Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. PEPORTED PALL OF AGRA. The Paris Journal, Des Debats, of yesterday ( Thursday), which has been remarkable for its intelligent appreciation of the crisis in India, and for the friendly character of its remarks, contains the foll owing paragraph, though neither the latest despatches from Bombay or Calcutta appears to warrant the writer's conclusions : `` Although the official despatches represent En gland as still holding out, we have reasons to believe that this intelligence will not be confirmed , and that the heroic garrison has hera been des troyed, along with the women and children under its, protection." GOVERNMENT DESPATCH. A RRIVAL OF LORD ELGIN AT CALCUTTA. E XPEDITION AGAINST ARRA.K AND HEAVY LOSS. REINIOVAL 014 1 GEN. LLOYD. 13I SIIIMAMENT OF THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL'S BODY-GUARD., The following telegram was received at the Fo reign -office through the Admiralty, Sept. 17, 8 .2.5 a ,„,. " Cagliari, to the Secretary of the Admiralty' Lo n d on. "The Bentinek arrived at Suez on the 9th inst., I , t 10 1 . 3. m. The dates from Calcutta , A u g . 10. ; Madras, Aug. 17 ; Point de Galle, Aug. 21 ; 4d en; Sept. 3. "Lord Elgin reached Calcutta on the Bth August, in her Majesty's ship Shannon, accom panied by her Majesty's ship Pearl. These lre ssels had 300 extra marines and 300 soldiers co. bo ar d . "After the mutiny at Dinapore a small force, co nsisting- of 160 men of her Majesty's 10th . Sgt. and about the same number of the 37th, Was desp a t c h e d to relieve some eight Europeans b esieged by the mutineers at Arrak. The eXPedition was not successful, and our less very hea vy. "General Lloyd has been removed from his e "linand and General Outram invested with the co mmand of the Dinapore and Cawnpore di visions. "The 63rd N.I. Regiment was disarmed at II • er aznpore on Ist August. The 11 th Irregula r h av alry and the Governor-General's body guard 4V e also been disarmed. 14 0 Himalaya left Calcu t t a on the 10th of A, 4811 -$t for the Mauritius. 4 This intelligence is rec.ived from Acting ( Consul) General Green, at Alexandria, ,under date 1 th September, 1857, 10 p.m. (Signed) " M. STOPFORD, 112ar-Admiral. " Consul CRAIG. " For the Earl of Clarendon." RETURN OF GENERAL HAVELOCK TO CAWNPORE. The following important despatch was received fr °ra Lord Clarendon at half-past two this after- ~~on. ‘c To Lord Clarendon. "Received, Foreign Office, Sept. 17. 12.50. " ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 12. "General Havelock had advanced twenty- I ve milez from Cawnpore towards Lucknow, but after defeating the mutineers [in] three engage dents, with loss of twenty-one guns, he was obliged to retrace his steps to Cawnpore, for the : Purpose of leaving his sick considerably in•- creased from cholera, and was waiting for rein forcements at Agra. The Krok contingent and other rebels had ' b een entirely dispersed. "A detachment of het Majesty's 10th and 7th regiments, 300 strong, had made a night attack up.on the men of the Bth and 40th N. 1., who had mutinied at Dinapore, but was repulsed with loss of 200 killed. `The irregular corps at Legowlie had mutinied and killed their officers. " A plot to murder the Europeans at Jessore " a nd Benares had been discovered at lAidnapore. " The Shekawanti battalion was wavering but I lad not been disarmed yet. "Martial law had been pr)claimed in Bhai. " Great uneasiness was felt in Calcutta of an `outbreak during the approaching Mohurruw, and the body guard had been disarmed, but allowed let retain their horses. " Lord Elgin arrived on the Bth August with 41130 marines and a company of her Majesty's liniment, and another steamers had brought 'some of the troops of the Transit. `` The Bentinck met two steamer coming up the river with troops- "The Himalaya left on the 11th, for troops from the Mauritius. • The report of General Havelock's retreat ` e ,.. °l3l es by the Suez telegraph. The Calcutta .44 91i.shman of Bth of August does not mention i (Signed) " F. JOHNSON. Trieste, Thursday, 5.55. a.m. (Signed) f , RAVEN." 14 ", A 1 41101/ of Xig Io Nay 911 taOli (T H/o'4o On SLOE ‘zgazp-tglsiatisu is.a.mvanoa 1S %trial W THE INDIAN MUTINIES. We are in receipt of still further details of the news per the Overfand Mail, the more interesting portions of which we proceed to supply our readers with. The following graphic account of the state of affairs appears in the Bombay Telegraph : The news by this mail is of amore cheering nature than any we have yet sent home since the mutiny commenced. Although Delhi is still in the hands of the mutineers, and the most dreadful atrocities continue to be committed in various parts of India, yet the broad wave of victory is spreading itself over the land. The advance of General Havelock's oolumn from Allahabad has been one chain of vic tories. In our last we mentioned that General Havelock had reached Cawnpors, but we were unable to give details of its capture. The column marched from its encamping ground at daylight on the morning of the 16th, and after a 13 miles' journey halted to breakfast within two miles of the enemy's position in front of Cawnpore. After rest ing three hours it advanced to the attack. General Havelock had with him 1,300 Europeans and about 700 or 800 Sikhs against 13,000 mutinous Sepoys armed and disciplined in every respect like his own soldiers, and commanded by the arch fiend Nena Sahib in person. The General, seeing the enemy's position, determined to take him in flank. For this purpose the 78th Highlanders were sent to the front with some of the Madras Fusiliers on the left flank to cover the movement. Her Majesty's 64th and. the remaining companies of the 84th Foot, with the guns, were on the right of the column out of the enemy's view. While performing this flank Movement the Highlanders and Fusileers were under a heavy fire from the enemy's artillery, which, however, did no damage, save killing the horse of Colonel Walter Hamilton. When our troops had got properly on his flank the columns were wheeled into