lives. But they only in quired of their female companions, and at last made out their hiding place. The women, who had till this time stifled their feelings, now shrieked out in loud lamentations and piteous cries, but tie scoundrels re mained untouched, insulted them in the grossest man ner, and then put them to death. The men were also butchered, bu:, three did escape by hiding for some time in a large hole made under the ground. When they emerged from their biding-place, they found all rolling in blood, but a grandson of one of the survivors was alive. This was a babe ; it had not been touched, and it was lying by the dead body of its mother, perfectly unconscious of what had taken place. Three of the survivors, with the babe, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, fief from the place, and, after suffering intolerable hardships, arrived within a few days at Benares. the Lancers had taken their horses to be watered, and had just returned, some of the horses being still under saddle ; the Bth were pitching their tents, and many of them were taking it easy, while other portions of the Bth, and a portion of the 75th, had just reached the camp. Our guns were previously in position. Just at this time some two or three natives came into our camp playing tom toms, upon which the sergeant of the guard over the guns ordered the fellows away ; but the next moment one of the scoundrels drew his hidden sword and cut the sergeant down. Some grass cutters then rushed in, and gave the alarm of the enemy's cavalry being upon us, and almost spon taneously their guns opened on our camp. Several of the Lancers told me that the enemy's cavalry had flanked us beautifully, and that we were surrouud ed. The Sikhs charged, followed by the Lancers is their shirts ; and not before the enemy had taken possession of one of our guns (some say three gees ). The charge of the Lancers was fierce and irresistible, and they soon re-took our guns. Mean white the Bth and 75th, with the Sikh infantry, came into action, and our own guns opened fire. By noon the enemy were in full retreat, hotly pur sued by our gallant troops. The 3d Bengal Euro peans were within the fort, as the authorities had not the least idea that the enemy were at the station at all—on the contrary, they had arran ged to march towards the liharifie company liverbyth of the iseven ing ; and the 3d, as also the rifle militia, were told that they would not be the required until about 2 p.m. The latter were f Met calfe testimonial, distant about a mile ortwo from o r ft course o f the the fort. On intelligence reaching enemy having surprised our camp,thtehe3dfo were immediately under arms, and marched out will a true English cheer. As they moved along they were greeted with—" Remember Cawnpore an i Delhi.' When they got to the scene of action the enemy were in full retreat, and the 3d followed them up with our cava l r y and artillery. On com ing to the river, the enemy's infantry on the other side was drawn out to protect the retreat across the stream of the rebels on this side, and upon these our artillery played most effectually. Our halls went among the rascals in fin e style, and they bolted —followed helter-skelter by the retreating enemy on this sid e . All th e enemy ' s b aggage an d c amp equipage with their treasure, and a large quantity of loot—English goods, trinkets, dec.—fell into our possession, as also 13 of their guns (all they had I believe), including a very large one, not equalled by any ordnance within the fort. They left about 2,000 killed on the field, and along their line of retreat. Our casualties are about 80 killed and wounded, but I will not be sure, among whom are several officers. With the wounded came in several sick. I may add that the moveable column came on from Hattrass to this by forced marches, 36 miles, in a few hours. The men were much fatigued, and many of them had had nothing to eat since noon yesterday. I will not attempt a description of the state of the wounded—it is too appalling for me ; neither will I dwell on the readiness with which all here, the ladies especially, proffered their aid, since this is nothing novel among the daughters of England. P.S.—The enemy, it is supposed, and I am in clined to think correctly, were in the palition from which they attacked us the previous night. Their position was on the other side of the burial ground, where we marched up and encamped just close to them, without. the slightest idea of their close vicinity. Fortunately, they were too close for their artillery to do much mischief, as their shot went over our men. So it is said by those who were in the midst of the fight.