Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-01 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BaoADwAT, Corner of HOUSTON-STRUT, NEW YORK. Named In honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CoNGaEss, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SMITHSON, of ENGLAND. Ravin the Friendship of the OFFICERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION, Is conducted on the System of Hutels In ENGLAND. CHAS. 11. SMITH. THIS PAY. AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEErINGS, &c. THEATRE ROYAL—Dramatic Performance - 7 ROYAL A M PHlTtlEATßE—Dramatis PerformClCe-7 LITRILTOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBIT ON, PoAoffice-place. ALLSOP'S WAXWORK EXOIRITION-10 a.m. t.O 10 p.m. GLAMOR' HALL, Clayton-square—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. ROYAL COLOSSRTIM—GeneraI Entertainaent-6.30 p.m. c:ir For particu!ars see advertieements. (14e korrorn THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. We are now in receipt of full details of news from India We regret to say that they are very gloomy. The rebellion, which it was thought had received a check at the departure of the previous mail, was as fierce as ever, indeed several parts of the country, which heretofore were very quiet, had revolted, and it is reported that a Rajah of South Maharatta Country had raised the standard of rebellion, and had been joined by 20,000 insur gents. If this be the case, we will have heavy work in that quarter. The report in a London cotemporary, that Lucknow had been relieved, is not confirmed ; the statement is premature, at least, as our latest accounts from General Have lock left him at Cawnpore. We have not any official mews from Lucknow. General Herbert has had several very sharp engagements with the enemy, and in each action the British troops were masters of the field. The mutiny in the Madras regiments was not of much consequence, further than the loss of some thousands of troops. They, too, quietly submitted to the disarming process. But in Central India, although '•all was well," serious danger was again apprehended, since the border regions are more or less in a state of disaffection. Thus, at Nusseerabad, where the 12th Bombay in fantry had been quartered as a measure of pie caution, and where the princip 1 portions of the Rajpoot force is stationed, a hundred and five men had been disarmed,but this seems to have resulted from a drunken outcry. At Aboo, in 119jpootana, fifty of the Joadpore legion, composed of twelve hundred and forty six men, had mutinied, and joined the ranks of a predatory chief; the Bopal contingent had deserted its colours ; the inten tions of Holkar and Sindiah are suspected, but Nag pore and Hyderabad are perfectly tranquil. The Times says that" the particulars of the news throw a new and a gloomy light on the state of affairs. For the present, aau for several weeks more from the last date, we must make up our minds to in creasing difficulty, and the consequent probability of fresh disasters, in one quarter or another. Here and there the tide may be turned in our favour. An heroic act, a desperate advance or still more desperate defence, a brilliant vic tory or a miraculous relief, a timely panic in the foe or an unhoped-for aid, may serve to console us for casualties of an opposite character. But when things are pushed to the extreme, and everything everywhere is staked on the cast of a die, we cann o t ex p ec t th e c h ances to be always in our favour. It is not Delhi that is now the chief point of anxiety. Nor yet do Lucknow and Agra, with their gallant defenders, and their hundreds of women and children, monopolise interest. The whole line of communication is threatened and disturbed. We have had to retreat, to surrender points which till lately we were sure of holding, to detain reinforcements, to provide against new dangers, and reduce our position to the least and most manageable nucleus of dominion. All this, of course, is only for a time. Give us the single month of September—let us tide over those thirty days, and there is small c :use of fear. But it is terrible to think what may happen in that interval—how much that can only be recovered at a fearful cost—how much that is absolutely ir remediable. Taking the news seriously we believe, however, that, notwithstanding the troubled state of Rajpootana, the sinister aspect of certain districts in Bombay and Madras, the immense legions of the enemy gathered between the Jumna and the Ganges, and the possibility of 'urther local disas ters, the-tide of events is generally favourable, since no sooner will Delhi have been reduced than the rebellion will gradually recede from the north-west, and, being pent up between Agra and Allahabad, will then, perhaps, after many a fierce, destructive struggle, be finally exhausted. For a mont h we may be without satisfactory intelligence ; we may hear of delays at Delhi, and massacres elsewhere ; but if the nation is true to itself, it will lose not an inch of territory, from the ocean to the borders of Affghanistan. In the NOP.THERN TIMES of Tuesday, we pub lished a note from Mr. John Laird, intimating that Mr. James E. Rae, the Minag , r of the Birken head Branch of the North and South \Vales Bank, had kindly consented to receive 6 übscrip tions in aid of the Relief Fund for the suff,trers by the Indian mutinies. We need hardly say that, such relief, to be really valuable, should be imme diate; and, we have no doubt, but that the residents of Birkenhead will cheerfully and liberally respond to the call now made upon them, without the aid of a public meeting to arouse sympathy. The inquest on the bodies those persons who lost their lives by the accident on the Great Northern Railway, has ended in a verdict of acci dental death. The Coroner's jury, however, were of opinion that there is not sufficient caution given to engine -drivers working express trains, and that they have too much liberty to work their engines at any rate of speed. The jury also requested the coroner to bring the subject under the considera tion of the Government. A very interesting eeremony took place at the Sailors' Home, yesterday- Captain Sharp, of the ship Ann Pitcairn Sharp, was presented with a gold chronometer watch and chain, from the Presi. dent of the United States ; Captain Graham, late of the ship Abel Gower, with a gold medal, from the Swedish Government ; and William Eccles, of Hoylake, fisherman, with a silver medal, the gift of the Board of Trade, for their gallant conduct on most trying occasions. We refer our readers to our ample report of the