line and advanced, under a heavy fire of grape, shell, and rnuaketly, to within 50 yards before they fired a shot. Our men then opened fire, and the 78th charg ed up to the muzzles of the guns and captured them—three 24-pounders, leaded as they were. Leaving them in charge, on they pressed--nothing but death could stay their avenging hands when once raised to, smite. The 78-11 next carried a village at the point of the bayonet; this was on the right of the enemy's position, and his flank was thus completely turned. The e Autnns then moved on to their left_ position after clearing the village. As soon as they got clear of the village the eaemy again opened fire upon our troops from a gun he still had, when we had to lie down and wait for our arallery ; but the bullocks being quite knocked up, only one small gun of no use against the enemy's big one could be got into position. General Havelock saw at once the difficulty, and instantly gave the order to take the gun, which was done in brilliant style by - the Light Company of the 78th under a heavy fire, which was well kept up. This ended the affair, and our victory was most complete. In the absence of cavalry the line was halted, and the General went up to the Highlanders and paid them a well-merited compliment on their performances. Ihe whole force behaved most nobly, and every soldier was eager for the fray, and did his duty manfully: On the evening of this engagement the column en camped outside the walls of Cawnpore, and on the morning of the 17th our soldiers entered the city. Accustomed as they had been to scenes of slaugh ter, the spectacle that met their eyes nearly patii fied them with horror. They marched straight to a place where they were told 175 women and children were confined, but os their arrival they found that they had come too late ! They only found the clothes of the poor victims strewn over the blood stained ground. The scene of this horrible catastrophe was a paved court-yard, and one of the Highlanders in writing to a cotemporary says —a There were two inches of blood upon the pave ment, and from the report that we got from the resi dents of the place it appears that, after we had beaten the enemy the evening previous, the Sepoys and So wars entered the place where the unhappy victims were, killed ail the ladies, and threw the chil dren alive, as well as the ladies' dead bodies, into a well in the compound. I saw it, and it was au awful sight. It appears from the bodies we saw that the women were stripped of their clothes before they were murdered." A feeling more terrible than ven geance arises in the heart at reading this, and even the most reverent shudder when they think that Om nipotenee could have deemed such a terrible ordeal necessary. The history of the world affords no parallel to the terrible massacres which during the last few months have desolee 1 the land . ° Neither age, sex, or condition has been spared. Children have been compelled to eat the quivering flesh of their murdered parents, after which they were literally torn asunder by the laughing fiends who surrounded them Men in many instances have been mutilated, and, before being absolutely have had to gaze upon the last dishonour of their wives and daoghters previous to being put to death. But really we' cannot describe the brutalities that have beon committed ; they pass the boundaries of human belief,' and to dwell upon them shakes reason upon its throne. If ever a nation was made the instrument of vengeance of an insulted Deity, that nation is England; and we trust that she will strike and spare not. We hope that by this - time her ships are not only on their mission of vengeance by way of the Cape, but that thousands of her soldiers are by this time march ing across the desert upon Suez. Not a moment should be lost, and long before Christmas the whole of India will be lying at our feet. Before evacu ating Cawnpore Nena Sahib blew np the magazine. He then retired upon Bithoor, to which he was followed by a portion of our troops: On arriving at the palace, hownier, they found that the bird had flown. They fired the place, razing it to its foundations, and carried away at the same time 15 guns. Nena Sahib, it is said, had as intention of going to Lucknow, but when he got as far as the river his cavalry and infantry deserted him. Rumour has it that he then destroyed himself and family ; but the general belief is that he is still alive, and the sum of 5,000r5. has been offered for his capture. Nena Sahib is the adopted son of the late Peiehwa Bajee Rao, who from the time of his deposition till his death lived at Bithoor, in the neighbourhood of Cawnpore, upon the peasion allowed him by the British Government. On the death of the ex•Peishwa, Nena strove hard, but without success, to obtain from the Indian Govern ment a continuance to himself of the pension allowed to Bajee Rao. Failing in this, he despatched an agent to agitate ifs claims in Eng land, and transmitted, it is said, to Calcutta to meet the expenses of such a mission a single piece of Company's paper of the value-of 5 lace of rupees. The mission to England was as unsuccessful as the attempt made to. influence the local government. The India Government may in some mea sure thank itself for having allowed this man to acquire. the local influence he possesses. It is well known that for years back, since the death of Bajee Rao, Nena has kept the Begums of the Bajee, the rightful heirs to the property of the deceased chief, in close confinement in the Zenanah, so that none likely to take steps relative to rescuing them from confinement, or restoring to them their pro perty, could obtain access to where they were. It cannot be said that Nena is not a venturous traitor. He has staked his all, which is not a little, upon the die. His game might have been played so us not to have entirely deprived him of the sympathy of those he fought against, but, like every leader the present insurrection has brought to notice, he was unable to resist that propensity to cold-blooded, dastardly murder which seems to take pOssession of