Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

promis e !, ,eral s 2 ' l , time °' Byer; cera raent or mo te, it c l9 ' i L g bacca ° all ves sce-,e 1851 a 00 ,opener 013' tl O for rlea a s t, ,0, 0 1 err— d ia, e ob w of 00 , 0 t id itt 0 0 0 , 5 5 c, 000 P 1:30, he r II ft" bi ten' o r to 0 A ago ow, t, the L ore' o° 3 ,00 . jdey 'e teerz 'went for th e falsehood, it may naturally be inferred the e eat approves o f i t , Wi t hi n t h e l ast wee k, one o f tPeergest indigo planters in Shahabad, who had lost k e r : , : ti g he had, offered to government to raise 500 kee...pfgrolmistlitihssown people, with whom he could guarantee •N tith th whole of Shahabad. In an interview he t klet' Leat Governor, after being thanked by that ioutry for the g - eat services be had already rendered, 4: 4 , to "Government, though having every conti %Ll and well aware of tee valuable aese tence of men could render, ware yet just afraid that be tee severe on the natives!!!"; Wha t pliat erg , mat ter to Lieut Governor Halliday that the L ' ) se all th ey possess, and they and their faurilies tto/ e; ill cold blood, so long as ho can have full vtint his native prediliction, and insult his amen 11 0 t in the service. t eat I e 11°W become absolutely necessary that some one be , i ti P er e 3 e Lord Canning, A man of such a weak, of aft, air tur n of mind is utterly unit to be at the helm I ) t , s iir3 at 811 ! 11 a crisis. He has recently, it would teitt l t r ,, s et 'teol here b u t t o f rus t ra t e the vigorous measures pea~ebe undertaken by Sir Patrick Grant, who, in the kill t r w , 41e1 l conveyed him from this to Madras, took no , 4 st ° t reat e d. 411 "a' his di se le t a t th e man ner in which he hid eh 4 , 7(3 hi'hert o re f ra i ne d f rom reverting to the NteeL Dw o by thi i govern ment to all Europeans uncon . k tttr o . " 4 t he service —" the adventurer class," as t h ey blldie,,,ls;tll°l4lY style them. This is, however, now so tte4tio'sea, We thi n k it well to direct your special ° Ylti °°) it. That such should exist, must seem to you `4sk lo ut will no l onger be so if you consider that Nie ce v ice men ar e a l one able, from the independent 1 4s: 8 - 1 , 1116 Y occupy, t o g i ve ev idence as to the evils and Be'' kt ght on us by th e i n difference and incapacity of Lice men. I n proof of what we assert, witness the ) uncourteous dismissal of the deputati n I tt 1 411 merchants who, having la - ge interests 14 t4 mthe Behur provinces, waited on Nop, t° recoest th at the mutinous Dieaporet %teZht ba di sarme d, an d o b serve how strongly i the kele: lv ith the r ecept i on o f the Mahemeda . ns, a fro t ,; til o issue Ib y hi s or d ers as a protecttonto nd them Nt4 l/11 °:u think yo u ? Why, from the very . European k e el? -ea ' Who as v o l unteers , were cheerfully giving their l 'est to keep down these same Mahomedans. t°o , , he p roc l ama ti on of the Commissioner of onl y last wee k, th re atening punishment t 0 us ~° %N e;:v e dare to inte , fere with the Mahomedan por 4Nte: during the Mehl:lt-runs, and with it, —mark the t►lob ap® ° f all warning to those of that fanatical creed, te o ll ie ve EF) foelly murdered our women and children in ‘4s j,34"54 Provinces and who are now alone kept down by 111 ,!k' ( 1 o f volunteer adventurers, whom it affords this ' 4 4lt, - I . ).ve tulnent so much pleasure to pooh pooh and °l k le, ° was too, but a short time ago, that a number gEntlemen, connected with the service, who „Nerd : e xpel from a Scientific Society, a native "401; - " e 't servent for having stigmatised the Anglo l'cnturere, as the "Sweepings, of England, men toi eati made their country too hot to hold them," were v 3. 7P°' ed by all the Government Servants of the t hat ti; It is even reporte d, an d we b e lie ve it to be true, °°4l el e e 4 Nech of which we had so Justly reason to '4, 7; Wa s Witten for him by a civilian. tt le ts : 44v entueer c l ass, as you aro aware, has never been 4, 4 4e,, t cl the government of this country, which has at e h" °e ' e a confided t o a ee t of corrupt officials, who i kl4: l to direct interest in its prosperity. By family bse t , ,,l Nl aid they obtain their appoiniment, and subse qtCalittleeneent in the service, an obsequious obedience are tha t Was dema n d e d o f t h em b y t h e i r h onora bl e ,04It will now be for the good sense of the people 41 to say, whether the adventurer class who have 'N - i l4ll ch for India, and have so enormous and ever Ne t „ ll l3' a stake in its welfare, is longer to remain unre kste, left to their decision, and not to the miserable 3 at hemp, we have no f ear o f th e resu l t. qt, s e 45 been a fair business doing for lower Bengal, kt o Ill ere nothing wh en compared to what is usually trans_ a°,:iEtt this season o f the year. 'The Doorgah festival is L°6B at 11 " 4, which, added to the increased tightness , stie , , ` l4 ely to he ' experienced from the step taken by kt4l34'ectore of the 'bank of Bengal, in refusing loans on k te l l e , ll e rs Piper, will further tend to curtail operaticns ' s e ers until order is restored in the upper provinces, rah be content to reap the biter fruits of the mis kleteut and folly of our rulers. d e atge Mace arrival of la s t mail, has had an up w ard a t i e 3 - , and 'may now be quoted as high as 2s 31d to Q g~t for first class credits and documents at six months ~'bc °flb, 1 111 •,,,3 7 eotrespondent of the Times, writirg On the ,11,-I,ttert b, r, says • -- 41 1q)," 1113 Y to be 'tole to begin this letter in a spirit I C'vir f 'll ihan thet a in' whiehl closed my last. I . tnit k t C I / I \viel ' ( C ea or the hurricane is spent. It is getting li ,e li s t h e f r s:,,la: a . s n i• and ever and again one . eat o e . hes g that l I our mP chief Il e ti tei eti r i, the sat drives overhead , tee I°l4, Delhi ceaed to oppress us, for n4 we do not yet C - "'lli istaken,or that Lecknow is relieved. on e Re tat le ) tti, °flain a feeling of col ll'li e 1 !‘i, 1(1 in the other of, as we believe,we t i n l-gr t e h u is nd n ed n eild_ 4 r. within a few day t s ties previous the 11 1 `"n writing each of earnestly desired le. 'LA. bcea attained. Ths . .excitieg festival of '‘i7k el 'Y ti" l n N , ;II has passed over wi:nout turbulent=, not 111) 111 s iii':leutta and in Bombay, but also in Madras, hi g n ltla rae a ff eted Mussulm in suburb of . Triplicane, and Ai l s rkb g i l di with its Mogul traditions,. its fierce, unseru -111,4?, of ;Os, and its Arab soldiery. Throughout the 14, Otei , i ,' P r oaidencv no further outbreak has taken rt il t ; i Pl e i i e . u°, og , h I think we may still have losses in !esi ty.4 f t . ` t ! 'arty exposed to tetdptation by . their position Iq' i i i4 ,e, k, e 4l ,, t ' .. er, any general disaffection will, I . trust and I lle. t g , lea a " r, ;e l v o eeted bythe exhibition of English tr .ops, ll - mediitely be able to make in 144,1teerewberl tl:e.oternittli shall o m f the Sepoys or of the people Ni`iitiVar nnsatisfactory: d ' l 4 ? 14th Brigedier'Nicholion's column—lately, yon h Z t'flel'et h " v• 2 . of th Punjaub, wine e t el ter ,the 1 ,-, „ 1 1- in - co • and rendered other , ei l cee v. „, - •eeaiwofe mutineers, 4 4 11 . 'r e 8--joined its chief, who had preceded it in the loib 4 tt't " tlB were added to the army the 52nd Light ., !111 or t i, 4c 'arlY 700 strong, the left and re t mainin in '. ` 3 f "iit ar e't -61 r, Captain B•urchier's field bat oo ery ikhs. 41 t 11 ' I' ll ' ° f 1 ,100 Eurcpeans—and abiu . 1,1 S I , ll4ti e t 1 L ' ltt er wire the 2nd Punjaub Infantry, 8 8 1 0 ,2, 0 vii lia:;. evs ng Nvlilm an officer of expe;ii. htia' th en to in writes in terms of hig I n se c a e dm w i i r o ation ki gi ,. rrh: l 'ltb, I) th 4 Ic fantry of the ,arm are n?; 6rmediutiso 110 (1 tiese-..tbe fire, under Brigadier Shower=, . h,No,the 7 5th 2nd Fusileers, and 11-maoon battalion r. , t:.el,tie4 cLoMnia,nded by Colonel Lengfiald, of the 8.. h• i ,l, l iie l e l t "e 5 21 Light Infantry, the 60th Rifles (s i ix r, `qe ° a - el a„ - ‘ , and the Serinoor tattalion ; in the 3rd, un s !thuls t, ekes, of the 61st, are five comaanies of the d o t. b e • tsell til ltethney's Sikhs. NEelolsoa co name rs and ae Nail:ender him the Ist Fusileers an i the ls. n s. l . t he G l i i Infantry (Cokes Rifles and G.e ' 0 ),. •, 4 4 t ti• e„ es are not brigaded. Colonel Gran • the 'lqete ,e!flands the cavalry, and Brigadier Garbett tf . ,t11Z4,1-ne latter arm had been strengthened wi b tli ei t : 18,, rho Only Kith the field battery, 1)A also ;),„ q tli ion acd two 24-pounders, together frith _ -(l4tl ' 7 ' n and s '` )l " In all, the camp stow shored t t, 4l lea, b . ° 6 4htie 1 g ' tn ea e . n of which 4,000 A ere English. 0 1 , 37 Wt?,' - find it st ' atod, and the tale agrees pretty pL .. 11 , --. tr i o. l ''ke ,"q 25 el °‘ l l calculations and inforcreaioo. . ;11 1 41 1 ' 4 i t . t c'ok place the movement to intercetthe s h'l' ., , ti Lfl, W Ch I have alluded. Sich, at least, i tr," l l.l`:* 4 of ) e ,": , v; been the object of the proceeding, though s 4 tit' l4 th e e . e l of the mutineers wan to the wcstatar.d.oaf. 1),•, 'ar - 'lreeti of pf • f hur for from that paint it 11 , ei l n 1 01 up g • oil ,l'' ht "I- eastmard to Soneeput would bring tbnm of 1- rear,-rc" b y which the train was advancing ate (3 1i i 'l l fa n ti . a l l: O ne _, e l l2eirforce was considerable, an] is tt,kli e , ( rY en , i ' l la . a the teen of six revolted reginseute %Jai 0 Oth er e ?' ,, three . of . irregttlaeavalry, with IL late Illu ch , i ' e .-°uTt.s s)), it was . mainly composed of ih' I ' , • 4t lon. - uri ga to an] liztjah c - nitingee. Divining elt' t Dtee;' 4 4 o. en ee w ai lt i v h i w , hich this formidable budv had left ieile ct ' of th eni. ft; sent wbr:gade under Nicholson i leity ft(' overtakeo Brigadier o male all the haste but _ t __•_, was the kbe e ' tl ee t , ltetti ng b• the enly . , u _ 81 " 4 4, in e, , , , :t ry that it t w s as g 4 un o l v t o i c i k o in gh the swamp and the afternoon b :fore il ket wi e t . ll them posted at the village of NufifAbur : Attu wed "4 them and with complete succesb, THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY,: OCTOBER 17, 1857. nlpturing all their guns—of which nine were English field-pieces, the other native, the palace guns of former days—their camp equipage and stares, ICling and wounding between 300 and 400, and diving baek the rest broken and dispiri ed to Delhi. Ills own loss is variously stated, but is no where curled higher than 60, including casualties of all kinis. Lieutenant Lumsden, of Cook'a aid finished them wish swords. The ws,men and children, together with a number more, who had either been taken out of this party or other baats, or who tal never been permitted to embark with the men, were thee, to the number in all of 122, imprisoned in what bad been the civil hos?ital, when the depment himself, then in custody, by order of the Nena, as (what he raally wrs) a spy awl friend of the English, ha l the opportunity of seeing and speaking to them. Of the fate that befel them when the miscreant saw himself forced to abandon Cawn ore to his victorioas enemy, Havel wk, he merely tells us what we knew before—thet all were ruthlessly slaugh'ered. But in answer to the gaestion," Were the women dish moured ?" he replies in the negative, with the et eepti to of one young lady, whom he distinctly sp , •&fies, and of whom bath he and the ayah assort that previous to her death, she revenged herself by destroying the ruffian who had o itraged her, or who, perha2s, had only destined Rifles, was killed, aid Lieutenant Gabhett, of the 61st, mortal'y wounded. Dissensions and recriminations between the unsuccess!'ul lea3ers, and constant desertions among their cowed folMwere —such are the conditions under which the rebel army w s about to meet the final assault. That assault would, in all probability, take place between the 7th and the 15th of this month. Many letters from the camp speak sanguinely of a date as early as the former of these days, but none pos'pene it beyond the latter. At one time it appeared likely that General Wilson, eves when strengthened by the arrival of the heavy guns, would wait for reinforcements from Hay,:lock in the south. Bat, as we hoped and anticipated, he soon learnt that that spirited 1 ader had far too mach work on his hands to admit o' his a lvancing to the north-west, and ha prepared, therefore, to play out the game with his owe reseurees alone. Let him but get his seige guns and mortars let* position, be woul l crush down the enemy's fire by a storm of shot and shell, and then, whether by breaching or escalade, he would deliver the assault. Niw, the siege train would be in camp by the 2nd or 3rd instant. It consisted of 32 pieces, I am told, 24 p.amder guns and 10-inch mortars and how itzers. It was being escorted by the Belooch Battalion of the Bombay army sent up from Scinde, and I believe by the remaining three companies of the &h Foot, with can valescents of the 52nd and 60 la who were halted at Ker naul to await its* arrival Alma the same time would come in the 4 h Paej tub Infantry, with 200 Pathan horse, the detachment of the 24th Foot and Horse Artillery from Peshawur, and two companies of the 60th Rifles from Meerut, relieved by Sikh Irregulars. Tnus the strength of the army will fully reach 11,10 men, which, as I mentioned in my list, was Sir John Lawrence's estimate for the begienine of September. On the whyle, then, I cannot doubt tit b it my next letter will covey to you the news that Delhi is at last in our possess on. It the enemy make any &tend at all, we must expect that our lose will be very considerable ; but the slaughter of the mutineers will be terrifies, for, as may be supposed, the troops ale in a high state of exasperation, and it will be foiled no easy matter to control them when they are let loose rpon the vast and populous city. Turning back to the Puejanb, I find that area or four more mutinies have taken place among the disarmed Bengal regiments. You will not have forgotten what I wrote in my last of the rising of the 26th a' Lahore, and their almost instantaneous annihilation. Since then, on the 14 h of Angust, the Subander-31 ijer of the regiment, one of its jemidars, two havildars, and eight Sepoys, were executed, completing the tale of destruction. But in aeother and later instance retrihutien has