—Bombay Times, Oct. 24. Tha following proclamation has been issued by the local Government. We would at the same time draw attention to the fact that the Supreme Government have authorised the payment of a re ward of fifty rupees for every armed sepoy, and thirty rupees for every one unarmed, captured and delivered up to the State. " PROCLAMATION.—Agra Fort, 29th Sept. 1857.- . The sepoys who have mutinied upon lying pretexts of interferences with religion and caste, and have shown the absurdity of those pretexts by associating themselves with gaol felons and miscreants of every description, and vain aforts to contend with the British Government at Delhi and ehewhere, are now fleeting from the punish ment due to their crime -t, through various parts of these provinces, showing by their movements only a desire to save the plunder they have obtained by violence, and their wort hl e-s l ives. T he governmen t o f th ese p ro VlOOOB ca'ls on all landholders and farmers, with their tenantry, and on all well disposed subjects, to give all possible assistance to the authorities in bringing these outoastes to justice. Landholders and farmers of land 15 hours, and by that time had reached the Cabul gate. From the 15th to the 19th we were at it every day. On the 16th our regiment stormed the magazine, and on the 20th I commanded the storm ing party which took the King's Palace. We killed i about 25 inside, and some escaped over the walls and across the river. The gate being closed, the engineer attached a bag of powder to it, and on its explsding we rushed in, polishing off every Sepoy we met. In a quarter of an hour we had possession of the place. Iu the meantime another party went and took the fort of Selimghur, and the same night pickets were pushed forward in all directions, and by midnight the whole city was iu our possession. Thus, at last, with the help of the Almighty, we have taken this blackguard place, where so many fearful deeds were committed. The King has been caught, and his two sons slain ; also hi' grancl , ion, Aboo Bukknr. Their bodies, naked and full of bullet holes, were cast in Chandui Chouk (the swell Regent-street of Delhi) before the police station, and were visited by hundreds, myself in cluded. Two of these accursed princes violated our women, and then had them cut up in pieces. They are, be bound, in a warmer place than India just now, and one too where punkas and tatties are not available. I was on guard over the King and his wives and concubines on the 24th and 25th, and was obliged to be much on the alert to prevent rescue or attempts at escape. I was ordered to shoot him if things came to the last extremity. Yesterday I handed him over to a guard of the 60th Rifles, being precious glad to be relieved of so responsible a position. We daily find hidden in the houses Sepoys who were unable to escape from sickness or wounds ; these are all put to death on the spot ; on the 24th I caught a fine tall sowar or trooper of some light cavalry regiment, dragged him out into the street and shot him dead. No mercy can be shown to them. We don't forget, and won't forget, the massacres of women and children, and we kill every Sepoy we catch. The city is quite deserted, and all the citi zens have fled. It is curious to see a large place like this without a soul in it. We have plundered all the shops, and all the valuables are being collected and sold for prize. Our vengeance cannot be ap peased, for we found several of our men who had bean merely wounded on the 14th in the assault, and overlooked by us, lying dead minus their heads, fearfully gashed with sabre cuts ; and so we spare no one. Every Sepoy we catch, ' Shoot him' is the word. I'm sorry to say our regiment has suf fered much, and we have buried four officers and upwards of 200 men since it left Ferozepore. Our loss from the 14th to the 20th of Sept. was four offi cers wounded and 81 men killed and wounded, out of less than 350—a pretty good test of the fire we were under, our loss being one•fourth. There are also 7 or 8 men missing, and who, I believe, we must put down as slain. We have buried about 120 from cholera, and now the regiment musters about 550, of whom some 200 are in hos pital, sick and wounded and convalescent—a nice cutting up, indeed ! As for me, I have, by God's blesiiiug, preserved my health and spirits wonder fully well, taking into consideration the heat and hardships to which I have been exposed. How truly fortunate I have been again to escape death in-this campaign up to the presentmoment, and how grateful we ought all to be to a merciful Providence for having thus shielded me from all harm ! A force —Bth and 75th Foot, 9th Lancers, and 2d Punjaub Corps, and 18 light guns, have gone to Allyghur to pursue the flying Sepoys. No news of our rein forcements. When all is over the English regi ments will, I suppose, make th•-•ir