most natives simultaneously with their achieving power to gratify it. On being joined by General Neil, General Havelock deter mined to leave the place in his hands and march at once upon Lucknow, 50 miles from Cawnpore. The victorious column accordingly commenced its march upon Lucknow on the 20th of July. The road was found to be perfectly clear until our troops were within about 20 miles of Lucknow. Here they were met by the enemy on the 30th of, July, nnmberingabout 10,000 men who were repulsed with great loss, leaving in our possession fifteen guns. Our losses are not known, . Out we suppose they must have been heavy, as the fight Wag a very obstinate one. It was expected that General Havelock would enter Luokuow on the Slat of THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL,' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1857. There was not the slightest resistance made, and had there been, there was an ample force within bugle call to put down any opp)sition. The Zsnanah was searched for papers, and all found brought away. It is worthy of remark that the services of a European woman bad been provided beforehand for this part of the business. The other arrests took place in Entally and at Garden reach. In the former suburb, Mr, Montressor succeeded in arresting the scribe or s:•cretary to the conspirators, and all his papers. frills man pleaded pitiably in the usual style of fawud-out native rogues, saying that he was a poor man, and only wrote what he had been ordered to write, and did not think he had been doing ally harts. He, his books, papers, Scc., were also taken off to Fort *William. The third arrest was made at Garden reach. The person here captured is one of the eunuchs of the ex-king's household, and is also mixed up, though to what extent we are not aware, with the conspiracy to overthrow the. British Indian government and establish a Mahommedan empire on its ruins. We believe that it no* turns out that the task of raising the oouutry and organising forces --against govern ment in the diff3rent parts of it was shared by two grand parties of conspirators. Calcutta was, it is said, something like the head quarters of one of those parties, to whigh the orgaaisa.tion of revolt in the country between the metropolis and Luck now was intrusted. To the other party, that of Delhi, fell the management of revolt iu all other parts of the country. The Grand Jury of Calcutta having sent in a presentment to the Governor General in regard to disarming the town of Calcutta, the following is - . his lordship's reply : ''Sir,—l have had the honour to receive and lay before the Right,Hon. the Cover General in Council your letter of the 22nd inst., transmitting, by direction of the Hon. the Jaiges of the Supreme Court, a preset' ment made by the Grand Jury, recommending that the native population of Calcutta and the suburbs should be disarmed, and that the unrestricted sale of arms and ammunition should be prohibited. The measure is proposed with a view to allay apprehension of danger on the part of the, public, to pre serve the peace, and to prevent crime, with reference especially to the approaching Mahomme.dan holydays, which are usually a period of excitement. "2. To this subject which bas been pressed on his atten tion from other quarters, the Governor-General in Council has given his moat careful consideration, and he is of opinion that the important object the Grand Ju , '3 , have in view can be more securely provided for by other means. "3. The places in Calcutta where arms are to be had and the quantity in store are known to the Government, and the Grand Jury may be assured that effectual measures will be taken to prevent any of them being used by evil disposed persons f.►r purposes of mischief. "4. StroGg parties of European soldiers from one of the regiments now arriving in Calcutta will be posted in the town, and every other precaution that the occasion requires will be taken to prevent the possibility of an outbreak in Calcutta or its vicinity during the ap proaching Nlalpmmedan festivals. "I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient, " CECIL BEADON, " Secretary to the Government of India. • " Council-chamber, July 23." A memorial very similar in its purport to that of the Grand Jury, but signed by about 400 European residents of Calcutta, was forwarded to the Geyer nor.General on Saturday, the 25th of July. A reply has since been received, which, besides indicating the general measures of precaution intended to be taken by government during the coming Mahomnae- dan festivals, contains the following paragraph : " I am directed to add that the Gorern)r-General in CJuncil has now un ler his causideration, and pr iposes to bring before the Legislative C3un , 211 at' an early date, a general meal ire for the registration of arms throughout, the c mntry, and for prohibiting the posses ion of arras, except under certain restrictions . " At Madras all is tranquil, and, although the in habitants are not without apprehensions of danger, yet we are glad to learn they are all prepared to meet it. The troops are alt loyal to a man, and great numbers of them are taking their departure for Cal cutta to cross bayonets with the mutineers of the Ganges. Regarding the Bombay Presidency we can not speak so confidently. At Poonah, at Sattara, and in the Southern Mahratta country, symptoms of revolt have manifested themselves ; but in nearly every instance the germs of insurrection hatie been nipped in the bud. The Mahommedan eeenspirators of Poonah. are, now securely lodged on board the Hon. Company's receiving ship A kbar, and the Jungiee Rajah of Sattara, as he is called, with the Ranees, is quietly domiciled on ,Butchers' Island, In managing the Sattara affair, Mr. Rose, the commissioner has acted with much penetration and determination. As soon as he was aware that treason to the State was being hatched, he resolved upon the arrest of the parties implicated. Accordingly a force consisting of two guns under Lieutenant Reid, a party of her Majesty's 14th Deagoons, a party of the 3rd