been even more swift, though not more deadly. On the 28 h of Aeguat the disarmed 51st broke cut at Peshawur. Oa the following day General Cotton reported to L bore that out of 871 men -785 were ' accounted for,' and that the remainder were being brought in by twos and threes by the v'llagers and the police. At Unahellah pntions of the sth and 60th broke away, but were pursued, 130 of them slain. At Ferczepo e, of the 10 h Light Cavalry, which for so long a period did good service ag .iest the mutineers, end wh'n disarm d as a procautianary meastire offered no opposition whatever, 100 mwiaed on the 19 It of August. they murdered Mr. Nelson, their veterinary surgeon, attempted to possess themselves of the guns of Captain Wood cock's battery, seriously wounding a gunner and hat captured and made off with many of the horses More they coild be interfered with. But the few men e f the 61st left at the station, and the Bombay Fasileers, attacked them with sivage energy, and their treason was bloodily expiated. Thirteen of those that got away were taken at Leorliaoa, and hanged on the 28th. At Uazarah we learn, that on the 7th of August 41 of the 55th, including seven commissioned, and as many nor commissioned officers, were executed; and that 43 more had arrived, brought in by Ghelab Singh's people in Cashmere. Thus, by the instru men taAty of his vario as lieutenants, and thriughoat the length and breadth of his province, is felt the iron band of the Chief Cowmiasioner. Sir John has been of late chiefly at Lahore; bet on the 24th of August he reviewed at Juilundur the em.ingent of Sikhs furnished by Ghelab Singh's saceloor, Itungbeer Singh. They were about 2,500 strone, chiefly infantry, with a troop of horse artillery and 24 zeimboorula's or light swivel guns, all excellently dressed and equipped. Sir John after the review called the officers to the front, and addressed to them a manly and sensiele speech expressive of his satisfaction, and promised regular pay and pensions for the wounded and the families of the killed. Brat now, leaving these dis tricts, where British s tprem icy is rapidly regaieing the ascendant, we drop down the Cringes to Cawnprre, and appnach the point of our greatest present interest and anxiety—Lucknow, with its imprisoned- garrison, and women and children. I here alreade said that we enter taiu a hope, which we beliave to be well grounded, that the capital ef Oade would be reached and be relieved by Have lock. Since writing to that eff-et this morning I have seen the latest letter received in B from Sir J. Outran. It it dated the Ist and 2nd inst., led entitled at Allahabad on the latter day, and there posted. In the confluent opinion both of Sir Jame; and of General Havelock, with whom at her for outrage. The consequences of the dists'rons mutiny at Dina pore, of which I wrote in my last, have been of the kind that I anticipated, but are happily less in degree. That is to say, the various stations on the river have req aired to be provided with detei's of European troops, and so far the Cawnpore reinforcements have been we-kened. 'But these details are less numerous aed strong than might have been necessary; and that would have been necessary, but for the fact that the mutineers and rebels have not atttempted anything along the line of the river, but are troubling only the interior districts , where for the present they must be let alone. You remember, no doubt, that the mutineers from D.napore cr.ssed the Sone and besieged the little fortified post of Arrah, defeating with loss a detachment of the lO'h and 37th, sent from Dinapore to relieve it. But the little garrison of Sikhs and armed European civilians hell out gallantly, and, as I was just able to tell y3u in my last, they were reliend by a small force from the Barer side, under M4j mr Eyre, consisting of a detachment of the sth Fusiliers (160 men) and three guns. After a brilliant and success ful action, nine miles west of Ar:ah, where the Sepoys numbered more than 2,000 men, besides the irregulars of a reb:l chief, Koor Singh, iEy re reached the besieged place, and its ladies and children were sent by steamer to Dinapore. Fallowing up his advan vantage, Eyre attacked K 'or Singh in his stronghold of J igdesprne, and dissipated his levies. The Sepoys broke up into separate bodies, it is. said, nne re maining wall Koor Sing ; the reo, or perhaps the whole, adv tracing north- westward, as if in the hope, of reaching I) slhi, had, when last heard .of, passed to the south of Mire name, and Crossed the Tonse, a tributary of the Jumea. There we may leave them ; their day will soon be over. Then, again, in the districts of It ineghur and Ciente Nageore, to th southward of Dinapore, though the infantry corps that takes its mine from the former lccality, as alai the detachments of Irmgalars, have vatitinied, and the country is up to a certain extent, still the line of the river is too remote to be readily threatened • and, moreove a column from Ra tee. gunge, consisting of the 53rd Foot and Madras Regiments, which had come to that point by rail from Oslo It'a, began to m mve up the Grand Trunk R mad on the 27th of August, and will do much to tranquilize the country. In the neigh- bu trine S inthal districts 170 co it of 251 of the - sth Irregular Cavalry mutinied on the 14 h of August, at Bbaugu!pore, and fears were entertained far the detachment at Rohnee, and also - for the 32nd Native Infantry at Bowse, which has hitherto remained quiet, but nothing untoward has yet been heard ea'. On the other side of the Ganges to Dinapore, a station has been abareolerl, needlessly, as some think, to the enemy. This is Goruckpore, the proximity of which to ,Oud and the uncertain temper of the Sepeys, had, long rendered it precarious. The Gonkhas lent b 3 Nepanl arrived th,re. 3,r 00 strong. They were ordered on to Azimghur, an], availing them selves of the escort, the collect-1r and all the European residents of the station, carrying the treasu e and the'r moveables, quitted Goruckpore. Over came a fellow from Oule at once and took possession of it, hoistinr , the green flag as Souhandar of his Majesty the King of 0 ade. 1.000 of the Goorkh'is remain at Azingbur. .TLe feet go on to Jaunpore and to B n ires with the Giruckp .re treasure. At Dinapore itself at unfortunate occurrence has taken place, to which I only hope we shall not have similar eves elsewhere. 