appearance. The country is still in a fearful state, and Oude and Rohilcund will have to be overrun with troops before we can hope to tranquillize it. I believe we shall remain here for the present at least, and I am in great hopes we shall be sent back to our cld quarters to rest our weary bones for a while." The following are extracts from letters of an officer at Delhi :-... " Camp, Delhi, Sept. 13. " I was 24 hours on duty in the trenches behind Brind's Battery. It was an extraordinary sight. The enemy came out twice to attack us the night I was there. No one can have an idea of such a scene but one who has been under fire. The roar of cannon , the whistling of bullets. grape, (Ste •/ overhead is at first uncomfortable, but you soon get accustomed to this. The coolness of English soldiers is certainly extraordinary ; they regard the whizz of a cannon-ball as little as a school boy does a snowball. Poor fellows, they have had very hard work since the 9th ; day and night they have been engaged, yet you never hear them grumble, except when the grog is delayed, The days are very warm, yet the excitement keeps them up, and few have been admitted with coup de soleil. " It is a curious thing what a temperate man can undergo in this country. I have been exposed to the sun at all hours, and in the trenches the whole 12, without any covering ; yet I never felt any bad effects. We all take quinine as a preventive of fever, and certainly those who take it regularly escape the attack, or merely have it of au epheme ral type. We had a great loss yesterday in Captain Fagan, of the Artillery, killed in the batteries by a musket-shot through the head. Poor man, he had been more under fire than any other man, and has been always on duty since he cams here. He has left a widow and seven children to deplore hie loss. Such is war —a man is killed, he is lamented for a day by his friends; other things come in, and only a passing thought is turned to the departed friend. In fact, it is necessary ;we could never get on if we were continually brooding over our losses. " Delhi, Sept. 23. "Delhi is in our possession. It was taken by assault on the 14th. It was an extraordinary scene. At 2 a.m. the camp was aroused by the welcome intelligence that the storming was to take place at sunrise. The troops were marched down by the light of a crescent moon to the rear of the advanced batteries. For two hours they waited there, until the right attack on a suburb outside the walls called Kisheegunge was made. This, however, proved unsuccessful. The Cash mere troops ran, and our loss was severe. The prin cipal attack was now proceeded with ; the Cash mere-gate was blown open in the most gallant manner by the Engineers, and our troops marched in. The scaling parties ou the right and left took the walls, but with great loss. Pauly was perfectly unconscious of our movements until the columns rushed forward ; the ramparts were now cleared, and the guns turned on the rebel city. Our troops advanced in different directi , ins, and were succeed ing better than expected, when several stores of beer, champagne, and brandy, placed there by Pandy (he knowing too welt the character of the British soldier), were fallen in with, and some of the European troops became a drunken rabble. We were driven back some distance, where we male a stand. Guns were now brought up with mortars, and the firing became incessant against the maga zine, the first stronghold. Our troops fought well and took a great many guns. Every street had its one or two pieces, which poured grape into our advancing columns, and could only be captured by the bayonet. General Nicholson received a mortal wound while cheering on the men to a ascend charge at a gun. " On the 21st I rode down to see the Palace ; the wall and entrance are the finest parts. The in terior is dirty, filthy, and in great disorder, Pandy having revelled is its cool archway. The hail of ju , tice and the King's throne aro entirely built of white marble ; the latter is inlaid with stones and mosaics. I went all over the state apart ' ments and the harem. The latter is a curious place, and had a remarkable appearance ; its floor covered with guitars, bangles, &c., and redolent of sandal wood. The fair daughters of Cash mere had their swing in the centre of the room. They had left in a great hurry ; dresses, silks, slippers, were lying on all sides. "On leaving the Palace I met a doolie, sur rounded by some cavalry and a few natives um foot. Its inmate was a thin-faced, anxious-looking old man. This was the new King of Hindostan, the descendant of the Great Moguls , entering his Palace in the hands of his enemies. H e was cap tured some distance from the city. Being 85 years of age, his life is to be spared. He will be kept a close