The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA MAIL. [A portion of the following appeared in our late edition of Saturday evening :—] - - - We have received our advices from Calcutta to Oct. 8, and Madras Oct. 14. In the Bengal Hurkarn, of Oct. 8, we read : " No sooner was the good news at Delhi received in Calcutta than it was followed up by good news from Lucknow. It had been known some days be fore that General Havelock's force had again crossed the Ganges, and advanced into Oude. It was ac companied by Sir J. Outram, who upon this occa sion waived his superior rank, with a magnanimity which does him high honour, and left to Gene ral Havelock the command of the expedition and the glory of the achievement. Sir James accom panied the force in his civil capacity, as Chief Commissioner of Oude, and served as a volunteer. In this character he did good service with the Volunteer Cavalry, and charged the enemy in a prelintinary engagement, with a dash and daring worthy of his best days. On the 25th the relief of Luckncw was accomplished. The telegraphic de spatches are very obscurely worded, but the main facts are apparent enough. Baleeguard was first relieved by General Outram, and advances were then steadily made against the city ; seven guns were captured, and the right quarter was in our possession. On the same day the force under Gen. Havelock, consisting of 2,000 men of all arms, the remainder being in occupation of Alambagh, forced their way into the city under serious opposition, skirting it to the right, to avoid the enemy's de fence. The road to the residency was also much opposed,' but this place, where the brave garrison had so long held out with danger and endurance which have yet to be fully described, was reached in the evening—just in time, so says the despatch ; for it appeared that two mines, all ready for loading, had been run far under the chief works, which, if sprung, must have placed the garrison at the mercy of the rebels. The loss on our side, as at Delhi, is described as severe. As at Delhi, it in cluded one who could be least spared ; the gallant General Neill is among the fallen. " A great deal of discontent has been expressed at an order of government for the removal of all women and children from the Central Provinces, and the brin g ing them down to Calcutta. It was directed that the magistrates of the respective dis tricts should see the order enforced, and if neces sary should do so by the aid of the military autho rity. This would have been a very excellent mea sure some months ago, and would have saved many lives. Now it is too late, and there has been a general disposition to resist its operation. Most of The persons concerned are in poor circumstances and could not be supported by their families away from their homes, and in Calcutta they would have but a doubtful claim upon the fund which is intended for refugees in actual distress—even if the fund were sufficient to provide for them all. The government have at last abandoned the scheme. " There has been an important meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, a large majority of the mem bers of which has decided in favour of supporting the petitionto Parliament sent home by Mr. Meade. The chairman and members of the committee in consequence resigned, with the exception of one gentleman. This decided declaration of opinion has given great satisfaction to the non-official class of Europeans, of which the Chamber of Commerce contains so many influential members. " The following are the Bank rates : Closing rates, at 6 months' sight 2s. 21d. 90 days' eight for best Credit and Bank Bills." The Calcutta Englishman, of Oct. 8, says : " It is feared that a considerable portion of those so long shut up iu the Residency have perished either by accident or disease. It is also stated that General Havelock's orders being to retain Luck now, he has been unable to bring away the sur viving non-combatants, as the number of insurgents is so great that a large force is required either for moving from the city or holding it. A correspondent of the Hurkaru writes as follows from the entrenched camp at Cawnpore SEPT. 30. " By mid-day of the 22d, the " tail" of an army —and I can assure you the tail of an army of 3,000 Europeans is a long one—had disappeared. Since that day no vestige of news from them has reached us. They ploughed away through the tide of rebellion which overflows Oude, but the waves have closed again and we have no means of hearing from them or communicating with them. Yesterday 100 men, natives sent to hold Oonao and keep the Lucknow road open, were cut up by the rebels almost to a man. To-day our cos side have returned with no news !' We have heard heavy firing, and it is rumoured that they have reached L ucknow—but nothing is certain. Yesterday the superintendent of police at Bithoor was murdered by the rebels and several of our po lice also slaughtered. Will our rulers dara still to talk of mercy ? More to-morrow. . _ " OCT. 1. " While I write, the cannon from the ramparts of our entrenched camp are making the banks of the Ganges reverberate with a salute in honour of the fall of Delhi, and its miscreant royalty. No sooner was it known that the salute announced the fall of that Mussulman stronghold, than the soldiers, the convalescent; and the in numerable natives congregated within the camp assembled, and three rattling cheers were given, and mutual congratulations were exchanged on both sides. I hear that our loss was very heavy-1,400 men, it is said----but whether that includes the wounded or not, I am unable to learn. When the cossid left Delhi our officers were taking their breakfast in the Dewan khans, or Halt of Audience, and the soldiers were feasting in the rooms below. The king and the Shah-lead:he are in our hands, and it is to be hoped that a right royal hanging match will soon teach the Delhites that the British raj is not quite gone. Scarcely was the ink dry with which I wrote the foregoing paragraph than a second salute announced that Lucknow was in our hands. It seems that although many cossids have been despatched from Geo. Havelock's camp, the enemy have kept up such a strict blockade in therear of hisforce that to pass was impossible. Even now they are in great force at Oonao or Basratjunj, and we expect to move out to-night with 300 men and two guns to escort provisions intended to meet them on the road. We fear the force must be running short, as they took with them only fifteen days' provisions, and ten days have already elapsed. Under the able superintendence of Captain Impey our fortifications are fast progressing towards com pletion. We have a large number of guns mounted and ammunition galore, and we are training some of our aptest infantry men as gunners, that being a branch of the service in which we are short of hands. Our sick are very rapidly decreasing, and daily our strength numerically is increasing ; and, although we know that the rebels are gathering in hordes in the rear of Bithoor and the surrounding villages, still we feel almost as secure from attack as you do in Calcutta. The day after to-morrow I ex pect we shall welcome our brave fellows and long suffering countrymen from Lucknow. Bat it has cost us dear, very dear, for the odds against us were tremendous. The moment I can obtain de tails you shall have them." The despatches describing the relief of Lucknow, published by the Calcutta papers, are those pub lished with the intelligence from Bombay. COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, OCT. 8. Since the annual Hindoo holidays we have not heard of any transaetione in indigo. Nothing doing in sugar for the English markets, and value lower. Saltpetre dull, with declining prioee. No change in rice. Very little doing in silk, and nothing iu silk piece goods. Oil seeds rather easier. Shell lac remains unaltered. Lac dye depressed. Jute has declined, owing to large sup plies. Castor oil in good request. No safflower or clutch in the market. In on r import market there has been some demand for British cotton pieo especially grey shirting% jaconets, and madap o iT a r d. ' In metals scarcely any thing has been done, value of almost all descriptions braeoinnnominal. The position of the if not more, unfavourable than at the date oinsfienorticireltalsst.", resumption of Exchange—On London, business few transactions have takeen thel m ac e e n b tle t ' _sight at slightly lower rates. We quote first-class six ') cre dits at 21 2id to 2s 2d, and documents at 2-3 id to 2-3ild per rupee. Freights—The rates, though lower, have not decline d to the extent that wa s antici p ated at the close of the la s t mail. F. )r London and Live r p ool we have littl e dead weight offering, but ships have experienced no want of jute and seeds, which have been freely offering at 31. 