01 the nizht of the 16th of August a par) , of 100 men of the 49th Native Infantry who remained true when their comrades mutinied were attacked, causelessly as they assert—and truly, as remembering the affair of the ainbus c ide, we may fear—by a party of b the 10 h Foot. Five men were killed, and 11 and a w.iraan wounded. The perpatra'ors of the deed have not been discovered, but Sir James Out ram promulgated a general order expressive of his horror and indignation at it, and, having to leave the station himself, referred the matter to the Commander-in- Chief for investigation. Throughout the Madras Presidency and the dominions of the Niz am all is well. It is wonderful and meg' satis factory that the Hyderabad county has remained so quiet. The Saugor and Nerbudda territories also remain undis turbed. Tne Bandela rabble, though ill-affected, being cowed for (ha mot part like cars As they are. Central, India, though disquieted and uneasy, is not openly against Scindia's late c)ntingent is we scarce know where, bat, at any rate, it is not opposed to us in the fild. And just now, not unfortunwely f us, perhaps, that chieftain has a thorn planted in his side which will tend to turn him rather towards than agtinst us. Within his dominions, at a place called Muldesore, a Mahomedan noble, a Shah zadah, or Prince he is called, has set up the green standard as a rallying point for his disaffected ca-religionists of the district. Now, not only Scindia, in the Mtrattah, but many a neighbouring Ittipaot chieftain wi'l, we may hope, have the sense to read the lesion which this ups'art Mus , ahnan intruder's proceedings teach —namely, that Cawnpore Sir James was in constant communication by the river, Lucknow would bs able to hold out till relieved. Writing on the 314 of August, General Havtlock rep trts that the latest accounts rtresent the Meag.tered party as safe nod in geed spirits. 'The stories that have been car= edited regarding their distress, their applying for terms ! (the italics and the no'e of admiration are the inCligeent Sir James's own) were to be regarded as inventions of the enemy. (I should menti in that we heard from native runnels, who had reached Benares. that the inmates'of the besieged fart had been placed on half rations about the miside of August, aad °mid had out ther-in fur about a month longer.) Deere would be eo opposition to the march of the relieying army, wrote Havelock, but all would be well " if we take lots of heavy guns with us.' Nov Outram, as I have said, gst to ARA abed on the 2ud. He would have probably been there e oner, but delay seems to have occurred soxewhere—perh spa from the necessity under which he lay of visiting each of the river stations of the Dinapore divisien, en langered by General Lloyd's culpable mismanagetnen`—but partly, also, I believe, from the fact of an advance ufoa Luckaow by the River Gogra and F,z .bad, being at one time contemplated by him, though afterwards abandoned as impreeicable. However, on the 9 h he expected to reach C wnpore. He had with him about 1,500 Ear. - peens, cousisting of the sth Fusileers and the 90 h, and a strong c 'many of Royal Artillery. This reinforce ment would raise Havelock's force to at last 2,000 Eerepeans. Of guns, light and heavy, there were abundance; of cavalry, un'ortuaately, only about 40 men ; and the volunteers horn the infantry. Havelock had ma'e, or was making, full preplra.tiona for crossing the Ganges directly he was reicforeed, ani for carrying the entrench ment which ihe enemy were observed to have thrown up on :he farther bank. I must net omit to meation that Outran had sent word to Havelock that he should accom pany him in his civil capacity only (yon will remember he was Chief Commissioner of Oade when sent to command the army in Persia, and that the lamented Sir Henry Lawrence was acting for him. N for an instant eould he think of depriving Lis brother in arms of the glory of re'ieving the garrison, and of codapleteing the work which he had so nobly begun. But while waiting for Sir James General Havelock was not idle, nor allowed the ardour of his men to cool, or the terror inspired by his name to subsile. Ater his final action in the Oide country, on the 12th of August, he recrossed the river the same day, as I wr ste in say last. On the 16. h, having heard that the mutineers had gathered in strength at Bitheor, where he had once already beaten them, the general took his little band from Cawnpore and marched straight upon them. They were animated at more than 3,000 strong, with two guns, outnumbering Havelock'4 men in, I suppose, the proportion of five to one ; yet, as weal, they were utterly sad disvacefully beaten. Their Position was carried and their two guns wane captutegf. Tue mea were too week in numbers and too anus's exhausted by the fight, and a march cf twelve miles in the heat of the sun, to foiew tlee enemy fir, so they bivou.cked for the night to the south of Bithoer, and re.ureel Ceenpore the next day, having lost between 40 and 50 killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy was moderately estimated at2zo shin. Of the appalling massacre at Cant spore we have received further and fuller accounts in the state ments of Lieu'enant Delafosse, of the .53e 1 , one of the two officers who escaped by swimming out of the boat that was brought on shore ani capttred after the utters has been suns; of an ayith he the employ of a Mrs. Green way, one of the sufferers ; and of Myoor Tervaree, a. faith ful Sepo; of the Ist Native Infintry, who suffered for his fidelity by imprisonment. According to the account given by the latter, General Wheeler was - not dead when the party surrendered to Nene Sahib, but was alive, though wounded, and was in the beat which was captured. Th4ll party thus taken consisted, he says, of fifty sahibs, twenty-five mem-sahibs, and• four chillren. Tae sahibs enare all shot by order of the Nene. The poor women threw their arms around their husbands, and bagged to be allowed to die with then. but the Sepoys, by the Nena'e command, dragged them away. The citapleic asked for time to read a prayer aroan", which was granted. Then the word was giver, and the two componies of Elepo'ys drawn up fur the purpse fired. c One Sahib rolled one way an I one another, b ut they were not dead, only wonaded so they went on thes3' outbreaks are not withatn - their danger for them as well as for us. Toe latest ttlezraphie news from Nth iw, dated yes•erday evening, do s not iepreselt this Nlundesore buiness is very formidable , . The Mibta 'left in col:1[111nd by the Shaltz dab' (411), I suppo3e, his male off somewhere) is said to have made overtures to same ole with a Ilinioa name; I think, presumably, an °Mild of . Scindia's. (Tel., however, is my presumption only, f nr I don't recognise the man's name as I-read this messaee.) Affairs in Bin teal are preevieu., but net more 63 than when I wrote lase, ant the Ranee someh bee or other seem.: to boll her own pretty well against her ill-affected troops. ' Not a wo d (at Mhov.) from Saeger cUrectien f e• many cl ,p. Rein has ceased, but country as yet iinpracticaole for o erations." Tae fort cf Mar is still in ttet hands of Aff;hen mercenaries in the em Any of the Rajah. The proceedings of the Jett 'pet° Lagio 3 are alm st the only item of Even camparatively bad news that . I have to send ion by this mail. You will remember the mutiny of the detachment at Mount Aboo, detailed in my last, and my mentioning that the mutineers had gone dawn the mountain for Erinpoura, where were the heal guar ers of the Vg'on, wh re, h aw3,er, it was heped !hey would not be f avourahly receive!. This hope has proved fallacious. Tara whole of the legion, harse, foot, and artillery, h ive gone. ( fhe word 'leg ou' has a grand, 5,000 strong sort of sound, but it stands in this case only for about 1,200 men.) Imprisoning, b it offering no violence to Lieu'e cant Coeolly, their en nmanding Aber, they left Erinp to-a, and wi la