prisoner for life. DELHI. The following letter is from an officer in the 61st who commanded the party which took the Palace, and afterwards had the custody of the old King. It shows what spi r i t an i mate d eve ry soldier engaged in the siege, and what atrocities were committed by . the enemy even during the final struggle, justi fymg every act of our soldiery which otherwise might have had the look of cruelty : " Ajmere Gate, Delhi, Sept. 26. " My dear in ray con f es s I have been some what remiss nay correspondence of late, but until the last two or three days 1 have bean so knocked about that I have, in truth, hardly had a m ment to myself. At last, after having been hard at it for nearly four months, we have taken this accursed place. I must t r y an d give you a s ketch of our ope rations. The wing to which I bslonsed left Feroze pore on the 25th of July, and arrived here on the 14th of August. You may fancy how hot it was in tents—the wonder was we didn't all die from it. We made forced marc h es so as to j o i n the army as quickly as possible. Until the arrival of our siege tram ot heavy guns and m er t ar s we could do nothing beyond keeping up a cannona d e f rom such guns as we had in battery, to 'which the enemy replied. How ever, on the 7th lust. th e l ong l oo k e d-f or t ra in ar rived in camp, and we at once commenced the off, n sive by throwing up our first battery on the right, at a distance of some 40 . 0 yard s f rom th e M oree bas tion. A lino of batteries was g ra d ua ll y esta bli s h e d by night from the right battery towards our left, and by the 10 th were allkeeping full play, up a . terrific cannonade, to which, h owever, the enemy replied with eigour. However, such was the fire concentrated on the Cashmere bastion that the guns on it were smashed to atoms and the enemy unable to reply. One of the most unpleasant nights I ever passed was on the 9th, when I comman ded a work ing party throwing up a sandbag battery, about 280 yards from the Caslunere and Church batteries of the enemy. The blackguard s k ept us cons t ant l y on the qui vivo with a fire of shells, round shot, and grape, crud as we were on a level pl tin or field, and " Sept. 26. the guns so e lose we were at tim es o bli ge d t o di s - "We are left behind in a camp stre wn with dead continue work and lie fiat on our faces, and so let animals in all directions, and with all the filth of the grape pass over us ; the darkness favoured us three months' eucampment. Within 100 yards of very much, but a party of our regiment who relieved my tent is the churchyard, a very small space, but us at daybreak on the 10th, were driven from the containing the remains of nearly 1,000 men. The place, losing five men. On the 13th it was pretty graves are like molehills, as close together as they well known in camp that we were t o assau lt th e can pack, and on digging a ne w one the stench that city on the following morning, an d we were a ll i s sues is revolting, and the wonder is that a plague anxiety, wondering how it was to be done. True has not broken out and taken us a ll off while wo are enough, at two in the morning of the 14th, we pa- exposed to these t hin g s, the sick i ncluded. raded, and at three marched down to the assault. "We have about 4,000 sick and wounded at pre- There were two breaches, and we went at the left sent. It will rapidly decrease now, I i trust, wea one between the Cashmere and Water bastions ; tiler becoming much cooler. Cholera s still carry the ditch was about 30 feet deep and 50 broad. As ing off individuals here and there. It has never we n e ared the walls we caught it f r om grape, e ntirely left us since. June. It is extraordinary rockets, and musketry, the air being liteially alive ' the stillness now. It is, in truth, unpleasant. For with bullets of all sizes. On we rushed and quickly three mon ths, da y and night, the cannon have been descended the ditch, and, rearing our scaline lad- firing ; now a musket shot is rarely heard. Do not (hers against the scarp of the wall, away we suppose that I like the noise in preference to the went. We soon forced an entrance ' into the quiet. I do not wish ever to see or hear ano• place, and thou a most terrible stiu„eele ensued. We tiler gun fired in action. War is certainly an had to charge up narrow streets and lanes swept by awful scourge, and when these rebels are cut up 1 guns firing double charges of grape. And here it hop e India may long heve peace. Our camp is was our losses for the most part oc curre d. I may swarming at present with old men, women, and as well a t once say I hear afestit 65 officers and 1,200 children, without food or money. They have lost men were put hors de combat. l have been in a ever y t h iug, and areobliged to be fed by our coin good deal of rough and terrible work myself, but missariat. through A famine will be raging this season all this part of India. No fields have been I was never in my life under such a fire of grape as these rascals kept up. We fought till dark, 60131° cultivated, no money =quieted, so starvation must stare them in the face. If it fell upon the Gooprs chiefly no one would regret it, as they have com mitted more mischief than any other see, but the innocent will alio suffer." SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND THE DISCI PLINE OF THE ARMY. Headquarterr, Calcutta, Gth October, 1857.