2s Gd to 3s 5d for London. CHINA. The Overland China Mail of Sept. 25 says : 7 - " 14 Hong Kong the great event of the fortnight has been the re-arrival of Lord Elgin, and specula tions have bee n r if e as t o hi s i n t en d e d proceedings. Whatever course he may deem it proper to pur sue, one thing we b eg earnest l y to pro t es t ag ainst _viz., the partial blockade of the river novr en forced by Admiral Seym our , an d w hi c h i s d r i v i n g a way from this colony all th e littl e t ra d e it eve r possessed. The injuries is is doing become more i appirrnt every day, and it would a l mos t seem as if the Chinese bad entered into a combination to have no business transactions whatever with Hong Kong while the present state of affairs continues." DESPATCH FROM GENERAL WILSON. (FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF SATURDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 14.) Head Quarters, Field Force, Delhi. Sept. 15, 1857. TO CAPTAIN W. H. NORMAN, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT- THE StJN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER l6, 1857. the look-out for land. The third mate was on the forecastle with the two men, and the second mate was afterwards sent there also. The captain sang out, `Do you see anything of the North Head ?" and the mate said 'No ; I see nothing of it.' I was on the poop at this time standingby the braces. She had the light a bit on her port bow when I saw it at this time. Then the captain sung out to the man at the wheel to keep his Tuff ; the yards were about a yard or so to port. I heard these words—it was done. The course of the ship was changed a small bit by this. Shortly after this the second mate sang out, " Breakers ahead." This was a few minutes after. The captain sang out to the man at the wheel to port his helm. We were all at the braces. He told us to haul in the port braces, and brace the yards sharp up. It was done, and done quickly, without delay. There were 13 able seamen in each watch. There was no want of hands. We were well manned, and we could see the light ; it appeared right over us. I heard no further orders given. A few minutes after we hauled the yards round—about two minutes after—she went side on to the rock 4. She was try ing to stretch out to the eastward, her head lying along the land to the north ; then we struck." On Friday, the 21st of August, at half-past seven in the morning, a pilot first discovered that a vessel had been wrecked near the lighthouse. Capt. Wise man, of the steam-ship Grafton, entered the Heads at half-past nine o'clock the same morning, 'and from the floating fragments about the Heads saw that a vessel had gone ashore and had been wrecked, and brought to Sydney the alarming tidings at 10 o'clock. The state of the weather prevented the signals from the Heads being seen at the Sydney. station, and thus no information of the disaster had reached the city at that hour. Without delay many persons proceeded to the wreck. Public vehicles were engaged, and hundreds, notwithstanding the state of the weather, went on foot to the scene of the disaster, six miles from Sydney. An awful spectacle presented itself before their eyes. The waves, agitated with the fury of storm, threw the mutilated bodies of the dead upon the rocks—now bearing them back into the deep, and now hurling them back again on the crest of the wave. A steamer proceeded down the harbour shortly after the re port of the wreck, and obtained complete evidence that the lost vessel was the Dunbar (a mail-bag and a cask both marked " Dunbar"), and not, as sup posed by some, a North American vessel, or by others, the Vocalist, an emigrant ship then due, and since safely arrived. The agents of Government, Capt. Pockley of the harbour department, the police, and the members of the pilot establishment, commenced an active search to rescue and guard whatever might be floated to the shore; Capt. Denham, and several officers of the Royal Navy, assisted in this task. The violence of the surf prevented their approaching the scene of the wreck. The weather continued boisterous and waves rolled with unabated force, and deafen ing noises continued to dash against the cliffs. Seve ral bodies were carried by the current into Middle and North Harbours. Johnson has given a clear account of his own preservation. He states that the inizenmast went first, and then the mainmast ; that he was on the poop when the vessel struck, and was thrown down. He then caught hold of a stanchion ; when that gave way he made for the cabin, but the rushing in of the water prevented his passing through, as he intended. He then went below, and got out of the skylight to leeward, and up the aide of the chain plates of the fore-rigging. These being broken, he was thrown over, holding by the chain-plates which held some of the fore-planks together. Johnson re members that several seamen were near him ; one (the old boatswain) who said to him, "We shall have a watery grave." Johnson having found himself on a shelf of the rock, was enabled to obtain some shelter behind a projection, and there he slept. When the morning broke, he saw the wreck and the bodies of his late companions. He endeavoured to make signals, but was undiscovered. He uttered cries, but the boil ing ocean prevented them being heard. A careful search was, however, making. Every spot was oc cupied by spectators where there was a chance of seeing any object below. At last a cry was heard— " There is a man upon the rocks." A rope was lowered without delay. After some failures it was brought within his reach. There was danger from the projection of the rocks, but having entwined the rope with seaman's skill around him, he gave the signal, and ha was drawn up some 200 feet, and was received by the crowd with cries of gratulation and joy. He had passed about 30 hours upon the rocks. Johnson is a native of Drogheda, Ireland ; he is about 23 years of age. After his rescue an incident occurred such as always excites the enthusiasm of an English people. It was reported that there were other persons upon the rocks. It was impossible to approach them by sea. An adventurous Icelander, Antoine Wollier, an apprentice to a jeweller in Sydney, offered to descend. He was lowered by a rope from that dread ful height, and continued more than half an hour in his search. Nothing was discovered, and Wollier was drawn up in safety, amidst the shouts of the crowd. The mayor of Sydney, at the suggestion of Captain Loring, of her Majesty's ship Iris, opened a subscription on the spot, and presented him with 101. as an acknowledgment of his intrepidity. In answer to the congratulations of the mayor, he said, "he did not go down for money, but for the feel ings of his heart." A considerable sum has been added by the merchantsto this subscription. A large quantity of goods, broken and shattered, were cast upon the shore. Some were articles of dress. There was also a piece of crotchet work, with the needle and reel of cotton attached, a num ber of children's toys, and a small hat with a feather in it, recognised by Johnson as having been worn by a child on board the Dunbar in the tropics. There wore also found a few fragments of dress, marked with the names of the owners. An inquest was held on the 24th, at which John son's evidence, part of which we have given above, was taken ; and the jury returned a verdict, in which they say—" There may have been an error of judg,ment in the vessel being so close to the short) at night in such bad weather, but the jury do not at tach any blame to Capt. Green or his officers for the loss of the Dunbar." At the same time th , 3y call attention to the inadequacy of the pilot arrange ments of the port of Sydney. _ A ratker eager controversy as to the course adopted by Captain Green seems to have taken place in Sydney. A Lumber of captains of vessels in the port signed a circular to the effect that they consi dered his bearing up for the port quite judicious, while other nautical authorities are of opinion that he should have stood out to sea. The Sydney .Herald states that several plans had been suggested since the wreck for the better lighting of the har bour. The following is a list of the Dunbar's passengers -Chief Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. A Meyer and six children, Miss J. Wake, Mr. and Mrs. K. Waller and six children, Miss S. Fothergill, Miss E. King, Mr. C. Troughton, Mr. and Mrs. Mylne, Misses A. and E. Mylne, Mr. A. D. James, Mr. F. Tindal, Mr. C. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Culnac, Mrs. Egan, son and daughter, Mr. Simmons, Mr. M'Quoid, Mr. and Mrs. Peek, Mr. Downey, Misses Hunt (2), Capt. Steane, R.N., Mr. Severn, Mr. Levein, Miss Logan and two' Masters Logan, and Air. Cuthbert. Intermediate : Mrs. Debell, Mrs. J. Berry, Miss Graham, Messrs. W. Byron, J. Holl, Wiesmer, E. Hill, W. Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Clark and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Saint, Mrs. Brown and child, Mrs. Annan and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Healing and three children, and Mr. and Mrs. Strange. We feel certain that Messr4. Devitt and Moor e , b ro k ers to this fine vessel, will give every information that lies in their power to the relatives or friends of any of the unfortunate passengers. The following is the list of the crew :-Captain Jaiaes Green, of London, commander ; Mr. James Banks Shuthers, 26, of Aberdeen, first mate ; Mr. James Spence, 24, of Orkney, second mate ; Mr. John Pascoe, 18 Cornwall, third mate ; Mr. Alex ander Fraserßayne, 28, of London, surgeon ; George du Veenet, 16, S ou thampton, midship m an ; William B. Willia ms 16 Newport, midshipman ; Thomas D. Kay, 14 'Hav'on, m idshipman ; A. D. Heisch, 17, London:midshipman ; G eor g e Groom, 19, Walwor th) midshipman ; Jam es Ward, 30, London stewa r d ; S amue l Wood Simper, 23 , London, caddy servan t • Robert Payne , 20, Nor folk, cuddy servant ; Richard Lee, 24, Ireland, cuddy servant ; William Snowdon, 37, York, car penter ; John Ki ng, 37 , L on don, boatswain ; John Jack, 26, Edinb urg h, coo k ; Peter Addison, 24 , Musselborough, coo k' s ma te ; James : Kent , butcher's Parks, 34, Louden, butcher ; G eo . Fi s h, 19 mate ; C. Hopp er 20, L o ndon, midshipman's servant ; Robert Smith, 34, York, quartermaster and A. 8.; R. Deaun ess , 31 O r kney, quartermaster and A.B. ; J. Lewis, 37, Gibraltar, quarte rmaster and A.B. ; J. Alger, 23 London, sailmaker ; T. Chap pell, 40, London, A.B. ; F. Smith, 23, London, A.B. ; A. Manr ow , 32 Sweden, A.B. ; R. Wood worth, 28, Sweden,-A.8.; W. Lobb, 39, Plymouth, ; B. B. Williams G. 21, Kent, A.B. ; C. Lup pel, 36, Kent, A.B . ; Lemar, 34, Kent, A.B. ; J. Colston, 46, Kent, A.B. ; I. Anise, 24, Finland, A. B. ; J. Whiffin, 24 London, A.B. ; J. Pra y er, 3'6, Arundel, A. 8.; A. , Hoine, 24, Hamburg, A.B. ; rf. Bey, 31, Hamburg, A.B. ; J. M‘Giv ereen, 26, Liverpool, A.B. ; J. Douglas, 21, Limerick, A. 8.; D. Knox, 40, Bunk Island, A.B. ; J. Gray, 27 , Gloucester, A.B. ; W . Home, 23, Orkney, A.B. ; W. Miller, 31, Gneuock, A. B. ; J. Auchter wind, 19, St. Andrews, O.S. ; J. H. Cummins, 16, 10, - quay, U.S. ; J. Bruce, 25, carpenters' matJ ; W. Mackay, 25, ship's steward ; C. S. Grant, London, apprentice ; J. M‘Guffie, London, apprentice ; T. Home, Plymouth, apprentice ; F. Watts, Sydney (N. S. W.), apprentice; J. Allan, Plymouth, dAte. GENERAL OF THL► ARMY. Sir,—l have the high satisfaction of reporting, for the information of the Major-General command ing in the upper provinces, and through him of his excellency the Commander-in-Chief and of Govern ment, that on the morning of the 14th instant the force under my command successfully assaulted the city of Delhi. Under the present circumstances, Major-General Gowan will, I trust, allow me to withhold for a time a full and complete detail of the operations from their commencement to their close, and to limit myself to a summary of events. After six days of open trenches, during which the Artillery and Engineers, under their respective commanding officers, Major Gaitskell and Lieu tenant-Colonel Baird Smith, vied with each other in pressing forward the work, two excellent and most practicable breaches were formed in the walls of the place, one in the curtain to the right of the Cashmere bastion, the other to the left of the Water bastion, the defences of those bastions and th 6 parapets giving musketry cover to the enemy com. mending the breaches having also been destroyed by the artillery. The assault was delivered on four points. The first column,, under Brigadier J. Nicholson, con sisting of her Majesty's 75th Regiment (300 men), the Ist European Bengal Fusiliers (200 men), and the 2d Punjaub Infantry (450 men), assaulted the main breach, their advance being admirably covered by the Ist Batt. of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, under Colonel J. Jones. The operation was crowned with brilliant success, the enemy, after severe resistance being driven from the Casumere bastion, the main guard, and its vicinity, in complete rout. The second column, under Brigadier Jones, of her Majesty's 61st Regiment, consisting of her Ma jesty's Bth Regiment (250 men), the 2d European Bengal Fusiliers (250 men), and the 4th Regiment of Sikhs (350 men), similarly covered by the 60th Rifles, advanced on the Water bastion, carried the breach, and drove the enemy from his guns and position, with a determination and spirit which gave me the highest satisfaction. The third column, under Col. Campbell, of her Majesty's 52d Light Infantry, consisting of 200 of his own regiment, the Kumaoa battalion (250 men), and the Ist Punjaub Infantry (500 men), was directed against the Cashmere gateway. This column was preceded by an explosion party, under Lieuts. Home and Salkeld, of the Engineers, covered by the 60th Rifles. The demolition of the gate having been accomplished the column forced an entrance, overcoming a strenuous opposition from the ene my's infantry and heavy artillery, which had been brought to bear on the position. I cannot express too warmly my admiration of the gallantry of all concerned in this difficult operation. The reserve, under Brigadier Longfield, her Ma jesty's Bth Regiment, composed of her Majesty's 61st Regiment (250 men), the 4th Regiment Rifles (450 men), the .Belooch battalion (300 men), the Jheend. Rajah's Auxiliaries (300 men), and 200 of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, who joined after the as sault had been made, awaited the result of the at tack, and on the columns entering the place took possession of the posts I had previously assigned to it. This duty was ultimately performed to my en tire satisfaction. The firm establishment of the reserve rendering the assaulting column free to act in advance, Bri gadier-General Nicholson, supported by Brigadier Jones, swept the ramparts of the place from the Cashmere to the Cabul gates, occupying the bas tions and defences, capturing the guns, and driviLg the enemy before him. During the advance Brigadier-General Nicholson was, to the grief of myself and the whole army, dangerously wounded. The command consequently devolved on Brigadier Jones, who, finding the enemy in great force, occupying and pouring a destructive fire from the roofs of strong and com manding houses in the city on all sides, the ram parts themselves being enfiled by guns, prudently resolved on retaining possession of the Cabul gate, which bis troops had so gallantly won, in which he firmly established himself awaiting the result of the operations of the other columns of occupation. Colonel Campbell, with the column under Ms command, advanced successfully from the Cash mere gate by one of the main streets beyond the ' " Chandee Chouk," the central and principal street of the city towards the Jumma Musjid, with the intention of occupying that important post. The opposition, however, which he met from the great concentration of the enemy at the Jumma Musjid and the houses in the neighbourhood—no himself, I regret to state, being wounded—satisfied him that his most prudent course was not to maintain so advanced a position with the compsratiTe!y limited force at his disposal, and he accordingly withdrew the head of his column and placed him self in communication with the reserve, a measure which had my entire approval ; I having previously determined that, in the event of serious opposition being encountered in tha town itself, it would be most, inexpedient to commit my small force to a succession of street fights, in which their gallantry, discipline, and organisation could avail them so little. My present position, therefore, is that which, under such a contingency, I had resolved to occupy and establish myself in firmly, as the base of my systematic operations for the complete possession of the city. This embraces the magazine on one and the Cabul gate on the other, with the Moree, Cashmere, and Water bastions, and strong intermediate posts with secure communication along the front and to the rear. From this base I am now cautiously pressing the enemy on all points, with a view to establishing myself in a second advanced position, and I trust before many days to have it in my power to an nounce to the supreme government, that the enemy have been driven from their last stronghold in the palace, fert, and streets of the city of Delhi. Simultaneously with tkt operations above de tailed, an attack was made on the enemy's strong position outside the city, in the suburbs of Kissen gunge and Pahareepore, with a view of driving in the rebels, and supporting the main attack by effecting an entrance at the Cabal gate after it should be taken. The force employed on this difficult duty I en trusted