proceedings. The meeting of the West Derby Guardians was held yesterday, but the proceedings were of a merely routine charaetar, and does not call for the least attention. The business transacted at the Police, Bankruptcy, and County Courts was also very meagre and uninteresting. A man named John Booth has been found guilty, at Edinburgh, of the wilful murder of his mother-in-law. Previous to the judge passing sentence of death the prisoner requested to speak a few words, which request being granted, he i made a most s i ngu l ar s t atemen t, a re port of which will be found in another column. The net decrease in the quarter's revenue will amount to about £90,000, and about £200,000 on the year. The Belfast riots investigation is still going on, and so tar not muc`a evidence of an important character has been taken. It certainly appears that the riots were caused solely by the acts of one Laughlan, an insane Roman. Catholic, who drove through the districts inhabited by people of th a t denomination, disguised, and brandishing an Orange lilly. A local paper says that not a scintilla of evidence has been produced to justify, in the remotest degree, any one of the numerous calumnies that have been so freely vented against our local magistracy. No attempt has been made to sustain the slightest accusation against them. They have been maligaed and vituperated in the most scandalous manner, not by a low and ruffianly mob merely, but by men whose presumed THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1857. education and position gave some plausibility to their slanders; they have been denounced as partisans from whom an impartial administration of justice was not to be expected; they have been reprobated over and over again as Orangemen, prepared on all occas one to sacrifice principle and position to their Orange prejudices ; but no attempt has been made to substantiate any of these assertions. The evidence of Lord Enniskillen before the Commissioners has called out leaders in the Belfast journals. Respecting the Orange Society, the Mercury of that town says :—" Look ing to the future peace of the country, we really think it is full time that a Confederacy so mani festly useless, and yet so liable to he perverted to dangerous purposes, should be abolished alto nether. Lord Enniskillen stated that the Orange Society was re-Drganised for the purpose of coun teracting the pernicious influence and machina tions of Ribbonism—this was the only ground on which he justified the revival of an institution which, in the history of Irish politics, had earned for itself the hostility of all parties in the state — which has been condemned by both Houses of Parliament and by the Crown. No doubt, the new organisation is very different, indeed, from the old one, but there is a vast deal in a name, and it is difficult to persuaue people that the Orange Institution of 1.857 is not, to all intents and pur poses, the Orange Institution of 1837. Besides, the law is strong enough to deal with Ribbonism, and every other form of secret society, without the aid of the Orange Confederacy. Indeed, if that Confederacy did not exist, the law would be much stronger. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made a speech at Kington in support of the Indian fund. Sir S C. Lewis contends that the rebellion in Hin dostan is not a result of misgovernment, for Eng land has conferred greater benefits on the people of India than it has derived from them ; that the native population has shown no disposition to join the mutineers; that he is glad to think the city of Delhi is not to be assaulted, but reduced ; and finally, that ministers are prepared to show they have neglected no means to make the autho rity of the Crown respected in India, and to protect the lives and properties of its subjects there. The Continental news is not of much importance this morning. The Emperor Francis Joseph left Vienna at midnight on the 28th, No Minister accompanied him. The meeting with the Czar will therefore bear a strictly private character. It is expected that Francis Joseph and Alexander will go from Weimar to Dresden, and that King Frederick William will likewise make a trip to the capital of Saxony. Before the Emperor Alexander departed from Stuttgardt, on the 28:.h, he met the Emperor Napoleon at the villa of the Crown Prince of Wurtemburg Only Count Walewski, Prince Gortschakoff, and one of the aide-de-camps of the Emperor were present a this reunion. The Pattie, in a leading article commenting upon the petition of the Bordeaux merchants, observes that the " miserable relics" of the ancient French possessions in Hindostan still consist of 188 square miles of territory, containing 200,000 inhabitants ; and it opines that the French Government is disposed effectually to exer cise in all its plenitude the incontes tible fight to protect these possessions, and thus to lead the way to a revision of the treaty with England of May 30, 1814, which is "offensive to our national dignity, and leaves our establish ments exposed to manifest danger." A letter from Marseilles states that Mdlle. Rachel is at the last extremity, and that her children, her mother, and her brother have been summoned by telegraph to the place where she is living, near Cannes. SOME fifteen or sixteen years ago we remember a number of ministers, chiefly of the Independent and Baptist decomination, associated themselves together under the name of the Evangelical Alliance. They met periodically at various towns in England and Scotland ; this year the meeting has been held at Berlin, with the special sanction and approval of his yrussian Majesty„ Some twelve hundred clergymen assembled froth various countries—France, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Russia, Prussia, America, Scotland, Eng• land, &I. They gave each other the right hand of fellowship, made speech's, dined together, pre sented an address to that great and 'mighty potentate the present weak ruler of Prussia, and were received at the Palace. We cannot altogether join in the somewhat contemptuous estimate which some of our cotemporaries mAke of the purpose and results of these meetings. They may not accomplish all that was expected, and probably they are of less consequence to the universe .than their authors fondly dream. But yet there may be something good and promising even in these one-si led and Sectarian assemblages. The Alliance was foundel on a very proper and natural desire to reach something more of unity among Christians. How strange and discreditable it appears that men and denominations who profess the same re!igion of Christ should be so alienated from each other—oftentimes hostile. Could nothing be done to lessen this undesirable state of things, and to produce more brotherly feeling and combined action ? The Alliance was projected to meet this want and accomplish this object. Roman Catholics boast of their unity ; they taunt Protestants with their diversities. BOSSUET, a learned Roman Catholic divine, of France, wrote the well remembered book called " The Variations of Protestantism ;" and though CHMLINGWORTH'S " Harmony of the Protestant Confessions" is also extant, yet both sides continue to repeat against each other the charges of corruption of Christian doctrine and departure from Christian unity. Why should not Protestants, sinking minor differences, aim at showing that they also possess a substantial unity ; not, indeed, an external unity, under one acknowledged head, but a real unity in the profession of a few grand and corn prehensive principles ? In this kind of feeling the society originated. It was to wipe off the reproach of schism and division from the Pro testant name. Behold how these Christians love one another ! was said of old See how Christians hate and oppose each other, might be said in later times. This is the stigma to be removed. Besides, there cannot bo a doubt that the idea of unity preserved in the Roman Church, how much soever it may have been lowered and perverted, is still a sound Christian idea. We have CHRIST'S prayer that his disciples might all be one ; apostolic Exhortations to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ; and reproofs because of the schisms and dissensions that were beginning to show them selves in that early time. The object aimed at ty the Evangelical Alliance was therefore laudable and Christian, and most desirable if it could be realised. How far the object is practicable among Protestants, and whether the Alliance went wisely to work are other questions. The Alliance laid down a creed, and excluded those who do not accept of that creed. It therefore excluded many liberal Christians of England, America, France, and Germany, &c., who do not accept of the doctrines usually voted to be Orthodox. But no unity, or even union, among Protestants is possible on any such principle. Men equally earnest and honest will put different interpreta tions upon the words of Scripture. There can therefore be no agreement in dogma or doctrine. Alen will see and feel differently even in regard to essentials. The aim at doctrinal unity is a weak Point of Protestantism ; the essential principle of which is " let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." Faith is an individual thing; no priest may dictate it, no church may impose it, because no man, who is in earnest, can receive any faith but that which he himself feels or thinks to be true. The unity of Protestantism is here—that each man may be true to his own conviction, faithful to hie own light ; he is accountable not to ma❑ but to GOD for the faith which he holds. The Alliance has not yet grown up to the full admission of religious freedom. It is trying to do what the Roman Church failed to do—namely, to bring about one uniform and universally accepted haterpretatim of the Scriptures. And though Protestantism pos sesses probably as much real unity of sentiment as exists in the Roman Church, yet, in conse quence of its own vicious procedure, its misappre hension of its own function, and its aiming at a seeming impossibility, Protestantism fails to present a logical and satisfactory reply to the taunt of Romanism. But though the Alliance is not all that we could desire, we arc still thankful for the good that is in it. It shows effectually that there is a great body of doctrines, common to a vast duster of sects , that go under the name of Evangelical. Here were met together, taking part i❑ the same services, and giving each other the right hand of Christian brotherhood, members of the Church of England, Independents, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Calvanists, Armenians, Presbyterians from Scot land, and Fpiscopalians from America, Sc;. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote his approval, and Churchmen and Dissenters met in friendly greeting. These are things not to be sneered at. It is someting to see men of various creeds and nations recognising their unity and difference, and agreeing to a broader plat form than those of their separate churches Let the same spirit animate them when they separate, and go with them to their several homes and congregations, and then we have seen a promise of better things to come. Churchmen and Disenters may then no longer be battling about church-rates and ceremonies, but may com mence the rivalry of whp shall be most effective in promoting the true enlightenment of the people— the diffusion of sound knowledge, and the practice °f virtue. For, after all, goodness is raligion. We shall not despair altogether that the Alliance may one day widen its pale, broaden its platform, and accept all who honestly search for truth, whatever their finding may be. This is the true Catholic Protestantism, and the only effectual reply to the vaunted unity of Rome. THE REVENUE. The accounts to be made up this evening will show a falling off in most of the principal sources of revenue as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year Nevertheless, when we take into account the large reduc tions of taxation which came into extensive operation in the intervening period, the forthcoming returns will exhibit no diminution of the productive buoyancy in our national resources, which for some years past it has been our agree able and unvarying duty to record. We proceed to anti_ cipate the principal features of the accounts, which will be published in a more formal and accurate manner to morrow. For the quarter, the Customs department will show a net decrease of about £500,000 as aompared with the quarter ending this day twelve months. This is about the amount whicti m;ght have been calculated upon, in consequence of the reduction of duties upo n co ff ee , tea , and sugar. The falling off principally arises from the last-named article, with respect to which th e di m i n i s h e d consumption, caused by high prices, has probably not been without its influence upon the revenue. In the Excise the decrease on the quarter will not exceed £150,000, or thereabouts. In the malt tax alone the deficiency anticipated was about £1,000,000, and the actual falling off will be about £BlO , OOO, but the inc rease d consumption of malt and spirits, and a heavy receipt on account of hop duty, which, properly