ter) guns start° t on the road to Ajnver and Nusseerabad. Colonel Levet enca was at the former station with the Bomb ay troops, from the latter having moved up there at th c time of the Mohurrurn. He advanced to B•wer, in Marwa-, to cover Ajineer, bit the en my fill off the road to a walled village, forming a very defensible p ,sitio ,' where Law rence, who his hut very few Eerop3ans, and has mutinou i and disarmed 8 peys of th t 12 ti el bit hands, c meet attack them. With this allusion to the Bombay &pop I am brought in`o their Presidency ; I am delighted to say that no father outbreak has taken place in our army. From the 2 ,d Cavalry at Neetnach there have been a few desertion', bet nothing more. Tee de tachtnent of th 3 121 Native Infantry at that eta ti ,n remains quiet Of this regiment a sub alaar and four men have been executed at Nurse trabal In G.zerat, the mutiny of the Joudpora Legion haul causal some (un easiness, but we have been able to show them a European regiment, which will keep them vie. Tare 89th Blt. has arrived from the Cape; and was at once despatchel to the northern il livi i in. Sr! George Grey met the demand made upon him by Lord Elphinstone i-a a spirit not lesi patriotic and English than that evinced by Sir James Rigginson at the Maeritius. Ile immediately sent off the 89th and followed there up with the 95. h, who are new hourly expected Moreover, he sent word Viet he would, if posiible, despatch a third rgi welt to Calcutta, and of his owo accord he directed the 23rd and 93:d, when they touched at the Cape to steer coerce not for Henekong, whither they were bound, bet for the Hooghly. To C d cutta also he sent about 200 A tillery, with firty or sixty horses (most valuable in this country jest no a) and .E• 10,000 ie money. Both he and the G tverner of the Mauritius have deserved of their country. Almost as .I wits, is signalled the . C ampany's frigate Amp,- from that island, with the lelt rviug of the t 1 on board. When the. 95th arrive :hay will be seat up at once to Kurrachee. At the stations of Hyderabad and Shikarpre, in Upper Sande the golandar, or native artillery, .each with a battery unluckily, are begineing to sho v unpleasant symptoms. This was related in a despatch, dated at. Lcyderabad, 120 miles beyond K irrachee, on the 91. Slier; days eafterevards, on the, 15th, a reserve . corn patty of European artillery, broUght down from Poonab, and a portion of another company recalled on its w ty to that station, were steaming out of this herb cur for Kerrachee. They' wo aid reach that port on the 19 h, and, if an Indus steamer be reedy, they ‘sh mid be at Hydcralead he' the 22nd or 23rd. Odthe whole; then, . things are decide - 11y looking up in this presilency. and if only ice get Eurol„ean troops to the front in time We may withdraw the Lancers and di) 2od Cavalry, the 25th and the 121, frm their dangerous proximiEy to the tempta tions of dr') enemy, set them to o•diaary duty, and save them and all the rest of the army. received that a large party of the insurgents from Allyghur was moving down to attack him, Major Montgomery promptly resolved to anticipate them, and accordingly marched out to meet the rebels, who retired Into a garden, where they were pro tected by a wall, and sheltered among the trees An inanetuil fire was opened on them, to which they smartly replied; when the fanittics had the audacity to rush from under cover right upon the 3rd THE BOUBAY MAIL. We take the following from the Over-11nd 139mbay Times : " The Indian revolt has not during the last Europeans, then in skirmishing order, and en fortnight been marked by any very stirring events, deavour to cut them down with their swords. A and neither of the contending parties ha; gained series of hand-to-hand combats then took place, any decisive advantage over the other. The which ended in the enemy being driven away, leav British forces throughout India have bean inac- ing 300 dead behind. The remainder fled, par the, awaiting reinforcement& before strikin a the sued by the militia caw dry, and mowed down by final blow, which will crush the hopes of ' the the artillery. In this affiir, which occurred on the mutineers. On the whole, however, our prospects 21th of August, Mr. J. O'Brien Tandy, late mane may he considered cheering; for, while the rebels ger of the North Western Bank in Calcutta, and have obtained no fresh success, we have had con- Ensign H. L. Marsh, of the 1611 Grenadiers, who siderable accessions of strength by the arrival of accompanied the force as volunteers, ware killed, fresh troops, both at Bombay and Calcutta. When and Lieutenant Loagueville Clarke, late of , the these reinforcements reach the seat of war in the Grwalior Contingent, was severe'y wounded. The disturbed provinces our armiee will be enabled to re- total loss on our side was 5 killed and 25 wounded. same offensive operations and bringagairs tea miens. Mt er tbeaetion Major Montgornery,aqhough pressed General He.veloek, whohad re-crossed the Ganges, to follow up his successes, fell baelaupon Ha tress. after his unsuccessful attempts to relieve Lucknow, " The Punj tub continues quiet. although several rested for a few days at Cawnpore, his troops having outbreaks have occurred at isolated stations, which been much crippled by sickness. On the 167 h of have been promptly suppressed by the firarness of August the force m arched towards Bithoor, where the military authorities On the 19th of August a a large body of the enemy, about 4 000 in number, portion of the 10th Light Cavalry, which had been with two gone, was posted. They occupied a strong disarmed at Ferozepore, mutinied and attempted to defensive position in a village to the west of Bithoor, capture the guns of Captain Woodciock's battery, in which they desperately defended. Haveloek's force w hi c h they failed. - The mutineers, 100 in number, mustered 1,300 men, with about 14 gins. The right after having cruelly murdered Mr. N clam, the vete wing was towards the Ganges, and the left on a rinary surgeon, rushed at the guns while the artil deep ,nullah, crossed by a bridge. After an obsti- lerymen were at dinner, bat, after killing the Euro nate engagement, in which the enemy lost '250 peen sentry, and woundieg several others, they were killed and wounded, they weae driven froth their assailed by the Bombay Fusileers, who repulsed - position, and fled in confusion, leaving their guns them in a Mast gallant manner, although no officers behind In this contest the British troops boat appear to have been present to issue orders. Most about 14 killed and 30 wounded, besides sonse of of the mutineers, who hal captured severalhorseS, their baggage. After the action, I-Livele3k's tozce succeeded in making their escape, although par -retired towards Cawnpore, where they arrived on .sued for some distance by the infantry, with guns. the 20th of : August, after a harrassing and Several hiving been seized in the cantonment, they fatiguing march, during which they suffered. were tried and executed. Th 51st Bengal Native severe privations, which. w ere pati en tly borne Infantry, stationed at Peshawar, mutinied on the by our gallant soldiers. Ch o l e r a had made