European regiment, a party of the Southern Mahratta Horse, and a party of the 22nd Native Infantry, the whole under the command of Colonel Malcolm, accompanied by Mr. Rose, the CND mi3sioner, and his assistants. marched - into the city of Sattara before daylight on the morning of - the oth of August - , and surrounded .the -palace. placing the artillery in position in front Agents of the British Government were sent in to tell his Highness to reek up, and phaetons from Poonah were in attendance to hurry the Rajah away. After a little delay he saw there was no alteroative, and consented. He and the Ranees were on there way to Poonah before 8 o'clolk. They were quite taken by surprise, and never anti cipated anything of the kind It is said that the people at Suter'a are very sorry for the departure of the Junglee Rajah, as they call him. The other great event was the blowing away, from the guns of the battery at Sattara, of the six Punderpoor prisoners. These two events have struck terror into the minds of all the Sattara people and people about the districts where they have became known The disturbances in the Southern Mahratta coue try are, we. believe, by this time put down. There is a large. European force now in the Southern division, and we understand that the little revolt has been entirely quelled. As, however, Government have not as yet laid any information before the public, we do not feel justified 'in publishing what the State has deemed advisable to keep secret for the present. The mutineers of the Guzerat Irregular Horse have been hanged, as they deserved to be. They were tried by court martial, found guilty, and sentenced to death accordingly. The sentence was duly carried into ._effect near " Shair Bagh," close to the police lines. The troops left camp at 3 o'clock in the morning, consisting of 109 men of her, Majesty's 83rd Regiment, under Captain Jones; a wing of the 2 ad Grenadiers, under Captain Moyle;' a detachment of the 7th Regiment Native Infantry, under Captain •Widdi cornbe ; two guns under the command of Lieut. Beamish of the Artillery ; the whole of the Police Corps; and the Guzerat Irregular Horse, commanded by Captain Pym. The force was drawn up in line; the Guzerat Irregular Horse were in front of the troops, facing the gallows, so that had they dared to attack the force they would have caught it in style. The cowardly rascals before being launched into eternity were allowed the un deserved privilege of addressing the men formed to witness their ignothinious doom. One of the traitors said to the Guzerat Irregular Horse— " Why do you not do as they did at Neemuch, and charge?" but a low voice ran through the noble and gallant line of the corps, upbraiding the rascal as a " namak hararm." The arrangements for the execu tion were well got up, and the wretched creatures in a few moments ceased to be. As far as this presidency is concerned we entertain no apprehension. In Bombay some alarm was felt during the Mshom medan festival of the Buekrec Bed ; but everything passedapietlf over. The 33rd from the Mauritius has arrived, arid with troops in garrison, the sailors in the harbour, the police, and the European resi dents, we are prepared for everything. In fact, there are many who would not regret to see a row at the Mohurrum just to show the rascals what we are made of. The people of London have had no occasion .to dread anything from Chartist demon strations since 1818, and neither would we have to apprehend anything for years to come, frcm Mussulrnan fanaticism, if it once had a touch of the cold steel t We have had a fortnight's heavy rain, bringing the fall for the season up to 42 03 inches. The island is, howeyer, generally speak ing, healthy. The Governor continues to reside at the Presidency, to which army head-quarters has also been removed. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM GENEttALS HAVELOCK AND NEIL. The following items of intelligence are supplied by Government : "From Brigadier-Ganeral Havelock,. Camp Kullenpore, d tted July 14, " We have taken every gun from the rebels at Futteh core, 12 in number. This has enabled me to eopip and take :into the field• nine excellent guns, instead of slit lighter, and with the facility of also bringing into action two light Ox-ponncters." "From Brigadier-Generalrfavolock , Camp PAndoo Noddy , _ _ _ _ dated July 15• "My troops were twice engaged this morning, and captured four more guns with trifling less. A strong advanced guard under Colonel Tytier drove the enemy out of all entrenched positions in front of the vii age of o:sung, after a resistance - of about two hours and a half, during which•the mutinous cavalry, in considerable force, made frequent attacks against my blggage, which com pelled me to use every available detachment and gun against them. At noon we attacked their intrencliment at the bridge over the stream : the resistance here• was short,, but spirited, awl the two guns taken were of large calibre. The Madras Fusileers particularly:distinguished themselves." "From General Neill, Allaha.bacl, dated July 1 " I started 2N of the 84th Regiment, partly in bullock vans. They are to march 25 miles a-night to arrive in five days. I start this afternoon , by d tk, and shall over take the 84th, and move up with th , ,m. I will go on before' them if I can. I shall lose no time. The mutineers are out of caps, and have converted all the detonators into matchlocks, A Kossi from Lucknow declares that the mutineers there are in want of sho , firing stones from the guns. "News has been received that Sir Iltnry Lawrence was wounded on his return from an attack on the rebels advancing on. Lncknow on the. 2 ttl inst.. and that he sunk under the effects of his. wounds on the 4th inst: "It is reported from Lucknow on the 10th of July that the attacks of the rebels are less fiequent and more feeble than heretofore." "From Briga3ier-G3neral Haveiock,dated Cawnpore, Cantonment, July 17 - . "By the ble3sing of God I recaetured this pace yes terday and toady defeated Nena Sahib in person, taking more than six guns, four of siege