speaking, ought to belong to a previous quarter, compensate for the falling off to an extent which makes the total decrease in the Excise not more than the sum we have mentioned. Under the head of Stamps we believe there will be found little or no variation in the receipts of the present as compared with previous quarters. The change, if any, is likely to occur in the shape of increase, owing, no doubt, to the gradual expansion of the receipts from the legacy and succession duties. The Property Tax returns will exhibit a deficiency on the quarter of about £400,000. This, we nee . not say, altogether arises from the reduction of the tax from 161 to 7d. in the pound. It may be well to remark, however, that this decrease occurs under the head of dividends and official salaries only. The receipts from all other sources of income upon which the tax is not so promptly paid continue at the increased rate prevailing up to the let of April. The great dim inution of reven ue i n t hi s tax may be expected to bs felt in the accounts for the quarter which commences to-morrow. In the Post Office we may anticipate an increase of about £85,000, altogether owing to the progressive activity and consequent productiveness of the department. Crown lands, which may be regarded as a fixed charge, show no variation worthy of remark. Under the head of Miscellaneous there will be fonnd an increase of something like £120,000, a casual increment attributable to the sale of old stores after the conclusion of the Russian war. The net decrease on the quarter will be about £900,000 an amount considerably under that which was anticipated. The revenue for the year will exhibit a decrease, but one much slighter than that of the quarter. This cir cumstance is at once accounted for by the fact that many of the reductions in taxations did not actually come into full play until late in the year. Even in the present returns we continue to feel the benefits of the war income in the shape of the Property Tax. The Customs for the year will, in all likelihood, exhibit a small increase. Not withstanding the loss of revenue caused by the reduction of the duties of tea, sugar, and coffee, which msy be estimated at about £500,000, we find the increased consumption of corn, currants, tobacco, wine, timber, and other articles more than sufficient to make up for the falling off. In the Excise the decrease for the year be will not far from £340,000. The loss on malt would be about £1,200,000, but it is counterbalanced to a considerable extent by the increased receipts under other heads—prin cipally spirits, hops, and piper In Stamps the year will show an increase of about £200,000, to be ascribed to the improved working of the Legicy and Succession Duties. As regards Taxes, there will scarcely be any variation, there being no legis ative reason to affect this source of revenue. The decrease on the Property Tax for the year, will not be more than about £lBO,OOO The smallness of the falling off is to be attributed to the continuance of payments at the war rate of 161. The Post Office will show a increase of about £160,000 on the year, while Crown Lands and Miscellaneous, will exhibit scarcely any change. The total net decrease on the year may be let down as about £200,000. As regat;ds the generally favourable character of the returns, we shall only say, that in, we believe, every single instance, the receipts have exceeded the official estimates, framed at the time of reducing the various duties existing at the time of the war.—Cilobe. THE INDIAN WAR. We are now in possession of full details of the news per the Overland Mail, telegraphic summaries of which we have previously published. As the intelligence is of the utmost importance, we give it in full. (From the Bombay Times of August 31.) The situation of affairs is disastrous. A fortnight ago, the flame of rebellion was then thought to be going out. It now buns with as much fierceness as ever, and sparks from the blazing pi'e are ligh ing up the fires of di, cord and iniurrecdon in the neighb urhood of the conflagration. Symptoms of disaffection are now being cxhitited among the Sep )y- rliments of b)th Bombay and Madras, which convinces us that, although they may not break out into open mutin : , they can scarcly be trusted to fight against their rebellious countrymen. We may yet hope, howe-er, that the arrival of large numbers of Euro • pe n troops wi!l confirm the wareting loyalty of those regi men's still serving under our banners, and prevent them from joining the cause of the mutineers. This is the only consolation we have under the gloomy circumstances of our present position, fir the Home Guvernarent to send the reit.firce nents by the Cape route instead of des patching them overland will postpone the day of reckoning by several months. LIICKNOW, & GEN. HAVELOCK'S RETREAT. There is no confirmation of the report that Lucknow had been relieved. Tile Bombay Times says, no intelligence has been received from Lucknow. The communication, which is cut off, but it is suppovel that the garrison is still holding cut. It is said that the Goorknas from Nepal have relieved the besieged troops, but this may be doubtful. The same journal states, that Gen. Ilavelcck's retreat was slow and deliberate, and the enemy every where fled before him. Oa the 12th of August, however, they attacked him with two gnus on the northern site of the river, before crossing over to Cawnpore. In this action we suffered some loss, but succeeded in capturing the enemy's guns, which the Highlaudeis did in gallant style. The next morning the troops crossed the Ganges, and arrived in Cawnpore, where General Havelock was to remain until he coull receive reinforctments from Lower Bengal. During Havelock's absence Cawnpore had been toreatened by a body of the enemy, but when Gen. Neill advanced to meet them they took to flight. It is evident that Oude is the focus of the rebellion, and that it will re quire a large European force to reconquer it. Toe regiments which mutineed at Cawnpore and Lucknow, joined by the warlike inhabitants of the Province, have been organised into some kind of order. The country seems t) swarm with hordes of rebels. It would have been madness in General Havelock, with his diminished force under him, to have encountered the im mense army of the enemy, as his troops might have been destroyed, and the safety of Lucknow and Cawnpore imperilled. A non-commissioned officer of the 78h Highlanders says that in the all air of August 15th there were only It2o of the 78th Highlanders praient, the remainder sick. Our whole force consisted of 800 men, including