—At a general court martial assembled at Dinapore on the 21st day of September, 1857, Lieut. William Whaler ..11sR,r °us-l e y, o f the 22d Regiment Ben gal Native Infantry, was arraigned on the following charge Charge.—For having when on duty under arms on the outlying picqw,Ts at Dinapore, o❑ or about the Ist of A , gust, 1857, been found drunk. Finding.—The court find the prisoner, Lieut. William Wheler Jasper Ouseley, of the 22d Regi ment of Native Infantry, guilty of the charge brought against him. Sentence.—Tbe court sentence the prisoner, Lieut. William Wheler Jasper Ouseley, of the 22d Regiment Native Infantry, to be cashiered. " Approved and confirmed." (Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General, Commander-in-Chief. Recommendation to Mercy.—The court recom mend Lieut. Ouseley to the favourable considera tion of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India, on account of the recent exposure, hardships, and excesive anxiety of mind he had undergone, without food for days, and in the hourly expecta tion of being murdered, and also on account of his youth and inexperience. Remarks by the Commander-in-Chief.—The Commander-in-Chief regrets that the court-martial by which Lieutenant Ousel®y was tried and con victed should have thought fit to make a recom mendation, to which, in the rightful execution of his duty, it is absolutely impossible for his Excel lency to listen. How could the Commander-in- Chief enforce strict duty from a sentry if he were to overlook an act of disgraceful and outrageous drunkenness in an officer actually commanding an outlying picquet T Officers when sitting on a court martial should reflect well before they throw on the commander-in- chief the painful duty of neglect ing a recommendation to mercy. Lieutenant Ouseley will be struck off the strength of the army, from date of publication of this order at Divapore, of which a report is to be made to the deputy-ad jutant-general of the army. (Signed) C. CAMPBELL, General, Calcutta, Oct. 5. Commander-in-Chief. It appears in the proceedings of the court martial lately assembled at Dinapore for the trial of Lieu tenant Ouseley, that when that officer, he being actually in command of an outlying picquet, was found in a state of drunkenness by the field officer of the day, at 3 o'clock a. m . on the Ist of August, the latter, instead of placing him in arrest, and seeing that he was instantly removed from his picquet, contented himself with making a report about 9 o'clock the next morning. The field offi cer is himself liable to be tried for gross neglect of duty. It appears, secondly, that the captain of the day, when engaged in the responsible duty of vi-iting an outlying picquet on the occasion alluded to, was s . ►tisfied with calling out to it at a distance of 20 paces, " Is all right I" or words to that effect. Consequently, if he made a report that he visited this picquet, the captain of the day is liable to be tried for making a false report. It appears in the proceedings, thirdly, that both the field officer and the captain purposely evaded the disagreeable duty of placing Lieut. Ouseley iu arrest, that they consulted about it, and determined to throw it on the staff officers. Whether this con duct was prompted by ignorance, or any other motive, the commander•in-chief refrains to inquire. Such a course on the part of officers engaged in duty is fraught with the most evil example, and is a stain on the service. No ensign of six months' standing should be guilty of it. *Fourthly, the commander-in-chief observes that ' the assistant adjutant-general of the division never seems thoroughly to have known how or by whom the prisoner was placed in arrest. The prisoner was left in uncertainty ; and it may be said, with out exaggeration, that he subsided into arrest, through a number of authorities, no one of which gave a distinct and positive order. This is not the manner in which the duties of staff officers should be carried on. As it is their business to superin tend others, so it is quite impossible for error and danger to the service to be avoided, if staff officers permit themselves to be