calibre. The enemy was strongly pasted behind a succession. of villages, and obstinately disputed for 140 minutes every inch of the ground, but I was enabled by a flank movement to my right to turn his left, and.thls gave us the victory. Nena Sahib had barbarously mu.,•,lered all the captive women and children before the engagement. lle has retired to Bithoor, and blew up this maiming on his retreat the Cawnpore magazine. He is sAid to be strongly fortified. I have not been yet able to get in the return. of the killed and-wounded, but estimate my loss at _about 70, chiefly from the fire of grape!' , "From General Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief, d Nawabgunge, July D. "Neva Sahib's followers appear to be deserting him. He has flu]. from Bit hour, which was occupied yesterday without resistanca. Thirteen guns were found in the place. His palace is in flames. General Neil hts j lined me with a strong reinforcement of British soldiers. " Leeknow quite safe for the present." "From Brigadier-General Havelock, dated Camp Cawn pre, 21st July, to the Commander-in-Chief. "I am free to cross the Ganges. Nena. Sahib's force at Bithoor is entirely dispersed We have brought from the place 16 'guns and a numb:3r of animal -, . set fire to his palace, and blown up his powder magazine. A. portion of my troops and five guns are already in position at the head of the road to Luckuaw. Tae whole army is fall of hope that we shall soon be united on the left bank." July. After garrisoning the place and securing its safety, he would resume his march Delhi-wards, in the direction of. Agra; so that the rebels must make the most of their time, as before the present month is out, we believe that they will be driven from their last stronghold. The _Highlanders are covering themselves with glory. No power on earth can resist the fury of their charge, and they give no quarter. From Patna we learn that the 7th, 811, and 40th Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry. whom every one thought stanch, mutinied at Dinapore the other day, and that her Majesty's 10th Foot killed 800 of them. It was only very lately that several conspirators were executed at Patna, and the city kept from rising by these very troops. The whole of this revolt is the most mysterious, unaccountable affair that ever happened in the histroy of this country. Here are regiments breaking . eut at the eleventh hour, when the tide was turning in our favour and when European troops were passing continually up the river, thereby rendering the destruction of the mutineers certain, as if they waited for som mysterious order, just like the Bareilly.troops. Altogether, the more we ponder over it the more mysterious the whole matter appears to us. There has been a good deal of fighting at Delhi since our last in the shape of sor'ies by the besieged and repulses by the besiegers. We have been enabled to defeat the mutineers in every engagement, but this does not in the least damp their ardour. Reinforcements from the Punjaub to the number of about 4,000 fighting men, 1,300 of whom are E eropeans, were expected to join General Reed to-day (the 15th), and we are therefore led to believe that on their arrival no time would be lost in carrying the place by storm. On the 14th of July the mutineers to the number of 9,000 men, with four guns, made an attempt to capture our batteries. They fought under cover from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m , when they came to the front, and were beaten back into Delta. our people, too eager, followed them close under the walls. The enemy opened fire with grape and mueketry. Our loss in killed and wounded was heavy. It is a pity our troops fol lowed them, as up to the time of their retreat we had only about six men hit. Major Turner, Artil lery, had his horse killed under him ; Thompson, Artillery, wounded in the thigh ; Brigedier- General Chamberlain, Adjutant-General, in the shoulder ; Chester and Daniel, of Goorkhas, wounded ; Burns and Faithful, Her Majesty's 75th, slightly, the former on the knee, the latter in the arm. The cavalry was not engaged. Altogether our loss in this action was 171 killed and wounded. From the 14th to the 23d the rebels remained under cover. Oa the 24th of July, however, they came 'Cut in force with field guns, round by the Cash mere gate ; and moved upon our position at the Metcalf battery, under cover of the fire of heavy guns frem the city walls. They were taken in flank by a force under Brigadier Showers, when they fled precipitately, saving their guns only by the rapidity of their fl ight. Out. loss was small, but we had a few officers wounded—Colone Drought, 60th Rifles; Colonel Seaton, 35th Native Infantry; Major Turner, Artillery; Captain Money, Artillery; Lieutenant Law, 10th Regiment Native Infantry, was killed. Our troops have now been engaged in no less than twenty-three sanguinary engagements before Delhi, yet their courage is as high as ever it was, and they can beat the muti neers, even when they are a hundred to one ! Gene ral Reed, in consequence of severe illness, has been obliged to hand over the command of the" Delhi army to General Wilson. The Punjaub remains tranquil. The remnant of the Sealkote mutineers have met with condign punishinent. Brigadier General Nicholson crossed her Majesty's 521. Light Infantry in boats to the island in the Revee, on which they were posted, captured their gun, and slaughtered or drove the whole body of them into the river. A. quantity of plunder was recovered. Numbers of the fugitives continue to be-seized and brought iu by the police and people of the country, and also from the territory of Maharajah. Gholab Singh. The accounts from Rajpoetana are most satisfactory, and all the Rejpoat chiefs have given undoubted proofs of loyalty to the British Government, and have afforded substantial support to the troops. Colonel Dixon, who has done so much for Mairwarrah, was from our last account, fast sinking at Beawr, and little or no hopes were entertained of his recovery. He must, however, have derived some satis faction