the Sikhs. A great many followers were cut to pieta by the enemy's cavalry and roand shot. There were two brass 9-pounders pla)iag on the 78th, which would, n., doubt, have destroyed every man, and these were most gallantly captured, though the attempt seemed desperate. General Havelock rode up after us crying out " Well done brave Highlanders, voa have this day saved yourselves and your comrade," We did not lose a man in the charge. DINAPORE-ARRAN, The mutineers from Ditoa.dore, who were allowed to retire from that place without molestation, although there were 1,200 European troops in the cantonment, retreated towards the Soane, and destroyed the railway bridge across that river. They next proceeded to Arrah, where they destroyed the bungalows, and besieged a fortified position, to which the Europeans, and a small party of Sikhs, had" retired. A native proclaimed himself Rajah at Arrah, and assumed the functions of royalty. In the meantime' detachments of her Majesty's 10th and 37th Regiments, consisting of 250 men, under the command of Captain Dunbar, fUth Foot, were sent is a steamer to the neighbourhood of Arrah, to chastise the mutice rs. This detachment fell into an ambuscade, and was almost entirely destroyed, about 140 of them having been killed. The troops were landed from the steamer in the dark, a native having brought a false message, which the commanding officer believed, that the magistrate of Arish had sent for relief; and shortly ar,er wards, without being able to defend and protect themselves, they were shot down in deems by the rebels, who were in ambush behind a wall. Most of the officers being killed, the survivors of the unfortunate party made their way towards the river, and succeeded in getting on board the steamer. More than flf:y mei were killed, and many of those who escaped were wounded. Oae officer and about sixteen men, being separated from the others, proceeded by lead to Dinapore, which they reached in safety. Amongst the officers killed were Captain D inbar, her Majesty's 10 h Foot ; Lieutenant Anderson, late 221; Lieutenant Ingilby, late 7th ; Ensign Site, her Majesty's 37th ; and Ensign Erskine, her Majesty's 10th Foot. The mate of the steamer and a railway volunteer were also killed. Lieutenant Sandwith, her Majesty's 10,h, Ensign Vernon, late 40th, Dr. Jackson, and Messrs. Garstin, and Macdonald, volunteers, were wounded in this melancholy affair. Tne rebels hung the de id holies of the Europeans to trees, and took their Enflield rifles, greased cartridges and all, which many of them used. They did not, however, long enjoy their triumph, as they have had a severe .beating by Major Eyre, who attacked them at Arrab. lee had three guns, 60 gunners, 150 of the 7th Fusiliers, and 12 gen tlemen volunteers from Buser. The mutineers num bered about 2,500 men, some of them with Enfield rifles. They fought desperately, charging the gun', but were beaten back, and the little garrison at Arrah, consist ing of 45 Sikhs, 12 gentlemen, and a lady, were rescued by our brave little fcece. The rebels have gone to Sasseram, on the Grand Trunk Road. Some reports say that the mutineers a . e entrenching themselves; others that they are marching to the Kurrumnassee. A party of Europeans is going after them from Benue'. They have cut the tele graph wire, and stopped the dak, in consequence of which our communication with Calcutta was interrupted for several days. The conduct of Gen. Lloyd, who commanded at Dinapore, when the mutin occurred, and who its indirectly responsible for the disaster at Arrah, bats been severely criticised by the Indian press. The Supreme Government have also taken notice of the conduct, having suspended him from command, and he is also, it is said, to be brought to trial for letting the mutineers escape. The system, however, which places in capable and imbecile men, who ought to be on the retired list, in important commands in India, is chiefly at fault; and unless a radical change is made by sweeping it away, no good can arise from the prosecution of individuals after the mischief has been done. Sir James Outram, who has been again nominated Chief Commissioner in Ou le, has been appointed to the Dinapore command pro tem , and will no doubt discomfit the mutineers, as seventeen hundred troops had arrived from China, and were being sent up towards the disturbed districts. DELHI. The people of England, who have been anxiously expecting to hear of the capture of Delhi, will be disappointed to learn th it the city is still in the pos session of the mutineers. With the small force under the command of General Wilson, an assault on the place could nut be made with safety or the certainty of success ; and our operations have not, therefore, extended beyond strengthening our position. The enemy continued to annoy our troops by repeated sorties, but wero invariably driven back with great slaughter. Oa the Ist of August, a body of the enemy made a sucerssi ,n of attacks on our right front, but were repulsed on every occasion. In this affair, Captain Travers of the let Punjaub Infan•ry, was killed ; and the other case ilties am , unted to ten killed and 36 wounded. The enemy afterwards kept up a fire of artillery for several days, when Lieut. Brown, of the 33rd Native Infantry, was mortally wounded, and several other officers were hurt. The explosion of the powder ma nufactory in the city, when 15,0001b5. of powder were de stroyed, is likely to cause serious embarrassment to the rebe's A most successful affair took place on the 12th, when a fume under Brigadier Showers surprised a ba!tery of guns, placed between the C ishmere Gate and Metcalfe picquets, which had for some days annoyed our outposts. Four guns were taken from the enemy, and were safely brought into come,. There were 112 killed and wonnded among oar men, several officers being also pieced hors de combat At the date of the latest adveos from Delhi, which reach to the 12th August, Brigadier General Niuh son's column, consisting of European troops and Sikh levies, was daily expected to join Vie force, being then within one Gay's march from the camp. Oa the arrival of these reinformnents, our army woull be able to assume the offensive, and, if practicable, attempt an assaul'. Tne affair of the 12th seems to be an indication that altive measures are about to be taken, and it was doabless a preliminary to a more arduous struggle for the mastery of the city. AGRA. We have received advicea from Agra to the 7th instant when all remained quiet in the reighbourhood of th t fortress. The m .tinears from Neemuch. and Nusseerabad, who threatened the place