to that admirable officer, Major C. Reid, commanding the Sirinoor battalion, whose distin guished conduct I have already had occasion to bring prominently to the notice of supericv autho rity, and who was, I much regret, severe y wounded on this occasion, His column consi,te.l of his own battalion, the Guides, and the men on duty at Hindoo Itao'a (the main picket), numbering in all about 1,000, supported by the auiliary troops of his Highness the Maharajah Rumbeir Singh, under Captain R. Lawrence. The strength of the positions, however, and the desperate resistance offered by the enemy, with stood for a time the efforts of our troops, gallant though they were, and the combination was unab'e to be effected. The delay, lam happy to say, has been only temporary, for the enemy have subse qu,ntly abandoned their positions, leaving their guns in our hands. In this attack I found it necessary to support Major Reid with Cavalry and Horse Attilery, bot h of which arms were admirably handled respectively by Brigadier Hope Grant, of H.M. 9th Lancers, commanding the cavalry brigade, and Major H. Tombs, of the Horse Artillery, who inflicted severe punishment on the enemy, though I regret their own loss was ♦ery heavy. The resistance of the'rebels up to this time has been that of desperate men, and to this must be attributed the severe loss we have sustained, amounting proximately, so far as I am able to judge, in the absence of casualty returns, to 46 offi cers killed and wounded, and about 800 men. Amongst those of whose services the state has been deprived are many officers of distinction and merit, holding superior commasds, whose places cannot be supplied ; and I have specially to lament the loss which has been sustained by that splendid corps, the Engineers, nine officers of that arm having fallen in the gallant performance of their duty. Until 1 am in possession of reports from brigadiers and other commanding officers I shall be unable to enter more fully into the details of these operations, and I trust the circumstances under which I write will excuse any slight inaccuracies or imperfections which my despatch may exhibit. The absence of such reports also prevents my bringing to notice the names of those officers and men who have specially distinguished themselves. This will be my grateful duty hereafter. But I can not defer the expression of my admiration for the intrepidity, coolness, and determination of all en gaged, Europeans and natives, of all arms of the service.—l have, &c., A. WILSON, Major-General, Commanding Field Force. GENERAL CH AMBERLAIN'S REPORT. —______ City of Delhi, Sept. 18, 1857. i FROM THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY TO THE OFFICER COMMANDI NG AT CAWNPORE. Sir, —On the afternoon of the 14th I d.espatched a messenger to you, intimating the sxceess of the am:Atilt in Delhi, which took place that morningot and that we held from the Cabul Gate to the C lege. Since then we have pushed on, and now occupy from the Cabul gate along the line of the canal, with our left holding the bank which opens on the Chand nee Chouk. The Magazine was breached during the 15th, and taken by assault at day-break on the 16th. You will understand from this that the mutineers occupy the Burn Bastion, and all that portion of the city to its south, excepting the bank ; they also still occupy the palace and Selimgurh, and have a camp pitched outside, near the Ajmere gate. The palace will be well breached as soon as we attain a suitable site for our battery, which we have not yet acquired. Our mortars have been brought into the town, and are shelling the palace. The guns taken on the works have also been turned upon the por tions of the town which are in possession of the mu- - tineers, which we are gradually pressing forwards. The usual license which invariably accompanies an assault of a large city has somewhat retarded our advance, but order is fast being restored. At first the mutineers offered obstinate resistance, but they have become less active. The townspeople are flying the city in crowds, and the mutineers themselves are deserting in large bodies, their cavalry, it is re ported, having almost entirely disappeared. We can get no good information as to the mutineers' line of retreat, but some say Gwalior. Few pass over the bridge. Their positions at Kissengunge were abandoned the day after the assault, seven guns beizig left behind in position. Our casualties on the day of assault were : Europeans, killed, 8 officers, 162 rank and file ; wounded, 52 officers, 510 rank and file. Natives, killed, 103 ; wounded, 310. Missing, 10 Europeans. Total, Europeans and natives, killed and wounded 1,145. The following officers killed :—Engineer, Lieut. Tandy, H.M. 75th ; Lieut. Fitzgerald, H.M. 52d. ; Lieut. Bradshaw, H.M. Bth ; Lieut. Webb, Ist Fusiliers ; Major Jacob. Capt. M'Bar net, 55th N. 1., doing duty ; Lieut, Davidson, 26th N. 1., doing duty with the 2d Punjaub Infantry ; Lieut. Murray, 42d N. 1., doing duty with Guides. Wounded—Artillery, Major Tombs, Lt. Lindsay ; Engineers, Lieuts. Greathead, Maunsell, Medley, Salkeld (dangerously), Chesney, Brownlow (danger ously), Ilovenden, Pemberton ; Local Ensign Gus tavinske, 6th Dragoons ; Capt. Rosser (mortally) 84th (doing duty with9th Lancers) ; Capt. Hon. A. Anson; Lieut. B. Cuppage, 6th Light Cavalry (doing duty with 9th Lancers)l; her Majesty's 75th Foot. Col. Herbert ; Lieuts. Armstrong, Watson, Day roll, 58th Native Infantry (doing duty with the 2d Fusiliers) ; Captain Hay, 60th Native Infantry (doing duty), dangerously ; Lieutenant Eldecton, Lieutenant Gambier, 38th Native Infantry (doing ditty), dangerously; Lieut. Walker, 60th Native Infantry (doing duty), her Majesty's Wild, Col. Campbell, Captain Bayley, Lieut. Atkinson, her Majesty's 60th Rifles ; Captain Waters, Lieutenant Curtis, Sirmoor Battalion ; Major C. Reid, her Majesty's Bth ; Lieut.-Col. Brooke, Major Bayne (dangerously) ; Captain Beere, Captain Sandilands, Lieut. Pogson (since dead) ; Lieut. Walker, Lieut. Mstge, her Majesty's 61st ; Captain Deacon, Lieut. Moore, Lieut. A. P.L. Young, Lieut. Jenkins, 57th Native Infantry, attaching to 4th Sikhs ; Brigadier- General Nicholson, dangerously, Ist Fusiliers; Capt. Greville, Capt. Caulfield, 3d Native Infantry (doing duty) ; Capt.Graydon, 16th Native Infantry (doing duty); Lieutenants Wemyss Owen, Lam bert, Woodcock, 55th Native Infantry (doing duty); Lieut. Speke, 65th Native Infantry (doing duty), Ist Punjaub Infantry; Lieut. Nicholson. 2d Pun jaub Cavalry (doing duty) ; Lieut. Shelley, 111 h Native Infantry (doing duty) ; Ensign Prior, local officer (doing duty), 2d Pimjaub Infantry ; Capt. Green, Lieut. Frankland, Madras Infantry ; 4th Punjaub Infantry, Lieut. Remfray (since dead), Guide Infantry, Lieut. Bond, 57th Native Infantry (doing duty). The following ordnance has been captured :—ln position and in the streets, 35 pieces of sorts ; in the inaga,zin.e, 171; total, 206. The amount of shot and shell is unlimited. I have communicated the contents of this to Government.—l am, &c., N. CHAMBERLAIN, Adjt.-Gen. of the Army. P. S.-19th. During the night we advanced our left to Abbott's house, and also Khan Mahomed's house. This gives us a strong position up to within 150 yards:of the palace walls. All our mortarsiare bearing upon the Jumma Musjid and the southern part of the town, which is being fast evacuated, the resistance becoming much less on our right ; weare also progressing by working through the houses. The King and royal family are said to have evacu ated the place and gone to the old fort outside the city to the south. Oar very small number makes it necessary to be cautious in taking possession of so large a city, for the great number we have of sick andwounded, and our loss on the day of the assault, have reduced us very much. This was too late to be sent yesterday. N. CHAMBELAIN. WRECK OF THE DUNBAR. LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY LIVES We gather from the Sydney Morning Herald of Sept. 10, the following particulars respecting the wreck of the Dunbar, which has already been an nounced : The Dunbar, the property of Messrs. Dunbar, of London, was built at Sunderland by Laing, for her owners, who aro celebrated for the extent of their mercantile marine. She was launched on the 30th Sept. 1853 ; she was of 1,980 tons burthen, and her registered tonnage 1,321 ; her dimensions were—length of keel per measurement, 201 feet 9 inches ; extreme breadth, 35 feet ; elepth of hold, 22 feet 7 inches ; height between decks, 7 feet 3 inches ; her timbers were British oak, and she was planked and decked with East India teak. Her masts, also of teak, were of enormous strength, the mainmast weighing 9 tons, the foremast 8 tons, and the mizen in proportion. The poop was 82 feet in length, and 7in height. Her cost whea fitted for the sea was 30,0001. ; all that remained of her was t.old, although within so short a distance from the city, for 1821. 