from the good feeling manifested by the Mairwarrah battalion, who have resisted the greatest temptations to betray their trust. The arsenal at Ajtnere has been placed in a perfect state of defence by Lieutenant Carnell, of the above corps, who has under his command a detachment of 100 mea of her Majesty's 83rd Regiment. Two mortars placed in position to shell the city on the least symptom of a disturbance have overawed the large and fanatical Mussulman population, who are discontented and ripe for a revolt and the destruAion and plunder of the Hindoos. The district around is in a compara. tively quiet state, and no further symptoms of disturbance have taken place than an occasional dacoity, but the surrounding population would instantly rise on any symptom of weakness being shown. Lieutenant Mildmay is raising a body of horse in Bikaneer, and he will doubtless effect a junction with Captain Hardcastle, who, with a large body of Marwar and Jeypore horse and foot, is on its way to Agra The force cantoned at Nusseerabad consists of the Ist Bombay Lancers; 270 foot and 60 horse of the Joudpore Legion, the 2nd Troop Bombay Artillery, 2nd Regiment Bombay Cavalry, 450 men of her Majesty's,B3rd Foot, and the 12th . Regiment of Native Infantry. Every precaution for the preservation of order has been taken, and (:additionalMairs are_ being entertained, for the liairwarrah battalion, and another company of '' . l3l:rels is being a lded to fhb Joudpore egion., The Nizam, true to the policy of his house and to his hereditary loydlty, which has efr-icted so much for him, will remain qtaist. For Madras there need be no fear ; the hopes of the rebels in .Oude are at an end, and those in the Delhi district may well des_eair. But our forces are yet scarcely equal to the task, all India is on the tiptoe of expectation, and the speedy capture of Delhi will alone deter mine whether every regiment may with perfedt safety be despatched from Calcutta . to share in the easy task of putting down disorganised bands of marauders, or whether the disairnned taking heart shall again place us in jeopardy. The moveable column of Brigadier Steuart has reached Mhow, and will be sufficient to keep in subjection the whole of Central India. Holkar remained stanch, and his loyalty will no doubt be appreciated as it deserves to be. All continues tranquil in Calcutta, although, as in Bombay, the inhabitants are not without alarm regarding the approaching fes tival of the Mohurrum. We believe, however, that the authorities both there and here have taken every precaution to secure the public safety, and in the event of any emeutt taking place it wid be promptly and sternly put down. Several arrests have been made lately in Calcutta, which have placed Government in full possession of information on all points concerning the Mahorn mecian conspiracy. The Moonshee Golam Hossein, or Golam Khan—we are not sure which is . his proper name—who was arrested near Wellesley square, is a personage after whom the Govern ment has for some time been making inquiries. He is said to be one of the most active of the conspirators, and a plotter whose arrest was of the greatest importance. He contrived to escape froin Calcutta when the ex-King of Oude was taken into the fort, and it is said pro ceeded with haste to Lucknow, where his presence gave additional vigour to the insurrection. What brought him back to Calcutta we can only guess at, but he did not arrive there without his coming hav ing been notified to government by the military authorities. His arrest, it is said, was attempted more than once since his return, but without success, until Friday night, the 231 of July, when a number of town sergeants and some soldiers, all in gharries, proceeded to the neighbourhood of Wellesley-equare to the house of a wealthy Mahommedan, where the Moonshee was reported to be. The man was pointed out to the Commis sioner of Police—who as a magistrate was present —disguised as a burkundauze, and .so well dis guised that his master failed to recognize him THE MUTINY AT GWALIOR. A letter from the neighbourhood of Gwalior, dated June 19, says : The rumour of mutiny at Gwalior, of which I wrote to you the day before, has proved but too true. Several officers and men have been killed, but such as could escape Morar, towards the teejates cantonment. were saved, and have come into Agra. There is an on dit that the raj th has been murdered for siding with us, and Beja Baie raised to the musnud. The mi-chief began on the parade ground Same officers were here shot at, and others escaped, but this did not satisfy the mutineers ; they made towards the Bungalow of the' Brigadier, called him out vociferously. and sent in shots after him on his non-appearance. He was miraculeusly, however, saved, for as he attempted to escape out of his closet. a Sepoy is said to have laid hold of his hands; and to have quietly cut out of the compound in the dark towards the ravines. Here is one instance of the . fidelity of some of the Sepoys, and goes much in defence of the Lieutenant-Governor's proclamation; for it is not wise to destroy the grateful with the ungrateful. The insurgents, however, on not finding Brigadier Ramsey, ransacked the whole of his property, and then set fire to his bungalow. And this is not the only instance of a Sepov's filelity. There was another officer who was roused by his guard at 10 p.m., and out of the nine that were in his compound, one is said quietly to have gone up to him and said, i•Khatnin, bhago, sub bigurgaya." The Sepy had jest moved off when the rest came up in a body, saying, Houses on fire, shall we load? Tne officer observed that it was folly to load muskets to put out a fire. On this they retired, and the officer went into his bungalow, whence, through a window of his closet, he descried the whole of the guard quietly hooding. He roused his ser vants at once, and escaped behind his house. Two shots were fired at him, but did not tell. . He then made towards the bed of the river, and escaped among the ra vines, four shots again whizzing over his head and that of his