thus inexact in the execu tion of their office. The commander-in-chief gives the officers com posing this army, whether belonging to the service of her Majesty or the Honourable Company, fairly to understand that he will have discipline enforced in all ranks. It is more than probable that much of the calamity from which the state is now suffer ing results • from general slackness in the per formance of painful duty on the part of the officers of the army. His excellency is determined to vin dicate the discharge of military duty, and he calls on all commanding officers of divisions, brigades, and regiments resolutdly to support him. Staff officers will not be retained in their posts whenever lukewarmuess can be proved against them. EAST INDIA MARKETS. BOMBAY, Nov. 2. The English mail from London, of the 26th Sept., reached Bombay early in the morning of Thursday, the 22d October, per Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Bombay. Our money market during the fortnight has, we may say, been without change, but as the season for exports is now opening up, money wit be in more request for legitimate purposes than it has been for some months past, and we may therefore look for higher rates of interest to prevail. At present bank rates of interest remain as formerly reported. Gjvernm"nt securities contiene depressed. We quote fours at 79'„ and fives 90 to 91. Our 1 teal joint-stuck shares have, if anything, slightly improved. IMPORTS.—Cotton Piece Goode—The business tran sacted during the fortnight under report has been to a certain extent at former prices, with but slight varia tions ; the stocks are now at a low ebb, and the holders remain firm, expecting a further advance and increased activity. Grey T cloths have improved in price ; grey domestics are in good demand ; and grey madapollams and jacconets have remained firm. Bleached and Fancy Goods.—There is no important change to be noticed in these staples' Yarns—Both mule and water have been in good favour, as well as green and orange yarn, and a further advance in the prices has taken place. EXPORTS.—Cotton. —The prices remained steady for a time after the almost extraordinary advance noticed iu our last ; but within the last week they have appa rently given way a little, and there has been a alight decline in our last quotations. Opium.—There have been no transactions during the fortnight, and the rates have declined to from Rs. 1,470 to 1,475 for both Indore and Mai:l(llo.er. Excbange.—Remitters bought frerly on arrival of the Chita mail at 24 1 7 I to 2s id 13-16 t, but latterly the rate for first-class paper advanced to 2s ld 15.16 I. Local drawn bills have sold for 2s id 15-16 d to 2s 20. On China 60 days' sight Re. 222-223. On Calcutta sight Rs. 101. Oa Madras 30 days' sight Rs. 100. CALCUTTA, OCT. 21. at Pekin thrtt the "barbarians" are not only in earnest but acting in unison. By many it is expected that the city will be in the hands of the British force:, within two uiontbs. The Chinese officials appear to be making active irepararions for defence, and it is said that more: than three hundred war junks are being built near Canton. Lord Elgin is living on board the Ava, which vessel will accompany the fleet up to Canton ; the ; naval and diplointtic powers being close at hand. A French bishop has ben decapitated in Cochin China, and a great many Christians murdered. No less than 57 men of war were in the China seas on the 15th of October. Thirty-seven were British, fourteen French, three American, two. Portuguese, and one Dutch. The commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., arrived at Hong-Kong on the 2d of October, from the Canton river, in the steam tender Coromandel, Lieut.-Commander S. Doug las. His flag-ship, Calcutta, was at Hong-Kong, - with the Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart ; Sampson, 6, paddle, Captain G. S. Hand ; Inflexible, 6, paddle, Capt. Corbet ; Elk,. 12, Commander Hamilton ; and Bittern, tender, Lieutenant Commander Downes. The ve-sels in the river were stationed as fol lows :---Cruiser, 17, screw, Commander C. Fel lows ; and Acorn, 16, Commander Hood, at Sixty- . six Point. Highflyer, 21, screw, Capt. Shadwell, C. 8., at Hamilton Creek ; Esk, Captain Sir R. M'Clure, at Escape Creek; Sibylle, 40, Commo dore Hon. C. J. B. Elliot, at Tiger Island ; Tribune, 21, screw, Captain Edgell, at Chuenpee. The gun-boats always on the move. Things in the river were dull. Some of the officers of the Highflyer and Elk, out for a pleasure trip, captured a pirate boat mounting three guns. Three screw gun-boats, Algerine, Lieutenant Forbes ; Slaney, Lieutenant Hosken ; and Lee, Lieutenant Graham, arrived at Heng Kong, Oct. 1,2, and 5, respectively. The following promotions and appointments had recently