its eatla of August This regiment having been dis appearance among the men, carrying off ten -or armed some time ago, the Sepoys attempted to twelve daily, but the ravages . of this epidemic had seize the arms of the new Sikh corps while the men since begun to abate. General Outran arrived at of the latter were at dinner. In this attempt they Allahabatl on the Ist of September, with Her were defeated, and, being attacked, they dispersed Majesty's sth Fusileers, the 90th, and a company and fled. Nearly the whole of them, however, were of Artillery. With this force he hoped to reach accounted for' next day, and the villagers and C temper° on the 9th inst. The details of Her police were bringing in the small remnant by twos Majesty's 64th, 78±, 84th,and Ist Madras Fusileers and threes. Throughout the rest of the Putj'aub the would follow on the arrival of Captain Peel and his utmost tranquility prevails, an 1 the proaealings of naval brigade at Allahsbad. Sir James Outram the Government are marked by the greatest vigour had communicated his arrangemAlts to General and judgment. Havelock, who had in reply stated his perfect con- "In the stations of Rajpootana there is an uneasy fitience in his being able to effect the relief of feeling that the Bombay Sepoys are ripe for mutiny, Lucknow with these reinforcements. General and several' instances of disaffection seem to give Outram had, with characteristic generosity, an- colour to the suspicion. Besides the mutiny of the nounced to General Havelock that 'to him should 12th Native infantry at Nusseerabad, and in the be left the glory of relieving Lucknow, for which Joudpore Legion at Mount Aboo, there was a he had so nobly srugged,' and that it was his partial mutiny on the lath of August, of Captain intention to accompany the force in his civil Itanaister's squadron of the Lad Bombay Light capacity. only platting his military services at the Cavalry, as'Neemuch. Five of the mutineers made disposal of General Havelock, if necessary. Gen. th e ir escape, and three were taken with arms in Havelock was to make arrangements for the force their hands One mart of her Majesty's 83e.1 Reg:- to move forward from Cawnpore on the arrival of ment was killed in the affray, and two were wounded. the reinancements. The rebels have assembled Dads° appears that an extensive plot tomurder every on the Oude side of the riv er , o pp os it e to the officeratNeemuch had been organise3, but was fertu- British camp, in great numbers, and hive thrown natelydiseovered before it took effect. The mutineers up a-battery. - • of the Joulpore Legion being defewed in their The garrison at Lucknow, although reduced to attempt on Mount Aboe, directed their weas to great straits, is bravely holding oat, and will no Eritipoora, their head quarters, where they were doubt - do so until relieved by General Havelock. received with open arms .by their comrades. For some time the situation of the heleagured Having made Lieutenant Connelly, the Adjutant of garrison was believed to be desperate, and the the corps, a prisoner, and being reinforced by worst fears were entertained regarding their several detachments, the whole body, with two fate, as no tidings had been received from them. guns, marched in the direction of Nusseerabad. On Letters have since been received, stating that the this intelligence reaching Nusseerabad, the party .earrison of Lucknow had communteated with of the Jouripore Legion stationed there was dis- Ge neral Havelock, and advised him not to armed, and a det tchmeat of aacouple gains, 2nd troop . run any risk in attempting to relieve them, as , Horse Artillery, two companies of her Majesty's they had provisions enough for six months ; that 831 Regiment, and some Irregulare, ravelled thence the attacks of the enemy were becoming fewer and towards Bewar, where it is supposed they will meet fainter, from the • want of ammunition, it was the Legion. Hitherto the execution of a subandar supposed ; and it was believed that the and four men of the 12th Regiment had re enemy were quarrelling among themselves. The stored tranquility at Nusseerabad, where people latest intelligence received 'from Lucknow is, that had begun to settle into the usual dull routine 1,000 of the rebels had collected, and these, with of camp life. Affairs have begun to assume a mast the elite . of the rebel force, m Ile an assault on the serious aspect at Neemuch, and the men of the 2d devoted gaerisoa. They were repulsed with groat Light Cavalry can hardly be relied upon ; for in slaughter, 200 of the Ghazeas being killed, and a dependently of private hushed7op rumours, which great many of the wounded had since died. ascribe to them the darkest treason, the nuinerott3 There is a want of proper food for the ladies and deseitions that have taken place, combined with the children, but the garrison get beef, and have plenty overt mutiny of one aqua iron of this corps, of grain. They have been ordered to hold out to justify the presumption 'that they will en mane extremity, and, with the fate of C taaapore before avail themselves of the first favourable opportunity. their eyes, it is not likely that they will entertain to join the rebels. This opportunity may net be the idea of surrender, with help so close at hand. far distant, for largo parties of met, under r a person A' letter from Cawnpore, dated the 31st of August, said to be a son of the Ring of Delhi, who says that 'at present the garrison of Lucknow is has lately joined and concentrated them, have all right and in good spirits.' established themselves in the neiglfsourhood of Nee " The Dinapore enutheers, completely broken much. - It has since been rumoured that the 2ad and dispersed by the prudent combinations of :, Cavalry have had thei r carbines taken away Major Eyre, are now endeavouring to make their from them, and that the Bheeis of the Jeudpote way to Delhi, across the • hills in • the altrz spore Legion have returned to Erinpoore, and set their district. Major Eyre had not succeeded in cap-. Adjutant, Lieutenant Connelly, at liberty. Another taring Kooer Singh, the rebel leader, but a reward report statas that au outbreak had taken place in of 10,000.5. - has been offered for his apprehension. a detachment of the 2nd Light Cavalry, at Deese, Those of the mutineers who escaped have . taken which was destroyed by Her Majesty's 83rd Regi refuge in the hill country of Raotusghur, whither meat, who are said to have shut or bayonetted the they were being followed by Major Eyre. They troops to a man. • had since passed south of Miaz spore, and had' " The Bengal Presidency is more or less in a crosssed the T=ensee river, which flows into ,the disturbed state, and great tears are entertained for Gengee between Mirzepore and Alldn a ba.l.