10s. The Dunbaa was uninsured. The cargo of the Dunbar was estimat.'d at 72,0001. She sailed from Plymouth on the 31st of May. Her officers and crew were 59 in number, and she car ried 63 passengers. Every one on board, with the exception of one of the crew, perished in the waves, She had had up to the moment of the catastrophe a prosperous voyage. There had been no deaths, no sickness or disasters. She had not lost a spar or a rope. There were no hands on deck except the watch ; there was no alarm among the passengers or crew. On August 20th she sighted Botany Bay. John son, the sole survivor of the wreck, gives the fol lowing account of the subsequent working of the ship We carried the same sail throughout until we made the land at Botany. This was on the Thurs day evening. All hands saw the land distinctly. After the captain ordered us to close reef the top and we were close hauled to the wind. The wind was then about E. and by S. We were close to the wind and lyin g a b ou t N.E. and by N., and lying along the coast. At the time we made this land to the bast of my opinion we were about 10 or 12 miles off, and the ship had her starboard tacks aboard. We were under easy sail, sails having been shortened after we saw the land. We had on topgallant-sails, and we had three reefs in the main and four reefs in the fore-topsail. The mizen-top sail was stowed, and the spanker was brailed up. The inner jib, and the maintipmast-staysail, were taken in. The weather was squally with thick rain. When we made the land at Botany, we kept On our course. This was between 6 and 7 o'clock, and when night came on we still kept our course, and shortly afterwards we saw the Sydney light. I saw it about 7 o'clock, shortly after getting sup per. It was known to be the Sydney Bali light. The vessel was then lying her course about N.E. and by N. She was lying her course in that sort of manner that we had no difficulty—we had plenty of room. She was not at all labouring with the sail she had on. I know that she was making heal 7 lee way. It is my impression that she bad not gut enough sail on her to prevent her making this leeway. This was not said on board ship, but I think so. Captain Green was on the deck. They were not shaking the ship up into the wind, but keeping clear full. The captain was not conning the ship. The chief officer was on the poop likewise. The watch on deck went below according to orders, and were relieved at 8 o'clock. It was raining hard. The light was only seen at intervals, but distinctly. It is a revolving light. I was on deck at 8 o'clock, as I belonged to the chief officers' watch. The captain remained on deck when the watch was relieved, and gave or• ders the same as usual. Everything was attended to, and his orders were punctually obeyed. Every thing went straightforward, and there was no an noyance of any kind. All the men were quite cor rect and obeyed orders. We stood along the coast till we fetched the light up to the lee mizen rig ging. The vessel was not labouring ; she came to her helm willingly. One man was only at the wheel until we began to square yards, when two men were sent there. The lee mizen rigging was on the port side of the ship. The captain was on the wea ther side of the deck. He had no night glass, bat the second mate had a case of what ye call opera classes. When the light was brought to bear upon the lee mizen rigging all hinds were piped up by the boatswain. The hands turned up. The boat swain sung out for "all hands to wear ship.' These were the words that were passed along. The usual orders were given. When we came on deck We orders were given to square away the yards. got the orders to square away. After a short time the captain gave orders to haul up the foresail ; it was then reefed. The ship then kept before the wiud.. The light was clearly visible at limes. When the words were given to square the yards the light had previously been seen. The vessel was running in on a heavy sea. It was blowing very fresh in squalls, with thick small rain. It was about 11 o'clock when the bands were called up. There were two men on the fc.recastle, with the third mate, on TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. (From the Times.) A bargain—a most foolish and disadvantageous bargain, as it seems to us—has just been concluded by the British Government. it has been long evi dent that telegraphic communication with our Eastern possessions is necessary to the well-being of the empire, and many have been the criticisms on what seems the inexplicable delay in carrying out the great enterprise. At last, when the Indian mutiny is nearly over, we learn that the telegraph is to be constructed, but on such terms as must ' cripple the development of the system not only for a generation to come, but absolutely for ever—in all perpetuity. The Treasury have come to an agreement with the Austrian authorities that if the latter will make a submarine line from Ragusa to Alexandria the Br tish Government will use that and no other, will send all its telegrams by Ragusa to Alexandria, and will complete the telegraph from Suez to Kurrachee or Bombay. The obligation is, as we have said, in perpetuity, and therefore when this Austrian line is completed the Government will be unable to encourage, or even to sanction, any, other project which maybe formed to facilitate or extend communication. Now, we have nothing at all to say against the Austrian line and the use of it by our Government. On the contrary, we are very glad to see that Austrian enterprise in the Mediterranean is equal to such a plan as that of joining Trieste with Egypt. Nor have we any predilection for either of the two roads of telegra phic communication which have been advocated by projectors. For the last three or four years a war has been going on between the partisans of the Eu phrates Valley route and the Red Sea route The former party wish to carry the line from Constanti nople through Asia Minor, or from the coast of Syria into the interior, and in both cases to follow the course of the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf. The scheme has this advantage, that it would give the shortest line, and this drawback, that it would carry the wire through countries where as yet the authority of the Porte is limited, where the Kurds and Arabs are nearly independent, and where the line would consequently be unsafe unless a kind of blackmail were paid to the heads of a great num ber of tribes. The Red Sea route involves a vast quantity of submarine wire, the laying of which is difficult, while great expense is incurred by any breaking of the line. Still it has only nature and accidents to contend with. When once submerged in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, or the Indian Ocean it need fear nothing dem the bigotry and barbarism of neighbouring races. The stations may be fixed ,at Perim, or Aden, or sem() point near Muscat, and the line worked by our own authorities. This seems to us a fair statement of the respective merits of the two plans, and, should either or both be carried out, they might legiti mately receive support. But as yet neither party has effected anything. The Government has, how ever, adopted the Red Sea system, and is prepared to carry it out. If this were an isolated act we should have nothing to say. Out of two plans the Government would have selected one, and the other must be given up or executed by other means. It is when we find the Treasury declaring that this line from Suez to India shall he only used as a pendant to a certain line from Ragusa to Alexan dria, that we are obliged to step in and deneunce the bargain. Let Austria make her telegraph, and let us use it as long as we want it, but let not our freedom of action be limited. Undoubtedly, the projected Austrian line will be useful, and if it be con structed it may for some time be the principal means of communication between England and the East. 