for some time, have retii eel tower's Delhi, stud there was AQ appearauce of a hostile force in the v'etinity. The In lore mutineers, who had reached Gwalior, were, however, reported to be adv ,ncing in the direction of Agra, but no fears were entertained for t! -- e safety of tha fo-t. The European' inhabitants still remained in the fort, which was crewded to inconvenience. PIINJAUB. The Punj sub continues to enjoy tranquility, and the organisation of the Sikh regiments for service at Delhi is rapidly progressing.. The 26th N.T., which had been disarmed at Meean Meer, the cantonment of Lahore, mutinied on the 30th July. In the attempt to maintain order, Mijor Spencer, who commanded the regiment, the quartermaster sergeant, and a native officer lost their lives. The mutineers fled into the jungle, and endeavoured to make their way towards Delhi, but were intercepted and cut up. Since then parties of them have been seized in different parts of the country, and were summarily executed. Other mutinous regiments in the Punjaub have also been dispersed and hunted down, no sympathy being shown to them by the inhabitants of the provinces. His Highness Mahar.ij ih G .olab Singlly, Sovereign of Cashmere, died on the 2tid of August of fever. To the last the Maharajah msintainei the most friendly relations with the British G .vernment, and had jest arranged to furnish a good auxiliary force for the suppre sion of the rebellion in the north-west provinces. The Maharajah of Puttiala, one of our feudatories in the Punjanb, has also rendered valuable as-istance to the British cause, having aided in recovering the lost territories of Hissan ani Sirsa. At Mooltau the native artillery have been dis irmed by tte Bombay Fusiliers, who have charge of the Citadel. All continues quiet in the Punjaub. RAJPOOTANA. We have scarcely any intellige cc from Rajpootane, where nothing of much importance has occurred since the mutinies at Neemuch and Nussoerabad. Brigadier General Lawrence, wi,h the forces under his com mand, is ahle to control the turbulent Rajpoots, who have not yet evinced any s;ges of hostility. There have been Lymptems of disaffection in the 12th Bombay Native Iniant..y, fortni g part of the Rajleot ma field force It ap pears thet on the afternoon of the 10. h August, a trooper of thh Ist Lancers passed by the Artillery lines at full gallop, chased by four others of the regiment. On arriving at the lines of the 12th N. 1., the men of that regiment turned out to protect him, and refused to give him up. He escaped and g to his own lines, when he tritd to induce the regiment to rerviny and follow him. He fired several shots at native officers, one of whom he wounded, and finding there was no response to his ca I, he gallopel dawn to the 12. h lines again. At this time the affair had become known, and the whole force turned out, with her M,j s:y's 83rd Foot. On arriving at the Native Infantry lines, they found the mutineer surrounded by the Native Infantry, he vehemently ceiling upon them to fire upon the Europeans. They refused to give him up, but did not proceed to active violence. After refusing to obey repeated orders from the brigadier, Colonel H. Nlecan, and their own officers, they formed a kind of hollow square round the fellow, from the cultic of which he took deliberate aim with his catbine at the brigadier, and Ered, but fortunately missed him. Up in this three or four of the European Horse Artillery dashed into the square and cut him do arn—Liewenant Swanto a giving him the couv de grace by smding a pistol bullet through him. A portion of the 12th Native Infantry were then disarmed, and on their muskets being examined, two, and in some cases tbree, bolls were found in each piece. A fearful catastrophe, attended with heavy loss of life, has occurred at Jodhpore. The King's magazine was struck by lightnine, awl 9)0 human beings were killed and wounded by the explosion, which also destroyed property of the value of one million of pounds sterling. GENERAL BENGAL NEWS. Since the mutiny at D napore several risings have oc cured in warious parts of Bengal, and the whole of the province seems to b 3 in a state of alarm. The civilians of Gyak, after making preparations for defence, retreated to Patna, leaving the treasure in charge et' a company of the 64'..h Regiment, which it is feared is in d I nge r. The 8 h Native Infantry at Hee treebagh mutinied on the 3Jth of June, and liberated all the pr . soners. M )st of the Euro peans escaped to Bagoda, but there is every reason to believe that 3/I)jor Oakes was killed. The 63rd Native Infantry, and the 11th Irregulars, were disarmed at Behrampore on the Ist of August. They were paraded at an early hour in the merninv, and on either flank ware placed two guns charged with grape, under the protection of her Majesty's 90th Regirnent, which had just arrived at the station. Tee Sepoys, when ordered to give up their arms, at first made some demur, but at last yielded with a bad g-ace, and the arms were event sally piled and collected, and the troopers dismounted. It is said that mmy of the rms were found to be loaded, and that cartridges were discovered concealed under some of the saddles of the troop es. From several other stations the Earopaaa inhabitant*, fearing a rising of theeMahommedans, were flying towards Calcutta, which was becoming crowded with fugitives from all parts of Bengal. In Calcutta itself considerable excitement pre vailed, and preparations were being made to gu ird against a Mussulman outbreak, which was believed to be imminent. Tro)ps were stationed in the p-incipal thoroughfares of the city among the Mabommedan festivals, and other precautions were adopted by Government for the preservation of the public peace. These hare been attended with entire success, and the spirit which prompt them has not in any way abated its vigour. The police force has been increased by a hundred Europeans, and the natives of the north-west are looked upon with suspicion. The Governor-General's b ely guard has been disarmed, but continue cheerfully to perform their duty. It is probable also that the native population wid be disarmed, a measure which is considered necessary t) the public safety. But little dread can now be felt of a rising in Calcutta, as reinforcements were d Lily arriving trom Madres aed China. The steamer Shannon, with Lord Elgin on bard, anchored at Calcutta on the 7th August, bringing 1,700 troops and marines from Hong K ng. This is a valuable accession to the European force in Bengal, and will enable government to despatch ail to Cawnpore and Lecknow. The Hon. J. P. Grant, a member of the