• A force the safety of the fro atier stations, which are quite - under Mej Made from Rewall is endeavouring denuded of troops in consequence of the"general to intercept them, but it is feared that he will be detection of the native army. At' Julpigoree, on triable to arrest their progress, which is marked the 11th of August, an ate-nipt to excite disaffee by rapine and pillage. They will probably mike tien.ainong the 73rd Bengal Native Infantry was towards Delhi, passing through the Banda district, signally defeate.l. An armed Brahmin appeared which is utterly disorganised. • among the men, and called on th , nu to kill their " From Delhi we have no new.' of much impor- officers, and fight for their religion. In answer he tance, although the British troops have become was toll that, if he did not lay down his arms he bolder in their attacks upon the enemy, who have would be shOt, and as ho persisted in his attempt been defeated on every occasion. General Nichol- •to excite revolt he was killed by a Brahmin son's column, consisting of her Majesty's 52ed Sepoy. The sth Bengal Irregulars mistimed at Light Infaatry, and wing of her M tjesty's 61st Bhaugulpore, on the 14'1 of August, and left the Foot, and several Sikh corps, arrived in the camp station, carrying their arms with them. They passed on the 11th of August. The auxiliary fore() fur- Bowser on their way up the country, and enclea nished bytheSovereign of Cashmere, frilly equipped, voured to tamper with the 32ed Regiment, sta is also marching to join General Wilson's army, Jived there, but the latter proved faithful, and which will then be strong enough to act on the will, no doubt, remain so The 55th Bengal Native offensive. Lieutenantßoisen, with a small body of Infantry were disarmed at Gatiz eepore, on the 10th troops, had proved successful against the insurgents of August. The affair appears to have been .capi in the R ihtuck district, whom he dispersed, killing tally managed, for the Sepoys were , surrounded about 80 of them. General Nicholson, with about and ordered to pile arms before they knew what 2,000 men and 10 guns, marched on the 25th of was meant. The sth Fusileers were the troops that August in the direction of Nujeffehur to meet a performed this good service. Near Mirz spore bail, of the enetny moving on that place, who were the enemy began to assemble, but were dispersed evidently bent - on intercepting the siege train by a by a party of the sth Fusileers A naval bra flank march on S3neput. On the folio xing day the gade is to-be established' at Allahabal, sa as to rebels were defeated after a short encounter, in release the troops of that, station for other duty. which they !est - 13 guns beside their camp baggage. Captain feel, of her Majesty's steam-frigate The loss in General Nicholson's brigade was 17 Shann'm, who distinguished himselfin the Crimes, killed• and wounded, including Lieut. Lumeden, of is to eommind• the brigade, which is to consist the 68. h Native Infantry, who was killed. Lieu- of 300 seamen taken from the Shannon and tenant Gabbett, of her Majesty's 61st Foot, died of Pearl. Six 63-pounders 0-inch). two 211. b. his wounds; and Lieutenant Elkiagton, 61st, and howitzers, and two. fieldpieces accompany the Dr. Ireland were both Bang ureusly wounded. On brigade, which hds left Calcutta in liver steamers, the same day the mutineers in the day, thinking end is now making its way towards Allahabaci that Most of our troops had g inn after their de- This s atioa and Benares are threatened by the tachtneat, male an attack on the camp, but it Oude rebels, whs are hovering about in large produced - no impression, and was repulsed with bodies. but, as precautions have been taken to guard peavy loss. After their defeat at Nujuffghur the against a surprise, they are considered safe. The mutineers were much disheartened. Our troops fort at Allaheb VI is in a - complete state of defence, were preparing for active operations on the arrival and the ietrenchtue,nts at Rej ;haat iu Beniteee, are of the siege train, which - was on its way to the a sproaching completion. The station of Gorucle cam?, and ware delighted at the prospect of doing pore, in Oude, has been abandoned, causing great something. At Hisser, in the province of Rohil- loss to the non-official -reside its, The force of cued, the rebels have likewise been defeated in 3.000 Glaawkas which was to protect that place their desiatis. A body of, upwaeds of 2,000 men, have with irawn to Azitrighur, where 1,000 will horse and foe`, attemeted to surprise the gate of remain in gerris m while 2,000 proceed immediately the town on the 19th of August; bht Lieutenant .to restore order in - .huepore. Accounts - were Mildrn ty, Assistant Political Agent, wine received received at B mares on the 24 hof Angus`, stating a timely warning, m at the assailants with souse that a day or two previously an attack was made on loyal troops, and totally routed and pursued them, the Ghoorka camp byte body of rebels under a man after killing 300 of their number. o.her affairs of named Mahomed Hoosain, who had come over from minor imp ertance have taken place, which will be bale to•assurae the government of Goruckpore for found recorded elsewhere. the'Kin . The Ghoorkas beh tved nobly, and beat "At Agra all was quiet up to the 27th of August, back the enemy, with the loss af 150 killed. On the the date of our last advices. On the 21st a force, 23r1 of August a detachment of the Ist a,ledres consisting of about 153'N:tithe 3:d Europeans, under' Fusileers and a few Sikhs proceeded 63 miles up the Captain Stover, three guns under :Ueutenant Ganges iu the gunboat Janina to cut off commun. Griffin, and 3) mouated Militia, the whole under n=ation between Ou le and the Doab. They killed the command' of Major G. J. Montg.Pmeraa - Beita - about 43 of the rebels, and born' two boats. Mai _dier Mai er e left the fort with the view of making a Meletyret, of the 78:!i Highlanders, at the same demonstration against the insurgents in - the neigh- . 1 time advancedaena aAndlabhuarboatdoe villages with re asmagae on the small body bouthool of Hattrass, The force enteredehat place men and two gone, without opposition, but intellegenee having been a cawnpore road, restoring the eonaniunioation with that place. A column of troops, consisting of the. left wing of her Majesty's 53rd Regiment, the 27th Madras Native Infantry, and a com p any of Madras Artillery, are advancing trellis. Raneegunge, the terminus of the Calcutta Railway, on the Grand Trunk Road, towards Allahabad. In Bundeleuntl, all around Nagode and Fort Kulinger, the country is for many miles perfectly quiet Lieutenant Remington is hol ling the latter plus • with troop's of the Rajah of Parma, who has dis played great zeal and loyal'y in the cause of go vernment. . Major Ellis, the political agent of Bun deleund and Rewah, is possessed of considerable influence among the various Rajahs in the pro vinces, and it is perhaps owing to his good judge ment that most of them have remained loyal; but they, nevertheless, deserve great credit. Euro pean troops have continued to arrive at Calcutta from . Singapore and Hongkong, and more are near at ban 1. The 93rd Higlandera have been heard of at the Mauritius, and must now be close to Caleut'a. The Supreme Government had been petitioned to proclaim martial law in Bengal, but refused to do se. The Mohurruna had passed off quietly, and no disturbance had occurred during its continuance. Lard Elgin left - Calcutta for China on the 3rd of September, in the Peninsular and . Oriental Company's steamer Ava. Sir Patrick