'But why should our Government promise to make it the only means ? Surely, the inter course between the United Kingdom and its greatest dependency onght not to be at the mercy of any foreign Power ? We presume that by this line messages to and fro will pass through Austria, Bavaria, Prussia, and Belgium, before they reach their destination. Can we not conceive circumstances arising which may break a communication which thus depends on the goodwill of each of a number of distinct sovereignties ? Surely, it would be only right to have more than one string to our bow. And not only from political reasons, but for the sake of economy, for the des patch of business, and to guard against accidents, it would be advisable to encourage the construction of several lines. The French have a wire to Africa, which may be extended along the coast to Alexan dria; the Turks are contemplating a line to Bagdad, and an English company has a concession for a sea line from Constamtinople to Egypt ; one or more of these schemes may be carried out, and it is the height of folly for the British Government before hand to debar itself by solemn treaty from the use of them. At the present crisis it is, no doubt, right to use any means which is likely to facilitate com munication with India, but this great advantage is indeed dearly bought when it limits the expansion of intercourse for an indefinite time to come. It is to be hoped that our Government will find some means of altering the terms of this most im provident agreement. ft is due to the political in terests of the country, to the private interests of individuals, to the great communities which will be affected by any deficiency in the means of trans mitting intelligence. We have not only ourselves to c ,nsider, but the inhabitants of all Europe and all Eastern and Southern Asia, not to mention the great colonies of the Antipodes. The line from Suez to India will connect the whole European and American system with regions which are every day entering more and more into close relations with ci vilised man. At what rate the progress for the future will be made must dept ndon circumstances which we cannot foresee ; but there is every reason to believe that a period of rapid development has begun in the Eat, and that in a few years commerce and po litical interests will grow to a magnitude of which there is now hardly a conception. This country is, of course, the Power which is most deeply inte rested, and which must play the most important part, and it is a most grievous mistake that our Go vernment should consent to weaken its authority and fetter its freedom of action by binding itself for ever to use but one line of co mmunication, and that line an Austrian line, which may be inter rupted by any change in the political relations of Central Europe. TWO HOURS OF ILLUSION. Such is the title of an entertainment which was produced last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms, her by Professor Wiljalba Fr ike l l, Ph y sician to Majesty the Empress of Russia, and afforded con siderable amusement to a numerous audience. The entertainment ie of the class-magic, the chief fea tures of which have been ma de familiar to the public through the clever manipulations of Herr Dobler, M. Phillippe, and other equally ingenious artistsin physical and natural magic. There is, however, a pecularity in respect to the " illusions" performed last eveniug, namely, that they are conducted with out aid of any apparatus. The professor appeared upon a stage erected at the end of the large roam ; but instead of the glittering display of ornamental furniture which usually sets off the scene on which conjurors are wont to exhib,t the wonders, nothing is ti be seen but a couple of chairs and a small table, so that the artist had to depend entirely upon his own resources ; and it is but fair to say they they were most complete in every particular. In the first part of the entertainment, the professor per formed a very clever trick. Having cut off the neck of a poor pigeon, the dead body was wrapped up ie paper, and place in the care of a gentleman in the stalls. M. Frikell then produced a bottle of wino, and heigh presto, the bottle was broken, when o u t fl e w a pigeon, and from the pape r parcel already referred to, sprang a bouquet of flowers. This feat was fol lowed by several other equally clever tricks, whien were much applauded, but the chef-d'ceuvri was "Faust's Magic Cap." Out of a hut supplied to the professor by a gentleman, the former, it two or three turns of the c h a p eau , p ro d uce d f r om its in terior upwards of 100 glittering caps. An explosion destroyed the hat, and the fragments were placed in a paper wrapper by the professor, and handed to the owner. The professor then fired a pistol, when the re al hat flew up to the ceiling, where it remained until it was requested to descend. It obeyed the command of the wizard, an d was quickly on the head of the original proprietor, and upon opening the paper parcel, forth came a model baby amidst the laughter of the company. From what we have said, it will be seen that the entertainment in question is well calculated to afford much amusement for the time occupied in its re presentation. Au oblong room is not, however, a suitable place for an audience to witness feats of conjuring, and certainly M. Frikell would be seen to greater advantage in a small theatre. INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—Au interesting case has recently come under the notice of the committee entrusted with the administration of this fund, some ,f the details of which have already been brought before the notice of the public through the medium of the press. We refer to the act of fidelity and bravery per formed by the trooper Booran Bukbab, who escorted the wife and family of Captain Spreed, then in command of the 2d Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, to a dis tant place of security, leaving his own children as hostages for the safety of his charge. It now appears that the result of this faithful discharge of duty was that his house and effects were maliciously destroyed by fire. The committee, not bring aware o f t h e extent ()1 destitution thus occasioned, but being especially de, sirous of relieving any distress which may have been occasioned in consequence of such signal fidelity, have placed at the disposal of the Resident at Hyderabad the sum of 500 rupees for the supply of the necessities of this brave and deserving man. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. In consequence of the news just received from India, the authorities at the Horse Guards have de cided thatthe whole of the officers belonging to re giments in that country who are now at home on leave shall proceed forthwith to join the head quarters of their respective cords. All the officers not required to embark in charge of detachments will be permitted to proceed by the overland route. The Brilliant, 20, Capt. J. A. Paynter, from the West India station, has arrived at Chatham to be dismantled. ' The George Marshall is appointed to sail this morning from Gravesend for Calcutta, with rein forcements to the number of about 600 men, in cluding both infantry and cavalry. On the 27th of Oct. the screw steamer South ampton which left Gravesend on the 16th, arrived at St. Vincent's, with the 7th Dragoon Guards and. detachments of infantry on board en route to Kur rachee. The troops were in excellent health, and the ship had made a most favourable passage. In consequence of a number of irregularities which have recently occurred among the non-com missioned officers of the Royal Artillery at Wool wich, the whole of the staff sergeants, sergeants, and corporals off duty, as well asthe men acting as officers' servants, were last week paraded in pre sence of Major-General Sir W. F. Williams and the garrison staff. They underwent a strict inspection and were afcerwaeds addressed by the Commandant. A sergeant of the 7th battalion was then called for ward and severely teprimanded, and two corporals were placed under arrest and ordered to be reduced. A Malta correspondent, writing on the 10th in stant, says : " I have to report the arrival on the 6th from Candia, after a tedious pa , sage of 11 days under can vass, of Admiral Lord Lyons, in the Royal Albert, screw steam line-of-battle ship, with the Princess Royal, Conqueror, and Centurion, similar class ves sels. The Desperate, steam corvette, was sen: to Cagliari on the 20th ult. to assist the Elbe in laying the electric cable between that place and Malta, where these vessels are hourly expected, the wea ther having been favourable for the operation. "Her Majesty's screw storeship Supply arrived here from Boudroum on the 23d ult., with a quan tity of ancient marbles, and is to return shortly for another cargo, the collection of which will occupy several months. " The steam gunboats Wanderer, Vigilant, and Coquette are employed between Malta and Cagliari in the conveyance, for telegraphic communication to London, of the Government and the Times' tele grams of the Indian intelligence. The Coquette left Malta on this mission yesterday." The Scourge, 6, steawsloop, Commodore Adams, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Cape and West Coast of Africa stations. She left the Cape on July 26, and the River Congo Sept. 25. She re ports the slave trade becoming quite brisk on the coast of Africa. H.M. screw steamsloop Alecto has captured four slavers lately, one with a small quan tity of specie on board for the purchase of cargo. H.M. sloop Sappho had driven one slaver on shore and rescued 35U slaves ; about 155 more were re ported to be drowned and missing. The slaver was afterwards burnt as she lay on the beach. On Oct. 22 the Great Britain, steam transport sailed from St. Vincent's for India with troops, and two days afterwards was followed by the screw transport Calcutta. The Scourge left Spithead for Plymouth yesterday to be paid off. Dr. A. Armstrong, who was surgeon in H.M.S. Investigator at the discovery of the North-West Passage, and Surgeon C. Steel, who has iecently been appointed staff-surgeon to the Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, have been awarded Sir G. Blane's gold medal, conferred once in three years on the surgeon in the Royal Navy whose medical and scientific journal during a ship's commission shall be adjudged of the highest 6 merit. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :---t Lieut. C. T. Williamson, to the Vesuvius ; Lieut. S. de Lacy, additional, to the Vesuvius, for disposal ; B. A. Capel, midshipman, to the Valo rous ; J. E. O'Malley, surgeon, to the - Piper ; T. Roche, surgeon, to the Sharpshooter ; T. Ayling, surgeon, to the Alecto ; H. N. Speer, surgeon, to the Lyra ; T. B. Purchas, surgeon, to the Ardent; J. /Vl'Cormick, assistant-surgeon, to the Alecto ; and J. Hunter, assistant-surgeon to the Lyra. THE MILITIA. On Thursday Lord Burleigh and the officers of the Northampton Militia were presented by the town and county of Northampton with a valuab:e piece of plate, as a testimonial of their services during the late war with Russia. The Worcestershire Militia assembled for per manent duty on Thursday, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Webb. Out of 1,080 registered on the books between 800 and 900 answered muster, ar.d the men are generally in good trim. The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel M. Prior, leave Ux bridge to-day for Portsmouth, and embark on board the Abioma steamer for Cork. A DAY WITH NANA SAHIB. (From Household Words. ) Here sat the maharajah on a Turkey carpet, and reclining slightly on a hugla bolster. In front of him were his hookah, a sword, and several nosegays. His highness rose, came forward, took my hand, led me to the carpet, and begged of me to be seated on a cane-bottomed arm-chair, which had evidently been placed ready for my especial ease and occupa tion. A hookah is called for by the rajah ; and then at least a dozen voices repeat the order : " Hookah lao Sahib kewaste" (bring a hookah for the Sahib). Presently the hookah is brought in. It is rather a grand affair, but old, and has evidently belongel to come European of extravagant habits. While I am pulling away at the hookah, the mushailas, or favourites of the rajah, flatter me in very audible whispers. "How well he smokes !" "What a fine forehead he has !" " And his eyes I' how they sparkle I" " No wonder he is so clever !" " He will be governor-general some day," " khuda kurin 1" (God will have it so). Native Rajah (in a loud voice), "Moonshee Moonshee (who is close at hand). " Maharaj, Protector of the Poor." . Native Rajah. " B r i ng th e pe ti t i on t h at I have laid before the Governor-General." The Moonshee produces the petition, and at the in stance of the Rajah, r e ad s , or rat h er s i ngs it a l ou d . The Rajah listens with pl easure t o i t s rec i ta l of his own wrongs, and I affect to be astounded that so much injustice can possibly exist. During my rambles in India, I have been the guest of come scores of rajahs, great and small ; and I never knew one who had not a grievance. He had either been wronged by the Government, or by some judge whose decision had been against him. In the matter of the Government it was a sheer lave of oppression that led to the evil of which he complained ; in the matter of the judge, that func tionary had been bribed by the other party. It was with great difficulty that I kept my eyes open while the petition—a very long one—was read aloud. Shortly after it was finished, I craved per mission to retire, and was conducted by a bearer to the sleeping-room. The Maharajah invited me to accompany him to Cawnpore. I acquiesced, and the carriage was ordered. The carriage was Eng lish built—a very handsome landau and horses— but the harness ! It was country made, of the very commonest kind, and worn out ; for one of the traces was a piece of rope. The coachman was filthy in his dress, and the whip that he carried in his hand was an old broken buggy-whip, which some European gentleman must have thrown away. On the box, on each side of the coachman, sat a war like retainer, armed with a sword and a dagger. In the rumble were two other retainers, armed in the same manner. Besides the Rajah and myself there were three others (natives and relatives of the Rajah) in the vehicle. On the road the Rajah talked incessantly, and amongst other things he told me was this—in reference to the praises that I bestowed on his equipage : " Not long ago I had a carriage and horses very superior to these. They cost me twenty-five thou sand rupees; but I hai to burn the carriage and kill the horses." " Why so I" "The child of a certain sahib in Cawnpore was very sick, and the sahib and the memsahib were bringing the child to Bhitoor for a change of air. I sent my big car riage for them. On the road the child died; and, of course, as a dead body had been in the carriage, and as the horses had draw n th a t d ea d b ody i n that carriage, I could never use them again." The reader must understand that a native of any rank considers it a disgrace to sell property. " But could you not have given the horses to some friend —a Christian or a Mussulman " No ; had I done so, it might have been hurt at having occa sioned me such a loss." Such was the Maharajah commonly known as Nana Sahib. He appeared to bo not a man of ability, nor a fool. He was selfish, but what native is not ? He seems to be far from a bigot in matters of religion ; and, although he was compelled to be so very particular about the de struction of his carriage and horses , I am q uite satisfied that he drank brandy, and that he smoked hemp in the chillum of his hookah. THE AFRICAN St,avE TILADE.—By the Teviot we learn that her Majesty's ship Scourge left Lisbon for England onthe9th. She comes froto tik: coast of Atrieato report to the Bri',,ish gwvern men t tha,taaveral ves,els are on that coast, th.'t d out as slavers, with Spanish crews, sail under the United States flag. The question that is about to be raised is whether under the present treaty between Great Britain and the United States English cruisers have a right to search and se'ze ouch vessels. Country Markets. DALB_EITH GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 12. Qrs. Best. . Current. int - axle,' 217 Wheat €3s Od. 38s 6id 25, Od 1166 Oats .26s Od 2ls G. 1237 Barley 36s Od 2Bs Od - Od 18 Peas &beans 43s Od 42s 7id 42s Od HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET —Nov. 13. wrisAT. BARLBY 1 OATS, I SANS.. First 5 28 Od 37s 6d 27s Od I 44i od. Second ... 40s 7d I 28s 7d I 21s 10d 143 i 3d Third 32s Od I 20s Od 1193 6d i3B Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 426 qrs., 370 sold PP PP barley „ 1090 qrs., 952 soul PP oats • 286 qrs., 259 soAl $ It 11 I I beans 39 qrs., 36 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 0 7 6-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 8 7 7-12ths Oats, 11. 110 11-12ths 1 Beans, 2/. 3 3 0-12tba. ABERDEEN—Nor. 13. Potato oats 18s Od to 19s Cd 1 401bs per bushel Common oats 16s 6d to 17s 6il Bere 2tis Od to 27s Od } s3lbs Barley 26s Od to 27s Od Wheat, red (spring)3os Od to 35s Od } 621bs , white 30s Oct to 45s Oct I. Oatmeal 15s lid to Pis 6d per boll. Flour .. 40s Od to 41s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb ...6d to 9d I Butter, p lb.:Os Od to is If Mutton, per 1b........6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. Os lid to la 0 I Lamb, do., Oa 6cl to O. 9d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3a 6J, Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9. , Chickens,do. is 6d to 2e: 03 Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2e 6d Salmon, per lb Os Od 1 Ducklings,oOs Od to 2a 61 Grouse, per brace......os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 51 6d Tallow, p stone, Os to —s Od Potatoes, pr peck, —d to 12 i Rab bits, each Od to Od. . _ _ Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. Ns to 1021 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen .. .9d to 90 RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s OCL to 2s 4d I Barley flour,l4db.Os to 24 01 Oatmeal Os 061 to is 10d „ dust, Beremeal Oal to is 8d I „ per lb 2d to 2id Peasemeal... Os Od to 2. 