occurred in the fleet :—The senior lieu tenant of the Hornet, who was made commander for Fatshan, to the Calcutta, flag ship ; Lieutenant Beamish, from the flyg ship, to be naval aide-de camp to the Earl of Elgin ; Lieutenant Downes, to command thsi Bittern, tender, vice Goodenough, to the Calcutta; Dr. Telfer, to be surgeon of the Nankin, 50, vice Somerville, invalided ; Lieu tenant Curme, to the Sybille, 40 ; Lieutenant Pauli, to command the Haughty, screw gun-boat, vice Hamilton, who had the blank commander's commission sent to the admiral to be given to any lieutenant. Commander Hamilton, it will be re membered, was the first officer in the Fatsham Creek on the Ist of Juno. Commander Hamilton It ft Hong Kong in the Norna for England. Lieu tenant Winniatt, to command the Plover, screw gun-boat ; Lieutenant Hallo was, to command the Bustard, screw gun-boat ; and Lieutenant Riley, to the Esk. The commander-in-chief of the French naval forces, Rear-Admiral Genouilly, arrived at Hong Kong, Oct. 14, in his frigate, Audacieuse, 50. It was announced that the gallant and distin guished discoverer of the North-West Passage, Captain Sir R. M'Clure, of the Esk, 21, screw, would be obliged to throw no his command in co n sequence of ill health. Commander Hamilton would be transferred to the Esk, and Lieutenant Dawkins, of the Calcutta, would take command of the Elk, 12. The court-martial on the commander of the gun boat Dove, referred to in my last letter, has termi nat,:d in the complete acquittal of that officer, and c. itninal proceedings will be taken against the ac cusers, for their foul conspiracy to ruin the reputa tion of a young and worthy officer. Her Majesty's steam g unboats Clown and Janus arrived at Singapore from England on the 13th, and sailed for Hong Kong on the 17th inst. The Hesper steam storeship arrived on the 15th. Many fears were entertained for the above vessels, but happily all the gunboats have arrived, having passed the Cape in severe weather, and proved. themselves good sea-boats. The Imperador, which arrived on the 17th, made the passage from Plymouth to Singapore in 65 days, including five days' detention at Madeira ; she has on board 550 of the Royal Mario es. Our produce market has been in the same state as before. Supplies are still limited, and operations have been comparatively small, excepting jute, in which a fair amount of business has been done, and large sup plies are coming down from the districts. The import market has been somewhat more favour. able, particularly as regards mule twist and grey cottons, which have been in fair request, principally for Eastern Bengal for the annual fair, which generally takes place in tie latter end of October or beginning of November. A large quantity of grey goods have been shipped for China, which have greatly reduced the heavy stocks here. Some speculative transactions in anticipation of orders have taken place in grey skirtings of heavy makes at an improvement of 4to 6 annas per piece. Bleached cottons, both heavy and light, are in limited operation. The money market has bean somewhat easier since the report of the fall of Delhi, and the consequent restoration of confidence, especially amongst the native shroff4, also, owing to large remit'ancee of bullion lately received from home. Government securities have itn- proved in value, but there have been few buyers or sellers since our last. Present quotations are —Sicca 4 per cent., at 22 to 24 per cent. di-count ; Company's 4 per cent., at 22 to 23 ditto ; New 5 per cent., at 10 to 11 ditto. Exchange on London.—The rate for fir,t-class bills opened at 2 2i, and has advanced to 2 21. Thebusiness done for the mail has not been extensive. CHINA. PT EP.A.RATION FOR THE CAPTURE OF CANTON. HONG KONG, OCT. 16. The departure of the steamer Aden with the mails to England has been postponed from 2 p.m. of the 15th to the same hour to-day, owing to the arrival of the Ottowa two days hence with the mails from Englaeld of August 26, and to enable the Hong Keng folk to answer the lettere. The arrangements of Lord Elgin are pretty well made up. The delay caused by his lordship's trip to India has turned out somewhat fortunate, inas much as the failure of the Russian envoy to open any communication with the Emperor at Pekin has saved our ambassador the chagrin of a similar, per haps -worse, reception. The Emperor has declared his innperial will to see no representative of any barbaxian power. All chance of negotiation having been.. cut off, Lord Elgin has concerted measures with. his Excellency the naval commander-in-chief fur -: he assault and capture of the city of Canton this important post in our hands, the Emperor may be induced to change hia mind. As far as I ant able, to learn, it would appear that the Admiral has arr.miged with the whole a,vailab!e force to move up to . Canton on the 31st of the current month, and it iis. :said that the French forces will co-operate ; in 'de ad, it is thought that the Russian 'Admiral Pon • tiAttine will also offer hia aid; to conTinco tho court CHINA MARKETS. SHANGHAI!, Oct. B.