Grant had returned to Madras, and resumed his duties in that : Pzesideney. Lord .Canbing is still at the scat of - Government. "In the Bombay Presidency, we have been com paratively quiet, and no fresh disturbances have occurred ae any of our Mefussil stations. Oa the Bth of September 18 prisoners, who halbeen con victed of treason, were executed at Sattara, in. the presence of an imm3n.se multitude of people, who assembled from all parts to witness the spec tacle. Five of the prisoners were hanged, six were bloWa away from eu is, toll seven were shot. Everything passed off quietly, and the Beene must have inspired the natives with a Wholesome dread,. which will tend to keep then] is submission. Several arrests were being made in the city, but none of the people dreamt of area ing a • clisturbtoree Wherever disaffection has shown itself in Western India it has been stifl3(.l with unrelenting sternness, and the authorities deserve great credit for their conduct during the crisis, when the fl Imes of revolt threatened to spread within our borders. As long as the main body of the troops continue loyal there can be no fear of the result, as we are quite able to put down the unaided efforts of the mob. Every important station, too, from Dharwar, in the south, to Admedabad, in the north, has beem secured by European troops, so that no fear can be entertained of popular outbreaks in the large towns.' The Motturrum, which has generally been a period of excitement to the Mus , sulrnan populatien,' has passed off quietly through, out the Presidency, owing to the admirable arrange ments Of the Executive for preserving the public Peace. Her Maj sty's 89. h Regiment arrived in Bombay from the Cape on the 11th of September, and have been despatched to Ahmedabad and Deese. Other regiments are also soon expected, so that we may consider that all danger is past, and that we shall shertly re-establish our power through out the country. The weather in Bombay has con tinued to improve, and we now enjoy a mild tem perature, having alternate rain and sunshine during - the day. The fall of rain on the island is nearly 70 inches. The Governor and the Commander.in- Chic f are both at the Presilency, to which the latter returned a few days ago." THEII CALCUTTA MAIL. We take the following summary from the Bengal "Turk fru, of the 9:11 of 'ep:etriber— " Stventeen days have gliJed by since the last mail left Calcutta, and if we have no great sue- cesses to record, there are, at leas', no fresh mas sacres to lament. So far as we know, Delhi has not yet been taken, and, certainly, Lucknow is yet unrelieved, Agra still holds out, and, thanks to the fi lelity of Scindia, it is not yet threatened; and though the atmosphere seems charged with thunder, the storm has not broken out afresh during the last fortnight in any part of the dis turbed districts. "When the last mail left we were entering upon the Mehurruni—that season during which the Mahomedans often work themselves up into un governablo fury. Thanks to the precautions forted upon the Government, the dreaded week has ti led over without the smallest attempt at disturbance or insurrection. Mealw'oile every eye has been turned upon Lucknow and our heroic countrymen there, who have so 1 mg defended their position against enormous odds. Their fate has been trembling 'in the balance. 0a the 10 ,h of July last intimation was conveyed to Government that their 'previsions were suffi tiant to support them for six weeks. This brniujit them up to the 22 id of August. That day, however. approached, and there were no signs of relief. But General Havelock, thouq'a he failed in his attempt about that time, to relieve Luaknow, so far succeeded that he drew the besiegers upon his small force. This enabled the beleagurel garrison to make a sally, which was not only successful as to the destruction of the enemy, but enabled them to bring in a fUrther amount of bullocks—sufficient for about three weeks' consumption. It was then calculated that they could hold out up to the 9 h or 10th of September; and it was hoped that rein forcements, consisting of the 5 Fusileers and 90 h Foot, would reach Cawupore at the latest on Sep • ember le,and thus easily enable General Havelock to effeot the relief of the gamiso i before the 9th. "There is, however, an old adage that too many cooks spell the broth. Sir Colin Campbell had not been allowed at that time to take his seat in council, and he therefore could exercise no cir,sctual control over the ra,ventents of the troops. General Outram . and the officers commanding at Dinapore , and B mares, had all fingers in the pie, and the result was' that thaDtwo regiments on reaching Mirzspore, were called back to Dinapore, and then sent on again in the Mirzapore and Al!ahabad direction- It is but fair to Generel Outram to add that letters recently- received assert that the rectli was in no way, his deed, and that he disapproved of it from the first. Be that as it may. the subject is one which demands a searching-inquiry, and the pos session of high office, either in the civil or in the military department, should not be allowed to screen the culprit. A delay of ten days wass by this management caused at a most criticalperiod, and, but foe the marked intervention of Providence, must have proved fatal to our countrymen at Lucknow. Happily, however, another oppor tunity presented itself for making a- sortie. This Lime it was attended with g, eater success than ever. More than 100 of the enemy were blown into the air by a mine ; a 24-pr;under qun which had greatly annoyed them was spiked aid large supplies of provisions were secured. The tlArrison now consists of about f)00 men, of whom 140 are in hospital ; there are also about 300 women and children, who h ive gone through all the dangers and hay iships of the seige, certain (for the fate of the Cawnpore garrison had reached them) of a cruel death if compelled by famine or any ether cause to surrender. We may now almost look upon their re'ief as secure hu nan7y speaking it is quite so. General Outram, with 1,300 men of the sth Fusiliers and 70t1'„ was at Nilhabad on the Ist inst. They were expected at Cawopore on the 11th ; there they would find General Havelock with 1,100 men- and 20 guns, some of them of large eAlihre ; and a strong convic tion was felt that such a fore?, urged on with determination, would be sufficient to overcome the opposition, great as it ',vas likely to be, waiting for it on the L ickquw-road. From Delhi we receive cheering intelligence The insurgents hal commenced fi:liting among themselves, and the•liing had transmitted a secret message to Mr. Colvin, offering to give in provided he was replaced in the position he ocenpied before the revolt. It is to be hoped that this offer was rejected with scorn. Our army occupied an un assailable position before Delhi, and had been largely reinforced by the moveab'e column, con sisting of her M s•.y's 52 .d and a wing of the 61st, with some Sikh corps, under Brigadier .General Nicholson, a young soldier, but one marked out for distinction. Shortly after his ar (rival in camp the Neemuch and Bareilly mmineers made a strong effort to attack our forces is