4d Sids, 74 Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6a 4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, Nov. 13. We bad an exceedingly dull market to-day. Wlseat is, barley 6d, and oats about 3d to 6d lower than last day's currencies. Indian corn in improved demand, and la lower. White wheat, 293 Od to 31s Od ; red ditto, 27e Od t 4, 29a Od, ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 14s 6d to 18*; gt ind ing, —e to —a ; wits, old, 12s to 15s 3d; ditto, new, —a Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 15s to 16s 6d; bere, now, lls to 15s Od ; rapese, d, 23a Od to 25e Od per brl ; bakers flour, lis Od to 23s 6d per cwt. ; Indian corn, 34s 6d to 35e Od par 180 lbs. LOOAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 14. STOCK EXCHANG7I.—The market was vary brisk to-dap, an tho transactions have been more extended than for the last fow weeks. Ca,ledonials, 37* I—Blackburn, 81 98f —Midlands, 81 82 i--Grand Trunk of Canada, 8i— LaucaAhir, and Y , DI 'kslair e, 90 91—Great Western, 4:81 f Great Western of Canada, 17f —South Eastern, 18 -- London and North Western, 95 si—Sheffields, 351 36—• East Lancashire, SO—North British, 11g. M/kNCHESTER, Nov. 14. STOOK EXOHAWGE.—The market opened firm to-day, with a very brisk feeling, and closed at a further advance from the rates of ;yesterday. Blackburn., 813-16---Ditto, pref., 23A 81i 2A—Dovers, 18 i—Leeds, 90i—• Ca.lodonif.ns 37i- -:London ., 95—Grand Trunk of Cana• da, 3 2 —SheffieIds,. 36} 6. LEEDS, Nor. 14. STOOK EXCHANCIE.—The market to-day very inastive, and very little business was transacted. Midlands, 811-7- North Western, 6 n. 7—London and South Western, 85. ill IMINGHAM, NOT. 14. STOCK EXCE{AlIGE.—Prices in the market generally'T lower ; for the ace aunt there was more firmness. South. Staffords, 9—Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas, 99. The Peninsular and Oriental Company on Saturday received intelligence of their steam-ship Norna being' on her way from China to Suez on special ear" vice. The Noma will have reached Suez about 1 1 . 12th inst., and will remain at that port until the arrival there of the mails, leaving London on the 16th inst., by the European and Australian Coin pany's packet, via Marseilles, and will then be• despatched for Bombay. An opportunity will thus be afforded to the pu b lic of transmitting letters to Bombay of six days' later d ate than those now en route by the Peninsular and Oviental Company's contract packet which left Marseilles on the morning of the 12th inseaat. LADVERTISICIENT.i— We ate happy to quote the following interesting informatiori from Du Barry's Report OR cures of Indigestion (Dyspi3psia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner vous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asth mas Consumption, and Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Ar abica Food : Eight years' dyspeP• sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, sp asms, and nausea , for which my servant had consulted the advice of ma ny, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food in a let Ty short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries.. - Rev. JOHN W. PLAVELL, Ridling• ton Rectory, Norfolk. 3!rom the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.—Cure 52,612, Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—: The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the in; terest of suffering humanity, to stets that Du Barry's excellei it Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability, of many years' standing. This food deserves the confid enco of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessie g. Inquiries will be cheerf ully answered. Cure No, . 1,609. Three years excessive nervousness with paint ; in my neck and left arm, and general debility, whict t rendered my life very miserable, has been radically rem°, ed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. ALEXANDER STIJJ at, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen.. Supported by testimonis ils from th e ce l e b ra t e d Professors Chemistry, Dr. Audis n v Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. tttiker ; Dr. Wnrzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Dech ;; the Dowager Countess of CABO - stuart ; Major-Gen. The I nas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health las been restored by it, after all other means of cure had fail ed. Suitably packed with full le* structions. In canisti ci a, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 5 11 4 11s ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-Mc:o order.—Barry Du Barry, k Co., 77, Reg ent-street, London . IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurie el a imitations :—The Vice-Chanoel. lor , Sir William Page We od, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against‘ Alfred Hooper Nevin, for ineitatin; " Da Barry's Revalenta /I,rabica Food." ~ADVISKTIBKM6IIT. I— SI GUT AND HEARING-- SplorAciaae ---. POWERFUL TELESCOPES .OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPEOPTY I GLASSES.—S. and H. Solo mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe" —opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Let tern Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements it t the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-cc urse, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the aistan ces. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power th it some, three and a-half inches , with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the doubl e stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's con ntenauce three-and-a-half mike distant and an object from. 16 to 20 miles. ' For the waist coat-pocket, and are of large 3r, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The It oyal Exhibition, 1851.—A valu able, newly-invented, very in nail, powerful, Waistco at- p ocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be se en and known one and a-half mile i listant. They answer every pm , pose on the Race-course s a c t en the at op l2 em to -h j o 4 us ni es i . les C . Country scenery and ships are clear] aro invaluable for shooti rig , deer-stalkin g , y achtin g , to an(l 2r sportsmen, gentlemen, g am ekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Rae s+-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power . The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened a rid very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a mu ch less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the den' gerons effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of th e wor ld by send• bre one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age, Deafness .—New Discovery.—The Cigar& Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deatness, entirely different from all of ners, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sk in, Is not perceptible. It enables deo! persons to hear distinct hy at churchaud at public assemblie. the unpleasant sensatie nof singing noises in the ears is enttrelv removed, and it allord* all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. &Po marle-street, Piccadilly.—Opposite the York Hotel, W. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 12th inst. , at 29, Queen's-road, Regent's-park. the wife of Thos. Hill , Esq. On the 13th inst., at Tiverton, the wife of Colonel 8• J. Morris, R.A. OF A DAUGHTZI On the 12th inst., at tho Palms, Great Malvern, gra' Henry Tarlton. On the 12th inst., at Sherrenden House, Horsmondel l, Kent, the wife of Captaiu Robert Ladbroke Day. . MARRIED. At St. James's, Westminster, George Tyhnrst, third eon of Joseph Davis, Esq.. of Plaistow, Essex, to Charlotte, secoad daughter of William Cotton, Esq., Montagu-ter lace, Bow. On th 4) 14th inst., at St. James's, Westbourne-terrace , William, eldest son of Stephen Finney, Esq., of Maid*" hill, to Fanny May, eldest daughter of Duncan MacArthur, Esq., of the same place. DIED. On the 14th inst., at 32, Mornington-road, Regent''' park, John Mears, Esq., late of the Legacy D e p ar tments Somerset-house, aged 64._ _ _ - 0 --- ;; - t - 1;e - 14th inst., Mr. Win. James Plant, of the Gen e. ral Post-office. outfie 12th inst., at Steeple Court, near Batley, Ha ute ' James Warner, Esq., aged 74. On the 12th inst., Francis Mascal], Esq., of Lincoln's inn, and Elsinore Villas, Twickenham. On the 9th inst., at Paris, Charles Ilenningsen, Esq- On the Bth inst., a t Edinburgh, Robert Nasmyth. .„ M.D., late of 49, Brooke-street, London, second son of Nasmyth, Esq., F.R.S.C.E. On the 4th inst., at Auchinleck, Sir James Boswells Bart., of Auchinleck. On the Bth inst., Samuel Wilson, of Stanhope-stre et. Camden-town, news agent, aged 77. Berks. On the 7th inst., at Speenhamland, Newbury, William Mill s , E sq . aged 90. Kent. On the Bth inst,, Mr. Henry Wain, of Chiselhtirst. LONDON: Printed and _Published by a WU/0 ik.)G 1461 of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Ths Sun Office. 14° 112, Strand, in tlie Precinct of the Savoy, in the conntj of Middlesex, Monday, November 16, 1857.