Supreme Council, has been appcinted Lieutenant Governor of the Central Provinces, with his head quarters at Allahabad. Sir Colin Campbell. the new Comm under-in-Chief, has arrived in Calcutta, and Sir Patrick Grant is expected to return to Madras shortly, Lord Canning remains at the seat of government. Our latest advices from Calcutta are to the 11th Awns`, via Madras. MADRAS. There is but little to record from the Madras Presidency, which has been in a perfec ly tranquil state. Several of the Madras Regiments have been sent to Calcutt i, and the embarkation of other coops was quietly going on. When the 8;h Cavalry was proceeding to the Presidency to em bark, a mutinous spirit suddenly displayed itself among the men, upon which the authorities dis 'rated them at once. On arriving about 26 miles from Madras, it pir. forward a claim for the rate of pay, batta and pension, which existed boors 1857, and ware more favourable to the Sepoy than the present rates. Th 3 offic:rs referred the matter to government, which weakly complied with the demand of the sepoys, who were inf irmed to that eff ct. Encouraged by this succes., the sepoys next declared VILA they would not mach on any to Upon seeing this state of matters, the sepoys were disarmed, retuning only t'aeir swords, to which they quiet'y submittel. G.e excitement was eaus d in Madras by this of dr, and pre par tions were 'nude to rPsist an insurrection which seem d to b 3 impending. The horses of the mutineeri have been despatched io Calcutta, where thy would be useful in minting the ye , niary which is ban: formed there. BOMB IY. The mutiny at Kolapoor, in the Southern Mahratta country, to which we briefly alluded in our last summary, has been promptly suppressed, and does nit appear to have been very general in the 27th Bombay Native In fantry. Only 200 men broke out on the occasion, and rubbed the treasure chest. The officers bad received a timely warning, and escaped to the Residency, whore they assembled a body of infantry and cavalry, and prepared to defend themselves against attack. Unfortunately L'eute rvnts Norris and HeaLbfield, and Ensign Stubbs, of the 9th Native Infantry, got astray from the rest of the officers, and were murdered by the mutineers in the neighbourhood of Kolapoor. While in a state of suspense Lieutenant Kerr, of the Southern Mabratta Horse, who was derpatchetl from Settara with a party of sowers, arrived at the Residency. Measures were im mediately adop'ed to attack the mutineers, who had taken up their position in a fortified quadrangle in the a iburbs of the city, but the ford retired without attempting to dtslolge them. Some days afterwards Lieutenant Kerr headed a storming party and succeeded in driving the enemy out and dispersing them. Of the prisoners who were taken 21 were executed on the 19th of August, anl /9 on the following day. Many more are undergoing their trial, and will doubtless meet the same fate. A detachment of European troops sent from Bombay and Poona are now located at K dapoor, so that no fresh disturbances are likely to occur in that part of the country. At Belgaum, where martial law has been proclaimed, several Mahomtnedans have been convicted of treason and executed. A plot was discovered among the 29,1 Regiment Native Infantry to destroy the companies of the 2nd Europeans, by attacking them on the night of their arrival at Belaaum, weary and exhausted by their harassing march from Goa. Several arrests were m tie in consequence, and a few of the foremost traitors executed. Some alarm had also b3en felt at Dharwar, to which place a company of the 2nd Europeans had been ordered. The %in of the 27th Itnimeat of Native Infantry, etittiohed at Rutnagherry, has bean disarmed, as they W er° „dol petted of disloyalty when the other part of the refit 44 mutinied at Kolapoor, ando f the a company . odot has been detached from Bombay for the Pro., of of Rutnagherry. At Mount Aboo fifty men u o f Joudpoor Legion mutinied on the 21st of Augs 4 wi l attacked the European Barracks, but were driven with some lose. They then retreated towards &Wel; where it is feared they will ,excite their comradego mutiny. The other stations of the Bombay Fret id :ar hive been comparatively tranquil, but a general few" is iusecurity seems to prevail throughout the interior. bo Bombay the panic which existed about a f o rtnight Woo gradually subsided, and a feeling of confidence pervadelvd community. A company of _En opean artillery have etral34 from Bushire, and the remainder of her Majesty's beet Regiment from the Mauritius. These troops ha ve ,itr s ationed Bombay for the present, until the elybio ment of the Mohorruria passes away, and t he 1 g mind is reassured. Christians of all denotainstrtoo obs rued a day c: humiliation and prayer in copleocbid with the present disturbances, and the natives of ov he i also set apart a day for the same purpose. The vlea t sit now very favourable, and the heavy rains durin / tno k t month have given us a plentiful supply of water e for a " ( 11 season. The fall up to the 29th of August was Wit , of sixty inches. The monsoon may now be cone idere ended, and traffic with the western ports has been rea d e r The Governor is at the Presidency, but the Conalan u f t ios Coief has returned to Peonah, to superintend the fanny of another moveable column of troops, for service i° north west provinces. LATEST FROM DELL .; 0 01 A letter from Aboo, dated the llthirtmant, ati that the "King of Delhi has offered to make terms 11 7 te ati on, the condition that 36 lakhs of upees ann.uallYl lll ; f 15, as heretofore, should be secured to hiln successors. The proposal was of course pe - reng ) , - , ° di' declined. He w4s informed that nothing but ua,e,f,/ tional surrender could be . acceptcd.—Pomi, 0 0 " Extra, August 27. BEFORE DELHI, ibst Officars killed, wounded, gone away, with or 1 / I ', medical certificAite, &c., from the da'e of the affait e. Hindun, up to July 27, 1857: W3e4 Staff—Generals Anson, dead ; Barnard, ditto ; sick certifica'e ; and Chamberlai-", wounded O f ' re od Colonels Chester, killed ; Congreve, gone away ; a rt? Becher wounded severely. B r igadi er Halifax, sie k „ - liet ficate, dead. Colonel Cur z on, gon e a way, p r '"ditts Graves, ditto,—Seaton Wounded ; and Drought , do or ditto. ditto. Captain Barnard, Aide-de-C am p, gene r t ies Capt. Reed, Aide-de-Camp, ditto ; Ru E s ; ll (54th o s e el In , antry, orderly officer to General Barnard) ; dor Delemain, 56th ditto, Aide-de-C a mp to 13658 Sho - vers, killed. Total-16. 