khausamah. Happily nono told. Consternation became general at this time, and 'has Christian portion of the place—man, woman, and child—were flying in all directions towards the Raj th's. Another rumour has reached us that the Maharajah is not killed. -Ho was bent upon going down upon the insurgents, but the Baie, would not allow hie), saying that he was sure to be killed and, as he has no legitimate issue,' the estate would be confiscated, and he, his wife, and her daughter ruined. She advised him, therefore, to send the minister, Dhunker. Rae. who ie said to have been killed. The mutineers are crane towards Jhansie, some say towards (Men. We have no official report, but, are glad they have not visited us." THE LIBIRTY OF THE PRESS. The Calcutta papers say:— The Grand Jury at Calcutta held a special meeting to consider the bills for seditious libel preferred against three native papers. The offence alleged against two of the three journals, both Persian, is that of publishing the D'elhi. proclamation. Sir Arthur Huler, in his charge, observed, had this mendacious and mischievous document being inserted without comment, the point for the jury to decide would be a very simple one. The proclamation been grossly treasonaNe and defamato7y, the publication of it must, of 'course be a crime. Th- addition of com• meats however, by which it was accompanied, raised the question as to whether these were intended to neutralise the effect of the proclamation, and whether they were calculated to have that effect. But it was for the jury to say whether these were added only with a view to evade the consequences of promulgating a treasonable 'document, or really for the purpose of neutralising its' effect. _ _ Oa their trial, the two Mahommedan editors.were induced to plead Guilty, and s) were let off without any real punishment. The 'Endo() corn pawion in tribulation held to his plea of Not Guilty, and was acquitted by the jury. This result of the trial the Englishmen& cites as proof that the authorities intended that the prosecution should break down, in order that the diffiJulty or impos sibility of conviction under the existing laws might justify the imposition of the Ifess Act. The flurkara says : The other day we described the condition of the Indian journals as similar to that of shipwrecked mariners endeavouring to hold out until the arrival of relief. It is amusing to note the various stages of exhaustion at which they have arrived. The Bombay and Madras journals having received the news of their fall at a later period than those at this presidency, were still retaining a certain amount of vigour at the latest dates. But those of Bengal are fast beginning to.show declining symptoms, caused by being deprived for. too long of their natural mental food. If things go on in this manner, the con. ductors of the papers will soon be reduced to their last split pea, like gorging Jack and guzzling Jimmy in Mr. Thackery's pathetic ballad. We notice in the other presidencies signs of distress, analoguus to taking to the boats, and launching out into strange and unfathomable subj cts ; but on the Bengal side we see distinct symptoms of that last alternative of famine, "casting lots,' that is to say, casting lots of admirable articles into the waste paper basket, as being too dangerous to appear in print. The Englishman is apparently reduced to a far more desperate condition than his neighbours, and has been in a state equivalent to feeding upon the cabin boy for some days past., When that intellectual food has been digested and disposed of, it will be a difficult and painful task to say what must become of our coteroperary. The metaphorical cabin boy, which is now being eked out in a succession of mild sallies upon harmless subjects, cannot be expected to last long, and what next—and next—will come, remains to be seen. The worst ot this intellectual starvation iv, that it induces a taste for blood, and when once made ravenous, we can fancy that our cotemporary will become insatiable. • 4:3;k At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh•strtet, BOYS are CLOTHED from the. Ages of Six to Twenty Year*. Il\ - DIA, CHINA. AUSTRALIA. The following despatch ihai been received front Trieste The steamer Jupiter arrived, with the radian-news at 'frieve, on the 17th init., at a q nrter p sit five The Jupiter was ready to leave when the Australiara arrived at Corfu. The news arrived seal t hairs' in ad Vance. She brings the following pespatch : ALERANDIIIk, SE . Pr• 11.—Tile India, China, MA ,Aus tralian mails leave to-morrow at daybreak, with intelli gence from Climate to the loch August. Madras to the 17th, Ceylon to the 21st, and Hang Kong to the. 25th July/ A. detachment, composed of 350 men of her Ntajesty's 10th, 37th, and 56th Regiments, hid gone in pursuit, of the Dinapore mutineers. They attacked the enemy at ArFsb, but were overmhelemed` by numbers, and obliged to nit G ie c d ne iy m a' t " having advanced to within retreat, with the toss of 210+ killed an I woualid. z •:74 , baea o•hli;e1 t fill back upon , Cawnpore, and' there to place - his wounded March of men and captured guns in safely*. Cholera 1114 brekea out among his .small force. The 12th, irregular ;Cavalry had mutinied at Segowlie, and murdered - their officers. A. plot to massacre the Ewtopeans at Benares and J - Leeiore had bean discovered and9thwarted. The 63rd Native infantry had Resisted the order todis arm at 1' heluni; and had been cut to pieces- by a , detach.- merit of Europeans, TheiGovernan General's body guard had been disarmed. There had been , severe actions wkii•the rebels at Agra and Azinghur. iler Majesty's ship Shannon had arrived at Calcutta on the- tith of August with Lard Elgin and , stalf; 330 marines,- and a company of the 59th Regiment. The Pearl and Sameetield had also arrived, with troops , from the Transit. Martial law had been proclaimed in-Rehar„.: Sir James Outram , isiappainted to command at Dias- , pore. • A.report is mentioned to the effect that General Kee& is dead, and that rhveges caused by cholers , had compeller the British farce to retire from De,lhi to tigrtt. This reaches me from Ceylon alone, an - d: seems uann thenticated. Tne Calcutta markets are dull. Exchange 2i 2il to, I. Government securities had a dowuwardmendency.. In freights there was a slight improvement. Exchange at [long Eioug for Birk bills was 4s Hid;, Shanghai, 7s Id. AUSTRALIA: The dates per Columbia, are—Sydney Jaly IS,- and. Melbourne the 22a3. She has brought gold valued at Yrießoyal Charter arrived on the 19 .h of My.