—The business in imports has bees on a far smaller scale, importers generally appearing to bold fur an advance. In exports a large business has been done at reduced prices. Raw Silk.—The unfavourable advices from the home markets, received per several successive mails, have effecied a decline in price of about TB. 30 to 35 on our last quotations of the 9th ult. This decline has induced buyers to enter the market more freely. Export to date, 30,594 hales, against 32,643 last year. Teas.—The settlements of the past month have been extremely large, but prices have not manifested any cbavg , ), though nominally somewhat lower, yet as the quality of the stock on hand was inferior they may be con-idered uneanged. Exchange on London bad advanced to Ga I.ld, and, as was the case last month, declined again to 6s 8d to 6s 9d for first-class paper. Freights dull, and stock of tonnage abundant. We quote to London, 3/. to 31. 103 fortes', end W. 104 to -61. for silk. THE LJUNCH OF THE LEVIATHAN. A third, and we are happy to say, successful attempt was made on Saturday partially to launch the Leviathan, which is now considerably advanced on her way to the water. The inter tion to effect the launch was kept a still closer secret than the second attempt, and even the workmen in the yard were scarcely aware of the inten th n until the ship bad stoved some distance. Since the last occasion the buttresses of the hydraulic ram had been considerably strengthened, and every precaution was taken to prevent anything like disappointment again occurring. The operations commenced about a quarter past ten, under the direction of Mr. Brunel and Captain liarriean. Their first efforts were directed to get the head of the ship in a line with the stern, the fore part being about 25 inches in advance of the stern towards the water. Tue hydraulic presses were applied, and in less than a minute the huge ship began gradually to move, and in the course of half an hour she had got into a straight position, having moved rather more than two feet forward. Tee more difficult task of forcing her down the ways was then commenced, and the strength ened buttresses for the hydraulic rams proved fully equal to the pressure brought to bear upon them. The four powerful hydraulic presses were simultaneously put into action, and a strain put upon the chains. The ship • almost immediately obeyed the immense power which bore upon her, and began to move gently down, a little snore than an inch a minute. One of the mooring chains gave way at an early period, but this did not in the least effect the progress of the ship. The presses and chains were kept in lull play, and the ship continued her move ment down the ways. At two o'clock she had moved bodily seven feet two inches, in addition to the two feet she bad progressed forward at her bows. The operations were continued until half-past four, Ly which time the ship had enoved altogether 15 feet 4 inches forward, and 13 feet aft, having travelled squally stem and stern. Ater the vessel had moved a short distance, the iron ways were carefully examined, and it was found that on the spot on which the ship had rested for so long, the metal had not become in the least laminated, and that the supposed friction of the two opposing iron surfaces had been greatly exaggerated. There was a very strong opinion prevalent, after the failure of the second attempt, that the cradle had become friction bound, and the coun tenances of Mr. Brunel and Capt. Harrison were seen to brighten considerably when the Leviathan gave an indication of vitality, and moved the first inch on its course. The progress of the vessel was so complete l y under control, and so gradual, that its advance could not be distinguished except by the most minute obser valion. The plan adopted for recording the progress was is very simple one. A long board at the stem and another at the stern, placed parallel with the ways, was marked in inches, and men stationed at each end " scored" the slow and otherwise imperceptible motion of the huge mass as it moved onward. The entire dis tance to be travelled on the ways is about 300 feet, and it is expected that on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning next the Leviathan will be safely moored off Deptford dockyard. The operations will be resumed this morning, and continued without intermission until the work is completed. [ADTRITISEMENT.) 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