0; Artillery—C doles Mowatt, dead ; and M. Mac --e otti• wou , .ded severely. Majors Mallock, s'ck certificatej ge l, Tombs, wounded twice sli g htly. C a ptains P ° o o wounded severely ; and Light, wounded. Lieuta i i; Bishop, wounded slightly ; Th om p son , ditto Br ertl c et . Hills, wounded ; Dickins, mo r t a ll y ; G r iffith s , sic -u kieh tificate ; D tvids in, wound e d severe l y ; an d r' r killed. T!al-13 Eugheer o s.—Maj . or Laugh , on, gone away ; Lieuteltniti; Jones, • woualed severely, d=ad ; Walker, Bengal' ‘ l , l lOll Perkins, wounded, sick cer.ifilate ; Walker, .. 11) ,„ - 1..,1' wounded ; Meunsell, uitto ; and Carnegie ditto. '-ir°"",e o o' Her Majesty's 9th Lancers.—Major Yule killed. —l. Her Majesty's 6,h Dragoon Gaards (C a rbineePol Lieutenants de Boa r b t l, severe l y ; an d Elli s , d e ad. ``) —2. Her Majesty's Bth Foot.—LieutenantsM'Stevens. ' ll ll and Pogson, wounded. Total-2. o iled; Her Majesty's 24th F oo t,—C a pt a i n G re ensill, attached to Pioneers. T , .tal-1. 0 1014 Her Majesty's 60th Rifles—Captain Williams, sv2 To esot severely ; Andrews, killed ; Wilton, wounded • ali. r .„ tl 'do 6 wounded severely. Lieuts. M'Gill, wounded; -Soar ditto ; Deedes, ditto ; and Curtis, ditto. Ensign °id, cote, wounded. Dr. dunes, wounded. Lietat. Hil_ ol ,3llol doing duty, 20th Native Infa n t r y, kill e d ; a nd ru'ol, doing duty, 11 h Native Infantry, wounded. Totallei• Her Majesty's 61st Foot—Li eu 's. Griffiths, 11 0 1 1 . 11 0 ;ide: Pattoun, ditto severely ; Andors, ditto ; and ditto. Total-4. Her Majesty's 75th Foot—Capt. Knox, killed. -,: it to; Harrison, killed, and Barte r , woun d e d • Fitzgeralk u :loo• Rivers, ditt r, dead ; and C ro zi er , kill e d. Doctor tj",jel‘ dead. Lieutenant Martin, attached to Pioneers, certificate. Total-8. 0 0 1 1' Ist E. B, Fusiliers— Col. Welchtnaa, woundedg e- „balft sick certificate . Captains Greville, wounded '`;, ° , o o o and Brown, ditto, severely (in four places). Lie v 7 o o -- Howell, dead ; Daniel, wounded severely wounded slightly; and Ellis, ditto. Total-7. Ad* 2d E. B. Pastliers—Capt a i n E . W a it e , sick oertisod Lieutenants Blair, wounded severely; ditto, ditto; Jackson, killed. Captain Kemp, sth Native Infaut d o, doing duty, wounded severet:. Lieutenant Aleil l 15) 3i Native Infantry, ditto, kill e d. E n sign Walter , Native Infantry, ditto, dead. Total 7. I; ktlfr Goorkhas (S ermor).—Major Reed, wounded 8 "g ddi Lieutenants Wheatley, doing duty, killed ; Ross, w c ,° ti Ltert dead ; Tull.-eh , ditto, severely ; Eckford, ditto;' - ditto, slightly. Total-6. 1,16 v Guide Corps.—Captain Daly, wound e d severelp a - o olt tenants Kennedy, ditto ditto, si c k cer tifi ca te; PLO ditto twice slightly ; Bettye, killed; Shebear, wottou'dr three places; De Bret, doin g d u ty (57 t h Native Info°wounded; and Chalmers, ditto ditto, 3rd Native Itlf sP ,lo wounded ; Murray, ditt o di' to, 421 d, w ounded twic'h certific rte. Total-8. Ist Punjaub Rifir's (Coke's),—Captains Law, 3 51 1) duty, 10th Native I n f autry, k i ll e d ; an d Pollocicr Native Infantry, wounded severely. Total-2. APIC 4th Sikhs (Rothnefs Foot),—Lieutenant Pullen ;hael duty, 36th Native Infantry, wounded. Chronicle, August 1. lid i A correspondent writes—Y o ur li s t o f officers, , e ster wounded, gone away with or w ith ou t me di ca l ecru ° t he &3 , from the date of the affair at the llindun, uP te silo 27th of July, 1857, is not correct, as regards the 4',11 Infan'ry, so I send you a correct acco3nt. a dd Lieutenant Wd;iams, second in command, Pr ° 4 tb severely at the affair on the banks of the Sutlej Jullandar mu'ineers, bet.° te Lieutenant Yorke, 3rd NJ., doing duty, killed Delhi. for 6 Lieutenant Packe, 4th N. 1., doing d u ty, wo undei be Delhi. n cle ti Lieutenant Pullan, 3Gth N.I , doi ng d u ty, • before Delhi. Lieutenant Walter, 45th (Icing duty, ku' e J b 9 stroke of the suu f eeore Delhi. To'al —Lahore Chronicle, August 3. CAWNPORE. o tt' e ! We (Poonah Observer) have bees very kindly O p ta' with the perusal of a letter from Cawnpore, dated s/ v ote' the 13,h instant, frJna which we learn th tt General ,n avi lock, after Navin ; a severe fi g ht w ith th e enemy ov 1 ,0 1 4 12th. in which ho took two guns, with some 100,,: °l,fside, croised the Ganges on the morning of the returned to Cawnpore, where he wilt await the arr' n ' t tb ts reinforcements. The following i s an extract fr°-'orle lette , cvluch is written by a gall an t non-cornin' —i Ver s i ; ffi. ter of the brave 78th Hi g hl an d ers , w ho 13 ' e , o e o present in every action wi h the rebels fought by Havelock. ft " Hero lam ag tin safe and sound at Cawnpoqt tl 6 a most severe fight yesterday with o ur o ld enev', l l Sepoy mutineer:, in which we bad three men 101 ` e 0 ifi l 2; 10 wounded—one young man had his lag blow° t X There were only 120 of the - 78th Highlanders pre se t 9 )0 remainder being sick. Our whole force consisted , ti t t j including the Sikhs. A great many folow.;rs wer e ro irf t t pieces by the enemy's cava l r y an d roun d shot. Thedo°h ~" two guns pl a yin g on t h e 78± , w hi c h wou ld n' es o!": have destr_iyeti every roan of us but for our time doti'; tion-1 d es pe ra t e one , n o d ou b t , b u t i t h a d to v e or all would have perished beneath the d e adli o Ro ll Gen •ral Havelock wan calmly looking on. He k ae ,4o o l; what wed sired ; and before he gave the order to 3 ` . 0 all rushed forward to the charge , and , in less th t 46 minutes captured two guns and four hoses, bay ol3 3 ((„r e r !lu x liar of the enemy who tried to sa ve the bras nine-pour.ders). Galeral Havelock rode e ll l ' ii ;fo us, cr,inz out, "Well done, brave Highlande l l:r tit have this day saved yourselves and your comrades 'OO 4 O did no: lose a min in the charge, though it wl e ,,tecl u jf by other corps to be a mad attempt. As we 9 ''',4ll l ,te cnarge, the la3t round of crap , shot went itt" ir over the heads of our s null band of men ; but in t he- ,c3r o , to fire, the enemy lost th•ir elevation ; s) we thn 3 e ticd, Private M•Gr,-ath and myself were struck in the drol' but only bruised, the shot having first hit the b) M‘Grath received five balls on different p a rts of li t o n 1 5 % so he had to fall to th e rear . I was merely Ar i l hee, d o i d hip bone with only one b a ll, t h ere f ore I ran o n, 13° it. Mr. Crowe and M r. C amp b e ll t h jug ht V " - th until I jumped up and ran a f ter my comra d e s. ll Petit "We crossed ae Ganges thi s m orn ing in s ce ci a a je bei ig unable to do any more in the kingdom or we are reinforced." tOl" i The Poonah Obs er v er p u bli s h es the folio -n ow ri AS ligenca, in au extra dated the lith instant Th e f tiolideni