- Sydney sovereigns hive been proclalinad a legit:tender. in Victoria. The production of gold is increasln; the export to the l&h was 1,443,3'1l ozs. Shi paymti to E og laud—July 6, Norfolk, for Lon lo 1, with 83;970 18,A, Red Jacket, for Liverpool, with 66,000,0z4. Wool has•declined about 21 per lb. B tnk Spa-tres an Government securities keep up, but speculation.abated ,, j Great opposition to the Laud Bill. At Buckland river about 300 Europeans had attacked -1,500 Chinese, and drove them to the bush. The ringleaders, were in custody. Tho miners, . European and. Chinese, had returned to their 1ab0ur5...,,,d THE BELFAST RIOTS. GOVERNMENr• COINIAMION OF INQUIRY: FROm OUR OWS CORR,E3PONDENr. [Bi British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) The C mmissioners sat to-day, at eleven o'clock. Vl3 witnesses examined were, It , . Bind in, sab-inspector of constabulary, and Arr. Greene, the chief nieit coastablis of the municipal police. The evidence tended to show that great violence, con— tinuou3 firing of guns, and r•illtinisn of the w3:3t kinit had been perp;trated on both sides. The Commission adj Awned at four p.m. RI:VAG-ES' OF TIIF. caoixas.. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. The cholera now extends over nearly all the whole or the northern continent of Europe. At Gluckstodd font per cent. of the populatipn have died. At. Upsil the University has been-closed until the 12. h of October, oa account of the epidemic. RIOT AT HONITON. A somewhat serious riot occurred at Iloniten on Tues— day among a number of navvies engaged is -:the construe—. tion of the Yeovil and Exeter Railway. On Saturday , night one of those fellow?, named Bartlett, was intoxicated..i at the White Lion Inn, when a row ensued, and a num'oer of navvies and others surrounded the public-hotpe, broke-, the windows, and committed other excesses. The count?. police interfered, and were in the act of conveying Bartlett to the lock-up, when the navvies atteckel the officers, an& attempted to rescue the prisoner, but in this they failed, though they carried on their riotous conduct on Sunday and up to M)nday, daring which period several of the ringleaders were 10%01 in durance vile: As Inspector , Timewell and a number of police were marching their prisoners on Monday before the magistrates, at the Town. Hall, the mob attempted a rescue, and succeeded in getting three of the navvies from the officers ; but the remainder were taken before the justices and fined. SIR CITARLES WOOD TN LTV toirom...—ltegtklnlay,, the. First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Caorles Waid, Liverpool. He was received by Mr. Caaries „Tomer, Chairman of the Dock Committee, and in company with that gentleman inspeted the dock warshonset, Laird's works at Birkeahead, and other places or interrst connected with the port. lie also inorcted ,the docks from the river, and sailed for.some time 0r.....,tke Mersey is the Satellite tender. STANLEY LITERARY AND : DEB VTING &IC ETY—TiIiS Society he'd their usual weekly meeting. on .Wednesday evening last (Mr. George Barnes in the chair), at their rooms, Bible . Repository,. Slater strent, when Mr. T. Sherlock delivered a very interesting, lecture , on the " Misiion of the Age,"'and to whom an unanimous vote .of thanks was accorded. 'The sahject anacenmd for Wednesday evening next. at eight o'clock. was—" Is it jest and expedient that murderers should ba paished with' • death ?" LECTURE BY THE,RMV. Was. IL. Itlnieutot,—lt will be observed, by referetice to our navertisin; aolunius, that the Rev. William. 11. Aliibtra, ex-ch4ain to the United States senate, is to deliver a lecture on '' Western Miad ; its manifestations, elavence anck humour," at Hope Hall, Hope-street, on Monday evening next. To, those of our readers who may have hard the pleasure of: listening to the. eloquence a the " blina preacher" in the, pulpit during, his recent visit to this town, we need oul:,!„ nacnticn the abave fact ; but to those. who have not yet heard the distinguished Gentleman w;: can safely venture recommendation to avail themselves of this oppartunitv,,,in the confilont belief thata riellintel.?,ectual treat is in. stz.ra, for them. Jjhn Fatia.teorth, le..sck., is to preside upea the. occtisioa.. A letter franc Milau of the sh states that an c the pre— ceding day the Archduke 'Maximilian gave a grand dinner in honour of the King of the Belgians, who had arrived th9re on the preceding day. The ilaiiftar Courier w: jts:: " Edward B for Cambridgeshire, offieiated in the pulpit. of the Rev. I Mellor (Halifax) daring the earlier part off_ the service on. Sunday night last. On account of a tee porary indisposi. lion, he was prevented from preachin3, , tia,4o was requested, to do." _ _ We have the gratification of stating tha►. the c)lleetion made in Marheuf uhr : )el, oa S.:ladri last, afte: a sermon by the liev, Francis Pigoe, fot. the relief of the English sufferers in India, amoucieck to 3,l22ir.—Gctiq nani. TAE SUFFERERS IN INDIA. —A pub'ie m ting was held. in York, on Wednesday, the L;)rd Mayor in the (1.1:lir, to open a subscription for the, sufferers i n Indic. The rt.so, lutions we e pEssed, as a matter of course, and the sum of £3OOl was s ibseribed br4fore the meeting broke up. INTENDED BANQUET 1N HONOUR (S TilE RETURN OF R. N. PHILIP , , ESQ., Atp. Fox Bußy.—On Wednesday the land was staked out for the ereotios of a temporary build— ing, in which to celebrate the return of R. N. Philips, Esq ,as the representative of Bury in parliament. It is expected that it will be the largest tea party that has ever been Mid tali-logien&